Chapter 169: Reluctantly retreating

As night fell, under the cover of night, the two infantry battalions of the firearms unit of the First Group Army divided into two routes and made a detour from the east and west directions to the place where the Ming army was encamped.

In the dark night, the night road is more difficult to walk, more than ten miles of road, it took more than two hours to come to the mountains and forests on both sides of the Ming army barracks.

The infantry battalion that arrived first didn't care when the other infantry battalion would arrive at the predetermined position, and walked out of the mountains and forests directly, forming three horizontal formations towards the right battalion of the Ming army.

"Fire!"

The battalion commander gave an order, and in an instant, more than 120 buckshot bullets attacked the Ming army camp, dozens of Ming soldiers who were still asleep were hit, the seriously injured and dying opened their eyes wide and could not say a word, and the lightly injured Ming soldiers were woken up in pain and kept wailing.

Round after round of lead bullets continued to shoot at the Ming army camp, and as the Ming soldiers stood up from the ground because of the attack, the number of Ming soldiers killed and wounded in the round of shooting of the People's Army increased.

"The enemy is on the west side, follow me and kill them!"

A Ming army general shouted, and led his guards to rush to the west, wanting to kill the enemy attacking the camp, and soon a group of Ming soldiers followed.

"Don't run around, squat! Get down! ”

There are also generals who are trying to stop the chaos in the camp, but it is not easy to recover the camp after the continuous fire of the KPA firearms unit, and the situation is already very good without bombing the camp.

"The enemy is coming, aim for the right front, fire!"

Three rounds of lead bullets were fired at the Ming army that rushed over, directly killing and wounding hundreds of Ming troops, and even the shoulders of the Ming army generals were grazed by lead bullets, but hundreds of casualties could not stop the Ming army from continuing to advance.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Seeing that the Ming army was getting closer and closer, hundreds of People's Army soldiers quickly ran towards the mountains and forests, and when the Ming army came to the front of the mountains and forests, the People's Army had disappeared into the mountains and forests, and under the cover of darkness and mountains and forests, it was almost impossible for the Ming army to catch up with the People's Army.

The People's Army fled into the mountains and forests, but the Ming troops who chased after them did not leave, and under the orders of the generals, the Ming troops were divided into small teams to patrol outside the mountains and forests to prepare for the next sneak attack of the People's Army.

Almost as soon as the People's Army fled into the mountains and forests, in the left camp of the Ming Army, another People's Army opened fire on the Ming Army camp.

One hundred and twenty lead bullets fell, more than 50 Ming sergeants were shot, and the news of the attack on the right battalion of the Ming army had spread throughout the whole army, and under the drive of the officer, all the Ming sergeants and soldiers woke up and stood up, which also increased the casualties brought by the people's army to the Ming army with a round of volleys.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

"There is an enemy in the east!"

In round after round of shooting by the People's Army, hundreds of casualties brought some confusion to the left battalion of the Ming army, but the chaotic situation was not as great as that of the right battalion, and soon, a large number of Ming troops of the Ming army left the barracks and rushed towards the side of the People's Army.

After firing a few rounds of salvos at the Ming army rushing towards it, this People's Army also retreated, retreated into the mountains and forests, and quickly returned the same way under the cover of night and mountains and forests.

The People's Army withdrew, but the Ming army camp, which was quickly pacified, was not so quiet, and the sudden night attack made many Ming army generals angry, and a Ming army squad patrolled around to prepare for the next attack of the People's Army.

The two night attacks caused more than 1,000 casualties to the Ming army, which was one-tenth of the casualties during the day, and the number of casualties was very small, but it had a huge impact on the Ming army.

Song Yingchang's army was prepared for the night attack of the People's Army, and sent spies to monitor the People's Army camp, and at the same time, there were patrols everywhere in the Ming Army camp, but he did not expect to be successfully attacked by two people's armies with only a few hundred people, and his own side suffered thousands of casualties, but he did not capture a single enemy.

The night attack of the People's Army gave the Ming army a slap in the face.

It was not too late to make amends, and the Ming army made amends, but they also wasted rest time.

At dawn, after breakfast, the People's Army immediately marched towards the area where the Ming army camp was located, and the Ming army spies quickly ran back to report when they saw the movements of the People's Army.

After receiving the news of the People's Army's attack, Song Yingchang knew that he was facing a difficult choice, whether to start a war with the People's Army or withdraw his troops.

In the war with the People's Army, the Ming army's side of the chariots has not been built many well, and the morale is relatively low, once the war starts, the Ming army is very likely to be defeated.

Withdrawing the army, the Ming army with more people was forced to retreat by the thieves, if this matter spreads, it is too embarrassing, but the Ming army will not have casualties, and the whole army can fight again, looking for an opportunity to defeat the thieves.

Although very unwilling, Song Yingchang was inclined to withdraw his troops and did not want to fight the People's Army again in a short time.

"The thieves are menacing, what do you think of the generals?" Song Yingchang threw this question to a group of Ming army generals.

"Fight, we don't have a way to deal with the thief's hidden weapon, this time we will definitely be able to defeat the thief."

"We can't fight, our army has suffered successive defeats and night attacks, morale has plummeted, the soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted, and it is difficult to defeat the thieves at this time when they are engaged in battle."

The generals of the Ming army were divided into three factions, one faction was the main battle, one faction wanted to withdraw the army, and the other faction did not express their opinions, indicating that they obeyed the orders of Lord Song.

The People's Army is getting closer and closer, Song Yingchang can't keep the generals discussing, and finally Song Yingchang made the decision to withdraw the army, and the army retreated to the area near Xinfeng County to see if the People's Army pursued, if it was pursued, the army was more familiar with the terrain of Xinfeng County, and could find a favorable formation to deal with the People's Army.

The Ming army withdrew, and the People's Army stopped after pursuing a certain distance and chose to withdraw.

Fight? The KPA is even more reluctant to fight, and after a battle, no matter whether the KPA is victorious or defeated, there will be soldiers who will die.

As long as there is enough time to create more tiger head guns and grenades, the strength of the People's Army can be rapidly improved, and now it is fighting with the Ming Army, even if it is a one-to-three battle loss, it is still relatively high for the People's Army.

Seeing the withdrawal of the Ming army, Wang Shengrong did not want to continue the war with the Ming army, and planned to withdraw to the rule of the People's Army, even if the People's Army continued to advance, judging from the current situation of the Ming army, it would continue to retreat, and did not want to fight with the People's Army for a short time, and the People's Army did not want to occupy more territory.

Song Yingchang's army retreated to Xinfeng County, Wang Shengrong's army retreated to two counties under the rule of the People's Army, on the main battlefield, the Ming army and the People's Army temporarily ceased fighting, Song Yingchang's army was waiting for more Ming troops to assemble, and Wang Shengrong's army was waiting for replenishment of tiger head guns and grenades.

But on other battlefields of the Ming Army and the People's Army, new battles began.