"Reporting to your Excellency, there is fierce gunfire from the front. It should be that our village brigade has engaged in fire with the Chinese army."
"Don't take it to heart, the village team is just making a tentative attack. This is the order of His Excellency Sasaki. As soon as all our heavy artillery arrives, Changshu? Hehehehe, that's just a piece of meat in the mouth of our Japanese Empire."
The captain of the 38th Regiment, the MCC Japs, clicked his tongue and smiled strangely. They were still ten kilometers away from Changshu. And they were in no hurry to march. Because their heavy artillery hasn't arrived yet. If you want to capture the important town of Changshu, it won't work without heavy artillery.
The village's brigade was the first to arrive outside Changshu City, and it was only a trial attack.
According to the Japanese spy reports in Changshu City, there were not as many enemy troops stationed in Changshu City as imagined. There was not a division at all, only about a brigade.
However, this matter could not be confirmed, so the village took the lead in launching a tentative attack on Changshu.
Of course, the MCC devils have absolutely no worries about the safety of their village brigade. Because that was a whole brigade of elite imperial troops. What's more, he didn't believe that the Chinese army would have the guts to come out from the solid fortifications and fight the imperial army head-on.
The old man MCC always believed that everything was under his control. But little did he know that his village team was heading towards the abyss step by step.
Dragon Boat Festival is a natural hunter. Once his prey is targeted by him, there is only one end, which is death.
The village brigade confidently dispatched two squadrons, and under the cover of artillery fire, gradually approached the position on the right wing of Changshu.
The soldiers obeyed Dragon Boat Festival's orders and first used machine guns and rifles to challenge the Japanese. Afterwards, everyone hid after the devil's crazy revenge. The first battalion of Sun Zemin's department quickly moved towards the front of the formation.
At the same time, the Japanese army believed that the Chinese soldiers were vulnerable and accelerated their advance.
And everything went very smoothly, which made the charging Japanese feel that the Chinese were simply vulnerable and were just a group of cowards. Even the soldiers of the second squadron felt that it was a mistake for them to go to the battlefield without carrying weapons.
They don't need to charge forward with sandbags at all. Instead, you can directly hold the weapon and step onto the defensive position of the Chinese soldiers.
In their hearts, Chinese soldiers are simply a bunch of cowards and stupid pigs. They will only tremble under the guns of the Japanese Empire.
Their machine guns only fired twice at the enemy's position, and the enemy misfired.
They even felt that the Chinese soldiers were simply scared away by their machine gunners.
So the Japs from the Second Squadron even gave up the sandbags, some took out their bayonets, and some picked up stones, and together with the Japs from the First Squadron, they launched a charge towards the Changshu right wing position.
Because such cheap war achievements cannot be picked up anytime. Even the Japs in the machine gun position couldn't help it, and launched a charge with the infantry.
When the Japs from this village saw that everything was going well for their troops, they smiled proudly: "The Chinese people are all a bunch of cowardly guys. Mr. Matsui is so careful. After successive defeats, the Chinese soldiers are just a bunch of frightened birds. So what?" Dare to fight our imperial army in the Changshu area?
The Oriental Maginot is just a joke. As long as we capture Changshu's right-wing position, Changshu's flanks will be exposed to the iron hoof of our Imperial Japanese Army. The small city of Changshu is already within our grasp. "
"What you are saying is that the Chinese soldiers are a bunch of incompetent people. I think that under the wise leadership of your Excellency, we can capture Changshu City in less than an hour."
One of my subordinates is trying to flatter me. Motomura held the telescope in his hand and laughed.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Changshu right wing position suddenly fired guns and artillery fire. The two squadrons of Japanese troops rushing up were instantly drowned in the sound of gunfire and explosions.
The explosion was caused by countless grenades. When the Japanese army was approaching a distance of thirty meters, the grenades were the most lethal.
The sudden explosion made the Japanese jump around like ants on a hot pot.
And at this moment, various guns, machine guns, rifles, pistols, etc., opened fire at the same time, making the Japanese retreat in panic.
At this moment, the Japanese had no chance to fight back, and the soldiers of the 44th Division finally experienced the pleasure of being completely crushed.
In previous battles, they suffered greatly from exchanges of fire with the Japanese army. The shooting accuracy of the weapon in hand is not as good as that of the Japs, and coupled with the huge recoil of the 79 rifle, it is very difficult for ordinary recruits to control it.
But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that because Chinese soldiers lack the necessary shooting training, except for some veterans, no one can confront the Japs head-on. This gave the little devil a great advantage in the duel.
Often in a battle, before the Japs launch a charge, more than half of our positions will already suffer casualties.
But at a distance of thirty meters, as long as the soldier is not blind, he can almost hit the little devil with a bullet.
What's more, although two squadrons of the Japanese army rushed forward, nearly half of the squadrons of Japanese soldiers didn't even carry guns.
The second squadron rushed up with sandbags. But in the middle of the charge, I discovered that the Chinese troops were all cowards and did not even have the courage to fight back. They threw down sandbags, picked up stones and bayonets, and just wanted to come up and take advantage.
So at this time, when the Chinese soldiers' guns fired, they could only flee in confusion.
But at this time, how could the soldiers of the 44th Division give them this opportunity? Most of the Japanese were killed in front of the formation, and a small number of Japanese fled back the same way.
The first battalion commander roared and led all the soldiers out of the trenches to chase the fleeing Japanese.
"Bagaya road!"
The Japanese who were watching the battle saw that their first and second squadrons were defeated, so they roared and ordered the artillery to fire to prevent the Chinese army from pursuing.
But at this moment, four 105mm howitzer shells landed on the Jaap's artillery position with great accuracy.
After a loud boom, the Little Japanese's artillery position was directly razed to the ground. The little devil on the artillery position seemed to have suddenly disappeared from the world.
Some of them were directly blown to pieces, while others were blown down the mountain. Mortars and artillery shells were flying everywhere.
Some Japanese soldiers from the Fourth Squadron of the Village Brigade on the top of the mountain were also affected, with more than a dozen casualties.
The Japs from this village were so disgraced that they got up, breathing heavily.
He looked in the direction of Changshu City in confusion, not knowing where the shell came from.
"Your Excellency, there are enemy troops on our right wing, a large number of enemy troops."
At this moment, a Japanese soldier came to report that enemy troops appeared on their right wing, and there were a large number of enemy troops.
"Nani?"
The Japanese in this village couldn't believe it, but he felt that he had been plotted by the enemy. Everything is false, the Chinese are not cowards, they are hunting their prey like ferocious beasts.
The Chinese came out. They did not huddle in the hard fortifications, but came out openly and fought with him!
This seemed to be exactly the scene that Motomura had envisioned countless times before, a decisive battle with his enemy head-on.
But at this moment, when his dream came true, he only had one thought, and that was - escape! ...
