When the Japanese officers and soldiers saw the puppet soldiers escaping, they turned their guns and fired at the puppet soldiers. The puppet soldiers were frightened, and they also turned their guns and fired at the Japanese officers and soldiers.
They were fighting and fleeing, but not long after, all the surviving puppet officers and soldiers ran into the Eighth Route Army's positions, and only the Japanese were left on the road.
At this time, there were less than 500 Japanese soldiers, and the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were not in a hurry to launch a charge. They advanced slowly and continued to use firepower to kill the remaining Japanese troops on the road.
Among the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, there were many snipers from the special operations brigade, who played a huge role. The commanders and machine gunners of the Japanese army were constantly eliminated, the number of the Japanese army decreased rapidly, and the combat effectiveness became weaker and weaker. The Eighth Route Army
Taking the opportunity to move forward, the encirclement became smaller and smaller.
Sang Mu commanded a large group of troops to surround Gaobeidian. He originally wanted to rush in and eliminate the Eighth Route Army inside. However, the resistance of the Eighth Route Army was very tenacious. They relied on buildings to repel the Japanese attacks one after another.
Sang Mu was very angry and gave orders to his two captains, asking them to concentrate all their forces to launch a general attack.
At this moment, another telegram from the Japanese army for help arrived. The commander of the Sangmu Brigade was shocked and left two infantry squadrons to continue to surround Gaobeidian Town. He led the main force to reinforce the surrounded Japanese and puppet troops.
The leader of the Sangmu Brigade was marching with a large group of troops, but the troops in front suddenly stopped.
He was very angry and immediately ordered someone to find out the situation. Soon someone came over to report that they encountered a mine array laid by the Eighth Route Army.
The commander of the Sangmu Brigade did not hear the explosion of the mines. He was very confused and went to the front to check. He saw many Japanese engineers lying on the ground, clearing mines.
Just as he was about to get angry, he saw many small flags planted on the road ahead, with the words "Beware of Mines" written on them.
Since he had not stepped on any landmines on the way here, it was obvious that these flags had been put up not long ago. Sang Mu thought that the vanguard was too stupid. This was obviously an illusion set up by the Eighth Route Army in an attempt to delay the Japanese reinforcements.
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He felt that his group of guys were really stupid, so he roared and cursed: "Bageyalu, you idiots! There are no mines in front of you. Get up and move forward immediately!"
The Japanese engineers had been searching for a while, but indeed no mines were found. When they heard the brigade commander's shout, they all felt very ashamed and thought that they were indeed stupid, so they jumped up and ran forward.
At this moment, a violent explosion occurred, and six or seven Japanese officers and soldiers were blown to pieces on the spot.
"There are landmines, there really are landmines." The Japanese officers and soldiers suddenly stopped.
Sangmu ordered the troops to leave the road and avoid this minefield.
The Japanese officers and soldiers ran off the road one after another and stepped on a landmine again.
It turned out that the Eighth Route Army had laid a large number of landmines here. When the Japanese and puppet troops passed by, the reason why they did not explode was because the safety pins on the mines had not been removed at that time.
The special operations team members had been monitoring the Japanese troops from a distance. When they saw the Japanese troops passing by, they rushed over on flying horses and pulled out the safety pins on the mines. When the Japanese troops returned, they triggered the mines.
explode.
Sangmu Jianyi originally thought that fighting against the Eighth Route Army would be very simple, but he did not expect that the enemy would be so cunning. His originally inflated confidence began to weaken little by little.
Just when he felt a headache, several cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army came over on flying horses. Each team had a small number of cavalry, only a dozen people. When they arrived about 500 meters away from the Japanese army, they jumped off their horses.
, set up mortars and fired artillery shells at the Japanese troops.
The Japanese chief of staff sensed that something was wrong. The Eighth Route Army came to attack the airport twice, and he participated in the rescue. According to intelligence, Xu Dalong's troops were among the Eighth Route Army who fought against them.
Now that the battle has begun, he seems to see the shadow of Xu Dalong's troops again from the tactics and equipment used by the Eighth Route Army.
He sensed that the situation was not good, and immediately said to Sangmu Jianyi: "Your Majesty, Brigade Commander, something is wrong. What we are facing is not the local Eighth Route Army. There is a high possibility that it is Xu Dalong's unit from Shanxi."
Sangmu Jianyi has been working in the combat department of the North China Front Army and is relatively familiar with the situation of the North China Front Army. He is not unfamiliar with Xu Dalong's name at all. He knows very well that the Japanese army in the Shanxi direction is not Xu Dalong's opponent at all. Baoding and Shijiazhuang
The Japanese troops in this direction also suffered a lot from Xu Dalong's troops.
Although Sang Mu was arrogant, he did not think that his ability could surpass all the Japanese generals who were good at conquering and fighting, and that he could deal with Xu Dalong.
Now the changes in the battlefield situation have completely exceeded his expectations. The words of the chief of staff frightened him. He no longer had the idea of making any achievements, but just hoped to escape safely back to Baoding City.
He vowed that if he could survive this time, he would not be gilded here in Baoding, and would find his brother-in-law and be transferred out of this place quickly.
Sangmu Jianyi was an extremely selfish person. At this moment, he just wanted to take his troops and escape back to Baoding City. He could not care about rescuing another group of Japanese and puppet troops, and issued the order to retreat in panic.
The Japanese chief of staff still maintained a certain degree of rationality. He believed that although the Eighth Route Army had laid mines, they would not be in large numbers and could not be laid over a large area. He ordered the troops to retreat 200 meters to the farmland next to the road.
, intending to bypass the minefield ahead.
This trick worked as expected, and no more landmines were stepped on. After bypassing the minefield, they got on the road again and retreated along the road towards Baoding.
Unfortunately, it was too late for them to take such measures. Soon a large number of Eighth Route Army cavalry appeared in front. They stopped in front of the Japanese vanguard, set up machine guns to block their way, and then began to build defensive positions.
Sangmu Jianyi was completely panicked. He was just a staff member of an agency. How could he go through such a battle? He had become confused and didn't know what to do.
The chief of staff was very contemptuous of him. At this time, he could no longer take care of Sangmu Jianyi's face. He simply ignored Sangmu's existence and issued orders to the troops.
The chief of staff knew very well that their only way out now was to return to Baoding City as soon as possible, so he ordered the troops to launch a fierce attack on the Eighth Route Army blocking the way, hoping to break through the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions in one fell swoop.
To his great disappointment, the Eighth Route Army's firepower that blocked them was so powerful that the Japanese officers and soldiers simply could not charge forward.
The cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army rushed over one after another and joined the blocking ranks.
Sangmu Jianyi was completely stupid at this time, and even collapsed. He sat on the ground, completely losing his role as a commander.