A 75-millimeter Bofors Mountain artillery shell exploded in the Japanese infantry impartially, the grenade burst open, the shrapnel scattered, cutting off the Japanese troops on the road, and none of the Japanese infantry around the landing site were spared.
Fastest updates Like the wounded soldier with a broken leg, lying on the ground, he became a bloody man, and at the moment before he lost consciousness, Kimura realized in his heart that no one went to give the wounded soldier a shot to relieve the pain, but unfortunately, it was too late, Kimura, like many Japanese soldiers on the road, turned into a stump and a broken arm under artillery fire.
The retreat of the Takeda Brigade can be described as very miserable, even if it runs away, the situation is not optimistic, the infantry in front of it retreats, the baggage of the Takeda Brigade, the trucks are all across the road, and the infantry retreating in front of them inevitably collide with the baggage trucks and trucks.
On the road, the gap between the truck and the baggage truck was crowded with the infantry retreating from the front, the situation was very chaotic, the vehicle and the infantry who had just withdrawn were crowded together, the sound of scolding, the cries of mules and horses, and the sound of the truck's engine were intertwined, and the two Type 92 infantry guns were also struggling to stop in the crowd.
Soon after the first batch of infantry was withdrawn, the two baggage trucks of the Takeda Brigade overturned due to crowding and the collision of the infantry, and the two standard Type 93 baggage vehicles overturned on their sides on the road, and the iron-clad wheels kept rotating in the air, and the Type 38 rifle carts loaded on the vehicles were scattered to the ground, and the ammunition boxes were also trampled on, shining brightly in the sunlight.
The horses pulling the baggage carts were obedient, and these trained Oriental horses were not frightened, and the Japanese infantry huddled together, calmly stopped in place, and from time to time wailed twice from the collision, and did not hesitate, compared to the road ahead, the only advantage here is that they are not attacked by the ambushed squadron.
However, transportation became a problem, and the baggage troops of the Takeda Brigade were overcarried before the war, and even after such a great attrition, the strength was still considerable, and it also blocked the retreat of the forward infantry along the road.
"Go down" "Off the Highway" Some officers and military officers of the Japanese army saw that the road was too crowded, and for the sake of safety, they simply stopped taking the road, and ordered the troops to go down the road and assemble in the flat and empty field, although the field is not easy to walk, but it is the safest place now.
The Japanese soldiers laboriously squeezed out of the gap in the baggage truck, until they squeezed to the side of the road, frantically rushed down the road, rushed down the road, rushed down the Japanese army, commanded by the officer and the military officer, the commander, the whole team rested, every time a batch was withdrawn, a group was rectified on the spot, and now the infantry of the Takeda Brigade has not been completely withdrawn, even if the soldiers are withdrawn, the formation has been out of order, next to a soldier of the first squadron, it may be the second squadron, or it may be a heavy machine gun squadron.
After being beaten, the Takeda Brigade urgently needed to rest and reorganize.
Captain Takeda Masayuki jumped off the truck, eagerly commanded the troops, and his subordinates took the initiative to jump off the road into the field, which was exactly what he wanted, otherwise the troops and vehicles and equipment were congested together, and he couldn't command if he wanted to, the sound of gunfire in the distance had not stopped, Takeda raised his binoculars and saw the outline of the squadron's ambush position, the smoke was billowing on the road, and his own people had not been withdrawn.
Ambush battle Up to now, Takeda has a general idea of the ambush squadron, judging from the outline of the ambush position, there are quite a few people, and the firepower is also very fierce, thinking to himself, the closer this is to Kunlun Pass, the more fierce the battle will be.
Of course, Takeda could not have imagined now that the ambushed squadron had the number of one and a half infantry regiments.
In Takeda's heart, he couldn't help but glance at the ambushed squadron, the reason was naturally the concealment and shooting discipline of the squadron, not to mention that the search soldiers didn't find it, even Takeda himself didn't notice it before the ambush.
"Captain, most of the first and second squadrons and Guyuan squadrons have withdrawn, and there are still a small number of soldiers who are retreating" The lieutenant of the Takeda Brigade said, covered in flesh and blood, exactly like the soldiers who had withdrawn from the front.
"Okay, continue to gather the troops, order the baggage, trucks, and infantry guns to all retreat, give way to the main road, and the infantry squadron and heavy machine gun squadron will assemble in the field on the left side of the road."
"Yes" "Wait" Takeda called out to the brigade adjutant, speaking a little incoherently, too confused and sudden that Takeda almost gave the wrong order.
"Tell the infantry artillery squad to also go down to the left side of the road" The road was chaotic, very unsafe, and had a great impact on the retreat of the infantry in front, and then thinking of the ambush of the squadron, Takeda did not dare to let the car and baggage rely too far in front, and the whole brigade had food, drink, and ammunition on it, if it was served in a pot, then this battle really could not be fought.
"Yaga" Takeda scolded, then left the road, took the personnel of the brigade headquarters, got off the road, and arrived on the left side of the road.
Takeda Masayuki ran all the way, ran in the field to the soldiers who were assembling, suffered this kind of ambush, he could imagine the casualties of his troops, not to mention anything else, just holding a telescope to observe, he could see the accumulated corpses on the road in the distance, Takeda is now full of anger, and his mind is not thinking about anything else, but to fight back.
Kunlun Pass is not close to here, since it is already here, even if it is ambushed, Takeda will launch a counterattack, besides, his subordinates are the backbone of an infantry brigade, and Takeda is still quite confident in the strength in his hands.
What's more, it was precisely because he was ambushed and hurt that Takeda ignited the idea of counterattacking, the fighting in his bones, and the task of reinforcing Kunlun Pass, the anger of being ambushed was mixed together, and finally made Takeda Changxing make up his mind to fight back.
When he ran to the assembled field, what Takeda saw was that he was retracting, and the subordinates of the whole team, not only the officers of each squadron, but also the commanders and even veterans of each squadron, all gathered the soldiers of their respective units in the crowd, and completely scattered the formation in the process of retreating, but the Japanese soldiers did not break up, and they automatically and consciously lined up, waiting for regrouping.
"A squadron is coming to assemble" "The Guyuan Squadron is coming to gather" Soldiers were constantly led into the ranks, and several Japanese officers saw the captain coming, and immediately walked to the side of the captain, and the matter of closing it was done by other officers and military officers, and the three squadron commanders who walked in front of Takeda looked very embarrassed, like ordinary soldiers, stained with blood.
Only Gu Yuan Zhenggang was relatively clean, because his squadron was at the end.
"Where's the second squadron leader?"
Takeda asked, among the three squadron commanders, the second squadron leader had changed.
At this time, the squadron leader of the first squadron said sadly.
"Group Leader, the Squadron Leader of the Second Squadron has been martyred, and he was killed by enemy shells on the way to retreat, and he can only be represented by the Deputy Squadron Leader," Takeda's face sank, even the squadron leader was killed, and the situation at the front can be imagined.
"Quickly gather the soldiers, cover the non-retreating people and prepare to launch a counterattack on the enemy's left position" "Yes" Not only Takeda, but the three squadron leaders who survived the catastrophe also had a resentful face, and their hearts were full of counterattacks like Takeda
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