Yoshio Shinozuka subconsciously suspected that this was false news and was deliberately released by Tubal Road.
I want to surround him and annihilate Li Yunlong. What are you telling me?
The old devil began to analyze in his heart.
Maybe this was false news deliberately released by the new regiment group, who learned that their leader was surrounded and wanted to rescue him.
The purpose was to draw away their supporting troops so that Li Yunlong and the others could successfully break out of the encirclement.
These things are also coincidental.
Because Li Yunlong was in the mine, and Yoshio Shinozuka thought that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was in the mine, that's why he was so suspicious.
Anyone who hears this information will feel that something is wrong.
"Your Excellency General, the transport team has been attacked. Should we order the troops from the mine to provide support?" asked the Japanese second lieutenant.
The army at the mine is the closest. If we look for reinforcements from other places, who knows how long we will have to wait. Maybe the transport team will have been wiped out by the time we get there.
"Are you sure this information is true?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "Did they use our code words?"
"Hiss..." The Japanese lieutenant took a deep breath.
Don't tell me, there really isn't.
Seeing the reaction of Second Lieutenant Japanese, Yoshio Shinozuka knew it was wrong and said coldly: "I want them to confirm their identity and ask them to send another message with a security code!"
"Hai!"
Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka's gloomy face, the Japanese second lieutenant did not dare to neglect him and ran out quickly.
"Hmph! Stupid guy!"
Yoshio Shinozuka snorted coldly.
An unidentifiable message dared to disturb my rest.
In fact, it's not surprising that this old devil has this idea, after all, he has suffered losses in this regard.
Besides.
The new force of the group, Shinozuka Yoshio Monkiyo.
Now that the main force of the new regiment has appeared in the iron mine, does the remaining troops no longer need to be stationed?
Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka simply did not believe that the new regiment still had the strength to ambush them halfway.
But no matter how smart Shinozuka Yoshio was, he would never have imagined that in addition to the new regiment, there was also a fifth company, plus the Garand troops, which would be enough to confuse the troops under attack.
And Yoshio Shinozuka's actions bought a lot of time for Ding Wei and the others.
"Are we really being attacked?"
"code word?"
"Prove your identity."
"Send another message with code words?"
…
When he saw the contents of the call back, the Japanese squadron leader's nose became crooked in anger.
He never expected that the headquarters would actually give such a call back.
Who would joke about troops being attacked?
Hearing the increasingly fierce gunfire outside, mixed with a few faint shouts, the Eighth Route Army obviously wanted to launch a general attack.
There is not much time left for yourself!
The Japanese squadron leader did not dare to waste time. He suppressed his inner anger and immediately sent a message with a coded message.
First Army, Headquarters.
The second lieutenant who left earlier came back.
Yoshio Shinozuka had just closed his eyes and was about to continue taking a nap when he was woken up again.
But this time, he couldn't sit still no matter what.
Looking at the secret code in the telegram, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt like a big stone was weighing down his heart.
The message contains not only the current codeword, but also several codewords that have been used before.
The Japanese squadron leader also didn't want to waste time on this matter, in case he was asked again about the code words he had used before.
I don’t know how much time I will waste over and over again.
In the message, the Japanese squadron leader revealed his identity and urgently expressed his need for support. He also sent several times in a row that the transport team needed support...
Only half of the last sentence was sent, and the message came to an abrupt end. One can imagine what happened to him.
Shinozuka Yoshio took the telegram and was stunned.
After a few seconds of silence, Yoshio Shinozuka seemed to realize something, his face changed, and he shouted to the second lieutenant: "Quickly, order the mine reinforcements to retreat, and immediately move forward along the road to support the transport convoy!"
"Hai!"
Seeing Shinozuka Yoshio's grimace, the Japanese second lieutenant stood up to take orders and ran out quickly.
This battle was exactly the same as the previous battle in Ping'an County.
The group of Tuba Road first attacked Shang'an Town and attracted most of the imperial army's troops. Then the enemy marched straight in and directly attacked Ping'an County, catching the imperial army by surprise.
Since this tactic can be used once, it can also be used a second time!
At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka only felt that his scalp was numb.
As for the issue of mines.
Yoshio Shinozuka was too lazy to think about it. Anyway, there was no new ore coming out of it. The Eighth Route Army could attack if they wanted. Even if they did, they wouldn't get any advantage.
…
At the mine.
By this time, the new group had repelled several Japanese attacks.
Apart from the terrain advantage, they have no other advantages.
Although the weapons and equipment were the same, Li Yunlong did not expect that so many reinforcements would appear, so the ammunition he carried was far from being able to support a battle of this magnitude.
If the Japs charge a few more times, the new round of bullets will be exhausted.
Although it can be replenished through the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, this is only a drop in the bucket and far from being able to supply the entire second and third battalions.
"Captain, can we still break out?" Zhang Dabiao asked.
"Fuck your mother, why can't you!" Li Yunlong scolded angrily: "You bastard Zhang Dabiao, don't say such discouraging words to me!"
Zhang Dabiao said in a deep voice: "Commander, why don't I send a platoon of soldiers first and let them take you to retreat first, while I will continue to block the little Japs here."
"Go away, I am the commander of your regiment. There is no reason for the regiment commander to abandon the soldiers and escape on his own." Li Yunlong said in a deep voice: "I tell you, Zhang Dabiao, don't do this to me!"
"Captain, you are the backbone of our new regiment. We need you to continue to command the battle!" Zhang Dabiao said: "If you are not willing, then I will only offend you."
Zhang Dabiao took a step forward and glanced at the soldiers around him.
The soldiers immediately understood and stepped forward to block Li Yunlong inside.
How could Li Yunlong not know what Zhang Dabiao meant?
"Zhang Dabiao, you bastard, you have rebelled against you, you still want to fight with me?" Li Yunlong said angrily.
"Captain, the situation is urgent. I'm sorry to offend you!" Zhang Dabiao looked at the soldiers and nodded.
They immediately understood, took a step forward, and clamped down on Li Yunlong's arm.
"Let me go, let me go!" Li Yunlong shouted: "I am the leader of your regiment, what do you want to do, let me become a deserter?"
Zhang Dabiao ignored Li Yunlong and said: "Third Battalion Commander, later you take a platoon of soldiers to find Captain Ding's soldiers and break out with them!
"I believe that with their help, you will be able to successfully break out of the encirclement. The lives of the team battle will be in your hands!"
The third battalion commander took a deep look at Zhang Dabiao and nodded heavily.
He didn't say any words of rejection because he knew very well that now was not the time to be pretentious.
"You two bastards, I think your wings have grown stiff. If you dare to attack me, believe it or not, I will shoot you!" Li Yunlong said angrily.
While speaking, he was still struggling. However, although Li Yunlong had practiced kung fu, the skills of the warrior who restrained Li Yunlong were not simple. Otherwise, how could Zhang Dabiao be so relieved?
"Captain, if you want to shoot me, you have to wait until the next life!" Zhang Dabiao grinned.
"Zhang Dabiao, don't make trouble for me!" Li Yunlong knew what Zhang Dabiao wanted to do: "We can break out of the encirclement together!"
"Captain, I'm not stupid. If this is the case, we will only die together!" Zhang Dabiao said solemnly: "You are the old leader of our regiment, we need you, and other soldiers of the new regiment also need you!
"
Li Yunlong was suddenly speechless when he saw Zhang Dabiao preparing to die.
Zhang Dabiao has been following Li Yunlong for the longest time. If he says he has no feelings, it's just bullshit.
Now seeing Zhang Dabiao sacrificing himself with his own eyes, wouldn't it be cutting his own flesh and blood?
Li Yunlong only felt that someone was holding a knife and cutting his heart again.
"Commander of the Third Battalion, don't be so dumbfounded, quickly retreat with the soldiers!" Zhang Dabiao said harshly.
The third battalion commander wiped the tears from his eyes and nodded heavily.
Zhang Dabiao immediately took off his military cap, threw it to the ground, and said angrily: "Brothers, come with me to block the Japanese attack!"
at this time.
A soldier suddenly ran over and said: "Batalion Commander, Battalion Commander, something seems wrong."
"What's wrong?" Zhang Dabiao asked.
"The Japs suddenly retreated..." the soldier said.
Zhang Dabiao was dumbfounded, and the third battalion commander was also stunned on the spot.
"Retreat, what retreat?" Li Yunlong took advantage of everyone being stunned and broke free from the restraints.
"Report to the leader, the Japanese suddenly gave up the attack and started to go back." The soldier said.
Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao, and the three battalion commanders looked at each other.
"Let's go, take me to have a look!" Li Yunlong walked forward quickly.
Zhang Dabiao followed Li Yunlong closely. After taking just two steps, he turned back to pick up his military cap, patted it twice carefully, put it on his head, and then followed him again.
"Damn it, what's going on?"
Li Yunlong hid behind a stone, holding a telescope and looking down the mountain.
The troops that had been frantically attacking them have all retreated.
Could it be that the Japanese were using it as a delaying tactic to lure him out?
Li Yunlong had no impulse and continued to observe the battlefield.
"Captain, which one do you want to play?" Zhang Dabiao asked with some confusion.
The Japanese fought well. They were like mad dogs just now, but now they actually retreated.
This huge contrast made Zhang Dabiao unable to accept it for a while.
"Could it be a conspiracy of the Japanese to lure us out and then beat us in another place?" asked the commander of the third battalion.
In this terrain, it is indeed not easy for the little devils to fight.
"No, the Japs have really retreated!" Li Yunlong pointed down and said.
Some Japanese soldiers were dismantling the machine guns in their positions. When the Japanese soldiers ran to the road, they started to jump on the cars. This did not seem like they were trying to lure people out.
The three of them were all dumbfounded. They didn't know what the little devil wanted to play?
Li Yunlong was keenly aware of an unusual smell.
The Japs clearly have the upper hand. Even if they want to change their tactics, they definitely can't do it now.
Seeing how panicked they were when they retreated, as if their home was on fire, something else must have happened.
"Captain, what should we do?" Zhang Dabiao asked.
Zhang Dabiao has never encountered this situation before and doesn't know how to judge it.
"Chase!" Li Yunlong thought for a while and said in a deep voice.
The little devil's strange behavior could only mean one thing. A mine was attacked, forcing them to turn their attention to other things.
But what exactly happened?
Can you make the little devil give up this period of mine supplies?
Or has the iron ore been transported out, and even if the new group takes over the mine, it will be meaningless?
Now, no matter how stupid Li Yunlong is, he can still see that there is a trap here, and it is just a trap that the Japanese are trying to lure them into.
It has to be said that Li Yunlong's military ability is indeed extraordinary. After some speculation in his heart, he was almost close to the truth.
No matter what the Japs wanted to do, since the Japs were retreating, it was probably other troops taking action.
Li Yunlong was sure that the Japanese would not fight with them here, so he immediately decided to go up and get some benefits.
You were surrounded by Japanese soldiers for several hours, and you just left as soon as you asked. How could this make sense?
"Chasing?" Zhang Dabiao was a little surprised.
"Third Battalion Commander, take advantage of the moment to simply clean up the battlefield and lead your troops to harass the little Japs!" Li Yunlong said in a deep voice: "Try to delay their retreat and make it difficult for them to move forward!
Remember, it’s only half an hour, and turn back immediately after half an hour.”
"Yes!" the third battalion commander stood up and responded.
"Captain, what about us?" Zhang Dabiao asked.
"Let's attack the Japanese mines together. I've already come here, so there's no reason to leave half way through the attack." Li Yunlong said harshly.
Li Yunlong, who had suffered a loss here, desperately wanted to take over the mine and extinguish the anger in his heart.
"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao did not hesitate and immediately stepped forward to take the order.
…
"Company commander, have the Japanese retreated?" A soldier looked towards Wubaili and asked: "Company commander, should we pursue them?"
"No more pursuit. Commander Li and others have already sent people to pursue us. We can retreat!" Wubaili said in a deep voice.
"But what about the people in the mine?" the soldier asked.
"It's okay, isn't there Captain Li? He has already gone to the mines and will definitely rescue those people!" Wu Baili said.
"Our mission has been completed. Don't waste time here. Go to the predetermined location to meet the old leader as soon as possible!"
Without supporting firepower, it is even harder for the Japanese soldiers in the mine to counterattack.
Although it was difficult to defeat the Japanese reinforcements, most of the Japanese in the mine were defeated by Wu Baili's troops, leaving only a group of defeated soldiers.
Under the leadership of Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao launched two charges and completely broke through the defense line of the remaining soldiers in the mine.
It only took ten minutes from the beginning to the end of the battle, and all the enemies in the mine were eliminated.
Li Yunlong immediately ordered Zhang Dabiao to clean up the battlefield and rescued the workers.
After searching around the mine, I was surprised to see no trace of the ore. Finally, I asked the workers and found out that the ore had been pulled out a long time ago.
"Fuck!" Li Yunlong suddenly realized something.
He looked at Zhang Dabiao and asked, "Zhang Dabiao, where are Ding Wei's people?"
Zhang Dabiao looked around and said, "I didn't see it. They didn't seem to come in with us."
"Damn it!" Li Yunlong cursed angrily.
Li Yunlong had already vaguely guessed where the retreating Japanese troops had gone.
It must have been Ding Wei who ambushed the Japanese transport team on the way, otherwise why would those Japanese troops be on fire?
Now, Li Yunlong has completely figured out what happened.
That attacking force must have been a smoke bomb thrown by Ding Wei to make the Japanese think that the main force of the attack was in the mine, thus making the Japanese relax their vigilance on the highway.
When this place is attacked, and with their own involvement, the Japanese will take it for granted that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is here, and they will quickly send troops to support it!
When the time comes, Ding Wei can lead his troops to ambush on the highway. By then, the Japanese support troops are already fighting in the mines. It will definitely waste a lot of time to try to support the transportation team.