The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 626
Major General Ikeda glanced at the shells that kept falling behind him and said angrily, "How can we withdraw and forcefully break through the isolation zone blasted by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire like just now? One infantry squad was killed; now they have more than 20 mortars, and the retreat may cost more than the high ground."

"The troops continue to assault the hills, and must seize the high ground, so that they can hold out at the least cost until the reinforcements come over."

"The imperial association army rushed to the front of the team to reduce the losses of the imperial army. We will have to rely on the imperial army to defend the position in a while."

Major General Ikeda had a good idea, but he ignored one problem.

If the Eighth Route Army can figure out in advance that they want to seize the high ground and arrange booby traps on the mountainside, they will not be able to easily take down the mountain. There must be other countermeasures.

When the Japanese and puppet troops seized the high ground with artillery fire and booby traps, there were also troops rushing to the high ground on the other side of the hill.

They are the guard company of the Shunping garrison regiment brought by Huang Yu.

He had just lost a battle at the airport and lost dozens of soldiers, and his heart was simmering.

After finally encountering a good opportunity for the fundamental devil to head-on, everyone held up their energy.Holding a rifle and carrying a light and heavy machine gun, he rushed desperately to the high ground.

Huang Yu was also in the middle of the team, and the hill was the only high ground here. Standing on it, he could overlook the entire battlefield, so he could better dispatch troops to encircle and annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops to sweep up the troops.

"Boom boom boom..."

Hearing the sound of a grenade exploding from the other side of the mountain, Huang Yu's face immediately flashed with anxiety.

Carrying a box of grenades, he rushed to the top of the mountain and ordered: "Everyone has to speed up. The Japanese and puppet troops have already rushed halfway up the mountain. We must grab the top of the mountain before them."

The puppet army is afraid of death and can be used as cannon fodder for the devils, but it cannot guarantee the speed of the troops' assault.

Facing the ubiquitous booby traps, the assault speed under his feet unconsciously slowed down.

After finally crossing the booby-trapped area, when they were about to rush to the high ground, a row of light and heavy machine gun muzzles suddenly appeared more than 40 meters ahead, and the gunshots reached their ears at the same time.

The dense bullets poured down from the top of the mountain, instantly smashing the two rows of Japanese and puppet troops in front into a sieve.

Major General Ikeda was forced to the ground by his subordinates, dodging the rain of bullets, and when he looked up, he saw a company of the Eighth Route Army occupying the construction site half a minute earlier than himself.

Feeling aggrieved and angry, he drew out his command knife and ordered with a murderous look on his face: "There is only one company of the Eighth Route Army on the top of the mountain. We have a large number of people. Go up and destroy them."

"The troops have already killed here, and it is definitely too late to retreat now, and the price we paid before will become meaningless. Only by regaining the high ground will we have a chance to hold on until the reinforcements come over."

When the head of the brigade gave an order, the little devil hiding behind the puppet army rushed forward with a gun in his hand as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

The grenadier soldiers who were attacking with the team immediately squatted down, set up the grenadiers and fired grenades towards the high ground, trying to destroy the firepower points above and cover the infantry to seize the hill.

However, the light machine guns of the Eighth Route Army on the high ground seemed to be endless. As soon as one was blown up by the grenade, another one popped up next to it and continued to shoot at the attacking troops.

"Boom boom boom..."

The artillerymen of the Eighth Route Army, who were chasing after the Japanese and puppet troops, suddenly shifted their targets, and more than 20 artillery shells fell on the attacking troops as if they had eyes.

More than 20 of the attacking troops, which already suffered heavy casualties, fell down at once, and the offensive was immediately suppressed by the guard company.

But before receiving the retreat order, these little devils would bite the bullet and rush to the top of the mountain even if the whole army was wiped out.

The second round of shells fell quickly, and more than 20 attacking troops fell.

Major General Ikeda saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, but he had no way to fight back, so he could only lie on the ground and worry.

After five rounds of shells rained, the attacking force had to withdraw from the battle due to too many losses.

"General, we can't fight any longer..." The captain begged seeing Major General Ikeda's painful face.

"There were only two and a half squadrons left in the army. After being attacked by artillery fire, one squadron was lost, and half of the squadron was lost in the attack just now. Now there is one and a half squadrons left to continue fighting."

"The Royal Association Army also lost two companies in the battle to seize the high ground, leaving only one company."

"Continue to attack, our remaining troops will be wiped out after two charges at most."

"It doesn't matter if we die here. You are the head of the mixed brigade. You need to command the next raid. There must be no accidents."

"I implore you to retreat immediately, I am willing to command the remaining troops to cover you and break out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army."

Major General Ikeda was silent. As the head of the brigade and a senior military officer of the empire, he definitely didn't want to die here without a name.

Facing the worsening situation in front of him, he also had the idea of ​​breaking out and retreating.

"General, is the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the mountain trying to outflank us?" An exclamation brought Major General Ikeda back to reality, and made him realize that he would not be able to leave unless he broke through and retreated.

Immediately ordered: "Let's break out to the southeast. There is no sign of the Eighth Route Army there. There should be no one. Evacuate the battle as quickly as possible..."

The captain answered immediately: "The general is wise..."

"After all the Imperial Association Army and the wounded leave some points, they must hold back the Eighth Route Army on the top of the mountain to prevent them from launching French chickens and chasing us from behind to beat us."

"Others retreat with the head of the cover brigade..."

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On the high ground, Huang Yu was holding up his binoculars to observe every move of the Japanese and puppet troops halfway up the mountain. He could see clearly the first signs of retreat.

"The little devil wants to run away, break through and retreat to the southeast, and the puppet army will stay in the rear..." Huang Yu told the latest movement of the little devil while watching, and then began to give orders.

"The army launched a counterattack immediately, defeated more than 100 puppet troops in the rear with the fastest speed, and bit the little devil who wanted to break through."

"The southeast direction looks empty on the surface, but it actually hides the most powerful special forces team in our base area. It is a defensive loophole I deliberately left for the little devils. I didn't expect them to really get into the trap, so don't blame me for being rude. "

"The guerrilla brigade encircled the past and tried to wipe out all the little devils halfway up the mountain."

"It is said that it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers. God gave us the opportunity to wipe out the mopping up troops in the middle, and everyone must seize it."

There are more than 120 people in the guard company participating in the battle. One platoon was lost in the battle just now, and there are more than 80 people left.

Despite the small number of people, they are very powerful. Under the cover of more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, they are like a group of howling little tigers. They defeated more than 100 puppet soldiers and wounded devils in just one assault.

This scene happened to be seen clearly by Major General Ikeda, and he ordered immediately.

"Bageya Road, the rear troops were defeated by the Eighth Route Army. We need to speed up our breakout and transfer. We must not be bitten by them, otherwise the Eighth Route Army who encircled us will definitely wipe us out here."

"Hurry up, speed up the retreat, and evacuate from the battlefield quickly..." The captain was also in a hurry, and ordered while running.

"Throw away all the extra weapons and ammunition. The reinforcements are on their way. As long as we meet up with the reinforcements, we will be able to come back immediately and regain these weapons and ammunition."

"The mountain guns and infantry guns are also given up. Keep the troops. We will have a chance to snatch them back from the Eighth Route Army in a while. If the troops are gone, these equipment will still fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. At that time, we will not even have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

The captain is very clear-headed and knows what he should give up now and what he should keep.

But their path of retreat was not as simple as imagined.

After running for less than 200 meters, a very strange gunshot suddenly sounded at the front of the team. Major General Ikeda looked up and saw more than a dozen subordinates fell on the retreat road. Shout out.

"It's a submachine gun...General, the Eighth Route Army in front of us is equipped with a submachine gun." The devil captain was the first to react.

"Light machine guns have a limited range. As long as we keep a distance from them, we can overwhelm them..." Major General Ikeda has rich combat experience, and he thought of a way to break the situation as soon as he turned his mind.

"Covered by light and heavy machine guns, the infantry assaulted from the front, strive for an attack and rush over, kill it..."

"Crack... bang bang..."

Several rifle shots suddenly sounded in the woods not far away, sounding very chaotic and without any organization.

But these few gunshots shocked Major General Ikeda.

The four light machine guns that had just fired in front of them misfired on the spot, and all the machine gunners were shot in the eyebrows and fell sideways beside the machine guns.

The deputy shooter quickly took over the machine gun, put his shoulder against the butt of the gun, aimed at the submachine gunner just now, and prepared to shoot, but before a single bullet was fired, several gunshots were heard again in the woods.

The four deputy shooters shot again in the eyebrows.

"Bageya Road, there are sharpshooters from the Eighth Route Army hidden in the woods, and they specialize in killing our army's machine gunners. We must kill these sharpshooters before we can continue to charge forward." Major General Ikeda's face slowly became serious, frowning and shaking his head, he ordered in a hurry .

"Immediately set up the heavy machine gun, shoot the sharpshooter's hiding place, and destroy them."

"The machine gunner prepares to fire again, covering the infantry's forward charge."

"Report to the general, the heavy machine gun squadron has been wiped out in the previous battle..." The captain's report full of despair soon sounded in my ear.

The solemn expression on Major General Ikeda's face became more and more intense.

The other Eighth Route Army is encircling him, and the counterattack troops on the top of the mountain are also close at hand. If they don't break through the encirclement and retreat quickly, they won't be able to leave even if they want to.

I can only hold the last ray of hope and order: "If you can't kill the enemy sharpshooter, you can only charge hard."

"The sound of firefighting is not dense, which means that there are not many Eighth Route Army blocking the way ahead. As long as we concentrate all our troops and charge with the firepower, and the assault speed is fast enough, a few submachine guns will definitely not be able to stop us."

"The whole army assaults, leaving no one behind, attacking forward at the fastest speed, killing everyone..."

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