Chapter 937: Owe Him a Favor (First Update!) )
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Several explosions reached Nakasa's ears together, and four black pillars of smoke rose in the middle of the attacking troops.
That was the headquarters and the main regiment, and only four artillery pieces were left in power.
Compared to the explosion at the assembly area, their results were significantly smaller, but a dozen or so soldiers still fell in response.
What Zhongzuo was most worried about still happened, and when he got up from the ground, he hurriedly ordered: "Don't be stunned, give the order to retreat immediately." ”
"Otherwise, the remaining Imperial troops of the attacking force will die on the battlefield,"
"There are also troops in the assembly area, also retreat together, withdraw now."
As soon as the order exited, the captain of the guard on the side shouted: "Protect the chief, retreat immediately!" ”
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The explosion sounded again, and some shells smashed into the assembly area of the Japanese puppet army, and some shells smashed in the middle of the attacking troops, and more and more imperial troops were killed and wounded in the explosion.
The commander of the Eighth Route Army's former enemy headquarters has been staring at the battlefield.
Seeing that six large-caliber mortars destroyed the Japanese artillery position with only five rounds of shells, the commander's hanging heart finally let go.
There is also growing confidence in the next counteroffensive.
Commander Li's face next to him flashed with excitement, and as soon as the Japanese army showed signs of retreat, he reminded with a light in his eyes.
"Commander, the devils have begun to retreat, and the little devils in the assembly area have also begun to retreat."
"I saw it!"
A flash of excitement flashed across the commander's face, and he began to give orders.
"Send a signal right away, and the whole army will attack."
"The artillery continued to open fire, covering the infantry assault, and fighting the little devils in a rout."
"Tell the counteroffensive troops, don't save ammunition for me, defeat the little devils in front of you, win this battle, and we will be able to get a lot of ammunition replenishment."
"If we can't win this battle, the guns in our hands will all turn into burning sticks."
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Three flares soon burst into the air and exploded.
"Comrades, kill ...... with me"
"Rush...... Kill all the little devils......"
"Tick tock...... Tick tock......"
The shouts of killing and the sound of the trumpet of the charge sounded simultaneously in three directions of the battlefield.
The light machine gun was held in the arms of the fighters as a submachine gun, and they were caught fire while assaulting.
The devils who are retreating not only have to dodge the shells that may fall at any time above their heads, but also dodge the bullets flying from all directions.
The Japanese are not afraid of death, but that doesn't mean they are not afraid of death.
Especially on the way to retreat, no one wants to be killed without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, and they are shot in the back, and they die in vain.
Therefore, seeing that the Eighth Route Army was killing from three directions, the pace of the devil's retreat was significantly accelerated.
This soon, their formation was out of order.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The shells continued to fall, setting off waves of air and a rain of blood, further exacerbating their confusion.
Half an hour later, the gunfire finally stopped, and the night began to cover the battlefield.
The commander walked into the battlefield with his subordinates and directly found the Japanese artillery positions that had been blown into ruins.
The two mountain guns were only blown up crooked, not damaged.
At this moment, the two mountain cannons emitting a faint blue light have been righted by the soldiers, holding the muzzles of the black holes, pointing straight at the sky, looking particularly powerful.
The commander felt the cold sound of the artillery, and his face was full of smiles.
The victory came too suddenly.
The commander was mentally prepared: after the sweep, the strength of the base area was weakened by more than 30%.
And now, with this great victory, the strength of the base areas has not been weakened, but has been strengthened.
The two intact mountain guns of the artillery position are the best proof of this.
With them joining, the strength of the base artillery will definitely be even stronger.
"Report to the commander, the results of the battle have been counted!" The head of the main regiment, Li, rushed over with an excited face.
"There are at least 1,000 corpses of Japanese puppet soldiers that have been identified on the battlefield, and nearly half of them were killed by heavy mortars."
"Because the devils retreated in too haste, a lot of ammunition was too late to be taken away and destroyed, and boxes were thrown on the side of the road, all of which were cheap for us."
"According to preliminary statistics, we have captured more than 1,000 long and short guns and more than 30 light and heavy machine guns this time, and the specific number is still being counted."
"In addition, two mountain guns, six mortars, and one infantry gun are intact."
The commander of the artillery company also rushed over at this time.
He had been wandering around the artillery positions, inspecting every piece of artillery, and not letting go of any of the blown up, to determine if there was a possibility that they could be repaired.
Running over, he reported with a smile on his face: "Chief, I checked, in addition to the nine artillery pieces that are intact, there is also one mountain artillery, one infantry gun, and three mortars that can be repaired." ”
"Are you sure?" The commander asked rhetorically with surprise.
"Sure!" The artillery company commander replied in the affirmative.
The smile on the commander's face became even stronger, and he ordered on the spot: "God really helps our Eighth Route Army." ”
"Now I order: The artillery company directly under the headquarters will be expanded into an artillery battalion, and you will be the battalion commander, under the jurisdiction of a heavy mortar battalion, equipped with six heavy mortars. A mixed company of mountain and infantry guns, armed with four mountain guns and two infantry guns. ”
"The mortars originally equipped by the artillery company, plus the mortars captured in this battle, were all given to Regiment Commander Li to form a veritable artillery company, equipped with nine mortars."
"The extra mortars remained at the command, ready to equip the other main regiments."
"In addition, call back to the headquarters and report the victory."
"Tell the boss that with the support of six large-caliber mortars, we turned defeat into victory, defeated the Japanese puppet army attack, and wiped out more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops in one battle."
"One more thing, can the headquarters tell me the origin of these heavy mortars, I would like to personally send a telegram thanking them."
"Without these mortars, our casualties today would definitely exceed fifteen hundred, so I owe him a favor."
At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander-in-chief did not expect that six heavy mortars would change the tide of the battle as soon as they entered the war zone.
In addition to the excitement, he was also full of anticipation for the remaining more than 140 guns, and even a little expectant.
Six heavy mortars can play such a big role on the battlefield, and after more than 100 heavy mortars are all equipped with troops, they will definitely play a great role.
The deputy chief of staff reminded: "Boss, they want to know the source of these mortars, personally express their gratitude to Comrade Li Hao, how can we call back." ”
"Confidential!" The boss answered without thinking about it.
"The fewer people who know about this matter, the safer Comrade Li Hao will be. No one knows whether there are little devil spies in us, so no one can tell us about this matter except for the two of us, and unless Comrade Li Hao leaves Chongqing and returns to the base area, we can make this matter public on a small scale and let everyone know that they all owe Comrade Li Hao a favor. ”
Speaking of this, the boss suddenly thought of something, and directly called back the deputy chief of staff who was about to leave.
"Wait a minute......