The Milky Way is Also a Grain of Sand
Chapter 480 Seizing Jigong Ridge to Cut off the Ruiwu Highway
"Boom!" The two grenades actually made only one sound, exploding simultaneously in the air and on the ground.
*Dong, dong.* Two more footfalls landed. The grenades had just exploded, and someone had already jumped in from the other side of the courtyard wall.
Captain Yata Cang Kong, wounded all over by the grenade explosions, stared blankly at the Second Company soldiers rushing out of the smoke.
He didn't understand how these people had emerged from behind, but the Second Company soldiers paid no attention to his thoughts.
They rushed forward, thrusting their bayonets into the fallen Japanese soldiers on the ground, adding a stab or two regardless of whether they were dead or alive.
They immediately rushed to the other side of the courtyard wall, quietly peeking inside. If there were Japanese soldiers, they would throw a grenade to blow them up; if there were none, they would sneak in.
The Second Company Commander's attack was resolute and swift.
Battalion Commander Kamiki Yuuya was dug out of the collapsed house by the Japanese soldiers. He was very lucky to have crouched under the table the instant the house collapsed.
He had practiced this move often during earthquakes when he lived in Japan. It was this move that saved him from injury.
After being dug out, he immediately took command. When he learned that most of the houses in the entire Baishui Street had collapsed, and many of his battalion's soldiers were buried in the ruins and could not be rescued, Battalion Commander Kamiki Yuuya did not hesitate.
The rat-tat-tat of heavy machine gun fire was already clearly audible.
He immediately ordered, "Hold on! You must hold on!" He couldn't worry about the Japanese soldiers buried in the mud. Now, he had to defend Baishui Street, which they had finally managed to capture.
He couldn't let the Nationalist army drive his troops out of here.
The intense gunfire on Kirin Peak not far away could also be heard.
One could imagine that the Nationalist army was staking everything to prevent the convergence of the 106th and 27th Divisions.
Today's artillery bombardment was too fierce. In just a short moment, it had destroyed half a street. Had the Nationalist army brought in a heavy artillery regiment?
No matter what kind of troops the Nationalist army sent, Kamiki Yuuya's battalion would have to rush up and drive them back.
Battalion Commander Kamiki Yuuya no longer had the idea of continuing to advance like he did last night. He just wanted to hold the line.
The Nakamoto Kentaro Company, which received Battalion Commander Kamiki Yuuya's order, had no choice but to emerge from its hiding place at this time.
Sergeant Godai Masato had been stunned by the sudden artillery bombardment. He had been standing comfortably in the courtyard, enjoying the beauty of the morning sun and breeze.
Suddenly, a barrage of shells flew over and exploded all around him. He didn't know what the situation was like in the distance.
He only saw that the Japanese soldiers still inside the houses were buried inside. Of the entire squad, only the ten or so Japanese soldiers who were in the courtyard like him had not been buried.
However, several Japanese soldiers were injured by flying debris. While these lucky uninjured soldiers were still trying to move bricks and lift stones to rescue those buried inside, they received Company Commander Nakamoto Kentaro's order to attack immediately. These Japanese soldiers had to abandon the ongoing rescue and rush out with their weapons.
Company Commander Nakamoto Kentaro was startled when he looked at the charging Japanese soldiers: his company had had more than 130 soldiers last night.
Now, less than half of them were launching the attack. The company had been reduced to the size of a squad.
Despite this, he gritted his teeth and directed these Japanese soldiers to charge towards Xuan Yiren's company, which was attacking.
Most of the troops under the command of Xuan Yiren, the Second Company Commander, were advancing stealthily along the houses on both sides of Baishui Street.
Only one platoon was pushing a heavy machine gun forward along the main street. Company Commander Nakamoto Kentaro saw that the Nationalist army troops that were charging up were not numerous, but their firepower was strong.
His company, which had only fifty or so Japanese soldiers, was cut down by a wave of heavy machine gun fire, and more than a dozen soldiers fell instantly.
How could they charge under such circumstances? Company Commander Nakamoto Kentaro could only order the Japanese soldiers to find cover nearby and snipe.
Battalion Commander Kamiki Yuuya was very dissatisfied with his passive approach and ordered Nakamoto Kentaro to attack immediately.
"Attack immediately!" Battalion Commander Kamiki Yuuya roared from behind.
Having already experienced the firepower of this troop, Nakamoto Kentaro no longer obeyed orders. He insisted on his own order: snipe from the spot.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers hid in the ruins of the collapsed buildings on both sides of the street, using the remaining walls as cover, and sniped at the Second Company's heavy machine gun that was advancing.
The Japanese soldiers hid behind the broken walls, and the collapsed houses became their best cover.
Heavy machine gun bullets could not penetrate the broken walls, so the Japanese soldiers continued to hide behind them and fire. Although their bullets could not damage the pushcarts, the soldiers following behind the carts would be hit if the Second Company wanted to break through their line of defense.
This situation was clearly intolerable to Company Commander Xuan Yiren, who loudly ordered, "Fan Leyong! Take it out!"
Fan Leyong also responded loudly, "Company Commander! Just watch!"
After speaking, he lay behind the heavy machine gun, leaving a firing path for a rocket to fly out.
Fan Leyong aimed at the Japanese machine gun position and fired the first rocket. With a "boom," the wall that the Japanese soldiers were using as cover collapsed. Fan Leyong continued to aim at another location where more Japanese soldiers were gathered and fired another rocket.
Two consecutive rockets stunned the Japanese soldiers of the Nakamoto Kentaro Company again.
The already small number of Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded by the two explosions, leaving more than twenty casualties.
The wall behind the broken wall was the best position for sniping, and the Japanese soldiers of the entire company were vying to occupy the advantageous position to fire.
These Japanese soldiers who had seized the positions were the last elites of the entire company, all of whom dared to fight hard battles.
With the complete loss of these Japanese soldiers, the remaining dozen or so soldiers of the entire Nakamoto Kentaro Company were all afraid to charge and afraid to fight.
Company Commander Nakamoto Kentaro waved his pistol and loudly ordered, "Go! Go!"
A dozen Japanese soldiers did not listen to him at all, ignoring him and running away.
Sergeant Godai Masato was at the rear during the initial charge, and he had deliberately avoided the front line during the sniping.
When running away, he rushed to the front, far ahead of the other Japanese soldiers. This made Company Commander Nakamoto Kentaro very angry.
"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and he began to enforce military law. Sergeant Godai Masato was not hit by a Second Company bullet, but was killed by Nakamoto Kentaro.
After firing the first shot, there was a second shot. Company Commander Nakamoto began to call the names of the fleeing Japanese soldiers, starting with Godai Masato, who had run the farthest.
His expression was serious, and he did not issue a single order, only shooting at the Japanese soldiers who were still running away.
He did not stop until all five bullets in his pistol had been fired, and then he loudly ordered, "Return! Enter the position and continue sniping!"
There were now less than ten Japanese soldiers left in his company, and he had just shot four soldiers dead.
This had made the remaining soldiers no longer dare to run away. They could only secretly pray that the Nationalist army on the opposite side would kill the company commander sooner!
The prayers of these Japanese soldiers did not work for the time being. Company Commander Nakamoto Kentaro personally went to the front line, picked up a rifle, and opened fire on the Second Company that was attacking.
Company Commander Xuan Yiren saw that the position where no Japanese soldiers had been firing earlier now had Japanese soldiers daring to shoot again.
He directed the heavy machine gun to suppress the firepower and whispered the order, "Grenades!" They had just rushed forward more than twenty meters, and the distance from the location where the Japanese soldiers were firing was only about forty meters.
At this position, the soldiers of the Second Company were able to throw grenades. Several grenades were thrown out, and while the Japanese soldiers paused firing, the heavy machine gun advanced another dozen meters.
Then, several more grenades were thrown. After two consecutive waves of grenades, they had reached the Japanese line of defense, and the soldiers rushed over.
They shot at the few Japanese soldiers who were still struggling on the ground, cleared the line of defense, and the Second Company continued to charge forward.
Battalion Commander Kamiki Yuuya watched helplessly as the Second Company pushed all the way from west to east, and was about to occupy the entire Baishui Street.
This frightened him. This troop was too powerful today. This time, he did not order the Japanese soldiers to continue charging forward, but led the battalion headquarters to retreat first.
The Second Company completely occupied Baishui Street and immediately established a line of defense to prevent a Japanese counterattack.
Major Chang Wende, who had been following the Twelfth Company of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Special Operations Brigade, had never seen or heard of a weapon like a rocket launcher.
Just now, he had seen the scene of this weapon being launched for the first time. When a rocket launcher was fired, twelve barrels fired rockets continuously.
A full twelve rockets were fired in less than a minute. The entire company had fired forty-eight rockets in less than a minute.
This was just the rocket launcher company of the Second Regiment next door firing. The company he was guiding had not participated in the bombardment just now.
At this moment, Chang Wende truly understood the advantages of this type of artillery that Company Commander Jiang had mentioned on the road.
If there were more of these cannons, they would not be afraid of any number of Japanese soldiers!
He still asked, "Why don't you continue the bombing?"
Company Commander Jiang explained, "We come from afar, and our logistics cannot keep up. Only we have these shells. Without stable logistics, we can only use them this way.
Also, just now we bombed the eastern half of Baishui Street. This round of bombing is enough."
Chang Wende finally understood that just now, they had fired a good part of the shells that the soldiers of the company were carrying.
He immediately understood the Special Operations Brigade's plight of saving ammunition. Company Commander Jiang said with a smile, "Our artillery company is often just there to hold the line. A few days ago, we ambushed Shizhushan Airport.
We had three rocket launcher companies, and just two rounds of bombing would have been enough to destroy the entire airport.
Regiment Commander Li coveted those planes and insisted on a direct assault, capturing 188 planes in one go.
The infantry brothers were able to fight comfortably, but we ran around for nothing and didn't fire a single shell.
Today, at least we got to open fire, so it wasn't a wasted trip."
On the other side of Kirin Peak was the Wuning Highway, and the Third and Fourth Companies were attacking towards Ruichang on the highway.
The Tenth Company was building fortifications on the Wuning Highway, and Lin Fan didn't know if the Japanese soldiers had already passed through.
Now he had to cut off this section of the Ruining Highway. If this was an artery, with the Special Operations Brigade here, the artery was blocked.
From September 25th, after Commander Okamura Neiji received the distress telegram from the endangered 106th Division.
He immediately ordered the nearest 27th Division to change its marching route and come to the aid of the 106th Division.
The original marching route of the 27th Division was along the highway from Ruichang to Wuning.
After receiving the order, Division Commander Ochiai Jinkuro immediately changed the marching route, left the highway, and traveled along the difficult route of Panlong and Houbeilong to reach the Kirin Peak location.
Although the highway from Ruichang to Wuning had been severely damaged by the Nationalist army, no matter how bad the highway was, it was still a major road, much better than the small roads in the mountains.
The most important thing was that it could facilitate the advance of the troops and prevent them from getting lost, which was the most important thing.
The main force of the 27th Division was still waiting on the highway. It had only sent the Third Garrison Regiment to aid the 106th Division.
The First Battalion of the Ono Osamu Regiment attacked Kirin Peak, while the Second Battalion guarded the highway.
The highway was 1,200 meters away from Kirin Peak, and the Tanaka Hinata Battalion was advancing along both sides of the highway.
The day before yesterday was when they attacked fiercely. The Nationalist army sent the reserve troops from Kirin Peak to reinforce, which made the Japanese realize the importance of Kirin Peak.
When the gunfire on Kirin Peak rang out, a team of Nationalist army soldiers appeared in front of the Tanaka Hinata Battalion's defensive line.
This was the first time the Nationalist army had taken the initiative to attack after so many days of fighting here. The Japanese soldiers of the Tanaka Hinata Battalion would certainly not let the attacking troops succeed so easily.
The Japanese soldiers of the Ueno Eito Company, who were guarding Jigongling, immediately began to strafe, trying to force the Third Company, which had just begun to attack, to retreat.
Seeing that there were at least seven Japanese firing points on the front and sides, the Third Company Commander Zheng Tian'an immediately ordered, "Mortars! Infantry guns suppress! First Platoon continues to charge, the rest provide cover."
Jiang Gaodan, the First Platoon Commander, immediately led his troops, following behind the heavy machine gun, and continued to charge up the slope.
The Japanese soldiers were at a high altitude, and the protective effect of the heavy machine gun was not as great now, but its firepower remained the same.
As shells exploded on the Japanese defensive line, coupled with the heavy machine gun's suppression of the Japanese firing points.
The seven firing points that had been rampant just now were silenced in five hits, leaving only two still spewing fire.
The soldiers of the First Platoon braved the Japanese machine gun strafing and struggled to push the heavy machine gun forward.
Bai Wenxing found a hidden position, quietly extended the rocket launcher, aimed at the machine gun that was still strafing, and pulled the trigger.
With a "boom," a ball of fire erupted, and another Japanese firing point was blown up.
Ueno Eito, the Company Commander, watched as the machine gun firing points of the entire company were silenced one by one, and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, loudly ordering, "Get up there! The machine guns must fire."
His company had one heavy machine gun and six light machine guns, and now only the heavy machine gun was still firing.
The six light machine guns had all been silenced, and under the Company Commander's strict orders, Japanese soldiers immediately rushed over at the risk of their lives.
Pork Chop Takuma was one of those who rushed up. After hearing Company Commander Ueno Eito's order, he was the first to rush to the nearest machine gun.
The gunner and assistant gunner of this machine gun and the four Japanese soldiers around it had all been blown down by a shell.
The dead Japanese soldiers were lying in the trenches, and the three injured Japanese soldiers had already been carried down.
Only the machine gun was untouched by any Japanese soldiers. These Japanese soldiers were very clear: the attacking troops had mortars, and in this situation, operating a machine gun was obviously inviting them to bomb, which was tantamount to seeking death!
Sergeant Pork Chop Takuma had no choice but to go. He was the alternate machine gunner in the squad and should have gone up long ago.
After he picked up the light machine gun and set it up again, a Japanese soldier also rushed over to serve as the assistant gunner. Pork Chop Takuma gently pulled the trigger and tried it out, and it still fired.
He immediately perked up and opened fire on the troops charging up the mountain.
Seeing that there was only one Japanese firing point left on the hillside, the Third Company Commander Zheng Tian'an was anxious when five suddenly appeared. He shouted loudly, "Lin Qi'an, Xu Peng, don't stop the bombardment!"
Lin Qi'an and Xu Peng were the mortar gunners of the Third Company, and their actions accelerated after hearing the Company Commander's order.
"Boom! Boom!" Shells continued to explode on the Japanese position.
Jiang, the Platoon Commander below the hillside, was also directing the heavy machine gun to suppress the newly emerged Japanese firing points.
After taking out a Japanese firing point, Bai Wenxing aimed at the Japanese heavy machine gun and attacked.
It took two consecutive rocket launchers to take out the Japanese heavy machine gun. This time, the firepower of the Second Company's bombardment was obviously much fiercer.
It immediately suppressed the several firing points that the Japanese soldiers had just suddenly emerged, and Platoon Commander Jiang seized the opportunity to lead his troops to charge up the hillside.
It was very difficult to push the heavy machine gun up the mountain, and the soldiers had already rushed out from behind the heavy machine gun, looking for natural cover on the hillside to advance upwards.
Seeing that the soldiers of the Second Platoon had rushed to within thirty meters of the Japanese trenches, Zheng Tian'an ordered the artillery to stop the bombardment.
The next thirty meters was up to the First Platoon to figure out. While the shelling was still continuing, Platoon Commander Jiang had already ordered, "Third Squad, throw grenades for cover, First and Second Squads, charge!"
Upon receiving the order, the soldiers of the First and Second Squads immediately stood up, carrying their weapons and charging upwards.
The grenades thrown by the Third Squad exploded accurately in the Japanese trenches. In just a few seconds, the First and Second Squads had rushed into the trenches. The soldiers of the Third Squad quickly followed up, and the Second Platoon also rushed up behind them.
Company Commander Ueno Eito had never imagined that the Nationalist army could actually rush into his position.
The reality was just like that. Now, he could only order the Japanese soldiers of the entire company: "Charge! Drive them out."
There were more than fifty soldiers in the First Platoon that had charged up. They had to face the counterattack of the Japanese soldiers from three directions, and each of the three squads guarded one side.
The Japanese soldiers of the Ueno Eito Company rushed over desperately, advancing along the trenches. Platoon Commander Jiang ordered, "Bai Wenxing, give them a rocket. There's no need to fight the Japanese soldiers with bayonets."
Originally, bayonet combat was what the Special Operations Brigade had been pursuing, but the current scene was not suitable.
Further up this trench, there were still Japanese soldiers guarding the mountaintop defense line, and Platoon Commander Jiang was afraid that the Japanese soldiers would fire cold shots from the top of the mountain.
Two rockets exploded at both ends of the trench, stopping the charging Japanese soldiers for a while.
In just a short time, six heavy machine guns had been pushed into the trenches.
One heavy machine gun was placed on each side of the trench and began to advance, while the other four heavy machine guns were all aimed at the mountaintop for cover.
The First Platoon had stabilized this defensive line that they had seized, and Company Commander Zheng ordered, "Mortars and infantry guns, bombard the mountaintop."
Company Commander Pi Zeqiang of the Fourth Company was also ordering his troops: "Mortars and infantry guns, bombard the mountaintop."
The Fourth Company was attacking towards the mountain from another direction. Their attack speed was not slow either. They had already recaptured the defense line on the mountainside and were now attacking towards the top of the mountain.
Seeing that the troop below had broken through a defense line in less than ten minutes, Battalion Commander Tanaka Hinata, who was still commanding on the top of the mountain, was somewhat alarmed.
He hid in the command post and loudly ordered, "Return fire! Return fire!"
At the same time, he was still asking Regiment Commander Ono Osamu for support: requesting artillery support!
His request was immediately responded to. The Japanese 27th Division Garrison 3rd Regiment Commander Ono Osamu had received reports that Kirin Peak, Jigongling, and Baishui Street were all under fierce counterattacks from the Nationalist army.
Baishui Street was being defended by the Japanese 106th Division, so he did not need to worry about it. Battalion Commander Yamaguchi Masato on Kirin Peak had not sent a signal requesting support, so he did not need to worry about it either.
The Japanese Mountain Artillery 27th Regiment Commander Murakami Seiichi ordered the bombardment of the forward positions of Jigongling.
The Second Platoon, which had just rushed into the mountainside defense line, was immediately subjected to a fierce bombardment by Japanese artillery fire.
On the other hand, the First Platoon, which was charging in the front, had not been hurt yet. Lei Ting, the Second Platoon Commander, immediately saw the weakness of the Japanese artillery fire and ordered, "The entire platoon abandons the defense line and continues to charge forward!"
The First Platoon was too close to the Japanese mountaintop defense line, and the Japanese artillery was afraid of friendly fire, so they did not dare to bombard.
Seeing that the mountainside was covered by Japanese artillery fire, Company Commander of the Third Company was very anxious. In this situation, he could not find the Japanese artillery positions at all, and therefore could not attack them.
Lin Fan was also anxious. How good it would be to have a reconnaissance plane at this time! Although reconnaissance planes were good, without logistics, everything was useless.
Lei Ting's response was timely, and three soldiers from the Second Platoon were wounded and carried back.
Lin Fan ordered: "The rocket artillery company of the 15th Regiment, bombard Jigongling for one round." This time, he personally adjusted the firing parameters to ensure a hit in one round.
Major Chang, saw Lin Fan personally adjusting the rocket artillery and asked Company Commander Jiang in surprise: "Regiment Commander Lin can do this too?"
Company Commander Jiang said proudly: "There is no one in this world who can shoot more accurately than our Regiment Commander.
Did you see those two anti-aircraft guns? As long as you don't leave, you'll be able to see it firing.
At that time, you'll open your eyes and see what it means to shoot down planes."
After finishing speaking, he listened to the report that the four rocket artillery batteries were ready and immediately ordered them to fire.
There was another earth-shattering roar, and Major Chang saw a huge cloud of smoke suddenly rise from Jigongling, rolling up towards the sky.
Battalion Commander Tanaka Hinata had just seen the smoke billowing on the mountainside and had not had time to be happy when his position was also met with a fierce wave of bombardment.
The top of the mountain was filled with the sounds of intense shell explosions, and the Japanese firepower suddenly stopped.
Platoon Commander Jiang did not hesitate and immediately ordered "Charge!" The artillery had just finished bombarding, which was a good opportunity to charge.
The Japanese soldiers on the mountaintop had just been bombed, and the injured soldiers were still crying for help, while the uninjured soldiers were frantically searching for cover, preparing to withstand the next wave of bombardment.
What they did not expect was that hundreds of Nationalist soldiers suddenly charged up from the east and south directions.
These soldiers opened fire on them with a fierce burst, causing the Japanese soldiers who were guarding the top of the mountain to become at a loss of what to do.
Battalion Commander Tanaka Hinata immediately ordered: "Counterattack! Counterattack!"
He wanted all of the Japanese soldiers to rush out and use bayonets to drive these Nationalist soldiers, who had not yet gained a foothold, down the mountain.
The distance between the two sides was originally close, and the Japanese soldiers entangled together in a pig-突 rush.
After Platoon Commander Lei Ting, who was following behind the First Platoon, rushed up, he immediately joined the bayonet melee.
Battalion Commander Tanaka Hinata originally believed that his battalion had more than 400 Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain, and that they had the upper hand in numbers. He had always believed that his bayonet fighting skills were the best in the world.
With a combination of strengths, Battalion Commander Tanaka Hinata was full of confidence in the bayonet fight. The gunfire and explosions on the top of the mountain stopped.
The top of the mountain now only had the sound of bayonets clashing and the groans of wounded Japanese soldiers. Battalion Commander Tanaka Hinata, carrying his command saber, led all of the Japanese soldiers of the entire battalion headquarters out of the command post.
He took out the last Japanese soldiers who could fight in the entire battalion and rushed to the front line to fight with bayonets.
When Platoon Commander Jiang was on the mountainside, he did not fight the Japanese soldiers of the Ueno Eito Company with bayonets, which did not mean that he was afraid of bayonet fights.
On the contrary, the soldiers of the Second Regiment were the most fond of bayonet fights, and they usually liked to practice this the most.
On Jigong Ridge, the soldiers of the Third and Fourth Companies who rushed up numbered only about 200.
Although they were half as many as the Japanese soldiers, the momentum of their charge was no less than that of the Japanese soldiers.
The soldiers were in groups of three, forming combat formations, and stabbed at the Japanese soldiers. For a time, the shouts of killing on Jigong Ridge shook the sky, and the sound was even louder than the artillery bombardment just now.
The soldiers' shouts of killing echoed from afar, and Major Chang Wende asked in surprise: "Are they fighting with bayonets?"
After a night of rapid marching, he had become friends with Company Commander Jiang, and he would ask him about everything.
Company Commander Jiang said with a smile: "As long as the bayonet fight begins, the Japanese soldiers will lose!"
After a night of contact and understanding, Major Chang felt that Company Commander Jiang was good in everything, but he was too proud and not humble at all.
What do you mean that the Japanese soldiers will lose as soon as the bayonet fight begins? The Japanese soldiers' bayonet fighting skills were indeed very high, and even if the opponent was our enemy, their advantages had to be admitted.
Although he did not say what he was thinking, the expression on his face revealed everything, and Company Commander Jiang asked him with a smile: "Can you fight with bayonets?"
"Yes! What kind of soldier would I be if I couldn't fight with bayonets?" Major Chang felt insulted. He was a graduate of a regular military academy, and his bayonet fighting skills were excellent.
Especially now that the country was in trouble, Major Chang usually used bayonet fighting to exercise his body.
Company Commander Jiang instructed the orderly next to him: "Xiao Li! Find two sticks for us to practice bayonet fighting."
Sticks were readily available, and Company Commander Jiang handed Major Chang a stick with a smile. Major Chang understood what he meant: to use this to compare bayonet fighting skills.
He also wanted to weigh Company Commander Jiang's abilities and took it over with a smile: "Just a friendly match. Don't worry! I'll hold back."
Company Commander Jiang said with a smile: "You can pick anyone here to compete with.
It would be too unfair to compete with me!"
His words were not many, but they were extremely insulting, and Major Chang was a little angry: "You are originally artillerymen, and bayonet fighting is something that infantrymen do.
It would already be an insult to you to compete with you, let alone find ordinary soldiers to compete with. Old Jiang, let's just compete."
Company Commander Jiang said with a wry smile: "How about this? I won't bully you. Just attack, and I won't defend or retaliate."
Chang Wende was so angry that his nose was about to spout fire. From last night until now, he had always felt that this Company Commander Jiang was too arrogant.
If he didn't give him a little color, he wouldn't know that there was always someone better. This time, he stopped talking.
He took a slight step back and said: "I'm coming!"
After saying that, he took a step forward, and thrust his wooden stick forward lightly. When he saw Company Commander Jiang making a move to block,
He then said loudly: "Be careful!"
He withdrew his probing thrust, and then suddenly launched forward, pouring the strength of his whole body into both hands. This time, when the wooden stick thrust forward, it carried a gust of wind as it thrust towards Company Commander Jiang's chest.
Company Commander Jiang held the stick in both hands, with the tip of the stick diagonally upwards. Seeing his thrust coming, he sent his left hand forward "Pa!" The two sticks intersected.
A muffled sound rang out, and the thrust that Chang Wende had made was deflected and thrust towards Company Commander Jiang's left side, clearly missing its target.
Chang Wende was shocked in his heart: "It's over!" Even if the other side's stick didn't retract, he would have to crash into it.
At this time, Jiang Bianchang did not advance but retreated, and his body jumped back as if it were equipped with a spring, retreating a meter away. When he was in the air, the stick in his hand was still retracted in front of him diagonally upwards.
After he stabilized his body, Chang Wende knew: This was guarding against the opponent's counterattack. He smiled wryly: "I've lost!"
Company Commander Jiang said with a smile: "This doesn't count, you were careless! Let's do it again!"
In fact, Major Chang also had the same idea, he just thought that he was careless.
Hearing Company Commander Jiang's words, he immediately said: "This time you have to be careful!"
This time, Major Chang was serious, completely putting away his contempt for the artillerymen, his feet were neither open nor closed, he moved slowly and cautiously, and the stick in his hand moved quickly and withdrew quickly from time to time.
Company Commander Jiang's back foot was like a nail in the ground, and his left foot moved, responding to Major Chang, and Company Commander Jiang also moved quickly and withdrew quickly to his quick-out and quick-retract movements.
The wooden sticks in the two people's hands collided continuously with a pa-pa-pa sound. After colliding more than a dozen times, Chang Wende felt that his palms were numb.
After colliding more than a dozen times, Company Commander Jiang kept defending, and even if he saw him show a flaw, he would not counterattack.
This made Chang Wende very unhappy, and he stopped and said: "Company Commander Jiang! Your bayonet fighting skills are indeed very strong, you don't need to hold back, let me see how strong they are."
Company Commander Jiang said with a smile: "Come on! I'm going to counterattack."
The two people fought again, and Chang Wende attacked first. The stick in his hand thrust towards the middle like lightning. This time he took back three points of strength, so that even if he was diverted, his center of gravity would not change, and he would still have a backhand.
Company Commander Jiang stretched out the stick in his hand equally quickly, and with a pa sound, the two sticks collided, and Chang Wende felt that after this collision, the stick in his hand was like a living thing, and it took the initiative to struggle to break free from his hand.
He quickly tightened his grip on the stick and retreated a step, preparing to thrust again next.
When his body retreated backwards, his eyes saw a phantom rushing towards him, and he retreated quickly, and the phantom followed quickly.
By the time the shadow stopped, he could see that it was the end of the stick in Company Commander Jiang's hand, which stopped about an inch in front of his throat.
He was a little unconvinced: At any rate, he was a graduate of a regular military academy, and his bayonet fighting skills were also excellent, but he couldn't beat him even with one move.
Chang Wende tightened the stick in his hand, and thrust it forward again, and with another pa sound, his throat was blocked.
This time he understood: Company Commander Jiang said at the beginning that he was bullying him, it turned out that he was telling the truth, without any pride.
Major Chang Wende put away the stick, and said somewhat dejectedly: "Company Commander Jiang's technique is too much stronger than the infantry, I admit defeat!"
His frank admission of defeat immediately won the favor of the soldiers watching around.
Company Commander Jiang also put away the stick and said with a smile: "We usually practice this a lot. In the Special Operations Brigade, there is no such thing as infantrymen or artillerymen.
Artillerymen must also be able to use all the skills of infantrymen, and bayonet fighting is the most basic. A troop that has never dared to engage in bayonet-to-bayonet combat with the Japanese soldiers is not a troop that can fight hard battles."
Although he was defeated by Company Commander Jiang, Chang Wende was still somewhat unconvinced. He thought that Company Commander Jiang's words were too full:
What do you mean that the artillerymen must also be able to use all the skills of infantrymen? Could it be that the soldiers of his artillery company were all like him?
This time he didn't say much, just pointed casually: "Xiao Li! Let's give it a try!"
Xiao Li was Company Commander Jiang's orderly. Hearing that Chang Wende named him to compete, he immediately became eager to try.
Company Commander Jiang handed the stick to Xiao Li with a smile: "Major Chang is our friend, be careful."
Xiao Li quickly took the stick and promised: "Yes! I guarantee that I won't hurt Major Chang."
If Company Commander Jiang hadn't given this order, Chang Wende would have felt better, but after his order, the taste changed:
Hadn't competed yet, and this Company Commander Jiang had already determined that his orderly was stronger than him?
The two walked into the circle, and were two steps apart from each other, and Company Commander Jiang also took a stick in his hand on the side.
His purpose was obvious, to protect them on the side, to prevent the two from being unable to stop, and hurting people.
Chang Wende still said: "I'm coming!"
And then he thrust out the stick, what he didn't expect was that Xiao Li used the same moves as Company Commander Jiang, the only difference was: Xiao Li's strength was weaker.
When the two people's sticks collided, his palm did not feel so much rebound force.
This made Chang Wende happy, and he saw the hope of winning. Xiao Li's strength was weaker, but his movements were not slow, and his parrying and counterattacks were all completed in one go.
Just after exchanging two moves, Chang Wende had been forced back two steps, and although Xiao Li was young, he had a great demeanor.
Seeing that Chang Wende was about to retreat into the crowd, he immediately took a step back, widening the distance between the two, and vigilantly stared at Chang Wende, slowly retreating to the center of the field, and he did not leave any flaws in the steps he retreated.
Chang Wende's face flushed, he strode forward, and the stick in his hand stabbed towards Xiao Li, carrying the momentum of rushing forward.
Xiao Li still stretched out his stick in the same way to block, deflect, and guide, and diverted the thrust, and the wooden stick in his hand thrust forward quickly, and immediately hit Chang Wende's chest.
The people watching around cheered, Xiao Li was at a disadvantage because of his young age, and his bayonet fighting skills could only rank at the back of the whole company.
Now that he was able to win a major in the Nationalist army, the comrades were naturally happy, and they were all cheering for Xiao Li.
Chang Wende put away the stick with a red face, and said with a wry smile: "I lost! I didn't expect that all of your bayonet fighting skills were so good. How did you train them?"
Company Commander Jiang said with a smile: "They were all trained hard. We have two essential training sessions every morning: running and bayonet fighting!"
"No wonder! I rushed here overnight, and I started fighting the Japanese soldiers without resting. The Special Operations Brigade is really good!" Chang Wende had to admire.
He looked at Jigong Ridge in the distance, and found that the battle above was becoming more and more intense, but it seemed that there were not as many Japanese soldiers as there were just now, but the number of soldiers in the Special Operations Brigade accounted for a majority.
Company Commander Jiang put down the binoculars and said with a smile: "As long as the bayonet fight begins, the Japanese soldiers will lose.
Today, the Japanese soldiers guarding Jigong Ridge thought that the firepower of the Third and Fourth Companies was strong, so they took the initiative to want to fight with bayonets, but they didn't know that we are even stronger at fighting