The Japanese attack was indeed very fierce at the beginning. Amid the roars of commanders at all levels, they desperately rushed towards the defenders' defense line.
They paid some price to capture the defender's first-line position, and then pounced on the second-line position non-stop.
Although they encountered hidden bunker machine gun fire points and sniper rifle attacks between the first and second line positions, the Japanese did not stop because of casualties, and the second line of defense was also captured by them.
But what made the Japanese desperate was that when they broke through the second line of defense, they found that there was a third line of defense not far away from them, and the defenders there were actively setting up their guns and preparing to fight.
The operational goal of the Pingshan Brigade was to capture Jieshou Town, so the aggressive commanders once again directed their exhausted soldiers to rush towards the newly discovered defense line.
The battlefield has been spreading in depth. Under the offensive of the Japanese soldiers, the guerrilla army seems to be retreating steadily, as if defeating them is only a matter of the next second.
The Japanese were also holding their breath and kept spanking the guerrillas who were moving and retreating.
However, the Japanese soon discovered that those guerrillas that seemed to be about to be defeated and eliminated by them always retained a little bit of fighting power, like dead and unyielding centipede insects, and would attack them on new lines of defense.
check.
The Japanese soldiers have made a desperate move on the entire front without setting aside any reserves. Their purpose is to crush the opposing guerrilla forces with a thunderous strike and defeat them in one fell swoop.
But now the Japs had miscalculated. The guerrilla troops relied on the preset defense lines to block the attack. Not only did the attacking Japs suffer heavy losses, but in the two hours of fighting, the screaming Japs had already exhausted all their strength.
"Kill Gaigai..."
Although the Japanese commanders' shouts of killing could still be heard from time to time on the battlefield, they seemed to be weak.
The Japanese soldiers had almost no effective rest in the past twenty-four hours, and now that they are pressing forward across the entire line, they are just puffing up their air.
However, the layers of resistance from the guerrillas have almost exhausted the Japanese's anger. Now the Japanese are still fighting forward, which is completely a subconscious tactical behavior.
Because there are still enemies ahead, we naturally have to attack forward before we get orders from the commander.
Suzuki Yi, a Japanese soldier wearing a bloated cotton coat, lay sideways on the edge of a scorched trench. His legs were as heavy as lead. He was like a fish out of water, gasping for air, trying to breathe fresh air.
However, there was gunpowder smoke floating everywhere on the battlefield, and everything he breathed into his lungs was gunpowder smoke, which undoubtedly increased his burden.
"Da da da!"
The machine gunner replaced the scrapped barrel and fired again. He could see a row of mud pillars rising from the guerrilla trenches in front.
As soon as the machine gun fired, the infantry had to take the opportunity to rush upward, almost mechanically. Suzuki Takeshi and more than 20 Japanese soldiers held out their bayonets to dig out of the occupied trench and move toward another trench more than a hundred meters away.
impact.
Perhaps because he was too tired, Takeshi Suzuki held on to the upper edge of the trench with one hand and did not flip out. His arms were too weak, so he had to adjust his posture and climb out of the trench instead of jumping out of the trench quickly.
"Give me your hand!" Seeing that Suzuki Yi did not jump out of the trench, a Japanese soldier offered a hand and pulled Suzuki Yi out of the trench.
"Thank you..." Suzuki Yi looked at this strange comrade and said thank you.
All the infantry detachments that Suzuki Takeshi belonged to have been killed. The current infantry detachment was temporarily formed by the survivors of the three detachments.
"puff!"
Before Suzuki Yi could finish his words, a bullet penetrated the head of the Japanese soldier who was pulling him, and the smile on the Japanese soldier's face froze.
Driven by the impact of the bullets, the Japanese soldiers standing at the edge of the trench involuntarily turned backwards and then fell into the trench, creating a cloud of dust.
Suzuki Yi watched helplessly as his companion was headshot in front of him, and he was stunned.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
The sergeant commander's roar was heard in his ears. Suzuki Yi, who reacted, glanced at his companions who had fallen into the trench. Before he could feel sad, he turned around, roared, pulled the bolt of his gun, fired, and moved forward to start the attack.
The firepower of the defenders became extremely intensive. The crossfire of two heavy machine guns and five light machine guns made Suzuki Takeru and others lying on the ground unable to move, and the attack came to a halt for a time.
Fortunately, the second echelon attacked quickly from behind. After spending half an hour and killing more than thirty people, Suzuki Takeru and the others cooperated with the second echelon and finally captured this defensive position with strong firepower.
"Damn Chinese!"
Looking at the mangled corpses in the trenches that the retreating guerrillas had no time to take away, Suzuki Yi, who was covered in blood, cursed fiercely, why he was so stubborn and how could he never finish the fight.
And in the distance as far as the eye could see, the guerrillas who had withdrawn were busy on the new line of defense.
In order to prevent the guerrilla troops from rebuilding their defense line, the Japanese who had just captured this position launched another attack.
Fortunately, this time the newly arrived second echelon was responsible for the main attack, and Suzuki Takeru and the others, who had suffered heavy losses, could finally stay in the trenches for a short rest.
Because the early stage of the attack was all-or-nothing, all attacking troops rushed in lightly, leaving everything behind except ammunition and guns.
Therefore, Takeshi Suzuki and others who were resting did not get a chance to replenish food and water, they just allowed themselves to take a breath.
They thought they would be able to defeat the guerrilla forces quickly by pressing forward across the entire front, but now they ended up shooting themselves in the foot.
The whizzing stray bullets kept passing overhead, and the sound of gunfire was intensive. The dozens of Japanese soldiers responsible for the attack in the second echelon were moving forward with great difficulty, suffering heavy casualties.
In addition to this attack direction, there were also intensive gunshots on the two wings shrouded in gunpowder. It was another squadron launching an attack. Their experience should be the same as his own, Suzuki Takeshi thought to himself.
When the Japanese front-line troops were fighting in an exhausted state due to lack of food and water, they were at the end of their strength, but the Japanese captain behind them, Hirayama Kei, did not know.
"Report, the Third Squadron has captured five Chinese Army positions!"
"Lieutenant Matsushita of the fifth team was killed..."
"The roundabout troops of the First Squadron have broken through the blockade of the Chinese Army!"
"The eighth team's attack went well!"
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Japanese Captain Keiyama Hirayama also received reports from the frontline troops, but they were all about the battle situation.
Hirayama Kei is very optimistic. If we continue to fight according to the current trend, we don't need to wait until dark. The Chinese team that blocked them head-on will be completely defeated. It is only a matter of time before we capture the leader.
"Order all units to intensify their attacks. The Chinese Army can no longer hold on."
Captain Hirayama Kei watched the troops continue to advance in depth, but ignored the fact that the attacking troops were at the end of their strength, and still urged the troops to step up the attack.