Nishimura Warrior fled to the artillery position in embarrassment, the devil's artillery had received the order of Nishimura Warrior before, and was packing up his things to prepare to retreat, but with so many cannons and ammunition, and some equipment, how could it be so easy to retreat quickly with so much burden.The little devils were in full swing, and Nishimura Yuto ran over with people, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop retreating, stick to the spot and wait for reinforcements, quickly restore the position." ”Although the little devils are helpless, they can only obey the order, some of the devil artillery has just dismantled those bulky cannons, and they are forced to relocate the cannons, which the little devils are naturally full of oceans, but no matter how much they complain, the order must still be obeyed.And these little devils also know that the Eighth Route Army is about to fight, and when their lives are at stake, they are in no mood to complain about these anymore.After Nishimura Yongren ran to the artillery position with people, there were defeated and retreating little devils who ran towards the artillery position, but Li Guotao also immediately led the Eighth Route Army to chase and kill the devil's artillery position."
Shoot fast, shoot and stop these hateful chinens."
A devil officer shouted hoarsely with a command knife.The little devils opened fire one after another, and the dense firepower temporarily blocked the offensive of the Eighth Route Army.The artillery units of the Japanese army are different from some artillery units of other countries, although they are artillery units, they also have infantry formations, and the number of infantry is not a minority.For example, an infantry wing of the devil is usually equipped with an artillery brigade with two artillery squadrons, each with only four infantry guns, and an artillery squadron with a full complement of 170 people, of which only a small part is artillery and some logistics personnel responsible for transporting ammunition, and more than half of them are infantry responsible for defending artillery.The reason for this phenomenon is also very simple, after all, the Japanese army is an island country, lack of resources, and most of the various raw materials needed for the production of weapons and ammunition need to rely on imports.However, these devil infantry under the artillery unit are not real infantry after all, and their combat effectiveness is far worse than those infantry squadrons.However, at this time, there were still more than 200 devil infantry on the artillery position of the Japanese army, plus those artillery and the fleeing devil rout, there were more than 400 people and nearly 500 people.With so many little devils and occupying favorable terrain, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to completely eliminate them in a short period of time.Li Guotao originally thought that he would follow behind the devil's rout, rush to the artillery position together, and force the little devils into a white-knuckle battle, so that he could eliminate this group of little devils by virtue of his superiority in strength.But this idea ultimately failed.The little devils on the artillery position, without waiting for all the routs to withdraw, gave the order to shoot, although more than 20 little devils were killed as a result, but also suppressed the Eighth Route Army about a hundred meters away from the artillery position.In the face of the dense firepower of the devils, Li Guotao did not risk taking the soldiers to launch a fierce attack, but ordered the soldiers to find a hidden place on the spot, shoot at the little devils on the position, and wait for all the follow-up troops to arrive before launching a strong attack.Li Guotao lay on the ground, turned around and ordered loudly to Kou Erbao, who was following him: "Immediately order the first battalion, the second battalion to outflank from the left and right, surround the devil's artillery position, and definitely not let go of a little devil."
In addition, a mortar and machine-gun company was immediately ordered to rush to support the infantry in the attack. ”"Yes" Kou Erbao replied respectfully, turned around and ran to convey the order.Watanabe Shaoza led the main force of the devils, and was originally going to take advantage of the Eighth Route Army to cross the river, launch an attack and defeat the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.As a result, after more than ten minutes of fighting, Watanabe Shaosa finally realized that something was wrong, the Eighth Route Army did not cross the river at all, and after the attack was launched, the Eighth Route Army on the east bank of the river was also withdrawn to the west bank.Watanabe Shaosa, who was fooled, happened to receive the news that the wing headquarters was besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, so he immediately rushed to support with his troops.Just when the Eighth Route Army surrounded the remnants of the devils led by Nishimura Yuto on the artillery position, Watanabe Shaosa happened to lead the troops to the other side of the river, originally they wanted to cross the river from the bridge to the north to support the wing headquarters.But at this moment, Watanabe Shaosa suddenly received news that the bridge had been lost.Watanabe Shaosa couldn't help but begin to hesitate, if he bypassed the bridge and rushed to support, even if there was no blocking by the Eighth Route Army, it would take nearly half an hour, and now that the Eighth Route Army has occupied the bridge, it will inevitably stubbornly block the Japanese reinforcements, in this case, how long will it take to reach the artillery position, Watanabe Shaosa is also bottomless.The most fatal thing is that His Excellency the Wing Commander has been surrounded in the artillery position, and the situation is extremely critical, and how long the artillery with low combat effectiveness can hold out, Watanabe Shaosa's heart is even more uncertain.The coach was besieged and his condition was critical, and as a subordinate, he should do his best to rescue.There was a shortcut road in front of them, the artillery position was only about three or four hundred meters away from the river bank, and this small river was only seventy or eighty meters wide, and it only took two or three minutes at most to swim through."
Watanabe-kun, what are you still hesitating about here, Your Excellency the Wing Commander has been besieged by the Eighth Route Army, and the situation is critical, we should fight to rescue it."
A devil officer saw Watanabe Shaosa suddenly stop, and couldn't help but speak.Watanabe Shaosa frowned and said loudly: "It is precisely because His Excellency the Wing Captain is in critical condition that we should rush to the Wing Captain's side as quickly as possible to protect the safety of His Excellency the Wing Captain.And there is a shortcut in front of us. ”As he spoke, Watanabe raised his hand and pointed to the river not far away."
Watanabe-kun means to cross the river directly from here to support His Excellency the Wing Commander," the devil officer asked with a frown."
Hmm" Watanabe Shaosa nodded and said, "This is the nearest road" "But have you ever thought that if the Shina people take advantage of our crossing of the river to raid the imperial army, the imperial army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. ”The devil officer said with a frown."
Now that His Excellency the Wing Commander is in danger, we can't care about that much.Immediately give the order to go down, stop advancing, cross the river immediately, and quickly support His Excellency the Wing Commander. ”Watanabe Shaosa ordered loudly with a serious face.aa2705221: