newbobooks Chapter 224 Hasegawa's Bold Plan
Chapter 224 Hasegawa's Bold Plan
Wangdagou blocking position.
The soldiers of the Third Regiment are stubbornly blocking the Japanese invaders from the two regiments of the 102nd Division.
That determined figure was like a Great Wall of Steel, standing on the position, resisting wave after wave of Japanese invaders who were pouring in like a tide.
Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were attacking in large numbers and continuously, Duan Peng couldn't help but feel anxious. His brows were furrowed and his eyes revealed worry.
The enemies that kept pouring in seemed like endless darkness, trying to swallow up the positions of the three regiments.
As the number of casualties among the soldiers of the Third Regiment increased, they still had not received any message of retreat from the brigade headquarters.
Just as he was about to ask the communicator to contact the brigade headquarters, the communicator trotted up to him.
"Report to the regiment commander. The brigade commander called. He ordered our regiment to evacuate the position immediately."
Duan Peng was delighted when he heard the communicator's words and said loudly, "Great, it looks like the battle over there is over."
A hint of relief finally appeared on his face, knowing that the soldiers no longer had to bear this tremendous pressure.
Duan Peng shouted to the messenger not far away: "Messenger."
"arrive."
The messenger responded quickly.
"Pass on my order. The entire regiment must evacuate the battlefield in an orderly manner. Do not engage in further entanglement with the Japanese."
After receiving the instructions, the messenger immediately conveyed them to the entire regiment.
He quickly ran to various positions and conveyed the regiment commander's orders to every soldier.
As the retreat order was issued, the soldiers of the Third Regiment quickly left the battlefield and retreated to the mountains behind.
Their movements were quick and orderly, without any panic.
The soldiers crouched down, using the cover of the terrain to quickly move to the rear.
When the Japanese regiment rushed to the position, they found that the Eighth Route Army there had disappeared.
"idiot!"
The Japanese regiment commander cursed angrily.
"The Eighth Route Army escaped again."
His eyes were filled with anger and unwillingness as he watched his prey slip away.
The Japanese regiment commander hurriedly reported to the division commander Hasegawa.
He trotted up to Hasegawa and saluted, "Report to the division commander, the enemy in Wangdagou escaped. We failed to destroy them."
"Bakayaro!" Hasegawa said angrily.
Based on his understanding of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army troops would not retreat if the mission was not completed. Now that they have retreated, it means that the battle in Nanxi Village is over.
An ominous premonition welled up in his heart, and he was worried about the fate of the Ikeda Unit.
Just then, a Japanese officer trotted up to Hasegawa.
"Reporting to the division commander, the Ikeda Regiment has sent a farewell telegram."
When Hasegawa heard this, his eyes went dark and he almost fell down. The officer next to him hurriedly supported him.
"idiot!"
"Damn independent column."
He gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words.
"Chief of Staff, order all troops to advance at full speed to Nanxi Village. A military meeting will be held in Nanxi Village tonight."
Hasegawa suppressed his grief and issued new orders.
"Hai."
The Japanese chief of staff responded immediately.
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Nanxi Village.
Under the fierce attack of the 1st and 2nd Regiments, the Ikeda Regiment was eventually completely wiped out.
After the fierce battle, Nanxi Village was in ruins, as if it had experienced the end of the world.
Li Yunlong led Zhao Gang into Nanxi Village. The soldiers in the village were quickly cleaning up the battlefield, and the ground was littered with the corpses of the Japanese devils.
Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan strode up to Li Yunlong.
"Report to the brigade commander. All the Japanese in Nanxi Village have been eliminated."
Li Yunlong praised with a satisfied smile on his face: "Not bad, well done."
"This group of devils actually dared to come deep into our territory alone to cause trouble for our independent brigade. They are so bold. If we don't eliminate them, others will think that our independent brigade is afraid of them."
"Zhang Dabiao, order the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield and retreat to the mountainous area."
Li Yunlong issued new orders, he knew he could not stay on this battlefield for long.
"Yes, Brigadier."
Zhang Dabiao quickly turned around and went downstairs to convey the order.
After a while, he could be heard in the distance loudly directing the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Li Yunlong shouted to the communicator not far away: "Communicator."
"arrive."
The correspondent trotted up to Li Yunlong, carrying the radio on his back.
"Send a telegram to the commander immediately. The independent brigade wiped out a regiment of the 102nd Division's Japanese in Nanxi Village this afternoon."
After receiving the order, the communicator quickly sent a telegram to the column headquarters to convey the news of the victory.
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at dusk.
All troops of the 102nd Division arrived at Nanxi Village one after another.
At this time, the entire Nanxi Village had become a ruin, and the corpses of the Japanese were everywhere in the village. The Japanese soldiers quickly collected the corpses in the village.
Hasegawa was extremely angry when he saw this scene. The Ikeda Regiment was his infantry regiment, and it had accompanied him in his battles, but he did not expect that it would be defeated by the Eighth Route Army.
There was deep resentment in his eyes.
Hasegawa said fiercely: "Baka!"
"Chief of Staff, order all wing commanders to gather at the temporary command post."
He wanted to redeploy his strategy and launch a retaliatory attack on the Eighth Route Army.
"Hai."
The Japanese chief of staff immediately sent someone to notify the commanders of each regiment.
It didn't take long.
The commanders of each brigade who received the notice arrived at the temporary command center one after another.
Their expressions were serious, knowing that they were about to face an important military meeting.
Hasegawa looked at everyone with a gloomy face.
"Gentlemen, I believe you have seen the situation in Nanxi Village. The Eighth Route Army we are facing has strong combat effectiveness and sophisticated weapons and equipment. It is different from the Eighth Route Army we have seen before."
"For the next battle, I decided to concentrate my forces to attack the core area of the independent column's base.
According to the intelligence we received, the independent column attaches great importance to the core area of Ping'an County. In this case, we will go straight to Huanglong and force the main force of the Eighth Route Army to fight a decisive battle with us."
There was a ruthlessness in his eyes, and he wanted to turn the tide of the battle in this way.
Through the analysis of the battles in the past few days, Hasegawa has clearly seen the purpose of the Independent Column. The Independent Column wants to delay the 102nd Division. The Independent Column has only one purpose in doing this, and that is that there are very important things in the Eighth Route Army base.
In this case, Hasegawa decided to advance alone and directly attack the heart of the independent column's base. He believed that with the strength of the 102nd Division, he would not be afraid even if he was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.
To be on the safe side, he decided to contact the 103rd Division to act together.
At that time, the two divisions will concentrate all their forces to directly attack the heart of the Eighth Route Army base and destroy the base in one fell swoop.