Chapter 213 Hillside Blocking Battle
Major General Takahashi Taga and the Japanese soldiers who were climbing the mountain would never have imagined that above them, soldiers from the Third Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Independent Brigade were already in full formation.
The one climbing at the front was a Japanese soldier with a plaster flag on his rifle. Seeing the top of the mountain in sight, the Japanese soldier took a deep breath and sped up.
"call!"
There were only two steps to reach the top, and a smile appeared on the face of the Japanese soldier.
But as soon as his head stuck out of the hillside, a face with a brighter smile appeared in front of him.
The eye-catching military emblem above the smiling face looks extremely dazzling.
"Beast, go to hell!"
Smiley's mouth opened and closed, spitting out a few words that the sergeant couldn't understand.
The next second, a sharp bayonet had pierced the sergeant's chest.
The moment he was picked up by the tip of the bayonet, he saw the densely packed Chinese soldiers on the top of the slope.
They all looked at themselves with a smile. The smile was kind and approachable, as if a father was looking at his son.
The sergeant's body fell down the hillside like a rag, knocking over four or five of his colleagues who were climbing the mountain.
Just as all the Japanese soldiers were wondering what happened, heads emerged from the hillside one after another.
The Japanese soldiers were as frightened as if they had seen a ghost. The few closest to them were so frightened that they rolled down as soon as they let go.
"Puff puff……"
A handful of bright bayonets were thrust down from the top of the mountain, and the sharp tips easily penetrated the bodies of the dozens of Japanese soldiers at the front. Suddenly, streams of blood surged wildly, and corpses flew around one after another!
At the same time, there was a whooshing sound above the heads of the Japs, and hundreds of smoking grenades spun and fell into their arms.
"Grenade!!!"
The Japanese major who led the team shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Boom boom boom..."
The major's voice still echoed in the air, and bright lights bloomed one after another in the crowd of Japs climbing the mountain.
Immediately, blood rain flew across the hillsides on both sides of the highway, and countless Japanese soldiers rolled down the hillsides screaming and wailing.
The wounded, corpses and broken limbs were thrown at the Japanese soldiers at the bottom of the slope. Some Japanese soldiers who were preparing to climb the mountain immediately fell to the ground with broken bones and tendons, wailing, and the entire battlefield fell into endless chaos.
"Da da da……"
"Bang bang bang..."
How could the soldiers of the third battalion let go of such an excellent opportunity to harvest human heads? They stood on the top of the mountain and opened fire. In a short time, the Japanese were killed and wounded countless people.
"Bagaya road!"
Morimoto Ichiro was so angry that he jumped on his feet.
"Fire! Fire!"
The Japs on the road were only confused for a very short time. After all, they had the superior force. After reacting, all kinds of artillery, light and heavy machine guns fired at the top of the hill.
The mission of the Third Battalion is not to annihilate, but to intercept.
Seeing the heavy Japanese fire coming, the soldiers quickly retracted their heads and took cover again.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Da da da……"
Under the cover of heavy firepower, the Japanese, who had lost more than 200 people, launched another attack on the hillside.
One side continued to block the attack by taking advantage of the terrain, while the other side continued to attack with its long-range firepower advantage. The battlefield began to heat up, and the third battalion also gradually suffered casualties.
"Bagaya road!"
For the first time, Takahashi Tagaji realized how powerful Kodō was. The opponent almost calculated every move he made. After observing the battlefield situation for a while, the old Japanese decisively ordered:
"The warriors in front continue to attract the attention of the enemy's blocking troops. The remaining troops go up the mountain from further away and press across the ridgeline, destroying this and that army and approaching the Yamaguchi Commander."
"Hiyi!"
After receiving the order, the Japanese and puppet troops began to climb the mountain like ants from further north. Although the attack was blocked, the morale of the Japanese and puppet troops was not greatly affected.
The cannons of the 26th Field Artillery Regiment in the rear were constantly supporting the two battlefields. Such powerful firepower enhanced the Japanese's self-confidence, and at the same time caused huge damage to various units of the regiment.
Only ten minutes have passed since the first explosion, but in these short ten minutes, the enemy and we have fought bloody battles many times, with blood and corpses covering the ground.
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In the first round of attacks just now, the first company instructor Lu Zhuoran finally got his first kill.
After killing someone, Lu Zhuoran felt that he had not changed much, and the discomfort and guilt mentioned in the book did not appear.
"Maybe it's because I killed the little devil!"
He consoled himself in his mind and moved his gun to find a new target.
Yang Fugui pulled Lu Zhuoran down from the trench.
"Instructor! I estimate that the regiment commander will order a charge soon. You lead the machine gun team to stay on the position to cover, and I will lead the brothers to fight with the little devils with bayonets!"
Lu Zhuoran only hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement. We were on a battlefield of life and death, and we couldn't control anyone.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese bombardment never stopped, and the bombed soil was flying on the position. Lu Zhuoran reloaded the rifle with bullets and fixed the bayonet.
Yang Fugui slapped his instructor hard, and then shouted at the top of his lungs to the soldiers on the ground:
"Fix the bayonet! Fix the bayonet!"
"Everyone prepare to charge!"
In the ambush positions on both sides of the road, the soldiers of the first and second battalions had their bayonets fixed. As soon as the charge horn sounded, they would jump out of the trenches without hesitation and rush towards the little Japanese.
In order to avoid expanding your own casualties, charging is the fastest way to resolve the battle.
The purpose of this battle was only to annihilate one Japanese brigade. If a brigade suffered too many casualties, it would be extremely uneconomical.
Chapter completed!