In the words of Tang Dao, who later rushed to the battlefield, "They retreated not because they were not brave enough, because this encounter was enough to prove everything."
The retreating Chinese army did not have any suppressive firepower, and each man only had one rifle and only five rounds of ammunition.
However, the Japanese army had grenade launchers and machine guns, and the marksmanship of Japanese veterans was extremely accurate, giving them an overwhelming advantage almost from the beginning.
What the Chinese officers and soldiers who were ordered to retreat should do most at this moment is to turn around and evacuate immediately, before the Japanese infantry can figure out the situation and use their habitual center breakthrough to outflank the enemy.
They only need to retreat 600 meters back to receive fire support from their own defense line. Although they are forced back to the crisis-ridden battlefield, they do not have to die on the spot.
Or, if you throw away all your equipment, use the cover of night, and escape lightly, most people will die under the gunfire of the Japanese army, but there will always be people alive. What if the lucky one is you?
No matter which choice you make, there will always be a glimmer of hope.
However, under the leadership of Second Lieutenant Hang-Arm, who had been weakened by his parents in his hometown, none of the 80 soldiers in total left the battlefield.
Perhaps, they had already left once, even though it was only 1,000 meters away. No one knew their inner suffering during this short 1,000-meter journey.
No matter how they obey the order, the fact is that they have abandoned their comrades, and hundreds of comrades will use their lives to build a defense line to cover their departure.
Just like the complicated look in the eyes of the army second lieutenant who temporarily served as the supreme commander of the retreating team because of his highest military rank when he encountered the Japanese army.
First there was shock, then panic, then pain, and finally, relief.
Naturally, he was shocked because he would encounter Japanese invaders here; he was scared because, as an artillery platoon leader, he did not have much experience in infantry command; and he was miserable because in addition to his 80 infantrymen, he also had 40 seriously wounded and 14
medical staff, including 3 female nurses.
If something happened to the wounded soldier and the female nurse here, even if he died in battle, he would still feel deeply guilty.
But in the end, I was relieved.
Will they not be able to go back after all? No matter whether they are weak or strong, the Japanese invaders will not let them go.
There is no other way, then you can only die.
Yes, the existence of the wounded and the medical team destined the retreating army to fight to the death with the Japanese army in front of them, even if the entire army was annihilated.
Otherwise, all their names will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
Of course, for these big-head soldiers, they don't care about history. It's just that since the war has reached this point, they have recognized the fact that they are men, Chinese men.
If you are a man, you will have to fight for it even if you die.
Retreating is a military order and is for the future. They are not cowards!
This is actually caused by the environment.
After several consecutive bloody battles, and experiencing countless life and death, the iron-blooded spirit of generals, officers, and comrades who refused to give up until death has actually been quietly infiltrated into the bones of everyone.
After being unable to abandon the situation, the Chinese soldiers quickly spread out their formation and exchanged fire with the Japanese troops. In a short time, they reached an agreement and fought with the Japanese to cover the retreat of the medical team.
Unfortunately, the Japanese commanders were far more cunning than they imagined. It only took them two or three minutes to understand the weakness of the small Chinese force in front of them, which was almost the same size as them.
Three small teams of more than 40 Japanese soldiers quickly moved around to the two wings because they still had to carry a few wounded people. However, the medical team of more than a dozen people was forced to withdraw before they had gone more than 100 meters.
Here, there are still dozens of infantrymen protecting us. If we move forward, we will be overtaken by Japanese infantrymen. The medical team and wounded soldiers will have to be massacred by the Japanese army.
The firepower of five bullets per person was naturally unable to compete with the Japanese army.
Ten minutes after the battle broke out, while the front-line positions in the rear were still fighting tenaciously against the Japanese troops who were constantly attacking the defense line, the retreating army was already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese troops that were constantly approaching.
The Japanese officer leading the team was ecstatic.
Since entering the battlefield in southeastern China, they have never had the opportunity to show off their unparalleled assassination skills.
Whether under Songjiang City or in the wilderness chasing Chinese troops, the cunning Chinese always wielded various short guns with fierce firepower and fired at them from a distance of more than ten meters.
Countless brave colleagues fell to the bullets of the Chinese. The dusty bayonet tips still shone coldly, but stung the eyes of countless Imperial Japanese Army warriors.
And now, the opportunity has finally come.
The Chinese have no bullets anymore, so they can show off the bravery of the Imperial Army in this night without any scruples.
"Shoot out the flares and let you teach the Chinese a lesson and let them know who is the most powerful army on the planet. I want the Chinese to watch their people die under the sword of the imperial warriors."
Captain Taro Aso, then captain of the Aso Squadron of the 6th Infantry Battalion of the 45th Infantry Regiment of the 36th Infantry Brigade, pulled out his command knife and issued a declaration under the crescent moon that emerged from the dark clouds and emitted a dim light.
After their ammunition was exhausted, the Chinese soldiers chose the only feasible hand-to-hand combat in the face of the Japanese infantry approaching step by step.
In order to resolve the battle quickly, complete the tactical goals issued by the wing headquarters, and vent their anger at the same time, Japanese soldiers also chose hand-to-hand combat.
The Chinese and Japanese soldiers who charged each other with rifles barely had much of a run-up, and they just bumped into each other hard.
Blood splashes!
The sudden screams even surpassed the previous battlefield where gunfire was blazing.
There are Chinese and Japanese.
No matter how strong a warrior is, when a cold blade enters the body and is turned violently, causing the blade to stir between muscles and skeletal nerves, he will scream out in agony due to the tremendous pain radiating from his nerve center.
The Japanese are very conceited, but they have the capital to be conceited.
In just the first wave of collisions, more than a dozen Chinese soldiers had their chests and abdomen pierced by the bayonets of the Japanese infantry, but they only suffered four or five injuries from the bayonets of the Liao-made Thirteen Rifles. This was mostly because the Chinese soldiers did not dodge.
Caused by a style of play that does not avoid the same fate.
Yes, many soldiers made their decision the moment the Japanese infantry rushed over with bayonets in hand.
Life for life.
The moment the Japanese bayonet stabbed at him with cold light, he followed the Japanese infantry's will and bravely faced him with his chest open without blocking or avoiding him.
The bayonet will pierce the skin, penetrate the muscles and break the bones, and it will be blocked. Even if it is only 0.5 seconds, the bayonet in the hands of the Chinese soldiers will pierce the Japanese infantry in almost the same position.
This method of hurting oneself first and then the enemy was undoubtedly beyond the expectations of the Japanese infantry. No matter how trapped the beast is, human instinct is to protect one's own life first. Even if we know it is difficult, we still have to struggle, right?
Unlike the Chinese, whose tactics are so crude, they just change things one by one when they come up.
This almost unreasonable tactics caught the Japanese infantry off guard at the beginning. There were four or five pairs of soldiers from both sides who faced each other with only one face to face.
See.
However, when the Japanese infantry reacted and first avoided the sharp attack, then circled and assassinated, the difference in strength between the two sides was exposed, and Chinese soldiers were stabbed in vital parts one after another.
In order to quickly defeat the morale of the Chinese soldiers, the Japanese infantry were extremely cruel. They knew clearly that the opponent had lost the ability to resist due to heavy injuries and would die soon after taking out the knife, but they still twisted the rifle body hard so that the blade was in the chest or
The abdominal cavity is churning, causing unbearable pain.
However, they miscalculated.
The howl sounded!
"Fuck your grandma!"
"Good day!"
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The unwilling curses of the Chinese soldiers before they died made the battlefield even more bloody.
Some red-eyed Chinese soldiers were even willing to serve as shields for their comrades. After the Japanese infantry's bayonets pierced their bodies, they immediately threw away their guns and held onto the guns that stabbed their bodies. All their strength was put into their arms, just to delay the Japanese infantry's bayonets.
Draw the knife for a second or two, and let the comrades behind you kill the opponent with one knife.
After the war, it was proved that if it weren't for their exchange-style strategy of exchanging death for death that appeared from the beginning.
There was no way they could survive ten minutes.
It was only in the last few minutes of the hand-to-hand combat that the Japanese army discovered why these Chinese soldiers who gave them a headache were fighting so hard.
Behind them, there are wounded soldiers, medical staff, and female soldiers!