Chapter 155
Under the powerful firepower assault of Xu Wen's tank, the attacking Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy casualties and were retreating steadily.
Moreover, the most important thing is that the more than 200 Eighth Route Army soldiers who were besieged by the Japanese also took the initiative to attack under the leadership of a battalion commander.
Very bravely, he launched a counterattack against the Japanese, forming a pincer attack with Xu Wen and his tank from both inside and outside.
Under attack from both sides, the Japanese and puppet troops, who had been frightened by Xu Wen's powerful tank, stopped attacking one after another, turned around and ran away.
As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops retreated, Xu Wen immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Chase me, don't let the enemy go!"
Wei Dayong and Sun Desheng had already become red-blooded. Thinking back to those comrades who had sacrificed their lives, each one of them became excited, holding up their machine guns and shooting wildly, chasing the Japanese.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers, who had been chased and beaten by the Japanese and puppet troops, naturally would not miss this good opportunity to beat the drowned dog.
They followed Xu Wen and his tanks and launched a fierce pursuit against the Japanese and puppet troops.
Under the powerful fire cover and guidance of Sherman tanks, they killed the Japanese and puppet troops whose strength was several times their own, leaving their helmets and armor behind and blood flowing like rivers.
However, after these Japanese and puppet troops were completely defeated, it was difficult to regain combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
Xu Wen took the initiative to stop the pursuit, stood out from the tank, and shouted to the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were following them to chase the Japanese: "Brothers, stop chasing, stop chasing!"
Under Xu Wen's obstruction, the Eighth Route Army soldiers soon stopped one after another.
Among them, the leading battalion commander led two platoon leaders directly to Xu Wen and his tank, and took the initiative to stand at attention and salute Xu Wen: "Comrade, which section are you from? How about getting such a powerful tank?"
Iron Bastard?"
Xu Wen stood up from the tank, jumped off the tank, raised his hand and said in return: "We are from the Independent Regiment. I am Wang Chengzhu, commander of the artillery company of the Independent Regiment. Which part are you from?"
As soon as Xu Wen announced his home address, the battalion commander immediately stood in awe, stood up to attention again, saluted Xu Wen solemnly and said: "It turns out to be the famous Company Commander Wang!
In the Battle of Cangyunling, he killed the headquarters of the Sakata Regiment with one shot. In the Battle of Wild Wolf Yu, he killed the major general of the Japanese observation group in single combat.
You are the most awesome company commander of our 129th Division! I have admired my name for a long time, I have admired my name for a long time!
Unexpectedly, it was Captain Wang who saved our siege this time, I can’t thank you enough!”
"By the way, I almost forgot to introduce myself. I am from the New Second Regiment of the 129th Division. My name is Wang Yongsheng and I am the commander of the Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment!"
Hearing this, Xu Wen was quite surprised and said: "New Second Regiment, what is your leader's name?"
"Kong Jie! It turns out that our leader is also an old acquaintance of your independent group. Before the new second group was formed, he was the leader of the independent group!" Wang Yongsheng said with a smile.
After the battle of the Huting stronghold, Kong Jie was transferred away due to his merits, and without any surprise, he became the leader of the newly formed 2nd regiment, which can be considered as his official reinstatement.
Naturally, the New 2nd Regiment, also part of the 386th Brigade, was not immune to this Japanese encirclement and mopping up. Like the Independent Regiment, they were struggling to break out of the encirclement.
The Third Battalion Commander Wang Yongsheng and his troops would probably all have died if they had not encountered Xu Wen and the others.
In addition, he has admired Xu Wen's name for a long time, so when he spoke, this guy showed admiration for Xu Wen.
Xu Wen showed a clear look, nodded slightly and said: "So you are Commander Kong's people, we are a true brotherhood!"
"Yes." Wang Yongsheng nodded excitedly and thanked Xu Wen again: "I won't thank you enough for your kindness, as long as I, Wang Yongsheng, can break out of the encirclement alive this time.
From now on, if you give me any orders, Captain Wang, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Xu Wen immediately waved his hand and said: "Hey, Battalion Commander Wang, what you said is obvious. We are brothers. There is no need to thank you."
Wang Yongsheng did not argue with Xu Wen about this issue at this time. Instead, he changed the subject and asked: "Commander Wang, why did you stop the brothers from continuing the pursuit just now? The Japanese and puppet troops have been completely defeated by us.
If we continue to hunt them down, we will definitely be able to annihilate them all!"
Xu Wen put away his smile and said with a serious face: "The reason is very simple, don't chase the poor enemy! Now the enemy is sweeping out and encircling us.
There are enemies everywhere around us, and an unknown number of enemies may pop out at any time to encircle and suppress us.
Therefore, we should stop the pursuit immediately and quickly take advantage of the opportunity to break out!
Try to fight out as soon as possible and evacuate to a safe place first, which is the top priority!"
Wang Yongsheng nodded with deep understanding and said: "Well, what Captain Wang said makes sense, let's evacuate together next? With your tank here, there is no encirclement that we can't break!"
Xu Wen nodded and said: "Okay, let your people gather together, stop cleaning the battlefield, follow my tanks, and we will break out quickly."
"Okay!" Wang Yongsheng then remembered that Xu Wen had not answered his question just now, so he asked curiously again: "Captain Wang, where did you get this tank? Was it taken from the Japanese?"
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"Yes." Xu Wen didn't want to explain more and nodded along with his words.
"Oh! That's really awesome!" Wang Yongsheng did not doubt it.
Although Wei Dayong heard their conversation, due to his loyalty to Xu Wen, he would never say anything more.
What's more, he could also see that Xu Wen didn't want to waste time by explaining too much on this issue.
He didn't want to talk too much, so Xu Wen got on the tank again, got into the tank, and returned to the driving position.
Wang Yongsheng quickly gathered all his men back, followed Xu Wen and his group behind the Sherman tank, and continued to retreat to break out of the encirclement.
With more than 200 soldiers following, although it may increase their risk of exposure, these more than 200 infantry can also provide comprehensive protection and vigilance for the Sherman tank, allowing for coordinated operations.
It is safer to break through alone than one of their tanks.
Moreover, in order to bring out the full firepower of this tank, Xu Wen also took the initiative to invite Wang Yongsheng to board the tank during the retreat and take charge of the vehicle-mounted machine gun deployed behind the vehicle.
Sun Desheng and another cavalry soldier were in charge of the two columns in front of the vehicle.
Wei Dayong is still responsible for using the Browning anti-aircraft machine gun.
During the march, Xu Wen saw that there was no battle for the time being, so he opened the system's portable warehouse again and checked the explosive rewards just now.
In the battle just now to rescue Wang Yongsheng and the others, Xu Wen and the others killed no less than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops, so they still gained a lot from the explosion.
However, in order to concentrate on fighting, Xu Wen blocked all the prompts for explosive equipment.
When he opened the warehouse and took a look, Xu Wen was stunned.
Chapter completed!