The brothers in the assault company were very enthusiastic about fighting. They were tired of being suppressed and beaten by the Japanese army in the past. They chased and killed the Japanese army all night last night. They felt so happy. They had no objections to the decision of company commander Wang Meng to continue the attack.
Although the troops had lost battles in Shanghai and Nanjing in the past, since they went to the battlefield for winter training, relying on sophisticated weapons and equipment and reasonable tactics, they have taken a lot of advantage from the Japanese army these days.
Now the Japanese army has been overwhelmed by their fierce attack and is retreating overnight. The assault company commander Wang Meng is so willing to let go of such a good opportunity to beat the drowned dog. If he really waits for the large troops behind to catch up, I am afraid that the day lily will be cold.
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They assaulted all night, but after eating cold steamed buns and resting in the mountain col for two hours, the more than fifty brothers in the assault company began to howl like wild wolves again.
Although the brothers looked tired and haggard, and their clothes were tattered and dirty, their fighting spirit was high, which made the company commander Wang Meng very satisfied.
"Brothers! The Japs only have one division! But our Commander Xue mobilized more than 100,000 people to annihilate them this time!"
Assault company commander Wang Meng also learned the tactics of his superiors, gathering his brothers to mobilize before battle and boost morale.
"We are the assault company of the third battalion and the assault company of the 74th Army! In addition to us, people from the 27th Army, 64th Army, and 7th Army are also rushing towards the Japanese in all directions! Our 74th Army is
The elites with great success, can we give up our first victory in annihilating the Japanese?"
"No! No!" More than fifty brothers with dark faces shouted in unison, with high morale.
"Yes, we can't just watch the friendly troops eat meat while we drink soup. That is not the style of our 74th Army. Now the little devil has become a lost dog! All we need to do is to catch up and kill them!"
Each of the brothers was full of murderous intent. After a bloody night of fighting, they had eliminated their inner fear of the Japanese army and wished they could pounce on them right now: "Kill them!!"
Assault company commander Wang Meng saw the morale of his brothers was so high. He nodded his head and waved his hand: "Let's go! Continue the attack!"
Soon, assault company commander Wang Meng and his brothers who had rested for less than two hours left the hidden mountain col and continued their assault along the Longhai Line toward the inner Huangcheng defense line.
But during the day, it was no different than at night. At night, they could attack fiercely without any scruples and continuously advance deeper into the Japanese defense line.
At night, the Japanese army lost the cover of aircraft and artillery, that is, the tigers lost their claws. Although they resisted very tenaciously, their defense line was quickly broken into pieces in the face of the numerous Chinese troops attacking forward.
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But during the day, their aircraft and artillery rejoined the battle. There were groups of bombers and reconnaissance planes like crows in the sky, which made the Chinese army attacking forward miserable, and they would encounter bombings from time to time.
Not half an hour after the assault company led by Wang Meng ran out, a Japanese plane suddenly appeared from the top of the mountain, scaring the brothers to death.
After all, on the Chinese battlefield, air supremacy was firmly in the hands of the Japanese army most of the time. Those Japanese aircraft that were unscrupulous in the sky became a nightmare for Chinese army soldiers.
These Japanese aircraft not only dived and strafed, but the bombs they dropped were also very powerful. Often, when one bomb dropped, the entire position would turn into a sea of flames, causing the Chinese army to suffer heavy losses before the battle even started.
Although the brothers hated the Japanese aircraft, they were helpless. After all, although their light and heavy machine guns fired fiercely, they did not pose much of a threat to the roaring Japanese aircraft.
Now I suddenly saw a Japanese aircraft emerging from the top of the mountain. Before the assault company commander Wang Meng could shout to take cover, the brothers had already dispersed with a quick movement.
The brothers have long had a conditioned reflex to avoid Japanese aircraft, but this time it was strange. The Japanese aircraft circled above their heads twice and then flew away to the west. It neither dropped bombs nor dived and strafed, but let the Japanese aircraft fly away.
Wang Meng and the others gave a false alarm.
Captain Wang Meng, the company commander, was anxious to advance forward and attack. When he saw the Japanese plane swinging around for two times and then flying away, he didn't bother to think about it and ordered the troops to continue to advance forward.
Soon they arrived at the outskirts of a village, and more than fifty brothers quietly took cover in a dry ditch outside the village.
Captain Wang Meng pushed up his bullet-riddled German steel helmet and carefully stuck his head out to observe the quiet village.
Under the big tree outside the village entrance, two Japanese soldiers spread their legs and stood back to back with guns guarding the surroundings. Other than that, no other Japanese soldiers were found active in the village.
They attacked all night, and the beaten Japanese troops also retreated all night while fighting. Only at dawn did they stop their retreat and re-establish their defense line.
Captain Wang Meng, the company commander, crouched back in the ditch again and said to deputy company commander Shunzi: "There are only two Japs on sentry duty. I guess the other Japs have been chased all night and are sleeping in the village. Let's kill him."
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Deputy company commander Shunzi suggested: "How about I take a few brothers to the village to explore the real situation of the Japanese?"
The commander of the assault company, Wang Meng, shook his head and said: "We are prepared to attack without being prepared. No matter how many Japs there are in the village, we can kill them all at once. If we go into the village to investigate the situation, it will be bad if we alert them and scare them away."
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Deputy company commander Shunzi heard Wang Meng's explanation, thought for a moment and nodded, agreeing with Wang Meng's attack style. Anyway, the Japanese had become a frightened bird now and were afraid of a ball.
Shunzi, the deputy company commander, was a reconnaissance platoon leader, and he was very good at touching sentries and grabbing tongues. He and two brothers sneaked up on them, and while the two tired Japanese sentries were not paying attention, he came out from hiding.
He jumped up and threw the two Japanese sentries to the ground.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
Shunzi covered the Japs' mouth with one hand, and stabbed the Japs in the chest several times with the bayonet in her other hand. Until the Japs stopped moving, she released her blood-stained hands.
Wiped it all over my body.
The other brother was also a veteran, and his attacks were equally sharp and ferocious. He almost cut off the Japanese guy from hitting him on the neck, and steaming blood was pouring out at this moment.
Shunzi and the others looked around, and this time they waved to the brothers hiding in the ditch not far away. More than fifty brothers immediately rushed towards the entrance of the village with rifles in hand.
Shunzi and the others did not notice that while they were dealing with the two sentries, a Japanese hidden sentry hiding on the roof of the village also discovered them.
However, the Japanese sentry did not immediately fire a warning shot, but quickly slipped off the roof and rushed into the yard full of Japanese soldiers.
These Japanese soldiers had all been withdrawn from their forward positions. They had been fighting all night and were now tired and sleepy. They were resting in the village.
"There is a Chinese army, there is a Chinese army!" A secret whistle woke up the Japanese captain, and soon all the Japanese soldiers in the yard stood up with their guns in hand.