A Japanese soldier who was holding a machine gun and firing wildly suddenly tilted his head and fell down in front of the trench. The deputy who was carrying ammunition next to him immediately pulled away from his companion. He picked up the machine gun and fired wildly, but he didn't hit a target.
A bullet that flew from nowhere hit his helmet. Although it did not penetrate the helmet, the powerful impact of the bullet still broke the tibia on his neck. Soon the Japanese soldier
The soldier also followed in the footsteps of his companions and went to the Yasukuni Shrine to report.
Captain Kawai Shinsuke, the captain of the 202nd Regiment, looked at the fallen machine gunner and felt a chill in his heart. This was already the seventh machine gunner who died in front of him. Although the attack of the Chinese army on the opposite side was a bit messy, in the
As someone who has been through battle for a long time, it seems to him that there are still some problems with the training of this army, which is still far behind the battle-experienced Imperial Japanese Army.
But the problem is that after the Japanese position was burned by the extremely inhumane incendiary bombs, the casualties were quite heavy. Most of the remaining soldiers were hiding in the bomb holes and various hidden corners, so that the Chinese army rushed to the position.
At first, few soldiers dared to come out to meet the enemy. In the end, it was Nagaga Shinsuke who took action in person. The Japanese troops hiding in the artillery holes reluctantly came out to resist the enemy. However, the low morale of the Japanese army was no longer able to withstand the fierce attack of the Chinese army.
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Seeing this situation, a staff officer suggested: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the firepower of the Chinese army is too fierce and we cannot withstand it. We should retreat to the second line of defense!"
Spider Ridge has two lines of defense. The first line of defense is guarded by the 202nd Regiment led by Colonel Kawai Shinsuke, and the second line of defense is guarded by Colonel Fujiwara Chuji of the 203rd Regiment. However, although Kawai Shinsuke is nominally the
He is the supreme commander of Spider Ridge, but Colonel Fujiwara Chuji doesn't like him very much. Now his position has been bombed like this. If he retreats to the defense line in charge of Colonel Fujiwara Chuji, I'm afraid he will be disappointed when he sees Colonel Fujiwara Chuji in the future.
I can't even lift my head.
Colonel Kawai Shinsuke looked at the Chinese soldiers swarming in front of him, and then looked back at the fearful officers and soldiers around him, feeling a war between heaven and man in his heart.
, both worried about his own face and worried that the entire army would be destroyed if he continued to stay here. In the end, the desire to survive prevailed. He gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat: "Okay, order the soldiers to withdraw to the second place immediately."
Go up to the defense line."
Following the order of Colonel Shinsuke Kawai, the less than two thousand remaining soldiers of the 202nd Regiment retreated to the second line of defense. But when Colonel Shinsuke Kawai retreated to the second line of defense.
However, he was disappointed to find that the position of the 203rd Regiment was also miserable. Although the situation was a little better than his own, it was not much better. What was even worse was that their commander, Colonel Fujiwara Chuji, was also injured. At this time,
Lying in a temporarily dug shell-proof cave, a medical soldier was treating him for blast wounds.
"Fujiwara-kun. What's wrong with you?"
Seeing the miserable appearance of Colonel Fujiwara Chuji, Colonel Kawai Shinsuke couldn't help but eat. Although his relationship with Colonel Fujiwara Chuji was only average, and even privately they were competitive, but seeing Colonel Fujiwara Chuji's appearance at this time, he still felt...
Shocked.
Colonel Fujiwara Chuji, who was lying on the stretcher, looked miserable. The elbow-length part of his left hand had disappeared. Dark red blood seeped out from time to time on the white bandage. His entire face was pale, his eyes were slightly closed, and he lay helplessly on the stretcher.
motionless.
Hearing the voice of Colonel Kawai Shinsuke calling him, Colonel Fujiwara Chuji opened his eyes. Looking at Kawai Shinsuke, he smiled weakly and said: "Kawai-kun, you are here, I'm really sorry, you are laughing at me with my appearance.
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"Fujiwara-kun, what is going on? How did you become like this?" Colonel Kawai Shinsuke walked quickly to Fujiwara Chuji and asked urgently.
Colonel Fujiwara Chuji slowly closed his eyes and said with a sad smile: "Kawai-kun, we are really embarrassed this time. There are seven or eight thousand people in two regiments guarding Spider Ridge, but the battle hasn't started yet. My
The regiment lost nearly half, and even me...even my arm was touched by the damn flames. If the military doctor hadn't acted decisively to amputate my arm, I'm afraid I would have reported to the Yasukuni Shrine right now.
Already."
Talking about the weird flame, Kawai Shinsuke also gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Those despicable and shameless Chinese people, I don't know where they got such vicious things. This kind of thing will simply burn whatever it touches. Once
When it touches a person's body, it's like gangrene attached to the bones. The flames get bigger and bigger, and half of my regiment was burned by this kind of flames. As a result, the morale of the soldiers will be greatly reduced when they see the fire."
When talking about the rain of fire that filled the sky just now, although Kawai Shinsuke was filled with anger, he could not help but shudder at the same time. After all, even he, who had been in the army for more than ten years, felt the tragic situation just now.
The two people shuddered and looked at each other with sympathy, and smiled bitterly in unison.
"boom……"
An explosion alarmed the two comrades. As a mortar shell exploded more than 20 meters away from them, some mud and rocks also splashed on them.
Colonel Fujiwara Chuji glanced at the shouts of killing that started to sound in the distance, and said to Kawai Shinsuke: "Kawai-kun, the Chinese are about to come up, and it seems that I can't command the battle in this condition, so 20
The Third Alliance and Spider Ridge are in your hands."
Kawai Shinsuke gave a wry smile. If Colonel Fujiwara Chuji could say this to him a few days ago, he would definitely be very excited, but now he can't be happy at all. He just nodded with a wry smile: "Okay, I will try my best.
Why."
Colonel Fujiwara Chuji stretched out his right hand, which was still intact, and saluted tremblingly: "Kawai-kun, please!"
Looking at the depressed Fujiwara Chuji, Kawai Shinsuke nodded cautiously and said loudly to the dozen or so staff officers surrounding him: "Everyone, we have reached the final moment now. The Chinese have occupied our first line.
position, and we cannot lose this last position no matter what, otherwise the division commander will not be able to spare us. Now I declare that the 202nd Regiment will guard the left wing of the position, and the 203rd Regiment will guard the right wing. No matter what,
We can't let the Chinese come up, you know?"
"Hai!"
More than a dozen staff members, including those from the 203rd Regiment, responded in unison and began to disperse to convey orders. Under the command of Kawai Shinsuke, the Japanese troops on the second line of defense quickly consolidated their forces.
began to pour firepower forward. In particular, several Japanese troops also moved out a few unexploded Type 92 infantry cannons and poured firepower downwards. At this time, whether it was the shocked 203rd Regiment or the ones who fled to
The Japanese soldiers of the 202nd Regiment on the second line of defense all know that this is their last position, and behind them is the endless plain. If they lose even this place, there will be a bloody massacre waiting for them.
, so both officers and soldiers put on a desperate posture, and countless rifles, machine guns or grenade launchers poured forward.
As a result of the desperate efforts of the Japanese army, the soldiers of the 398th Division who were attacking upwards immediately felt great pressure, and their casualties began to increase.
Behind a collapsed trench, Liu Yi hugged an injured soldier and said to the two soldiers next to him: "Old Seventh, Sixth Son, hurry up and send Xiao Mo to the back. Hurry up. He has lost too much blood. If you don't continue,
It's too late to rescue." After saying that, he turned to Monkey, who had been promoted to the third squad leader, and said: "Monkey, now that the Japanese have come to their senses, we can't fight like they did just now. You immediately lead a squad and a squad leader.
A heavy machine gun and a light machine gun go to the left to attract enemy firepower. Second squad leader, you lead the men to attack on the right wing. Remember... you must fight hard and try to attract enemy firepower. I will lead a squadron to attack from the center.
, we must break into the Japanese trenches ahead, otherwise we will really have no choice but to wait to die just by being trapped here."
At this time, Liu Yi's third platoon had rushed to a place less than 300 meters away from the second trench of the Japanese army. However, the fierce firepower of the Japanese army blocked them at the foot of a hillside. Dozens of people in the entire third platoon were crowded into
They formed a group and were firing towards the front in a chaotic manner. From time to time, soldiers were shot and fell down. The squad leader and non-commissioned officers on the side had to order the soldiers to find hiding places to hide.
Although the offensive of the 398th Division was interrupted, the 398th Division, which had occupied the first line of defense, gradually stabilized its position under the command of officers at all levels. Rifles, light and heavy machine guns and mortars continued to move towards
The Japanese troops above poured in.
To put it bluntly, positional warfare is about who can pour more firepower on the opponent at the same time. At this point, the 398th Division is undoubtedly more powerful than the Japanese army, especially the Chinese soldiers who are generally equipped with Garand rifles.
The Japanese army had an advantage when it came to shooting. Often, as soon as a Japanese soldier holding a Type 38 rifle fired a bullet, four or five bullets were fired from the opposite side. The dense bullets hit the Japanese soldiers in the trenches and they could hardly lift them.
From the beginning, especially when combined with the mg34 machine gun and the m2 heavy machine gun, the Japanese army complained incessantly.
"Hurry... machine gun... hurry up and suppress the enemy's firepower. Monkey, hurry up and lead the third squad to go around from the left. Be careful to use more grenades. First squad, follow me closely!"
After the initial chaos, Liu Yi commanded the third platoon to gradually calm down and began to fight in an orderly manner. As all kinds of firepower continued to pour towards the Japanese army, the Japanese army in front gradually became unable to stand the firepower on the position.
It started to get messy. Seeing this situation, how could Liu Yi, who had experienced more than ten large and small battles, let go of such a good opportunity? He quickly commanded his troops to press forward...