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Chapter 496: Battle of Annihilation

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    Even if they cannot escape intact, there are still a considerable number of people who can get out of this encirclement alive.

    But what they didn¡¯t expect was that their every move at this time was completely seen by Xia Yang.

    "They began to break out from the southeast, and they are basically here. The soldiers of the First Regiment and Second Regiment began to move closer in this direction. Maxim and mortars are all ready." Xia Yang said.

    "Are you still catching people alive?" He Changxing asked.

    Xia Yang said on the walkie-talkie: "What are you catching alive? Kill them all!"

    The Japanese troops who were advancing at this time did not realize that they were moving step by step towards the defensive positions set up by the Fourth Brigade in advance.

    There were seven Maxim heavy machine guns, four mortars, and various light machine guns waiting for them.

    In addition, there are nearly a thousand well-trained soldiers holding rifles there, waiting for their arrival.

    Faced with all this, the Japanese soldiers who were advancing in the dark woods were not prepared at all.

    According to Xia Yang¡¯s wishes, they would put the Japanese troops at a distance of about thirty meters before shooting, thus ensuring the maximum casualties caused by heavy machine gun and other firepower to this group of Japanese troops.

    In the night vision goggles, the Japanese infantry were completely exposed to Xia Yang and the others.

    When the Japanese army approached, Xia Yang raised his arms high and shouted: "Shoot!!"

    The moment his words rang out, the Japanese soldiers who were advancing in the smear campaign suddenly realized that their end was coming.

    Seven Maxims, as well as various light machine guns, as well as mortars, rifles, etc., all poured ammunition on these Japanese soldiers at this moment.

    They never thought that their every move in the darkness would actually be seen clearly by Xia Yang and the others.

    With almost no time to react, a large area of ??the Japanese troops in the front row had already been knocked down.

    They immediately fell to the ground and began to fight back against the flickering fire in front.

    But this kind of counterattack is almost useless.  The soldiers of the Fourth Brigade, with the help of powerful firepower and night vision goggles, successfully suppressed the Japanese army in the woods.

    This battle lasted until dawn, and this tenacious Japanese army was completely annihilated.

    During this period, Xia Yang once shouted for the remaining Japanese soldiers to surrender.

    "But these Japanese troops had long been brainwashed by the spirit of Bushido. Instead of surrendering, they even launched a jade-breaking charge against Xia Yang and their defenses.

    In this attack, Xia Yang and the others wiped out more than 530 Japanese soldiers.

    In addition, they also seized two Japanese baggage vehicles.

    The materials on the vehicle include many spare firearms of the Japanese army, as well as supporting bullets, etc.

    This made Xia Yang very pleasantly surprised. After taking a rough inventory of this attack, they gained a lot.

    Not counting the supplies captured by the Japanese army before, in this attack alone, they successfully captured more than 38 out of 500 large guns, three Type 92 heavy machine guns, and several crooked handles.

    In addition, there are also many other weapons such as grenades and grenades.

    Looking at the piled Japanese weapons, Xia Yang said to He Changxing next to him: "Look, Changxing, don't you have the weapons and equipment for the new military camp now?"

    He Changxing looked at those weapons, smiled and said: "Brigade, you are the only one who dares to do such a thing. If those two brigades of Japs are cruel and insist on coming to support us, we will not be able to stop them at all."

    Xia Yang said: "This is a psychological tactic. The little Japanese suffered a loss during the day and could not figure out our reality. And it was still night, and there were too many uncertain factors. Their brigade commander was not willing to fight for these two Japanese troops.  The squadron is taking another risk. If a whole troop is taken in, it won't be worth the loss.

    The most important thing is that since they have chosen to retreat and the direction of advancement is still eastward, they probably want to continue the attack along the Jinpu Railway and are not willing to continue the attack in Jiaxiang County.  "

    He Changxing asked Xia Yang, "Master, where will the little devil attack this time?"

    Xia Yang said: "Teng County! They will definitely attack Teng County along the Jinpu Railway, and then attack Taierzhuang from Teng County, and then from Teng County."

    "Then what should we do?" He Changxing asked.

    Xia Yang thought for a while and said: "Standing atThe ones in ?? County are from the 122nd Division of the National Army. Their numbers are too small and they may not be able to block the Japs' attack.  We must support them, at least for a while, just for a while.  Give Commander Li and the others plenty of time to set up defenses in Taierzhuang.  "

    He Changxing nodded and said: "Okay, I understand. I will prepare the troops now."

    Xia Yang nodded to him and said: "No problem! The troops will now return to Pei County for repairs. If my prediction is good, the Japanese army will attack Teng County around mid-March. Before that, we can continue to recruit  New recruits, and then ask for equipment from the superiors. This time our military exploits are not small, and the superiors will be happy no matter what we do."

    But He Changxing reminded Xia Yang: "Commander, you can't have too much hope in this matter. The equipment above is reserved for elite troops.

    Although our Fourth Brigade is capable of fighting, in the eyes of the people above, we do not belong to any faction, and no one from any faction is willing to provide us with any help.  In all likelihood, these equipment will not be in our hands.  "

    Xia Yang also understood many things in this, but he still had some hope. No matter what, he still had to write the application for equipment.  What if the boss gives it to me?  I really can't say for sure.

    It was already March 5th when they returned to Peixian County.

    Because of their arrival in Jiaxiang County, the Japanese army had to retreat and move toward the Jinpu Railway in the east.  Xia Yang and the others also returned to Pei County.

    It was not until they returned to Peixian that the true losses of the 178th Division were fully calculated.

    After this battle, their troops lost more than 2,000 people.  Among them, more than a thousand were killed in action, and more than a thousand others lost their fighting ability and had to go to the field hospital in the rear to recuperate.

    At this time, except for Xia Yang, the fourth brigade of the 178th Division who was nominally under Lin Shaowei's command but was actually not as good as Lin Shaowei, the number of soldiers Lin Shaowei could really command was only more than 4,000 and less than 5,000.

    And above, there were no new recruits to supplement them for a while.  Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the 178th Division at this time has been greatly reduced.

    Xia Yang¡¯s fourth brigade, on the other hand, not only achieved fruitful results in this battle, but also lost the least number of people.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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