After some arguments, Changde finally did not resist Li Guotao, and obediently retreated with the wounded with the main force.At this time, the materials in the station had been almost moved, and the troops began to retreat in an orderly manner according to the plan, but Li Guotao gathered the soldiers of the independent regiment and went all the way north to the vicinity of Xin'an Town, which was not far away.After Li Guotao arrived at the battlefield, he immediately ordered the troops to temporarily arrange a defensive line behind the defense line of the third battalion, and then called Tian Chen, the commander of the third battalion, over.Li Guotao asked with a serious face: "How is the situation now?"
"Report to the regiment commander, the battle is very fierce, the attack of the little devils is getting more and more fierce, and the brothers of the eighth regiment have already repelled the three attacks of the devils. ”Tian Chen said with a worried face.Li Guotao nodded and said, "The brothers of the Eighth Regiment have done a good job, their task has been completed, and it is up to us next."
You immediately send someone to inform the brothers of the Eighth Regiment in front of you and tell them to retreat immediately, along with the main force.As soon as the Eighth Regiment withdraws, the little devils will definitely continue to attack, and your second line of defense must ensure that the devils are blocked for at least two hours, so as to buy us enough time to build a temporary defense line. ”"It's guaranteed to complete the task, not to mention two hours, even four hours, eight hours is no problem."
Tian Chen said confidently."
It won't take that long, two hours is enough, this time our task is to cover the retreat of the main force, there is no need to fight to the end with this group of little devils."
Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said."
Understood" Tian Chen nodded in response, turned around and left.After receiving the order, the soldiers of the 8th Regiment immediately and quickly withdrew from their positions while the little devils had not launched a fourth attack, and rushed all the way to the south.The three attacks failed one after another, and Ito Shaosa was furious, scolding his soldiers for their incompetence.At the same time, the artillery was ordered to once again concentrate fire on the positions of the Eighth Route Army, and mobilize more troops to prepare for the next round of attack."
Report to Your Excellency, the infantry is ready to attack at any time."
A devil officer ran up to Ito Shaozo and said respectfully."
Yo Xi is very good, immediately order the artillery, once again concentrate the fire on the position of the Chinese people, the infantry is ready to attack, this time we must take the position of the Chinese people in one fell swoop."
Ito ordered loudly."
Report to Your Excellency Shaozo, the people of China on the opposite side suddenly abandoned their positions and retreated to the south."
At this time, a little devil suddenly ran over and said loudly."
Nani" Ito Shaozo exclaimed, and hurriedly raised his binoculars to look at the opposite position, and sure enough, he saw that the Eighth Route Army had begun to retreat, and it was moving quickly, and now it had run a few hundred meters away.Ito Shaozuo's face was immediately covered with a layer of anger, and he scolded loudly: "This group of hateful people in Bagaya Road actually wants to escape, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world, immediately order the troops, advance forward, and absolutely cannot let this group of Tubalu escape." ”"Hai" A devil officer responded respectfully, turned around and went to deliver the order.Soon, hundreds of little devils rushed to the position of the Eighth Regiment with bayonets, but at this time the position was empty, and the Eighth Route Army had already run away.The little devils did not stop and continued to advance, but one mile to the south was the blocking position of the third battalion of the independent regiment, and the little devils were forced to stop again.After receiving the report, Ito immediately ordered his troops to prepare for a new attack.However, at this time, the position of the third battalion was beyond the range of the devil's artillery, and Ito Shaoza could only order the artillery position to move forward.The infantry was already ready, and only the artillery was in position and the attack could be launched.Just when Ito Shaozo was already waiting a little impatiently, a little devil officer finally ran to Ito Shaozo and said respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency Shaozo, the artillery position is ready." ”"Yo Xi Da Di immediately ordered the artillery, prepared the positions of the Chinese people, prepared the infantry to attack, and after the artillery bombardment was over, immediately launched an attack."
Ito Shaosa couldn't wait to order."
Hai," the little devil respectfully answered, and turned to deliver the order.Not long after the "knock knock", a rumbling sound of artillery rang out from the Japanese artillery position.With a piercing whistling sound, shells rained down on the blocking positions of the 3rd Battalion, followed by a series of violent explosions.Li Guotao hid in the position behind, looking at the continuous firelight on the position of the third battalion, he couldn't help frowning slightly, turned to Kou Erbao and ordered, "Go and call Gao Jian over to me." ”"Yes" Kou Erbao replied respectfully, turned around and ran to call someone.It didn't take long for Gao Jian to run over, and said with a smile: "Regiment Commander, what are you looking for me?"
Li Guotao pointed to the position of the third battalion filled with gunsmoke, and said with a serious face: "The little devil is shelling the blocking position of the third battalion, and our artillery company is sure to kill the devil's artillery." ”Gao Jian patted his chest and promised: "No problem, wrap it up on us."
I'll tell you the truth, we were talking about this just now.Listening to the sound of artillery, the little devil only has two Type 92 infantry guns and eight mortars, and with this strength, he dares to scream in front of our independent regiment.As soon as they fire, we begin to determine their location, and we promise to destroy them immediately if you give the order. ”The standard equipment of a Japanese brigade is two infantry guns, and it is also equipped with several 60 and 80 mortars, unless it is a particularly strengthened brigade, it will be equipped with stronger artillery."
Very good" Li Guotao said with a relieved smile: "Then you go and prepare, and destroy their artillery positions as soon as possible." ”"Yes" Gao Jian responded respectfully and left happily.At present, the artillery of the independent regiment has two companies, a mountain artillery infantry artillery company, equipped with one mountain artillery and four Type 92 infantry guns, and a mortar company, equipped with 12 mortars of various types, which is twice as powerful as the little devils on the opposite side.The artillery firepower of the Independent Regiment is absolutely second to none among the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, even compared to the artillery battalion directly under the Fourth Army Division.Moreover, just after the Zhengding station was laid, a large number of military supplies were seized, and the independent regiment carried out the task of breaking off this time, and Commander Meng generously allocated a large number of weapons and ammunition to the independent regiment.At this time, the artillery of the independent regiment had sufficient ammunition, and they were naturally prepared to solve the artillery of the little devil opposite, and it was no wonder that Gao Jian was so confident that he did not take the devil artillery on the opposite side in his eyes at all.aa2705221: