But if they continue to delay, they will be completely cut off before dark arrives.
This is a trap temporarily set by General Chen.
He originally wanted to change his tactics after letting his main force retreat.
But he didn¡¯t expect that the Japanese army on the opposite side was very greedy and wanted to pursue their main force.
Since we are here to pursue, Brigadier Chen will naturally not let go of such an excellent opportunity.
He immediately redeployed his strategy.
At the same time, some small actions were also made to confuse the judgment of the Japanese commander on the opposite side and cause him to make wrong judgments about the battlefield situation.
Such a judgment is a better opportunity for the Eighth Route Army.
By taking advantage of this opportunity, they can achieve some breakthroughs that were previously unavailable on the frontal battlefield.
For example, the Japanese troops were originally huddled in their defensive positions, like turtles in their own extremely hard turtle shells. It was very difficult for you to fight them.
What¡¯s more, annihilate them all.
However, now that the turtle has stuck his head out, General Chen will naturally not be polite.
He has now raised his guillotine high, just waiting for the Japanese soldier's turtle head to fully poke out, and then cuts it down with one blow, directly chopping off the Japanese soldier's head.
Now Daliang Zhe has not realized that their pursuit force has reached the edge of life and death.
He is still waiting, waiting for news of victory from the front.
Even if he just wiped out some enemy troops, it would be enough to cheer him up.
But, he didn¡¯t wait.
The first thing he heard was that the Eighth Route Army troops launched a fierce attack on the rear of the Japanese pursuing troops.
The Eighth Route Army concentrated a force of 5,000 men and launched a fierce attack on the two defensive positions set up by the Japanese army in the rear.
Their attack was so sudden that the Japanese army did not react at all.
The Eighth Route Army troops that used the cover of the woods to attack the Japanese army even rushed directly to a position less than 300 meters away from the Japanese army before launching a sudden attack.
The Japanese army stationed two squadrons of troops in the rear, which was not a small amount of troops. However, facing the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army that was ten times their size, they had no room to fight back.
What¡¯s more, these Eighth Route Army troops also called for artillery support from the Fourth Army before launching a fierce attack on them.
The intensive artillery fire soon directly covered the two defensive positions of the Japanese army.
The Japanese soldiers originally stationed here are still building their defensive positions.
¡°But they never expected that the shells would come at the drop of a hat, and they would hit them very accurately.
The large-caliber artillery of the Fourth Army covers a large bombardment range. The two positions of the Japanese army were so large together.
After several rounds of artillery salvos from the Fourth Army, the Japanese soldiers here suffered heavy casualties.
When the Fourth Army's bombardment ended, they heard the familiar and thrilling sound of the charging horn.
The sound was like the God of Death blowing the horn of attack, carrying a huge scythe and coming here to harvest the lives of these Japanese soldiers.
"It's the Eighth Route Army, they're attacking."
The Japanese squadron leader reacted.
The enemy¡¯s ground troops actually advanced to this place?
Aren¡¯t they being pursued by our mobile troops?
The sudden appearance of the Eighth Route Army caught them off guard.
The sudden shelling made Daliang Zhe in the distance notice the situation over there.
"Why was there a sudden artillery bombardment? Where was that location?"
Through the telescope, Daliang Zhe could see the roar of artillery on the distant horizon.
¡°Moreover, their artillery units did not provide any form of fire coverage in that range.
In this case, the enemy's artillery will be the only one covering it.
¡°I don¡¯t know, I¡¯ll contact the front line right away.¡±
His staff officer said, and immediately walked to the telephone nearby.
Soon, he ran back and said: "It's our pursuit force. They set up a defensive position in the rear and suddenly suffered heavy bombing from the enemy.
Moreover, they already heard the sound of the Eighth Route Army's charge horn in the smoke. This was the enemy's attack.People attack them. "
"What? The Charge? Is it the Eighth Route Army remaining there? Or is it the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"
Daliang Zhe asked immediately.
But he immediately ruled out the second possibility, because at this moment, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was being chased by his troops.
"No, it's not a small group of troops. The enemy's attack was launched from multiple directions at the same time. And judging from the number of enemies, there are also a lot of them. Their number is at least about 2,000."
The Japanese staff officer said at this time.
Hearing these words, Daliang Zhe realized something was wrong.
He immediately turned his head and said: "Order our artillery firepower to support them immediately. At the same time, let our pursuit troops retreat immediately.
When retreating, remember to maintain good order and never fall into chaos.
Otherwise, the enemy's retreating troops will definitely chase them from behind. "
His thoughts became clearer now.
Everything gradually appeared in his mind.
The enemy set a huge trap for him, and then let his mobile troops get into the trap.
Now the enemy will begin to completely block this huge pocket, so that their more than 10,000 troops will be completely locked in this area.
At that time, the enemy can mobilize their artillery firepower, aerial firepower, and even their armored vehicles, airborne troops, etc., to carry out large-scale, uninterrupted attacks on their besieged troops.
Just thinking about it made him feel terrible.
¡°No, let our troops stationed in the position never attack randomly and let them hold their position.
Enemy troops may also attack them. "
Daliang Zhe said.
As he said, the Eighth Route Army's roundabout attack actually set up several simple ambush positions.
As long as the Japanese troops stationed on the positions are mobilized to support the Japanese pursuit troops, then these ambush circles will play their due role.
Their presence may not cause much harm to these Japanese troops, but as long as the Japanese troops want to support their besieged troops, they will encounter huge resistance.
The two squadrons of the Japanese army originally thought that they were in the rear and did not have to fight the Eighth Route Army head-on. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com