Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 366 Complete chaos

Gu Changfeng's plan had to be changed. He had originally thought that there was still some time before nightfall to train with the militia soldiers, but now there was really no chance.

"Commander, Battalion Commander, the Japanese are coming again, but the battle line is very wide, and the puppet soldiers are shooting into the air from time to time."

"Alright, you five battalions, cooperate. The Japs don't want to fight anymore. I'll take the militia to look elsewhere."

Gu Changfeng's guess was confirmed. There was no need to say anything. He would pay attention to the other sides first. If all the Japanese were like this, then they should evacuate and return to Gaojia Town first to avoid any more trouble.

In the west, Gu Changfeng left behind a few hundred militiamen, and then he took the rest of the people with him and gradually distributed them.

Although there is no experience, at least they have experienced the war scene, which can improve the militiamen's combat skills to some extent.

At the Japanese command center, Kobayashi Ichisan had a serious expression on his face and stared outside.

He was waiting for good news; this was his last chance.

If he could destroy the enemy's heavy artillery, even if he didn't completely defeat the independent regiment this time, he would at least be able to make some contributions.

With a flying squadron cooperating with an infantry regiment, he didn't believe that these Chinese heavy artillery could reach the sky and penetrate the ground.

Kobayashi Ichisan was indeed forced into a corner. He had no advantage on the battlefields on all sides and could not break through the blockade at all.

He could have delayed the situation, but the problem was that the Imperial Army suffered more and more casualties, and he was unwilling to see a large number of soldiers from his brigade die, so the situation was at a stalemate.

In fact, the two sides had only been fighting for less than ten hours, but the losses on the battlefield had already made Kobayashi Ichizo feel the pain.

The enemy had long-range heavy machine guns to suppress their firepower, and a large number of sharpshooters to deal with their grenadiers and machine gunners.

Coupled with the destruction of their heavy artillery regiment, Kobayashi Ichizo saw no hope of victory.

Artillery camp.

Lu Daya returned to the team with a group of people, and then ordered all the troops to evacuate.

They have already taken advantage of everything, and it would be too greedy to think more, especially when the Japanese artillery group did not launch any more attacks.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army has not arrived yet, so they are still in great danger.

An hour later, the artillery battalion found a more secluded place to stop and continue building its position.

At this moment, all the rocket launchers and heavy artillery have been gathered. To be honest, if the Japanese bombard the area, there will be almost no survivors in the entire area.

The artillery battalion is equipped with large-caliber artillery shells. If a chain reaction occurs, the outcome will be almost the same as that of the Japanese heavy artillery regiment.

"Reporting to the battalion commander, the regiment has sent a message that a regiment of the Japanese is looking for us. The 115st and rd Regiments of the th Division of the Eighth Route Army are still half an hour away from us. The regiment has told us to be careful."

"Okay, I understand. You can go down." Lu Daya nodded.

He was not surprised at all that the Japanese came to cause trouble for his artillery camp. Since he had suffered a great loss, he would not let them go.

However, the speed of the Eighth Route Army was quite fast, which surprised him a little. After all, it had not been a day since the 115th Division withdrew from the battlefield.

"Battalion commander, we still have plenty of artillery shells to kill these Japanese devils," Qi Desheng asked with a smile.

The Huangtuling battlefield was extremely lively, but their artillery battalion was only deployed twice, which made him feel a little itchy.

In fact, he just didn't understand the situation. The battle of Huangtuling was just so-so so far, so the brigade commander Kobayashi Ichizo didn't take it seriously, let alone their regiment commander, who was almost slacking off.

"You kid, we can't deal with a regiment of the Japanese. Let's wait and see when the Eighth Route Army arrives. We don't know how many people they have with them."

Lu Daya had no confidence in facing an entire regiment of the Japanese devils on his own. Facing the Japanese devils head-on was not what they should do.

The artillery battalion is the sharp knife of the independent regiment and must be used in important places, such as attacking the Japanese mountain artillery regiment and heavy artillery regiment...

"Okay then, let's wait until they come over."

Since the battalion commander had said so, Qi Desheng naturally did not say anything more.

"Disperse the artillery later, don't follow the Japanese's footsteps."

Lu Daya was still quite worried. If the Japanese had other means, they would be easily wiped out if they were gathered together.

Ten kilometers away from the artillery camp, the 110rd Regiment of the 63th Division had arrived at the same position as the artillery camp an hour ago.

"Your Excellency, Commander, it looks like these Chinese artillerymen just left not long ago," said Captain Maki Seiichi.

Upon hearing this, the Japanese regiment commander, Tsuneoka Kumao, nodded slightly and said, "It seems that these Chinese have received news of our attack and have simply gone into hiding."

His mission was to capture the enemy artillery with the cooperation of the flying squadron.

For him, the Independent Regiment had a bad reputation. Instead of going to Huangtuling to fight with the Independent Regiment, it would be better for him to go to the Independent Regiment's artillery, which would be a simpler task.

So after receiving the telegram, he agreed immediately.

"The axle marks are still there. It seems these Chinese artillerymen left in a hurry. It should be easy to find them."

Maki Seiichi squatted down and looked carefully for a while, then said confidently to Tsuneoka Kumao.

"Yoshi, Mr. Maki, let your battalion lead the way and make sure to find the hiding place of the Chinese artillery." Tsuneoka Kumao nodded with satisfaction.

A few minutes later, the Japanese troops continued to move forward.

There were traces left by the artillery battalion, so the Japanese regiment did not encounter any accidents when searching for the location of the artillery battalion.

In fact, it was mainly because Gu Changfeng transferred the militiamen away, which resulted in the artillery battalion being unable to clean up the traces. Otherwise, Lu Daya would not have exposed such a flaw to the Japanese, and he did not know that the Japanese regiment was coming before.

Half an hour passed in a flash, and Chen Zhengrong, Ji Guangshun and nearly two thousand people arrived at the forest where the artillery camp was located as scheduled.

Although the 115th Division successfully wiped out the Japanese Second Mixed Brigade, it also suffered heavy casualties.

The two regiments suffered direct losses of more than one-half. Otherwise, with the strength of the two regiments, there would be at least 5,000 people. Up to now, the two regiments have less than 2,000 people in total. It can be said that the losses are heavy.

"Captain Lu, we received news on the way that a regiment of the Japanese was coming. What are you going to do now?"

Ji Guangshun saw that Lu Daya's expression was very enthusiastic. He had already heard that a heavy artillery regiment of the Japanese was destroyed, and he also admired Lu Daya, the battalion commander of the independent regiment's artillery battalion.

"Brother Ji, how many people did you bring this time?" Lu Daya asked with a smile.

He had to judge whether to fight or not. He was not afraid of facing a regiment of the Japanese, as they had plenty of artillery shells.

But if there are too few people, he has no choice but to run for his life.

"Old Chen and I have less than 2,000 men left in our two regiments, and we don't have enough ammunition. My advice is to retreat."

Ji Guangshun said frankly that he had little confidence in dealing with a regiment of the Japanese devils.

The main reason was that the losses were too great during the Battle of Huangtuling, and this time they came out in a hurry and did not bring enough ammunition for a battle.

Lu Daya thought for a moment and said, "The Japanese are coming with such force that it will be difficult to retreat. My suggestion is to fight first."

Neither Gu Changfeng nor the regiment headquarters gave any specific instructions, so he had to make his own decision.

The Eighth Route Army has 2000 soldiers and has plenty of artillery shells, so it is not impossible for them to fight the Japanese once.

Lu Daya's words made Ji Guangshun hesitate, and he couldn't help but look at Chen Zhengrong next to him.

Chen Zhengrong thought for a moment and then asked about the artillery battalion's artillery ammunition reserves. Naturally, he knew everything about Lu Daya. After all, the two sides were teammates now...