But this time, Suzuki Nagai made a huge miscalculation.

The artillery shells hit the ambush position in pieces, and exploded in pieces.

In the smoke of continuous artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers braved the air waves that hit their faces, listened to the deafening roar, and braved the continuous falling gravel, sand and shrapnel, just lying on the bare hillside, even

I can't even see clearly what the Eight Roads look like.

After a while, Suzuki Nagai kept telling himself that the Eighth Route Army was almost out of shells.

Grit your teeth and persist.

Therefore, Suzuki Nagai never gave the order to retreat.

Two minutes passed, and the artillery fire from Route 8 was still roaring.

Three minutes passed, and the shells were still coming intensively.

Five minutes passed, and the Japanese ambush position was almost plowed through by artillery shells.

The artillery of the Eighth Route Army fired more than 4,000 rounds of artillery shells at the ambush position, and on average one soldier could fire one round.

Assuming that an average artillery shell weighs 10 kilograms, that is 40,000 kilograms or 20 tons.

Compared to the nearly 200 tons of artillery shells seized during the robbery of two entire military trains, it was just a drizzle.

At this time, the Suzuki Regiment was almost under bombardment and suffered more than half of its casualties.

An artillery brigade came from the Eighth Route Army?

How many shells are there on the Eighth Route Army?

Suzuki Nagai said that he could no longer bear it any longer and that if he did not evacuate the entire 227th Regiment soldiers, they would be blown to death alive.

"Send the order, all officers and soldiers, immediately retreat in the direction of Heshun!" Colonel Nagahide Suzuki ordered the adjutant sadly and angrily.

Because he misjudged the situation, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Suzuki Nagai was frightened and angry at the same time.

The adjutant immediately said to the ordering soldier: "Send the order, all soldiers, retreat in the direction of Heshun!"

Since Suzuki Nagai's headquarters was relatively far back in the ambush position, it did not receive many shells and was lucky enough to have the headquarters intact.

The soldiers with the Japanese flag climbed to the top and quickly headed towards the hilltop on the opposite side of the road, using the flag to give the order to retreat under artillery fire.

A mountain cannon shell landed at the position of the flag soldier and exploded. The blast of air sent the flag soldier flying up and landed heavily on the ground, with his head blown off.

Fortunately, the flag commander conveyed the order and completed his mission.

"retreat!"

"Haaaagu!"

"Haaaagu!"

The Japanese captain, squadron leader and some officers hurriedly squatted and waved.

The Japanese who were lucky enough to survive quickly stood up, ignored the wounded soldiers, hunched over and ran towards the road, and then ran towards the direction of Heshun County.

The shrapnel is sputtered horizontally, so you are more likely to be hit if you stand up.

While escaping, the Japanese continued to be bombarded.

Until he was out of the shelling range, Suzuki Nagai looked at the officers and soldiers behind him.

Almost all the heavy firepower was lost, and not only were the number of people reduced by half, but the Japanese who were lucky enough to survive were disgraced and dejected, as if they had been blown away.

Morale was shattered.

Moreover, the way the soldiers looked at Suzuki Nagai also changed.

The former awe and admiration have turned into indifference and dissatisfaction.

War is like this. If you can lead everyone to victory, the soldiers will worship you and treat you as a god.

On the other hand, if you lead everyone to defeat, you are nothing.

Suzuki Nagai felt a chill in his heart, knowing that his prestige in the hearts of the soldiers had been greatly reduced due to his command errors.

If you don't say something or do something, if you continue like this, I'm afraid you will be shot by the soldiers.

Suzuki Nagai drew out his command sword with a flick of his eye.

"Warriors of the Empire!"

"We will definitely avenge Yu Sui's comrades!"

"Please rest assured, I will definitely take you to meet the division commander safely!"

"The Japanese Empire must win!"

A group of Japs then started roaring.

"The Japanese Empire must win!"

"The Japanese Empire must win!"

"..."

After the slogans were shouted, the Japanese soldiers roared again and temporarily returned to their fierce nature.

Having solved the morale problem, now it is time to consider how to break out of the encirclement. As for how to explain to the division commander, Suzuki Nagai is not too worried.

The other two regiments of the Jingguan Division were in pieces, but his regiment was still there.

"Captain, this must be a trick of the Eighth Route Army." Adjutant Ura Yuichiro said, "The Eighth Route Army had known for a long time that we were ambushing here, so they deliberately let their vanguard troops pass through Machigou, and waited until our troops entered the ambush position before regrouping.

Artillery fire on us."

"So, I conclude that the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army must be waiting for us in front!"

"The Eighth Route Army wants to attack from both sides and eat up my 227th Regiment in one fell swoop!"

Suzuki Nagai narrowed his eyes slightly: "The Eighth Route Army wants to eat our 227th Regiment, but they still lack a good tooth. Their vanguard can only have an infantry regiment at most. Can they block our way?"

"Pu Youjun! Concentrate your forces immediately and break out in the direction of Heshun!"

Uratomo Ichiro paused and said: "Hi!"

"In addition, immediately send a report to the division commander and prepare a telegram. Our unit fell into the Eighth Route Army's trick and suffered heavy losses. We are preparing to retreat in the direction of Heshun. Please request the division commander to send troops to respond!"

Uratomo Ichiro paused and said: "Hi!"

The remaining 1,500-odd Japs, led by Suzuki Nagai and Ura Tomoichiro, headed toward Heshun along the highway.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army behind also stopped shelling.

There was no chance for the Japanese to breathe. The cavalry opened the way, and the infantry followed closely and chased the Japanese in a mighty manner.

At the same time, Jingguan Ren led more than a thousand people from the division headquarters to Heshun County.

After Heshun County was captured by the Japanese army, it has been in the hands of the Japanese army.

Liao County is very close to Heshun County, only about 35 kilometers away, and can be reached by horseback in an hour.

Machi Valley is relatively close to Heshun County, only about 15 kilometers away.

Jingguan Ren got off the armored vehicle before he could drink water to moisten his throat.

Communications staff officer Chiba Matsutaro hurriedly walked up to him with a telegram and paused.

"Division Commander, Captain Suzuki, urgent call!"

Jingguan Ren slowly took off his white gloves and waved his hand: "Read!"

"Hi!" Chiba Matsutaro picked up the telegram and read, "Our unit was caught in the Eighth Route Army's trick in Machigou and suffered heavy losses. We are now surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. We are preparing to retreat in the direction of Heshun. We request the division commander to send troops for reinforcements.

His Majesty the Emperor is on board, and the Imperial Japanese Army is on board!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Nani?" Jingguan Ren said in disbelief, "What happened?"

"This idiot Suzuki Nagai, I asked him to ambush the Eighth Route Army, but he fell into the Eighth Route Army's trick!"

"idiot!"

"idiot!"

"waste!"

Jingguan Ren couldn't help but curse, he was so angry that his nose almost became crooked with anger.

"Division Commander!" Chief of Staff Ishiguro Sadzo said, "Now is not the time to be angry, we should quickly send troops to support the Suzuki Regiment!"

Iguchi Ren looked at Ishiguro Sadō with dissatisfaction: "Ishiguro-kun, didn't you say that this battle can defeat or even annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"

"What exactly is going on?"

"I think our Jingguan Division is about to be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!"

Ishiguro Sadazou quickly dismissed the blame: "Division Commander, when something like this happened, it is very likely that the Suzuki Regiment did not hide well during the ambush and was noticed by the Eighth Route Army's scouts. This led to the failure of the ambush plan. I think

There is no problem with my ambush plan."

"idiot!"

Iseki Ren glared at Ishiguro Sadzo fiercely and said to Chiba Matsutaro: "Order the division headquarters troops to go to Machigou to meet the Suzuki Regiment!"
To be continued...