As the Japanese army began to look for support from the rear, they blocked Qiu Jingshan and the soldiers from the first battalion of the military training regiment, although they were reluctant to leave. However, facing Ma Shuangbing's persuasion, Qiu Jingshan finally chose to retreat early.

Despite this approach, Qiu Jingshan, who has experienced an underground party, is very clear that when it comes to confidentiality tasks, many team members who participated in the action will contribute their strength and even their lives to confidentiality personnel.

The reason for doing this is to know that confidentiality is important. As the representative of the Eighth Route Army sent to the 77th Army, Qiu Jingshan also knew very well how important his mission was. Even if he felt unkind, he had to do so.

When Jiang Tieshan announced the order to withdraw the battle in advance, although he was very unwilling to accept it, he could only choose to obey the order when he saw Qiu Jingshan's serious expression and the same sharp eyes of reconnaissance company commander Ma Shuangbing.

After all, Jiang Tieshan also knew very well that these comrades in the reconnaissance company left more hope for living. What he had to do was to perform the tasks assigned to him by his superiors in order to repay these comrades who took care of him.

‘Company Commander Ma, take care of yourself! We are waiting for your triumphant return in the rear. First battalion, salute the brothers of the Eighth Route Army!’

When leaving the position, Qiu Jingshan said goodbye in this way. He also hoped that in this way, other officers and soldiers of the First Battalion of the Military Training Corps who had not yet chosen to join the Eighth Route Army would remember the contributions made by the Eighth Route Army at this moment.

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless!

Only by making these soldiers who are prejudiced and even a little vigilant of the Eighth Route Army truly see the side of the Eighth Route Army's daring behavior. Qiu Jingshan believes that sometimes what you see with your own eyes will be more effective and convincing than what you hear!

Even if the first battalion of the military training regiment retreated early, the reconnaissance company would suppress the Japanese squadron on the road and could not move. This also means that the Japanese on the road were not actually clear about the departure of the first battalion.

After Qiu Jingshan and others left, Ma Shuangbing also seemed relieved and said: "Comrades, Staff Qiu and others have left, and the remaining battle will be left to us. All we have to do is to persevere for another half an hour.

From now on, the sniper team will shoot freely, focusing on the Japanese officers, grenadiers and machine gunners. Others will rely on the blocking positions to block the attack layer by layer. The Japanese should be able to shell the gun later, so pay attention to it.

Once the Japanese start shelling, we will break through from the left and right sides of the position. After evacuating the positions, according to our previous arrangement, we will bring the Japanese who came to support us to the ambush circle we preset in advance.

As long as the Japanese dare to chase after them, I believe that the battalion commander and others will let these Japanese take care of them. Remember, once the Japanese are bombarded, they will withdraw their hands and feet quickly. Don’t touch the Japanese artillery shells, do you understand?"

‘Yes, company commander!’

After issuing the combat order, Ma Shuangbing said again: "Plan up the mortar left by Staff Qiu. If you see the Japanese reinforcements arrive later, you will immediately launch a shelling for me. After all the shells are shot, the artillery squad will evacuate immediately.

The guard team will set up thunders on both sides of the position in advance. Once the troops start to evacuate, all the ammunition that cannot be taken away will be buried in the set up thunders. I want the Japanese to come up and feel the power of the thunders again!"

‘Yes, company commander, don’t worry! This is left to us!’

Several soldiers who were proficient in the setting of thunders quickly withdrew from the battlefield after receiving the order from Ma Shuangbing, carrying a few boxes of grenades to set up thunders. Naturally, the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade were familiar with this kind of thing!

The Japanese pursuers did not let Ma Shuangbing wait for long. After hearing the gunshots coming from the front, the Japanese infantry brigade following behind the pursuit squadron, they realized that the outpost squadron might encounter a blockade.

When the two soldiers from the pursuit squadron returned, they heard a blocking position of the Central Army ahead, and the blocking firepower was very strong. It seemed that it was the size of a central army's main regiment. The Japanese infantry captain was not surprised and happy.

He smiled and said, "Yu Xi, these damn rabbits finally stopped running! Order the other squadrons to rush to support immediately. At the same time, let our artillery begin to calculate the position parameters of the opponent's blocking position and provide artillery data for the artillery corps."

'Hi!'

The Japanese infantry brigade, which was originally just following on foot, began to trot to the place where the gunfire sounded. Not long after, the Japanese infantry rushing to the rescue saw the battlefield in which they were fighting fire.

Feng Shuangbing, who also saw a large number of Japanese infantry arriving, smiled and said, "Order the artillery team to start shelling! On such a narrow road, I believe that if you shoot one shot, you will always kill a few Japanese! "

Taking advantage of the terrain and height, Feng Shuangbing also brought in several mortars that Qiu Jingshan used to block. The purpose was to cause more casualties to the Japanese chasing through artillery attacks.

As for the artillery level of the scouts, it is naturally not worse than the artillery level of the military training regiment first battalion. When seeing the Japanese reinforcements arrive, the scouts who act as artillery temporarily have adjusted the angle of the mortar.

As Feng Shuangbing smiled and nodded, a platoon leader in charge immediately said: "Give the Japanese a five-speed shot first and release them!"

As mortar shells were stuffed into the cannon barrel, the sound of "bang-bang" triggered the shells with hot flames pushed out the barrel. The Japanese army, which happened to enter the range of the mortar, did not seem to realize that the blocking troops had artillery.

After all, in their opinion, the artillery used by the blocking troops is not worth mentioning in front of their artillery. But the problem is that in such a sudden situation, the range and lethality of the mortar are still very amazing!

Looking at the mortars flying down from the blocking position, the Japanese who had not yet had time to breathe, immediately screamed: "Baga, dodge them all! Look for hidden objects to avoid them! The other party has artillery, and the other party has artillery!"

The Japanese squadron leaders who were in charge of commanding the battle quickly shouted such words. As many Japanese soldiers panicked and chose to hide, these shells fell into the Japanese army that came to aid.

Looking at the detonated shells, the Japanese soldiers screaming in pain and fleeing in the explosion, even the soldiers on the reconnaissance on the positions were very happy. But they naturally felt very painful for the Japanese infantry coming to aid.

Especially when I saw the opponent's blocking positions, shells were smashed down one after another. On the originally not-so-wide highway, it quickly turned into a slaughterhouse. This situation made the Japanese army who came to aid know that they seemed to be running a little too fast.

Even nearly a thousand infantrymen were only able to get beaten on this nearly two kilometers of road. Even if there were squadron leaders who ordered their mortar team to prepare for counterattack, there was obviously some lack of range.

An infantry squadron leader immediately shouted: "Hurry, go back and tell the captain that the enemy has a mortar team. It poses a huge threat to our attack. We need the artillery corps to provide artillery guidance, hurry!"

But when the Japanese artillery corps quickly set up artillery in the rear, they blocked the artillery squad on the position and cleanly wiped out all the mortar shells that Qiu Jingshan had left on the position.

Seeing that the Japanese artillery had not yet launched a counterattack, they knew that these mortars were also important to the 77th Army. Feng Shuangbing thought for a while and said, "When you retreat, carry these mortars and hand them over to Staff Qiu at that time!"

‘Yes, company commander!’

Although retreating with a mortar can be a bit of a waste of time and energy. But as soldiers, they all know that mortars are also valuable weapons. For miscellaneous troops like the 77th Army, this is their heavy weapon!

Just as the artillery squad split the mortars and retreated with these split parts, Feng Shuangbing also ordered the troops from the front-line positions to begin retreating into the two positions behind, slightly reducing the pressure on the Japanese army on the highway.

Dispersing the troops can also reduce the risk of being bombarded in the next shelling. As for the Japanese who want to take the opportunity to attack, there are naturally snipers who deal with them.

I understood that they had to wait until the artillery attacked before they could attack the Japanese infantry on the uphill, and they could only wait honestly for their artillery to counterattack. The Japanese army who came to support also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there was no more artillery attacks on the opposite mountain.

But when many Japanese infantrymen who came to support were very frustrated when they saw wounded soldiers everywhere on the road and corpses who were blown to death on the spot. At least in their opinion, it seemed that they were suffering again this time!

When the artillery position was quickly built by the artillery corps, the artillery position was finally launched. The Japanese army suppressed on the road were very excited, but Feng Shuangbing on the mountain knew that it was time for them to retreat.

‘Each team, withdraw according to the previously confirmed retreat plan!’

The first batch of shells did not fall completely accurately on the artillery positions. This kind of shelling was more just test-fire. The Japanese artillery observers responsible for observing the landing points of the shells also needed to determine the parameters that the artillery needed to be adjusted through test-fire.

This means that there is a certain interval between the first test firing and the second official shelling. It is precisely this time that is enough for the reconnaissance company to withdraw from the position to quickly evacuate to both sides of the position.

When the Japanese launched their shelling again, the entire blocking position was in an explosion. Looking at the blocking position ahead, shrouded in explosions and smoke, the Japanese army on the road finally felt angry.

Taking advantage of the artillery attack, the Japanese army began to clean up the end of the road. The Japanese infantry, who were lucky enough to escape, also began to prepare for the attack after the artillery attack.

In the eyes of these Japanese infantrymen who were preparing to attack, they must kill all the soldiers on the positions after rushing to the opposite blocking positions. Unfortunately, their expectations are destined to be impossible to achieve.
Chapter completed!