As the gunfire on the battlefield gradually fell out, the situation in all aspects was also reported to Yang Yuanshan.

First of all, on the artillery side.

Of the two artillery batteries, almost all the artillery was lost, and only 2 Type 41 75 mountain guns, 2 37 rapid-fire guns and 1 92 infantry gun remained.

However, due to the good concealment of the artillery in advance, only seventy or eighty people were killed or seriously wounded, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

You must know that their position is the key bombing target of the little devil planes, and on average, at least seven or eight aerial bombs have been smashed down on each mountain.

And on the side of the machine gun platoon, it was miserable.

After being bombarded by twenty or thirty aerial bombs, not only were all four machine guns destroyed, but the gunners and ammunition men were almost completely killed and wounded, and not even a single soldier could stand up again.

Zhang Xiaohe rushed to their position with the health team, and found only seven or eight seriously wounded and unconscious gunners and ammunitionmen.

However, the platoon commander Liu Changshou was lucky, although his cheek was cut off in half by a piece of shrapnel, and his internal organs were injured by the shock wave of the aerial bomb explosion, he was still breathing and was also carried off on a stretcher.

But whether it can survive is still unknown.

At this time, Han Yang also ran quickly to report:

"Battalion commander, our four companies have killed more than 100 little devils, 70 or 80 mine policemen, and more than 200 coal mine workers from little devils, and we have completely occupied the coal mine!"

"Good! What about your casualties? ”

Yang Yuanshan asked with concern.

It is natural for the lion to fight the rabbit and take this coal mine, but if the casualties are too great, then he will regret not doing it at the beginning.

"Originally, the casualties in the coal mine were very small, but then the bombers of the little devils came, and we suffered a lot of losses.

Just now, I asked Lao He to make a brief count, and there were hundreds of people who died in the four companies, and nearly 200 people were injured. ”

"Good fellow, that's almost a whole line gone!

Lao Tzu has to find a chance to blow up the little devil's airport! ”

originally thought that he could easily win a battle, but now that there are so many casualties, Yang Yuanshan's heart is full of anger and guilt!

One general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies, and now he feels that he is the incompetent general.

Han Yang looked at his expression and understood his mood, so he hurriedly explained him:

"Battalion commander, we have gained a lot, there are four or five thousand miners in the coal mine, and now that we have rescued them, many miners want to participate in our Eighth Road!

We must not worry about the soldiers. ”

"Good! You send people to do the work, and try to get them all to come with us.

Go back and pick the right people to come out and join our camp. ”

"Yes!"

Han Yang nodded and prepared to leave.

Yang Yuanshan suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said:

"By the way, you remember to arrange for those miners to dismantle all the machines in the Little Devil Coal Mine, and let those miners help carry them to the mountains and find a hidden place to bury them.

Although we don't need it now, it will definitely be useful in the future.

The coal in this Shuiquan Coal Mine belongs to the people of our Jindi, and the little devil wants to dig it up, so he is dreaming! ”

"Yes!

But the battalion commander, let me lead people to do this, then I'm afraid the cleaning of the battlefield will be delayed. ”

"Don't clean the battlefield, just let the bodies of our sacrificed soldiers be carried away.

This time, I discussed with Regiment Commander Ding, and the battlefield was captured by them, and we took away all the livestock in the coal mine.

If this coal mine wants to transport coal or something, it must be indispensable for mules, carts, etc., to get these away! ”

"Yes!"

……

After some arrangement, Han Yang immediately took people to work.

At this time, Ding Wei, whose face was full of gunsmoke, rushed over with people.

"Yang Yuanshan, how are the casualties of your battalion?"

"The casualties are not light.

My artillery company has basically lost all its artillery, and there are only 5 of the original more than 20 guns.

The anti-aircraft artillery platoon was almost completely wiped out.

The infantry attacking the coal mine also suffered two or three hundred casualties.

Captain Ding, what about you? ”

"We suffered slightly lighter casualties, with almost 200 casualties.

There are too many planes for the little devils, and Lao Tzu has never seen so many planes! ”

Ding Wei had some palpitations.

In the past, when they attacked the little devils, they were bombed by three or five bombers from the other side, and they had never seen this kind of scene of 24 planes being dispatched at a time.

It's scary too!

"Yes, this water spring really can't be easily decided, it's really a hornet's nest.

Maybe now the garrisons of Little Devil Shimen, Niangzi Pass and other places are already pulling out here.

Commander Ding, let's quickly clean up the battlefield and retreat!

I don't know if after dawn, the little devil's bombers will come again. ”

"Good!

As you said, there is indeed a lot of grain in this Shuiquan coal mine, and my people just reported that there are tens of thousands of catties.

In terms of cotton clothes, I can pick off all the cotton coats on the corpse of the little devil, and I can make up hundreds of pieces, which can solve my urgent needs.

But don't you really want any of those little devils' equipment?

I see that many of your fighters have emptied the bullets in their magazines. ”

"The loot matter, we have talked about it in advance, so we don't need to change it.

In addition, my people reported that they had rescued four or five thousand miners, and I estimated that these people were all good soldiers. ”

Yang Yuanshan didn't care about the loot at all, when he was about to take the soldiers back to the base area, he passed by Yangshugou again, and picked up the equipment he had put there before, and when the time came, he had what he wanted.

And it's brand new!

I can't look down on the battlefield to capture these rags!

Seeing that Yang Yuanshan really didn't care about weapons and equipment, Ding Wei could only slander this spy battalion in his heart as a fat and oily rich man.

Hearing him say that he was a miner, he immediately nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll send Lao Zhong to recruit a few hundred people. Just to make up for the losses in this battle. ”

……

After arranging various matters, Yang Yuanshan ordered Ding Yongkuan and Gao Yuanzhi to take a few gunners with the best artillery skills, and use the remaining two 75 mountain guns to aim at the little devil Shuiquan City for live-fire artillery training, and bombard him.

The Type 41 75mm mountain gun, with a maximum firing range of 7 kilometers, is enough to hit Shuiquan City from the Hat Mountain.

The purpose of his order was not only that he didn't want to bring back the cannonballs he brought, but the main reason was naturally to scare the little devils.

Tell them that their artillery has not been blown up by bombers, and that it is better for them not to come out and make trouble and affect the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

When Ding Yongkuan and Gao Yuanzhi heard this order, although they didn't quite understand why they had to waste shells so much, they still resolutely carried out the order.

However, they did not choose the best gunners according to Yang Yuanshan's intentions, but personally took a few gunners with the worst gunners and taught them to train them in gunnery.

Strive to train these gunners who are not good at gunnery.

Soon, the mountain cannon "bang" began to fire.

The soldiers of the special battalion and the new regiment were naturally surprised, and thought that the little devils had come out to attack again.

Han Yang and Ding Wei both sent people to inquire, and after learning the truth, they couldn't help but be speechless.

Especially Ding Wei, he said in his heart: You don't take cannonballs seriously anymore, this is a cannonball for mountain artillery, a good thing that the artillery regiment at the headquarters lacks!

……

On Shuiquan City, Satoshi Nakao, chief of staff of the 225th Wing, originally saw so many bombers bombing the artillery positions of the Dirt Eighth Road, and thought that the artillery of the Dirt Eighth Road would be completely wiped out.

Unexpectedly, only 11 of the 24 bombers escaped, which made him so angry that he scolded the aviation for being a waste.

However, he pondered that as long as the Tubalu artillery was blown up, then Shuiquan City would be safe.

So he heard the sound of gunfire on the side of the Shuiquan Coal Mine gradually thinning out, although he knew in his heart that there was a high probability that Tubalu would take the Shuiquan Coal Mine, but he was not too flustered, as long as Shuiquan City was not lost, it would be fine.

But now, when the "clang" sound of the cannonballs flying reached his ears, he suddenly became angry and rushed to Tianlinggai, and scolded:

"Yaga! The waste of the aviation did not destroy the artillery of the Eighth Road at all!

I'm going to report to General Okamura! ”

However, no matter how much he scolded, he couldn't prevent a high-explosive grenade weighing several kilograms from falling into the city and city walls.

The endless shells blew up everywhere and there was a mess.

The little devil officers could only shout at the top of their voices:

"Dodge the guns! Hurry up and drop! ”

The voice was terrible.

This artillery training lasted for nearly half an hour, and all the mountain artillery shells carried by the special service battalion were exhausted.

In the two artillery companies of the special service battalion, the gunners who are not good at artillery skills can be regarded as having practiced well enough, and their artillery skills have naturally improved greatly.

And their training has also caused more than 100 casualties among the little devils in Shuiquan City, which can be regarded as a small gain.

……

In the north of Shuiquan City, Zhang Dabiao and a battalion of soldiers are still frantically digging trenches and anti-artillery holes to prevent the little devil bombers from coming again and rushing out with the enemies in Shuiquan City.

At this time, they heard the sound of cannons and saw the terrible appearance of the little devils in Shuiquan City being bombed and screaming again and again.

Zhang Dabiao immediately grinned and said with a smile:

"Good fellow, the cannon of this special service battalion is really far! Blow up these bitches! ”

Deputy battalion commander Luo Dafei frowned and asked:

"Battalion commander, you can't kill a few little devils if you blow it up like this, right?

Just two cannons, and at such a distance.

Isn't this a waste of shells? ”

"Hehe, you don't understand.

Yang Yuanshan's kid, there are more cannonballs!

And if he blows up like this, the little devil shouldn't be able to go out of the city to find trouble for us. ”

While the two were talking, a correspondent of the special service battalion on a bicycle came to report:

"Battalion Commander Zhang, our battalion commander asked me to inform you that in 1 hour, you can retreat!"

"Good! Yang Yuanshan finished the work? ”

Zhang Dabiao was very excited, in fact, he had guessed it a few minutes ago when he saw that Yang Yuanshan could make people bombard Shuiquan City, but now that he got the exact news, he was naturally more relieved.

The posture of the little devil's dozens of bombers just now really made him a little uncalm, this posture is just like his Zhang Dabiao robbing the mother-in-law of a man in Shinozuka!

Now that he had the news that he could retreat, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yes, we have already cleared the remnants of the coal mine, and we should be able to solve the problem once and for all."

"Okay, you go and report to your battalion commander, just say that our battalion will retreat in an hour!"

"Yes!"

……

An hour later, seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, Zhang Dabiao immediately ordered the soldiers of the whole battalion to retreat in echelons, and it took half an hour to finally evacuate Taolingou.

On Shuiquan City, the little devil who had been shelled for half an hour of shelling, of course, also discovered the movement of the first battalion, and the captain Sanada Shungen Nakasa immediately asked Satoshi Nakao for instructions:

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Tubalu has withdrawn, and it is recommended to catch up, bite their rear, and defend the glory of our locust army!"

At this point, can Satoshi Nakao still know that this group of Eight Roads is just to cover the Eight Roads attacking the coal mine?

He also wanted to agree with Sanada Jungen's opinion and send troops to chase and kill.

But he has read a lot of the art of war recently, and he is very worried that this is the routine of "real is false, virtual is real", and seeing that the sky is about to get dark, he still shook his head and refused:

"Nope!

Sanada-kun, Your Excellency the Division Commander gave us the task of the 225th Wing to defend Shuiquan Castle, not to destroy the Dirt Eight Road.

There are also two mountain cannons on the Tuba Road on the other side of the coal mine, which is a great threat to us, although they have stopped shelling now, but they are not brewing some kind of conspiracy!

Let's not make a fuss! ”

Seeing that this guy was so conservative, Sanada Shungen was naturally very unhappy, and wanted to assure the other party that they stopped shelling because there were no shells.

But he also knew that he had no evidence to convince His Excellency the Chief of Staff, so he could only nod helplessly:

"Hey! Your Excellency Chief of Staff wise! ”

But in his heart, he couldn't help but slander the drunken waste wing captain, ignoring military affairs, and giving all the military and political affairs of the 225th Wing to Satoshi Nakao, a cowardly host, ruining the great cause of the locust army!

(End of chapter)