The Milky Way is Also a Grain of Sand

Chapter 577 The Japanese Devils are Preparing to Retreat

He Pai, who had been charging forward, didn't achieve anything with his first shot, so this time he was much more cautious.

Seeing that the Japanese soldier in front of him could still flourish a knife, the expression on his face remained unchanged, and his footsteps became much steadier.

He stepped forward again, shouting, "Kill!"

The bayonet in his hand still thrust fiercely towards the Japanese soldier. This time, Captain Toshio Tanaka still exhaled loudly.

He shouted, "Ha!" and quickly slashed the command knife downward.

This time, he still used all his strength, and the previous scene did not repeat itself.

Company Commander He's move this time was just a feint. He thrust out a shot, and seeing the Japanese soldier's command knife chopping down, he immediately pulled back his rifle, not engaging with the Japanese soldier's command knife.

This made Captain Toshio Tanaka a little uncomfortable. His full-strength slash cut into the air, without any point of leverage. He originally thought he could chop the opponent's rifle in mid-air, but this time he could only keep slashing until the ground.

Captain Toshio Tanaka's body leaned forward. This cunning Chinese soldier in front of him faked a shot, and now the rifle was stabbing towards him like a poisonous snake again.

What to do?

At this moment, Captain Toshio Tanaka had to force himself to take a step back. His upper body was falling forward, but his lower body wanted to retreat.

Strength needed to start from the feet to be stable. He was clearly trying to divide his body into two parts. With this retreat, his center of gravity became unstable, and his body began to stagger.

Never give your enemy a chance once you have the upper hand. Company Commander He learned this from the Special Operations Brigade. When fighting the Japanese, the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade never spared them.

At this time, Company Commander He saw that the feint had worked, and immediately followed up with another stab.

Captain Toshio Tanaka could no longer dodge this stab. He was stabbed in the arm holding the command knife. The pain made his arm tremble, and he almost threw the command knife away.

Finally stabilizing his body and mind, Captain Toshio Tanaka regained his courage, and his hands were raised high once again.

The bright command knife flashed with a cold light, facing Company Commander He head-on.

This time, his eyes were red. The wound on his arm was excruciatingly painful. Because there was no time to bandage it, fresh blood was flowing down his arm.

The blood flowed in a winding and rugged path on the surface of his body, and the cold feeling was like a poisonous snake slowly crawling towards his heart.

Captain Toshio Tanaka suddenly felt that the world was a little cold, and he wanted to wrap his clothes tightly to feel a little warmth.

However, there was a Chinese soldier opposite him, staring at him with bright eyes, and would not give him any chance at all.

Company Commander He saw the blood flowing from the arm of the Japanese commander opposite him. The stab he had just made was not light.

If they just stalemated like this, the Japanese commander would not be able to bear it. However, Company Commander He did not choose to wait.

He shouted, "Kill!"

He stepped forward, his whole body moving forward, and the rifle in his hand stabbed towards the Japanese soldier's chest again.

Having been tricked once before, Captain Toshio Tanaka looked at the stab coming from the opponent, both afraid that it was a feint and unable to avoid parrying.

He could only shout "Ha!" and slash the command knife downward.

Seeing the Japanese soldier slash downward, Company Commander He immediately retracted his rifle. As he moved, the Japanese commander also retracted his knife, returning to his high-raised posture.

However, this action made Captain Toshio Tanaka want to grit his teeth again. Now he didn't dare to be distracted in the slightest, and could only persevere, hoping to find a loophole in the opponent and then defeat him.

At this moment, He Gang and the Japanese soldier in front of him were like a pair of robots. He Gang probed with his rifle, and Captain Toshio Tanaka slashed down with his command knife.

After several rounds, Captain Toshio Tanaka's arm strained, causing the wound to bleed faster. He already felt dizzy and his reactions were sluggish.

At this moment, Captain Toshio Tanaka knew he was finished!

When Company Commander He's rifle stabbed towards his chest again, Captain Toshio Tanaka only moved slightly, avoiding his heart.

He shouted, "Kill!"

The command knife in his hand no longer parried, but used all his strength to slash at the Chinese soldier in front of him. This time, he was prepared to use a mutually destructive method, trading injury for life.

The Japanese commander in front of him suddenly struggled desperately, and Company Commander He was also taken aback. He had already anticipated the Japanese soldier's reaction, and saw that this Japanese soldier had begun to fight desperately.

With a forceful step, his body leaped back a meter, perfectly avoiding the slash.

Captain Toshio Tanaka once again made the same mistake as before. This time, he slashed down with all his strength, without any reservation. The command knife cut into the air, without any point of leverage.

His whole body tilted forward. This time, his reaction and control were not as fast as before. He could only watch helplessly as the bright bayonet stabbed into his chest.

Then, he felt excruciating pain in his heart. This was real, heart-wrenching pain!

After taking the second stab, he fell to the ground! Company Commander He's habit was to step on the Japanese soldier's head and add another stab to the back of his neck.

After he dealt with the Japanese commander, he had killed four Japanese soldiers in this battle.

Looking around, there wasn't a single Japanese soldier standing anymore. All the Japanese soldiers in Captain Toshio Tanaka's company had been killed.

Company Commander Feng Zhiyong led the company out of the position with a triumphant smile.

Through continuous fighting, less than seventy soldiers in the entire company could still stand. Some soldiers, even if they were standing, had bandages wrapped around their hands and bodies.

This time, the company suffered more than half its casualties, but none of the soldiers in the entire company were dejected. Every soldier's face was filled with the joy of victory: they had annihilated three Japanese companies today, and those dead brothers had long been repaid.

The first and second companies both retreated from the defensive line.

The officers and soldiers of the entire Fourth War Area were waiting for the battle report of today's battle. Whether it was Regiment Commander Zheng He or Brigade Commander Wu Xing, they were very satisfied with their subordinates' performance today.

When Division Commander Li Zhen reported the situation to Yu Hanmou, Yu Hanmou was still a little distressed when he heard that the team had suffered more than half its casualties.

However, considering that the battle damage ratio today reached one to eight, with one soldier of his own being killed for every eight Japanese soldiers killed, such a battle was considered a great victory no matter what.

Yu Hanmou ordered Division Commander Li, "After the combat team today retreats, immediately reward the soldiers and replenish the troops from other teams."

As long as there were veterans in a team, the tradition could continue to be passed down, and then the team could become stronger and stronger. The Fourth War Area had finally produced a team that could fight the Japanese head-on, and Yu Hanmou certainly wanted to keep it well.

The sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth companies, which had newly joined the battlefield, had already received new orders: "Continue to attack!"

Taking Qingyuan was the goal of the Fourth War Area today. With a good start, they had to strive for a perfect ending.

Captain Kazuki Kita watched the battle situation on the front line, and he was already stunned: In order to recapture the second line of defense, he had already used all the reserves in his hand, and also transferred the Japanese soldiers on the third line of defense.

Now that the Chinese army was still continuing to attack, his brigade had no soldiers to defend. This was not the situation only his brigade was facing.

The entire 11th Regiment of the Japanese 5th Division was now facing such problems. All four brigades under the command of Regiment Commander Ryunosuke Yamaguchi now had only some non-combat personnel left.

In this situation, what could Regiment Commander Ryunosuke Yamaguchi do?

He could only ask Division Commander Imamura for help. Division Commander Imamura of the 5th Division was also very helpless!

His division originally still had reserves, but Commander Kenshiro Koshio, ignoring that his side was being attacked by the Fourth War Area, forced the reserves of the 5th Division to be transferred to defend Guangzhou.

This was mainly because he was afraid that the Special Operations Brigade would attack Guangzhou after attacking Shenzhen from Huiyang.

This situation made Division Commander Imamura at a loss. He was powerless to help Regiment Commander Ryunosuke Yamaguchi with the situation he was currently facing.

Division Commander Imamura and Chief of Staff Takeshi Ebata compared the situation on the battle map for a while, and finally understood: Qingyuan could not be defended.

Their reinforcements could not be sent out at all, so he could only issue a retreat order!

Regiment Commander Ryunosuke Yamaguchi, who received the order, was overjoyed: Receiving the division commander's order to retreat was very different from retreating or being defeated on his own initiative.

The subsequent punishment was also very different. This time, he was truly devoted to Division Commander Imamura.

Such a commander who thought of his subordinates was too good! Regiment Commander Ryunosuke Yamaguchi immediately issued a retreat order.

Captain Kazuki Kita immediately executed the order after receiving it! He ordered, "The platoon of Rikuzen Kazuo will defend the defensive line and wait for orders. The rest of the team will retreat immediately."

When Captain Daisuke Nakayama received the retreat order, the order he issued was similar. He also arranged for the last infantry to stay behind, and the Japanese soldiers of the brigade headquarters immediately retreated.

It wasn't that these brigade captains didn't want to leave some elites as seeds, but they were frightened by the Chinese soldiers of the Fourth War Area.

They were afraid that if the team left behind to serve as a blocking force was not elite enough, it would not be able to play a blocking role. In that case, their brigade captains would not be able to retreat.

After Regiment Commander Ryunosuke Yamaguchi issued the retreat order, he immediately led the Japanese soldiers of the regimental headquarters and the entire supply train to retreat towards Guangzhou.

They still had cars to ride in, and the speed of their escape was very fast.

The Japanese soldiers who retreated with Division Commander Imamura had already abandoned all their supplies at this time, only caring about retreating lightly. Even the wounded in the field hospitals were issued guns.

According to Regiment Commander Ryunosuke Yamaguchi's order, these wounded soldiers would wait here for the arrival of the Chinese army, and then fight them to the end. As for the doctors and nurses in the field hospital, they had to retreat with the regimental headquarters.

The Japanese soldiers of the supply train were required to take all the supplies away, but they had long been clear about how great the risk was now. When they received the retreat order, all the Japanese soldiers immediately began to retreat, not wanting any supplies, as long as they could escape from Qingyuan.

The Japanese soldiers in Qingyuan City began to mess up, but this did not affect the Japanese soldiers who were resisting stubbornly outside the city.

Company Commander Rikuzen Kazuo was directing the Japanese soldiers to shoot at the attacking Sixth Company. Company Commander Fan Xian of the Sixth Company's attacking method was no different from that of the First Company, which had already retreated.

They had all learned from the team of the Special Operations Brigade, and the way they attacked was the same: six carts with heavy machine guns were blocking in front.

The other soldiers in the company followed behind the carts. The six heavy machine guns were not afraid of the Japanese machine gun fire, which gave the attacking Sixth Company an advantage.

Shi Lang had always been the heavy machine gunner of the Sixth Company. In the past, he always operated the heavy machine gun with trepidation.

The heavy machine gun had sufficient firepower and powerful power. When it fired, the bullets spilled out like splashing water, which could suppress the enemy so that they could not move.

However, precisely because of these characteristics, every time it went to the battlefield, it was the most advantageous target for the Japanese to take down. The Japanese not only bombarded with artillery and bombed with grenade launchers.

They also had to use machine guns to shoot at each other and rifles to snipe. In short, the point was to use all available methods to take down the heavy machine gun.

If they couldn't solve the heavy machine gun, they would solve the heavy machine gun shooter. It was like if they couldn't solve the problem, they would solve the person who caused the problem!

Since learning with the Special Operations Brigade, Shi Lang used the trick of putting the heavy machine gun on a cart. Now, the cart would not fall over, just keep pushing.

The Japanese grenade launchers could generally not hit him anymore, and he was not afraid of the Japanese machine guns and rifle bullets. Anyway, no matter what kind of bullets they used, they could not penetrate the cart made of steel plates in front.

On the contrary, Shi could calmly operate the heavy machine gun and carry out precise shooting at the Japanese soldiers.

Now Shi was like this, unhurriedly letting the small partners who pushed the cart walk forward, and he was shooting at the Japanese heavy machine gun.

He had clearly seen that the Japanese machine gun shooter had been replaced twice, which meant that his shooting had a practical effect.

Every time the Japanese changed shooters, Shi had to report loudly: "The Japanese shooter has fallen again, they have changed one."

Such a report made Qi Xingwang, who was burying his head in pushing the cart, very happy. No one liked to hear and see the Japanese suffer.

In fact, he could feel the change when he pushed the cart. When the Japanese machine gun swept the cart, the tinkling sound entered his ears, and his hand could also feel the irregular tremor.

At first, every tremor would make Qi Xingwang afraid. He knew in his heart that every movement was a bullet hitting the cart.

As long as he thought that if such a bullet hit his body, he would be finished.

At first, there were many distracting thoughts. He thought too much, and when he got used to this feeling, he knew: no matter how many bullets the Japanese soldiers fired, they would not be able to hit him anyway.

Only then did Qi Xingwang slowly relax and concentrate on pushing the cart forward, no longer thinking left and right.

At this time, Company Commander Chen Zhiping of the Seventh Company was also directing the team to attack the third line of defense of the Japanese army.

Platoon Leader He Gang of the First Platoon, who had killed four Japanese soldiers just now, was closely following the heavy machine gun at this time. He was waiting to continue to stab and kill the Japanese soldiers after rushing to the Japanese defense line.

Platoon Leader Feng Zhiyong of the First Platoon of the First Company had personally stabbed seven Japanese soldiers to death today. He Gang held his breath: he must kill more Japanese soldiers than Feng Zhiyong, and then run to him and pretend to be awesome.

With such thoughts, Platoon Leader He Gang had been following the heavy machine gun. However, he did not dare to urge Quan Zhiyong, who was pushing the cart.

Quan Zhiyong was pushing the cart forward. The road was not flat, and there were Japanese bullets constantly hitting the cart. Every bullet would push forward with a force.

He had to stabilize the cart. There was not only himself behind the cart, but also the brothers of the entire company. Quan Zhiyong did not dare to be distracted in the slightest.

Sergeant Yamazuki was watching the heavy machine gunner, the assistant shooter and the alternate shooter were all dead.

Corporal Kameshima was also forcing it beside him with a command knife, telling it to hurry up and rush up to operate the heavy machine gun.

Knowing that rushing up to operate the heavy machine gun was tantamount to suicide, Sergeant Yamazuki had to grit his teeth and pounce on it, picking up the heavy machine gun with one hand, while cursing in his heart that Corporal Kameshima would definitely not end well.

Perhaps its sincerity moved the Sun Goddess, and just as it was cursing secretly, the Japanese soldier behind him exclaimed: "Corporal Kameshima was shot!"

Despite the fierce battle, Sergeant Yamazuki still stopped the shooting action on his hand, turned back to check on Corporal Kameshima, and saw a large hole in its chest, which was obviously a wound caused by a heavy machine gun, and it was not just hit by one bullet.

Corporal Kameshima was dead for sure!

Sergeant Yamazuki, whose mood seemed to be much better all of a sudden, felt that the world was going to be better, and then it also started firing.

The machine gun bullets hit the cart, only able to splash out some sparks, and even bounce back.

Rather than fighting like this, it would be better to give up shooting and wait to fight the opponent with bayonets. Sergeant Yamazuki thought so in his heart.

This time, its idea had not yet come true, it was hit in the head by a bullet and fell to the ground, unable to struggle anymore.

Vice Captain Matsushita, who had just taken over the command of Captain Kameshima, appointed a Japanese soldier to pounce on it again at this time.

They would not let the heavy machine gun's firepower stop. Even if the entire team of Japanese soldiers died on this heavy machine gun, they could not let the heavy machine gun not fire.

Obviously, the other side would not give them the chance to all die behind the heavy machine gun. The Chinese soldiers who rushed up were less than fifty meters away from the defense line.

Company Commander Rikuzen Kazuo loudly ordered: "Fix bayonets!"

Although it already knew that the Japanese soldiers on the previous two lines of defense had also fought bayonets with the Chinese army, and had failed.

But in this situation, what else could it do?

The Chinese army had already rushed into the trenches, what else could it do if it didn't fight with bayonets? Surrender?

It didn't have the idea of surrendering yet, these Japanese soldiers still didn't have the concept of surrendering in their minds at all.

They were still immersed in the illusory dream of the invincible army!

Company Commander Rikuzen Kazuo's order to fix bayonets was heard even by Company Commander Chen Zhiping, who was charging.

Without thinking, Company Commander Chen also issued the same order.

At this time, both sides were prepared for a melee!