Chapter 1 The Ghosts Who Escaped First

The three Japanese soldiers who escaped first from the battlefield didn't stand on the highway chatting. Sergeant Fujikawa Kinoe was sensible; he pulled his two friends into the bushes beside the highway, quietly waiting for the other Japanese soldiers to escape ahead of them.

They also watched as the regimental commander Yamada Hidenosuke and the battalion commander Kawauchi Akito "advanced" ahead of them.

After a while, Sergeant Fujikawa Kinoe crawled out of the bushes: "We're going back now. Although we've fallen behind, we won't be punished anymore."

When the three Japanese soldiers retreated to the outside of Aikou Town, Battalion Commander Kawauchi Akito was standing at the intersection, gathering his troops. Seeing the three of them returning from behind, he even asked, "Which squad are you from?"

The nearby Squad Leader Tanaka Yusuke quickly ran over: "Report to the battalion commander, they are from the first section of the Tanaka Squad."

"Not bad, not bad! Calm in the face of battle! Well done." Battalion Commander Kawauchi Akito understood that in this situation, he couldn't be strict with his Japanese soldiers, only encourage them.

These few words made Squad Leader Tanaka Yusuke extremely happy. He thought he was going to be slapped. The Japanese soldiers of the artillery regiment had fled, but the Japanese soldiers of Yamada Takeru's infantry battalion were still fighting stubbornly.

It wasn't that Battalion Commander Yamada Takeru didn't want to run, but he knew clearly: he had nowhere to run. Retreating meant Aikou Town, where there were also Nationalist troops attacking. If he fled back from here, the Nationalist army would attack from both sides, and the entire team would collapse even faster. Where could they escape then?

Therefore, he couldn't escape; he could only hold on here. Even if he died, he couldn't retreat.

At this time, Battalion Commander Akanishi Takeo faced the opposite problem: he was blocked by the Nationalist troops in front.

In this direction of the artillery position, the Fifteenth Regiment only had two infantry companies. The Ninth Company had to defend nearby. The Tenth Infantry Company and the anti-aircraft machine gun company were directly confronting Akanishi Takeo's battalion.

Company Commander Hu Xiong of the Tenth Company had already planted many directional mines on the highway, and the entire company was defending on the hillside. The anti-aircraft machine guns of the Eleventh Company were on the highway behind the hillside. Company Commander Hua had set up twelve anti-aircraft machine guns in three echelons, just waiting for the Japanese to charge up.

Battalion Commander Akanishi Takeo knew when he set out that the artillery position had been occupied by the Nationalist army, so he only sent an infantry squad ahead.

Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo cautiously commanded his troops, searching and advancing all the way. They were careful enough and finally discovered the position set up by the Tenth Company on the hillside.

Hu Xiong also saw the squad of Japanese soldiers coming over, which made him very dissatisfied. He had prepared so many directional mines, but only a few dozen Japanese soldiers charged up. Should he use these directional mines or not?

In the end, he still didn't use these directional mines, waiting for these Japanese soldiers to charge up the hillside.

After Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo discovered that there were Nationalist troops blocking their advance, he immediately sent a Japanese soldier to report to his superior.

He knew clearly that they would definitely have to attack, and he would have to let his squad lead the way. Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo carefully studied the hillside in front, thinking about how to attack.

It was useless for him to look at such a place; there were only two ways to attack. Either attack upwards from the highway, or go behind the mountain to see if there was a chance to attack.

Now it was daytime, and if his squad openly moved behind the mountain like this, they would be discovered immediately. This path wouldn't work.

Battalion Commander Akanishi Takeo was not surprised to learn that Nationalist troops had been discovered ahead; this was something he had known for a long time.

He immediately ordered: "Company Commander Ninomiya Tatsundo, attack immediately! Take it down as quickly as possible."

"Hai!" Company Commander Ninomiya Tatsundo agreed and immediately led his entire company forward.

The Hiromi Saburo squad was a part of his company. When they arrived at the front of the team, looking at the Nationalist defense line on the hillside, Company Commander Ninomiya Tatsundo ordered, "Take it down!"

Although his tone was relaxed, he was drumming in his heart: they had been attacking these days, and it hadn't been easy. The Nationalist army was resisting at every turn, and these hillsides were also very difficult to charge up, which was very unfriendly to the attacking troops.

No matter what, they had to send a team to test the waters first. The Hiromi Saburo squad became the team used for testing.

Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo had known this result for a long time and was not surprised. He pointed out the respective attack routes to the three squad leaders, and then ordered, "Move out!"

The Japanese soldiers immediately charged towards the Tenth Company's defense line. Just as these Japanese soldiers had just charged to the foot of the mountain, the anti-aircraft machine guns of the Eleventh Company in the distance opened fire first.

The Tenth Company on the hillside hadn't even made a move yet, but the anti-aircraft machine guns further away fired first. The bullets from the anti-aircraft machine guns hit the rocks, and the rocks would crack. They hit the bushes, and the bushes would break.

Although the accuracy was not high at a distance of over five hundred meters, it made the Japanese soldiers of the attacking Hiromi Saburo squad dare not continue forward. They could only retreat.

As they retreated, Company Commander Hu Xiong was unwilling to let them go, and ordered a mortar bombardment. Five mortars chased after the Hiromi Saburo squad.

Their first attack ended in failure with thirteen Japanese soldiers killed or wounded, without firing a single shot.

Company Commander Ninomiya Tatsundo personally witnessed the entire process of the Hiromi Saburo squad's attack and retreat. He couldn't say that Squad Leader Hiromi's command was a mistake. Being attacked from two sides at the same time during the attack just now was indeed impossible to attack.

What could they do now? Company Commander Ninomiya Tatsundo could only ask the battalion commander for help, requesting Battalion Commander Akanishi to send an artillery squad for reinforcements. No matter what, they had to take out the Nationalist position in the distance first.

What frustrated the Japanese was that they couldn't see the other Nationalist position from their current location at all, which made it impossible for the twelve mortars to know how to fire.

They could see the Tenth Company's defense line, and since they had already come, they couldn't do nothing. Artillery Squad Leader Ishigaki Daisuke directed his Japanese soldiers to bombard the Tenth Company's position.

Company Commander Hu Xiong of the Tenth Company was unwilling to show weakness, and ordered his company's artillery to fire back at the Japanese, while also calling the Sixth Company and asking them for help.

Company Commander Liu Qing immediately ordered all the 75mm field guns in the artillery position to change direction and support the Tenth Company Commander. It wasn't that he was unwilling to let the large-caliber howitzers provide support, but it was very difficult to turn such large guns around, and it couldn't be done in a few minutes.

Twelve 75mm field guns were enough to suppress Akanishi Takeo's artillery squad.

Komatsu Ryotaro operated the mortar, constantly adjusting the angle of the barrel, trying to shoot more accurately. Less than two minutes after they started bombing, the Nationalist army also fired shells over.

This was the time to witness courage and accuracy. Both sides could see the approximate location of the other's artillery. Now, what they had to do was to blow up the other's artillery first.

Squad Leader Ishigaki Daisuke anxiously ordered, "Speed up, hurry." Hu Xiong, on the hillside, was also ordering several gunners, "Aim accurately and blow up those sons of bitches!"

Both sides were now bombing the other's artillery. After five minutes of such mutual bombing, Squad Leader Ishigaki Daisuke suddenly felt his scalp tingle. The shells falling from the air were different.

The "boom! boom!" of the explosions made it impossible for him to think. "This is not the sound that mortars can make." Squad Leader Ishigaki Daisuke lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to raise his head at all.

Sergeant Komatsu Ryotaro didn't dare to continue firing. He was also lying on the ground, his body trembling, whether it was from fear or from the ground shaking caused by the shell explosions.

Battalion Commander Liu Qing of the Eighth Company heard Hu Xiong shouting loudly from the radio, "Well done! Wonderful! The Japanese are screaming!"

Knowing that they had hit the target accurately, he ordered the soldiers, "Bombard for two more rounds." After two more rounds of shelling, Squad Leader Ishigaki Daisuke finally failed to escape being blown to death.

His squad was completely annihilated in three rounds of shelling, and not a single Japanese soldier escaped. The shells placed by the artillery squad next to the mortars were also detonated.

The sound of shells exploding continued to ring out here, terrifying the Company Commander Ninomiya Tatsundo, who was watching this scene in the distance. This sudden situation left him not knowing what to do.

Company Commander Hu Xiong had no intention of stopping the artillery fire, and loudly commanded, "Extend three hundred meters to the front, where a large number of Japanese soldiers are gathered."

He not only directed his five mortars and two infantry guns to bombard the Japanese, but also directed Company Commander Liu Qing of the Eighth Company to cooperate in the bombardment.

The "boom! boom!" of the shells exploded in the position of the Ninomiya Tatsundo Company. The Hiromi Saburo squad, which had just retreated from the front, and the entire company of Japanese soldiers were all struggling in the shelling.

Master Sergeant Oguri Shota had just seen the fate of the Ishigaki Daisuke artillery squad, and now it was his turn. He was so frightened that he hunched his body and ran away into the distance. When the artillery squad had just been bombarded, they had all lain prostrate on the ground, which resulted in them all being blown to death.

He couldn't lie there and wait to die; he had to escape. Master Sergeant Oguri Shota's idea was good, but he was unlucky. He had only run a dozen meters with his back hunched when he was hit by a stray shrapnel.

Master Sergeant Oguri Shota fell to the ground and wailed loudly. Although his voice was loud, on the battlefield with artillery fire, not a single Japanese soldier was willing to run over and help him.

Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo watched as his Japanese soldiers scattered and fled. No matter how he ordered, he couldn't call these Japanese soldiers back. The Japanese soldiers of his squad had already fled once when attacking the Tenth Company's position. Once they had escaped, there would be countless times.

The Japanese soldiers of the entire squad had become accustomed to running away. At this time, they could no longer obey the entire collection as before. At this time, Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo could only lie on the ground patiently waiting for the shelling to end.

He kept looking up at his surroundings. Under the artillery bombardment, smoke filled the air, and dust rose everywhere. Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo heard the violent explosions ringing in his ears. His body, lying on the ground, could always feel the ground trembling, and his heart was actually trembling as well.

The Japanese soldiers who had just been gathered around him had now dispersed. He could hear Japanese soldiers wailing and moaning nearby. Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo carefully crawled into a crater that had just been blasted out, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Just as he was climbing the edge of the crater to look outside, a black shadow fell from the sky, scaring Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo's heart out.

He closed his eyes, waiting for the final moment to arrive. After a long time, there was no movement. Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo carefully opened his eyes, and there was only a Japanese head at the bottom of the pit, its eyes still open mockingly, looking straight at him.

The black shadow just now turned out to be this head that had been blasted off by a shell. Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo thought it was a shell. He was angry, extremely angry. He returned to the bottom of the pit, grabbed the head, and wanted to throw it out.

The head that had almost scared him to death still stared straight at him, watching him perform without moving. Squad Leader Hiromi Saburo sighed, "You want to hide here even after you die, so let you stay here!"

He put the head back in the pit, but turned its eyes to the ground, so it wouldn't look at him. Company Commander Ninomiya Tatsundo also found a crater and hid in it. He saw his Japanese soldiers being constantly killed and wounded by the bombing, and he understood in his heart: he couldn't complete the task of attacking the hillside in front.

He just didn't understand: why did the Nationalist army suddenly appear here? There were Japanese troops guarding Aikou in front. Even if a Nationalist army appeared here, the brigade commander should have sent troops to encircle and suppress them.

The Japanese soldiers that Brigade Commander Sato Shozaburo sent out to encircle and suppress this team had already escaped again, leaving only the troops of Miki Yu Battalion still persevering.

Although Company Commander Ogura Yusuke had a little time to set up a temporary defense line, he was still suppressed by the advancing First Company and was unable to resist at all.

The Japanese soldiers of his company looked at the carts being pushed forward, and a deep sense of powerlessness pressed on their hearts. The machine guns of his company couldn't hit them at all.

Moreover, the attacking team on the opposite side also had mortars constantly bombarding them. What should they do? The Miura Taro Company, which had just been defeated on the front line and escaped back, was ordered by the battalion commander to return to the front line battlefield again.

Squad Leader Irie Yu quietly suggested, "The Nationalist army has too much firepower, and we can't fight them head-on. We can only find a way to engage in close-quarters bayonet fighting, and their firepower advantage will no longer be effective."

This was a good idea, but how could they get close to the attacking team? Company Commander Miura Taro had no idea, but now he had a Japanese soldier who could come up with ideas.

He immediately ordered, "Squad Leader Irie Yu, you must immediately organize a team and rush into the middle of the Nationalist army." He also knew that as long as there was the first Japanese soldier who rushed into the Nationalist army, it would not be difficult to organize Japanese soldiers to charge up later.

At this time, Squad Leader Irie Yu wanted to sew up his mouth. The suggestion he had just made now had to be completed by him. Wasn't this taking his life?

Military orders were like mountains, and Squad Leader Irie Yu had no choice but to accept this task. The remaining Japanese soldiers in his squad were only ten or so. Now these ten or so Japanese soldiers were quietly lurking in the bushes, motionless, hoping to suddenly rush out and into the attacking team.

In order to facilitate command and charge, these dozen or so Japanese soldiers were tightly huddled together, nervously watching the advancing soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade, waiting for the order to attack.

Lurking was a strength of the Special Operations Brigade. They had always done this. It was impossible for a dozen Japanese soldiers lurking in the bushes to escape the eyes of Company Commander Shi.

Company Commander Shi pointed to the bushes less than fifty meters to the left and ordered, "Zhong Youcai, do you see the Japanese soldiers hidden on the left? Give them a shot."

Zhong Youcai looked at the Japanese bayonets shining in the sun and replied with a smile, "Yes!" His movements were very fast. He lay prostrate on the ground, and the rocket launcher immediately opened fire.

With a "boom" sound, the rocket blasted out a large pit in the bushes. At such a close distance, the mud and rocks blasted out by the rocket flew everywhere, hitting the carts pushed in front of the First Company, making a clanging sound.

The dozen or so Japanese soldiers of the entire Irie Yu squad were killed at once. Zhong Youcai was satisfied with the result of his performance and said to Company Commander Shi with a smile, "Company Commander! Don't they know their bayonets are so shiny?"

Company Commander Shi looked at the corpses of a dozen Japanese soldiers blasted out by a rocket and was also happy in his heart. He said with a smile, "They only thought about hiding their bodies. They didn't expect that the reflection of the bayonets in the sun could be multi-angled. Maybe they didn't even notice this problem."

Company Commander Miura Taro felt a little rabbit-like sadness when he saw that Squad Leader Irie Yu, who had come up with the idea, was dead. This feeling only lasted for a moment, and soon he returned to the main issue: "What to do?"

They were now unable to break through the defense of the team on the opposite side at all. The six carts were advancing unhurriedly, but the Japanese defense line here was unable to move.

They couldn't retreat this time either. Battalion Commander Miki Sho had just issued a strict order: "All teams are not allowed to retreat, they can only advance."

The two companies were here and were unable to advance at all, so they could only not retreat. The two companies, who didn't dare to retreat a step, were just holding on.

Company Commander Ogura Yusuke finally waited for the opportunity to engage in close combat with the First Company. The First Company's advance speed was not slow, and the Japanese were not retreating, so the bullets ultimately failed to kill them all.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was only twenty meters, Company Commander Ogura Yusuke drew his command saber and loudly ordered, "Charge!"

Company Commander Miura Taro also drew his command saber and loudly ordered his Japanese soldiers to rush out. The two companies combined had less than fifty Japanese soldiers. They climbed up from the ground, holding their rifles and charging towards the opposite side.

The First Company did not hesitate. They had a lot of experience in dealing with such charges. Seeing that there were not many Japanese soldiers charging up, Company Commander Shi ordered, "Charge!"

At the company commander's order, the six carts immediately gave way, and teams of soldiers rushed out from the gaps made by the carts. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided together at a distance of twenty meters.

The scene of a one-sided battlefield with his side fighting three enemies imagined by Company Commander Miura Taro was just the opposite. The Japanese soldiers under his command had just charged up, and they fell down as soon as they made contact.

Company Commander Ogura Yusuke watched as the Japanese soldiers under his command were like sandcastles on the shore, gone as soon as they were washed away by water. The hundred or so soldiers of the First Company's charge did not waste any time in dealing with the forty or fifty Japanese soldiers. They just pushed all the Japanese soldiers down in one wave and stepped on countless feet.

The six carts were once again at the front, closing together to protect the entire company. The last of the strength of the Japanese soldiers of the two companies was now lying on the ground. Company Commander Miura Taro and Company Commander Ogura Yusuke were lying on the ground, still holding their command sabers tightly in their hands.

It was just that the blood flowing out from where their bodies fell had stretched far and wide in winding curves.

Battalion Commander Miki Sho was in the middle of desperately trying to gather his Japanese soldiers when he received the news that the two foremost companies had been annihilated. The Japanese soldiers in the middle and rear sections of his battalion had just suffered a devastating bombardment, and only a company's worth of Japanese soldiers remained to be gathered.

What was he to do? His request for reinforcements to the brigade commander had just been rejected, and what could he do now? Battalion Commander Miki Sho already saw his end: he was going to die here today.

He couldn't retreat, nor did he dare to retreat! He could only order the remaining Japanese soldiers to rush to the hillsides on the left and right sides, occupy these high points, and snipe the oncoming Nationalist troops.

As for the purpose of his battalion's departure from Aikou, Battalion Commander Miki Sho no longer hoped to be able to complete it. At this time, being able to prevent the Nationalist troops in front from breaking through his defense line was already a high incense offering.

He couldn't even hope to take back the large guns of the field artillery regiment. They could only see the shells fired by those guns, not even the shadow of the guns themselves.

At the battalion commander's order, the three company commanders immediately accepted the order. Company Commander Mizushima Tomoo immediately led his troops to rush to the hillside on the left, Company Commander Jin'nai Keita immediately led his Japanese soldiers to rush to the hillside on the right, and Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke led his Japanese soldiers to lie prone on both sides of the highway, preparing to resist.

Something that Battalion Commander Miki Sho had not expected happened: the two companies he had sent out to seize the hills had just climbed a dozen meters up the hillside when intense gunfire came from the mountainside.

Jing Liquan and his men had five reconnaissance platoons in this direction, scouting forward to the left and right. Earlier, there was a large number of Japanese soldiers in a battalion, and the reconnaissance platoons could only hide and wait for an opportunity to guide the artillery to bombard these Japanese soldiers.

Now that there were not many Japanese soldiers left, and only a squad of Japanese soldiers was charging up the hillside, there was no need to be polite. At Jing platoon leader's order, the sound of gunfire rang out, and the Japanese soldiers rolled down from the hillside one by one.

Without waiting for Miki Sho Battalion Commander to order, Mizushima Tomoo Company Commander ordered, "Charge!" He knew very well: at this time, they couldn't retreat. Retreating would still be within the enemy's range, and they wouldn't be able to escape.

The Japanese soldiers of his company could only advance. Only by taking down this hill, occupying it, could they have a chance to survive.

Mizushima Tomoo already had an escape plan in his heart. He didn't dare to tell any of the Japanese soldiers, and could only plan it silently in his heart: take down this hill, and then defend it.

If they could hold it, of course, that would be the best. If the situation was not good, they would go down the mountain from the other side of this hill and enter the vast jungle. At that time, they would have survived.

There was nothing wrong with his plan. All the chances to survive had to start with taking down this hill. Therefore, Mizushima Tomoo Company Commander was willing to bet the entire company's life to take down this hill.

The right Jin'nai Keita Company Commander didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, nor did he retreat. He gave the same order for the Japanese soldiers to charge forward through the hail of bullets.

Battalion Commander Miki Sho heard the sound of gunfire coming from both sides of the hills and sighed in his heart: it's over! Although he had already prepared himself to die, he still wanted to struggle a little when death was truly imminent.

Or rather, he didn't want to die in his heart and still wanted to live. He nervously shrank behind a rock, watching the Mizushima Tomoo Company on the left.

His mood immediately relaxed a little. Mizushima Tomoo Company Commander was indeed an excellent commander of the Empire. In such a difficult situation, he was still commanding his men to stubbornly attack the hillside.

Why hadn't he noticed it before? Battalion Commander Miki Sho watched the stubbornly attacking Mizushima Company with excitement. Looking to the right, the Japanese soldiers of Jin'nai Keita Company were also charging hard.

"They are all good Japanese soldiers!" Battalion Commander Miki Sho was so excited that he wanted to shout. Why did all these good Japanese soldiers have to die here today?

Battalion Commander Miki Sho couldn't figure it out: was it his command mistake? He wouldn't admit this. His command was not wrong, whether it was sending Miura Taro Company to explore the way in front, or the artillery squad bombarding the Nationalist army in front just now.

Since it was not his command mistake, then it could only be that the Nationalist army was too strong, they were too strong! But when did the Nationalist army become so strong?

Battalion Commander Miki Sho continued to think: it was all those guns that caused the trouble. If Regimental Commander Yamada Hidenosuke had not lost the guns, and the infantry battalion had not been bombarded, they would not be in such a mess now.

Having finally found the reason, Battalion Commander Miki Sho looked at the Mizushima Tomoo Company, which had been retreating step by step. Although the Japanese soldiers of this company would rather die than retreat, they were just waiting to die in place.

The Nationalist army on the hillside had no mercy at all. Their machine guns and rifles kept firing, and every shot was fatal!

Some of the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the rocks were also killed by the Nationalist army throwing grenades from above. Although Mizushima Tomoo Company Commander was still making a last-ditch effort, even Battalion Commander Miki Sho could see that they were truly dying.

Unwilling to watch such a scene again, Battalion Commander Miki Sho turned his gaze to the right. The situation of the Jin'nai Keita Company on the right was similar. Japanese soldiers were constantly being injured and falling to the ground. A few Japanese soldiers were hit and fell backward, and rolled all the way down to the foot of the hill without any Japanese soldiers helping them.

Seeing this situation, Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke quickly sent Hayashi Mita and Tadokoro Kibo to run over to check if the Japanese soldiers who had rolled down were still alive.

Now his company was the most relaxed. The Fifteenth Regiment's attacking team had not yet rushed over, and there were only small Nationalist forces fighting on both sides of the hills.

If Mizushima Tomoo Company Commander knew what he was thinking, he would definitely jump down from the hillside and question, "Small force? Have you ever seen a small force of more than a hundred Nationalist soldiers?"

In fact, for the Japanese army, they had always fought against Nationalist armies with several times their strength in the past. Today, the several reconnaissance platoons sniping them on the hillside could really only be regarded as small forces compared to those Nationalist armies.

It was just that today this small force had strong firepower and accurate marksmanship, making it too difficult for the Japanese soldiers of Mizushima Tomoo Company.

Sergeant Uehara Tetsuya was the sharpshooter of Mizushima Company. He held a Type 38 rifle and aimed at a soldier on the hillside and fired: "Bang!" A shot grazed the soldier's left ear.

Li Youde was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and touched his ear. There was some blood on it. He said loudly, "Everyone be careful, there is a sharpshooter among the Japanese soldiers below."

Jing platoon leader heard this and ordered, "Everyone pay attention to concealment and find out where the Japanese sharpshooter is?"

Squad Leader Li Cai said loudly, "There is a Japanese soldier in the bushes on the left. He is slow to fire and looks like a good hand."

Without saying a word, Zhong Youcai quickly set up the rocket launcher and fired at what the squad leader said. With a "boom" explosion, Sergeant Uehara Tetsuya and the bushes were blown up.

Sergeant Tsugawa Iori was just an ordinary Japanese soldier. He carefully lay prone on the ground, slowly crawling towards the hillside, when suddenly he saw a ball of fire burst out in front of him, and a Japanese soldier was blasted into the air.

When the body fell, it was next to him.

After a careful look, it was Uehara Tetsuya, the best marksman in the entire company. Sergeant Tsugawa Iori was afraid and lay motionless in place.

The Diamond Sutra says: If a person is in thorns, he will not be hurt if he does not move!

But at this time, on the battlefield, Sergeant Tsugawa Iori pretended to be an ostrich and did not move. Li Youde on the hillside didn't care about this. He had just been grazed by a bullet on his ear and was very angry.

Seeing a Japanese soldier lying on the hillside, his body was covered by the earth, and only two feet were exposed.

He immediately aimed at a left foot and fired, "Bang!" Sergeant Tsugawa Iori was shot in the foot and couldn't help but arch his body and retract his foot. This was a completely natural reaction, but he didn't expect that such a movement would expose his back. Li Youde fired another shot and Tsugawa Iori was shot again in the back.

The spine was broken at once, and he couldn't help it anymore. He rolled out from the hidden position and rolled down the hillside. Li Youde didn't let go of the Japanese soldier and fired a third shot.

He didn't know if this shot hit, but the Japanese soldier just rolled all the way to the bottom of the hill.

Master Sergeant Ebihara Kanta saw the Japanese soldiers around him falling one after another and rolling down one after another. He was so frightened that he huddled behind a rock and didn't even dare to stick his head out to check the situation.

Company Commander Mizushima Tomoo was extremely angry and shouted loudly, "You, fire! Fire!" Ebihara Kanta could only nervously stick his head out, look at the situation on the hillside, and randomly fire a bullet from the rifle in his hand, then quickly retract it.

After a while, he stuck his head out again and fired a bullet. His movement immediately attracted Li Youde's attention.

Li Youde silently watched the Japanese soldier performing on the hillside. Master Sergeant Ebihara Kanta fired a third shot, and Company Commander Mizushima Tomoo no longer scolded him.

Master Sergeant Ebihara Kanta was still a little proud in his heart. He thought he could just continue to fool around like this. He stuck his head out for the fourth time, his head just stuck out.

"Bang!" A shot rang out, and Li Youde watched the Japanese soldier's head explode, and then said with a smile, "You think I can't hit you if you stretch and shrink like a turtle?"

Mizushima Tomoo watched the Japanese soldier he had just scolded fall to the ground with his head burst, half of his head missing. He had no guilt and said with contempt, "Idiot! Died so quickly."

There were too many idiots in his company, and now there were only twenty or so Japanese soldiers left. These clever eggs were all shivering, and they had no idea that bullets would fly from that angle and kill them.

These Japanese soldiers were all thinking about whether the company commander should order a retreat. After all, they now only had twenty or so Japanese soldiers left, and even if they charged up, they wouldn't be able to defeat hundreds of Nationalist soldiers.

But Company Commander Mizushima Tomoo had no intention of retreating. He was still ordering the last of these Japanese soldiers to fire, to fire at the hillside.

Squad Leader Omasa Sora asked with a crying voice, "Company Commander Mizushima, my squad has been completely wiped out. Can we retreat?"

Company Commander Mizushima Tomoo looked at him coldly, "Aren't you still alive?"

"Company Commander! Leave a seed for our squad!" Omasa Sora pleaded.

Company Commander Mizushima Tomoo laughed in anger, "The entire battalion is going to be wiped out, what is your squad? Fire quickly, otherwise, I will enforce battlefield discipline."

Squad Leader Omasa Sora didn't dare to say anything anymore and could only stick his head out and fire randomly at the hillside. He now understood very well: Company Commander Mizushima was going to bury the entire company here. Did the battalion commander know his thoughts?

Squad Leader Omasa Sora looked back at the highway and could vaguely see Battalion Commander Miki Sho still staying in place and not running. It seemed that the battalion commander really wanted to bury the entire battalion here.

"Fate has been determined. It's easy to die, but too difficult to live!" Omasa Sora Squad Leader sighed. Just as he stuck his head out again, a bullet flew over from somewhere and Omasa Sora Squad Leader fell to his death.

At this time, the five companies attacking from the highway had rushed over. Regiment Commander Shangguan looked at the fighting on both sides of the hills and immediately understood: the reconnaissance platoons were preventing the Japanese from occupying the high ground.

He immediately ordered, "First Company and Second Company speed up the pace of the attack and reduce the pressure on the reconnaissance platoons."

"Yes!" First Company Commander Jing Chengxuan and Second Company Commander Lu Lejia immediately ordered the entire company to speed up the advance. A large number of troops rushed over on the highway, and the six heavy machine guns in the front kept firing.

The mortars in the middle of the team had also begun to fire shells at this time, and the infantry guns bombarded the Asashi Kameinosuke Company.

Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke looked at the Miki Sho Battalion Commander who had not retreated, Miki Sho Battalion Commander's face was ashen, and he just stared ahead without saying a word or moving.

Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke understood: the entire battalion was going to die here today. He ordered loudly, "Fire! Fire!"

What else could he do now? The battalion commander was staring here, and he couldn't find a chance to escape even if he wanted to. Although the Japanese soldiers of his company had just temporarily piled up some fortifications and dug out a trench.

But the team on the opposite side was too ruthless, the mortars and infantry guns kept bombarding, and the infantry in front kept advancing without stopping.

Looking at the heavy machine guns under his command hitting those carts, they just bounced off. What kind of carts were these? They were completely tanks!

What was he going to do now? Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke didn't know what to do. At this time, if the Japanese soldiers on both sides of the hills could provide support and fire from above, they could skip those carts pushed in front of the team on the opposite side and directly attack the soldiers behind them.

But the two companies on the hillside were now struggling on their last breath and were about to be wiped out, and they had no strength to support him at all.

Having fought for so long, Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke had never been so desperate. His heart was now filled with deep sorrow. He had never thought that he would die here.

He had thought about what it would be like after the war ended: he would return to his hometown with medals all over his body and be worshiped by countless Japanese soldiers. On this land, he would also be allocated a large area of land, and there would be hundreds of slaves working for him on the land.

Now all these ideas were as impossible as a dream. Hayashi Mita Squad Leader looked at the carts that kept advancing and shouted anxiously, "Artillery! Artillery!"

All the artillery of their battalion had just been destroyed, so where was there any artillery now? Tadokoro Kibo Sergeant operated the machine gun and kept firing. His assistant shooter Hoshino Yu cooperated very well, constantly loading the machine gun with bullet plates.

What made them despair was that no matter how many bullets they fired, they could only make clanging sounds and could not stop the opponent from advancing at all.

What else could the two of them do? Knowing that they were unable to stop them, they had to continue to persist. Just at this time, a shell hit directly in front of them, finally liberating these two Japanese soldiers. The machine gun was blasted into the air, with one of Tadokoro Kibo's arms still attached to it.

Soon the mortars and infantry guns of the First and Second Companies stopped bombing, and the First Company, which was charging in the front, was less than forty meters away from the Japanese defense line.

Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke looked at the Miki Sho Battalion Commander, who had not moved, and could only bite the bullet and order, "Fix bayonets!"

They could only fix bayonets and prepare for a bayonet charge. In the past, every time they ordered a bayonet charge, all the Japanese soldiers would shout with excitement.

Today was different. Hearing the company commander's order to fix bayonets, the expressions of these Japanese soldiers were as if they had lost their parents. Where was there any excitement?

No matter what these Japanese soldiers thought, Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke had already drawn his command saber and was ready.

When the attacking team on the opposite side rushed over, only twenty meters away, Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke pointed his command saber forward, "Charge!"

As his command saber pointed forward, all the Japanese soldiers in the entire company who could still charge stood up and rushed out.

At this time, Company Commander Asashi Kameinosuke had not forgotten to look at Miki Sho Battalion Commander. This time he discovered that Miki Sho Battalion Commander had fallen down.

He couldn't care about commanding the team and quickly ran over to check his breath. Miki