A mortar shell came down, and the Japanese machine gunner, Bai Youmi, and his deputy, who were firing, were filled with evil, along with the machine gun.

Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke was lucky enough to perfectly avoid the shrapnel flying everywhere.

When the shelling stopped, Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke finally realized that he had gotten his life back.

Now, the thought of continuing the charge was gone from his mind.

Quietly and inconspicuously, he turned around and fled to the rear with the other survivors of his squad.

As he ran, he thought to himself, "This shelling is too scary."

It was also too dense, completely different from the bombing that the Taihe Hui Brigade had just encountered.

It was all the fault of those cowards in the Taihe Hui Brigade!

If they had just held on a little longer, his group wouldn't be in such a mess.

Lin Fan and the others had already sprinted away from their position.

As they moved a thousand meters away from their previous location, the soldiers of the 128th Division's artillery company were still moving five hundred meters away.

Lin Fan ordered, "Set up the position, prepare to fire!"

When Hua Yuande led his soldiers to the artillery position of the Special Company,

The artillery position of the Special Company had already been set up and was ready to fight again.

Hua Yuande urged his men to hurry, faster.

He kept whipping the soldiers with his horsewhip and kicking them with his feet.

This was his management style, and Lin Fan, as an outsider, didn't comment.

This was probably the relationship between officers and soldiers in this era!

The look of disgust on Liu Laopao's face was already obvious.

Lin Fan quickly ordered, "Everyone, take a rest.

Be ready to run at any time.

We have interrupted the Japanese twice in a row.

Beware of Japanese retaliation."

The barrage just now had been too brilliant, and now everyone here was listening carefully to every word Lin Fan said.

Whether they were officers or soldiers.

Hua Yuande's attention was also focused on Lin Fan, and he stopped badgering his soldiers.

He came over and said, "Company Commander Lin! A god of artillery!

Just a moment ago, the Japanese brigade's charge was completely repulsed."

Lin Fan looked ahead, "Not yet, we are just playing a supporting role.

The real main force is still the brothers on the front line."

Hua Yuande looked across the bombarded position.

The soldiers of the First Battalion were already entangled with the Japanese.

"What's going on?" Hua Yuande was a little confused.

Lin Fan finally smiled at this time, "After our bombing just now, if there are no accidents, the Japanese can only retreat.

Battalion Commander Zhang Jian was unwilling to let this easy prey escape, so he took his men and rushed up.

He wants to eat this dish completely.

What an appetite!"

Company Commander Hua Yuande couldn't help but sigh, "Battalion Commander Zhang has always been like this, always dissatisfied, a thorn in the side!"

From Company Commander Hua Yuande's words, it could be heard that this Battalion Commander Zhang was not easy to deal with.

Lin Fan smiled and said nothing.

He greatly appreciated this tactic.

Battalion Commander Zhang took the initiative to attack this time, at least for today, there would be no more Japanese attacking his defensive line.

A team with firm beliefs is a tougher nut to crack than a team with advanced weapons and solid fortifications.

The Japanese commander might change the direction of attack next.

Captain Duzawa Takuya anxiously urged his men to charge.

The defending soldiers opposite were as fierce as dragons and tigers, and they strode forward.

As if they wanted to step in front of his soldiers in one step and start fighting.

Looking back at his own soldiers, they were about to start bayonet fighting.

These soldiers were still taking small steps, advancing slowly.

Captain Duzawa Takuya immediately realized that he had made a mistake.

His team had just suffered a major blow, and their morale was severely low.

At this time, he shouldn't continue to emphasize the spirit of Bushido.

He should organize his team to escape. Those soldiers weren't confused and going in the wrong direction.

They were just instinctively trying to retreat.

But now, the mistake had already been made. If he ordered the entire team to retreat at this time,

Those defending soldiers who rushed out of the trenches with anger in their eyes would probably kill his team.

Thinking of this, Captain Duzawa Takuya trembled.

He didn't dare to think about the consequences of doing so.

Now he could only try to stimulate the spirit of his soldiers.

So that they could cheer up and have a good fight with the defending soldiers who were like tigers descending the mountain.

Captain Duzawa Takuya pulled out his pistol.

He ordered loudly, "Charge! Charge! Speed up!"

His order only caused a few soldiers to roll their eyes, and all the soldiers were still moving in slow motion.

They were all hoping that the other soldiers could block in front.

Of course, they didn't want to run fast themselves.

Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke also saw his captain at this time.

He saw the captain waving his pistol and roaring.

The look of contempt in his eyes was undisguised, "You're brave, you charge first!

If you have the ability, shout 'Follow me!'

Don't just shout 'Charge!'"

Perhaps Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke's thoughts were completely exposed in his eyes.

Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke's thoughts would forever remain here.

His eyes suddenly widened a lot, looking at the flames coming out of the captain's pistol muzzle.

Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke even saw a bullet running out of the muzzle, rushing straight towards him.

Then Echigoya Shunsuke fell.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three consecutive gunshots.

Captain Duzawa Takuya saw that his lieutenant not only didn't bravely charge forward,

He even led the entire squad to flee to the rear, how could he tolerate this?

Captain Duzawa Takuya clearly saw the contempt in Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke's eyes.

"A deserter, dare to despise me?" Captain Duzawa Takuya was furious.

He pulled the trigger, aiming at Lieutenant Echigoya Shunsuke.

After knocking down this coward, Captain Duzawa Takuya, still not relieved of his anger, continued to fire two shots at the soldiers of Echigoya Shunsuke's squad.

Executing two soldiers closest to him.

These were all lost sheep!

After executing three soldiers, Duzawa Takuya ordered loudly, "Charge! Run!

The last ones will be executed according to battlefield discipline!"

The gunshots and corpses finally aroused fear in the hearts of some soldiers.

Some soldiers began to charge.

With some soldiers leading the way, the remaining soldiers also began to charge.

They just didn't want to be at the very front.

If the sky fell, there would be tall people to hold it up, and if the defending soldiers charged down, there would be people in front to carry it.

As long as these soldiers weren't made to charge at the very front, they could still run a little.

Captain Duzawa Takuya finally used the blood of three soldiers to arouse the last madness of hundreds of soldiers.

Or rather, he used the lives of three soldiers to force hundreds of soldiers to charge.

A team that is forced to charge is a team without combat power.

Not to mention charging up to engage in bayonet combat.

At this time, the Duzawa Takuya Brigade, which still had the advantage in numbers, immediately fell in large numbers as soon as it came into contact with Zhang Jian's First Battalion.

These Japanese soldiers慌慌張張 raised their rifles, trying to parry the broadswords that were being chopped down on their heads.

But they were chopped down along with their rifles.

In just one face-to-face encounter, the soldiers of the Duzawa Takuya Brigade discovered: the soldiers here were too savage!

They were simply like gods descending to earth, each one with infinite strength.

In just one face-to-face encounter, those soldiers who were unwilling to charge at the very front had already fallen.

Next, facing these broadswords was the second batch of soldiers.

This time, seeing the bloody scene in front of them, these soldiers could no longer hold on.

They threw away their guns and ran.

Captain Duzawa Takuya fired two shots in a row, killing two deserters.

When he fired the third shot, this damn Nambu Type 14 pistol jammed again at this time.

This gun was originally loaded with eight bullets, and this was only the sixth shot.

Captain Duzawa Takuya waved his pistol angrily, roaring loudly, "Go back! Go back! Charge!"

Those fleeing soldiers fled in panic.

Some rushed to Captain Duzawa Takuya's side, his Nambu Type 14 pistol was jammed.

At this time, he had already thrown away his pistol, waving his command刀 with his right hand, "Go back!"

His voice was stern! But at this time, no soldiers were willing to listen to his orders.

"Go back!" Captain Duzawa Takuya swung the command刀 in his hand.

The head of one of his soldiers flew up.

The headless corpse stubbornly rushed forward two steps before falling to the ground.

The blood gushing out from the neck shot out more than a meter, splashing on the bodies of the Japanese soldiers beside him.

Whether intentional or unintentional, Captain Duzawa Takuya was bumped by a soldier.

He stumbled two steps, blocking the escape route of several soldiers.

He was bumped again, and this time Captain Duzawa Takuya could no longer stand firm.

He fell to the ground in his own angry roar.

Then his body was stepped on by a soldier who was running away.

Another foot!

Captain Duzawa Takuya's angry roar immediately turned into a painful moan.

Battalion Commander Zhang charged at the very front. When the soldiers of the First Battalion faced a much larger number of Japanese soldiers,

The thought of having a good killing today welled up in their hearts.

They didn't expect that as soon as they made contact, these Japanese soldiers began to run away.

The officers and soldiers of the First Battalion, who were clearly prepared for a bayonet fight, turned this bayonet fight into a massacre!

Zhang Jian picked up the command刀 from Captain Duzawa Takuya's hand, and also took off the scabbard from his waist.

He ordered loudly, "Quickly clean up the battlefield, go back immediately!

The Japanese artillery shells are coming soon!"

These soldiers who rushed out quickly began to pick up weapons and ammunition.

They quickly retreated back into the trenches.

Sato Tetsu, the detachment leader, who had been hiding in the command post, saw that the Duzawa Takuya Brigade was even worse than the Taihe Hui Brigade just now.

Not only did the Duzawa Takuya Brigade fail to take down the front line this time,

Even Captain Duzawa Takuya died in battle.

Looking at the more than four hundred soldiers who fled back in a panic, most of them had no weapons in their hands.

Sato Tetsu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, "Pass the order: let Captain Taihe Hui transfer all the soldiers who escaped from the Duzawa Takuya Brigade into his brigade.

Let them be the suicide squad and continue to attack later."

This time, Sato Tetsu was no longer willing to let his team attack the First Battalion's position.

He had figured it out himself: the bunkers here were deliberately destroyed by the defending soldiers.

The purpose was to lure the imperial army to attack from this place.

They had long ambushed artillery teams in the rear and had already surveyed the firing area.

This tactic of showing weakness to the enemy and luring them into a trap could be used once or twice, but it was impossible to use it a third or fourth time.

He wouldn't play with them anymore.

This time, Sato Tetsu changed the direction of attack.

He was going to attack the Second Battalion's position next to the First Battalion.

There were three bunkers standing on the Second Battalion's position.

Maybe that place was the weakness of the defending soldiers opposite.

Sato Tetsu personally directed Captain Taihe Hui, instructing him to attack the three bunkers in front.

In order to support the Taihe Hui Brigade, Sato Tetsu once again transferred two Type 92 infantry guns.

He wanted to use these guns to directly blast away the bunkers opposite.

The Sato Detachment was sent to strengthen the offensive because the 18th Division's offensive was ineffective.

Sato Tetsu was very dissatisfied with the current situation.

Although he had lost nearly ten artillery pieces and a brigade's worth of troops so far.

But Sato Tetsu still wanted to break through the defensive line in front of him today, at least to have an achievement that his detachment could show off.

To this end, he gave Captain Taihe Hui a death order this time, "Charge! Charge! Keep charging forward!

Until you stand on the opposite position."

"Hai!" Captain Taihe Hui was grateful for Sato Detachment Leader's care for this opportunity that fell from the sky.

The scene of his brigade fleeing back just now was still in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, he was given such an opportunity.

This time, Captain Taihe Hui wanted to seize the last opportunity to prove that his time had come.

Help from friendly forces arrived once again, and the artillery fire of the Japanese 18th Division also fell from the sky, landing on the Second Battalion of the 763rd Regiment of the 128th Division.

Zhang Jingwu, the commander of the Second Battalion, looked at the wall plaster that was constantly falling from the ceiling, "The Japanese are going crazy this time!"

From the morning onwards, after the first round of bombing by the Japanese had completely bombed all the national defense bunkers on this line,

The Second Battalion had not been attacked.

The Japanese concentrated all their firepower on the direction of those collapsed bunkers.

They believed that those places were the weaknesses of the 128th Division.

The First Battalion of Zhang Jian had just endured such intense shelling.

The commander of the Second Battalion was frightened when he saw it.

Now the same bombing was hitting him: Fortunately, the bunkers that the Second Battalion entered were still very strong.

No matter how the Japanese bombed, they only shook a little, and some mud and sand fell from time to time.

Thinking of the human wave tactics that the Japanese used after the First Battalion of Zhang Jian was shelled.

Battalion Commander Zhang Jingwu was shocked, thousands of Japanese soldiers surged up.

Only with sufficient firepower could those Japanese soldiers be easily beaten back.

Unfortunately, the theory was easy to understand, but the 128th Division lacked firepower the most.

But it had courage!

Gu Jiaqi had already seen today that the artillery company directly under the division joined forces with the special company.

A round of artillery fire repelled the Japanese attack again.

Especially the commander of the First Battalion, after repelling the Japanese, he did not let go of those Japanese soldiers who were preparing to escape at all.

He led the First Battalion out of the trenches and engaged in bayonet fighting with the Japanese soldiers who had no morale at all.

Such courage was the soul of the 128th Division!

Every team has its own soul. This soul is created jointly by the first generation of officers and soldiers when the team is established.

Then it is passed down from generation to generation.

The soul of the 128th Division is the "Gan Army" spirit that has been passed down for hundreds of years: to move forward bravely!

The officers and soldiers in the headquarters of the 128th Division saw that after the soldiers of the First Battalion rushed up,

The Japanese soldiers completely gave up resistance, which was suppression, suppression of momentum, completely eliminating the Japanese soldiers' will to fight.

They would rather be killed by the soldiers of the First Battalion, or rather stab their own comrades with knives, than dare to swing their knives at the soldiers of the First Battalion.

This battle truly brought out the prestige of the 128th Division.

These people all knew that the First Battalion was able to fight such a battle because of the bombing by the special company and the division artillery company.

Now they saw that the Japanese artillery fire had begun to bombard the Second Battalion's position.

Everyone's hearts were raised again: they were afraid that those bunkers would fail at a critical moment and collapse.

This kind of thing had happened before, and there were at least a dozen, or even thirty or forty, officers and soldiers of the 128th Division in each bunker.

Fortunately, their worries did not happen after half an hour of bombing.

This time, it was not that Ushijima Sadayo was unwilling to continue bombing, it was just that if he continued to bomb like this, it would be dark.

The infantry would have no chance to charge.

Captain Taihe Hui had already made preparations. He had led the remnants of two brigades and transferred them to the front of the position.

As soon as the roar of the artillery fire stopped, he immediately ordered the team to launch an attack.

This time, the ones charging at the very front were not the soldiers of the Taihe Hui Brigade.

The captain still valued his soldiers a little more.

He forced the hundreds of remaining soldiers of the Duzawa Takuya Brigade to charge at the very front.

Before starting, Captain Taihe Hui had already given orders to these soldiers, "Don't charge! Die!

Charge slowly! Die!"

All the soldiers behind these remaining soldiers of the Duzawa Takuya Brigade were law enforcement teams.

They could execute military law on any soldier who hesitated to move forward.

The soldiers of the Taihe Hui Brigade certainly wouldn't miss such an opportunity.

Only if the soldiers in front charged faster would they, the soldiers following behind, be safer.

When this temporary cobbled-together team charged two hundred meters,

The soldiers of the Second Battalion were already firing in the bunkers.

The machine guns kept spitting out flames.

More soldiers also rushed out of the bunkers and moved quickly along the trenches connecting the bunkers.

They had to quickly enter the position before the Japanese charged up.

Just now, in order to avoid the Japanese artillery fire, these soldiers hid in the bunkers, and now they had to enter the position.

Although the distance between the attacking and defending sides was now a little further, the machine gun bullets could still hit those densely charging Japanese soldiers.