After breaking the counterattack of Tada's squadron, the 2nd and 4th Battalions quickly advanced northward, but were strongly blocked by the Japanese on the road line. Although this line of defense was in tatters, the Japanese fought very resolutely under the cover of the wreckage of the car. In the early days, the Japanese army invaded China with good marksmanship, and they were not afraid of death when they started fighting, which was very headache.

The fighters were not yet proficient in the offensive tactics of the squad, and although they achieved some results, they also paid a great price. Seeing that the number of casualties had risen sharply, Duan Shuanghu hurriedly ordered: "The troops are temporarily attacking, and quickly bring up the heavy machine guns!" ”

The heavy machine guns were quickly put on the front line and opened heavy fire on the Japanese positions. At this time, the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army had been lost closely, and they were unable to compete with them, and they were beaten so that they could not even lift their heads. Although the casualties were heavy and the defensive line had become full of holes, as long as the infantry from the security regiment was dispatched, the Japanese would come out and fight to the death. They did not dare to give up their positions easily, because once the first line of the road was occupied by the security regiment, the Japanese army would be divided into two parts.

Staff officer Seto Nakai was taken aback by the offensive of the security group. He said to Ryusuke Fukuyama, "Fukuyama-kun, it seems that the enemy is much stronger than we thought!" I suggest that all the troops on the outskirts of Beima Village be withdrawn immediately, otherwise they are in danger of being completely annihilated. ”

Ryusuke Fukuyama flatly refused, saying: "Taking the initiative to retreat will make the enemy think that we are weak and can be bullied!" Let the warriors hold on a little longer, our reinforcements will arrive soon, and the Army Aviation will soon be giving us tactical guidance. ”

Seto still insisted on his opinion and said, "Fukuyama-kun, please think about it again." The situation is already extremely critical, and if it continues like this, the warriors on the front line may not be able to wait for reinforcements! ”

Fukuyama's red eyes were fixed on Seto, and his appearance was indescribably hideous and terrifying. He roared, "What if there are no reinforcements? We still have the spirit of bushido! ”

Seto was stunned and whispered, "Fukuyama-kun, even if the spirit of bushido can help us achieve victory, if the casualties are too great, you and I will have to go to court-martial!" ”

Ryusuke Fukuyama was shocked when he heard this. He said with a dejected face, "Okay! Let the warriors pull back and hold their ground with the car squadron. ”

After receiving the order to retreat, the Japanese troops fortified on the outskirts of Beima Village quickly began to retreat. However, it is not so easy to withdraw at this time. Between the northern highlands and Beima Village, the first battalion stayed on the high ground with two platoons to stand by, one platoon to cover, and the other two platoons quickly outflanked the Japanese puppet army under the high ground.

The main force of the Japanese army has been transferred to the northeast two sides of the highlands, and the troops left between Beima Village and the northern highlands are mainly puppet troops, and the Japanese army has only one squad. Of course, as long as a squad of Japanese troops is used well, the combat power is still quite good. However, the puppet army that lost control broke and fled, and the Japanese defense was also shattered. Enraged, the Japanese officers could not control the situation even after killing several puppet soldiers, and finally had to flee together.

The cavalry battalion of the 129th Division, which saw the opportunity, took advantage of the situation and launched an attack. The anger that the warriors had been holding back for most of the day was finally released. They forgot about hunger and fatigue for a while, and kept waving and slashing with their sabers. The puppet army had long been frightened, only to know that Lu Dao desperately fled, leaving his back to the cavalry battalion to be harvested. Although the Japanese army had the intention to resist, they would only die faster if they reflexively faced the enemy in this chaotic situation.

The same is true of the road on the side of the South-West Highlands. Wu Quanfu led the cavalry directly under the regimental headquarters to rush along the highway to kill, and it was the infantry of the third battalion that covered for them.

Taking advantage of the victory, several units pursued and rushed all the way to the defensive positions of the Japanese automobile squadrons, forming a three-sided flank attack on the enemy positions. The wreckage of the car, although good cover, could only block one side, and the backs and flanks were completely exposed to the guns of the security regiment fighters. Under these circumstances, the Japanese army was finally unable to return to the sky, so they could only flee to the east.

Of course, the opportunity to beat the water dogs could not be missed, and the soldiers, whether they were cavalry or infantry, whether they were the security regiment, Ji You or the Eighth Route Army, all joined the pursuit. The rolling torrent carried the hatred of the invaders and smashed the remnants of the Japanese army to the ground.

The Japanese also had a position east of Kitama Village, which was the headquarters of Ryusuke Fukuyama, as well as some units directly under the brigade. The warriors drove the defeated troops forward and tried to take the position in one fell swoop. But they didn't expect that Ryusuke Fukuyama began to fire with heavy machine guns despite the fact that there were still a large number of Japanese troops in front of the position, and the soldiers who rushed to the front were suddenly swept down in a large area.

Chen Side, the platoon commander of the fourth battalion, was heartbroken when he saw that so many comrades-in-arms had been sacrificed at once. While directing the troops to counter-suppress the Japanese positions, he shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Lie down! Lie down! ”

The fighters reacted quickly and avoided further casualties. But unfortunately, Chen Side's actions attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and a criminal bullet ended his young life. The soldiers in the platoon were grief-stricken. They shouted the slogan "Avenge Platoon Commander Chen" and launched an even more fierce attack. The warriors were all red-eyed, and they were so desperate that they could not kill the enemy in front of them.

The Japanese army was unwilling to be captured, and fought back desperately under the leadership of junior officers, and even sacrificed the ultimate magic weapon of "human flesh bomb". But the warriors were not intimidated, and the bitter hatred of the enemy went beyond the fear of death. Just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, the call to collect troops suddenly came.

Qi Sixian, the commander of the fourth battalion, is killing sexually. He tore off his padded jacket as soon as he thought it was in the way, and then joined the charge shirtless. Platoon Commander Chen, who had just died in battle, was his good brother for many years, which made him almost go crazy with anger. When the call sounded, Battalion Commander Qi didn't hear it at all, and now he just wanted to rush to the enemy's position to avenge his comrades. Fortunately, the soldiers rebelled and rushed up to stop him.

Qi Sixian was furious and scolded: "If you don't avenge Platoon Commander Chen, what are you doing to stop your forehead!" ”

The soldiers said: "Battalion commander, blow the trumpet, let the foreheads withdraw!" ”

Although the soldiers were not happy, they still withdrew obediently.

Wu Quanfu saw Qi Sixian and hurriedly asked, "Battalion Commander Qi, what's going on in front?" Why retreat? ”

Qi Sixian said indignantly: "How do you know that you are about to take the enemy's position, and suddenly you blow the trumpet!" ”

As they spoke, a cannonball struck them, startling them all.

Wu Quanfu hurriedly said: "Quick, retreat!" The artillery is getting nervous again! ”

The fighters were startled and hurriedly ran to the rear, fearing that they would go slow and be killed by their own artillery fire. In fact, Zheng Weiguo ordered the withdrawal of troops for this reason. The skills of the artillery are too rough, this is not a problem that can be solved in a short time, it takes a lot of time and artillery training to do it.

Although the Eighth Route Army had sharpshooters like Zhao Chengzhang, most of the artillery was unqualified. In the famous bloody battle of Guanjiayuan, the cannonballs actually smashed directly on the way of the soldiers' charge, causing a large number of accidental injuries. This problem has always plagued the Eighth Route Army, and it was not solved until the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The War of Liberation was the same, when the Northeast Field Army formed the artillery, I don't know how many of its own infantry were killed, and the infantry was so angry that they said that there were spies in the artillery, and they specialized in bombing their own people.

In order to improve the capabilities of the artillery, Zheng Weiguo is now staying in the artillery position to personally guide them in firing the artillery. The artillerymen expressed their intention to fight a turnaround, but the first shot almost killed two battalion commanders, which made Zheng Weiguo very angry. Just when he was so angry that he was smoking, the guards reported that Commissioner Yang of Jiyou and the summer battalion commander of the cavalry battalion asked to see him.

Zheng Weiguo snorted and said to the artillerymen: "Count yourself lucky!" Naturally, you can't keep a tiger face when you meet friendly troops, and Zheng Weiguo finally calmed himself down.

He had seen the summer camp chief before, he was very young (the summer camp chief was only 24 years old at the time), and his face was still a little childish, not as fierce and vicious as people imagined. It was the first time I had seen Professor Yang, and he was wearing glasses, like a teacher.

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Camp Chief Xia, this time I have returned your favor, hahaha!" Camp Chief Xia smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard this, and Zheng Weiguo said to Professor Yang again: "Commissioner Yang, I have admired you for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you here. ”

Professor Yang held Zheng Weiguo's hand and said gratefully, "Senior Commander Zheng, thanks to your troops today, otherwise our losses would have been great." ”

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly asked: "Have the people and commanders and fighters in the village withdrawn?" ”

The summer camp chief said: "The villagers have all withdrawn. In order to prevent the Japanese from taking advantage of the chaos to seize the village, we also left a platoon to hold on to the village. ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "In this case, your army should quickly cover the transfer of the villagers." It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and our security regiment will be withdrawn soon. ”

Commissioner Yang agreed: "It's okay! The soldiers have not run out of rice from early morning to now, and they are too tired to fight any longer. ”

Camp Commander Xia disagreed, he said: "Division Commander Zheng, in fact, our troops and firepower are stronger than the Japanese army, as long as we put it together, we can completely annihilate this enemy here." ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said, "It is easy to completely annihilate the Japanese army, but it will cost you a lot. And I'm afraid that the Japanese planes are about to arrive! If we don't withdraw, we will lose even more if we are bombed. ”

As a matter of fact, according to the operational plan previously formulated by the Japanese army, the planes of the army aviation should have arrived a long time ago. However, due to the weak resistance that appeared before, Ryusuke Fukuyama thought that his own strength was enough to deal with it, so he did not ask for "tactical guidance" from the army aviation.

Even if there was no plane, Zheng Weiguo didn't want to fight down. At the beginning of the battle, the Japanese suffered more than 150 casualties, and the security regiment suffered less than 20 casualties, with a battle loss ratio of 10:1. But as time went on, the casualties of the security regiment increased, and the exchange ratio dropped rapidly from 10:1 to the current 5:1. If you continue to attack, you will be able to completely annihilate this group of enemies, but in the end, the exchange ratio will probably be close to 1:1, which is unacceptable to Zheng Weiguo.