If the 114th Wing's previous attack on the 01 Heights was already intensive, then the 114 Wing's offensive troops encountered fierce firepower, after receiving friendly assistance, the defensive forces on the 01 Heights have already multiplied, and the officers and men of the 114th Wing, who launched an attack on the 01 Heights, will face a combined fire attack of machine guns, mortars and grenadiers.

The ferocious fire of more than a dozen machine guns sent a splash of blood in the charging Japanese troops, and the grenades thrown by eight light mortars and dozens of grenadiers sent a large number of shrapnel over the heads of the Japanese soldiers every minute. After a series of grenades fell, the crowded Japanese quickly disappeared into the smoke and flames, perhaps the number of shrapnel was relatively small, but the impact of the oversized charge of the mortar grenade was even more terrible than the steel balls of the shrapnel.

The death-laden flames and high-pressure air slammed down on the unprepared Japanese soldiers like an invisible wall, and the mere shock wave could cause serious damage to the internal organs through the clothes and skin, and the hot air and toxic gases in the smoke completely destroyed the lungs of the remaining Japanese soldiers. Many Japanese soldiers were not directly hit by shrapnel, but still lost their combat effectiveness under the impact of the air waves, and they frantically tore their throats, trying to inhale more air, and the scorching air caused their lungs to be injured even more, and finally collapsed on the slope.

The counter-attack fire on the 01 heights was fierce, but the attacking troops of the 114th Wing relied on their pig burst tactics to keep attacking upwards, and when the Japanese rushed to the last 150 meters. The counterattack firepower of the Independence Army came like a tidal wave, completely blocking the Japanese army in front of the trenches, and the dense rain of bullets from various flanking and backward positions easily harvested lives, and the continuous fire of semi-automatic rifles was also launched at the same time, although not as useful as submachine guns, but these semi-automatic rifles were still a sharp weapon in close combat.

Often three or two semi-automatic riflemen can block a squad of Japanese pigs, several soldiers take turns shooting, quickly shooting the bullets in the magazine, a series of gunfire like popping beans make the last hope of the Japanese army come to naught. Even if some of the quicker or lucky guys are able to get close to the opposing position, they will soon be smashed into a sieve by bullets flying from all around.

"The number of troops on the other side is very small, and the layout of the opponent's multi-layered defense line has further reduced the density of troops, but their firepower output makes up for the numerical disadvantage. Their squad of firepower could easily overwhelm a small squad of ours, and the bravery and bayonets of the Imperial soldiers were useless under their rifles that could fire continuously, except to be knocked down by a dense barrage of bullets. There is no use for piling up corpses outside the trench higher and higher. According to our observations, the frontal enemy did not commit more than 300 men, but it was able to block 4 massive attacks by our two brigades. ”

Smelling the strong smell of blood mixed with the smoke of gunpowder, looking at the corpses scattered in the distance, and the weapons that still spewed tongues of fire, the commanders of the 114th Wing completely succumbed. This kind of battle can't be fought at all, and if it continues, even if the 114th Wing can finally capture this place? How can the 114th Wing, whose skeleton was directly broken, continue to fight in the future? You know, they've just exchanged fire with the enemy, and there's a lot of fighting in the back.

By 4 p.m., the 114th Wing's attack had finally stopped, and the defenders of the 01 Heights, who were the defenders, were exhausted from the day's fighting. Rutgers, who was hit by two bullets, even admitted that if it weren't for the assistance and support of friendly forces in Heights 01, it might have been lost a long time ago. It was very unwise to use a company of only more than 200 soldiers to resist the attack of an infantry wing of the Japanese army, and the ratio of forces between the two sides was already one to ten, so instead of being rewarded, Rutgers, who was carried down the 01 heights, was severely reprimanded by the regiment commander who rushed over.

In the face of the reprimand of his own regiment commander, the showy Rutgers humbly accepted it, in fact, from the third attack of the 114th Wing, Rutgers had already woken up in his heart, but his company could not evacuate from the 01 heights at that time. Although with the assistance of friendly forces, Rutgers Company resisted several attacks of the Japanese 114th Wing on the 01 Heights, and also caused large casualties to the 114th Wing, but the Rutgers Company itself suffered many casualties.

The more than 200 soldiers who initially followed Rutgers to hold on to Heights 01 now have less than 100 left, and the three friendly forces that flanked to assist in the defense also suffered hundreds of casualties. These are nothing, the most painful thing for the commanders of the independent army is the rocket artillery company that provides long-range fire support for the 01 heights, due to the commander's carelessness and the infiltration of the Japanese spearheads, the three rocket artillery vehicles of the rocket artillery company were actually attacked by a small group of Japanese troops who infiltrated and reconnoitred, including the two rocket supply vehicles that rushed to transport ammunition, all of which were destroyed by the Japanese army by suicide attacks.

Two rocket supply trucks, loaded with enough 108 rockets for three salvos of this rocket artillery company, were not small losses for the Independence Army, which had become accustomed to relying on strong firepower. The remaining soldiers of the Rutgers Company were evacuated from the 01 heights, and the friendly troops who served as flank assistants also retreated one after another, and the independent army was not without the strength to fight again, and the retreat at this time was only in response to the tactical adjustment of the headquarters, because Zhuo Fei was worried that the 114th Wing would hurt from the beginning, which would make the 18th Division flee like a frightened bird.

In fact, Zhuo Fei's worries were unnecessary, even if the 114th Wing was wiped out, the 18th Division would not dare to evacuate the Malay Peninsula rashly, because Mu Taguchi, who was the commander of the division, had never been a person who dared to violate military orders. The 114th Wing, which had been evacuated backwards, was puzzled by the fact that the 114th Wing, which had been evacuated all night, found that the enemy had really withdrawn, and only the 114th Wing was left in a defensive posture.

The troops of the Independent Army retreated, and the 114th Wing, which was at a loss, immediately sent a telegram to the division commander Mutaguchi Ryoya, and after the battle, the 114th Wing lost its troops, including more than a dozen officers, and the casualties of the 114th Wing had exceeded 2,000 people. Mutaguchi Lian, who received the telegram, could hardly believe the data he saw, and when the 18th Division galloped across the Chinese battlefield and defeated many Chinese armies in a row, I am afraid that there was no such large casualty figure. If possible, Mutaguchi Ryoshi also wanted to question the commanders of the 114th Wing face-to-face to see if these people's heads had been stupid.

"The Independence Army is terrible!" After seeing the traces left on the battlefield, the remaining officers of the 114th Wing really realized what a strong army is, as evidenced by the layers of corpses piled up on the battlefield. Looking at the devastated battlefield smashed by rockets, the officers of the 114th Wing couldn't help but smack their tongues, this long-range weapon in the hands of the enemy is too terrifying, both in terms of lethality and destructive power far beyond ordinary artillery.

Seeing a broken rifle that his soldiers had found in the rubble of the battlefield, the officers of the 114th Wing finally found an excuse for themselves to escape the punishment of their superiors. You really can't blame the 114th Wing for this battle, the firepower of one rifle can top you ten, and you have lost your firepower advantage, how can this battle be fought, and the independent army still occupies air superiority.

There were more than 2,000 casualties in one day, and if this fight continues, how many days will the 114th Wing be able to hold out? It is said that the Independence Army has hundreds of thousands of troops, and if other Independence Army units are also equipped with such weapons, then this battle can be won and cannot be fought. It was not only the officers of the 114th Wing who had such thoughts, but also the artillery wing that was ordered to rush to help in the battle, and in this battle, the artillery wing that rushed to help also suffered casualties and losses.

What to do? After carefully reading the report sent by the 114th Wing, Mu Taguchi Lian, who was the commander of the 18th Division, also hesitated. The 114th Wing was definitely not treated differently by the Independents, in fact, while the 114th Wing was hit hard, the other two infantry wings of the 18th Division also exchanged fire with the Independence Army units. Judging from the firefight, the Independence Army units were indeed well-equipped and fierce, and the 18th Division did not take advantage of it.

The long-awaited fears finally became a reality, and Mutaguchi Ryoya also had the enemy rifle sent back by the front-line troops, which was stronger than the Japanese Army's Type 38 rifle in terms of rate of fire and lethality. When the other two infantry wings of the 18th Division fought against them, the other side often used only three or five soldiers to suppress the firepower of a squad of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army even more could not imagine that the independent army had a long-range weapon that could cover an area of thousands of square meters at one time.

The performance of the Independence Army had already made Mutaguchi Ryoya hesitate, and the encounter of the 114th Wing had confirmed Mutaguchi Ryoya's speculation, and he personally believed that the 18th Division was probably no match for the Independence Army. Half of the 5th Division had been crippled by the Independence Army, a few soldiers had retreated to Singapore, and the remaining soldiers of the 5th Division were still starving at sea. Mutaguchi Lian didn't want the 18th Division under his command to fall into such a situation, so Mutaguchi Lian also passed back the post-war analysis report of the 114th Wing to the local base camp staff without telling Yamashita Fengfumi.

The report was quickly sent to the cabinet, and some people said that Mutaguchi was afraid of war, while others were calmly analyzing the report, and the Japanese cabinet argued over it for several days. The success of the war in the Americas boosted the morale of the Japanese cabinet members, who did not believe that there was a possibility of compromise with an armed force such as the Independence Army, but while they were arguing about this, the 18th Division under the command of Mutaguchi Ryoya was already under siege by the Independence Army in Kuala Lumpur.