Whether it is the corps leader or the chief of staff, they all want to seize this good opportunity in front of them to severely damage the remnants of the National Salvation Army and create better conditions for the next sweep.

So when the captain of the corps said that the National Salvation Army might break out of the encirclement under the cover of night, the Chief of Staff rejected the idea of ​​suspending the attack in his mind.

But when the army might face huge casualties, the chief of staff's face was not only not relieved, but was even more worried.

The captain of the corps saw the deputy's thoughts at a glance, and looked at the chief of staff to continue to analyze: "In order to severely damage the remnants of the National Salvation Army here and not give them a chance to break through at night, we must kill more National Salvation Army before dark. After dark, they do not have the strength to break through!"

"Although this kind of attack was a bit serious, the price was worth it."

"According to the current casualties ratio, we will lose 2,000 people before dark, but we can surround all the remaining troops of the National Savior Army in Zhujiazhuang, and we will fight with them tomorrow and eliminate them."

"Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of them. Even if the direct losses of the National Salvation Army this afternoon are not as good as us, there is not much difference. Then the remaining troops in Zhujiazhuang will have at most more than one thousand people."

"Faced with our front and back attacks, they will definitely not last long, and our losses will be very small."

"I guess we will lose another 500 people in tomorrow's battle to eliminate all the remaining national-savior army."

"In this way, our overall loss in Zhujiazhuang is about 2,500 people, and the national rescue army has been eliminated for more than 3,000. Judging from the casualties alone, we are not at a disadvantage, and it can also bring huge benefits to the subsequent sweeping force and greatly reduce the losses of the sweeping force in guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare!"

The Chief of Staff suddenly realized his mind and replied: "Sir, I seem to understand!"

In order to seize this opportunity to fight head-on with the National Salvation Army, we will seriously damage the remnants of the National Salvation Army. The next attack will be very worthwhile!"

"So I support the troops and continue to fight!"

Colonel Ishida nodded: "We must fight, but we still need to find a way to reduce the losses of the offensive troops, especially the losses of the Imperial Army!"

"Immediately transfer the Imperial Army, who are protecting the artillery troops behind, to the front line, and let them cooperate with us in the company to launch an attack!"

"Let them walk in front of the team to block bullets, and reduce the losses of the Imperial Army when the firepower of the national rescue army raided us!"

"In addition, from now on, we must find ways to hold the National Savior Army blocking troops during the attack and not give them the chance to evacuate the blocking positions. At the least, we must follow them and chase them all the way, beating the dogs in the water. If we can kill more National Savior Army, we will kill more."

"When attacking the next line of defense, the mountain artillery brigade and the heavy artillery brigade fired the second artillery toward the blocking position, the attacking troops no longer retreated and continued to assault forward in the artillery fire."

"After the offensive troops can throw grenades and grenades into the blocking position, the artillery stops firing, and the troops immediately rush to the blocking position of the National Rescue Army. Then continue to attack forward, tightly behind the retreating troops of the National Rescue Army, chase and fight until the offensive troops rushed to the position two hundred meters in front of the next line of the National Rescue Army's defense!"

"Boom..."

The Japanese army's attack on the third line of defense of the National Salvation Army was soon launched.

Just like the second line of defense that attacked just now, shells of different caliber were constantly hitting the position, and in the blink of an eye, the position was filled with smoke from the shells.

After the artillery bombed the infantry, ten minutes after the artillery fire was over, they touched more than 800 Japanese and puppet troops at a distance of 100 meters in front of the formation and rushed out, yelling at the blocking position.

More than a hundred puppet troops were pushed by the Japanese with bayonets and rushed to the front.

Although they were all afraid of death, the Japanese behind them were even more cruel. If they ran a little slower, the Japanese who were supervising the battle behind would shoot and take their lives!

Compared to being beaten to death by the Japanese immediately without obeying the order, they closed their eyes and rushed to the position of the National Salvation Army. If they are lucky, they might have a glimmer of hope of survival.

Under the threat of close-range death, more than 100 puppet troops were very scared, but they were also the fastest group of people on the battlefield. Even the Japanese supervising war were left farther and farther away by them.

At the front command of the National Salvation Army, when he saw that the puppet army actually joined the battle, Chen Zhengyu immediately showed a worried expression on his face: "Captain, the Japanese made the puppet army stand in front as cannon fodder. After we counterattack, their own casualties will definitely be reduced."

"I'm worried that the results of our blocking battle will not exceed 200 Japanese devils!"

Zhou Cheng was also worried when he saw the puppet army just now, but when he thought that the puppet army in the attacking troops were all transferred from artillery positions, if they were eliminated on the battlefield, the pressure on the main force to assault the Japanese artillery positions would definitely be much less, and it would take less time to take down the Japanese artillery positions, so the worries in his heart would also be relieved.

Looking at Chen Zhengyu, he shook his head and replied: It’s a blessing to have a loss, wait. The Japanese did this may not be a good thing for us!”

After saying that, he continued to stare at the battlefield.

The puppet army's attack speed was very fast. Zhou Cheng had already rushed to the front of the position fifty meters while talking.

"Dadadada...Dadadong...Bada..." A very dense gunfire suddenly sounded at the blocking position, and mortars of different caliber also joined the battle at this moment.

The Japanese and puppet troops involved in the attack were instantly shrouded in a death storm made of bullets and artillery shells, and a large number of soldiers were killed every second.

But the good times don't last long.

As soon as the Japanese mountain artillery brigade and the heavy artillery brigade participated in the battle, the counterattack firepower on the blocking positions became weaker.

According to the previous script, in order to reduce combat losses, the Third Battalion will evacuate from the traffic trench at this time and abandon the third line of defense.

The Japanese and puppet army's offensive troops would also retreat to avoid accidental injuries caused by artillery bombardment, freeing up enough combat space for artillery and aviation.

This is indeed the case for the third battalion of the pacification garrison.

The power of mountain artillery and heavy artillery is too great. The defensive positions they targeted are only temporarily reinforced with wooden boards, and they will definitely not withstand the attack of these shells.

Although the Japanese army covered the entire defense line with the same artillery fire before the attack, they were all shooting blindly at that time. Although they destroyed a large number of positions, the soldiers all hid in anti-aircraft shelters, and the direct casualties caused by the artillery were very small.

No, in order to attack the Japanese and puppet troops' offensive forces, all the light and dark firepower points on the defense line were exposed, and the soldiers also drilled out of the anti-artery hole. The Japanese army now fired artillery with a purpose to carry out precise strikes. After the troops stayed on the position for one more minute, a large number of soldiers were killed and injured.

The purpose of raiding the Japanese and puppet troops in the attack of the firepower just now has been achieved. The Third Battalion must have wanted to evacuate this dangerous area as soon as possible and reduce the losses.

What surprised the National Salvation Army was that the Japanese and puppet troops did not act according to the script.

Not only did they not retreat, they continued to assault in the artillery fire, without any concerns about the accidental injury of the shells.

"Boom..." A field cannon shell was too far away and hit the middle of the Japanese and puppet army's attacking troops. The moment the fireball and black smoke rose from the ground, at least five Japanese and puppet troops around were blown over, and two Japanese and puppet soldiers were blown into the sky...

Seeing this scene, Chen Zhengyu couldn't help but exclaim: "Captain, are the Japanese crazy?"

"Looking at the artillery fire and assaulting forward, aren't they afraid that the shells will accidentally hurt their own people?"

"And I've just seen a shell hit their attacking troops!"

Zhou Cheng's face also sank at this moment, but he quickly realized the real purpose of the Japanese doing this, stared at the battlefield and replied with a serious expression: "The Japanese are cruel enough!"

"They want to rush to the position while we are retreating, and tightly hang behind the retreating troops, and prevent the Third Battalion from evacuating the position!"

"Although doing so will cause considerable accidental injuries to the offensive troops, as long as they can kill one or two of our infantry platoons during the attack, this accidental injury is nothing!"

When Zhou Cheng expressed his analysis, the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield were like crazy, holding guns and light machine guns, and they all rushed forward with no life!

The puppet army in front had already rushed to the front thirty meters in front of the formation, throwing grenades and grenades forward while rushing. At this moment, the Japanese artillery fire stopped, and the violent cannon sound was soon replaced by the sound of grenade explosion.

At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops rushed faster and rushed into the blocking position filled with smoke in less than ten seconds.

The third battalion, which had just evacuated the position, only retreated thirty or forty meters.

The Japanese and puppet troops who successfully rushed to the position were exactly the same as Zhou Cheng's judgment. They did not stop because of taking down the blocking position. They continued to assault with guns, and were tightly clenched behind the retreating troops, as if they were chasing the Third Battalion.

"Da da da da...b...b...b..."

The Japanese and puppet troops became more and more excited as they rushed. Everyone saw that this was a good opportunity to beat the dogs in the water. They raised their guns while chasing them. The National Salvation Army was constantly shot in the back and fell on the way to retreat.

This incident happened too quickly. Before Zhou Cheng could issue any orders to the third battalion, the Japanese and puppet troops began to hunt down the third battalion.

Chen Zhengyu's face also became very heavy. Looking at Zhou Cheng, he was anxious to remind: "Regiment Commander, the Third Battalion is in danger. The Japanese and puppet troops are chasing them too tightly. Should we send troops to respond immediately, or ask artillery soldiers to stop the Japanese and puppet troops and cover them to retreat to the fourth line of defense!"

Zhou Cheng replied calmly: "It's too late. It's too late to send troops now. Moreover, the pursuit speed between the enemy and us is very fast and the distance is close. The artillery can easily hurt their own people by mistake now."

"Order the first battalion of the Shouyang Garrison to prepare for the fourth line of defense to cover the retreat of the third battalion of the Garrison. Let them strictly implement the orders, and the troops can only respond when they are now. Without my orders, no one can leave the position!"

The sound of gunfire on the battlefield stopped ten minutes later, and the third battalion of the Punishment Guard successfully retreated to the fourth line of defense of the National Salvation Army. However, their losses were very large, with less than 150 soldiers retreating, including more than a dozen wounded soldiers, and all of them were killed. It was the battalion with the largest casualties in a single battle since the Zhujiazhuang blocking war began.

After seeing the casualties report, Chen Zhengyu looked very ugly, and his eyes were full of concern: "Captain, the loss of the Third Battalion is too great!"

"The next attack on the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely repeat the same trick. If each blocking is just now, it is not enough to add the remaining soldiers in the new battalion to the troops!"

"We must find a way to break the deadlock immediately. The first battalion of the Shouyang Garrison, which is defending the fourth line of defense, will definitely not be chased and beaten by the Japanese and puppet troops like before!"

"First use the trick, and then let's treat the other person's body with the same method!" Zhou Cheng thought for a long time and answered.

Seeing that Chen Zhengyu frowned and did not understand his own thoughts, Zhou Cheng immediately explained: "The Japanese and puppet troops wanted to increase our casualties through this attack, and kill more national-savior troops before dark."

"If we try to make a big deal of trouble and find ways to severely damage the Japanese and puppet troops, so that the Japanese and puppet troops will suffer more casualties than ours, they will think that this attack method is unpaid and then give up this style of play."

Chen Zhengyu could not think of other ways to break the situation, so he could only follow Zhou Cheng's idea and asked: "What method? Commander, do you already have an idea!"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "I have seen the Japanese attack methods just now. They attacked forward with artillery fire. The position was about 30 meters away. When the grenades could be thrown into the defense line, the artillery troops stopped the artillery attack, and the infantry took the opportunity to take down our blocking position. Then, without stopping, continue to attack forward, and chasing and attacking closely behind our retreating troops, continuing to consume the strength of our retreating troops!"

"My idea is to use the tricks and block the troops as before. They retreat when they should retreat, and they cannot delay in a second. But in order to reduce the losses of the troops, except for the planned light and heavy machine gun team that should have been arranged on the fourth line of defense, ordinary riflesmen took down a company."

"The second battalion of the Shouyang Garrison, which jointly defended the fifth line of defense, jointly established a temporary defense line one hundred meters behind the fourth line of defense."

"After the Japanese and puppet army pursued 50 meters in front of the temporary defense line, the light and heavy machine guns and riflesmen fired together, and the artillery troops transferred to the new position also fired together, attacking the Japanese and puppet army hard, so that they did not dare to chase our retreating troops rashly!"

Chen Zhengyu's mind was running rapidly, thinking about the feasibility of the entire proposal.

The more I thought about it, the happier I became. Apart from some minor problems, he did not find any loopholes.

Immediately asked Zhou Cheng to fight: "Captain, I'll make arrangements now!"

Zhou Cheng nodded and reminded: "Yes, but you must tell the participating troops to be careful of concealment and never be targeted by Japanese aircraft, otherwise our actions will definitely fail, and the participating troops will also suffer heavy losses under the joint attack of Japanese artillery and aircraft."

On the second line of defense that the National Salvation Army had just lost, Colonel Ishida witnessed the second battalion chasing the National Salvation Army's retreating troops.

Seeing that there were only more than 100 national-savior troops in front of him retreated to their positions, and more than 100 soldiers were killed and injured by the Second Battalion on the way to retreat, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

The attacking troops attacked forward in the fire of artillery. Many people were indeed accidentally injured by their artillery, but the losses were no more than thirty people.

In the previous pursuit, the offensive road team killed more than 100 national-savior troops, which was equivalent to killing more than four national-savior troops by mistake. No matter how you calculate this, it is very profitable.

"Report to the commander, your tactics are useful!" The report from the captain of the second brigade brought Ishida Dazo back to reality.

When I looked up, I saw him staring at him with excitement.

"How many national-savior troops were killed in the attack just now, how many people have you suffered and killed!" Colonel Ishida asked with anticipation.

The captain of the second brigade reported loudly: "We killed 214 people in battle and seriously injured 19 people. But we killed 328 National Savior Army, which can be seen. If we add the National Savior Army whose bodies were blown up and the withdrawn National Savior Army seriously injured, the casualties of the National Savior Army in the previous battle should have exceeded 350 people, which is much better than the second attack!"

"Very good!" Colonel Ishida smiled very satisfied, looking at his subordinates with a happy command: "Continue to fight like this in the next attack. I temporarily strengthen the two squadrons of the Fourth Battalion to the Second Battalion, and continue to take down the fourth line of defense of the National Salvation Army, and strive to kill dozens of them in this attack!"
Chapter completed!