The Japanese army was responsible for the 5th infantry revolver belonging to the 8th Division.

The 5th Infantry Regiment is organized in Aomori Prefecture, so it is also called Aomori United.

From the number of the 5th Regiment, you can know that this is an old wing, one of the earliest modern army wings formed by Japan, with a profound foundation and extremely strong combat power.

This principle is similar to the People's Liberation Army's companies such as the Seventh Steel Company and the Third Red Company.

The glorious achievements of the army are there, and the glorious traditions are passed down from generation to generation. The soldiers who enter the army will naturally inherit the psychological advantages and pride inherited by their predecessors.

Such psychological advantages or pride in normal times are not very obvious.

But once the war begins, such psychological advantages or pride will immediately show power, giving this unit a spiritual power beyond imagination.

The 5th Regiment is such an infantry corps with "good" tradition.

Since its establishment, the 5th Regiment has participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Russo-Japanese War, the Siberian War and the later Manchuria incidents, and has made countless achievements!

This time, being incorporated into the 25th Army was the first real expedition of the 5th Regiment since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, which is relatively rare among the seventeen permanent divisions of the Japanese army.

Because he had never fought with the Chinese army other than the Northeast Army, especially with Zhong Yi's troops, the 5th Division actually lacked a basic understanding of the opponent's combat effectiveness.

Because of the lack of the most basic understanding, the 5th Regiment went to the corps leader Setoguchi Iwajiro and every private, and his impression of the Chinese army was still on the "vulnerable" of the Northeast Army.

Although the Northeast Army is tall and big, it looks like one can stand up to several Japanese soldiers, but it is not the case when it fights. In fact, one Japanese soldier can easily kill three Northeast Army soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.

The group of Chinese soldiers on the opposite side looked short and thin, and their physique was far inferior to the Northeast Army.

Therefore, although the number of people is at a disadvantage, the officers and soldiers of the 5th Regiment did not take it seriously.

Setoguchi Iwajiro didn't care even more. In his opinion, a squadron of Japanese infantry could easily kill more than five times the Chinese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, so the more than 500 Chinese soldiers on the opposite side would undoubtedly be defeated.

When a hand-to-hand battle broke out on the present side, Iwajiro Setoguchi even breathed a sigh of relief.

"Matsumoto-kun, the battle is over." Setoguchi Iwajiro said to his adjutant confidently, "The defense line outside the city of the Chinese army has been declared to fall."

"Sodega." Adjutant Matsumoto also agreed.

Setoguchi Iwajiro smiled slightly, and when he was about to say a few more words, the smile on his face suddenly frozen.

Seeing Setoguchi Iwajiro's face suddenly sinking, his heart suddenly jumped, and then turned his head to look at the battlefield ahead. After seeing it, he couldn't help but take a breath.

How is this possible? How can this happen?

Adjutant Matsumoto and Iwajiro Setoguchi were stunned for a moment.

Because, they clearly saw that the hundreds of Japanese soldiers who had already broken into the national military positions had retreated like a tide that was ebbing.

Moreover, there were only about twenty Japanese soldiers left behind.

Behind these twenty Japanese soldiers were Chinese soldiers chasing like tigers and wolves.

Although these Chinese soldiers are not tall and not very strong, they show their fierceness while running. They look like tigers going down the mountain and scream non-stop.

Setoguchi Iwajiro couldn't believe his eyes.

In just a moment, the Niudao Squadron, which broke into the national military position, had nearly 200 imperial soldiers, but were killed by Chinese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, leaving only twenty left?

It would be fine if you lose the hand-to-hand combat, but you can actually accept it.

But what Setoguchi Iwajiro could not accept was that the remaining twenty imperial soldiers of the Ushima Squadron had even lost their fighting spirit and fled to their own positions like sheep.

In other words, the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side not only defeated the Niudao Squadron in the hand-to-hand battle just now, but even destroyed the fighting spirit of the Niudao Squadron. What happened just now?

In the telescope's vision, Chinese soldiers have already caught up with the remnants of Niudao Squadron.

"Kill!" A Chinese soldier stabbed into a Japanese soldier's vest with a knife.

The Japanese soldier immediately screamed, ran a few steps under the influence of inertia, and fell to the ground dejectedly.

From beginning to end, the Japanese soldier had no intention of turning back and was always facing the Chinese soldier!

"Haga... Yaru!" Setoguchi Iwajiro's mouth couldn't help but twitch violently.

"Order!" Setoguchi Iwajiro almost burst out from his teeth, "Shoot!"

"Shoot!" The adjutant immediately drew out his saber and issued a fire order to the fire support team ahead.

The two heavy machine gun teams that were originally responsible for the cover task immediately opened fire, and the dense rain of bullets stormed violently at the retreating Japanese soldiers and the Chinese soldiers behind them.

In a blink of an eye, the last dozen Japanese soldiers left fell under the guns of their own people.

The Chinese soldiers who were chasing him were also twitched by the heavy machine guns of the Japanese army. The rest quickly retreated and hid back into the trenches.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army began the third artillery preparation.

Armor shells of different calibers fell in rows to the defensive positions of the national army.

Amid the continuous explosions, balls of smoke and dust churned from the national military positions.

...

Amid the explosion, Luo Yuan hid back into the underground bunker.

A moment later, the chief of staff of the 134th Division hurried back to the underground bunker in artillery fire.

Luo Yuan immediately asked the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, how are the casualties of the 1st Battalion?"

The chief of staff said with a sad expression: "More than 100 people were killed, and more than 50 others were seriously injured."

"More than a hundred people were killed?" Luo Yuan said in a speechless voice, "How could so many people be killed?"

The chief of staff replied sadly: "They were basically sacrificed in the hand-to-hand combat just now. The group of Japanese devils on the opposite side are much more fierce than the Japanese devils in the 5th Division."

Luo Yuan cursed hatefully: "Dog Japanese!"

"However, the Japanese didn't ask for any advantage." The Chief of Staff said in a deep voice.

"The key is that we are not equipped with bazooka," said the Chief of Staff in annoyance. "If we were like the 10th and 41st Army, equipped with bazooka, the Japanese tanks would not pose a threat at all. They would not have the chance to approach our positions, and there would be no hand-to-hand combat, and our casualties would not be so great."
Chapter completed!