"Sir, the National Salvation Army outside attacking us seems to have retreated!" In the attacked artillery tower, Chief Cao reported with confusion.

"Send a few imperial army out to investigate and see that they can't afford to retreat..." The Japanese were also puzzled.

This battle tonight is really atrocity.

Although he later changed his style of play, no matter how he showed weakness, the soldiers of the National Salvation Army who attacked the artillery tower were not deceived. They rushed out of the artillery tower and stopped for more than a hundred meters. No matter whether the artillery tower was shooting at them or not, they no longer approached the artillery tower.

With the idea of ​​killing one more National Saving Army, the team leader could only change the fighting style and fire as soon as the National Saving Army appeared outside the artillery tower.

The bullets from both sides were coming and going, and the shooting was very lively, but twenty minutes later, there was no body of a soldier outside the artillery tower. Even if the National Savior Army was beaten to death and injured, the comrades next to him would drag him back as soon as possible...

Now the gunfire stopped, and the National Salvation Army who had just feinted the artillery tower disappeared without a trace. If the other party really retreated, then I would be full of anger and could only hold it in my arms...

The puppet troops who went out to investigate returned to the stronghold after half an hour: "Sir, all the National Salvation Army that attacked us just now retreated to their own positions. The outside of the artillery tower was very safe, and there was not even a National Salvation Army body..."

"Baga..." The captain's anger that was held in his stomach immediately turned into anger, and he punched the wall of the artillery tower, frowned and cursed.

"These national-saviors are too arrogant. They really regard us as the targets of training. They come whenever they want and leave whenever they want. This is simply a great humiliation for us."

"Report to the squadron leader immediately, the enemy was repelled, the artillery tower was safe, he no longer had to send reinforcements..."

"The patrol team resumes normal patrol status and cannot allow a Chinese to pass through the blockade line we are responsible for."

The firefighting in Donghui Town was small in scale and no artillery tower was captured. Even the casualties of the artillery tower garrison were minimal. The Japanese troops stationed on the blockade line did not take it seriously and did not report it. The news ended when it reached the squadron leader.

At this moment, Zhou Cheng was marching with his troops to the county town.

In order to avoid exposing the target, the troops tried to choose a path that was rarely visited. Although they walked for more than an hour, the concealment of the march was achieved? And they rushed to the concealment point on time...

On the battlefield north of Pingding County? The Japanese army garrison, which had been resting for a night, became lively again.

The captain of the brigade, Major Asakawa, came to the front line as soon as he finished breakfast, and raised his telescope to observe the situation of the guerrillas opposite him.

When the troops were resting last night? The guerrillas standing in front obviously did not rest.

It was only one night? Two trenches emerged from the sky five or six hundred meters ahead.

The team leaders standing next to them all looked indignant? They rushed to Asakawa to ask for the battle, wanting to be the first to lead the troops to fight? Kill the guerrillas standing in front.

Major Asakawa has a very high prestige in pacifying the garrison? He stopped yelling as soon as he raised his hand.

He glared at them fiercely and cursed, "What are you anxious about? You know how to rush all day long. I fought all day yesterday. Haven't you seen the guerrilla conspiracy yet?"

Seeing that several small team leaders were staring at him in confusion? Major Asakawa directly fixed his eyes on the squadron leader: "Come tell everyone? How many troops did we lose in yesterday's battle?"

"Hayi!" The squadron leader quickly took the order.

"Yesterday we killed 48 people in battle and seriously injured 14 people, 58 people in battle and 8 people in battle..."

Major Asakawa continued to ask: "How did they die in battle?"

The squadron leader heard the anger in the captain's words and did not dare to delay for a second? He quickly answered: "One-third of the casualties were caused by the guerrillas using cold guns and landmines on the march. The remaining two-thirds of the casualties were caused by our attack on their blocking positions!"

Major Asakawa continued to ask: "We have heavy machine guns? There are grenade launchers, mortars and infantry artillery? In theory, when attacking, the firepower advantage and troop advantage are on our side, so how could such a large casualty occur?"

When the squadron leader heard this, he understood the true purpose of the captain's questioning himself.

Almost all the soldiers who died yesterday came from their own squadron? As the squadron leader, you must understand how they died.

Only in this way? In today's battle, we can avoid the troops from repeating the same mistakes, not making mistakes on the same issues, and reducing losses.

Last night, he really thought of many problems.

Every time the troops encounter a blocking position of the National Salvation Army, they must first launch a tentative attack. After determining the strength and firepower of the guerrilla defensive positions, the main force will then dispatch artillery and heavy machine gun troops to launch a general attack and go down in one battle.

The major problem of the army's casualties lies in this way of playing.

In order to force out all the opponent's troops and firepower, the temptation troops must make the guerrillas on the position feel threatened before they can work, which means that the temptation troops cannot achieve their goal by relying solely on the Imperial Army.

Therefore, each time the temptation troops launched an attack include the Imperial Army of one combat unit and the Imperial Army of two squads.

The blocking positions that the guerrillas have worked hard to build seem to be specifically targeting these temptation troops.

When the temptation troops are dispatched, the blocking positions will not only send more than three light machine guns to participate in the battle, but sometimes one or two heavy machine guns will appear. After the temptation troops rush under their noses, they will suddenly shoot, and catch the temptation troops off guard.

As a result, every time the temptation troops launched an attack, there were heavy casualties, especially the Imperial Army mixed in, who were targeted by the guerrillas, and few people could evacuate from the battlefield alive.

When the main force launches an attack under the cover of mortars and heavy machine guns, the guerrillas on the defensive positions seem to have disappeared without any reaction. The main force can easily capture their blocking positions with one attack.

If this happens in yesterday's battle only one or two attacks, it can be called an accident. But the same happens in four or five consecutive attacks, it can only be attributed to a premeditated combat plan.

After listening to the brigade captain’s question just now, the squadron leader realized that he also saw the fundamental reason for the heavy casualties of the troops yesterday and decided to change his playing style today.

Report quickly: "Most of the casualties came from the temptation troops."

"The guerrillas seemed to be focusing on our tentative troops, and they retreated when they severely damaged our tentative troops. When the main troops attacked, there was no one on the position. Therefore, every time the main troops attacked, there was no movement on the position, and there was no sound of a counterattack. After taking down the opponent's blocking position, there was no body found."

"It means that the guerrillas on the defensive positions were not defeated by us and retreated in a mess, but had planned to retreat early."

Major Asakawa was very satisfied with his subordinates' answer: "Did you hear it?"

"One day we were all fooled by the guerrillas and they ate a small infantry squad."

"If we don't change our tactics and tactics today, and if we encounter a blocking position like yesterday, we will send people to launch a tentative attack, and then launch a general attack. As long as the guerrillas set up five blocking positions in front of us, they will eat another infantry squad today."

"This time we have only two squadrons to attack the guerrillas. We lose one infantry team a day. If the attacking force in the other direction also loses one infantry team, in just three days, the combat troops in our hands will be completely wiped out. It will be difficult for us to protect ourselves at that time. How can we attack the guerrillas..."

My subordinates were scolded so hard that they didn't say a word, and their heads were almost lowered into their crotch.

If it weren't for the reminder of the brigade and squadron leader, they wouldn't have known that they were all fighting by the guerrillas yesterday.

Shame was immediately replaced by anger, his fists were pinched tightly, his eyes quickly turned red, and he wanted to rush to the battlefield to kill the guerrillas and kill the guerrillas.

One of the lieutenants did not suppress the anger in his heart and cursed directly: "The guerrillas are so cunning that they even dare to play tricks. Sir, you must find a way to kill the guerrillas in front and let the enemy know that there is a price to pay for calculating the Imperial Army!"

The remaining team leader also started to curse when he heard this. Major Asakusa interrupted unhappily: "I've been hurt, what's the point of cursing now?"

"I have told you so many times that you should learn to use your brain when fighting, learn from one example and learn from it. Don't just rush up. This time you will suffer a loss, right?"

"Since we have seen the conspiracy of the National Salvation Army, we cannot make mistakes twice on the same issue. Therefore, today's attack will be different, which will not only severely damage the guerrillas on the position, avenge the soldiers who died in battle yesterday, but also reduce our casualties in the battle."

"Continue to organize troops to launch a tentative attack on the national rescue army's positions, but today's tentative attack is false, and bombarding the guerrillas to block the positions is true."

"Pick a platoon of the Imperial Army to put on the Imperial Army uniforms and let them pretend to be the Imperial Army to test the attack on the guerrilla positions."

"Our artillery, heavy machine gun troops, and grenade launchers are all on standby and aim at the guerrilla blocking positions. As long as there is an enemy on it, counterattack immediately. The guerrillas will be killed from a long distance and will not give them a chance to retreat."

At the time of the attack of Major Asakawa, the guerrillas commanded by Liu Shuihe began to suffer losses, and casualties increased sharply.

On the second blocking position, because the Japanese cooperated so well, more than fifty Japanese quickly approached the blocking position when the infantry fired. As soon as the artillery stopped, they launched an assault on the position. As a result, all the platoons defended were killed by the Japanese, and none of them were withdrawn.

"The Japanese's offensive method has changed. We must have seen that we were specifically testing the troops' plan yesterday, and the positions could not be defended anymore. Otherwise, if we, the few of us, would be defeated by the Japanese if we could not hold on to the counterattack." Liu Shuihe made a quick decision.

"The three or four platoons behind were ordered to abandon their positions and use guerrilla warfare to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops. As long as we successfully persist until dark, we will win!"

The Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the messengers from the front line rushed into the war room and summarized the latest battle situation on the front line on the sand table in front of the regiment commander.

The political commissar sat on the table next to him and worked with two staff officers to count the losses and weapons and ammunition of the participating troops, with a very heavy expression.

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