The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Major Ishii understood.

In order to keep the face of the North China Front Army Command, so that Neiji Okamura will not be too embarrassed, he can only let the sweeping troops drive the ducks to the shelves and continue fighting.

But when he thought of the dangerous situation of the troops, he felt very guilty, and asked back with a last sliver of hope: "General, do we really want to continue to attack Mao'er Mountain, and there is no other way out?"

Major General Ikeda didn't want to fight anymore, but military orders must not be disobeyed. He shook his head and replied with a long sigh: "Execute the order."

"After dawn, the air force will drop gas bombs and gas masks to us. Before dawn, you must formulate a combat plan for attacking Mao'er Mountain with gas bombs. The more detailed the better."

"There is only one principle: I would rather return empty-handed than let the troops suffer heavy losses."

"If gas bombs don't allow us to win, then we can only withdraw from the mountains and end this sweep."

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Looking at the ammunition that had not been blown up in front of the Poling Japanese puppet army station, Zhang Xuan seemed to have eaten candied fruit, with a smile on his face all the time, wanting to touch everything he saw.

"Captain, the little devil's mopping up troops are too rich. They exploded so many ammunition before leaving, and there are still so many in the garrison. I made a preliminary count, and the captured mortar shells alone are enough to make up for our consumption just now." Zhang Xuan After visiting the station of the Japanese army's supply troops, he happily ran to Huang Yu to report.

Huang Yu paid more attention to the corpses of the Japanese and puppet soldiers, and replied with satisfaction: "Not only were there a lot of seizures, but the results were also very good."

"There are at least 2000 corpses of Japanese and puppet troops inside the garrison, plus the rear troops of the Japanese and puppet troops who were intercepted and killed outside the garrison. We killed at least [-] Japanese and puppet troops in this night attack. The total strength of the mopping up troops may have dropped sharply To [-] people, nearly half of the mortars, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery were lost."

"If we continue to attack Mao'er Mountain and Lai stays in the mountain and does not retreat, I don't mind keeping them all and fighting a large-scale war of annihilation."

Zhang Xuan immediately became excited: "Captain, once the Japanese and puppet mopping up troops withdraw, then we won the battle?"

Huang Yu replied confidently: "If you are the head of the little devil brigade, when the raiding force loses [-]% of its strength and more than half of its heavy weapons, can you think of other ways out besides withdrawing troops?"

"Not only do we have to withdraw, but we also have to run overnight, the faster the better..." Zhang Xuan blurted out.

"It's not yet dawn, and the battlefield is our world. If the guerrilla brigade doesn't mind giving them another artillery feast, if they don't retreat quickly, their losses will increase."

Huang Yu nodded: "I think so too."

"The Japanese army wanted to keep the remaining [-] sweeping troops, so they had to withdraw from the mountain overnight..."

"Let the troops clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, and return to the station to have a good rest after finishing."

"Everyone fought continuously. Many soldiers didn't rest last night, so they must be very tired."

"After the battle, I will give everyone three days off, without any training, just sleep and eat."

After hearing this, Zhang Xuan rushed to the gate of the station. Hearing that the devils had lost a lot of weapons and ammunition on the way to retreat, he heard that there were still a lot of heavy weapons inside, so he wished to fly over directly.

As a result, as soon as he ran more than ten meters away, he almost collided with Duan Peng who was running towards him.

Seeing his hurried expression, serious expression, and restless look, he immediately realized that there was something wrong with the Japanese puppet army, and then turned back to Huang Yu's side.

"Regimental Commander, the raiding forces of the Japanese and puppet troops did not evacuate the mountain directly." Duan Peng ran a long way before returning here, panting while reporting.

"They re-established a camp ten kilometers away from here, and they are still digging trenches and bunkers inside the camp, as if they are not ready to leave."

Huang Yu frowned on the spot, and muttered to himself: "It shouldn't be..."

"Judging from the previous fights, the head of the devil brigade should be a person who judges the situation."

"The troops have suffered heavy losses and their morale is low. If we continue to fight with us, we will not gain anything except losing troops and generals."

"Evacuating the mountains overnight is their best choice."

"Not only did they not retreat now, but they have re-selected the campsite. Could it be that they plan to retreat after dawn..."

Zhang Xuan didn't expect the little devil to do this, so he was silent for a while and analyzed: "Captain, do you think the little devil will be worried about us ambush on the road and dare not retreat overnight."

"In their eyes, we have two regiments, and it is indeed possible to ambush them."

Huang Yu shook his head: "It's possible, but the probability is very low!"

Seeing Zhang Xuan staring at him with puzzled eyes, Huang Yu immediately explained: "As long as the little devils really want to evacuate from the mountain, even if we really have two regiments, it will be difficult to ambush them."

"I know..." Duan Peng interrupted suddenly.

"Retreat is different from reinforcement. Reinforcement has a target. If we want to march quickly to reach the target, we must walk some roads. We have the opportunity to arrange pocket formations in advance on the road that the Japanese and puppet troops must pass, and attack them in ambush. There is no specific target for the retreat. Just get out The mountains are enough, and the Japanese and puppet troops can go wherever they want, there is no fixed route, and we can't find a battlefield even if we want to ambush."

After hearing this, Zhang Xuan showed an expression of enlightenment, frowned, and asked in confusion, "Then I can't figure it out even more."

"Since they are not waiting until daytime to retreat, they are now setting up a temporary garrison, and they just don't plan to retreat."

"But given their current situation, do they still have the strength to continue besieging us?"

"Unless they have a trump card that we don't know about?" Duan Peng interjected again.

Suddenly, Huang Yu felt a sense of enlightenment, and thought of something faintly. When he wanted to continue thinking about it, his mind went blank again, without any thoughts.

He could only shake his head and said helplessly, "No matter what trump cards the little devils are hiding in their hands, as long as we find a way to continue to consume their troops, the pressure of the next battle will become less and less."

"Since the devils do not withdraw, we will continue to attack them with mortars."

"Didn't you seize hundreds of mortar shells just now? Anyway, the little devils left them for us. It doesn't hurt to shoot them all. I will return them all in a while, and use the shells thrown by the devils to hit them in turn. Everything is gone." Its use."

"Chief of Staff, immediately send all the mules and horses brought by the guerrilla brigade with me to help transport the shells and mortars."

"The soldiers are too tired, and we must do everything possible to reduce their burden."

"The guard company and the special operations team I brought are responsible for protecting the artillery. The guerrilla brigade has all evacuated from the battlefield and found a place to sleep as soon as possible. After dawn, it will take over from the guard company and the special operations brigade to continue to protect the artillery."

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The new garrison selected by Major General Ikeda included several troops on hilltops and highlands. The troops were divided into three and arranged as horns, which could not only cover each other, but also disperse the troops and reduce the losses of the troops in the rapid artillery attack.

When Huang Yu arrived here, he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to use shells to consume the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Their troops are too scattered, and the skills of their gunners are not good. If they persist in their actions, five shells may not be able to kill a devil. It is not worthwhile. It is better to leave those shells in other battlefields.

At nine o'clock the next morning, three transport planes with bloated fuselages appeared on time over the Japanese and puppet military camps.

After circling twice, the landing mountains with supplies floated down from the cabin one after another, and slowly fell to the ground.

Major General Ikeda stood on a high ground and saw that the troops successfully recovered all the supplies airdropped by the plane, and his confidence was obviously much stronger than last night.

"Reporting to the head of the brigade, the command airdropped a total of [-] anti-drug Burmese troops, [-] gas bombs, and [-] mortars to us. The humble officer has already put them all into the army." Major Ishii hurried over to report.

To be honest, even if Neiji Okamura air-dropped gas bombs and gas masks to them, Ishii did not have much confidence in the next big sweep.

The opponent is not only powerful, but also very mysterious.

The total strength is more than two regiments, but every time they fight, only one regiment is dispatched to beat the mopping up troops into a mess.

It shows that the Eighth Route Army did not do its best on the battlefield, and has kept a lot of backup.

Although the gas bombs added a lot of fighting confidence to the mopping up troops, the total strength of the mopping up troops was not reinforced.

No matter how powerful a weapon is, it must be operated by a human being. Without soldiers, it is impossible to capture Maoer Mountain with weapons alone.

If the Eighth Route Army knows that it is equipped with poison gas bombs, it will try its best to attack the mopping up troops and continue to consume the mopping up troops.

As long as the army loses another 1000 people, gas bombs will not be able to restore the defeat.

Major General Ikeda saw that his subordinates were worried, but he didn't say anything to comfort him.

Obedience to orders is the bounden duty of soldiers, Okamura Ningji's orders must be implemented, what he can do is to do his best to reduce the losses of the troops after the defeat and bring the surviving soldiers out of the mountains.

But the sweeping force is not without a chance of winning.

As long as the troops successfully reach Maoer Mountain, take down the Eighth Route Army's garrison, force the Eighth Route Army to come out for a decisive battle, and when the two sides face each other head-on, they will suddenly use poison gas bombs to kill a large number of their troops, and the final winner must belong to themselves.

With the expectation of victory, Major General Ikeda gave a serious order: "The battle plan you made last night was very good: the troops will set off in half an hour, march forward in a hurry, ignore the sneak attacks and harassment along the way, and kill Maoer as quickly as possible. Mountains, forcing the Eighth Route Army to come out and fight us.”

"If you encounter the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army, use poison gas bombs directly, rush over at a fast speed, and go straight to Maoer Mountain."

"We must rush to Mao'er Mountain before one o'clock in the afternoon, seize the Eighth Route Army's garrison before dark, and end the decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army."

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Although the artillery attack on the Japanese and puppet army's garrison was temporarily terminated, Huang Yu did not leave here. He wanted to find out what the devil's trump card was as soon as possible. Why did the troops not retreat after suffering so many casualties? Otherwise, even if he was lying on the camp bed, he would not be able to fall asleep.

The troops took turns to guard in platoons, staring at the Japanese and puppet military camps.

As soon as the three transport planes that dropped the poison gas bombs arrived, Huang Yu was awakened by the roar of the "buzzing..." planes, and when he looked up, he saw dozens of parachutes appearing over the Japanese and puppet military camps.

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