"Battalion commander, can we open fire!" As soon as the plane disappeared, Yuan Qingfeng, the commander of the artillery company, hurriedly asked.

"Fight, transfer ...... when you're done," Li Hao decisively ordered.

Two infantry squadrons and a guard team of nearly five hundred little devils gathered together, and suddenly thirty shells smashed over, the casualties would definitely not be small, Li Hao thought secretly in his heart.

"Battalion commander, what about us?" Not to be outdone, several infantry company commanders asked.

"Standby!" Li Hao replied.

"When the shelling is over, we'll move after confirming the next move of the little devil!"

As soon as he finished speaking, six mortar shells flew over his head and flew towards the devil's assembly area.

The sound of explosions in the village and the roar of artillery positions served as the best cover for these shells, and it was not until the shells fell from the sky and exploded in the crowd that Watanabe reacted.

With a shocked face, he ordered: "Baga, we have forgotten, the independent battalion still has artillery ......"

"The troops immediately dispersed and moved to avoid artillery attacks......"

"The mortar squadron will immediately counterattack, suppress their artillery fire, and try to take them out!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as the order was exported, the second round of shells fell, and a ball of fire suddenly rose on the ground not far away, and the four imperial troops who had not dispersed next to them were instantly blown over and fell to the ground motionless. A few imperial soldiers farther away also fell to the ground, screaming and wriggling on the ground, not dying on the spot!

In less than half a minute, the explosion stopped.

It was another half a minute before the roar of mortar fire sounded from the artillery positions not far away.

Watanabe was protected by his subordinates and got up from the ground, and a tragic picture appeared directly in front of him.

The troop assembly site at the entrance of the village was originally a barren and fertile field, which can be seen at a glance. Now there are more than 20 craters, large and small, scattered around, and around each crater are lying the corpses of the imperial army, some some less.

There were also many wounded soldiers of the Imperial Army lying on the ground, letting out bursts of painful screams.

"What are you doing? Treat the wounded now! Watanabe Nakasa turned directly into an angry lion and roared loudly.

Soon, the adjutant rushed over with his head down: "Sir, in the artillery fire just now, we killed a total of 39 imperial soldiers and seriously wounded 16, just losing a full infantry squad!" ”

"The mortar squadron reported that although they counterattacked in time, the artillery of the independent battalion only fired five rounds of shells before transferring, and they don't know if their counterattack just now had a role and whether it severely damaged the artillery of the independent battalion!"

"In addition, the five-minute artillery bombardment has ended, do we order the first squadron to attack immediately according to the original battle plan to encircle and annihilate the remaining Eighth Route Army in the village."

After speaking, the adjutant closed his mouth and stood aside with his head bowed without saying a word.

He was sure that the current Watanabe Nakasa must be furious, and if he couldn't make a word of his own, it would cause him to vent his anger on himself, and the gains outweighed the losses, so he wisely chose to shut up.

Several squadron leaders also discussed, and at the same time lowered their heads and did not speak.

Watanabe's current anger is indeed very strong, and the whole person is like a powder keg full of gunpowder, as long as there is a little spark to detonate him.

After sweeping around the subordinates with their heads down, he quickly shifted his gaze to Dongtian Village in front of him.

The smoke that filled the sky over the village had cleared, and Watanabe Nakasa was holding a telescope and could finally see the real situation in the village clearly.

The bombing and shelling were more effective than I had imagined.

In particular, several aerial bombs exploded in the area.

Each impact point was blasted out of a huge crater with a depth of more than two meters, and all the houses and courtyard walls within a few tens of meters around the crater were pushed in, leaving only the base of the wall and the ruins of up to one meter.

At a glance, the village is littered with ruins and burning rooftops.

There is not much left in the village where people can hide! Watanabe Nakasa made a judgment in his heart.

Then he subconsciously prepared to order the troops to continue the offensive and completely kill the remnants of the independent battalion in the village.

But when the command came to his lips, he swallowed it back.

It was at that moment that he thought of the artillery units from which the separate battalion had been transferred.

The village was razed to the ground, there was no place to hide, and the remnants of the remaining independent battalion would definitely be exposed. Similarly, the imperial army attacking the village would be exposed to the battlefield and would have no way to hide.

If their artillery takes the opportunity to open fire, the imperial army exposed to the village will definitely lose a lot of people!

Just now the troops lost an infantry squad before they started the offensive, and if there were any more losses, then the entire Watanabe brigade would be finished, not to mention attacking the headquarters of the 1st Division of the Eighth Route Army, even self-preservation was a problem!

The reason why he made the decision last night to continue attacking the village and destroying the independent battalion was because he had confidence in the aviation.

After the bombing by the planes, there must have been very little left of the independent battalion in the village. What the imperial army needs to do is to clean up the remnants of the enemy, clean up the battlefield, occupy Dongtian Village without paying any price, and then continue to attack the base area of the first division of the Eighth Route Army and carry out the order of the peak!

And the situation in front of him is diametrically opposed to his judgment last night.

I actually ignored the very important artillery, and before the battle began, these artillerymen gave themselves a dismount and killed an infantry squad!

Keep fighting, as long as their artillery is still there and the ammunition is sufficient, it will definitely be no problem to take out one or two more infantry squads of their own.

This means that he has to lose a squadron to take Dongtian Village with aircraft cover, and he can't completely kill the independent battalion.

Without troops, relying only on artillery and cavalry, it was absolutely impossible to attack the base area of a division, so he hesitated.

After thinking about it for half a minute, he made a decision: "You can't continue to fight!" ”

"If all the troops are lost here, we won't be able to carry out the order of the peak!"

"Order the artillery, concentrate artillery fire on the houses on both sides of the road, and fight for another five minutes!"

"Then the whole team marched through the village and continued to attack the base area of the first division!"

"As for the independent battalion, we will definitely have a better chance to kill them in the future."

Independent battalion headquarters, Li Hao's face was also very solemn.

The artillery lived up to expectations, taking out almost a squad of infantry of the Japanese army, and successfully transferred.

But Li Hao didn't have much smile on his face.

The casualties of the little devil are not as many as the casualties caused by the plane bombing to the independent battalion just now.

Since you want to take revenge, you must kill at least twice as many little devils, otherwise it is impossible for the sacrificed soldiers to turn a blind eye.

However, the Japanese troops outside the village did not give the independent battalion this chance.

After the shelling, the little devil infantry did not take the opportunity to attack the village.

The devil didn't move, he could only suppress the subordinates around him who were shouting to go to the battlefield, and he didn't move.

And at this moment, the Japanese army actually opened fire again, and the shells were all smashed on the side of the road as if they didn't need money.

In the blink of an eye, the smoke from the explosion of the shells covered the road tightly.

"The devil wants to run!"

Li Hao saw the true purpose of the devil at a glance!

"Can't let them slip away so easily!" Xiao Yuan, the commander of the guard company, shouted.

"Yes, the revenge of Company Commander Jiang and the sacrificed soldiers has not been avenged, and they must not be allowed to escape!" The commander of the firepower company, Zhao Wen, was not far behind and shouted!

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