"Baga...haven't all the German weapon masters of the China Army been lost long ago? Why are they still here?"
Seeing the heavily armed army approaching the headquarters, Sakata Nobutsu's deep-buried fear burst out.
Although Nobuyuki Sakata has the stubbornness and cruelty unique to Japanese soldiers, as long as he is a human being, there are things to be afraid of. For Nobuyuki Sakata, he can often dream of the scenes during the bloody battle in Luodian.
The continuous sound of charging horns and the shouts of the Chinese soldiers who launched a group charge in the face of the bombardment of naval guns and aircraft still linger in his ears.
He almost roared and issued the order: "Immediately order the Third and Fifth Battalions to stop the attack and rush to the headquarters immediately. The First Battalion is responsible for the rear. Let us destroy the Chinese army in front of us at all costs!"
"Hi!"
Miura Shinichi responded loudly and was about to deliver the order, but then there was a rapid and sharp whistling sound from the sky.
"Day...day..."
Miura Shinichi and Sakata Nobutetsu were both battle-hardened veterans. When they heard the sound coming from the sky, they almost shouted out at the same time: "No... Chinese mortars!"
"Your Excellency, Captain, be careful!"
Miura Zhen subconsciously rushed towards Nobu Tetsu Sakata. Just as the two were about to fall to the ground, a shell landed less than three meters away from them. A huge explosion accompanied by a strong shock wave pushed the two down.
On the ground, more shells landed near them, quickly engulfing the two of them.
"Well played!"
Gao Hongming, who was leading his troops to charge, was overjoyed when he saw the Japanese command post being swallowed up by flames and smoke. He pointed at the command post and shouted: "Brothers, the Japanese command post has been captured by our artillery. Everyone, follow me and charge."
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"Come on!"
Although this was a militia group that had only been trained for less than three months, under the leadership of Gao Hongming, Wu Chengfeng and other officers, the soldiers mustered up the courage to launch an attack on the hill where the third regiment's headquarters was located.
As the Japanese army's headquarters was destroyed, and most of the troops were involved in the attack, the Japanese army responsible for guarding only had two squads of more than 100 troops, and more than half of the troops were lost in the intensive artillery fire.
There was no way to launch a decent counterattack, so it only took Gao Hongming and his party more than ten minutes to rush into the Japanese headquarters.
"Sir, all the Japs inside are dead."
"Look quickly... we must find the body of the Japanese officer, and the most important thing is to find the regiment flag!"
"Quickly spread out and look around!"
Wu Chengfeng and Xiao Zhankui directed the soldiers to search everywhere, and at the same time sent troops to provide warning.
Soon the bodies of Nobutsu Sakata and Shinichi Miura were found by the soldiers, and after finding their sabers, the soldiers did not dare to neglect and reported it quickly.
Looking at the two corpses with mutilated limbs, Gao Hongming felt a little sick. He resisted the urge to vomit and checked.
"Well, there is a colonel, a lieutenant colonel, and two well-preserved sabers next to them. It seems that it must be Sakata Nobutetsu." Gao Hongming nodded, and then asked: "Where is the alliance flag, have you found it?"
Wu Chengfeng shook his head: "No, there are only more than ten people in the headquarters, and they are all here. I haven't found the coalition flag. Could it be that the Japanese put the coalition flag somewhere else?"
"No, the regiment flag must be near the headquarters, not too far away."
Gao Hongming immediately rejected Wu Chengfeng's opinion. The coalition flag was the lifeblood of the little devil, and no coalition captain would let the coalition flag out of his sight.
"Sir, someone has escaped!"
At this moment, several soldiers in the distance shouted, and along with their voices, a burst of gunfire rang out, and two soldiers fell to the ground.
The sound of gunfire was so sudden that Wu Chengfeng threw Gao Hongming to the ground before he had time to react. Then there was a burst of rapid gunfire nearby, which was the sound of soldiers from the security squad led by Dabao shooting with MP40 submachine guns.
"Da da da... da da da..."
Along with the sound of submachine guns, the surrounding soldiers also reacted and shot in the direction of the sound of gunshots.
"stand up……"
At this time, Gao Hongming, who was pressed to the ground, pushed Wu Chengfeng away from him and hid behind a mound. He looked in the direction of the gunfire and found that it was more than a hundred meters away from him.
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers were hiding in a jungle and shooting at them.
The bush was very densely overgrown, and it was probably for this reason that it had escaped the soldiers' search just now, and these people were currently hiding in the jungle while shooting at them and retreating back.
"There must be something wrong with these people!"
"Stop them...stop them!"
Almost at the same time, the voices of Wu Chengfeng, Wu Xiao Zhankui and some officers were heard around them. It seemed that everyone was thinking about it together.
They were indeed right, these people were the flag guard team of Sakata United.
The Japanese army's military regulations have very strict regulations on military flags. If the military flag is present, the regiment will be present. If the military flag is absent, the regiment's establishment will be cancelled. Therefore, each regiment has a flag protection team.
Not everyone can join this flag-protecting team. If the military quality is not good enough, and if you don't have a sense of honor (brainwashed by the Nazis), you can't join at all. The practice in the Japanese army is that top students who graduated from the non-commissioned officer school are given priority to serve as guards.
Flag bearer.
A flag guard team usually has twenty to thirty people, and the Sakata United Team is no exception.
This flag-protecting team was actually stationed next to the headquarters. The sudden shelling just now killed half of the flag-protecting team, and the remaining ten people were left in a hurry.
We can only hide in this jungle in a hurry, wait until the Chinese army leaves, and then leave quietly.
I just didn't expect that the opponent actually started to search the surroundings. Seeing that he could no longer hide, the team leader had no choice but to take risks and force a breakout, and the battle happened in a hurry.
"Quick... outflank us!"
"Machine gunner... Machine gunner... all you are holding are fire sticks... Hurry up and suppress them!"
Amidst the shouts and curses of the officers, the militia soldiers hurriedly raised their weapons and fired into the jungle.
"Kakaka...kakaka..."
As several MG42 machine guns started shooting, the Japanese flag guard team in the jungle was immediately in bad luck.
In another time and space, Allied soldiers nicknamed MG42 Adolf's Chainsaw.
In comparison, any similar machine gun of the Allied Forces during the same period was no match for it, and its rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute was unmatched by any other machine gun.
In less than thirty seconds, thousands of rounds of bullets engulfed the jungle where the Japanese troops were located. For a while, except for the sound of the MG42 tearing up oilcloth, no gunshots could be heard around.