"Damn it!" Outside the headquarters behind the Japanese army's position, Colonel Yamashita saw that all his death squads had been lost in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but punch the bunker hard.

"Your Majesty Colonel, the situation is critical, how about we retreat as soon as possible?" the chief of staff next to him suggested tentatively in a panic.

"Shut up! How can the Japanese Imperial Army flee in fear of the enemy?" In fact, it's not that Yamashita Kondo doesn't want to retreat, but that he knows that he cannot retreat at this time. If he really takes the initiative to leave this repaired defensive position,

So on the flat ground, your own troops have not become a living target for the Chinese armored fighting vehicle troops? They will be easily wiped out by them.

"Then what should we do? The Chinese tanks are about to rush into our defensive position?!" the chief of staff pointed forward in panic.

While the two were talking, Yi Zhenhua's mining truck moved forward a lot and was about to cross their frontline trench.

After pondering for a while, Yamashita Kondo's eyes flashed with a hint of evil, and he said in a cold voice: "Order the second squadron to leave fifty imperial warriors carrying explosive packs to guard the first trench until the Chinese chariots cross the trench.

Immediately detonate the explosive package to destroy it! The rest of the people immediately retreated to deep positions. Once the Chinese army tank was destroyed, they quickly launched a counterattack and defeated the enemy!"

After receiving the order, the Japanese army quickly began to retreat. Yi Zhenhua stood on the mining truck and looked down. He saw hundreds of Japanese soldiers in groups of three or five in the Japanese army position not far ahead.

The traffic trenches are being retreated hastily.

"No, the Japanese are trying to escape. Let me fire all the rapid fire cannons and anti-aircraft machine guns with all their strength!" As soon as Yi Zhenhua finished speaking, Haoyue next to him stopped him and said, "Hey, wait a minute!"

"What's wrong?" Yi Zhenhua turned to look at Haoyue standing next to him with a surprised face. How could Haoyue not carry out his order?

"Reporting back to the camp, if the Japanese army really wants to withdraw from this defensive position with many trenches and trenches, wouldn't it be more convenient for us to pursue them on flat ground?" Haoyue looked at Yi Zhenhua pointedly.

Looking at Haoyue's beautiful face and the cunning revealed in her big watery eyes, Yi Zhenhua nodded in disbelief, and then said: "You mean, the Japanese are just pretending to retreat? Are they deliberately leading my tanks and chariots deeper?

"Yi Zhenhua is not a fool. Just now, the Japs sent death squads to destroy his armed mining trucks regardless of the cost. Both sides know that armed mining trucks are the Japanese's biggest support and the biggest threat to the Japs.

"We don't rule out this possibility! But we only need to provide the infantry with powerful firepower to suppress the Japanese army. There is no need to cross the trenches to pursue, just let the infantry pursue them! If the Japanese army really intends to withdraw from the trenches, wouldn't that be the right thing to do?

Do you follow our wishes?" Haoyue turned to look at the Japanese troops in front who were still retreating in a panic and said with a smile.

"Yes!" Yi Zhenhua nodded in agreement, and immediately ordered Hu Baiyang and Li Shufeng to rush forward with the infantry who followed them to capture the Japanese army's forward position.

Hu Baiyang and Li Shufeng led the soldiers to shout loudly and swarm toward the Japanese trenches. At the same time, Yi Zhenhua ordered the garrison soldiers equipped with Somi submachine guns to open the car doors and rush forward first.

Because in this kind of close-range trench battle, the terrifyingly fast Suomi submachine gun has more advantages than any other weapon.

Twenty soldiers from the garrison approached the Japanese trenches in a skirmish formation with brand-new Somi submachine guns. They picked off high-explosive grenades from their waists in unison, and then pulled the fuses almost at the same time.

Throw it towards the first Japanese trench which is less than thirty meters away.

These garrison soldiers have received formal military training from Zhao Daquan nearly a hundred years later. For this kind of position offensive and defensive battles, the training manual for the garrison soldiers specifically states that the trenches must be cleared with a round of grenades first to avoid any danger.

The enemy can only jump into or cross the trenches to continue the pursuit if they are wounded or have their rear troops ambushed.

Therefore, the performance of these garrison officers and soldiers at this time was completely in accordance with the provisions of the usual training manual.

At least fifteen or sixteen of the twenty grenades were accurately thrown into the first trench of the Japanese army, and the remaining grenades were thrown on the bunkers in front and behind the trench. Immediately afterwards, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in the front-line trench of the Japanese army.

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"Boom, boom, boom... boom, boom, boom..." The violent explosion shook the sky and the earth. Twenty soldiers from the garrison and dozens of soldiers led by Hu Baiyang were instantly staggered by the vibration caused by the big explosion.

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The violent explosion produced a huge and dazzling fireball, with scarlet flames rising into the sky like a fire dragon, and billowing smoke instantly filled the air.

Both the Japs and Yi Zhenhua stared dumbfounded at the big explosion in front of them. This was definitely not the power that a dozen grenades could produce. There was only one explanation. The Japanese army ambushed a large number of death squads carrying explosive bags in the trenches.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhenhua couldn't help but feel scared, and cold sweat broke out on his back. If Haoyue hadn't dissuaded him from pursuing the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation, all ten of his armed mining trucks would have been destroyed.

Even if the defensive armor of the armed mining vehicle can withstand the violent impact of the explosion and not be blown to pieces, the garrison soldiers and machine gunners on the roof of the mining vehicle will definitely be shattered to death by the shock.

Also frightened for a moment were Hu Baiyang, Li Shufeng and a large number of other soldiers. If they had been at the front just now, they would not have thrown grenades like the people in the garrison in pursuit of them.

So once they rush up, in the violent explosion like just now, they will be blown to pieces?

Just when Hu Baiyang and the others hesitated to move forward, Yi Zhenhua's order came from behind: "All the Japs' ambush troops have been killed. Brothers, you can rest assured in the pursuit. I will provide you with absolute fire support!"

"What a bastard, brothers, come with me!" Hu Baiyang couldn't help but flew into a rage after almost falling into the Japanese trap. He didn't even bother to slap the plaster on his face, and immediately picked up a light machine gun and shouted loudly.

"Charge! Kill!" Hundreds of soldiers once again erupted into a tsunami-like shout of killing, swarming towards the Japanese positions like water.

At the same time, Japanese commander Yamashita Kondo Yamashita was furious when he saw this. He almost jumped three feet high and pointed at the soldiers swarming into his position in front of him and roared: "Baga Ya Road, the Chinese people are so cunning.

Damn, they actually sent infantry to seize the position, and when did those Chinese infantry become so smart? They didn't forget to throw grenades before charging into the trench? Did they discover our warriors in advance?"

Yamashita Kondo knew that the soldiers in the garrison had undergone military training that was nearly a hundred years ahead of this era, and their combat methods and concepts were countless generations ahead of them.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, now that we have failed to destroy the Chinese tanks and the forward positions have been captured by them, I suggest that we retreat as soon as possible. If we delay it any longer, the consequences will be disastrous!" the chief of staff lowered his head with a sad face.

"Baga Yalu, you are so stupid. If we really withdraw from our position, we will be pursued by the Chinese tank troops with destructive force! Send a message to Commander Kondo again and urge him to send aviation troops to help quickly. As long as the aviation troops

If we can arrive in time, we will still have a chance to turn defeat into victory!" Yamashita Kondo roared restlessly.

"But, Mr. Colonel, he has not yet responded to the inquiry message we sent to Commander Kondo. In this case, is it possible for us to get support from the aviation force?" the Japanese chief of staff said hesitantly.

Just when Colonel Yamashita was hesitant to advance or retreat, a communications soldier suddenly ran out from the headquarters behind him and reported to him with an extremely ugly face: "Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, General Kondo Nobutake has called."

"Huh? What should I say?" Colonel Yamashita said with a heavy heart.

"Commander Kondo stated in the message that the sea-based aviation force was severely damaged by the China Army's anti-aircraft fire while supporting our operations and suffered heavy losses. It is temporarily unable to send any more fighter planes to assist. General Kondo suggested that we immediately retreat to the direction of Baoting.

Let's make another decision." The communications soldier lowered his head and replied quickly.

"What?" Yamashita Kondo was so angry that his whole body was smoldering, and he roared angrily: "Bagaya Road, the Navy is afraid of war. I want to sue, I want to file a complaint with the base camp, this bastard Kondo Nobutake...

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Before Yamashita Kondo finished scolding him, the chief of staff on the side quietly pushed him and told him to be careful. The discord between the Japanese Army and Navy is a well-known thing in the entire Japanese military community. Now Kondo Nobutake is afraid of war.

No matter what, even though it was a bit unjust and tantamount to selling the 2nd Infantry Regiment like a whore, Yamashita Kondo had no place to accuse him.

Kondo Nobutake could make up any excuse to excuse him. Not to mention Kondo Yamashita, even the Army Headquarters at the base camp might not be able to win the lawsuit against the Navy Headquarters.

Therefore, the chief of staff then whispered: "Your Majesty Colonel, now is not the time to talk about this. We should disperse and retreat as soon as possible. This way we can avoid being trapped by the China Army and at least half of the troops can withdraw."

In fact, it was not that Kondo Nobutake deliberately wanted to abandon the Second Infantry Regiment. It was because in a resource-scarce Japan, it was not easy to build a fighter plane. It should be noted that the empire's strategic resources such as steel, fuel, etc. were imported from the ocean at a high price.

Purchased by the United States of America on the other side, several aircraft were lost in the battle just now. This made the Japanese naval generals headed by Kondo Nobutake reluctantly give up air support for the 2nd Infantry Regiment, even if it was the 2nd Infantry Regiment.

As a result, the Second Infantry Regiment suffered a disastrous defeat.

This is Japan, a weird country and a weird military structure, because at that time, the Japanese Army, Navy, and Air Force were not three separate combat arms, but were divided into Army Land-based Aviation and Navy Sea-based Aviation, which were not affiliated with each other.

If the aviation unit on Hainan Island is a land-based aviation unit, then even if they are desperate, they will not give up supporting the 2nd Infantry Regiment as a last resort, leaving them in the danger of fighting alone.

In addition, the army and the navy have already had rifts in order to compete for the empire's strategic supplies, which are not abundant. Therefore, unless it is a particularly important battle or there is a fatal order from a superior, it will be difficult for them to work together once they suffer heavy losses and setbacks.

collaborative.

"Order the First Battalion to defend the rear, the Second, Third Battalion, and the regiment's garrison to immediately retreat to Baoting in two directions! Quick!" After pondering for a moment, Colonel Yamashita made a decision with difficulty, because he suffered heavy losses in the battle just now.

of the 1st Infantry Group and was virtually abandoned by him.
Chapter completed!