Volume 1 Chapter 037 Reception
The appearance of this Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was too sudden!
The Japanese army was caught off guard, and fierce machine gun and mortar fire caused their casualties to rise sharply.
In the blink of an eye, the sudden emergence of new reinforcements from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had already reached the Japanese camp.
Stabbing with bayonets and chopping with swords, the Japanese army was pierced through in one breath!
Shi Song was overjoyed when he saw this scene.
There is salvation, I don’t have to die today!
He shouted excitedly: "Brothers! The first battalion is here to support us. Our reinforcements are here. Brothers, kill them, follow me!"
Having survived a desperate situation, the morale of the soldiers of the 5th Battalion was greatly boosted. They rushed out with bayonets pointed and roaring, engaging in a fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.
Chu Yunfei lagged behind, holding a Type 24 rifle and aiming at a Japanese soldier.
boom!
Pull the bolt!
boom!
…
In his hands, a bolt-action rifle is as good as an automatic rifle.
Five bullets knocked down five Japanese soldiers.
He is indeed a man known as a quick shooter.
The first battalion, with guns raised, attacked the right wing of the Japanese army, and the second battalion attacked the left wing of the Japanese army.
Two battalions of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army rushed forward and joined the bayonet fight, as fierce as mad dogs.
The Japanese army, numbering less than a thousand, faced the charge of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's fresh force of nearly 2,500 men.
I can't bear it now.
Colonel Kuroda looked at the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army attacking his main camp from both wings.
A thought flashed through his mind.
This is a trap!
Otherwise, why would the enemy move so slowly?
Why are you nailed to this mountain?
It was obvious that the enemy had deliberately set up a net to catch us all in one fell swoop!
The more I think about it, the more likely it seems.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda shouted hurriedly: "Retreat. Retreat first!"
Upon hearing the order, the Japanese army immediately threw out a volley of grenades, picked up the wounded, and retreated in a panic while carrying mortars.
The soldiers from three battalions chased relentlessly, trying to swallow up the entire group .
Chu Yunfei roared. "Stop chasing! Retreat quickly! Retreat quickly!"
Military orders are as heavy as mountains. Even if Shi Song and his men don't understand, they must quickly obey orders and retreat.
Then, a rather strange scene appeared.
The Japanese army retreated quickly, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also retreated quickly. The two sides were competing to see who could retreat faster.
Back on the hilltop, Shi Song dragged one leg and saw the regiment commander Chu Yunfei. He asked in confusion, "Commander! We are fighting so well, why are you retreating? We have the upper hand now!"
Chu Yunfei glared at the other party and shouted, "You know nothing! A regiment and a battalion of the Japanese are heading this way! If we don't retreat quickly and get bitten, and their planes come to interfere, we'll be in trouble. Retreat quickly!"
I heard that the Japanese army had arrived with a regiment and a battalion.
Shi Song and the others were shocked, and then they understood the captain's concerns.
There are planes in the sky and cannons on the ground.
By then, it would not be just about annihilating a battalion of Japanese troops, but being bitten back by the Japanese troops.
The best strategy is to retreat quickly.
Shi Song and his men quickly cleaned up the battlefield, carried the wounded, discarded some unimportant heavy objects, and marched quickly, retreating to Wuzhai Town.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Kuroda Battalion and the main force of the 22nd Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army joined forces.
When Colonel Kasahara Koizumi got off his horse, Captain Kuroda was already standing solemnly on the side of the road.
"Kuroda-kun!" Colonel Kasahara Koizumi greeted him and went straight to the point. "Where are the enemies?"
Kuroda Tengmu lowered his head and said, "Colonel, the Chinese got away!"
"Bagayaru, you idiot!" When Colonel Kasahara Koizumi heard this, his expression changed immediately and he became furious. He slapped Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda hard in the face.
"Hayi!" Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda suddenly lowered his head.
Major Sato next to him also lowered his head suddenly, but when he saw his superior being slapped in the face by the regiment captain, he felt secretly delighted.
He secretly thought in his heart: You have come to this day!
Colonel Kasahara Koizumi asked, "Where did these Chinese go?"
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda quickly replied: "Your Excellency, although the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army fled under the cover of darkness, based on the traces, I believe they must have fled to Wuzhai Town!"
"Wuzhai Town? The territory of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?" Colonel Kasahara Koizumi quickly figured out whose territory Wuzhai was.
"We also suspect that this group of Chinese are soldiers from the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army!"
"Yoshi!" Colonel Kasahara Koizumi shouted, "Investigate immediately and report it!"
"Yes." Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda responded loudly, and immediately led his troops to block the main traffic routes and sent people to investigate.
…
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda's judgment was accurate.
The movement of two or three battalions is quite a commotion.
Soon, the Japanese Special High Technology Department investigated the matter thoroughly.
It was Chu Yunfei’s 358th Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda was so angry that he urged his troops to chase after the enemy and defeat them.
But where could they find the people? When it got dark, the 358th Regiment went into the mountains, and it was nowhere to be found.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda angrily cursed: "Are these Chinese people a bunch of dogs? How can they run so fast!"
He was so angry that he chopped a small tree with his command knife to vent his anger.
He had a premonition that he would be scolded by his superiors when he returned.
Thinking that he might be slapped in the face when he returned, he became furious.
He turned around and slapped me.
"Because of your stupidity and cowardice, the Chinese escaped. Do you have any shame? Are you still a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army?"
Snapped!
Major Sato's face immediately began to swell up again.
He didn't dare to refute at all, so he could only bow his head and say, "Hi!"
Snapped!
After a slap in the face, Major Sato could only bow his head and apologize again.
Snapped!
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Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda's slap hurt, and Major Sato's face hurt .
The 358th Regiment was not having a good time either. Walking on the mountain roads at night was really a torture.
Falling, knocking down, being bitten by insects and being stung by mosquitoes are common occurrences.
Return to headquarters.
Everyone was soaked in sweat, lying on the ground, gasping for breath.
Chu Yunfei asked breathlessly, "Lieutenant Colonel Wu, Lieutenant Colonel Shi, is the plan to attack Linzhai Town going smoothly? What did we gain?"
Shi Song spoke first : "Commander, this plan went smoothly. Our battalion annihilated an entire puppet army regiment in one fell swoop and seized a rich haul! Here is the list of the haul. Please take a look!"
Chu Yunfei took the list presented to him by the other party and took a look.
One heavy machine gun and more than 1,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition were seized.
7 light machine guns, 418 rifles, and 9,120 bullets.
1,119 grenades.
Unfortunately, there were no heavy weapons, but a lot of property was seized.
30,000 dollars, 8 large yellow croakers and 10 small yellow croakers.
Seeing the captured spoils, Chu Yunfei felt relaxed.
At least we didn’t lose this battle!
But he is not someone who can be fooled easily.
But we can't ignore everything just because we won the battle.
"How many casualties did our army suffer in this battle?"
When Shi Song heard the regiment commander asking about casualties, he immediately didn't know how to answer.
After hesitating for a while, he finally spoke. "Commander, it was fine at first. But then the Japanese planes came and we suffered. The Japanese planes circled over our heads, dropping bombs and strafing. Many of our brothers were injured. Some soldiers even ran away!"
Chu Yunfei's face darkened when he heard this. "How many people died, and how many people escaped!"
Shi Song knew that he could no longer conceal the truth, so he said, "191 people died in the 5th Battalion, 34 were seriously injured, and hundreds were slightly injured. Most of them died in the battle to repel the Japanese when they were caught up by them! There were 17 who escaped!"
In attacking a town, less than 30 people were killed or injured.
But they didn't expect to run into the Japanese. The newly formed 5th Battalion, with only more than 500 people, suffered 225 casualties, a reduction of nearly half.
Hearing about the casualties, Chu Yunfei was so heartbroken that he wanted to shoot Shi Song to death.
