The 42nd Regiment collapsed so quickly at Qingdun Temple, without even waiting for reinforcements, which really surprised Sakagaki Seishiro.
"Order, search the 5th Regiment to quickly prepare for defense, and the 21st Regiment to quickly move to the division headquarters. The safety of the division headquarters must be given top priority."
Sakagaki Seishiro is still very concerned about his own safety. After all, the division headquarters is the highest command organization here. If anything happens to the division headquarters, tens of thousands of troops will be leaderless.
Not long after Sakagaki Seishiro's order was issued, the defeated troops of the 42nd Regiment rushed to Wangzhuang, where the division headquarters was located. Sakagaki was afraid that Chinese soldiers would follow the 42nd Regiment and take the opportunity to attack the division.
The headquarters ordered the officers to start shouting, asking the retreating soldiers to bypass the left and right sides and not retreat from the front. Anyone who dared to disobey the order would be shot on the spot.
The attack of the Chinese army caught Sakagaki Seishiro by surprise, and their speed surprised Sakagaki.
"What, the Chinese Army has already rushed outside the first line of defense and is exchanging fire with the 5th Search Regiment? What about the 42nd Regiment, where did they retreat to?"
Colonel Saburo Kawabe lowered his head and replied: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the 42nd Regiment, led by Colonel Yoshikawa Akira, has retreated behind us. Colonel Yoshikawa Akira is reorganizing the team and preparing to launch a counterattack!"
"Hmph, fight back!"
A sarcastic smile appeared on Seishiro Sakagaki's face, "How many people are left in the 42nd Regiment?"
"Well... there are more than 700 people left in the 42nd Regiment!" Saburo Kawabe hesitated before answering.
"More than 700 people, what a strong force!" Seishiro Sakagaki's face changed and he shouted angrily: "There are only more than 700 people left in the entire regiment of more than 4,000 people, and he still wants to counterattack? Does he really think that I am
Are you an idiot?"
Saburo Kawabe was silent. Of course he knew that this was just a lie made up by Colonel Yoshikawa Akira in order to avoid punishment. If more than 700 people could fight back, he would not have fled back from the front with the remaining soldiers.
Immediately order the 11th Regiment and the 21st Regiment to move closer to the division headquarters. As long as the division headquarters is not lost, the people will have to retreat as soon as it gets light, otherwise they will wait to be blown to pieces by aerial bombs.
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Just when Seishiro Sakagaki gave the order, the gunshots outside became more and more lively, which also showed that the Chinese army was getting closer to them.
Listening to the sounds outside, the experienced Sakagaki Seishiro's face was very gloomy. He finally realized that most of the weapons outside were automatic weapons. They kept firing. The Japanese soldiers' 38-style
The sound of the rifle could only be mixed helplessly with the dense sound of submachine gunfire.
"The gunshots from the Chinese were so dense?"
Seishiro Sakagaki's face became gloomy for a while. Since the effective range of the MP38 submachine gun was only two hundred meters, most of the time the Japanese army could not get so close to the Chinese army during the attack during the day.
Therefore, Seishiro Sakagaki did not see the true power of submachine guns. But when Seishiro Sakagaki listened carefully just now, almost all the roars of submachine guns outside were heard. Now Seishiro Sakagaki's expression began to change.
Although it is generally believed in the Japanese military circles that "a gun that can hit one hundred times with one shot is far less useful than a gun that can hit with one hundred shots and one hundred shots", under the guidance of this idea, the Japanese army basically does not equip submachine guns︻┳═一.
But this does not mean that Sakagaki disdains weapons such as submachine guns. On the contrary, Sakagaki has a deep understanding of the power of this weapon.
Listening to the intensive gunfire outside, Sakagaki grabbed the command knife and shouted in a low voice: "Let's go to the front to watch the battle."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, there is danger on the position!" As soon as he saw that Sakagaki was about to go to the front line in person, Kawabe Saburo quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"Get out of the way!" Sakagaki whispered with a sullen face: "The warriors of the empire are fighting with their lives against the Chinese. Don't we even have the courage to go to the front to watch the battle? Has the courage of the imperial warriors disappeared from your body?
Is it done?”
"Hai, this is what the division commander taught you."
Saburo Kawabe, who was so scolded by the sharp and stern Sakagaki, had to get out of the way in shame, and then summoned more than a dozen guards to follow Seishiro Sakagaki.
When Seishiro Sakagaki arrived at a trench, he saw two soldiers manipulating a Type 92 heavy machine gun to fire forward. In the black night, the fire snakes from the muzzle of the Type 92 heavy machine gun spurted out.
Full of a foot long, it was like a ferocious monster pouring out deadly metal, and many soldiers around him were also shooting with rifles. Soon, it knocked down more than a dozen Chinese soldiers who were rushing forward.
In front of the position.
"Yoshi, the warriors of the empire are still very brave."
Sakagaki nodded with satisfaction. The experienced Sakagaki knew at a glance that under such a dense rain of bullets, it would be difficult for even a mouse to sneak in.
"From this point of view, it is not a problem for the imperial army to rely on fortifications to withstand until dawn. As long as they can hold on until dawn, those Chinese people will retreat. Otherwise, they will be unable to retreat even if they want to under the bombardment of imperial fighter planes."
Just when Seishiro Sakagaki felt a little comforted, suddenly there seemed to be a few dull "tongtong" sounds in front of him. After a while, a series of explosions sounded around him, and several artillery shells fell into the trench.
Immediately, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were blown out of the trench by the strong shock wave.
"It's a mortar. The Chinese even have mortars."
A lieutenant who was directing the battle shouted loudly: "Be careful to avoid the Chinese shells!"
Following the lieutenant's order, the surrounding gunfire gradually weakened, and the soldiers were not shooting as fast as before.
"Baga, this lieutenant is so incompetent!"
Sakagaki immediately became angry when he saw it. Although reducing firepower can reduce the chance of being targeted by the opponent, it also increases the opponent's arrogance. Don't they know that Chinese soldiers will rush up at any time after reducing firepower.
Thinking of this, Sakagaki strode up to the lieutenant who was holding a command sword and commanding the battle and shouted loudly: "Hey, how do you command the battle? Is this how your teacher taught you in the military academy?"
The lieutenant was startled when he saw it: "Ah... Your Excellency, division commander, I did this because..."
"Whoosh... Your Excellency, division commander, be careful... Boom..."
As soon as the lieutenant finished speaking, a cannonball fell beside them. Before the lieutenant could speak, he threw Sakagaki to the ground.
When Sakagaki struggled to stand up, he discovered that the lieutenant had died trying to protect him.
"idiot!"
I don't know whether it was because of shame, anger or emotion, another curse came out of Sakagaki's mouth, and his thin face became bright and dark in the constantly flashing firelight.
Although the resistance of the Japanese army was tenacious, they relied only on simple defenses. In addition, the Chinese army's attacks and firepower became increasingly fierce, and they gradually showed signs of being unable to withstand it.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you can no longer stay here. Your command position should be at the headquarters!"
Seeing that Seishiro Sakagaki was almost killed by a cannonball, Colonel Kawabe and the dozen or so guards around him were all shocked, especially Colonel Saburo Kawabe, whose heart almost jumped out of his chest just now.
If Seishiro Sakagaki is really killed by a shell on the front line, the Fifth Division will definitely fall into collapse. Especially if Seishiro Sakagaki, as the current lieutenant general division commander, really wants to die on the front line, then
Their fifth division has become a big joke.
Thinking of this, Saburo Kawabe waved his hands at more than a dozen guards, and immediately two guards rushed over, set up Sakagaki and ran back.
"Baga, what are you bastards doing? Put me down quickly, put me down quickly! I order you to put me down!"
The short Seishiro Sakagaki was sandwiched between two "tall" guards and could not move at all, so he was dragged away.
However, I have to say that Sakagaki's fate was really high. Less than two minutes after he walked, another round of mortar shells came down, covering the place where he had just been...
"Da da da……"
Wu Chengfeng, who led a battalion to attack closely behind the 399th Regiment, was walking through the Japanese positions with two guards and a company of soldiers. The submachine gun in his hand was constantly hitting Japanese soldiers to the ground.
In close combat, the submachine gun's flexibility and firepower are fully utilized.
"Sir, the Japs here are resisting very fiercely, and there are also many officers. Look, several Japs officers with command swords have also come out." A soldier pointed to the front and shouted suddenly.
"Um!"
Wu Chengfeng squinted his eyes and looked ahead. There was indeed a group of Japanese soldiers in front of him who were resisting tenaciously under the leadership of several officers. Moreover, Wu Chengfeng also noticed that there were densely packed antennas outside a house not far away on the right.
"This must be a Japanese headquarters!"
Wu Chengfeng immediately made a judgment in his mind.
"Everyone listen to my order and attack to the right instead!"
The team that was originally attacking to the north suddenly changed direction and attacked to the right. As expected, after Wu Chengfeng changed to attack to the right, the Japanese army seemed to be going crazy and sniped at them desperately. This also made Wu Chengfeng more and more sure that the front must be the Japanese army.
A headquarters, maybe at the brigade level.
In fact, Wu Chengfeng only guessed half of it right. The headquarters in front of him was where Seishiro Sakagaki, the commander of the Fifth Division, was located. Wu Chengfeng's attack was like poking a hornet's nest. For a while, the entire Fifth Division was worried because of his attack.
He jumped up in response, and all of a sudden countless Japanese troops rushed in this direction...
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