Chapter 26: Scarlet Twilight (continued)
The captain of the devil brigade did lead the brigade headquarters and the rearguard troops together.
There's no way around it!
After being ambushed in the Shangshe area, the Japanese troops immediately called for air support by radio, and finally withdrew from the battle under the cover of aircraft and infantry artillery and heavy machine gun fire. But the losses were not small, more than a hundred people were killed and wounded.
Looking at the reckless mountains, the captain of the devil brigade did not know how many traps were waiting for him ahead, so he had to send a report to the wing headquarters and ask for urgent tactical guidance.
At this time, the 109th Division was expanding in the vast area between Yangquan and Taiyuan, not only drawing troops to capture Yuxian, but also attacking in the depths of Pingding and Shouyang.
The ambush of the Japanese army in Shangshe was the 687th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the 3rd Detachment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Therefore, although there were Japanese planes bombing in the sky, the 687th Regiment and the 3rd Detachment still pursued the retreating Japanese troops with small forces. It's just that the main force of the Japanese army was not damaged, and there were planes to help the battle, and the small troops of our army who pursued and harassed could only hang the Japanese army from a distance to prevent the Japanese counterattack.
In this case, the Japanese captain was worried that the rearguard troops would be eaten and would have to personally command them, so he could only act with the rearguard troops.
When Xiao Siming and the others started, the captain of the Japanese army leading the rearguard troops was still two kilometers away from the battlefield of Aozipo!
The captain of the Japanese army had rich combat experience, and the sound of gunfire like bursting beans came, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that it was the Japanese Empire's Type 96 light machine gun and Tomosaka rifle shooting, and he thought that his troops had nowhere to vent their anger and were massacring the villagers, but when he heard that the firepower was so powerful, he knew that something was wrong, and it was impossible for his troops to concentrate so many light machine guns and fire at the villagers at the same time.
The captain of the devil team rode on his horse and raised his binoculars to observe at the first time.
It didn't matter if he looked at it, the captain of the devil brigade rolled off the war horse directly, and ordered the flag soldiers to send the flag at that time, and ordered the vanguard squadron and the follow-up squadron following the transport team to attack and rescue the ambushed troops.
At the same time, the commander of the Devil's Brigade ordered the radio to be turned on, urgently called for aviation support, and called the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Brigade, which was originally deployed in the east of the county, and the 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Brigade, which was originally deployed in the southwest of the county, and ordered them to quickly assemble their troops and prepare for reinforcements.
At this moment, the captain of the devil is still dreaming of a vicious battle and annihilating Xiao Siming and them!
It's a pity that the gunfire on the battlefield didn't last long, and the captain of the devil brigade saw clearly through the binoculars, under the fire of the Eighth Route Army, one of his infantry squadrons, machine gun squadrons, artillery squads, and transport squads was collectively shattered, and the Eighth Route Army had rushed onto the road!
The captain of the devil brigade scolded the Eighth Route Army for the work, the work of the thief, the work of the coward, and the work of the warrior.
This was just a curse, and the captain of the devil team quickly shut up, because he heard the explosion of a grenade fired from a grenadier, and at once he could hear that it was eighteen grenadiers firing at the same time!
Eighteen grenadiers, that is the number of grenadiers equipped by two infantry squadrons, and the effect can be imagined when used so intensively.
The captain of the devil brigade woke up suddenly, and the ambush force he encountered was much more powerful than the ambush force encountered by Shangshe!
At this moment, the scene of the hasty retreat of the follow-up squadron, which was bombarded by the concentrated shelling of grenadiers, fell into the telescope of the devil captain. What an old devil actually took the opportunity to make a decision, discarded the illusion of encircling and annihilating the ambush troops of the Eighth Route Army, ordered the trumpeters to blow the trumpet, and ordered the advance guard squadron and the third squadron walking behind the transport team to immediately retreat to the west of the road, disengage from contact with the enemy, establish a blocking position, and cover the retreat of the brigade headquarters and the rear guard troops.
Everything is not going well, as soon as the captain of the devil brigade gives the order to retreat, the signal corps reports that the third squadron of the second brigade cannot be contacted!
The squadron of the 3rd Group was contacted, and they reported an immediate build-up of troops, but the troops were so scattered that at most a small group could be sent to reinforce them.
The radio carried by the third squadron of the second brigade of the Japanese army has a small power, and the communication range is only 10 kilometers away, and the signal cannot be transmitted when the distance is far away when they send the report, but the devil brigade carries a high-power radio, and the small radio of the third squadron of the second brigade can accept the signal of the radio station of the brigade headquarters, and the third squadron of the second brigade cannot be contacted, which can only show one problem, that is, the third squadron of the second brigade has been broken!
The captain of the devil brigade understood everything in an instant, knowing that his troops had encountered an unprecedented crisis, and the third squadron of the second brigade that could not be contacted, the transport team, the infantry detachment, and the special service team left in Yuxian County had all returned to the arms of Amaterasu!
The captain of the devil brigade, who understood the truth, did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately commanded the troops to turn around, lightly armed, and retreat to the west of the road. At the same time, the squadron of the 3rd Radio Brigade was ordered to contact and receive the brigade to withdraw to Shouyang.
As soon as the Japanese army withdrew, Xiao Siming ordered to stop shooting, ordered the machine gun platoon, artillery platoon and the first platoon to remain vigilant, and the second, third, and fourth platoons to hurry up and clean up the battlefield and pay attention to air defense!
Wang Lushui reminded Xiao Siming that he should immediately pursue the Japanese army and beat the water dogs!
Xiao Siming looked at the sky and replied, "For the generals, you can't be greedy for merit!" Although the Japanese army was defeated and withdrew, after all, there are still four broken infantry squadrons, which can counterattack anytime and anywhere! Our troops are too small, and the cadres are all seriously injured and have just recovered, and their physique is poor, so it is okay to ambush and surprise attack, and if they catch up and attack, it will be a change of attack and defense, and the devil will be a target! Forget it, hurry up and clean up the battlefield, after a while the planes of the little devils will come, and we can't be the target of the Japanese planes! ”
Wang Lushui understood the truth of his own army, so he no longer insisted on pursuing the Japanese army, and said with some regret: "I am still waiting to capture the high-power radio carried by the Japanese army headquarters, and it has been in the soup again!" ”
What does Xiao Siming say about a radio station? There are many Japanese troops, as long as there are enough operators, are you afraid that there will be no radio?
Wang Lushui stopped muttering!
This is also Xiao Siming of the soul crossing, if he is replaced by the real red ghost Xiao Siming, or replaced by other company-level commanders of the Eighth Route Military Camp, at this time, there is no need for Wang Lushui to say, he must be the first to kill him, chase after him, and rush and beat hard! Of course, if that is the case, it will be in the hands of the Japanese army, and the newly formed independent battalion that leaves the position will definitely suffer heavy losses, and it is difficult to say whether it can guarantee that not all the battalions will be killed!
The high-power radio station was not seized, and the low-power radio station was also not seized, but 12 "93-type" quadruple telescopes, which were used by Japanese lieutenants and officers, were seized for 30 yen.
It seems that the Japanese officers are all instigating goods, and they are not willing to spend a lot of money to equip themselves with good telescopes.
Mei Ying is worthy of being a Peking University student, and she is worthy of being the daughter of a wealthy overseas Chinese businessman who came back from Nanyang, and after Wang Lushui handed her the Laika camera that was seized in Yuxian County last night, she used it directly.
At this time, Mei Ying held a camera, kept taking pictures on the battlefield, and recorded the results on the negative.
Because he was worried about the retaliation of the Japanese plane, Xiao Siming kept urging the troops to clean up the battlefield quickly, a little faster, and a little faster. As a result, the troops hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield and had just returned to the village to hide, when four Japanese planes rushed to the battlefield and bombed Aozipo Village indiscriminately, until the walls collapsed and the houses collapsed, filling the air with smoke and dust!
After the Japanese plane flew away, Wang Lushui came out of the ruins, his face was full of soot, and he said to Xiao Siming with palpitations: "Fortunately, I didn't pursue the Japanese army, otherwise, the troops would have been exposed to the Japanese plane's airborne machine gun fire, and the loss would have been great!" ”
Xiao Siming didn't care about being verbose, and commanded the troops to hurry up to put out the fire!
Wang Lushui was also worried that the little devil would take advantage of the Japanese opportunity to bomb indiscriminately and turn his head to attack, so he raised the binoculars and saw that the west side of the highway was quiet, and he couldn't even see the shadow of a devil, so he had to scold the little devil hatefully for not planting, being a coward, and running fast!
In fact, Xiao Siming's judgment was very accurate, after the Japanese captain commanded the troops to escape from the range of the machine guns and grenadiers of the Eighth Route Army, he reorganized the team in a very short time, and arranged an ambush position less than two kilometers away from the battlefield, just waiting for the Eighth Route Army to catch up and fight back and avenge the arrow!
To the surprise of the captain of the devil brigade, the Eighth Route Army did not leave the position to pursue and cover up, but began to clean up the battlefield. The captain of the devil team immediately understood that he had met a powerful character, and the other party was staring at him, hoping that he would turn around and attack again!
Naturally, the captain of the devil brigade will not be fooled again, and took advantage of the bombing of the plane to lead the remnants to evacuate quickly. He knew that he had to retreat quickly, the farther away from this cunning Eighth Route Army, the better, and he must not let them wait until it was dark to stick up, in that case, if nothing else, just the sniper in this Eighth Route Army might make his Imperial Army warriors break a lot more!
This devil captain is really smart enough!
Xiao Siming had no intention of chasing the Japanese army at all, but he really hoped that the little devil's brain would enter the water and turn around to attack the Ao Zipo position, in that case, the results would be greater! If the Japanese army is consumed again, this devil brigade really doesn't want to withdraw to Shouyang again!
When it was dark, the troops of the three detachments and the 687th regiment caught up and joined forces with the independent battalion in the village of Aozipo.
At this time, the independent battalion had already finished cleaning the battlefield, and there were dense and slick Japanese corpses lying on the road in front of Aozipo, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air!
It's a pity that the troops of the three detachments and the independent regiment came up an hour late, and the little devil has disappeared into the vast night.