"Okay, you go make arrangements... I went out to observe the enemy's situation. It's still more than an hour before dark. Although the little devils were cut off by two squadrons at once, for each of their divisions,
Say, no matter who you are, it's insignificant. We can't help but be on guard..." The third battalion commander nodded in agreement.
The third battalion commander got out of the tunnel where he was hiding. At this time, the bombardment by the Japs was still continuing. However, no one was in the position where they had just fought or in the trenches on the mountain ridge. There were only corpses everywhere.
The enemy's and our own... Under the fierce bombardment of the little devils, countless corpses were blown into pieces... The fragments of the corpses, the bright red blood, the blown up soil... were soon mixed in
Together, the entire position was dyed bright red.
On the other hand, the Little Japanese position was completely peaceful at this time. After two squadrons were wiped out, the remaining two squadrons of the attacking Japanese brigade had all retreated to their starting positions., Ten Thousand
Many little devils were quietly staying in place...waiting quietly.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, the attack of the First Battalion was crushed by the Eighth Route Army's counterattack... Nearly 400 Imperial Army soldiers were shattered... More than half of the First Battalion's casualties... Moreover, the Captain of the First Battalion has already
I committed suicide by caesarean section and apologized to His Majesty the Emperor..." Seeing the incomplete First Battalion that had retreated, the chief of staff couldn't believe it and told the shocking news to a regimental commander who was paying attention to the entire battlefield.
"Nani... committed suicide by caesarean section... Baga... Murakami-kun. It's not the imperial soldiers' fault that they retreat when they encounter a slight setback. It's not the imperial soldiers' fault..." the captain cursed loudly.
"Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, now is not the time to investigate the responsibility. The task given to our regiment by the division commander is to seize the Eighth Route Army positions before dark and completely occupy the entire Gong Village. However, now there are only
It's less than an hour and a half. What should we do next? Should we continue to send troops to attack?" Seeing the frowning commander, the chief of staff reminded him in a low voice.
"Offensive, continue to attack me. We must carry out the division commander's order and capture the Eighth Route Army's position before dark. Almost two hours have passed now... We don't have enough time anymore.
The Second Brigade is sent up. At the same time, the remaining two squadrons of the First Brigade are all under the command of the captain of the Second Brigade. Also, bring all the mortars of our regiment up to me, and we must suppress the Eighth Route Army.
Mortar fire. The attack of the First Battalion just now. If it were not for the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army position in front of us now would be ours..." the commander of the regiment loudly ordered.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Wing Commander, I will make arrangements right away..." The Chief of Staff quickly fled from the Wing Commander who could explode at any time, and divided his comrades into various brigades that had already received the mission.
In order to capture the Eighth Route Army's position at once, the captain of the attacking Second Battalion worked hard. After summing up the experience of the failed attack of the First Battalion, the captain of the Second Battalion decided to attack the Eighth Route Army's position and the artillery behind the position.
Launch an artillery attack on your position.
In order to achieve the intended bombardment effect and destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions, in addition to a mountain artillery brigade serving as artillery cover, dozens of mortars and hundreds of grenades from the entire regiment were all concentrated on the front line.
Mountain artillery and grenades mainly attack the surface positions of the Eighth Route Army and destroy various fortifications on the positions. Dozens of various mortars carry out fierce artillery fire on the Eighth Route Army positions not far away.
Dozens of mortars of various types quickly adjusted their firing angles based on the shooting parameters measured by the mountain artillery brigade just now. A burst of rapid fire... fierce and dense artillery fire was directed at the artillery company position that had just launched the bombardment.
, all of a sudden the independent regiment's artillery position was beaten to pieces. When the little devil's mortars moved their targets, the 12 mortars that were neat just now had been blown up and down, and there were less than 4 mortars left.
The guns can continue to be used. However, the remaining four mortars will not play any role at all in the upcoming blocking battle.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Hearing the explosion of the artillery shells above his head, feeling the slightly trembling tunnel, and seeing the fearful soldiers behind him. The commander of the third battalion, who never gave up, suddenly faced
He was worried about whether he would be able to complete the tasks assigned to him by the regiment. After all, there were only more than 200 people left behind him, but the troops of the Japs were endless. More importantly, they had sufficient artillery support.
Thinking of the more brutal battle that was about to take place, the third battalion commander couldn't help but shook his head. At this moment, the phone rang.
"Batalion Commander, it's the regimental commander's call..." The correspondent took the call, turned around and shouted to the battalion commander not far away. Upon hearing that it was the regiment commander, the third battalion commander immediately ran over and took the phone from the correspondent.
Telephone.
"Report to the captain, I am the commander of the third battalion. Do you have any tasks? Please give me instructions..."
"Well, Third Battalion Commander, we just received a report and the situation has changed. The artillery company behind you was suddenly attacked by enemy mortars just now. It suffered heavy losses and basically lost its combat effectiveness. So,
In the next battle, you will lose the long-range artillery support of the artillery company. However, the situation has changed, and our plan has also changed. I discussed it with the chief of staff and decided to let the little devils into the village in advance. Now I order,
When the Japs attack next, the Third Battalion only needs to provide appropriate resistance, retreat in camera, and let the Japs into the village to prepare for street fighting." The voice of the regiment leader Xie Guohua came from the microphone.
"Yes, Commander, you saved our third battalion... Commander, please rest assured that the third battalion will definitely complete the mission..." The third battalion commander smiled and said excitedly into the microphone. Because, with the commander
With this order, my third battalion will not be wiped out by the little devils, and the veterans behind them who have experienced the war can survive intact...
"Okay, I know that your third battalion suffered heavy casualties after the blocking battle just now. However, you are not without your mission. After retreating to the tunnel, immediately replenish ammunition and prepare for battle. If the street fighting in the village becomes too fierce, you
I will order the third battalion to join the battle at any time." Hearing the excited voice of the third battalion commander, the regiment leader Xie Guohua reminded.
"Don't worry, Commander, the Third Battalion promises to complete the mission..." After saying that, the Third Battalion Commander put down the phone with a smile on his face, walked to the entrance of the tunnel and continued to observe the enemy's situation. At the same time, he conveyed the order he had just received to the tunnel.
In the ears of every soldier, suddenly, the tunnel that was still lifeless just now was now full of smiles, and the fear on the soldiers' faces disappeared because of the order just now.
"Comrades, the bombardment of the Japs has ended, get into position immediately, hurry..." Finally, twenty minutes later, the shelling of the Japs finally ended. I saw the ridges, trenches, and the third battalion that had been completely flattened outside.
The commander ordered loudly. Soon, under the command of the two company commanders, the soldiers filed out of the tunnel and arrived at the position that had become a ruin.
"Don't waste your energy. Find a bomb crater and get ready for battle. Listen to my order. Each person shoots a magazine of bullets, then withdraws from the position and enters the tunnel." I saw that some soldiers had already taken out their engineering shovels and started digging.
Trenches, the battalion commander immediately stopped this kind of work that wasted energy and had no effect, and gave a loud order.
As soon as the Japanese bombardment ended, nearly twenty reinforced heavy machine guns fired at the little Japanese starting position, and a dense rain of bullets hit the position almost right on the edge of the enemy.
Soon, under the cover of heavy machine guns, a group and a half of more than a thousand Japs appeared in the sight of the soldiers. The Japs, who were four times the strength just now, looked like yellow waves.
, slowly pressed towards the ridge. The soldiers were lying quietly in the craters on the ridge, holding the rifles in their hands tightly, and steadily aimed at the little Japanese not far away.
Infantrymen, waiting for the battalion commander's order to fire.
"Aim them all for me, one magazine for each person, retreat and shoot..." Soon, the loud command of the commander of the third battalion came from the mountain ridge. Immediately afterwards, there was a dense volley of gunfire.
.The Japs who were 200 meters away, under the intensive volley of guns, were suddenly defeated by more than a dozen people. However, the intensive heavy machine gun firepower of the Japs, because the soldiers did not use the heavy machine guns at all, seemed like artillery fire.
Mosquitoes basically did not pose any substantial threat to the soldiers scattered in the crater.
"Bang bang..." With the sound of rifles, the five bullets were quickly fired by the soldiers. And the little devil also lost almost a team of troops in the continuous sound of rifles. The entire team
On the position, no soldier disobeyed the order, even if he fired one more bullet. After firing the bullets in their rifles, they all bent down, climbed out of the crater where they were hiding, got into the tunnel again, and walked towards the village. Very soon
Quickly, the mountain ridge that had been ringing with intensive gunshots just now became a deserted position.
"Yo Xi, the gunfire of the Eighth Route Army can no longer be heard on the mountain ridge. They must have run out of ammunition, or the Eighth Route Army has escaped... Brave warriors of the Empire, the time has come to make contributions to the Empire, kill them all...
...Kill..." After seeing a burst of gunfire, the entire mountain ridge became quiet. The captain of the Japanese Second Battalion became excited and shouted loudly to the more than a thousand troops in front of him, waving his hands
Hold the command knife in the middle to order the troops to speed up the charge.
"Kill..." Without the blocking gunshots and bullets, the little devil's morale was suddenly raised to the maximum distance of 200 meters. For the fast charging little devil, it only took less than two minutes.
Time. Two minutes later, the little devil's sun flag was planted on the empty Third Battalion's position. At this point, the blocking battle of the Third Battalion at the entrance of the village ended victoriously after paying a heavy price.
"Yo Xi, the Eighth Route Army must have been scared away by the warriors who fought against the Japanese Empire. Immediately send a report to the regiment commander and division commander, saying that our army has successfully occupied the Eighth Route Army position. Countless Eighth Route Army troops have been wiped out, and the remaining Eighth Route Army troops are in a panic.
They fled into Gong Village and asked for instructions on the next step of the battle..." Seeing the Eighth Route Army position that had been blown to the ground in front of him, the Japanese captain ordered excitedly.
"Hi, Mr. Captain..." The communications soldier who was following the captain followed the order and left. After a while, he saw the communications soldier running over excitedly.
"Reporting to your Excellency the Brigade Captain, Your Excellency the Wing Commander has called back. This is the telegram..." the communications soldier saluted and at the same time handed a telegram to the Brigade Captain.
"Yo Xi, order, leave a small team to hold the position. The remaining troops follow me into the village, eliminate the remaining troops of the Eighth Route Army, and occupy the entire Gong Village. The main force will follow." After reading the telegram, the captain smiled.
He ordered to several squadron leaders who were waiting for missions around him.
"Hi... Your Excellency, Captain, resolutely destroy the Eighth Route Army and occupy Gong Village..." several squadron leaders replied in unison.
Soon, after leaving a small team of security forces behind, the remaining more than a thousand Japs, under the command of the captain, attacked Gong Village in a mighty manner. However, the squadron leader of the Japs did not because of
The recent victory gave rise to any thoughts of underestimating the enemy. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they did not rush in with all the troops. Instead, they sent a small team of troops to go into the village to conduct reconnaissance, and the remaining troops were all on alert.
At the entrance of the village, be ready for offensive support at any time.
"Captain, the Japs have entered the village, but only a small team of troops came in..." The leader of a reconnaissance platoon on a lookout mission saw a small team of Japs and cautiously entered Gong Village, leaving behind a certain amount of troops.
The troops continued to monitor the Japanese troops and immediately ran to the regiment command post to report.
"There is only one squad. Where is the main force of the Japs? Isn't there a large squad? Where are their people?" Hearing that only one squad of troops entered the village, the regiment leader Xie Guohua couldn't help but frowned. You know, you have to prepare yourself.
It took such a long time and a lot of manpower and material resources were spent. If it was just to eliminate a small team of little Japs, it would be too uneconomical.
"Captain, there are more than a thousand Japs here. However, except for a small team of Japs who entered the village, the remaining more than a thousand people stopped at the entrance of the village and were ready to fight. I stayed
Soldiers from a reconnaissance squad are monitoring the village entrance..." the reconnaissance platoon leader reported.
"Damn, the kid is really cunning. I ordered all the troops participating in the street fighting to spare the kid's team. Hide them all for me and don't expose the target. After the main force of the kid enters the village, we
We are firing, and the whole regiment is taking my gunshot as a signal...waiting for my order to fire..." Xie Guohua ordered with a frown.
"Yes, Commander..." With the commander's order, those regiments that were preparing to attack these Japanese squads turned their heads one after another. So, this Japanese squad, with the cooperation of the independent regiment soldiers,
It took less than twenty minutes to go around the whole village. However, due to the limitation of troops, for the soldiers hiding in the yard and tunnels, this little devil's little devil was
It's simply impossible to find.
"Reporting to the captain, your Excellency, after our team's investigation, the village is deserted, not even a living thing can be seen... We can enter the village..." After the team leader led the troops out of the village
, the first one ran up to the captain, saluted and replied.
"Yo Xi, thank you for your hard work. Your team should just stay at the entrance of the village to rest... Order, each squadron will enter the village in turn, and then take the squadron as a unit and act separately. After conducting a detailed inspection of the entire Gong Village
The investigation must ensure the safety of the entire Gong Village." The captain nodded with satisfaction and ordered to the several squadron leaders surrounding him.
"Hi... Your Excellency, Captain..." Several squadron captains took the order and left. Soon, soldiers from the entire reinforced brigade, a total of six squadrons, lined up neatly at the entrance of the village, led by the second squadron and the first squadron.
As the vanguard, they stormed into the village in a mighty manner, and divided into squadrons to advance to various areas in the village.
"Captain, the little Japs have entered the village. There are more than a thousand people in total, six squadrons of troops...and they are also carrying heavy machine guns. Where are the mortars?" The reconnaissance platoon leader hurriedly ran to the regiment command post again.
, said to the regiment leader Xie Guohua and the chief of staff who were waiting anxiously.
"Finally entered the village. I have been waiting for this moment for several days, and now it is finally here. Order the first and second battalions to prepare for battle. When they hear the order to fire, give me a hard hit. Regiment Headquarters
The guard company was also ready for battle. Taking the sound of my gun as an order, we immediately rushed to the entrance of the village and used tunnels and other fortifications to block the escape route of the little devils. Our independent regiment will eliminate these former soldiers bit by bit today.
There are many little devils, so take them all at once." The leader put down the telescope in his hand and ordered excitedly.
"Yes, Commander..." Seeing the correspondent who was on the phone, Commander Xie Guohua smiled, pulled out a small pistol from his holster, loaded the bullet, and aimed at a person who was getting closer and closer to him.
The little devil sergeant.
"Bang..." A crisp gunshot rang out, breaking the quiet evening in Gong Village. As for the entire squadron, the leader of the vanguard squad, Xiaojiazijuncao, was covering his chest where blood was pouring out, with a face filled with surprise.
fell into a pool of blood.
"Baga... the enemy is attacking... take cover..." Just when Xie Guohua's gunfire rang out, a small Japanese squadron who got into the street fighting fortifications of the 1st and 2nd companies of the 1st Battalion immediately gave an order.
They began to look for shelter. However, it was already too late. The moment the regiment leader's gunshot rang out, countless holes suddenly appeared in front of the courtyard that had been intact just a moment ago.