Under the personal supervision of Torajiro Iwai, the 108th Division's attack became more and more frenzied. Now it was the first group of the Japanese 240th Infantry Regiment that was responsible for attacking the ninth battalion position.
In order to seize the position of the Ninth Battalion, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi, even assigned more than a hundred cavalry from the newly gathered and defeated cavalry regiment to the first battalion.
The captain of the first battalion, Major Isao Nakayama, led a squadron of infantry to a place 800 meters away from the 9th Battalion position. He said to Lieutenant Kubo of the squadron: "Lieutenant Kubo, you first lead your infantry squadron to conduct an exploratory test."
Charge and conduct fire reconnaissance for the brigade, I will lead the brigade to support you from behind."
Lieutenant Kubo felt a little dissatisfied when he saw that the captain of the battalion had a squadron of cavalry in his hands, but he was allowed to lead the infantry to attack. However, after all, he had to bite the bullet and agree.
"Kill..." Lieutenant Kubo led nearly two hundred Japanese infantrymen and pushed forward.
"Barracks, why are the Japanese cavalry watching the excitement from behind and letting the infantry attack? Isn't this using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points?" Lu Xianping, who was on the battlefield, was greatly puzzled when he saw the Japanese army's formation of troops.
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"snort!"
Lei Xianghe sneered disdainfully: "This Japanese commander is quite cautious. He is spying on our firepower arrangement! He ordered the troops' heavy machine guns not to fire, and only half of the MG42 was allowed to be exposed. I want to
Let’s see what they can do.”
When the Japanese army entered 400 meters, the machine guns of the Ninth Battalion opened fire. Although they still only fired half of the firepower, the dense rain of bullets from MG42 still overwhelmed the Japanese infantry so much that they could not even raise their heads.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant, the firepower of the Chinese Army is too fierce. We will only die if we go up like this." A team leader climbed up next to Lieutenant Kubo and shouted loudly.
"We have to fight too hard, otherwise the captain will not be able to spare us!" Kubo gritted his teeth and "ordered the troops to keep moving forward, and the grenades must suppress their machine guns."
"Hey! Everyone, come with me and kill me..."
The squad leader had no choice but to grit his teeth and pull out the command knife, leading his squad to rush forward...
"Da da da......"
The dense rain of bullets from the dozen MG42s of the Ninth Battalion swept forward like water. Lieutenant Kubo found that his more than one hundred men were like small sampans in the sea, and there was a danger of the entire army being annihilated at any time.
After less than twenty minutes of fighting, Kubo discovered that his squadron suffered too many casualties and could no longer hold on, so he had to withdraw with his team.
Major Tsufu Nakayama, who was supervising the battle from behind, hurriedly rode towards us and shouted loudly: "Lieutenant Kubo, why did you withdraw?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, Major, nearly half of our soldiers have been killed or injured. We really cannot capture the opponent's position. Please ask for artillery support!" Kubo stood up quickly and said.
"Baga, we don't have artillery support, we will attack even if we are all out!"
Major Tsufu Nakayama opened his blood-red eyes, "You are simply a bastard. Judging from the firepower of the Chinese, it is obvious that the opponent's force only has one battalion, and they will call for reinforcements at any time.
If we wait until their reinforcements arrive, it will be even harder for us to fight. You have only killed a few people and are already timid. I really doubt whether you are officer material!"
Lieutenant Kubo was scolded so badly by Major Nakayama Tsutsuo that he was left speechless for a while.
At this time, a group of defeated Japanese infantrymen were running past the left and right of Major Nakayama Tsutsuo. Four wounded soldiers were grabbing the limbs of a wounded soldier and running backwards. The opponent's mortar shells were constantly hitting the defeated Japanese infantry.
Explosion in the team.
"Quickly order the troops to assemble where they are and stop retreating." Nakayama Takuo stamped his feet and gave the order to Lieutenant Kubo.
Lieutenant Kubo, as if awakened from a dream, ordered the buglers who rushed to the side: "Blow the trumpet, assemble where you are, assemble where you are!"
"Didi..." The Japanese bugler puffed up his cheeks and blew the trumpet.
"Wow!" When the defeated Japanese soldiers heard the sound of the bugle, they immediately stood still and followed the sound of the bugle. They understood that where the bugle came from, the battlefield commander was there.
"Tick-tick-tick-tick-tock..." The sound of the bugle changed again.
The Japanese soldiers in the dark night immediately ran in the direction of the bugle sound when they heard the bugle note.
The surrounding Japanese soldiers gathered around like locusts. Lieutenant Kubo suddenly found that two soldiers dragged a wounded soldier to a crater in front and lowered him down. He hurriedly asked loudly: "How is he?"
"Your Excellency Lieutenant, Your Excellency Second Lieutenant is already dead, so we have to put him in the crater."
As soon as he heard that he was the second lieutenant, Matsuyama hurriedly asked: "Is it the second lieutenant Shi Chun?"
"Yes, Lieutenant Your Excellency," the same soldier replied, "We are a commando team commanded by Second Lieutenant Shi Chun. Twenty-two people were killed in the battle. We were the only ones who retreated. The other seriously injured people are still on the battlefield and no one has brought them back.
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Lieutenant Kubo felt very uncomfortable when he heard this. He turned around and shouted loudly: "Maruyama, Second Lieutenant Maruyama!"
"Sir, Second Lieutenant Maruyama is reporting." A second lieutenant squeezed out from the chaotic team.
Lieutenant Kubo looked him over and asked, "How are your team's casualties?"
"Two-thirds were killed, and nearly half of the remaining one-third were lightly or seriously wounded." Second Lieutenant Maruyama answered hastily.
Kubo stepped forward and patted Maruyama on the shoulder: "Shi Chunjun has been killed. There are still more than a dozen wounded in his team who have not been evacuated from the battlefield. Please hurry up and carry them down."
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader"
This order gave Maruyama a headache, and he hurriedly said: "The mortar and machine gun fire in front of the Chinese position ahead is very fierce. I am completing the combat mission you assigned. I'm afraid we will incur more than a dozen casualties."
I believe that any rational commander would not issue such a stupid order to send the same number of soldiers to a dozen injured people whose life or death is unknown. However, after hearing the order later, Nakayama Ikuo roared loudly next to him: "
Go quickly, not to rescue the wounded, but to assemble everyone and attack immediately, attack!"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes!" Lieutenant Kubo sighed and said to Maruyama: "Maruyama-kun, now you follow me to attack."
"Your Majesty, Major," Second Lieutenant Maruyama's fierceness also emerged, "We can attack, but we don't have enough troops. We, the remnant troops with heavy casualties, cannot take the opposite China Union position."
"Baga, are you afraid of death?" A furious Nakayama Tsufu immediately rushed over and grabbed Second Lieutenant Maruyama by the collar, "If you are a warrior of the Japanese Empire, you should command you without hesitation.
Do you understand that your soldiers will fight the enemy personally to the death instead of retreating?"
"Mr. Major," Lieutenant Maruyama also risked his life at this time: "The Chinese mortars and those damn machine guns were all aimed and fired. The firepower is very lethal. You can't accuse us of being incompetent. Don't believe me.
Why don't you try to charge forward with your cavalry?"
"Baga, you anti-war element!" Nakayama Tsufu was so angry that his whole body was shaking, he drew his command sword and shouted: "I will chop you."
"Even if you shoot me, I won't be able to break through this line of defense."
Isao Nakayama was so angry that he gritted his teeth and raised his command sword, "I will execute you!"
"Put down the knife!" someone shouted from behind.
Major Tsutsuo Nakayama was shocked when he heard the news. He hurriedly took a few steps over with his command sword in hand: "I'm reporting to Colonel Miyamoto that Second Lieutenant Maruyama refused my order to die, and I'm preparing to take military action against him!"
While listening, Colonel Tsumugi Nakamura looked at the Japanese soldiers around him, and at one point looked at the sky red with artillery fire in the distance. He turned back and stared at Major Nakayama Tsumugi. After thinking for a while, he said to him: "Come with me."
When Nakayama Tatsuo met Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi, he was like a mouse meeting a cat. He had no choice but to leave the team for more than ten meters and stand in a depression. Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi cursed angrily: "I think you are crazy, crazy."
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"Your Excellency Colonel, I am... I am..."
"The battlefield is so cruel, with a large number of casualties among officers and soldiers. We are fighting far away from the mainland, and our military resources are extremely limited. You are here to show off your authority and execute a lieutenant of the Empire of Japan based on emotion. Do you still have the law?"
Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi was furious and cursed.
"Your Excellency, Captain, I must kill as a warning to others..."
"We want him to make meritorious service and kill as many enemies as possible on the battlefield. Isn't it more effective than your move?" Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi stared at Major Nakayama Tsufu.
Zhongshan Gufu did not dare to refute, but listened quietly, not daring to express his anger.
"I have told you long ago that you should use your brain more and use all available opportunities and means on the battlefield to inspire the soldiers to charge, but you only know how to show off your shameful prestige.
I really doubt what you learned in the military academy? You are not a real officer yet, you still need to study hard!"
"Hi! I understand, Colonel!"
"Just understand!" Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi waved his hand, "Hurry up and urge the troops to advance. Lieutenant Kubo and Second Lieutenant Maruyama must supervise the battle on the front line. The cavalry I assigned to you should not be idle either. They must immediately cooperate with us to launch an attack. We must
Penetrate the troops in front."
"Hi!" Major Zhongshan Zhifu had no choice but to take the order and leave.
"Da da da……"
Major Tsutsuo Nakayama led the cavalry forward majestically. They quickly passed the infantry in front and rushed to the front, which actually made the infantry behind them cheer.
"Battle base, the Japs' cavalry has launched a charge!" Lu Xianping looked at the cavalrymen running like locusts in front and said loudly to Lei Xianghe's ear.
"Got it, order all the concealed machine guns to fire. These little Japs should be taught a lesson." The Ninth Battalion suffered a big loss from the Japs cavalry this morning. Are you still feeling angry? Now you are sulking.
"Dong dong dong..."
The heavy machine gun that had been hiding its firepower and the other half of the MG42 machine gun opened fire. The firepower immediately increased several times, knocking down the seemingly majestic cavalry in front of them.
Major Tsutsuo Nakayama saw with his own eyes that a cavalryman in front of him on the left was hit by a bullet from a heavy machine gun, and his entire body was broken into two pieces. His upper body fell to the ground, but his lower body still followed the horse's charge.
"Baga, hurry up, separate quickly. The cavalry is divided into two teams and attacks on the enemy's left and right wings." However, Nakayama Tsufu's order could not be conveyed on the high-speed galloping horses. The cavalry still followed the original method and launched an attack on the enemy's frontal position.
attack.
Although the casualties were considerable, most of the Japanese cavalry rushed to a place less than 100 meters away from the Ninth Battalion position.
Seeing the Japanese cavalry charging so fiercely, Lei Xianghe laughed coldly and ordered: "Command brothers, the machine guns cease fire and let the Japanese come over so that the directional mines can be detonated."
"yes!"
The Japanese never dreamed that just now, Lei Xianghe had ordered his troops to lay a batch of landmines in front of the position.
Moreover, these mines are not ordinary anti-infantry mines, but M18A1 anti-infantry directional mines.
The mine is a slightly curved plastic box with a length of 216 mm, a height of 86 mm, a thickness of 35 mm, and a total mass of 1.6 kg. The top center part of the mine shell is an aiming hole, and there is a detonator chamber on both sides of the aiming hole.
, and equipped with corresponding detonator chamber plug.
The front of the mine body is loaded with 700 steel balls with a total weight of 650 grams, and the back is loaded with 680 grams of high explosives.
The biggest difference between directional landmines and ordinary landmines is that their killing range is only in one direction, rather than spreading out in all directions, so their firepower is more intensive, and their detonation methods are also diverse and flexible.
When Zhongshan Zhifu saw that hundreds of his own cavalry had rushed to the enemy's position, he did not notice that the enemy's firepower had weakened significantly. He couldn't help feeling excited and shouted loudly, "Charge up and kill all these Chinese people!"
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As soon as the voice finished, a series of explosions sounded in front, and thousands of steel balls suddenly flew out from the front of the position and flew towards the cavalry.
"Ah...ah..." The cavalrymen who rushed at the front fell down one after another, bloody and bloody.
"Bagaya Road, we have fallen into a trap!" Seeing the continuous sound of explosions and the cavalry falling down like wheat, Nakayama Tsufu knew that he had no way out, so he raised his command sword and shouted loudly:
"Kill me..."
But as soon as he finished speaking, he was hit by a bullet and fell off his horse...
More than a hundred cavalrymen led by Nakayama Tsufu were almost wiped out in just one charge. Seeing Major Nakayama Tsufu's fall, the remaining Japanese troops could no longer support themselves and retreated one after another.
"Sir, are we still charging forward?" Seeing the cavalry retreating one after another, Second Lieutenant Maruyama behind him quickly faced the rain of bullets flying above his head, climbed to Lieutenant Kubo's side, and asked loudly.
At this time, Kubo was no longer as tough as before. Seeing the intensive firepower in front of him, he was in a dilemma.
He knew very well that if he relied on his infantry of less than 100 men to attack the garrison position with abnormal firepower, he would definitely die. But if he retreated, Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi, who was supervising the battle from behind, would definitely die.
Can't spare myself.
It is true that moving forward is death, retreating is still death, what is a dilemma, Lieutenant Kubo has a profound understanding of it today.
Kubo gritted his teeth and said, "Maruyama-kun, if we go forward, we will die, and if we retreat, we will die. Why don't we just be loyal to the emperor? At least our family can get a little respect. Otherwise, if we go back and be executed by Colonel, even our family will be humiliated."
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Second Lieutenant Maruyama also laughed miserably, "Okay, then I will serve the Emperor together with you today."
When the two were about to order the troops to continue charging, a rush of trumpets suddenly came from behind. The two were startled at first, and then looked overjoyed, because that was the trumpet for retreating troops, and they no longer had to die.