Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 441: The Independent Regiment's Blame

"Yu Ye, ah Yu Ye, I've never had such a good fight. Under the huge army, these little devils were beaten to the ground like children by me.

20,000 of us versus nearly 40,000 of the devils, I have never imagined such a spectacular scene in my life."

The brigade commander was reluctant to put down his binoculars. Watching the Japanese soldiers being beaten by grass was sweeter than eating bee poop.

The brigade commander has not only two numbered main regiments, 771 and 772, but also four or five combat sequences such as the Independent Regiment, the New st Regiment, and the New nd Regiment.

Apart from the monster Independent Regiment and the 771st Regiment assigned to defend Ping'an County, this time the brigade commander brought all the assets of his 386th Brigade.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie both led their two main battalions to participate in the battle this time. If it weren't for the guards holding them back, they would have carried the 56s themselves and rushed to the front of the entire team.

"Why are you stopping me? If one more person rushes forward now, one more enemy soldier can be killed."

Kong Jie was very unhappy and saw his political commissar getting angry.

"Old Kong, the brigade commander specifically told me that as the regiment commander, you are in charge of the overall situation, not leading the troops into battle. Why do you always make the same mistake as Li Yunlong?"

The political commissar of the New Second Regiment stopped Kong Jie, who was about to rush forward again, in the temporary command post.

"What do you know? It's just like harvesting wheat. If we go a little later, there will be fewer Japanese soldiers left on the scene, and we won't be able to kill them if we want to.

Look at that kid Li Yunlong. He must be so anxious in Ping'an County right now that he can only envy us!"

Kong Jie paced back and forth in the temporary command center with a pipe in his mouth, and there was a hint of anxiety in his words.

"Old Kong, what a lousy metaphor you're using. How can you say there are no Japanese to kill? Just wait, there will definitely be some. I estimate that they have now forced the Japanese into a narrow area less than 5 kilometers wide."

The political commissar of the New Second Regiment gave earnest advice.

Kong Jie used a telescope to look at the battle line in the distance while swiping on the battle map. Seeing that the enemy's battle line was getting smaller and smaller, he looked very happy: "It's so exciting, so exciting!"

......

Nearly 20,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers formed a huge encirclement outside the front line, and the Japs' space for activities was continuously compressed.

Kenkichi Ikegami and Kiyomizu Kiyoshi met up during the transfer. The two Japanese soldiers looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They had never thought that one day they would end up in such a miserable situation, and they had never thought that they would be forced into such a situation by the Chinese army.

With one division plus an independent mixed brigade, the number of Japanese soldiers reached at least 4. After the previous round of ground-destroying bombing, at least more than Japanese soldiers lost their combat effectiveness.

This dealt a huge blow to the overall morale of the Japanese.

Furthermore, after the last wave of charge, there are only more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers who can still fight, and there are several thousand wounded, which is a burden for the Japanese soldiers at this time.

The Japanese commander of a division and the commander of an independent mixed brigade were looking at the battle situation with dejected faces. They had not expected that an assault on the Chinese army would turn into a breakout battle for the locust army.

Faced with the Eighth Route Army's powerful firepower and such a solid encirclement, the two Japanese commanders were quite powerless at this time.

“Captain Shimizu, according to the current situation, we only have two choices. Either we drag it to the eastern front and have the 35th Mixed Brigade and the 37th and th Divisions provide support to us from the eastern front.

Or we break out now.”

When talking about the second option, the tone of the commander of the 9th Brigade was obviously a little low. Considering the current situation of the Locust Army's wounded and their combat status, it would not be easy to break through.

When the commander of the 41st Division, Shimizu Nobuki, heard him talk about the second plan, his expression changed slightly. Once they chose to break out, it would not be easy to take away the thousands of wounded soldiers. They would only become prisoners or die at the hands of the Chinese army.

"Um......"

Qingshui Guizhi hesitated for a moment and said, "My suggestion is that we hold on and wait for help. We should report our current situation to Commander Taiyuan Gangcun. If he can mobilize more support, we may not be invincible by attacking from both inside and outside this ridiculously powerful Chinese army."

When saying this, Qingshui Guizhi was obviously a little hesitant, because he knew that under the current circumstances, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and even Ningji Okamura may not necessarily have a good solution. He did this just because he didn't want to be branded as abandoning these wounded soldiers.

Just as he was about to order the lieutenant to send a message, Qing Shuizhi paused and said, "Captain Ikezhi, do you know what kind of army this army with ridiculous firepower is?"

The commander of the 9th Brigade, Kenkichi Ikegami, was stunned. He did not expect Shimizu Kijuu to ask such a question. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe it's the Eighth Route Army."

Qingshui Guizhi cursed this guy in his heart, of course I know it is the Eighth Route Army, which unit of the Eighth Route Army is it specifically?

But in this situation, Qingshui Guigui could only suppress his anger and asked: "I also know it is the Eighth Route Army, but which unit of the Eighth Route Army is this?"

Kenkichi Ikegami was stunned by the question, because the way this army in earth-gray uniforms appeared just now was too domineering. They first used heavy artillery to clear the land, and then used the most violent automatic firepower to directly smash the market. In less than an hour and a half, they forced the locust army, which had the advantage, into such a situation.

It's really unreasonable and unscientific.

The commander of the 9th Brigade hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander, judging from the heavy artillery and automatic weapons they are using, I judge that they should be an independent regiment."

The 155-caliber heavy artillery and the 56-caliber assault rifle have become the independent regiment's iconic weapons.

Ok?

Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?

Are you kidding me?

Judging from the scale of the people involved in the battle, there are more than 2 people. No matter how outrageous it is, this can't be an independent regiment, right?

Before Qing Shuigui asked, Ikegami Kenkichi continued, "Division Commander, if they are not independent regiments, then we have to face a more terrifying fact, that is, the Eighth Route Army in the entire Jin area has grown into a monster that makes us feel terrified and tremble in the past few months."

Qingshui Guizhi thought about it and felt that it was nonsense for the commander of the 9th Brigade to say that the army he and others were facing was an independent regiment. However, for the sake of the current stability of the military morale, he could only accept it and stopped asking questions.

He immediately ordered his assistant officer: "Send a telegram to General Taiyuan Gangcun and report our current battle situation to the general urgently. I hope the general can send someone to rescue us as soon as possible.

Besides, if the general asks which army is besieging us...”

After a pause, Qingshui Guizhi finally said: "Just say it's the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment."