"Sir, the Eighth Route Army must be encircling our search troops and preventing them from retreating smoothly!" The adjutant also heard something unusual in the increasingly dense gunfire, and was anxious to express his concern.

The squadron leader clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and scolded, "I know. ”

"But we don't have troops, and the search team is too scattered to reinforce them."

"Order the heavy machine gun squad, the mortar squad, and immediately prepare for it."

"The Eighth Route Army doesn't want the search team to retreat easily, and will definitely pursue them all the way here, looking for every opportunity to kill and injure them."

"As soon as the search force withdraws, they will immediately open fire on the pursuit force of the Eighth Route Army and cover the search force to move closer here.

Five minutes later, the first search party rushed out of the bushes and rushed towards the artillery position, led by a second lieutenant, the leader of the second squad, and a subordinate familiar to the squadron leader.

If I remember correctly, several second lieutenant officers led a combat detachment of the Imperial Army and two infantry squads of the Imperial Allied Army, with a total strength of more than 30 people, the largest number of troops among all search teams.

But now, there are less than ten soldiers in the full battle with his eyes, and they are all imperial troops, and there is not a single imperial army.

"Sir, there are Eighth Route Army pursuers behind the retreating troops." The adjutant reminded.

The squadron leader ordered with rage: "Heavy machine gun fire, cover the troops to withdraw." ”

"The artillery immediately opened fire and covered the place where the Eighth Route Army appeared just now with artillery fire, I don't believe that dozens of shells smashed over them will not be able to destroy them."

He Jun had completely withdrawn from the battle, climbed up a slope seven or eight hundred meters away from the Japanese offensive position, held a telescope, and stared at the battlefield motionlessly.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as the fierce shelling sounded on the battlefield, He Jun's face changed.

Seven or eight shells fell at the same time, which could instantly cover an area with a radius of several tens of meters.

Although the attacking troops under his command are scattered, the blind cat can kill and injure many people when he hits the mouse.

Therefore, after the Japanese opened fire, many soldiers would definitely be killed.

Passive beating is not the combat style of the garrison regiment.

He Jun raised his eyebrows and began to order: "We can't let the devil artillery attack us so unscrupulously." ”

"The mortar squad of four companies will immediately counterattack, but pay attention to dispersion and concealment, so as not to be targeted by the planes in the sky."

The fighting continued, and more and more Japanese puppet troops were killed by the independent battalion.

Of course, because the independent battalion took the initiative to attack, they were exposed to the Japanese puppet army one after another, and the casualties began to increase significantly.

"Weng hum...... Rumble ......"

The planes hovering in the sky also joined the battle, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, and directly dropped a bomb on the ground where the firefight was most intense......

Billowing smoke rose into the air, and the moment the fire splashed, several soldiers were blown into the sky along with the dirt and stones on the ground, including soldiers of the independent battalion and Japanese puppet soldiers.

He Jun was very happy, because the advantage of troops was on the side of the Japanese puppet army, and it was more concentrated.

On the other hand, the fighters of the independent battalion were all scattered around.

Not surprisingly, the casualties of the Japanese puppet army in the explosion just now must have far exceeded those of the independent battalion.

The leader of the devil squadron also saw this scene, and all the anger in his heart surged up.

"Bage Yalu, is the pilot in the sky a pig? Even my own people were bombed, and I will report to the division headquarters and send him to a military court. ”

The adjutant was much calmer, and hesitated to remind: "Sir, calm your anger! ”

"The battlefield is too chaotic, the enemy and our troops have been completely intertwined, and when the planes bomb the Eighth Route Army, it is inevitable that we will accidentally injure our own people."

The squadron leader's anger not only did not subside, but intensified: "Is that a mistake?" ”

"There are obviously more Imperial Army and Imperial Allied Army that have been blown up than the Eighth Route Army."

"If it weren't for the confirmation that the plane in the sky belonged to the Imperial Army, I would have suspected that he was an undercover agent of the Eighth Route Army, ostensibly supporting the Imperial Army in combat, and secretly killing and injuring a large number of Imperial Army troops."

"We haven't lost this battle yet, and we haven't reached the point where we will burn the jade with the Eighth Route Army."

"Contact the planes in the sky, from now on he has only one mission: low-altitude reconnaissance to ensure the safety of our large rear."

"No more attacks on the ground without my orders."

"Also, I don't want to see the Eighth Route Army suddenly appear behind us without his eyes."

Soon, the second, third search teams began to come into the field of view of the squadron leader.

Heavy machine guns and mortars mounted on the high ground fired rapidly, preventing the pursuing Eighth Route Army from approaching its positions.

"Boom ......"

Two mortar shells suddenly fell from the sky and smashed into the artillery position.

A shell hit exactly one of the gun positions, and the moment the fire flew, the three devil gunners didn't even have a chance to lie down, they were blown up on the spot, and the mortars on the ground were also blown over.

The squadron leader laughed instead of being angry, and shouted: "The artillery unit of the garrison regiment has appeared, and our goal of shrinking the defense has been achieved. ”

"Contact the planes in the sky, and now you can launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army. Find their artillery position, destroy it. ”

"Contact the search forces that haven't returned yet, and get them to speed up."

"As long as our ring of defense forms a combat force, if the Eighth Route Army wants to continue to annihilate us here, it must concentrate its forces and firepower to launch a surprise attack on us, and then mortars and heavy machine guns will be useful, and the planes in the sky can also bomb them to their heart's content."

"We can turn defeat into victory and defeat them under the cover of aircraft and artillery."

"Boom ......"

More and more mortars joined the battle, and the devil pilots, who received the order, quickly lowered the flight altitude and looked for artillery positions close to the ground.

"Weng hum...... Rumble ......"

With the roar of huge engines, the plane began to dive towards a mortar squad, and soon a earth-shaking explosion sounded on the battlefield.

This scene was clearly seen by He Jun, and the muscles on his face twitched, and he was very heartbroken.

However, the annihilation of the entire army of an artillery squad did not affect the determination of the He army to destroy the Japanese puppet army.

Because he has another killer weapon in his hands.

In addition to striking at the Japanese artillery positions, the four artillery squads relieved the combat pressure of the attacking troops. There is also a very important task: to attract the attention of devils, especially the attention of the little devil plane in the sky.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese puppet army search team has all retreated to the offensive position!" The reconnaissance platoon commander rushed over and reported.

"How many of them are left!" He Jun asked with a serious face.

"There are about 100 devils who have withdrawn, and more than 50 puppet soldiers." The reconnaissance platoon commander had been staring around the devil's artillery position, and he saw everyone who had withdrawn from the search team and remembered it in his heart.

After thinking for a while, he continued: "Together with the two mortar squads, two heavy machine gun squads, and one escort squad in the artillery position, there are nearly two hundred and fifty little devils and fifty or sixty puppet soldiers in our encirclement. ”

The corners of He Jun's mouth rose slightly, and a smile quickly flashed.

A melee killed more than half of the combat units of the Japanese puppet army, and he was very satisfied with the result.