Chapter 19: Retreat and Encirclement

Kobayashi Shaozo wants to complete the tasks assigned by His Excellency the General so that he can become a legitimate captain in the future. Why didn't the squadron leader of the squadron transferred from the brigade headquarters want to receive awards for meritorious service through this mission? It is too difficult to stay in the brigade headquarters and want to be awarded and promoted for military exploits, and the probability of the brigade headquarters being attacked is too low. This time, he finally came out of the brigade headquarters and was finally able to go to the front line to fight, and the squadron leader was naturally full of pride and ambition.

The squadron leader wanted to make a contribution in this battle, and he had a chance to be promoted after he returned, but Kobayashi Shaozo wanted him to hold his position. The troops are fighting to the death with the squadron in front, what positions are there in the back? It's nothing more than staying where you are, waiting for the other party's snipers to shoot their own people to death one by one. First of all, for the sake of his own career, and secondly, he didn't want to stand here as a target like those soldiers who were sniped, so he casually found an excuse and led his troops to chase down.

Kobayashi Shaozo was really angry about this subordinate who didn't obey orders, but it was useless to be angry now, he had to call this unit back, or attack with them, anyway, he couldn't let that reckless captain bring an entire squadron of soldiers to danger. If something happens to this squadron, Shao Zuo doesn't dare to imagine how His Excellency the General will treat him, and I am afraid that the greatest possibility will force him to apologize.

Gao Quan's biggest advantage over Kobayashi Shaozo is that he has plenty of manpower, his independent regiment was 2,500 people when it set out, and after these few small fights, there are still 2,3400 people now. The taste of shooting black guns and black cannons behind the devil's back really made him linger and get carried away, and when the devil's squadron rushed out of the position and rushed over, he remembered and quickly retreated with his troops.

The independent regiment retreated, and the devil's squadron was relentless in pursuit, and Gao Quan laughed. I've seen a brainless person, I've never seen such a brainless person, isn't this what I want to find and die?

More than 2,000 men and horses withdrew, and the ranks separated. Gao Quan led the regimental headquarters and the special service company, guard company, cavalry company, artillery company, and machine gun company to retreat straight, while the remaining three battalions were separated from the main retreating route in three ways. After the team withdrew two kilometers, Gao Quan stopped his troops, and the artillery company, machine gun company, and special service company and guard company fought back violently against the devil, and bursts of mortar shells fell straight on the devil's head, and machine gun bullets fell backwards like raindrops.

The devil's squadron only had a few light machine guns and a few grenadiers, because they had been in pursuit, the grenadier soldiers had not had time to put up the grenadiers, and the mortar shells fell on the heads of the devils who were on the move. The captain hurriedly commanded the remaining two squadrons to retreat, however, the retreat behind had been sealed!

Wang Dazhu led his first battalion and blocked the retreat of the devil squadron, Qian Sixi's second battalion and Zhang Erxiao's third battalion pressed from both sides to the middle, plus directly ahead, Gao Quan commanded three or four companies to launch a counter-charge, and the devils were completely covered.

"Kill the chicken!" The devil captain didn't know the direction anymore, he casually aimed his sword in one direction and waved, leading the rest of the devils to start charging.

The protective net composed of our soldiers is extremely elastic, the devils rush up, the soldiers retreat while fighting, and the troops in several other directions quickly move closer to this side, always maintaining the suppression of the devil's firepower, just like that, the more the devils rush, the fewer the number of people, and after twenty minutes, there are less than a hundred people left under the captain of the devil. The captain looked at these scarred subordinates around him, and scolded Kobayashi Shaozuo for coming too slow to rescue, causing his troops to lose their troops, and after going back, he must accuse this cowardly guy to His Excellency the General! People like to blame others for their mistakes and take credit for themselves. The squadron leader had forgotten by this time that it was precisely because he did not obey orders and acted on his own that his troops were now suffering heavy casualties.

Gao Quan raised his rifle and aimed at a ghost soldier, and there was another devil standing behind this ghost soldier, and these two devils were basically the same height, just right. When the bodies of the two devils overlapped for a moment, Gao Quan calmly pulled the trigger, "Smack!" After the hot bullet came out of the chamber, after a few tenths of a second of air flight, "Bang! Suddenly, it passed through the neck of the first devil, and then through the neck of the second devil in the back, and then hit the head of the third devil who was a few steps away from the two, and the third devil was half a head shorter than the two devils in front of him.

Three in one shot! It's a record-breaking! Gao Quan slapped his thigh excitedly, reached out and tugged on the bolt again, striving to set a new shooting record.

"Report, the commander of the reconnaissance company Liu reported that the devil has another squadron of baggage soldiers approaching our army rapidly, and now it has been connected with the broken battalion." A scout ran over and interrupted Gao Quan's high-precision aiming.

"Okay, notify the first battalion commander, let these devils in, and then seal the door. Tell Company Commander Liu to continue the investigation. ”

Squadron of baggage? Interesting, the devil knows a squadron that I haven't been addicted to? The smile on Gao Quan's face was a little evil, and he held his gun, like a seasoned hunter, and started his next aim.

Kobayashi Shaozuo was in such a hurry, and when he started the pursuit with the squadron of baggage soldiers, the squadron of the brigade headquarters in front was already out of sight! The baggage soldier is steady, you can go wherever you want, and you will never make an assertion and make the commander embarrassed. It's like those guys who came out of the brigade headquarters, obviously they haven't fought any battles, but they always feel like Lao Tzu is the best in the world, and when you really suffer a loss, you will know that there is a sky outside the sky. Kobayashi Shaozo also forgot that he himself actually came out of the brigade headquarters, and he had never fought but his heart was higher than the sky.

The gunfire in front of him became more and more urgent, as well as the sound of artillery and shouting to kill, Kobayashi Shaozo knew as soon as he heard it that the squadron in front was really in trouble! Shao Zuo led his squadron of baggage soldiers to the accident site quickly, and immediately launched a charge against the squadron in front of him. It is said that in such a situation, Kobayashi Shaozo should first ask the brigade headquarters for help, and then attack, after all, the trapped unit is also a squadron level like the unit at hand, that squadron is not good, and another squadron will definitely be able to do it?

It's not that Kobayashi Shaozo doesn't want to report to his general, it's just that he is mentally clear, even if he reports, it's useless! The entire brigade was fighting fiercely with the Chinese defenders on the side of the Grand Canal, and there was simply no extra troops to support his two squadrons, even if he had a little manpower, it was all squeezed out by the general, and the entire brigade could no longer draw any troops above the squadron level. In addition, he also saved a fluke, if he could rescue that squadron with his own strength, wouldn't he not have to be reprimanded by the general?