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Chapter 896: Is the Captain crazy?
Outside the west gate of Qubei County.

The soldiers of the fifth battalion were fighting desperately with the Japanese.

Not far behind them, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion were bandaging their wounds, drinking water, eating, and taking breaks, waiting for new combat orders.

At this time, a telegraph operator came running over and said to Li Dahe:

"Battalion Commander, telegram from the regiment commander!"

Li Dahe took the telegram and took a look at it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He hurried to the trench and said to the fifth battalion commander Zhao Tietou:

"Iron Head, the commander ordered us to fight and retreat, and leave the city gate to the Japanese!"

"What? Give up your position?

Is the captain crazy?
We sacrificed so many soldiers to defend this position, and you just give it up???"

Zhao Tietou became anxious.

I wish I could rush back to the regiment headquarters and argue with Yang Yuanshan.

How can you fight a war like this!
Li Dahe quickly explained:
"The regiment commander said that it is getting dark soon, if we open the city gate, the Japanese may not dare to enter the city.

And if they once enter the city, they will definitely not be able to get in before dark, so we can just attack the Japanese from behind.

There is no need to continue to hold on and increase your casualties!"

After hearing his explanation, Zhao Tietou frowned and nodded:
"Okay, in that case, let's retreat!

Send your men to take away the wounded and the remains of the martyrs on the battlefield, and we will fight for a while!"

"it is good!"

Li Dahe agreed and immediately went to make arrangements.

……

At the position of the Third Company of the Fourth Battalion, Li Youqiong and the Third Company Commander Xin Dalei, commanding more than 300 soldiers of the Third Company, tightly blocked the squadron of Japanese soldiers that rushed out of Qubei County.

The Japanese squadron leader Saburo Yanagawa saw that the enemy had fierce firepower and more people than his own. He commanded his warriors to charge for a long time, but they could not move forward at all. He could only send people back to the city to ask the captain Takeshi Takigawa for help.

"Captain, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too strong. Our warriors can't get through at all!"

Takeshi Takigawa was on the city wall at the moment. Of course, he saw the battle situation outside and his brows were already furrowed.

He couldn't help but secretly hate that his own infantry artillery was destroyed by our army.

Otherwise, how could such an embarrassing situation occur?

If there were still two Type 92 infantry guns left, they could fire directly on the city wall and defeat the Eighth Route Army below the city!
It's a pity that there is no "if" in the world. Our army clearly has the advantage in artillery fire. Wouldn't it be stupid if we don't blow up his artillery immediately?
……

After thinking for a moment, Takeshi Takigawa ordered Lieutenant Haruhiko Ishihara of the 3rd Squadron:

"Ishihara-kun, take two teams and rush out immediately. Together with Yanagawa-kun, we will wipe out the Tubalu!"

When Ishihara Haruhiko heard this, he couldn't help but feel a lot of MMP in his heart.

I thought to myself: Are you sending me to die on purpose?

As the captain, why don’t you lead the charge?
But he said:
"Captain, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is indeed terrifying.

I think that just two teams cannot solve the problem.

I suggest that Yanagawa and the others should be asked to retreat temporarily.

Then we will gather the strength of our entire team, rush out together, and crush those damn rats with absolute strength!

In particular, we must let the Locust Army charge in the front and consume the ammunition of the Eighth Route Army!"

"idiot!
Don't you think that the Tubalu won't take advantage of the situation and rush in through other city gates?"

Takeshi Takigawa didn't even think about it and started cursing.

Ishihara Haruhiko quickly reminded:

"Captain, even if they rush in, so what?

As long as the West City Gate is in our hands, can't we fight them in street battles?

Haven't we been preparing for street fighting before now?"

"idiot!
You dare to disobey my orders?"

Takeshi Takigawa didn't want to listen to this guy at all.

In his opinion, it didn't matter that he couldn't successfully welcome reinforcements into the city now.

At least I tried.

The division commander shouldn't do anything to him.

But if he dares to lose Qubei County, he will definitely be demoted and his future will be bleak.

It is even possible to transfer directly to the reserve force and pack up and go back to your hometown.

How much effort did he put in to climb to the position of captain?

How could you be willing to give up so easily?
When Ishihara Haruhiko saw that this guy did not accept the advice, he became very angry.

But the other party was his immediate superior, and military orders were as heavy as a mountain, so he could only agree obediently.

Then he picked out two teams of more than a hundred people and rushed towards the city. However, their attitude towards the charge was inevitably very hesitant.

……

Seeing that the Japanese had reinforced their troops, Li Youqiong and Xin Dalei were not afraid at all.

He commanded the soldiers to fight calmly and blocked the enemy's charge.

In this way, the war on this small battlefield also fell into a stalemate.

……

The battle was going on fiercely. Li Dahe sent someone to look for Li Youqiong:
"Deputy Battalion Commander, the Battalion Commander orders you to evacuate the wounded and the remains of the martyrs, and then retreat while fighting, leaving the position to the Japanese."

"What? Retreat?

Didn't the battalion commander tell me earlier that I would rather die on the battlefield?"

Li Youqiong almost thought he had heard it wrong.

The battle had only begun for a few hours, how come there was a change of direction?

"Yes! The battalion commander received a telegram from the regiment commander, ordering us to retreat!"

The communicator nodded quickly.

Hearing what Yang Yuanshan meant, Li Youqiong could only nod and accept the order:

"Okay, I understand, we will retreat immediately!"

Although he did not understand the purpose of Yang Yuanshan's arrangement, he knew that if he followed the other party to fight, he would never lose!
Obeying orders is what he should do.

……

In the battle just now, the casualties of the Third Company of the Fourth Battalion were not heavy.

So about 5 minutes later, they began to take turns to cover their retreat.

On the city wall, Takeshi Takigawa was immediately excited when he saw this.

I thought to myself: I am really too smart.

They actually opened up a road out of the city without sending too many troops.

Now, the regiment commander and the division commander will definitely look at me with new eyes, right?

Thinking of this, he immediately drew out the command knife at his waist and shouted excitedly:
"Warriors, hurry up and follow me out of the city!
Eliminate the Eighth Route Army!
It's a black card! Onboard! "

Then he led the way out of the city.

When the Japanese soldiers saw how brave the captain was, their morale was immediately boosted.

He cried out and followed them to kill.

……

As soon as our army retreated, the Japanese would of course sense it.

The commander of the 213th Regiment, Yukisuke Miyamoto, immediately could not wait to command his remaining soldiers to rush forward.

He suffered such a terrible loss today that he was angry and afraid. He urgently needed merit to exonerate himself, but he dared not delay.

Then, he thought about how he had just sent people to ask for help from the division commander Murata Takasei, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

He quickly sent another messenger to report the good news.

I have to say that this guy is good at working in the workplace. He knows the tricks of asking for instructions in the morning and reporting in the evening.

The commander of the 151st Regiment, Kumagoro Hashimoto, was not as radical as Yukisuke Miyamoto.

Seeing the enemy retreating, he hurriedly ordered his men to reorganize the troops, treat the wounded, and advance slowly to avoid blind pursuit and falling into a trap.

……

In the center of the Japanese 33rd Division, Murata Takasei originally thought that his two regiments should be able to easily wipe out the Eighth Route Army regiment and then open the city gate.

But what he didn't expect was that as the sky was about to darken, the situation ahead was still in chaos and no good news came at all.

He couldn't help but feel very angry, and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Not long after, a messenger from the 213th Regiment came asking for help, saying that reinforcements had arrived from the other side and the artillery fire was so fierce that it was difficult for the team to support it.

Murata Takasei felt as if he had lost his parents, and he wished he could kill the useless Miyamoto Yukisuke with a knife right away.

After carefully counting the remaining troops he had, he knew that his army would have to sleep outdoors tonight.

He made preparations immediately and ordered the engineering corps to dig trenches and build campsites immediately.

However, at this time, another messenger hurried over and reported to him the good news that the enemy had retreated.

Murata Takasei was so shocked that he didn't even bother to scold Miyamoto Kosuke.

He shouted in ecstasy:
"Warriors, hurry up, move forward!
Get ready to go into the city! Go into the city!"

He did not forget that his artillery regiment was still behind him, and quickly sent someone to pass the order, asking the other side not to get entangled with our artillery battalion and to catch up quickly.

……

(End of this chapter)