Chapter 347 Cut off the retreat
Zhang Yunfei and the deputy commander-in-chief stopped when they heard the gunshots in front of them. Not long after, they heard another mortar bombardment, and then the gunshots in front of them were louder, much larger than the last time.
The two of them looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes. Both of them were people with extremely rich combat experience. From the gunfire just now, it can be seen that the battle situation ahead.
Just now, when we first left the canyon of Huangyadong Arsenal, the faint sound of gunfire that we heard was a tentative attack from the Japanese. Judging from the scale of the gunfire, it should be the Japanese's tentative attack.
The mortar shelling must have been attacking some machine gun points on the Eighth Route Army positions. Not long after the shelling stopped, the gunshots immediately broke out. It must have been the Japanese's sexual attack.
Zhang Yunfei and the deputy commander-in-chief looked at each other, and Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and said, "President Peng, it seems that the Japanese are playing their old routine again."
The old trick of the Japanese who Zhang Yunfei refers to is to first tentatively attack, then shell the enemy, and then formally large-scale attack.
Upon hearing this, the deputy commander-in-chief also said: "Comrade Yunfei, it seems that the Japanese are launching a large-scale attack now."
The company commander of the guard next to the two interrupted worriedly, "Two leaders, the Japanese are launching a large-scale attack. Wouldn't our soldiers be very dangerous?"
Seeing the guard company commander say this, the deputy commander-in-chief thought for a moment and said, "You guard company don't care about us. You can speed up the marching and quickly support the comrades in front who are responsible for blocking."
It seems that the deputy commander-in-chief is still a little worried. He is worried that Zhang Yunfei's safety is not enough to hold on to the Japanese's fierce attack. If the Japanese rushed over, they will threaten everyone's safety.
Zhang Yunfei and the 36th Army members can be said to be distinguished guests of the Eighth Route Army. In his heart, the deputy commander-in-chief was still quite worried.
After hearing the commander-in-chief's words, Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but smile. Zhang Yunfei thought to himself that Liu Xing and the others should be here, and the Japanese should be in trouble.
While Zhang Yunfei and the deputy commander-in-chief marched forward, he paid attention to the gunshots coming from the front. Sure enough, not long after, the gunshots in front changed significantly. The Japanese's crooked machine gun and the Type 92 heavy machine gun were fired in less than a minute.
Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei knew that it must be the special forces members who made the Japanese machine gunners name one by one.
With this discovery, Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but smile and said, "Mr. Peng, listen, the Japanese's machine gun sounds are silent. The Japanese are going to be in trouble."
Of course, the deputy commander-in-chief with rich combat experience also heard the changes in the gunfire in front of him, but he was a little puzzled and didn't understand that the Japanese machine gun was still firing violently just now. They stopped all of a sudden.
Now, seeing Zhang Yunfei say this, the deputy commander-in-chief knew that Zhang Yunfei must have known the reason, so he hurriedly said: "Comrade Yunfei, why did the Japanese gunshots suddenly stop? Could it be that your special forces team members solved all the Japanese machine gunners?"
Zhang Yunfei nodded softly and said, "Mr. Peng, our special forces team members have arrived and have named all the Japanese machine gunners."
"Okay, that's great." The deputy commander-in-chief said happily: "Comrade Yunfei, then let's speed up. The battlefield is not far ahead. Let's go and see the specific situation ahead."
After saying that, everyone accelerated and headed forward.
Eighth Route Army defensive positions.
Captain Han had just ordered the soldiers to get bayonets and prepare to fight with the Japanese who rushed up, but not long after, Captain Han discovered the abnormal gunshots.
The gunshots of the Japanese in front were much weaker. The shooting sounds of the Japanese invaders and the Type 92 heavy machine guns seemed to suddenly disappear, leaving only the sporadic sounds of the Type 38 rifle.
Discovering the abnormality, Battalion Commander Han hurriedly poked his head out and looked forward. He saw the Japanese in front of him retreating in panic. The Japanese in the retreat fell to the ground one after another.
Seeing this scene, although Battalion Commander Han couldn't figure out what was going on, Battalion Commander Han didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity. Just now, the Japanese attacked again and attacked on a large scale. Nearly a hundred comrades died under the Japanese guns and cannons.
Such a good opportunity, the chance to beat the Japanese devils is definitely not let go. So, Captain Han shouted without hesitation: "Comrades, the Japanese devils are retreating, beat me hard."
After saying that, Battalion Commander Han took the 20 box cannons in his hand and shot hard at the Japanese devils not far away. Suddenly, gunfire sounds burst out from the positions of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Not far away, the special forces players hiding nearby have never stopped shooting. The special forces players' more than ak-47 assault rifles are constantly firing at the Japanese. The special forces players' shooting skills are accurate. Any Japanese targeted basically have gunshots, and the Japanese will fall to the ground.
In the distance, at several high points, the snipers of the special forces hidden with sniper rifles killed the Japanese one by one. The sniper rifle's range of 800 meters and the 4x optical scope, these special forces players were condescending again, and the fight was very satisfying.
Most of the Japanese who were beaten to death were killed by special forces, and only a small number of them died under the guns of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
The Japanese are very panicked now. The Japanese don’t understand where they are shooting. It seems that there are people shooting from all directions. The teammates next to them fall down one after another without any warning.
Those retreating Japanese devils didn't know if they would be themselves the next one to fall. At first, the Japanese devils fought back against the Eighth Route Army positions, while slowly retreating.
But as the Japanese were suffering more and more casualties, the remaining Japanese gave up the fight back and retreated in panic. The Japanese ignored the bodies of Japanese soldiers on the ground and the guns scattered on the ground, and the Japanese were simply escaping their lives.
When Zhang Yunfei and the deputy commander-in-chief rushed to the Eighth Route Army's defensive position, the Japanese had not completely retreated. When Zhang Yunfei saw the Japanese's panic, he couldn't help but smile.
Battalion Commander Han, who was in charge of defense, saw the deputy commander-in-chief coming up, and there was a brave young officer next to him. Battalion Commander Han knew that he should be Commander-in-Chief Zhang of the 36th Army.
So, Captain Han trotted a few steps, came to the two of them, stood attentively, saluted a military salute, and said loudly: "Hello Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Hello Commander-in-Chief Zhang, Hello everyone."
The deputy commander-in-chief looked at the soldiers who died, and still felt a little heartbroken. So the deputy commander-in-chief asked with concern: "Captain Han, how are the casualties in your camp?"
Upon hearing this, Battalion Commander Han was silent for a few seconds and said heavily: "Report to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, our specific casualties have not been counted yet, but it is estimated that there are nearly 100 comrades who died and dozens of injured comrades."
Seeing that the casualties were so great, Zhang Yunfei became serious. Unexpectedly, it was only a short time for fighting with the Japanese. The Eighth Route Army was so serious. If the special forces members did not take action today, the Eighth Route Army might have suffered even greater casualties.
Fortunately, there were six or seven hundred soldiers in the guard battalion, and more than one hundred casualties would not have hurt the guard battalion, but the sacrifice of nearly a hundred soldiers was still very heartbreaking.
At this time, Zhang Yunfei also became serious and said to the deputy commander-in-chief seriously: "General Peng, we have sacrificed so many soldiers. Today we want to let all the Japanese infantry brigade be buried with the sacrificed comrades."
The deputy commander-in-chief was also in this way. The sacrifice of so many soldiers made the deputy commander-in-chief very heartbroken. He had already planned to wipe out the Japanese infantry brigade. Now, seeing Zhang Yunfei say this, the deputy commander-in-chief immediately nodded in agreement.
When Zhang Yunfei saw the deputy commander-in-chief nodded, he immediately suggested: "General Peng, our most urgent task now is to send a small army to go around and cut off the Japanese's retreat, so that the Japanese have no way to escape."
"Yes, we must cut off the Japanese's retreat." The deputy commander-in-chief agreed.
So Zhang Yunfei said again: "Mr. Peng, I think the guard company that came with us is good. In addition, the guard platoon I brought, let these soldiers go around and move to the back of the Japanese."
At present, the Japanese army is five or six hundred meters ahead of the Eighth Route Army's position. When the Japanese saw that they were the Eighth Route Army, they predicted that the Eighth Route Army did not have mortars. With those rifles that could not hit such a far position, the Japanese were very arrogant and only widened the distance between the two sides by only five or six hundred meters.
Send an army to quietly go around the back of these Japanese devils, less than two kilometers away. Send a few soldiers familiar with the terrain here and lead everyone, in less than 20 minutes, they can successfully cut off the Japanese devils' retreat.
After listening to Zhang Yunfei's suggestion, the deputy commander-in-chief also felt it was good and immediately agreed. So, more than 100 soldiers in the Eighth Route Army Guard Company, plus more than 30 soldiers in the guard platoon of Zhang Yunfei, quietly walked around under the leadership of several soldiers familiar with the terrain here.
Seeing these soldiers gradually fading away, a smile appeared on Zhang Yunfei's face and thought to himself that the next battle would be exciting.
On the Eighth Route Army's position, some health workers were treating the wounded members of the Eighth Route Army and some seriously injured soldiers were also carried down. The Eighth Route Army soldiers saw that many of their comrades were either sacrificed or injured, and their eyes were full of roars and looked at the Japanese in the distance unwillingly.
The deputy commander-in-chief held a telescope and looked solemn, carefully observing the Japanese in the distance, while Zhang Yunfei was looking for the special forces members hiding around.
Others may not find the traces of these special forces members, but Zhang Yunfei still found many hidden special forces members through careful observation, and Zhang Yunfei also discovered the location of Liu Xing.
Across the distance, Zhang Yunfei made a simple gesture at Liu Xing, and Liu Xing smiled slightly at Zhang Yunfei.
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