"Retreat! Retreat towards the direction of the Central Mountain!" Akagi Okagawa finally made up his mind.

Faced with the increasingly fierce attacks from the Taiping people, staying there was just waiting to die, and support might not be able to come.

They landed directly on the plains of Taiping Island near the edge of the outer mountains, making it easier to enter the outer mountains, and first open up the access from the sea to the inner ring plain, and easily obtain cover under the mountainous terrain. But at this time, they were separated by a mountain range and could not wait for sea support, and the continuous fall of fighter jets in the air meant the loss of air supremacy.

The wreckage of an Osprey helicopter that once aroused their hopes not far away is proof of it. Without air supremacy, the hope of passing air support and rescue has also failed.

Located on the circular plain of Taiping Island, there is no huge rock, no tree, or even a grass to provide concealment. Akagi Okagawa and others have the ability to use special forces, but they cannot use it.

The outer circumference of the island was less than a thousand meters away from them, but the dense firepower ahead shattered their hope of charging and attacking the past. With the light weapons such as the Type 89 rifle in their hands, they could not rush to the undulating areas of the terrain and could all die.

"Let's evacuate deep into the plain? The firepower over there is weaker!" Team leader Suzuki Ikebusuke asked again. He also understood the current form and could not wait for rescue at all, so he could only break through himself.

"Will that be a trap there?" Akagi Okagawa was a little hesitant. Compared with the mountain range and the two wings, the firepower on the plain inside Taiping Island was several levels weaker.

"They were worried that we would rush into the mountains, so they arranged heavy troops in the mountains and both wings. They hoped that we would retreat and retreat into the uncovered plains, and they could strike us calmly." Suzuki Iketo said in his voice more and more urgently, "But at the moment there is only this road that can temporarily survive and wait for rescue. Maybe we can go around a big circle and enter the mountains, otherwise we will be wiped out here."

The words that the entire army was wiped out and injured Akagi Okagawa. This time the squadron he led was drawn out 120 dissatisfied people, and only 58 people remained responded. The others either died on the parachute landing in the air and on the transport plane that was blown up by the air, or were killed by machine guns and artillery shells after landing.

The situation is similar at another offensive point.

The Japanese parachute troops focused on breaking through at two points. Each of them placed one squadron. The other squadron also fell into the ambush circle, with more than half of the casualties and injuries. Even their squadron leader was beaten to death after landing.

Originally, Yukisuke Ono, the deputy commander of the offensive commander of the First Air Force Regiment, had no news after four transport planes above his head were shot down. Other commanders followed another team of 100 people landed on helicopters. They also had no news as the helicopters kept falling in the air. At this time, Akagi became the flag of these remaining soldiers.

But he was worried that his retreat order would take the soldiers into another trap. But at this time, he had to retreat to the plains to temporarily suspend the offensive of the Taiping people, which was much better than being beaten to death or captured while lying on the spot.

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"The title of the First Air Racing Group is indeed not a waste of time!" Lin Yi put down the telescope and said, "Even if it is retreating, it is orderly."

The first group of security guards who came to defend Taiping Island when the founding of the People's Republic of China had become the backbone of the army at this time. With the expansion of the army of Taiping Kingdom again and again, Lin Yi, the best among them, had already sat in the position of regiment commander, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Qinglong Division.

After the Taiping Island was formed, the Qinglong regiment, which had already been fully organized, was first promoted to the Qinglong Division, and directly under the jurisdiction of three unsatisfied regiments. After all, this marine army with a total of 7,000 people is no longer suitable for being called a brigade. Because the number of naval personnel is too large, it has not yet been named the Marine Corps and is still under the jurisdiction of the army, so the division organization has temporarily emerged.

This time, the Qinglong Division was responsible for the defense of the outer mountains and coastlines. Lin Yi's regiment specially blocked the Japanese troops airborne on the circular plains. Although the Japanese suffered heavy casualties under the sudden attack, they still resisted very tenaciously, and even more than half of the casualties did not collapse.

"They are really strong. They are still like this. They haven't surrendered yet?" Cui Wenbin, the battalion commander of the second battalion beside him, nodded, "But that's good. Didn't the King of Taiping say that the Japanese do not take the initiative to raise the white flag, and we have no obligation to persuade them to surrender. It would be better if they all die!"

Of course, the last sentence was added by himself.

"After all, this is an elite created by the Japanese with all their might, and it is no different from the elite troops of the special forces. Unfortunately, our team's heavy equipment cannot be used, otherwise their troop strength would not be so troublesome!" Captain Xie Fei, the combat staff member beside him, said regretfully.

Although the Taiping Kingdom expanded its army very quickly, its ranks were always sorted step by step. The army had few opportunities to obtain military merits. Lin Yi, as a veteran of participating in several battles, is now just the rank of major. It goes without saying that Xie Fei joined after the First Taiping Island Naval Battle. Even if a regular military academy graduates and retired local officers in the field troops need to start with the lieutenant.

This battle was obviously a great opportunity to gain military merits and honors, but it was difficult to compete for the full results, which really made Xie Fei feel sorry.

In order to worry about being discovered by the Japanese, they all hid in natural caves that had just been discovered. The heavy equipment such as the chariots and other heavy equipment equipped by the Qinglong Division were not easy to hide, and Li Xiang could not determine the specific landing location of the Japanese. Therefore, Lin Yi and his regiment besieged a battalion here without the support of the chariots, and even the artillery fire was supported from nearby positions.

The Japanese paratroopers also opened the two packets that fell, took out the three 5.56-meter Nimiban machine guns inside, and built a defensive line with the help of the surrounding terrain and corpse barriers.

Although this defense line is fragile and ridiculous, it is still not something that the 2nd Battalion of the First Regiment, which lacks heavy weapons assault, can solve it calmly. The surrounding chariot troops and helicopter troops will come soon, so why sacrifice more lives? The command center, which has been observing the battlefield situation in real time, ordered them to continue to stick to it.

The Japanese fighter jets in the sky were still making the final resistance. At this time, the dispatch of helicopters and large-scale ground combat vehicles was equally dangerous. The command center chose to continue waiting, waiting for the Taiping Air Force to completely gain air superiority before clearing the remaining enemies on the ground. However, the surrounding artillery fire was aimed at here more and more. Even though the Japanese formation had dispersed, Li Xiang was still willing to do it even if ten shells took away a Japanese life. However, it was this increasingly fierce artillery fire that made Akagi Okagawa decide to evacuate.

"I didn't expect the Japanese to retreat so quickly. It seemed that our chariot convoy was too late. It was considered a cheap boy from the White Tiger Group!" Lin Yi shook his head with regret. Then he ordered. "I must bite the attack team, otherwise even the last bit of credit would be taken away!"

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"Fortunately, this plain is not all flat, and fortunately there is no wrong mark on the map, so we found this eroded ditch!" He rolled into the ditch more than one meter deep. Akagi Okagawa almost shed tears excitedly.

It was this natural ditch that made him finally make up his mind to evacuate deep into the plains. Otherwise, he would have died without any cover along the way. Thinking of the bullets that kept firing from hidden places or the artillery shells that kept falling on the short two kilometers, and looking at the more than 40 people around him, he felt sad.

This is still the total number of people after joining with another squadron.

The two squadrons, which were both dissatisfied with the organization and more than half of the damage, had already planned to join. However, the fierce offensives at the gathering point made them unable to move forward. Seeing the number of personnel, they had to stop the idea of ​​merging and breaking through. The two teams evacuated to the inside of the plain, evacuating and joining. By the time they met, there were only more than 30 people left in the squadron. But not long after the reunion, the team with a total of about 80 people was reduced by half.

He really couldn't have imagined that the Taiping Congress had smashed so many shells. If they had hit the assembly ground at the beginning, they might not have escaped.

He naturally didn't know that the main target of Taiping Kingdom's artillery and all the heavy firepower was to target the Japanese maritime landing regiment that was in a dilemma at the sea. Unexpectedly, Lei Shi and Li Xiang agreed to train their troops, so that they could survive until now. Otherwise, rocket launchers and large-caliber heavy artillery would have died several times long ago.

"The Japanese came a little less, and they were really unstoppable. There were only more than 30 people left. They could not hold on to the mountains. They found the natural ditch and were afraid they would have to defend and wait for support. If we continue to fight like this in the plain, our casualties will probably increase." He didn't know that Li Xiang's words at this time had ended the game of cat play with mice.

"Our team suffered heavy casualties, so please support immediately!" Akagi Okagawa was still calling his superiors without knowing it.

"You continue to stick to your position and wait for support!" With the continuous electronic interference of Taiping Kingdom, a cold sentence from above still came from the communicator.

"Bastard!" Akagi Okagawa finally couldn't help but curse, and punched the ditch wall, rustling a lot of sand and soil. When he angrily retracted his fist, the sand and soil were still rolling down, and more and more. The surrounding ditch walls were rolling down, and even large pieces of soil fell, which made his face change.

He would never think that he was carrying magical skills. He punched the ditch wall like this, and the pain in his hand would not make him think that the ditch wall would collapse if it was not strong and hit. This situation may occur, and there may be an earthquake, but in this case, there is only one reason most likely.

"Tank! Their tanks are here!" A soldier at the observation whistle screamed. The fear in his heart made the sounds emanating from his throat distorted, but no one laughed at him. He stared blankly at the dozen tanks that were rolling in dust in the distance, and despair also arose in his heart.

Even if all of them were not injured at all, they could not fight against these modern heavy cavalrymen, let alone the remaining more than thirty people.

"You surrender!" Akagi Okagawa ordered, mutely, his lips squirming.

Although he ordered the injured soldiers who could not move to surrender along the way, he still wanted to safeguard the glory of the First Airborne Brigade and the Japanese soldiers. He refused to lead the team to surrender, and even killed two collapsed deserters along the way. But now at the end of his journey, he could not watch the subordinates who survived with him die in vain.

"Sir!" The blind team leader Suzuki Ikeso looked at Akagi and slowly took out the p-226 officer and pointed it on his forehead with a pistol. He couldn't help but say sadly, "Let's fight!"

"You have all experienced baptism on the battlefield. Staying here to pass on the experience of war is the greatest help to the empire! I will bear all the sins!" Akagi looked at the direction of the sea where the sound of cannons was still loud and the sound of explosions in the distance. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger resolutely.
Chapter completed!