But now it seems that the longer they stay in the rear, the more likely they are to be attacked by enemy troops, because what the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side likes to do most is to sneak attack their butts.
The Japanese squadron leader had now seen the enemy troops and was now almost charging into their faces.
The enemy's troops are numerous and cover almost all directions of their position.
"Damn it, when did they surround us? Where are our scouts on the outside? Are they all blind? Didn't they notice the presence of the enemy?"
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, their troops on the periphery were wiped out by the enemy silently.
After all, the number of sentries they have deployed on the periphery is also very limited. The two squadrons add up to seven or eight.
Now these Eighth Route Army troops are very good at conducting latent operations. It is not that difficult for them to eliminate several Japanese outposts.
And during this process, they can also ensure that their actions will not make any noise.
This is why, as soon as the Eighth Route Army started charging, it almost hit the Japanese army's face.
The Japanese troops fighting on the position have just poked their heads out of the trench.
Seeing the charging troops of the Eighth Route Army, they immediately began to organize their formation under the leadership of their commander and shoot at the Eighth Route Army soldiers in front.
But the artillery fire fired by the Fourth Army just now was too fierce. Under such fierce firepower, the Japanese army's dug holes were not deep enough to provide a good defense against the large-caliber artillery shells they fired.
As a result, their troops have already lost more than half of their soldiers as the current battle has just begun.
Most of the soldiers turned directly into corpses.
There are also quite a few who have lost their combat capabilities and can only stay in their trenches or air-raid shelters, waiting for medical soldiers to bandage their wounds.
Other Japanese soldiers, led by their commanders, opened fire on the Eighth Route Army soldiers charging ahead.
But their firepower was very limited. With less than one bomb bay of bullets fired, the machine gun fire and mortar fire of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side had already covered the heads of these Japanese troops.
The remaining Japanese soldiers on the position were completely helpless at this time.
They were covered by intensive artillery fire and machine gun fire. Not to mention shooting from a probe, but if they were not well concealed enough or were unlucky, they might be hit directly through the head by flying bullets.
¡°Otherwise, mortar shells falling from the sky would hit their heads directly, turning them into corpses in the trench, or even a pile of minced meat.
The Japanese commanders now also realized that the enemy's offensive was overwhelming and their men simply could not hold on.
So, he immediately picked up the phone and asked for instructions from behind.
"Report, Your Excellency, Division Commander, we must retreat.
The enemy's firepower was so fierce that our soldiers couldn't even raise their heads to shoot.
I want to know when our artillery fire support will arrive? The enemy's troops will soon be entangled with our troops. If Hua continues like this, your artillery fire will only bury us. "
He said this and waited for the response from the other side.
Not long after, the voice of their division commander, Da Liangzhe, came over.
"Don't tell me that you can't hold on. You have no other choice but to hold on. If you choose to retreat from the position, the pursuing troops ahead will not be able to withdraw.
The enemy occupied your position just to eat our tens of thousands of pursuing troops in the front. If they are all annihilated, do you think you can really survive if you come back alive?
I can guarantee that I will be the first to shoot you! ! "
What he said was very cruel. If he hadn't been in a hurry, he wouldn't have said such words to his subordinates.
Hearing these words, the Japanese squadron leader knew that he and his soldiers were going to fight to the death here.
He then hung up the phone and walked outside.
As a result, as soon as he walked out of his headquarters, a roar came over him.
A mortar shell was accurately fired into the Japanese headquarters by the Eighth Route Army.
"Boom boom boom"??! "
A loud noise was heard, and the Japanese squadron leader was blown into pieces before he even had time to scream.
The sudden death of the commander and the large number of casualties among the soldiers quickly caused the Japanese army on the position to collapse.
"Compared to their predecessors, the current Japanese army cannot compare with the previous Japanese army in terms of discipline and organization.
There is no other way around this. During the long war, the Japanese army's original elite soldiers have been gradually exhausted.
Now, many soldiers who have not received much military training must come to the battlefield.
Compared with their predecessors, although these Japanese soldiers have received some military training since they were young, they are incomparable to those experienced Japanese veterans in terms of personal combat skills and experience.
Now that the Eighth Route Army's firepower was extremely fierce, coupled with the sudden death of the commander, the Japanese soldiers at the bottom fell into collapse.
A Japanese soldier, unable to bear such fierce firepower, rushed out directly.
The result can be imagined. Under the dense network of machine gun fire, the Japanese soldier who rushed out of the trench was torn into pieces by bullets flying from all directions in the blink of an eye.
When the other Japanese soldiers saw this scene, they immediately had no intention of escaping from here.
In fact, the Japanese commander had already vaguely felt it before making the call.
When their troops faced the heavy encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, there was almost no possibility of escaping from here.
But he still wanted to take a gamble.
But now, he doesn¡¯t even have a chance to gamble.
For the Japanese soldiers still surviving on the position, they now have only two options to choose from.
Or just stay here and wait for their reinforcements.
In fact, their reinforcements are not very far away. If their reinforcements are assembled faster, they can provide support here within half an hour.
Of course, it seems now that the enemy may not give them such a chance. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com