Chapter 256: The End of the Road
"Sir, I'm out of bullets......"
"Sir, I don't have any bullets here, and I need to replenish them urgently......"
Soon, a dozen soldiers came out of the ranks and asked themselves to replenish him with ammunition.
However, the squadron leader did not have any ammunition in his hands.
In the eyes of the devil, if a squadron pursues a platoon of the Liaodong Army, the whole battle will definitely end without the slightest accident.
Therefore, before sending out the troops, the devils of this squadron, in addition to the standard ammunition, did not even bring a box of reserve bullets.
In the face of his subordinates' requests, the careless squadron leader could only show a helpless expression, and shook his head and said.
"I don't have any ammunition here......"
After finishing speaking, the squadron leader, who seemed to think of his current situation, decisively opened his mouth and ordered: "Each team immediately checks their ammunition reserves...... If we run out of ammunition, we have to retreat immediately, it's too dangerous here. ”
Soon, a very cruel reality was put in front of several squad leaders.
The entire squadron of 78 soldiers, all the bullets combined, did not even reach 400 rounds.
With five rounds of ammunition per person, for the squadron leader, there is no way to guarantee the safety of the entire squadron, let alone continue to attack.
Therefore, the squadron leader, who received replies from several squad leaders, subconsciously ordered the troops to withdraw. Even if he himself is likely to be court-martialed after returning, the squadron leader will have to retreat.
However, as soon as he made his decision, he was interrupted by a barrage of bullets.
As the three subordinates fell again, the others, like frightened rabbits, immediately lay on the ground, rifles in hand, and shot in the direction of the gunshot.
Listening to the constant gunfire around him, the squadron leader hurriedly ordered.
"Stop shooting, stop shooting...... The enemy has already run away, you are wasting bullets......"
The squadron leader reacted quickly, but the officers and men under his command reacted even faster.
In just a dozen seconds, each devil soldier fired at least three bullets.
So. The remaining bullets of the entire squadron could not even do two rounds per capita.
"Conspiracy, this must be a conspiracy of the Liaodong Army to sneak attack the troops...... It can both kill and injure us, and consume our ammunition......" with a dignified face of the squadron leader. Said to himself.
When he was done, he immediately ordered his subordinates: "Retreat, retreat immediately...... We must go back to join the main force immediately, or we will all be trapped here when we run out of ammunition and food. ”
For the Devil Squadron Leader. It's only now that I'm reacting, and it's obviously over.
The platoon commander of the Liaodong Army, who was active beside them, did not know how much ammunition the devil still had.
However, the increasingly sparse counterattack gunfire of the devil has already told him with facts that the devil's ammunition is running out.
Therefore, as soon as the devils showed signs of wanting to retreat, a squad led by the platoon commander personally fired a volley of bullets at them.
This time, the squad eliminated two devils again.
What's more, this class is invisible. Consumed the last bit of ammunition in the hands of the devil.
"The devil has no bullets...... "The platoon commander said with a firm face.
"Could this be a conspiracy by the devils against us...... "The squad leader next to the platoon commander reminded in a low voice.
The platoon commander nodded and replied, "Most likely...... However, we'll see if it's a conspiracy a few more times......"
"Immediately notify the other two squads with the sound of gunfire and quickly launch an attack on the devils......"
Soon, two rows of gunfire rang out on both wings of the devil.
In the face of the attack, the devil did not fight back as quickly as he did just now.
After leaving behind the corpses of five or six comrades-in-arms, he fled to the main force like a lost dog.
"The devils must be out of bullets, they want to escape......" Seeing this, the platoon commander immediately affirmed firmly.
After finishing, he didn't wait for his subordinates to react before he opened his mouth and ordered: "What are you still doing?" Come with me and stop these devils...... Killing so many of our brothers, if you want to escape, it depends on whether I agree or not......"
The platoon commander, who was advancing side by side with the devil, shot at the devil while rushing in front of the devil.
Running and running. Seven or eight people, including the platoon commander, were completely exposed to the devils.
At the same time, the second and third squads that got the news through the sound of gunfire also rushed over and kept shooting bullets at the fleeing devils.
It was only at this time that the leader of the devil squadron and the remaining fifty or so soldiers finally saw the opponent's figure clearly.
When he saw that the enemy he was pursuing with great difficulty was only a few dozen people, and he had caused so many casualties to his squadron.
The squadron leader's whole face turned green.
If it weren't for the squadron leader's continued sanity, the angry and aggrieved squadron leader might have drawn his command knife. With his subordinates, who had run out of ammunition and food, he launched an attack on the Liaodong Army around him, and used his bayonet to eliminate the Liaodong Army that had caused such heavy casualties to himself.
Of course, even if the squadron leader didn't do this, it would have been very difficult for him to leave here with his men.
Because, more than twenty rifles around him, from the moment they entered his field of vision, continued to shoot bullets at him.
Under the blow of more than 20 rifles, the devils who didn't even have room to fight back could only fall to the ground one after another.
Soon, the squadron leader found that there was no more than a squad of subordinates left around him.
And they are at least seven or eight miles away from the main force of the division.
What's more, because of the continuous tense pursuit and escape, everyone, including himself, is out of breath.
At this time, the leader of the devil squadron knew that if he continued like this, including himself, he would become a ghost under the guns of the surrounding Liaodong Army.
Therefore, in this situation that is almost at the end of the road, we must find a way to change the current situation.
Soon, a very bold and risky idea came to the squadron leader's mind.
In order to keep more of his subordinates alive, the squadron leader didn't care if this idea was feasible or not, and directly ordered.
"Dispersed breakout...... The enemy's forces are not many, and only by dispersing and breaking through can we find the main force of the division alive......"
"I ordered, in groups of two, to disperse and break out immediately...... After the breakthrough was successful, he immediately found the main force of the division and reported the situation here to the commander. Tell the commander that in the future, if you encounter a sneak attack on the Liaodong Army, you must not casually send troops to pursue it......"
Because he carried a command knife on his waist, even if the squadron leader gave the order to disperse and break through, he did not escape the personal pursuit of the platoon commander.
As for the other devils, there were more than 20 people who escaped the pursuit of the Liaodong Army in the end.
The commander of the Devil Division, when he first heard the news, he didn't believe it at all, and almost killed the first subordinate who fled back.
However, as more and more of his subordinates fled back and said the same thing. The division commander finally believed it.
Subsequently, the order to retreat was quickly given to another squadron that was chasing out. (To be continued.) )