"Your Excellency Dazuo, the Locust Army is in a very bad situation now. In order to ensure safety, I suggest that you immediately request tactical guidance from the brigade commander." Kenji Hashimoto approached Yuuji Watanabe and began to play his role as a staff officer.
"Now the artillery of the Locust Army has fallen into the hands of the enemy. Judging from the Tubal Road that has appeared now, there are no less than five or six thousand soldiers. It is very likely that the enemy we are facing is not just an independent regiment, but the main force of the Tubal Road." Kenji Hashimoto began to analyze rationally.
"Judging from the artillery that has appeared on Tubal Road now, there are no less than 30 mortars alone. This is not equipment owned by Tubal Road regiment-level troops. I have never heard of Tubal Road regiment-level having more than 10 mortars. Fire the cannon." Kenji Hashimoto still worked hard.
"Except for the Dagushan guerrillas." Kenji Hashimoto was stunned for a moment when he said this. Yes, there are also Dagushan guerrillas!
This must be the encirclement between the Dagushan guerrillas and the independent group, although Hashimoto Kenji didn't know why he leaked the news and let the Dagushan guerrillas participate in this war.
But now is not the time to pursue internal leaks.
"Your Excellency Dazuo, the hateful Dagushan guerrillas must be here. Only they have so many artillery!" Kenji Hashimoto cleared his mind and suddenly had a bold idea.
"Your Excellency Dazuo, if it were just the Dagushan guerrillas, then we might not face as many enemies as we imagined. Now on Zhao Jiayu's side, we should attack with all our might, capture Zhao Jiayu as soon as possible, let our three brigades be connected, and then rely on Zhao Jiayu counterattacks!"
After clarifying his thoughts, there were some sober people among the little devils. After thinking about Kenji Hashimoto's words and suggestions, Watanabe Yuuji finally let go of his pride and began to bow to reality.
"Hashimoto-kun, I will do as you wish.
Immediately report to Mr. Kawada the battle situation we are facing, focusing on reporting that our army has been attacked by more than 40 artillery pieces. It is suspected that we have encountered the main force of Tubal Road. The artillery has been shattered. Please ask Mr. Kawada for tactical guidance! Our army is persisting in the offensive and is determined to bite the enemy. We request Lord Kawada to mobilize reinforcements and annihilate them!
In addition, the Horuchi Battalion, Ishii Mori and Fujino Battalions are ordered to attack Zhao Jiayu with all their strength, and be sure to capture Zhao Jiayu as our army's support! "Watanabe Yuuji is a leftist who came from the field after all.
When faced with difficulties, one does not just become incompetent and furious. Kenji Hashimoto's words have pointed out the key to breaking the current situation, and Yuji Watanabe will certainly not let it go.
As for the original idea of monopolizing the victory, it is no longer worth mentioning in the face of the current situation.
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Watanabe Yuuji's order was quickly transmitted to the three brigades via the radio. The Horiuchi Brigade was the first to respond. There was a rumbling sound, and the pressure on Sun Desheng suddenly increased dramatically.
At the same time, as many as one squadron of Japs braved machine gun fire and began a desperate assault. One by one, the Japs looked for bunkers and approached Sun Desheng's defense line step by step.
Behind this squadron, the little devils from the second squadron have completed their assembly and are following behind!
Forming one wave after another.
The battle at Zhao Jiayu Beikou suddenly became intense.
Although he didn't know why the little devil suddenly went crazy, Zhao Gang, who was commanding from a high position, did not dare to hold back anymore. He not only ordered all mortars to start bombarding the target at the north entrance frantically, but also sent one of the two reserve companies in his hand to the Sun Desheng defense line to stand by. .
However, the battle situation at the north exit has not yet stabilized. The kid at the south exit also launched a crazy attack. Ishii Mori put his command position on the front line. The kid commanding the two squadrons, like the Horiuchi brigade, began to brave artillery fire regardless of casualties. Charge to the death!
The second company's position was originally shaky, but now the imps from two squadrons were pressing forward, and the second company's front line was instantly broken through!
Relying on the advantages of machine guns and grenade launchers, as long as the second company's firepower is exposed, 2 to 3 grenade launchers will soon counterattack at the same time!
The firepower of the machine gun was silenced. The soldiers used grenades to greet the approaching Japs, blowing them up and knocking them off their feet.
However, the little Japanese is now determined to attack. The little Japanese possessed by Bushido simply ignores the casualties and continues to advance!
As there were fewer and fewer soldiers on the position, and the resistance of the second company became weaker and weaker, the Japs' attack became stronger and stronger. Following the two squadrons of Ishii Mori, there were two new squadrons of the Fujino Battalion!
The machine gun squadron that followed up to support, after occupying part of the Second Company's position, had found a bunker and launched suppressive fire. The intensive firepower killed the machine gunners of the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment. The heavy machine gun fire of the Independent Regiment was reduced. The sub is weakened a lot.
But even so, the defense forces of the Independent Regiment still fought to the death. All the soldiers of the second company faced the overwhelming enemy. Even if they were injured, they still had to use their last bit of strength to detonate all the grenades around them and attack the enemy with them. The little devils will die together!
The red-eyed Second Company didn't even listen to Zhao Gang's order to retreat. All the soldiers actually knew that even if there were defensive troops behind them, looking at the little devil's current offensive, if they retreated, they might fall to the second place. The same goes for the line of defense.
Because in terms of firepower, the gap between the independent regiment and the Japs can't be made up at all. It's better to take advantage of the current opportunity of close combat and use traditional weapons such as grenades to cause huge damage to the enemy!
Killing one is enough, and you can earn money by killing two. If you can drag three or five little devils on the road, you will make a lot of money!
At this moment, the wolf nature that had been instilled in Li Yunlong was vividly reflected in the soldiers and cadres of the Second Company. Even if their arms and legs were broken, even if they bit the grenade string with their teeth, they would still find ways to die with the little Japanese!
Zhao Jiayu's battle situation suddenly became tragic following Yuuji Watanabe's order.
The third battalion and second company of the Independent Regiment were completely wiped out!
The casualties of the firepower battalion's machine gun company suddenly reached two-thirds!
The machine gun company supported by the new first regiment and the machine gun company supported by the new second regiment suffered more than half of their casualties!
Almost all the soldiers in the mortar position were killed!
The entire Zhao Jiayu defensive position suddenly shrunk by nearly half, causing Zhao Gang, who was in charge of the overall situation, to almost break his teeth!
It's so tragic.
This was the most brutal battle since Zhao Gang joined the Independent Regiment. Compared with everyone's high spirits before the war, seeing so many soldiers dying heroically in front of him, Zhao Gang now almost had the determination to die with the little devil.
If he hadn't considered that Zhao Jiayu's position was the key to the success or failure of this battle, Zhao Gang would have picked up his gun and fought.
But now, he has to continue to command the combat position, commanding the remaining soldiers to continue to persevere to the end!
Occasionally looking into the distance through the telescope, except for the vague shelling, Li Yunlong and his large troops have not yet reached them!
So no matter how hard it is, Zhao Gang will persevere!
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