Chapter 285: Retreat
In this mountainous area, due to the obstruction of mountains and rocks, the power of artillery fire is greatly weakened, and the devil also knows that mortars are more of a deterrent effect on the Eighth Road, and the real killing effect is not too ideal.
The devils learned the previous lesson, they did not dare to rush into a storm, and under the cover of mortars, they marched step by step, alternately.
In the cold night, the sharp bayonets flickered in the bright and extinguished firelight, just like the bloodthirsty ferocity of the devil.
A group of devil soldiers in front of them used the mountain rock as a cover to advance for a while, quickly concealed, ready to cover at any time, and the devils behind had cover, and then went forward for a while, overtook the devils in front, and then looked for cover to hide.
The devils in the back followed again, and so on, the devils' tactics were very good, they always kept someone to cover and pushed forward, which did play a good role.
However, their tactics were a bit wrong, Zhang Yunfei's department did not attack, no gunshots rang out, and the devils were a little confused, what the hell is this gang of eight roads.
When they arrived at the corpses of their companions, looking at these lifeless and cold corpses, the devil soldiers all had a feeling of coldness, they had just joined the Northern Front Army, and there were really not many opportunities to fight.
Even if he joined the First Army, most of the time he fought against the poorly equipped Tubalu, and there were few major casualties, and he really didn't encounter any decent resistance and fighting.
Even in this battle, because most of the people they surrounded were the logistics personnel of the Eighth Route Army, the intensity of the battle was not too intense.
But now, on this unknown hill, there are heavy casualties, and the devil soldiers can't help but feel sad from their hearts, and there is a feeling of sadness for the rabbit and the fox.
The devil crossed the corpse of his companion and began to touch the position of the third battalion, and gradually began to be bolder, this gang of eight roads is likely to have fled in the wilderness.
They had already approached the position of the Eighth Road, and at this time, the sound of gunfire suddenly sounded, and the devils hurriedly looked for cover and counterattacked the position of the Eighth Road.
At this time, the soldiers of the third battalion who threw bombs more accurately and far away, grabbed the grenades they had prepared long ago, pulled them on fire, paused in their hands for a moment, and threw them into the sky in front of them.
The grenade smoked and fell from the sky, exploding in the air just as it was about to hit the ground, and the flying shrapnel burrowed into the devil's body.
In the battlefield where there are many mountain and rock bunkers, this kind of volley explosion grenade is very useful, and there are almost no dead ends, even the devils hiding behind the mountains and rocks are not spared.
Zhang Yunfei didn't have much pride in this sudden attack, they just caught the devil off guard, and the devil's front only panicked for a short time, and immediately stabilized.
The whistling mortar shells immediately smashed frantically towards their positions, and for the counterattack of the third battalion, the gunners of the devils immediately suppressed the fire.
Now they have suffered the loss of counterattack weapons, and there is no way to see the mortar positions of the devils under the mountain, and their troops are already very tired due to the long march and battle, and it is very difficult to hold on under the shelling of the devils.
"Brothers, let's attract the devil's troops, hold on for a while, and the logistics personnel of the division headquarters will have more hope of breaking through." Zhang Yunfei commanded loudly.
In the night battle, when the devils couldn't figure out their true strength, almost all of them were attracted by themselves, which also created favorable conditions for the non-combatants brought by the Ninth Company to break out.
On the position of the third battalion, Zhang Yunfei and others withstood the fire of devils' mortars and grenadiers, and repelled the devils' attacks again and again, especially the firepower platoon of Li Da Yanbao.
As soon as their machine guns and grenadiers rang out, they were bound to be suppressed by the devil's mortar's counterattack, and the heavy machine gun they captured had been blown into parts by the devil's artillery fire because it was inconvenient to move.
This is the helpless place, the heavy machine is in the hands of the devil, and it can fire unscrupulously, and without heavy firepower, they can't threaten the devil's machine gun position at all.
And when the heavy machine gun is in their hands, as long as the machine gun goes off, it will be covered by the devil's artillery fire, and they must fight against the devil's artillery fire.
In such unfavorable conditions, their three battalions gritted their teeth and persevered, repelling several enemy attacks, and so far the position was impregnable.
Taking advantage of the gap when the devil was beaten back, Zhang Yunfei and others retreated by night.
In this blocking battle, the third battalion sacrificed more than ten soldiers, so that the strength of the third battalion was reduced by a large number again, and Zhang Yunfei felt as uncomfortable as if the tip of his heart had been dug up.
These are all brothers who get along with them day and night, and now they are separated by yin and yang, although he has sent too many brothers away, but every time Zhang Yunfei feels uncomfortable.
Due to the urgency of time, they could only simply bury the remains of their comrades and quietly leave without the enemy noticing.
Before the enemy could react, he ran all the way, and now it is important to leave Yantou Ridge as soon as possible.
According to the habit of the devils, once they meet the enemy and the attack is blocked, there will inevitably be rapid reinforcements of troops, and the kind of blocking position they are staying in has become a new gathering point for the devils.
On the way to retreat, Zhang Yunfei did not dare to take the mountain road, so he only chose the ridge on the mountainside, and there was also a sharp squad of iron eggs in front of him.
Along the way, Zhang Yunfei didn't dare to have any delays, their support troops were already very tired, and they were about to reach the limit of physiological endurance, Zhang Yunfei still urged everyone to speed up the march.
They must distance themselves from the devils, the farther away they are, the safer they are, and now they are not really out of danger, they are still on the edge of the core area of the devil's encirclement.
Naturally, they didn't dare to rest, this night was very precious to them, and on this night when the devils lost their whereabouts, they could go as far as they could.
They ran south for dozens of kilometers in one go, directly catching up with Li Shengrong's retreating troops.
"Who told you to rest? Don't you fucking know that this place is full of devils' troops, if you don't want to die, let me go, even if you die, you will run to death. Seeing that the breakout troops led by Li Shengrong were actually resting, Zhang Yunfei reprimanded loudly.
When breaking through, facing the superior firepower of the devils and the rapid encirclement of heavy troops, the psychological pressure brought by it was huge, which made the physical fitness of these breakout personnel seriously decline, and they were not suitable for long-distance and rapid marching.
Li Shengrong had to let the team stop and recuperate, but his decision was severely reprimanded by Zhang Yunfei, sometimes war is the will, the chance to survive is in front of you, if you can't hold on, then no one is to blame.
So this team was driven by Zhang Yunfei to hit the road again.