"Sir, the National Salvation Army gathered at least one battalion of artillery to attack us!" The captain of the First Battalion chased after him and reported.

"It's over, our mountain artillery brigade and field artillery squadron are over!" The Chief of Staff's face turned pale after hearing the news.

After the contact with the railway station's radio station was interrupted, he vaguely felt something happened at the railway station, but in order not to affect the morale and morale of the reinforcements, he kept suppressing this idea in his heart and unrealized it.

Now the reinforcements are attacked by a whole artillery battalion of the National Salvation Army. This not only proves that their worries are correct, but also tells themselves that the situation at the railway station is worse than they imagined. Maybe the railway station has been captured by the National Salvation Army, otherwise how could they transfer the artillery here to ambush themselves?

If the railway station is really falling, what's the point of taking such a big risk to reinforce in the past?

"Sir, why don't they give up the artillery first, and then go downstairs to collect the artillery that has not been blown up after the artillery is over!" Seeing that the Chief of Staff did not speak, the captain continued to remind!

The Chief of Staff was moved on the spot.

The artillery fire of the National Salvation Army was concentrated on the highway, or to be precise, around the artillery troops.

Since the combat troops left the road and climbed the desert slopes and hills, their casualties began to drop drastically.

The reason why artillery soldiers suffered heavy casualties was because they kept surrounding the artillery and stayed on the road and were bombed.

The cannon is cast from steel, and it is difficult to destroy it except for shells hitting them at close range and exploded.

Artillery soldiers are different. No matter how powerful they are, they are still flesh and blood. If a shell is smashed, soldiers within a radius of seven or eight meters, or even more than ten meters will be killed and injured.

Retrieve the soldiers from the shelling area first, and return to the battlefield to collect artillery after the shelling is over. Although many artillery will be blown up, the gunner will survive, which will definitely be better than being killed by the bombardment area if they continue to stay in the shelling area.

When the order was about to be issued on the spot, a second lieutenant scout ran over in panic: "Sir, a large number of national rescue troops suddenly appeared seven or eight hundred meters east of us. They were also equipped with heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, and were marching quickly toward us..."

Before the chief of staff could react, another scout rushed over and reported while gasping: "Sir, a large number of national rescue soldiers emerged from the west, with at least two companies of troops, equipped with heavy machine guns and grenade launchers!"

"Sir, there are also national rescue troops in the south of us who are coming to us, and the troops are unknown!"

"There must be something happened at the railway station!" The Chief of Staff decided to express his concerns.

"The artillery battalion and the National Salvation Army that are coming to us nearby should have attacked the Grand Secretary Jiangkou at the railway station. Now they all appear around us, as if they want to destroy us here. It must be that the National Salvation Army has taken the railway station, otherwise they would not dare to draw so many troops to attack us!"

This is also the reason why the captain can think of at present. His face turned pale than before. He asked anxiously: "Sir, our opponent is too cunning. First use artillery to knock down our mountain artillery brigade and field artillery squadron, and then send infantry to besiege us."

"Losing the cover of the mountain artillery brigade and field artillery squadron, we will be constantly being suppressed by the rescue army in the next battle. It is bare everywhere here. Even if we occupy one or two high grounds, there is no position to hide. Once their shells are hit, we will suffer heavy casualties. There is no way to fight this battle!"

The captain's hesitation crushed the last straw that the chief of staff had crushed, and his mind gave up on the spot the idea of ​​fighting to the end with the National Savior Army.

Since we cannot defend here, the railway station has lost the meaning of urgent need for reinforcements, so we can only choose the way to retreat to Yangquan.

Time is life on the battlefield. Since breaking through and retreating is everyone’s only way to live, the Chief of Staff immediately ordered: “The troops retreat on the same road, and take advantage of the encirclement of the National Rescue Army that has not yet been formed, and fight back on the same road…”

"One or two squadrons will support the artillery. How many artillery can be withdrawn?... Retreat now!"

On the high ground one kilometer across the battlefield, Zhou Cheng stared at the battlefield without blinking.

Several main companies have been dispatched. Although there is only half a company in each direction, they have created the posture of at least two infantry companies through bluffing.

Zhou Cheng has been paying attention to the movements of the Japanese. As long as they start breaking through and retreating, it proves that they have been fooled and he will win more than half of the battle in front of him.

Li Honghui kept staring at the battlefield. Fireballs generated by the explosion of shells rose one by one from the ground, almost illuminating the battlefield. With the help of telescopes, the Japanese army's every move on the battlefield could not escape his eyes.

Soon, the chief of staff who gathered a large number of Japanese devils were targeted by him.

On the chaotic battlefield, only officers gathered so many troops. If you keep an eye on him, you will definitely be able to judge the next move of the Japanese army as soon as possible.

For the captain of the first brigade of the Honda United, the chief of staff was sent by the brigade commander to supervise the battle, and his rank was two levels higher than his. If an accident occurred in his own army, the brigade commander would kill him.

So the Chief of Staff ordered the retreat and the captain arranged an infantry squadron to escort him out of the battlefield quickly and ensure his safety. Only then did he bring the remaining infantry to cover the artillery evacuate the battlefield.

As soon as the Chief of Staff moved, Li Honghui saw it and immediately judged: "Captain, the Japanese are going to break through and retreat."

"At least two hundred Japanese were gathered 800 meters ahead of us. There must be commanders of Japanese reinforcements inside. They are moving towards the entrance of the ravine. It would be great if we could assemble a few mortars and bombard them!"

"Don't make trouble!" Zhou Cheng shook his head and refused.

"We have limited troops and can no longer withstand a big battle, and the shells are almost exhausted. It would be great if we could fight a defeated Japanese army and seize a few mountain cannons that they could not take away."

"If the Japanese are angry and do not break through, and stay here to fight us to the end, our remaining troops will not be enough for them to get stuck in their teeth!"

Li Honghui was very unwilling to accept it. He was 100% sure that he had targeted the commander of the Japanese reinforcement force.

But the regiment commander said it was true that he decided to fight this ambush at a huge risk, so there must be no accident.

After giving up this risky idea, Li Honghui continued to ask: "Then how can we fight next?"

"Notify the cavalry company to act according to the plan, and they will fight out as soon as the shelling stops, forcing the Japanese to speed up the retreat so that they will not have time to take away too many artillery."

"The momentum of several main companies must be made bigger, and further strengthen the Japanese's idea of ​​breaking through and retreating!"

On the battlefield, soldiers who had finally scattered to the desert slopes and hills were forced to the road by the officers again, and transferred artillery with the continuous rain of shells falling from above their heads.

"You take people to transfer that mountain cannon, and if you can't push it out, carry it out..." The squadron leader pointed at a mountain cannon that looked intact.

"Hayi!"

The squad leader who was named was very unwilling to answer, and then rushed towards the cannon with more than thirty subordinates. Some were responsible for pushing the cannons, some were responsible for pulling them, and guarding the cannons turned around outside the battlefield little by little.

But the retreat was very unsatisfactory, and there were still shells on the top of their heads. If they hit them, several lives would be harvested.

The road that had been hit by a lot of shells was also blown up and the pits were further aggravated the difficulty of their retreat.

Just after more than 100 meters were transferred, they had lost seven or eight soldiers, and there were still three or four hundred meters ahead to go.
Chapter completed!