Fujitang Gaoying's expression was relaxed, but the expression on Xu Shijiu's face became colder and colder.

After the Japanese counterattacked, the offensive of the guard battalion was quickly disintegrated.

In this regard, Xu 19 was mentally prepared, because no matter in terms of training or equipment, the 19th detachment was at a disadvantage compared to the Japanese army, and now even in terms of the strength of the Chinese army, which has always been the dominant force, the guard battalion is also at an absolute disadvantage.

After disintegrating the offensive of the guard battalion, little Japan took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and tried to eat the guard battalion in one fell swoop

This has to be replaced by the general national army, or the 19 detachments before the winter training, so that the little Japan is so crushed, it will definitely be in chaos and collapse, fortunately, after experiencing the tempering of the last battle of Erlong Mountain, and after a winter of training, the combat effectiveness of the 19 detachments has been significantly improved.

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Seeing that the Chinese army on the opposite side could calmly switch from attack to defense under the onslaught of the Japanese army, and even arranged a minefield at the front of the position, Fujido Takaei and Oda couldn't help but have a look of surprise on their faces.

Fujido Takaei even rejoined behind the artillery mirror, carefully observed the situation on the battlefield in front of him, and said to Oda thoughtfully: "Oda-san, it seems that our opponent is not simple, he is eager to switch from attack to defense, and he has always been under the onslaught of the imperial army, and he has not even messed up his position, which is interesting and a little interesting."

"What is especially rare is that they actually arranged a minefield at the front of the position, so as to break up the attack of the 4th squadron in one fell swoop, even if Xue Yue's L Corps is here, I am afraid that it will be at this level." Oda put down the binoculars and nodded approvingly.

"But ......," Oda paused, and then continued, "but if the people of Shina think that we can be on the same level as the Longkou Gendarmerie if we are independently mixed into the 14th Brigade, and think that we can stop our attack with a small minefield, then they are wrong, and they are very wrong. ”

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After the frontal attack was blocked by a minefield, the Japanese troops on the opposite side immediately divided into two squadrons and tried to detour behind the guard battalion from both flanks.

"It's another set" guard battalion commander Yang Dashu was originally the company commander of the special service company directly under the headquarters of the Third Theater Theater, and also participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing.

At this time, the disadvantage of the guard battalion in strength was completely reflected, in almost every direction, the guard battalion fell into a bitter battle, although Yang Dashu still held a platoon of elite in his hands, but this platoon was far from enough to change the situation.

At this time, the guard battalion could not be withdrawn even if it wanted to.

Seeing that the guard battalion quickly fell into passivity, Xu Shijiu's face became more and more gloomy.

The Sino-Japanese War entered its fourth year, and the situation that Xu Shijiu was most unwilling to see, and at the same time most afraid of seeing, finally inevitably appeared.

The Japanese army has won almost every battle, so they can always control the battlefield after the battle, so their wounded can always be treated in time, so their recruits always have a great chance of surviving, and then slowly grow up in actual battles again and again, becoming veterans one by one.

The Sino-Japanese War entered its fourth year, and when they first set foot on the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese recruits who had never even seen blood had completely grown up and become experienced veterans, and by now, almost all of the nearly one million Japanese soldiers on the Chinese battlefield were veterans who had participated in the war for more than two years.

The Japanese army on the other side was nothing more than a temporary garrison, and the quality of its soldiers was still like this, not to mention other ad hoc divisions and even permanent divisions; in a word, the quality of the soldiers of small Japan was growing rapidly, while the quality of the soldiers of the Nationalist Army was deteriorating, and the gap between the strength of the two armies was becoming more and more wide

It was only at this time that Xu Shijiu knew that he had made a mistake, a fatal mistake

Xu 19 miscalculated the combat effectiveness of little Japan; in fact, in addition to the newly formed gendarmerie in the occupied areas, the various permanent divisions, ad hoc divisions, and even mixed brigades of small Japan have been completely improved after four years of actual combat training

The Sino-Japanese War has entered its fourth year, and little Japan is no longer Wuxia Amun

In a flash of thought, Little Japan made a breakthrough on the left flank, and Yang Dashu had no choice but to throw a platoon of Zuihou into the left flank, and started a brutal white-knuckle battle with Little Japan that broke into the position.

About a small group of more than 40 Japanese soldiers broke into the position of the guard battalion and engaged in a white-knuckle battle with two platoons and more than 70 officers and men of the guard battalion, but the result of the white-knuckle battle was almost one-sided, and more than 70 officers and men of the guard battalion were killed by more than 40 Japanese soldiers

Seeing one after another officers and soldiers of the guard battalion falling under the bayonets of the little Japan, Xu Shijiu's face was so gloomy that he could almost scrape frost, and the little Japan on the other side, in terms of the level of white-knuckle warfare alone, was on par with the 59 German armor divisions of the Central Army before the Battle of Songhu, and even surpassed.

"Withdraw" Xu Shijiu gritted his teeth, and a word withdrawal broke out from between his teeth.

"What, withdraw?" Yang Dashu was stunned and shouted, "Commander, how can you withdraw at this time?" ”

At this time, little Japan and the guard battalion have been completely mixed together, the positions of the two sides are staggered, you have me, I have you, several positions have broken out in white-knuckle battles, in this case, as soon as you withdraw, the army is defeated like a mountain, how can you say that you can withdraw?

"If you can't withdraw, you have to withdraw, withdraw" Xu Shijiu yelled again, it's all at this time, and he can't take care of so much, if he can withdraw a few, even if he only withdraws one or two, it's better than the annihilation of the whole army

"Guard, pass my order, withdraw" General Yang Dashu slammed his hat on the ground.

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Gao Shenxing led the L Regiment and the 4th Regiment to march in a hurry, and as soon as he reached the halfway point, he encountered the defeated soldiers of the guard battalion.

Seeing that there were only more than 100 remnants left in the strong guard battalion, and all of them were wounded, Gao Shenxing could hardly believe his eyes.

"Old Xu, what's going on?" Gao Shenxing found Xu Shijiu from the defeated soldiers and asked urgently.

Xu Shijiu sighed and said, "Alas, don't mention it, I, Xu Shijiu, have been fighting in the army for sixteen years, and I have never suffered such a big loss, and this time I am embarrassed and lose my grandmother's family." ”

Li Zihan and Lu Jianbang rushed over when they heard the news, and immediately looked at each other when they heard Xu Shijiu's words.

Listening to Yang Dashu briefly talk about the beginning and end of the battle in Yanjia Town, Gao Shenxing, Li Zihan, Lu Jianbang, and several battalion commanders of the L Regiment and the 4th Regiment gasped one after another. They thought that the 14th Brigade would be stronger than the gendarmerie in Longkou and Qingyang counties, but they were very wrong.

At that moment, Gao Shenxing asked: "Old Xu, do you still want to go to Yanjia Town now?" The military families in the town can't be saved

Xu Shijiu sighed, shook his head and said: "You don't have to go, it's useless to go, you can't save thousands of fathers and villagers in Yanjia Town, not to mention, maybe you will put the L regiment and the 4th regiment into it, you may not know that the carp mouth was lost just after noon, and the main force of the 14th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade is about to arrive in Yanjia Town." ”

Speaking of the loss of Liyuzui, almost all the battalions of the regiment L were killed in battle, and only one company commander and two veterans survived, Xu Shijiu couldn't help but sigh again.