After Commander Wan arranged the blocking troops, he discussed with Chief of Staff Cao the specific details of the retreat, including which troops would go first, which troops would go last, which position to withdraw to, etc. Every detail was carefully considered.

To ensure nothing goes wrong.

The last two people also divided the work. Commander Wan and the military headquarters followed the 64th Division, while Chief of Staff Cao followed the 65th Division and retreated to the predetermined area before contacting them.

In order to confuse the Japanese and cover up the true intention of the 15th Army to withdraw, the two decided to retreat after discussion;

A counterattack was launched against the Japanese at 4:30 in the morning, and the secret service regiment and artillery regiment were responsible for completing the feint.

The mountain artillery battalion and mortar battalion of the army fired all the artillery shells, disassembled the cannons, and carried them away on mules and horses;

Mountain artillery is very valuable even to the Central Army. There are only four of them in one army, and they have never been willing to use them before.

That night, everyone was given two days' worth of food, and finally had a full meal, claiming that they had enough to eat and drink to fight back against the Japanese.

At 4:30 in the morning, three red signal bombs pierced the sky. Before the sleeping Japanese soldiers could react, the military artillery regiment began to fire at the Japanese soldiers.

Four Shanghai-made Krupp 75mm mountain guns and 18 Min-20 82mm mortars launched a fierce bombardment on the Japanese positions.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom..."

"Bagaya Road, enemy attack!"

On the Japs' position, brass whistles were heard one after another, and the Japs sleeping in the trenches were blown to pieces;

They all hid in the bomb-proof caves nearby, and a large number of Japanese who had no time to escape were killed and injured.

The power of the Krupp 75mm mountain cannon made in Shanghai is still very powerful. Although the 15th Army is a ragtag group of the Central Army, their entire army is still equipped with several mountain cannons;

This kind of mountain gun has a maximum range of 9150 meters, a bomb weight of 6.5 kilograms, and a total weight of 785 kilograms. It requires two horses to draw and eight horses to carry. It is the only heavy firepower that the entire army can handle.

The Japanese were a bit blinded by the artillery fire from the 15th Army. They thought the Chinese army was going to launch a major counterattack, so they all hid in the anti-gun caves;

The main force of the coalition retreated several hundred meters in order to increase depth, stabilize the position, and avoid being defeated by the Chinese army.

The shelling continued intermittently for half an hour. The Japanese had never seen such fierce artillery fire from the Chinese army;

A brigade of Japanese soldiers in the forward position suffered heavy casualties, and many Japanese soldiers were buried alive.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the artillery fire began to spread. The experienced Japanese commander Major Doihara judged that the Chinese army was about to launch a counterattack of unprecedented scale. This may not be something that his severely reduced battalion could withstand.

As expected, the Chinese army began to charge, and there were shouts of killing everywhere. Since it was just dawn and the visibility was not very good, he chose to lead his troops to shrink in the position and fight off the Chinese counterattack first.

After all the drama, when the main force began to retreat alternately, the special agent regiment dispatched a battalion and launched a fierce attack on the position of the Doi Brigade, but the skirmisher line was somewhat scattered.

But the attack by hundreds of people, deliberately making a big noise, was still very violent;

All the Japanese, including Captain Inoue, thought that this was just a tentative attack before a major counterattack, and that committing one battalion at a time was already very sincere!

The Japs are usually in a small team, trying to save others by themselves, but they still made the mistake of using experience as the main force.

"Kill!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta..."

A battalion commander of the special agent group led hundreds of officers and soldiers, using the cover of the morning mist, to rush towards the Japanese position, but the speed was a bit slow;

The distance of the skirmishers was well controlled. They lay down on the ground and fired at the Japanese from a hundred meters away. Whether they hit or not depends on luck.

Major Doi knew that the Chinese army only had a few hundred people, but they did not dare to counterattack. When the enemy's situation was unknown, they chose to remain unchanged in the face of changes, guarding the position until daybreak.

"Ta-ta-ta..."

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

"Ta-ta-ta..."

"Ta-ta-ta..."

Several 92-heavy machine guns on the Japanese position were outputting firepower crazily, suppressing the first battalion;

The 1st Battalion did not really intend to charge. They just hid in the bomb crater and fired at the Japanese from a distance a hundred meters away. People on both sides were shot and fell from time to time, but the overall casualties were not large.

Just as the two sides were fighting to the death, the main force of the 15th Army evacuated the defense area one after another through the thin morning fog;

Their evacuation did not attract the attention of the Japanese, who were attracted by the counterattack of the secret service group.

In this way, the two sides competed in a tacit understanding of marksmanship for more than an hour. The more Dohei thought about it, the more something was wrong. He decided to send a squadron to launch a counterattack to find out the Chinese army's strength.

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

A squadron of Japanese soldiers escaped from the trenches and began to launch a counterattack against the first battalion. The distance between the two sides soon narrowed to dozens of meters. The battle became fierce and the casualties doubled.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, the first battalion began to retreat while fighting, but was driven back to the starting position by a squadron of Japanese soldiers.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..."

"Boom boom boom..."

Several Maxim heavy machine guns and regiment-affiliated mortar platoons on the secret service regiment's position began to fire at the pursuing Japanese squadron. Within a few minutes, twenty or thirty Japanese soldiers lay down.

After the Japanese squadron's exploratory counterattack was achieved, they withdrew. Both sides returned to their respective positions. The squadron leader who led the squadron reported to Major Doi:

"Your Excellency Captain, the Chinese are definitely bluffing. I even suspect that their main force has retreated!"

Major Doi asked in surprise:

"Na Ni?"

Major Doi recounted what happened throughout the morning from beginning to end, and came to the conclusion that the Chinese on the opposite side were acting out, and the main force had withdrawn.

Thinking of this, Major Doi was pleasantly surprised. He seemed to see the golden military merit waving to him.

He didn't want to share this super power with others. He wanted to rely on his own brigade to defeat the Chinese people in front of him.

Just do it, Major Doi called several squadron leaders together and started muttering orders. For this counterattack, they also pulled out two infantry cannons from the infantry artillery squad.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Several mortars and two infantry guns launched a fierce bombardment at the special agent group's position. This was already the heaviest firepower that the Doi Brigade could muster.

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

The Japs from four squadrons were divided into several waves and launched a counter-attack on the secret service group's position on a front that was more than a kilometer long;

The Japanese's tactical movements were skillful, and the team cooperated tacitly, and they quickly reached the forward position of the special agent group.

The secret service group was also the elite among the elite of the 15th Army. They even boldly brought the Japs within a hundred meters, and a large group of Japs could not scare them.

When the Japanese skirmisher line advanced to about 80 meters from the forward position of the special agent regiment, Wan Peng gave the order to open fire.

There are more than 2,000 people in the secret service group, with full light and heavy firepower. The blow to the Japanese at a distance of about 80 meters is still very fatal;

This wave of firestorm caused at least hundreds of Japs casualties. The remaining Japs fell to the ground one after another, looking for life-saving obstacles to fight against the special agents. Some even used the corpses of their companions as cover.

After suffering a hidden loss, Major Doi put away his arrogance and had the patience to start an offensive and defensive battle with the secret service group.

"boom!"

A 70mm infantry artillery grenade accurately flew into the special agent group's position and knocked over a heavy machine gun that was firing to the ground.

In positional warfare, the 92 infantry gun is simply a nightmare for heavy machine guns. The light machine gun can move the position by firing two or three bursts. The heavy machine gun is too bulky and cannot be moved at all. It is simply a blood pressure machine.

"boom!"

Another light machine gun fire point was destroyed, and the enemy's infantry artillery called out names one by one outside the range of the light and heavy machine guns. This made Wan Peng feel very frustrated when he looked through the telescope.

"Granny, tell the artillery platoon to kill the Japanese infantry artillery!"
Chapter completed!