Chapter 266: Preparing to Return
After handing over the matter of cleaning up the battlefield to Han Fangping, Liu Tianshu took the machine gun battalion and artillery company that had withdrawn from the mud ditch and ran tirelessly towards the wildcat ditch. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As soon as Zhang De heard the sound of gunfire in the direction of the muddy ditch, he was shocked and immediately ordered his troops to quickly occupy the surrounding commanding heights, and then sent people back to investigate the situation. Unfortunately, the battle lasted only a few minutes, and before the men he sent arrived to the east of the muddy ditch, the gunfire in the ditch stopped, and the people who ran back to inquire about the situation were at a loss.
Just when these people were thinking about whether to continue walking towards the muddy ditch, they suddenly saw countless Eighth Route Army troops appearing in the west, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran.
As soon as Zhang De heard that there were eight roads in the west, he was shocked into a cold sweat.
The gunfire in the ditch suddenly stopped, could it be that the battle was over? Up to now, not a single Japanese soldier has come out of the ditch, could it be that the Mi Toma Brigade was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in such a short period of time?
Although the sound of heavy machine guns sounded just now, after eating four or five hundred imperial troops in such a short period of time, Zhang De thought that the Eighth Route Army should not have such a big appetite.
You know, if this situation really happens, then the Mi Toma Brigade can be said to be completely annihilated. In that way, he and his brothers will be more than lucky.
Just as he was trembling, countless eight-way roads appeared on the mountains around him, and at the same time, a loud voice sounded: "Brothers of the Imperial Association on the opposite side, please listen, you have been surrounded by us, and the Mi Toma brigade has been completely wiped out by us, if you don't want to die, immediately lay down your arms and surrender." Otherwise, the Yoneto Brigade is your role model. ā
The voice came from afar, and it was full of energy.
When Zhang De heard this, he couldn't help but panic, he looked back to the west, until now, there was no figure of the imperial army at the mouth of the mud ditch, could it be that what the Eighth Road said was true?
The officers around him had a look of panic on their faces, you know, even the invincible imperial army in their eyes was eaten by the Eighth Route Army in less than ten minutes, how could these people be the opponents of the Eighth Route Army?
Zhang Deyiqiang stabilized himself, called an officer, and gave a few words.
The officer immediately stood up, looked at the opposite hill and shouted: "Brother of the Eighth Route Army, we are also forced, we are all old and young, and please let the Eighth Route Army let us live, we promise not to be your enemy again." ā
Hearing that these Imperial Allied troops still wanted to go back smoothly, Han Fangping did not laugh angrily, looked at the opposite side and said loudly: "Listen to the brothers of the Imperial Allied Army opposite, I am Han Fangping, the head of the Rongshan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the Mi Fu brigade has been completely wiped out by us, if you are still Chinese, immediately put your weapons and surrender, otherwise, we will punish you all as traitors." If you don't believe me, I can ask you to send someone to the muddy ditch to have a look. ā
Hearing Han Fangping's words, Zhang Deyi immediately asked the officer to take the people and return to the muddy ditch with a white flag, while the rest of the people were on guard on the mountain.
If the Mi Toma Brigade is really wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, he should choose to surrender, and if what the Eighth Route Army says is false, no matter what, he has to think of meeting with the Mi Toma Brigade.
After all, his family is still in the county seat, and once he leads his troops to surrender to the Eighth Route Army, it is difficult to guarantee that the devil will not attack his family.
After a while, the officer who had returned from the mud ditch turned pale, put his mouth close to his ear, whispered a few words, trembled all over, called several officers, and after explaining the situation in the ditch, he had to surrender to the Rongshan Independent Regiment.
Han Fangping was relieved to see that Zhang Deyi finally put down his arms and surrendered, and stepped forward with his troops, collected all the weapons of the Imperial Army, and then escorted away the Imperial Army that surrendered on his own initiative.
Although the Rongshan Independent Regiment has left a battalion of troops here, if Zhang Deyi's people fight hard, it is still unknown who will die in this battle. Fortunately, Han Fangping's shouting, coupled with the fact that the Imperial Association Army saw the tragic situation of the Mi Toma Brigade being completely wiped out, immediately dispelled the idea of fighting with the Eighth Route Army.
After solving the Imperial Army, Han Fangping immediately sent someone to report the situation to Commander Liu, and at the same time ordered the troops to advance to the east to block the Japanese army in the east from advancing westward.
Shan Ye commanded the troops and Liu Tianshu's battalion to fight for a long time in the south of Wildcat Ditch, and finally was blocked by Jin Zhenbiao in the south of Wildcat Ditch.
However, although Jin Zhenbiao repelled five attacks by the Shanye Brigade, his battalion only had one company left.
Fortunately, he received a call from the regiment commander saying that the Mitomo brigade had been completely wiped out, and the main forces of the machine gun battalion and artillery company were rushing towards Wildcat Gully. He immediately conveyed the good news to the remaining fighters, and the entire position resounded with constant cheers.
These exhausted warriors have added infinite strength to their bodies.
Shan Ye heard the cheers on the opposite hill, and couldn't help but be stunned, at this time, he had lost contact with the Mitoma Brigade, and after contacting the Japanese army in the east, he found that the Japanese army in the east had also lost contact with the Mitoma Brigade.
Suddenly, an ominous premonition came to my heart.
He immediately ordered a squadron that was supposed to be ready to go into battle immediately to suspend the attack and at the same time begin to shrink the forces. Subsequently, he reported to the Wing Commander and asked the Wing Commander to let the plane confirm the situation of the Yonema Brigade from the air.
When the commander of the Japanese army heard that the Mi Toma brigade had lost the news, he was also anxious, and the two reconnaissance planes quickly flew to the area of Hutouling, and finally found the corpses of Japanese soldiers lying in the ditch in the muddy ditch.
The Japanese wing commander received a report from the pilot, and learned that the Mitoma brigade had been killed by the eight-way ambush, and he only felt dizzy in his head.
After a while, the wing commander came to his senses and immediately ordered the Japanese troops in the east to stop advancing, and the mountain brigade also switched from attacking to defending.
Just when Shanye ordered the troops to fortify on the spot, Hao Mengxuan, who had been hiding behind the side of the Shanye Brigade, finally seized the opportunity, and the two companies suddenly launched a surprise attack on the baggage troops left behind by the Shanye Brigade, and the battle lasted for 20 minutes.
Seeing the retreat of the attacking Eighth Road, Yamano had no choice but to order the troops to stop the pursuit, but when the losses were counted, Yamano was still surprised.
The baggage squadron he arranged behind was suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and it lost more than half of it, and what was even more hateful was that a large number of baggage was destroyed.
Jin Zhenbiao saw the fierce gunfire behind the Shanye Brigade on the mountain, and knew that the second battalion, which had been hiding behind it, had finally started, but he only had one company in his hand, and he couldn't attack the devils in front of him, so he had to order the soldiers to quickly strengthen the fortifications.
Just when Liu Tianshu was about to arrive at Wildcat Gully with the main force of the machine gun battalion and artillery company, Shan Ye received an order from the wing commander to give up his original mission and quickly retreat.
After reading the order, Yamano glanced back and gave the order to retreat in pain.
Hao Mengxuan found that the devil began to retreat, and immediately led his troops to prepare for pursuit, but as soon as he came into contact with the devil, he found that the devil was very well defended, and there was no chance to take advantage of it.
Liu Tianshu knew that the devils who attacked Wildcat Ditch began to retreat, and after thinking about it, he ordered Hao Mengxuan to stop the pursuit.
After confirming that the devils in the east also began to retreat, Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The devil's sweeping operation, with the cooperation of the Fuyashan Independent Regiment and the Rongshan Independent Regiment, finally ended with the victory of the Eighth Route Army, and the Mi Toma Brigade that invaded the base area was directly wiped out, and the Zhang De Regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army accompanying the battle was also completely wiped out.
However, in this reinforcement of the Rongshan base area, the first and second battalions of the Fuyashan Independent Regiment also lost more than half, and only three of the six infantry companies of the two battalions remained.
While ordering the troops to assemble, Liu Tianshu contacted Fuyashan through the radio.
After learning that the 3rd and 4th Battalions remaining in the base area, under the command of Political Commissar Liao Zhifeng, adopted flexible and changeable tactics, avoided the main force of the devils, and lost the empty Pingyuan Town and Songkan Town to the devils, they concentrated their forces to raid the rear guard troops of the devils, and around Songkan Town and Pingyuan Town, they used the Fuchang County Brigade to carry out uninterrupted harassment.
After the two armies of the devils occupied these two towns, they fell into passivity and were unable to attack the depths of the base area at all.
Just when Liu Tianshu was relieved, Hong Feihu sent a telegram saying that the main force division advancing eastward had safely arrived in Shandong, and that a main force regiment had arrived in the direction of Fuya Mountain at night, and if nothing else, this regiment would rush to the vicinity of Pingyuan Town tomorrow morning.
After receiving this news, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, and immediately informed Liao Zhifeng of this great news through the radio, and at the same time asked Liao Zhifeng to send someone to get in touch with the main force of the eastward advance as soon as possible.
The radio code used within the Fuyashan Independent Regiment was written by Liu Tianshu himself, and the code for contacting the detachment was not a set. Therefore, there is no direct connection between the two.
Seeing that the crisis in the Rongshan base area had been resolved, after seeking the consent of the detachment, Liu Tianshu began to prepare for the return to Fuya Mountain.
"Commander Liu, thanks to your reinforcements this time, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the Rongshan Independent Regiment, I would like to express my most sincere thanks to your regiment, I know that your base area is now being attacked by devils, so you can pick the loot captured this time, or bring it all back." Han Fangping looked at Liu Tianshu and said sincerely.
"Hehe, Commander Han, we are all members of the Eighth Route Army, we are a family, needless to say, these kind words need not be said, now that the Mi Toma Brigade has been wiped out, and the two reinforcements of the devil have also retreated, it is time for us to return. In this way, we will take all the existing equipment of our regiment, and we will bring another ten days' rations, and the rest will be left to you, by the way, the more than ten seriously wounded of our regiment will have to stay with you for the time being, and I will send someone to pick them up after a while. In the end, Liu Tianshu's mood was a little heavy.
(To be continued.) )