The Milky Way is Also a Grain of Sand
Chapter 274 Annihilating the Jianye Brigade
December 29, 1937, Afternoon:
On Pingling Mountain, Feng Junya was directing the Eighth Regiment's three companies to establish an artillery position.
Gong Boyi, the Fifth Company Commander, was very excited. His company had been assigned four Type 95 75mm field guns.
This gun was manufactured by the Japanese in 1935. It had a caliber of 75mm, and the gun barrel was 2,325mm long.
The rifling length was 1,807.7mm, the height of the firing line was 940mm, and the total length in the deployed position was 4,525mm.
The gun barrel weighed 262.4 kilograms, and the total combat weight was 1,120 kilograms.
It used Type 94 high-explosive shells weighing 6 kilograms and Type 90 armor-piercing high-explosive shells weighing 6.34 kilograms.
The elevation range was -8 to +43 degrees, and the horizontal firing range was 25 degrees to the left and right.
The muzzle velocity of the shell was 520 meters per second.
The maximum range with the Type 94 high-explosive shell was 9,150 meters, and the maximum range with the Type 90 armor-piercing high-explosive shell was 11,600 meters.
Such a large cannon could even be completely disassembled and carried away on mules and horses.
In order to fight, the Japanese had put a lot of thought into this.
Cannons like these were specially prepared for use in the mountains and forests where there were no roads.
The country they were targeting was obvious.
All parts of this cannon could be disassembled and transported separately on mules and horses.
Fifth Company Commander Gong Boyi was busy having his soldiers unload the cannons carried by more than a hundred mules and horses.
Not only was his company busy, but the Sixth and Seventh Companies were also busy like them.
The mountain roads were difficult to travel, and the cannons of all three companies had been disassembled before being transported up the mountain.
This made the assembly speed much slower.
All three of these companies had just taken over this new equipment, and they had not specifically practiced before.
The soldiers were very unfamiliar with the process.
This made the three company commanders so anxious that they wished they could grow three heads and six arms to speed up the assembly.
Their artillery support could not keep up with the Third Regiment's speed of attack.
After receiving the scout's report, Na Wenxuan and Gu Xiangdi's companies also received Lin Fan's order to immediately take action and chase the Japanese all the way to Gaofeng.
Here, the Kazari Haruto Regiment had already made preparations:
They originally had simple fortifications here.
After retreating back, they quickly strengthened them a lot.
In order to stop the Special Task Force from rushing up here, Captain Kazari Haruto had already sent up the last two battalions in his hand.
The battered and crippled Hidaka Hareo Battalion was used as a reserve team, waiting behind Gaofeng to rest.
Although the soldiers of the Kosaka Daigo Battalion had not fought against the Special Task Force, from the tone of the regimental commander when he issued the order, and from the lesson of the annihilation of the Aiba Haruhito Battalion, Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo had already regarded the Special Task Force as a formidable enemy in his heart.
In order to deal with the Special Task Force's artillery bombardment, the Kosaka Daigo Battalion urgently built a number of simple defensive fortifications.
It hoped that these simple fortifications could withstand the Special Task Force's artillery bombardment.
It also directly placed the Atai Yuuto machine gun company in a prominent position on the mountainside.
In front of the machine gun company, there was also the Komatsu Kosuke infantry company as the first line of sniping force.
This arrangement was to maximize the effectiveness of continuous firepower.
At the top of the mountain were the Kosaka Battalion's and Izumiya Yoshihisa Battalion's heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortar positions.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto concentrated all of the regiment's heavy weapons at the top of the mountain, so that he could concentrate his forces and facilitate his command.
The entire Gaofeng position had three lines of defense arranged by the Kazari Haruto Regiment.
All of them were aimed at the Special Task Force chasing from the direction of Shilong Mountain.
After the First Company chased up, it did not rest at all.
It directly attacked Gaofeng.
Before they had even rushed to the front of the Komatsu Kosuke infantry company's line of defense.
They were bombarded by the Japanese heavy machine gun fire, grenade launchers, and mortars from the top of the mountain, making it difficult for them to move forward.
Company Commander Na Wenxuan did not expect the Japanese firepower to be so fierce. Several members of the team were wounded by the Japanese before they could get close.
The First Company's first charge to attack Gaofeng was beaten back.
Seeing this situation, Jia Shusheng immediately ordered a temporary halt to the attack, waiting for the Eighth Regiment's artillery support.
Lin Fan, who was behind the team, knew that the attack in front had been blocked and personally checked the battlefield situation.
He also agreed with Jia Shusheng to suspend the attack.
The Japanese had deployed a lot of heavy weapons on the top of the mountain.
In this situation, of course, they had to be blown up with cannons first.
The artillery regiment's preparations were not yet complete, and they could not fire for the time being.
Lin Fan could tell from the tone of Regiment Commander Feng Junya's reply over the radio:
Feng Junya must be red in the face at this time.
Lin Fan comforted him: "Lao Feng! You have to give the new soldiers time to grow."
Then he started to contact the Fourth Regiment.
He ordered Xiao Dongbei's Fourth Regiment to quickly insert and attack towards Gaofeng from Jun'anli via radio.
The straight-line distance between Jun'anli and Gaofeng was three kilometers, and the actual distance on the mountain road was only five kilometers.
After receiving the order, Xiao Dongbei immediately ordered the entire regiment to attack.
He followed the First Battalion to act together.
They arrived in less than half an hour.
Xiao Dongbei looked at the Japanese on Gaofeng, facing their direction. The Japanese had not built any fortifications or trenches at all.
It could be seen that these Japanese had not taken any precautions in this direction.
Just now, the Kazari Haruto Regiment had easily beaten back the Special Task Force that had chased up.
This also gave these Japanese a sense of security in their hearts.
Not to mention that Captain Kazari Haruto had already sent someone to ask the field artillery battalion to come and help.
These Japanese only needed to defend here for a few hours, and when the field artillery arrived on the battlefield.
The Special Task Force on the opposite side would be even less of a match.
At this time, the Japanese on Gaofeng had planned everything perfectly.
Xiao Dongbei ordered the First and Second Companies to change their uniforms!
Disguised as Japanese soldiers, they marched towards Gaofeng.
The remnants of the Hidaka Hareo Battalion, who were resting behind, looked at the team passing by in front of them.
Although they did not know which team was coming.
But the team that came out of Mogan Mountain could only be the empire's team.
What's more, this team, from top to bottom, was all equipped with the empire's standard equipment.
The defeat in the morning made the Japanese soldiers of the entire Hidaka Hareo Battalion not dare to say a word now.
Not only did they not dare to ask questions, but they also gratefully made way for the team to go to the top of Gaofeng Mountain.
To let them go to the front line and drive away the Special Task Force outside.
This was the simplest thought of these Japanese soldiers in the Hidaka Hareo Battalion.
Bi Xin loudly reported the Fourth Regiment's plan to the brigade commander over the radio.
These Wenzhou student soldiers were speaking in their own dialect over the radio.
Lin Fan and the others could not understand a word.
Chen Sichuan was greatly inspired when he heard that Xiao Dongbei had actually sent two companies disguised as Japanese soldiers to Gaofeng and were heading to the top of the mountain:
He immediately ordered his regiment to change their uniforms as well, and he would also dress up.
And attack Nude Heart Castle.
The Special Task Force had used this trick more than once.
They had used it in the initial raid on Jiangwan Airport.
Xiao Dongbei's regiment quickly completed the change of uniforms.
In fact, it was very easy for the soldiers of the Special Task Force to disguise themselves as Japanese soldiers.
After all, all the weapons they used were standard Japanese weapons.
And they had captured a lot of Japanese equipment.
The soldiers were all wearing Japanese boots on their feet, and their body armor was also captured on the battlefield.
The only difference between them and the Japanese was their clothing.
Lin Fan received the real-time report from the Fourth Regiment and immediately ordered the artillery of the Eighth Regiment on Pingling Mountain not to bombard Gaofeng for the time being.
Lin Fan was afraid of accidentally injuring his own people!
At the same time, he ordered the Third Regiment to be prepared to attack at any time.
In fact, at this time, the three companies of the Eighth Regiment were still assembling the cannons nervously, and even if they were ordered to fire, they could not carry it out.
Feng Junya looked at the unfamiliar movements of the soldiers of the three companies when they assembled these cannons, and his heart was filled with fire.
He scolded the three company commanders fiercely: "If the anti-aircraft guns of the First Company were like you, the Japanese planes would have dropped their bombs. The anti-aircraft guns would not be ready yet. You three also came out of the First Company, why didn't you bring over the hardworking and diligent style of the First Company?"
The faces of the three company commanders were flushed red: they had only been in contact with such cannons for a day.
There was no time to practice.
But on the battlefield, these things are not considered, only the results are!
Fortunately, Lin Fan's notification was not to open fire, but to postpone it!
This did not make Regiment Commander Feng Junya lose face in front of the brigade commander.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto watched the strange team coming up, and they were about to reach the top of the mountain.
He sent his guards to ask: which team was sent over?
Lu Dayou, the First Battalion Commander of the Third Regiment, saw the Japanese soldiers walking towards his team.
Sergeant Major Nakaura Takeshi walked to the front of this team that had just rushed over from the rear and asked loudly:
"Which team sent you over?"
Being by the regimental commander's side for a long time made Sergeant Major Nakaura Takeshi always feel that he was superior to ordinary soldiers.
There is a saying that the gatekeeper of the prime minister's house is also a seventh-rank official!
He was the regimental commander's guard, at least comparable to a squad leader or a company commander.
Lu Dayou did not understand these Japanese words. Originally, he just wanted to give a kind smile and pass by.
So he had a very good attitude towards the aggressive Sergeant Major Nakaura Takeshi.
He nodded with a smile and continued to move forward.
Sergeant Major Nakaura Takeshi felt offended and loudly reprimanded the company commander who dared not answer.
The company in front of him was obviously the kind that was bullied in the entire regiment.
The boots on the soldiers' feet were badly worn, and there were many holes in the clothes they were wearing.
This all showed that the team had participated in many battles, but had little supplies.
Thinking of this, Sergeant Major Nakaura Takeshi looked at the new boots on the Japanese soldiers' feet. This was the difference in status and treatment.
At this time, he reached out and wanted to slap the company commander who dared not answer a few times.
Song Jin, the First Company Commander who was following Lu Dayou, did not hesitate and reached out to stop his action.
Lu Dayou thought that he had been exposed and shouted loudly: "Kill!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sergeant Major Nakaura Takeshi was hit by several knives at once.
The soldiers of the First Company quickly rushed towards the top of the mountain not far away.
Zhang Xuesheng held a machine gun and fired while charging.
Pu Liangce, the Second Company Commander who was following behind, ordered: "The Third Platoon blocks the mountain road, and no Japanese are allowed to come up. Set up bombs. The First and Second Platoons assist the First Company in attacking the top of the mountain."
The Japanese soldiers who were following Sergeant Major Nakaura Takeshi did not understand what was going on at all.
They were all stabbed down by the bright bayonets.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto, who was not far away, saw the team that had just come up starting to kill people without saying a word.
He shouted loudly: "Charge! Drive them down!"
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto knew in his heart: If this team was not driven down the mountain, his regiment would be driven down the mountain by them.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto had deployed heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars on the top of the mountain.
The sudden charge of the infantry made it impossible for these Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain to move for a while.
Grenade launchers and mortars were useless against the Special Task Force soldiers who were already close at hand.
The heavy machine guns became the most important reliance for the Japanese soldiers, and the First and Second Companies that rushed up also realized this.
The Japanese heavy machine guns also became the place that attracted the most bullets and grenades.
The First and Second Companies had a total of three hundred men, and now these three hundred soldiers were spreading like mercury on the highest peak of Gaofeng.
There were also more than three hundred Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain, and many of them did not even have weapons in their hands.
They were all several Japanese soldiers cooperating to operate a cannon or a heavy machine gun.
At this time, facing the two infantry companies who were armed to the teeth and had rushed close, they were as weak and helpless as lambs to be slaughtered.
But these Japanese soldiers were definitely not lambs, under the order of Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto.
These Japanese soldiers rushed up against the First and Second Companies with their bare hands.
Awao Yosuke was originally a mortarman. He was a Japanese soldier who carried a mortar tube everywhere.
Now, under the order of Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto, he was ordered to meet the Special Task Force soldiers who were charging over.
The helpless Sergeant Awao Yosuke could only carry the still hot mortar tube and smash it at Company Commander Song Jin, who was charging over.
The force of the 60mm mortar tube smashing down was huge, and Company Commander Song Jin had to take a step back.
With this smash by Sergeant Awao Yosuke, he himself could not stabilize the mortar tube.
After being dodged by the soldiers on the opposite side, the mortar tube slammed heavily on the ground, splashing a cloud of dust.
Company Commander Song Jin's bayonet stabbed into Sergeant Awao Yosuke's chest, splashing a cloud of blood.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto directed the soldiers on the top of the mountain to desperately stop the soldiers of the Special Task Force.
Its guards also rushed up.
These Japanese soldiers were just buying a little time for Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto to retreat.
The sudden sound of gunfire on the top of the mountain woke up the Izumiya Yoshihisa Battalion, which was deployed on the mountainside.
Immediately, Japanese soldiers rushed towards the top of the mountain.
It was just that they were all blocked by the Third Platoon of the Second Company.
The Third Platoon Commander started to deploy directional mines when he received the order.
Although time was tight, the Third Platoon also deployed several directional mines at this time.
The Takamura Ayumu Company was the closest to the top of the mountain.
Under the command of Company Commander Takamura Ayumu, the Japanese soldiers in this company began to attack the top of the mountain desperately.
The Gosho Nodaichi squad, which was charging at the front, was less than thirty meters away from the temporary position of the Third Platoon.
Platoon Commander Takaie Kane gave an order, and three directional mines detonated at the same time.
More than thirty of the fifty or so Japanese soldiers in the entire Gosho Nodaichi squad fell down at once.
More than ten were protected by mountain rocks and trees.
Being hit so hard all of a sudden, Squad Leader Gosho Nodaichi did not issue a new order for a long time.
Those surviving Japanese soldiers did not dare to move at all.
They just stayed in place, not even daring to lift their heads.
Company Commander Takamura Ayumu was blocked from the view and only heard the sound of explosions in front.
He did not know that the squad charging at the front had suffered heavy casualties.
He just kept urging from behind: "Hurry! Hurry up and rush up! Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto is still on top."
For these junior and middle-level officers:
If the regimental commander died on the top of the mountain, and they survived.
Then the fate of these officers would definitely not be good.
It was precisely because of this that both Company Commander Takamura Ayumu and Squad Leader Gosho Nodaichi.
They desperately urged the Japanese soldiers to rush up the mountain. It did not matter if these Japanese soldiers died.
As long as they could rescue Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto.
The sudden outbreak of fighting on the top of the mountain alarmed the Japanese soldiers of the Kosaka Daigo Battalion on the mountainside.
Their battalion was on the outermost layer of the Gaofeng defensive position.
Suddenly, a change occurred in the core defensive position, how could Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo not be afraid?
It just so happened that the Japanese soldiers of the Hidaka Hareo Battalion, who were resting behind the mountain, stood far away and could see clearly.
They clearly saw that the team that had just passed by them was chasing down the empire's soldiers.
Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo quickly ordered the Tsuki Taketa infantry company and the Miori Sato quartermaster company to charge up Gaofeng.
They were going to support Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto, who was retreating on the top of the mountain.
This time, Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo ordered the Japanese soldiers: "No Japanese soldiers are allowed to go up the mountain!"
Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo was still suspicious of whether the team that had just gone up the mountain had anything to do with the Hidaka Hareo Battalion.
After all, they had all seen that the earliest area that team passed through was in front of the Hidaka Hareo Battalion.
The Japanese soldiers of the three battalions of the entire Kazari Haruto Regiment were in a mess.
After the First Company of the Third Regiment failed in its first attack, it had been waiting for an opportunity.
The brigade commander had just issued an order: to keep a close eye on the situation at Gaofeng.
And launch an attack as soon as the Japanese soldiers were in chaos.
Na Wenxuan saw Lu Dayou leading the two companies of the Fourth Regiment slowly climbing the mountain through his binoculars.
He was so shocked that his eyeballs almost popped out.
In comparison: he led the First Company to charge, and before he even reached the foot of the mountain, the Japanese soldiers were shooting with machine guns and bombing with grenade launchers and mortars.
But when the battalion commander of the Third Regiment went up the mountain, the Japanese soldiers did not care and let them go directly to the top of the mountain.
People are different from people, and even companies are so different?
No matter how his thoughts ran wild, Na Wenxuan never put down his binoculars.
When he saw that the battle on the top of the mountain had just begun, he immediately ordered: "Attack!"
This time, not only the First and Second Companies of the Third Regiment attacked.
Xiao Dongbei, the regimental commander of the Fourth Regiment in another direction of Gaofeng, also ordered: "Attack!"
The Fourth Regiment still had three companies left here: hundreds of soldiers rushed out together.
The Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo, who was still trying to argue with Kosaka Daigo, suddenly saw the Special Task Force officers and soldiers rushing out from behind him.
He was so frightened that he immediately ordered: "Fight back on the spot!"
All of the defensive positions of the Kazari Haruto Regiment on Gaofeng were facing the northeast.
They were dealing with the Special Task Force soldiers attacking from Pingling Mountain.
They had no defenses at all against the team that rushed out of Mogan Mountain.
They did not even have defensive fortifications.
It just so happened that there was a company of artillerymen cooperating with Xiao Dongbei's attacking team.
Four 75mm field guns were firing at the last two companies of the Hidaka Hareo Battalion at this time.
This was not the end, ten Type 92 infantry guns of the Fourth Regiment's five companies also began to bombard at this time.
At the same time, twenty-five mortars were also bombing.
The shells fell like raindrops from the sky, and the entire battalion had nowhere to hide.
Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo could only loudly urge the Japanese soldiers under his command to brave the artillery bombardment.
And launch an attack on the Fourth Regiment's infantry four hundred meters away.
Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo, who was still arguing with Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo, was taken aback.
He did not know where this attacking team had come from.
He did not know whether his battalion should cooperate with the Hidaka Hareo Battalion to attack.
Or should he defend the position?
While Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo was still hesitating, the Third Regiment also launched an attack from the front.
This time, the three artillery companies of the Eighth Regiment far away on Pingling Mountain finally took their positions.
Twelve 75mm field guns fired at the same time.
When Jia Shusheng was resting with the First Company, he was not resting, of course.
He just concentrated all the regiment's Type 92 infantry guns, and also concentrated all the companies' mortars.
Now was the time to use them.
Fourteen Type 92 infantry guns and thirty-five mortars cooperated with the distant artillery companies to bombard the Japanese positions on the front at the same time.
This time, Company Commander Na Wenxuan still could not lead the entire company to the foot of Gaofeng Mountain.
Although the First and Second Companies were not attacked by Japanese artillery fire and machine guns.
But their own artillery fire was too fierce.
The team led by the First Company Commander could only stay two hundred meters away and quietly wait for the end of the artillery bombardment.
Lu Dayou, who was still fighting with the Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain, heard the fierce explosion from the foot of the mountain.
He shouted loudly: "Brothers! The regimental commander and the others have already started attacking. Kill hard!"
When their two companies were fighting with the Japanese on the top of the mountain, at first there were dozens of Japanese soldiers who came up to fight with weapons.
After killing these Japanese soldiers, all the remaining Japanese soldiers were unarmed.
It was completely a one-sided massacre.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto began to flee as soon as he discovered the disguise of the team that was going up the mountain.
He wanted to escape to a team that was capable of protecting him.
At this time, he began to regret it: he originally thought that so many heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars on the top of the mountain were the safest.
Now he realized that only these heavy weapons had zero close combat ability.
This made his current situation very embarrassing.
He wanted to escape to the mountainside, but the team that rushed to the top of the mountain was always one step ahead of him to block the road down the mountain.
There were only three roads down the mountain, and now all of them were occupied by the officers and soldiers of the Special Task Force.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto could only order the remaining hundred or so Japanese gunners to fight with their bare hands.
He fantasized about opening a bloody path for himself.
A bold idea that could save his life flashed through his mind: surrender!
This idea flashed through his mind, but it was immediately rejected by the Bushido spirit he had been influenced by for many years.
It is better to live shabbily than to die heroically!
Death is the only difficult thing since ancient times!
For some people, death is just a matter of thought.
For some people, it is an extremely difficult decision.
The current Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto was very difficult: he wanted to live!
And he wanted to be decent!
This was a dilemma.
It was just that there was not much time left for him to make a decision on the top of the mountain.
Lu Dayou never thought about catching a living Japanese soldier.
The teachings of the brigade commander were always in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Special Task Force: only dead Japanese soldiers are good Japanese soldiers.
When there were only ten or so of the last hundred Japanese soldiers left on the top of the mountain.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto finally made a decision.
He took off his lieutenant's sword and held it out with both hands.
Like offering the most beloved beauty.
At this time, Li Zhengcai of the First Platoon was charging in front of him.
The young man did not pay attention to the Japanese soldier with a solemn face holding a knife with both hands at all.
He just gently pushed forward the rifle in his hand.
As a veteran of the Special Task Force, Li Zhengcai's assassination skills were solid.
His push was very standard, and the bayonet steadily pierced into Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto's chest.
In Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto's unbelievable gaze, he pulled out the bayonet.
And stabbed it in again fiercely.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto could not say the sentence stuck in his throat: you don't talk about martial virtue!
The two companies that had just occupied the highest point of Gaofeng immediately began to adjust the heavy machine guns and opened fire on the Japanese soldiers on the mountainside.
At this time, the artillery bombardment of the Special Task Force was still continuing, and the Japanese soldiers on the mountainside were already having a very hard time.
Now they were also being swept by the heavy machine guns from the top of the mountain, which was completely adding insult to injury!
The first to collapse was the Izumiya Yoshihisa Battalion, which was deployed on the second line of defense on the mountainside.
They had already lost their fighting spirit when they failed to charge to the top of the mountain.
Then the entire battalion was bombarded by artillery fire, and now they were being constantly swept by heavy machine guns from the top of the mountain.
Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto had broken his heart to defend Gaofeng.
He concentrated all the remaining heavy machine guns of the entire regiment on the top of the mountain, so that he could effectively support the two lines of defense below.
The extent to which he could provide support was also the extent to which he could inflict damage.
The current Izumiya Yoshihisa Battalion was bearing all the heavy machine gun damage of the entire regiment.
The Japanese soldiers of the entire battalion did not dare to escape at this time, and there were explosions of shells everywhere on the hillside.
There was nowhere to hide! The high-angle sweeping from the top of the mountain completely exposed their backs.
Company Commander Na Wenxuan finally waited for the opportunity to charge.
The artillery bombardment from the rear had finally stopped.
The First and Second Companies pushed the earth tanks and quickly rushed to the foot of the mountain.
The Kosaka Daigo Battalion, which was on the first line of defense on the mountainside, had already rushed out of the trenches, and they ignored the attacks from the top of the mountain.
They directly launched a desperate charge towards the First and Second Companies.
The Izumiya Yoshihisa Battalion, which was on the second line of defense on Gaofeng, also rushed out of the trenches and broke through to the foot of the mountain.
They could not stay in the Gaofeng position any longer.
The sweeping from the top of the mountain made the Japanese soldiers on these two lines of defense unable to fight back, and they could only be passively beaten all the time.
And the two battalion commanders already knew: In the current situation, Regimental Commander Kazari Haruto had been killed.
The fate of these officers was already doomed.
It was just that these Japanese soldiers still wanted to struggle once.
They wanted to break through!
The First and Second Companies of the Fourth Regiment on the top of the mountain used the heavy machine guns abandoned by the Japanese soldiers to chase down those Japanese soldiers who ran out of the trenches.
Na Wenxuan and Gu Xiangdi were still unable to go up the mountain.
The momentum of the Japanese soldiers rushing down the mountain was too fierce.
The two companies could only line up ten heavy machine guns in a row.
At the same time, they organized the light machine guns of the two companies to block the road ahead for more than a hundred meters.
However, not a single Japanese soldier who rushed down the mountain came out.
Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo watched the Japanese soldiers in front of him unable to break through the Special Task Force's line of defense no matter how hard they tried.
He immediately issued an order: "The Atai Yuuto machine gun company, snipe on the spot! The rest of the companies break through towards Jun'anli."
Battalion Kosaka had been delayed at the foot of the mountain for more than ten minutes.
The Japanese soldiers of the Izumiya Yoshihisa Battalion, who were on the second line of defense, also rushed down.
These Japanese soldiers heard Battalion Commander Kosaka's order and no longer charged towards Pingling Mountain.
They immediately charged towards Jun'anli.
There were many Japanese soldiers charging towards Jun'anli.
The ones charging at the front were the hundreds of Japanese soldiers of the Hidaka Hareo Battalion.
They were originally resting behind as a reserve team.
They were not allowed to go to the top of the mountain just now.
They wanted to return to their original positions, but they had nowhere to hide when they were bombed by the Special Task Force's artillery fire.
The Japanese soldiers of the Hidaka Hareo Battalion had no choice but to break through against the Fourth Regiment's charge.
Only the Tsuki Taketa infantry company of this company still had some strength.
The Japanese soldiers of the other Miori Sato quartermaster company were just making up the numbers.
Even so, the two companies of Japanese soldiers launched a full-scale charge, and their momentum was still very strong.
Xiao Dongbei was originally directing the three companies to attack Gaofeng Mountain.
The rhythm was disrupted all of a sudden, and the situation encountered by the Fourth Regiment was the same as that of the Third Regiment.
The original intention was to charge, but now it had become defense.
Xiao Dongbei's Fourth Regiment was on the road, and there were no bunkers or fortifications.
He could only push the fifteen small carts to the front and line them up in a row as both a stronghold and a firepower point.
And it was also used as the front line trench.
The sweeping of the fifteen heavy machine guns made Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo's eyes jump.
His battalion had suffered too much from this weapon today.
Now that there were so many heavy machine guns blocking the way, the Japanese soldiers under his command could not charge up at all.
Not only did they not charge up, but they were getting farther and farther away.
Fortunately, the Japanese soldiers of the Kosaka Battalion came up at this time.
Company Commander Kamiki Kinosuke led more than a hundred Japanese soldiers under his command to charge up.
The fifteen heavy machine guns on the opposite side were like a copper wall and an iron wall, blocking the Hidaka Hareo Battalion.
This was not what Company Commander Kamiki Kinosuke wanted.
In this situation, he knew in his heart: The best way, of course, was to use mortars or grenade launchers to blow up the fifteen heavy machine guns.
But now the entire Kazari Haruto Regiment did not have these weapons in their hands.
All the heavy weapons were left on the top of the mountain.
Company Commander Kamiki Kinosuke did not stop at all, and immediately directed a part of his men to lie on the ground to provide cover.
Some of the soldiers charged while braving the fierce sweeping from the opposite side.
Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo, who came up a step late behind him, brought the entire battalion up.
The same order: "Everyone in the entire battalion! Charge!"
In the current situation, the Kosaka Battalion, which did not have heavy weapons, could only pile up with human lives.
As long as there were enough people, even if there were fifteen heavy machine guns on the opposite side, they would not be afraid.
The warriors of the Kosaka Battalion could also use their flesh and blood to open a bloody path.
Now the road in front of them had become a real bloody path.
The Japanese soldiers who died on the charging road, the blood flowing out of their bodies had gathered into a stream.
With the example of these Japanese soldiers of the Kosaka Daigo Battalion, Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo also gave a death order to the Japanese soldiers under his command:
"Charge! Charge!"
In fact, Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo had long understood: If these Japanese soldiers did not break through the Special Task Force's line of defense in front of them today.
Not a single Japanese soldier of the entire Kazari Haruto Regiment would survive.
Thousands of Japanese soldiers charged desperately, and for a time they actually charged to within thirty meters of the Fourth Regiment's heavy machine gun position.
Xiao Dongbei calmly ordered: "Maintain firepower! Slowly retreat!"
The three companies here shot at the Japanese soldiers who were charging over in three stages.
The three companies under Xiao Dongbei retreated fifty meters, which gave the Japanese soldiers who were charging a great deal of confidence.
The Japanese soldiers who were charging at the front, although they were already cannon fodder.
But they were still cannon fodder with ideals, and being able to force back the team in front of them was the effort they had made as cannon fodder.
They now hoped to make this team that was retreating in an orderly manner take another step back, and then fall into chaos.
In this way, these Japanese soldiers would have a way to survive.
The Battalion Commander Izumiya Yoshihisa was very clear about the battle in front.
Although he was the last to rush down from the mountainside.
But he was also clear about the current situation.
Without hesitation, without pity!
The Japanese soldiers under his command, like the Japanese soldiers of the previous two battalions.
They lined up in dense formations and charged towards Xiao Dongbei's line of defense with fifteen heavy machine guns as the main firepower point.
The three battalion commanders saw hope: As long as this charge persisted for another minute.
The heavy machine gun position on the opposite side would be lost.
What followed was the bayonet fighting that the empire's soldiers were best at.
If the fifteen heavy machine guns could sweep continuously, the Japanese soldiers would not be able to charge up.
But heavy machine guns always needed to change magazines.
The Japanese soldiers charged fast, and they charged in dense formations, regardless of the cost.
The heavy machine gun that had just been loaded with a magazine ran out of bullets in less than a minute.
What followed was the time to change the magazine.
Which was also the chance for the Japanese soldiers.
Battalion Commander Kosaka Daigo saw it clearly: Charging desperately finally allowed the Japanese soldiers under his command to charge to the front of the heavy machine guns on the opposite side.
The Japanese soldiers in front were about to block the barrels of those heavy machine guns.
A smile finally appeared on Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo's face.
Success!
In this situation, as long as they charged into the opponent's heavy machine gun position.
The opponent's soldiers would definitely be greatly shocked!
There would be endless possibilities to break through the encirclement.
Just when the several Japanese battalion commanders in the rear were happy, the Japanese soldiers in front suddenly heard a violent explosion.
Large masses of smoke rose from the front of the heavy machine gun position on the opposite side.
Battalion Commander Hidaka Hareo, who was watching this scene from a distance, still thought that the Special Task Force on the opposite side had broken through the heavy machine gun position.
They did not want these heavy machine guns to fall into the hands of the Japanese soldiers, and they actually blew up the entire position.
The continuous sweeping sound of the heavy machine guns was still ringing.
Xiao Dongbei had installed directional mines on the roadside when he ordered the heavy machine guns to slowly retreat.
There were too many and too fast Japanese