I rise from the sword

Chapter 187 Independent Battalion, The Counterattack Begins!
Jiaocheng Mountain, the forward position of the Independent Battalion.

A few minutes later, the devil's attacking troops received the order to retreat, and they turned around and ran away as if they were being pardoned.

These guys even complained in their hearts, why their parents didn't give them two more legs when they gave birth to them.

Of course, Ma Gan and Zhao Dejiu would not let go of this opportunity to beat the dog in the water, and took advantage of the situation to launch a counter-charge.

Because the devils rushed too close, it would take a certain amount of time to retreat, so it was a good opportunity to take the initiative to attack at this time and take advantage of the situation to hide and kill.

Ma Gan and Zhao Dejiu led the team to hunt for more than 300 meters, because they were worried that they would be bombarded by devils on the way back, so they withdrew their troops and retreated to the position.

In this battle, hundreds of devils were left behind, and the Independent Battalion won another big victory.

After Ma Gan and Zhao Dejiu led their troops back to the position, the morale of the soldiers was like a rainbow, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted!
At this time, battalion commander Yang Lin, accompanied by Niu Bold and others, came to the forward position along the traffic trench.

Ma Gan, Zhao Dejiu and others stood up and saluted him: "Battle Commander!"

"Ok!"

Yang Lin nodded, and then they said, "You fought very well in today's battle! The brothers also performed very bravely!"

With the affirmation of the battalion commander Yang Lin, all the soldiers around were overjoyed, and their bodies straightened up again.

After a pause, Yang Lin changed his voice, and continued: "However, the little devil was defeated by us one after another, and suffered a lot, so he will definitely not let it go!

If I'm not wrong, next, the little devil will definitely focus on heavy firepower and carry out retaliatory strikes against us!
The possibility of sending a bomber formation to launch an air strike is not even ruled out!
Now I order you to pack up your equipment and ammunition immediately, abandon the frontline positions, retreat to the rear to hide in the mountains and forests, rely on the favorable terrain, and continue to resist the Japanese attack! "

Both Ma Gan and Zhao Dejiu understood that what the battalion commander Yang Lin said was reasonable. Although the other soldiers were a little reluctant to give up their positions, they had won so many victories with Yang Lin, and they had already developed great admiration and trust for Yang Lin.

It can be said that Yang Lin is now the spiritual belief of all the soldiers in the Independence Battalion. No matter what he says, the soldiers will follow suit.

Even if they are asked to serve as death squads, they will not hesitate at all!

"Yes! Battalion Commander!"

Ma Gan, Zhao Dejiu, and the officers and soldiers under them all agreed with one voice, and immediately started to act separately under the leadership of their respective company and platoon leaders.

It didn't take long for the officers and soldiers of the first company and the second company to withdraw to the rear in an orderly manner along the traffic trench.

When retreating, they did not forget to release smoke bombs to confuse the sight of the little devils, so that no one would notice.

Retreating into the mountains behind, they can use the dense woods as cover to effectively resist the Japanese air strikes and shelling.

The only pity is that the battlefield has not been cleaned.

If Li Yunlong knew the news, even if the plane of the little devil in the sky was dropping bombs, he would not let go of this opportunity to make extra money.

There is no way, as the Eighth Route Army, it is really poor!

As soon as Yang Lin returned to the battalion headquarters, before he had time to enter the door, He Da, the monitor of the communications team, ran out in a hurry and almost bumped into Yang Lin.

"Battalion Commander, you came back just in time. Deputy Captain Wei called and said that he had led the special forces team to destroy the devil's detection post!"

Yang Lin was overjoyed: "Oh? That's really great, you immediately call Captain Li and Captain Ding and tell them they can act now!"

"Yes!"

He Da promised, then turned around and entered the battalion headquarters, and started calling the Independent Regiment and Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

After about half an hour.

More than 20 bombers of the Japanese army suddenly covered the sky. In order to assist the independent mixed first brigade to fight, Hirata Kenkichi also mobilized five 5mm heavy artillery this time, together with these bombers and the independent mixed first brigade. Artillery formed a powerful combined fire group.

Started to launch a retaliatory fire coverage attack on the forward positions of the Independence Battalion and the entire Jiaocheng Mountain.

The frontline positions of the original independent battalion were especially taken care of by the Japanese bombers and artillery groups!
Although the officers and soldiers of the Independent Battalion have retreated to the rear, they can still feel that the whole earth is trembling continuously, as if an earthquake is coming.

That sound was like a thunderous explosion, resounding through the sky, deafening!
Seeing this, the officers and soldiers of the first company and the second company couldn't help but gasp.

Under the bombardment of this scale of firepower, if they hadn't retreated and stayed on the ground, I can't imagine what the result would be now.

After all, cat ear piercing can only weaken the damage of shelling.

If the artillery shells happened to fall nearby, even if they hid in the cat's ear holes, they would inevitably be injured or even killed by the shock, especially the devil's aerial bombs and heavy artillery bombardment.

Only relying on the defense of the cat's ear piercing can't resist it at all!

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

With the full-scale launch of the Japanese ground-air joint bombing, the front position of the independent battalion soon became a sea of ​​flames.

The bombs and grenades exploded, leaving huge craters one after another on the ground.

Many trenches and foxholes were filled with mud and gravel lifted up by the explosion.

On the sounding balloon.

Holding up the binoculars, Suzuki Sadajiro had a panoramic view of all this, and a cruel sneer could not help but bloom from the corner of his mouth.

He didn't believe that the officers and soldiers of the Independence Battalion could still survive under such a terrifying bombardment!

"Ring ring ring, ring ring ring..."

At this moment, the phone next to her suddenly rang.

Chief of Staff Nobu Watanabe picked up the phone and answered it for a while, his face suddenly showed an ugly expression like a dead parent.

He lowered the phone slightly, turned his head and reported to the brigade commander Sadajiro Suzuki: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, something is wrong. Our artillery position was suddenly attacked by the main force of the Chinese army. Although the garrison is still trying its best to resist, we must In a few minutes, the entire position may fall!"

"Nani? What did you say?"

Hearing this, Suzuki Sadajiro was really anxious. He grabbed Watanabe Shin's collar and glared at him.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, our artillery position was suddenly attacked by the main force of the Chinese army. Although the garrison is still trying to resist, the entire position will fall in a few minutes!"

Shin Watanabe repeated it again.

"Ton, ton, ton..."

Suzuki Sadajiro's eyes darkened, his body took two steps backwards uncontrollably, almost lost his center of gravity, and fell headfirst from the hanging basket.

Fortunately, Shin Watanabe had quick eyesight and quick hands, and caught him in one go.

A few seconds later, Second Lieutenant Suzuki Sadajiro regained his composure, and couldn't help scolding angrily: "Baga! What are those damn scouts doing? Why did the Chinese people appear quietly near the artillery positions?"

Watanabe said: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, this... humble position is unknown. However, now is not the time to pursue responsibility. The top priority is to find a way to resolve the current crisis as soon as possible!"

Suzuki Sadajiro thought for a while, gritted his teeth with resentment and ordered: "Order the 30th Regiment of the Independent Infantry, and the 1st Regiment of the Joint Independent Infantry, immediately launch an attack on the position of the Chinese Army! Strive to win the handover in the shortest possible time. Chengshan!"

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(End of this chapter)