However, the speed of the Japanese army's retreat was obviously higher than the speed of McKinsey's attack.
The remaining Japanese infantrymen crawled out and met at the main road, but they looked back in shock.
The scene on the street is no different from before.
Except for one more chariot on the street, the chariot covering their advance had turned into scrap metal and turned into two blazing flames.
In addition, there were dozens more corpses on the streets.
Some of the injured soldiers who survived were lying on the ground wailing, but soon they were beaten into pieces by the firepower of civilian houses on both sides, and they were killed on the spot, and the wailing stopped abruptly.
The troops ambushing on both sides did not chase them out, which made the Japanese soldiers who fled felt relieved and immediately ran back to prepare to report the matter to their superiors.
As for what to do now...
This is not a problem that big-headed soldiers like them can think about. Even the sturdy tanks can't do anything to them. What else can they do at this time?
Facts have proven that they have the ability to counteract tanks. Booby traps are planted in some strange places on the streets.
If you want to send out these booby traps and allow the tanks to move forward, you must send troops to the streets to clear them.
But there are enemies ambushing on both sides. If you walk in without any cover, you will definitely die.
The result was obvious: the attacking Japanese army fell into an embarrassing cycle of death.
The two teams attack together.
The results of it?
The two squads together only had ten people. According to this death rate, it would not be enough for both of their squadrons to go together.
This battle is impossible to fight!
Things were completely out of their control.
Akiko Hase and Yuta Ogawa had a panoramic view of every scene on the battlefield. Their faces turned dark when they saw the soldiers who had fled back.
When these defeated soldiers described their experiences in the streets, their faces turned green, and they felt as if they had eaten shit.
The enemy is well prepared.
The number of enemies is far greater than they imagined.
Not only are there ambushes on both sides of the street, but there are also traps on the street to deal with tanks.
Let’s talk about the ambushes on both sides. These two streets alone are so difficult for the enemy to deal with. How big is Rencheng?
If there are Chinese soldiers ambushing every street, it will be more difficult for them to completely control Rencheng.
We can no longer fight with conventional tactics, we must change the way we fight!
Akiko Hase and Yuta Ogawa quickly analyzed this information.
"Ogawa-kun, the enemy this time is very unusual." Akiko Hase said fiercely, looking at the burning chariot in the distance.
Ogawa Yuta nodded and replied: "These guys are much more difficult to deal with than we thought. The enemy would actually lay booby traps on the streets?"
"This is simply unbelievable, isn't it?" Akiko Hase pursed her lips tightly and said, "Ogawa-kun, let's report it first.
Report everything on the battlefield to Your Excellency, the Commander. How we will fight then depends entirely on Your Excellency, the Commander!"
Ogawa Yuta thought for a while, nodded heavily, looked at the soldiers beside him, and said solemnly: "Go back immediately and report to the company commander, and tell everything that happened here exactly.
By the way, especially the fact that there are traps on the streets and the enemy has laid a lot of booby traps!"
This was just Ogawa Yuta's guess. In order to attract the attention of the co-captain, he could only make up this reason.
"Hai!" The Japanese soldier nodded heavily, then turned around and hurried down the gap in the city wall.
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Rencheng, command post.
Ding Wei sat calmly in the office, looking at the map in front of him with a confident smile on his lips.
From the beginning of the battle, he heard the noise outside, but there was no fluctuation in his heart. Even when he heard the explosion outside, he still remained calm.
As a qualified commander, Ding Wei knows very well that unless the Japanese want to fight to the death and make it difficult for me, you should not fight with the thought of making things easier for me.
Otherwise the devils will definitely fail.
How could it be that easy to fight in the city? It would be very difficult even in later generations, let alone in this era.
Perhaps on the frontal battlefield, these Japanese soldiers would be able to fight with ease, but urban combat is a completely unfamiliar fighting method to them.
The street fighting alone was enough for these devils to drink a pot, leaving them at a loss. The battle that they had no idea how to start was just the beginning, and there would be better things waiting for them later.
"Brother Ding, it's exactly what you said." Chi Yunfeng said excitedly: "The Japanese have withdrawn, thanks to the booby traps you laid out on the streets in advance."
Ding Wei smiled, thought for a while and then said: "Don't worry about it now. The Japanese have suffered a loss and will definitely find a way to solve it so that the soldiers can cheer up."
"Understood!" Chi Yunfeng said with a smile.
Defeating the Japanese attacks twice in a row, especially the second time when the Japanese army had tanks, greatly inspired Chi Yunfeng's heart.
"Let the soldiers hide first, I think the Japanese will start shelling again." Ding Wei said in deep thought.
"Okay, I'll go down and make arrangements right away." Chi Yunfeng stood up and ran down quickly.
Now he can only express his admiration for Ding Wei.
If they deployed their position outside the city, with the current firepower of the Japanese army, he did not dare to think about what would happen next.
It is estimated that within a few hours, their position will be breached, allowing the Japanese army to occupy Rencheng without any effort.
Although he was the captain of the colonel, it was a bit condescending to deliver orders, but Chi Yunfeng didn't think so.
On the battlefield, an excellent commander is very important, and Ding Wei can feel much more at ease with him.
Besides, on the battlefield, one speaks only based on one's ability, and military rank really counts. If a person like Ding Wei, who has no military rank, wants to hold a military rank, he will have no problem commanding a regiment commander.
So Chi Yunfeng didn't bother to worry about it. Ding Wei stepped forward to direct the battle. He handled some trivial matters and there was no problem in sharing the burden for Ding Wei.
Of course, the reason why he respects Ding Wei the most is.
He sent his cronies to the front line, together with his battalion commander, which was the most dangerous place.
As the commander-in-chief of Rencheng, he could not do this at all, but he did do it.
And he also saw that it was Ding Wei's subordinate, Battalion Commander Lu Fanglu, who used himself as a bait to attract the street devils to move forward.
Otherwise, they didn't know how many casualties they would have to pay to achieve this victory.
As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked.
Of course, this is a bit of a generalization, but Lu Fang was not afraid of death and rushed forward. It can be imagined that when their officers were on the front line, they must also dare to fight and fight hard.
"Hey, why did our commander say that the Japanese know how to shell?" A soldier at the table gently touched Huo Guang and asked.
"You are stupid, the Japanese can only play with that little thing, bombard with artillery, charge with infantry, then charge with infantry, then bombard with artillery until the battle is over." Huo Guang said calmly.
After a pause, he continued: "At the beginning of the battle, the Japanese launched a wave of artillery fire. The infantry also charged before, so now they must call for artillery again."
"What's your relationship with Commander Ding?" the soldier asked again.
Upon hearing this, several soldiers in the command post all turned their attention to Huo Guang.
Since there were no staff members in the army, Ding Wei selected a few soldiers who were smart and bright-minded to temporarily mark the map.
Huo Guang was young, and Ding Wei took him with him, so his identity naturally attracted their attention.
They even speculated that Huo Guang was Ding Wei's son.
"Hey, Captain Ding is the master, and I am his disciple!" Huo Guang puffed up his chest and said proudly.
"Your master?" The soldier looked at Huo Guang with some suspicion: "Why don't I believe it?"
"Tch, do you believe it or not?" Huo Guang said indifferently.
He was too lazy to continue to struggle with this issue. This was just following Ding Wei's temper. There was no need to waste his time on unnecessary things.
It's as if they don't believe it, so they are not Ding Wei's disciples.
Huo Guang walked quickly to the map, looked at the marked location on the map, and thought about something.
But these soldiers seemed to be very interested in Ding Wei and others.
This is not surprising. After all, Ding Wei is a man of great influence. They usually only hear about Ding Wei's identity in rumors. Now that they have met the real person, they must satisfy their curiosity.
"Hey, man, are you really from the 28th Regiment?" asked a veteran.
Huo Guang nodded and said casually: "Of course, it won't do any good if we lie to you under the banner of the 28th Regiment."
After a pause, he added: "I want to correct your mistake. Now we are not the 28th Regiment, but the 28th Task Force!"
Speaking of this, Huo Guang's face was filled with pride and his expression was very serious.
Task Force 28…
How could everyone not know the meaning of this task force?
"I heard that you killed the Sakata Alliance?"
This is another commonplace thing.
"Yeah, but when my master beat Bantian, I wasn't with him, but everyone knew that Bantian was killed by him." Huo Guang responded casually.
"You haven't seen it with your own eyes, how do you know this is true?"
"Yes, that's the Sakata Alliance. How could it be eliminated so easily?"
Someone raised doubts.
Huo Guang curled his lips and said: "How can this be false? If it is false, where did the Bantian United Team go? Have you heard of them after Cangyun Ridge?
If it is my master who takes the credit for other people's work, please provide evidence. Does anyone say that he destroyed Sakata?"
The two questions Huo Guang asked directly made the veteran who asked the question speechless.
"I heard that you captured the chief of staff of the Japanese army in North China?"
This matter was recently reported.
"The old devil's name is Miyano Doichi. When the master came back from the brigade, he saw a fake plane and beat it down." Huo Guang said with a grin.
"Unexpectedly, there was actually a high-ranking Japanese official in the plane. When I captured him, I saw that there was a Japanese chief of staff on top."
What does it mean to compare people to others and make people angry? This is it.
Why didn't you just say that you just found him and captured Mikami alive?
It's a pity that the veteran who asked this question didn't know that old Japanese Mikami was really captured alive by Ding Wei and others.
It was already dark when Ding Wei entered the city, and the two old devils, Mikami Shinji and Kazama Yutetsu, were afraid of being beaten to death and did not dare to say anything, so not many people knew about it.
The soldiers led by Ding Wei fought like wolves. They usually had strict mouths and never boasted about what they had done. They were very low-key.
"What the hell are you talking about? You have nothing to do, don't you? Hurry up and get in position!" Ding Wei was playing with the radio and shouted without turning his head.
The Japs were asking about their current location and whether they had arrived at Rencheng. Ding Wei was thinking about how to continue to fool these Japs into attacking.
Seeing that he got angry after hearing this, Huo Guang shrank his head, lay down on the shore, and continued to look at the map. The other veterans also dispersed.
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The Japanese troops are in attack position.
Sakuma Qiaoyi and Gong Xingzhu are in the command post, patiently waiting for the arrival of the battle report from Rencheng.
These two old devils were very calm. They got a tea set from nowhere and tasted the tea in a serious manner.
"Sakuma-kun, come and try this cup of Shanxi Maojian. A tea cake actually costs thousands of oceans." Gong Xingsuke picked up the teacup, took a sip, and immediately his brows relaxed.
Sakuma Qiao Yi also raised the tea cup, sniffed it gently, nodded with satisfaction and said: "It is indeed good tea. I seem to smell the smell of Mount Fuji from this cup of tea."
"Mount Fuji is interesting." Yusuke Miyashuke said with a smile, "Sakuma-kun is indeed a very tasteful person, and he can actually smell the smell of Mount Fuji from this tea."
These two Jaap officers were very calm about Rencheng's attack. They seemed to be sure that two squadrons could capture Rencheng.
"Mr. Gong Xie, what do you think about this attack?" Qiao Yi suddenly said.
"I think we will definitely win this time." Gong Xiexing said: "We have chariots to assist in the battle this time.
Except for our tanks, most of them are equipment that shine on the European battlefield.
Zuo Jian Qiao Yi took a sip of tea and added: "Gong Xiejun, you are right. Unless there are weapons against the chariots in the city, it will be difficult for them to resist the advance of our chariots."
That's what he said, but Qiao Yi always felt that something was wrong.
seem…
The troops they sent did not return any news for a long time.
How was the battle going? Did they capture Rencheng?
Just as Qiao Yi was thinking about it, a disgraced Japanese soldier hurried into the command post.
"Hey, what's the result of the battle? Has Rencheng been captured?" Gong Xie asked anxiously when he saw a soldier running back.
"ah?"
When Miyazuke Yusuke asked this question, the Japanese soldier was stunned for a moment, then his face was full of sorrow, and he said in a painful voice: "Your Excellency, Captain, we did not succeed, our attack failed!"
"Nani?"
Zuo Jian Qiao Yi and Gong Assistant helped the two old devils to stay stunned at the same time.
"Impossible, how could we fail!" Gong Xingxue waved his hand vigorously and said angrily.
"Your Excellency, Captain, I dare not lie to you because of my humble position. We really failed." The Japanese soldier stood up, nodded, and said solemnly.
"How is it possible, how is it possible that it could fail!" Zuojian Qiaoyi also didn't believe it and shouted sternly: "This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Colonel Sakuma, we did fail. Two infantry squads and two tanks failed to attack!" the Japanese soldier paused again.
"The enemy has already laid out ambushes on both sides of the street, and there are also traps on the street to counter the tanks.
We lost two tanks and two squads also suffered heavy casualties. If it had not been for the timely retreat, the whole army might have been annihilated!"
"idiot!"
At this time, Gong Xingzhu and Zuoma Qiaoyi were in sync with each other, and they both cursed in unison.
"What did you just say, that the enemy used a trap?" Qiao Yi asked.
The Japanese soldier paused, with a miserable look on his face, and said with a cry in his voice: "Hai, the enemy used some inconspicuous things to set up booby traps. As soon as the tank pressed on them, an explosion occurred."
After a pause, he continued: "The enemy is so shameless. They have been hiding in the rooms on both sides and are unwilling to show their faces. We attacked twice in a row and did not see the Chinese army come out!"