Chapter 276: Spies
Finding a suitable camp, Liu Gen led the soldiers to quickly tidy up, and constantly camouflaged around.
Liu Gen has always been vigilant enough against devils and will not have the slightest contempt. He knew that after the devil suffered a defeat, he would definitely not give up easily, even if the devil needed time to gather more troops, he would continue to attack the troops of the 386 Brigade during this time. Of course, with the character of Li Yunlong and others, the devil is coming, so they can't easily escape.
Yes, in the eyes of Li Yunlong and others, the devils who dare not continue to fight them are fleeing. And Li Yunlong and the others naturally won't let such a thing happen, they won't give the devil such a chance, for Li Yunlong and them, the little devil is completely a mobile ammunition depot, if they let the little devil go, then they will definitely not be able to raise their heads when they are brought up by others in the future.
The brigade commander also didn't have the idea of letting the soldiers rest, he knew that the soldiers were very hard, but there was no way, compared with the devils, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were still a little worse, they needed to work harder and work harder to defeat these devils. The brigade commander didn't think that these fleeing devils could have much impact on Li Yunlong and others, each regiment had its own artillery company, and if the devil really dared to stop and counterattack, then the artillery companies of each regiment were not vegetarians. Even if the artillery batteries of the regiments can't handle it, isn't there still Liu Gen's artillery team?
However, if it is not necessary, it is better for the artillery team not to shoot easily, every shot will consume a lot of shells, and the brigade headquarters is also a little unable to raise it.
With the continuous pursuit of the soldiers of each regiment, the fleeing devils are also scattered, they are fleeing frantically, some devils hide in the nearest stronghold, but there are not many devils who can successfully escape into the stronghold, the pursuit of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, so that they want to successfully enter the stronghold, they need to pay a lot of price. The devils in various strongholds did not dare to leave the strongholds, and when the 386th Brigade was fighting with the two infantry brigades of the devils, they heard the sound of artillery bombardment.
Knowing that the 386 Brigade also has an artillery unit, and it is quite good, as long as the devils in the stronghold are not fools, then they will not come out easily. After all, the goal of the 386 Brigade is not on the stronghold now, and the soldiers are more chasing and killing the fleeing devil soldiers, once the devils in the stronghold come out to attract the attention of the soldiers of the 386 Brigade, and then attack the stronghold of the devils, then it will undoubtedly be impossible for the devils to defend the stronghold.
Seeing that the devils in the stronghold were very knowledgeable, and did not come out to support the devils who fled, Li Yunlong and others also let the devil's stronghold go. Li Yunlong and the others also knew that the devil's stronghold was a difficult bone to gnaw, and they had the help of an artillery company, but if they really wanted to fight, the consumption of shells was a problem. In addition, the devils are constantly gathering forces, and it should not be long before they will carry out another large-scale sweep of the base areas, and it is naturally unnecessary to uproot these devil strongholds now.
When the troops gathered by the devils came, it was still easy to restore the strongholds destroyed by Li Yunlong and others, plus the soldiers of each regiment had gone through hard battles, and it was easy for the soldiers to suffer casualties if they continued to let them attack the devil's strongholds, which made Li Yunlong and others give up such an idea.
The battle continued, Li Yunlong and the others led the soldiers to constantly look for traces of devils in this area, as long as they found a small army of devils who were lonely, then they would rush up directly to kill them. Seeing this, the devils guarding the stronghold could only shrink into the stronghold, even if there was not much food in the stronghold, they didn't dare to leave the stronghold, and could only tremble in the stronghold.
Two days later, Lucheng, the headquarters of the 36th Division of the Devil, Naku Hashimoto and Ichiro Oda, who had been successfully dragged back from the battlefield, appeared here.
Faced with the attack of the fighters of the 386 Brigade, Naku Hashimoto managed to escape with a devil from an infantry squadron, and while fleeing, he happened to encounter the remnants of the artillery unit led by Ichiro Oda. Oda Ichiro was the leader of the artillery squad, a second lieutenant, and during the battle, he received an order from Hideki Yamanaka to hide with a part of the artillery. But who knew that their location was discovered by the artillery team of the Eighth Route Army, and in the face of the precise attack of the artillery team, the artillery team led by Ichiro Oda suffered heavy casualties, and less than 20 people successfully survived from the battlefield.
At this time, Oda Ichiro's face was extremely gloomy, no matter what, the artillery squad was defeated by the artillery team of the 386 Brigade under his leadership and lost all its combat effectiveness. If it weren't for the fact that he met the squadron soldiers led by Nahisa Hashimoto after escaping, then he might have died on the battlefield too, thinking back to the rout that day, Oda Ichiro felt that it was a complete nightmare, a nightmare that he would never want to remember!
"Squadron Leader Hashimoto, it's up to you to tell the commanders why the sweep of your two infantry brigades failed! The combat effectiveness of the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is not weak, but according to the information obtained by the headquarters, in the battle during this time, the casualties of the 386 Brigade were not small, with the strength of your two infantry brigades, how could it not be an opponent? In the headquarters, a big Zuo asked in a cold voice.
In the headquarters, this is not the only one who is the commander, except for the division commander and the chief of the general staff of the 36th Division, the rest of the headquarters personnel are here. With so many people there, it is enough to show that the command attaches great importance to the failure of this sweep, and the strength of the two infantry brigades can be crushed head-on by the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which should not happen! Especially during the battle, there are also fighter planes sent to support!
It is also due to the fact that the two infantry brigades sent by the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade did not have too many problems, otherwise it would not be the headquarters of the division that came to inquire about Najiu Hashimoto and Ichiro Oda, and by that time it would definitely alarm more upper echelons! On weekdays, the 36th Division has always looked down on the combat effectiveness of the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, but now that the soldiers of the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade have no problems, their 36th Division has such a problem, which makes the officers in the headquarters a little unacceptable.
"Your Excellency Dazuo, this is the case, our artillery was the first to be killed, without the artillery support, and at the same time, the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army dispatched an artillery team, and the firepower was very strong, and the firepower we arranged was constantly killed, and it was impossible to resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army." Naku Hashimoto said with a sad expression.
Oda Ichiro didn't say anything, but his expression couldn't help but darken, he recalled the battle two days ago again, it was really a nightmare!
"Second Lieutenant Oda, is that so?" Osa looked at Oda Ichiro and asked directly.
Oda Ichiro nodded vigorously and said, "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader Hashimoto is right, our artillery infantry was accurately attacked by the artillery team of the Eighth Route Army, and there is no combat effectiveness at all!" I suspect that there are hidden spies of the Eighth Route Army in our infantry brigade, and the hidden area of our artillery squad is very secret, and it will not be easily discovered at all! Unless there is a spy of the Eighth Route Army in the infantry brigade that exposes our position, the artillery team of the Eighth Route Army can achieve such an accurate strike! ”
The officers in the 36th Division Headquarters all had their faces changed drastically, they looked at Oda Ichiro, and there was a trace of solemnity in their eyes, they believed that Oda Ichiro should know what the consequences would be if he said this, but he still chose to do so, could it be that there are really spies of the Eighth Route Army in the infantry brigade? If this is the case, then this defeat will not be a big deal, and things will become much more serious.
"Second Lieutenant Oda, as a warrior of the Great Japanese Empire, you need to be responsible for your words when you say this! Can you be sure that there are spies in the infantry brigade? Dazuo asked with a solemn expression. The atmosphere in the headquarters became solemn, and everyone's eyes fell on Ichiro Oda, none of them expected such a thing to happen, let alone Ichiro Oda to be able to say such information!
Oda Ichiro puffed up his chest and said loudly, "Your Excellency, I am willing to take responsibility for what I said!" ”
"I am a veteran of the 36th Division, and I was sent when the division was first formed. The division and regiment fought many times with the Eighth Route Army, and as an artilleryman, I clearly knew the combat effectiveness of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and without getting specific information, it was impossible for them to achieve such an accurate strike! ”