"Give me the order and rush forward on the explosive spot later. Don't give the little devil a chance to breathe!"
In the thick darkness of the night, the shirtless Liu Yidao finally threw away his big knife with countless cracks.
He put on a bayonet coated with mud, hid his body behind a mound, and gave orders to the death squads hidden in the darkness.
They are death squads, the sharp-edged troops of the general offensive. They have to attack forward and penetrate into the core position of the Japanese soldiers, and then disrupt the opponent's deployment.
In the field of vision, hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers transferred from the ninth theater were still roaring loudly, and the shells were hitting the encircled area from several directions.
The remnants of the Matsuura Division have been compressed into an area less than ten kilometers in radius such as Tianbusu, Leiminggu, and Jianlusu, and now this area has turned into a sea of flames, like a volcanic crater, and the sky is filled with flames.
All illuminated clearly.
This was a bombardment by hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers. Liu Yidao had never seen such a large formation on his side, and neither had most of his brothers.
Seeing that the Japanese soldiers' forward position was completely overturned, they felt unprecedented pleasure. In the past, the Japanese soldiers bombed them indiscriminately, but now they bombed the Japanese soldiers.
"Battalion Commander, with such strong artillery fire, will it hurt our brothers if we step on the blast point?"
They had never been covered by such powerful artillery fire. Looking at the billowing smoke and flames in their field of vision, it was a bit difficult to time the charge.
"I can't control that much anymore, just get hurt. Anyway, I can't give the little Japs a chance to breathe!" Liu Yidao had only one idea in his mind right now, he had to take advantage of the artillery fire to rush forward and kill the Japs.
All members of Liu Yidao's death squad were naked from the waist up, except for their guns and only their ammunition. This was to make it easier to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy in the dark night.
In fact, after so many days of continuous fighting, their military uniforms had long been reduced to dirty strips of cloth, and they could no longer cover the scars and bullet holes all over their bodies.
"Brothers, we can't make any progress this time! If anyone is afraid of death, get out now, let alone the people of my 151st Brigade..."
There were faint sounds coming from the darkness. They were other suicide squads in the brigade. They were also dormant in the invisible darkness, and this time Liu Yidao and the others needed to fight side by side with these strange and familiar brothers.
"The first artillery group extends forward and fires!"
"The second artillery group goes east, fire three rounds at a rapid rate!"
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The artillery unit's position has been shrouded in smoke and dust from the recoil of mountain artillery and night artillery. Orders are coming from time to time, and the artillery brothers are constantly correcting the shooting parameters.
The artillery bombing began with all-out bombardment and then targeted clearings. Those targeted clearing targets were intelligence from the frontline troops' reconnaissance during the day.
However, now that the Japs have huddled within an area of about ten kilometers in radius, the artillery unit's targeted clearing can only clear the periphery.
The situation in depth is dark, and no one knows the specific location of the Jaap's fortifications. They can only wait for the death squads to rush in, and then they may be able to contact the artillery unit to eliminate them at targeted locations.
The dark and deep night sky was illuminated by the soaring firelight. From time to time, missed artillery shells landed near the small mountain village where the 106th Division was temporarily stationed. The earth was shaking, and the deafening sound made people feel heart-stopping.
"Report... General, we have lost contact with the 136th Brigade."
"Report, the front line of the 113th Regiment encountered fierce artillery fire from the Chinese Army..."
"Report, a large number of Chinese troops were found gathering near the 111th Brigade."
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Amidst the rumbling and trembling of the shelling, dust and soil fell rustling from the civil structure house of Matsuura Junrokuro's division headquarters, covering their straight military uniforms with a layer of dust.
"Boom!"
The shells suddenly fell across the street, and a house collapsed in the smoke and dust. In the strong air waves, countless pieces of wood and debris were knocked into the surroundings.
"Huhu..."
The shock wave instantly rushed through the window into the house where Matsuura Junrokuro and the others were, and all the candles in the house were instantly extinguished, plunging them into darkness.
"Protect the general!"
"General..."
"ah!"
The room that was plunged into darkness suddenly erupted with random shouts, the sound of tables and chairs falling over, and the screams of people injured by flying explosions. Choking gunpowder smoke filled the room.
"What are you doing! Light up the lamp!"
In the chaotic and noisy darkness, Matsuura Junrokuro's majestic voice was like a shot in the arm to everyone.
Soon the dim lights came on again in the room. When everyone saw Junroku Matsuura still sitting there calmly and calmly, they couldn't help but blush a little and hurriedly cleaned up the messy room.
"General, do you want to move to a safe place?"
Intelligence staff officer Sakurai saw through the window that the building across the street was hit by a bomb and burning with raging fire, and cautiously asked Junroku Matsuura.
Matsuura Junrokuro brushed off the thick layer of dust on the map with his hands and asked expressionlessly: "Is there any safe place here now?"
Faced with such a question from Matsuura Junrokuro, intelligence staff officer Sakurai was also stunned, and soon felt bitterness in his heart.
Now they have been surrounded by the squadron like an iron barrel, and all areas are within the range of the squadron's artillery fire. It seems that there is really no safe place unless they break out.
But with their current group of remnants and defeated generals, it is not easy to fight their way out from the encirclement of more than 100,000 murderous squadrons. If they could, they would have broken out long ago.
"General, it is unusual for the Chinese Army to focus so much artillery fire on us. I'm afraid there will be a large-scale attack next. We need to respond early..."
Chief of Staff Colonel Yoshitaka Akiyama also had a solemn face at this moment.
Previously, they still had the initiative and had been breaking out, while the Chinese team was strictly guarding the outside to block them and prevent them from breaking through. The two sides fought for nearly a week.
And now the Chinese ** team has actively launched an attack, switching from peripheral defense to inward attack. This is no longer a question of whether they can break through, but a question of whether they can survive the aggressive attack of the Chinese ** team.
, they have become more passive than ever.
Matsuura Junrokuro never knew that they had now reached a critical moment of life and death, but they had been fighting from left to right for so long. Instead of being able to break out, they had disabled the troops and he was helpless.
"Sakurai-san, please send a message to your Excellency the Commander. The Chinese Army has launched its final attack. If reinforcements do not arrive, all the Imperial officers and soldiers of our 106th Division will fight to the last drop, and they will all be shattered..."
When intelligence staff officer Sakurai hurried to the confidential mailroom, Matsuura Junrokuro's expression suddenly became ferocious.
"Pass my order, all units will defend their positions, carry forward the bravery and fighting spirit of our Imperial Japanese Army, and fight bloody battles with the Chinese Army to the end!"
Now their division has lost the ability to break out of the encirclement. Since it cannot break out, it can only defend. If the Chinese Army wants to eat them in one bite, it will have to break a few teeth.
Whether their division can survive is no longer something he can control, but depends on whether reinforcements can get closer in time.