"Battal Commander, the Japs are coming..." Before the sound of explosions ended, the observation post's report sounded not far away.
"Get ready to fight..." A battalion commander immediately got up from the trench. Set up the crooked handle that has just been filled with bullets and get ready to shoot.
The Japanese artillery fire continued, and shells continued to explode nearby, throwing up a large amount of soil and logs.
His luck was as good as ever, and he didn't get hit by a single shell until the artillery fire cover shifted back.
"Da da da..." The crooked handle on the shoulder quickly roared, and bullets continued to fly out from the jumping muzzle and penetrated into the little devil's body.
"Boom..." An explosive package the size of a millstone hit the Japanese attacking troops. Although he successfully killed twenty or thirty Japanese, the commander of the first battalion was not happy at all.
In the last battle, the thunder cannon platoon still had three cannons that could fire, but now only one thunder cannon was left to participate in the battle, which meant that the other two thunder cannons had not escaped the previous fire.
Just one flying thunder cannon and dozens of remnant soldiers would never be able to stop the desperate attack of hundreds of Japanese troops. Sure enough, the battle lasted less than a minute before the Japanese rushed into the trenches and began to attack the few remaining soldiers of the first battalion along the trenches.
"Battal Commander, what should we do? The position is almost unbearable..." the instructor retreated all the way to the battalion commander and asked.
"There is no way..." the first battalion commander replied with despair on his face.
"As long as there is one soldier left in the battalion, we cannot let the Japanese cross the front line."
"I'll beat them all hard."
"Kill one to get enough, fight two to earn one..." the first battalion commander said as he threw a grenade at the Japs who were close to Chi Chi. The Japs were not to be outdone and threw grenades into the trenches.
But under the cover of the trenches, all these grenades exploded outside the trenches. The shock wave made the first battalion commander's ears buzz and he thought. He couldn't hear anything around him, but it didn't hurt him and didn't affect him from continuing to throw grenades outside.
Just when a dozen Japanese soldiers were about to rush in front of them, the sound of crooked machine gun fire suddenly sounded not far away.
A dozen Japanese soldiers were instantly cut down in a large area by a hail of bullets. The surviving little Japanese quickly got down and fought back, but the grenades smashed down on their heads at the same time did not give them this chance.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The intensive explosion took their lives on the spot, and the first battalion commander was relieved of the crisis in an instant.
Only then did the first battalion commander clearly see the soldier who had just fired, and said with excitement: "Comrades, reinforcements have arrived..."
"The little Japs on the other side are finished. I'll give them all a good beating. Kill them and avenge the fallen comrades." The first battalion commander roared, used the crooked handle at his side and fired wildly at the Japs.
.........The Japanese army attacked the position, Lieutenant General Sakuragi closed his eyes with pain on his face. The opponent's will to resist is too tenacious and he will not retreat until he fights to the death.
This combat courage is no weaker than that of the Kwantung Army. For the first time, Lieutenant General Sakuragi truly felt that his opponent was powerful.
With a long sigh, he ordered: "Withdraw... Let the 5th and 6th Brigades evacuate the battlefield immediately... The 4th Brigade is finished..."
"The artillery force and aviation force once again cover the trenches in Chenjiazhuang and the battlefield where the Fourth Battalion has just been destroyed with artillery fire. Hurry up and fire immediately before the Eighth Route Army hides in the tunnel. Try to kill a few more Eighth Route Army troops." When artillery fire once again covered the battlefield. , the division chief of staff walked to Lieutenant General Sakuragi with his head lowered, his expression very sad.
"Division Commander, the losses from the attack just now have been calculated..."
"The Fourth Brigade and the tank troops that cooperated with their attack were completely destroyed, and not a single soldier was withdrawn."
"The fifth and sixth brigades lost 1,589 people, and only less than 500 people are left to continue fighting..."
"The outer positions of Chenjiazhuang are still in the hands of the Eighth Route Army."
"According to reports from the retreating troops, they have just entered the front-line trenches and the battle is about to end."
"An Eighth Route Army suddenly reinforced the battlefield and drove them back with firepower."
"This reinforcement must be the Eighth Route Army that besieged the Fourth Brigade."
"Judging from this, there are not many Eighth Route Army troops left defending the front-line trenches."
"Although the Eighth Route Army that besieged the Fourth Battalion still had the strength to reinforce the Yixian trenches, they killed a thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses. Their total strength was not much left."
"The Air Force has proven that."
"When the offensive troops withdrew from the battlefield, the total number of Eighth Route Army troops active in the front-line trenches was less than 200."
"As long as we gather heavy troops and launch another attack, we will definitely be able to capture Chenjiazhuang in one attack and end the battle." Lieutenant General Sakuragi had a very complicated mood.
As far as the combat goal of taking Chenjiazhuang is concerned, this should be considered good news. There were less than 200 remnants of the defenders left, and they could not even defend a single line of defense.
Faced with a new round of strong attacks by the mopping up troops, the troops can't defend here but cannot defend there. As long as one point of the defense line is broken through, it will trigger a chain reaction, causing the entire defense line to be occupied by the attacking troops.
But when he thought of the huge price the troops paid to severely damage the defenders of Chenjiazhuang, Lieutenant General Sakuragi couldn't be happy.
The two reinforced battalions had at most 1,400 to 500 men. After deducting the remaining 200 men, the remaining 1,300 men were killed.
The offensive force he sent lost more than 2,600 people and a tank squadron. It takes two elite Kwantung Army troops to defeat one Eighth Route Army army.
In other battlefields in China, one Kwantung Army often killed several Chinese soldiers. Lieutenant General Sakuragi had been fighting for so many years and had never encountered such a disparity in battle loss ratio.
If he reported to the Kwantung Army headquarters, he would definitely be embarrassed. In order to prevent himself from losing too badly and save a little face, Lieutenant General Sakuragi decided to continue the fight.
"Ask the Seventh Battalion to come forward and prepare artillery fire first, and then attack Chenjiazhuang."
"The attacking force must stay close to the impact point and don't worry about friendly fire."
"Strive to eliminate the remnants of the defenders and occupy Chenjiazhuang at the cost of one squadron." Huang Yu looked very solemn at the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong.
Just a little bit away, the first battalion of the Duer Regiment was wiped out on the battlefield by the Japanese. Fortunately, the Second Battalion joined the battle in time, otherwise Huang Yu wouldn't know how to give an explanation to the regiment leader.
Chief of Staff Liu Sen took a deep breath at the same time, and slowly relaxed his clenched fists. He looked at Huang Yu and asked anxiously: "Xiao Huang, can you send someone to replace the first and second battalions now? If they are allowed to fight again, If we go down, both battalions will definitely be wiped out."
"Okay..." Huang Yu nodded.
"They successfully completed their combat mission."
"In one battle, 2,500 to 600 Japs were wiped out, directly reducing the total strength of the Kwantung Army's central mopping up force to less than 7,000."
"Even if we reveal our strength now and let the Japanese know that they have been fooled, these less than 7,000 people will not be able to escape from our base."
"Ask the third battalion to replace the first and second battalions immediately."
"Abandon all positions outside Chenjiazhuang and rely on the Chenjiazhuang tunnels to fight the next wave of Japanese attacking troops in street battles. This will not only make the Japanese think they are about to win, but also continue to consume their troops unknowingly."
"By the time the Japs react, there will be very few of their new offensive troops left."
