Chapter 324 What battle did you fight?
Hu Bin felt very uncomfortable when he saw Commander Peng's telegram. According to Hu Bin's idea, even if he wanted to fight Tangyin County, he could not fight blatantly, but sneaked over and withdrew after the fight.
Now let’s fight there. Whether the 33rd Army and 34th Army can withstand it is an unknown. As Commander Peng said, they may withdraw their troops at any time.
"Monk, monk!" Hu Bin shouted immediately after reading the telegram.
Li Qinwei heard this and ran over.
"You are here with a large army. I will take a small team of troops to the front first. It is not good if I stay here for too long. The Japanese may surround us!" Hu Bin said to Li Qinwei.
"Brother Bin, why don't I go!" Li Qinwei looked at Hu Bin and started talking.
"No, I want to see how the front line is going and see if there is any chance." Hu Bin shook his head and said.
"That's OK!" Li Qinwei heard it and nodded.
Hu Bin led a small team of troops to the Linzi and walked for about an hour. After walking for about an hour, Hu Bin and his friends arrived at the edge of the forest. In the distance, the Japanese continued to attack the positions of the Eighth Route Army. Now the Japanese have no artillery anymore and can only use infantry to rush.
"Damn it, our casualties will be too great when we attack like this!" Nakano Nakano was also anxious when he saw the attack ahead that he could not attack for a long time. They needed to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line as soon as possible, but without cannons, they rushed up with infantry alone, and the casualties were too great.
"The brigade commander, you can't attack anymore. If you attack again, our casualties will increase a lot. We must transfer to the field artillery troops and borrow field artillery troops from other divisions." A staff officer next to him said.
"Sorry our troops down. If they can't rush up, their sharpshooters are so powerful. Look at the Eighth Route Army, they are completely different from before. Where did they get so much ammunition? And the marksmanship seems to be much more powerful than the Eighth Route Army we knew before.
No, they are also very powerful in the Zhong** team. Fortunately, this is the case with this force. If all the troops are like this, our Great Japanese Empire will not be a match for China at all." Nakano Nakano said to them with a sad look.
Soon, the troops attacking in front began to retreat. The Eighth Route Army did not charge now. Anyway, the Japanese and the others were going to attack. They had been fighting for a day, and the third regiment was not very casualties, and they could still hold on! However, it was mainly because all the snipers of Hu Bin's regiment came over and helped them kill many officers, heavy machine gunners and gunbomb throwers.
"Damn it, let's not fight?" Hu Bin cursed when he saw that the attacking troops had stopped attacking.
Hu Bin thought the Japanese would continue to attack, but he didn't expect that it was only 4 o'clock and there were still several hours before dark. The Japanese said they would not fight, so they stopped fighting.
"Brother Bin, the Japanese will stop fighting, what chance do we have?" Lu Feng asked as he looked at Hu Bin from the side.
"The opportunity must be waited. We don't know where the Japanese command is now, but I guess I'm nearby. I'll see if there is a chance to kill the Japanese command!" Hu Bin said.
"Brother Bin, telegram, the telegram of Commander Wang!" At this time, Zhong Mochu came to Hu Bin with a telegram and said.
Hu Bin picked up the telegram and looked carefully. Wang Zhixian asked Hu Bin to leave the Japanese side as soon as possible. Wang Zhixian estimated that the Jinsui Army might retreat tonight or tomorrow night. For safety reasons, Wang Zhixian hoped that Hu Bin could evacuate as soon as possible.
But at this time, they also stopped attacking, and all the troops withdrew from the offensive positions and hid in the temporary trenches.
"You can't fight anymore. Today's casualties are so great. If we continue to fight, it is possible that our entire army will be wiped out. Military commander, please consider it clearly. It is useless for us to charge like this. The cannons on the Japanese have brought us huge casualties! Military commander!" A brigade commander begged to Li Zongfen.
"Report, 34th Army Telegram!" A staff officer came over and spoke to Li Zongfen.
Li Zongfen picked up the telegram and read it carefully.
"Made, the Japanese are just a brigade, with more than 10,000 people, but we can't fight more than 60,000 people. What kind of battle is this?" Li Zongfen cursed loudly, feeling very uncomfortable. Because the casualties on the 34th Army were also very large, they could not withstand it anymore. If they continue to attack, they would not see the hope of victory.
"Tele to the war zone commander, we have huge casualties and can't attack at all, and our artillery soldiers dare not pull them out. Moreover, the Japanese did not dispatch bombers, and they had repaired most of the fortifications, so it was impossible for us to use infantry to attack them!" Li Zongfen said helplessly to the staff officer next to him.
"Yes!" The staff officer responded, and then went to the telegram.
After Yan Xishan saw the telegram, he sighed. Before he fought, he knew that he could not win at all!
"Tele to the commander, our troops were too injured and could not be killed at all. If you request a retreat, the Japanese were almost making a fortress there. It is useless to rely on infantry alone. In addition, telegram to Li Zongfen, let them take advantage of the darkness tonight, come on." Yan Xishan said.
"Yes, but should I notify the Eighth Route Army? After all, they are here to assist us in the battle!" A staff member nodded and asked again.
"Notify them, after all, we will still cooperate in the future. Notify them that we will retreat tonight, and they can also retreat tonight!" Yan Xishan nodded and said.
"Yes, then I'll go and arrange it." The staff officer nodded and said when he heard it.
Soon, Commander Peng and Wang Zhixian received a telegram from Yan Xishan, saying that the Jinsui Army would retreat tonight.
"What a fucking battle? Is it a big battle to put in such a big formation and leave the battle in the daytime, are you kidding?" Wang Zhixian saw it and cursed, and the people next to him didn't say anything.
"Tele to Hu Bin and ask him to come out as soon as possible. We will retreat tonight. Tonight, they will retreat no matter what." Wang Zhixian said to the staff officer.
"Why can't I catch it? Two armies and more than 10,000 troops of the Eighth Route Army, why can't I catch it? The Japanese only dispatched two brigade troops, but they can't catch it when they hit them.
If they can't fight, I'll see how they survive in Shanxi. Not only will Shanxi be threatened, but the entire Henan will be threatened. Also, our overall defense line in Wuhan will encounter huge problems!" After seeing Yan Xishan's telegram, Jiang Zhengshuai was so angry that he cursed.
He had always hoped to kill the airport in Tangyin County and even ask the Chinese army to control the other side, but after just one day of fighting, they came over telegram and said they could not win.
"So from now on, in 2 months, the Japanese will definitely fight in Changsha!" Chen Cheng stood beside him and spoke.
"The longer we delay, the more beneficial it is for China. However, the Japanese were expected to launch a battle in early July. We delayed it for more than 4 months, which is quite good. Now there is no problem with Commander Li!" He Yingqin, who was standing by, said.
"Hmph, that's all done by the Eighth Route Army. We have no contribution at all. Otherwise, Director Zhou would dare to ask me for military pay and supplies every day? There are so many troops in Shanxi, but it is still impossible to stop the Japanese from transporting supplies from the north!" Commander Jiang said with dissatisfaction.
In fact, Commander Jiang was mainly dissatisfied with the Eighth Route Army because Deputy Commander Zhou asked him for military pay every day, saying that the Eighth Route Army had delayed for so long and suffered heavy casualties. At least he had to give some money to buy medicine, but Commander Jiang just didn't want to give it to him.
"Report, Director Zhou asks for a meeting!" At this time, a colonel walked in and said to the commander-in-chief.
"I don't know yet, I'm still here to ask for money, Humph! They are richer than me now. Last time Hu Bin got so much money, we took about 10,000 yuan. Now we still come to care about my money, so where can I give it to him!" Jiang Tongshuai said very dissatisfied.
After waiting outside for a few minutes, Vice Commander Zhou learned that the commander was unwilling to see him, Vice Commander Zhou didn't care. He would not see him if he didn't see him. He came over mainly to express an attitude. The Eighth Route Army was also fighting and did not pay military salaries. At least he had a better attitude. He could no longer say that the Eighth Route Army was circulating without attacking him!
Commander Jiang, who was inside, sent a telegram to Li Zongren at this time, asking Li Zongren to pay attention that Japan might be able to repair the airport in Tangyin County. Once the airport is completely repaired, the Japanese may attack at any time!
Hu Bin, who is far away in Henan, has been looking for opportunities, but he has never had any chance. The main reason is that he has not found the Japanese command center. Hu Bin doesn't want to take the soldiers to take risks now. He has just received news that the Jinsui Army is going to retreat, so Hu Bin also has to take his regiment and retreat first.
It was almost 9 o'clock in the evening when Hu Bin led his troops to retreat behind the Eighth Route Army's defense line, and the Eighth Route Army's troops were also preparing to retreat at this time.
After Wang Zhixian knew that Hu Bin had successfully retreated, he felt much more relieved and rushed to Hu Bin's side.
"I said you are amazing now. You are taking people to directly take over the Japanese artillery troops. You are really not afraid of death! You are really brave enough." Wang Zhixian walked to the temporary command center where Hu Bin was. Seeing Hu Bin flipping through the map, he started to say with a smile.
However, he immediately found something wrong because Hu Bin was looking at the map of Tangyin County, and it was the defensive map that Hu Bin had made before. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!