That said, there were not many gas masks in the two battalions, and most of them had been captured in the Paishi area before, and there were only one or two hundred. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Those who had gas masks hurriedly changed into gas masks to organize resistance, and those who did not also hurriedly retreated.

"Da Da Da Da"!

In the trenches, heavy machine guns rang out on both sides, followed by light machine guns and rifles, and bullets whistled towards the Japanese troops charging up the hillside.

"Tell the mortar! Call me! Hit hard"!

"Yes"!

Four or five Japanese soldiers who had just charged out were directly knocked down by a barrage of bullets from heavy machine guns, and in this short period of time, the Japanese attack also followed, and the Japanese artillery replaced incendiary shells and explosive shells and began to bombard the trenches on the top of the hill, and the infantry also began to close the distance with the artillery bombardment.

The fragments of the blasting bomb flew around, the flames of the incendiary bomb were burning, and the entire forward position turned into a sea of fire, and the Japanese infantry at this time was only thirty meters away from them, and there was no way to retreat!

Light and heavy machine guns fired with all their might to suppress the Japanese infantry, and the mortars of the whole regiment also concentrated their fire on the hillside and the area below the hill at this time.

Dense explosions sounded on the hillside, and the Japanese infantry charge became extremely difficult, so the Japanese assault unit simply fired at the heavy duty on the hillside, and at the same time, the Japanese artillery opened fire again, and the most serious thing was that dozens of Japanese heavy guns were also firing and bombarding.

The position was full of deep craters blown out by artillery shells, and many soldiers were directly blown up, and the troops of the two battalions stationed in front had to choose to retreat under the heavy fire of the Japanese army.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment, the Japanese infantry charged up again, taking advantage of the retreat of the defenders in front of them to quickly rush to the position.

"Knock them down"!

Under the loud order of the battalion commander, everyone began to fight back again, and a group of people shouted and rushed up, and just as everyone was about to fight with a squadron of Japanese troops, one shell after another smashed over.

Heavy artillery! Mountain artillery! Rifle guns! At this time, they all opened fire with all their might, and the two armies that were about to collide were directly covered by dense artillery fire.

During the bombardment, many soldiers were blown to pieces, and some were burned to death.

"Retreat"!

The battalion commander hurriedly gave the order, but at this moment, a sharp sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded in the sky above his head!

"Lie down!"

Before the words fell, a series of explosions sounded on the position again, and the position of the battalion commander was directly hit by the Japanese 105 heavy artillery, that is, there were no pieces of flesh and blood left.

Similarly, under the fierce shelling, a squadron of the Japanese army was almost completely wiped out, and the veterans of the two battalions, plus the previous attack and the current shelling, have lost more than half, and the shelling continues, and the Japanese infantry also followed and began to charge, and the follow-up large force was only more than ten meters away from the front line.

The remaining less than 400 people wanted to stop the official onslaught of the Japanese army, and it was already extremely difficult.

"Solid defense"!

The only battalion commander in the field shouted: "Inform the follow-up recruits to reinforce immediately, the Japanese army is coming!" ”

"Relying on the crater, the heavy machine gun fired at me"!

However, the heavy machine gun fire did not appear, and in some cases only two light machine guns were firing to suppress it. The heavy machine gun had already been blown up under the heavy fire just now.

"Go down and inform the troops, the front line is in a hurry, and send reinforcements up"!

"Get on the bayonet! Always ready to charge"!

"Hit!"

Under a series of orders, everyone opened fire one after another, although the firepower was much weakened, but it also caused the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front to be shot and killed on the hillside.

"Grenade"!

As soon as the words fell, a series of grenades fell, and in the roar, many Japanese soldiers were blown up, and the same Japanese fire once again locked on the two light machine guns that were firing.

"Boom"!

"Boom"!

In a series of explosions, the two machine gunners were violently blown up, the machine gun fire in the field was destroyed, and the Japanese infantry and infantry began to charge all the lines under the barrage of grenadier bombardment.

Seeing that the Japanese army was about to charge up, the battalion commander resolutely ordered: "Grenades! Prepare to charge"!

Everyone pulled the grenade again and threw it out, and in the roar of the explosion, the Japanese troops who charged up were blown up, but under the absolute superiority of the Japanese army in strength and firepower, a hole finally appeared in the front-line position, and the Japanese army had broken through.

"Fight with them!"

As soon as the words fell, the Japanese troops who charged up fought with them at close range with bayonets, this fight was not tight, there was no firepower, but the Japanese attack troops began to charge upwards faster, how could they be the opponents of several times the enemy?

In the same way, the subsequent recruits began to retreat because of the huge casualties, and a reinforcement of several hundred men was violently strafed by the Japanese grenadiers and heavy machine guns as soon as they charged, and they also retreated. Similarly, the position on the right side was also broken by the Japanese army, and the defense line of the entire position has completely collapsed!

On the battlefield, it was originally a life-and-death fight, and many soldiers were brave enough to charge because someone took the lead, and now some troops have begun to retreat, so it is bound to pull many recruits who are afraid of war.

The reinforcements transferred by Zhang Chong have been blocked by Japanese firepower, and they have also been besieged by Japanese regiments that are completely superior to themselves.

At this time, these veterans also showed the spirit of the 60th Army who were not afraid of sacrifice and dared to fight, knowing that no soldier surrendered in the end, even if the bayonet stabbed into their bodies and the bullet pierced their chests, as long as there was still a breath left, they were still resisting.

The Japanese army annihilated the remnants of more than 400 people with the strength of nearly two brigades, and actually paid more than 400 heavy casualties, so I believed in Yoshizumi Ryosuke's decision, the soldiers of the 60th Army were too strong and crazy!

However, all this was useless, the troops in front retreated, many recruits were also retreating, and the whole line of defense had begun to crumble.

And Gong Shunbi, the commander of the new 12th Division, also began to retreat, and without his military order, the troops of the entire division retreated like a tide.

The Japanese pursued and fought fiercely all the way, completely repulsing the New 12th Division, and the defense line of the First Army was actually broken by the Japanese on the first day, and it was broken through the high ground that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Commander, the whole army of the new 12th Division has retreated, and the position has been lost"! Xue Zi said with a blue face.

"What"? Zhang Chong Huo Ran got up and said.

"! Lao Tzu gave him the best place to defend, and the position was lost in just one day? What about the reinforcements I sent them"?

"The Japanese army used poison gas, the follow-up troops retreated, and they were all wiped out"! Xue Zizheng sighed.

"Bang"!

Zhang Chong slapped the table and said angrily: "This Gong Shunbi, Lao Tzu is going to kill him with his own hands"!

"Let's talk about these later, our current defense line has been torn open by the Japanese army, and the two wings of the Japanese army that broke through our army's position are very likely to encircle and annihilate our 183 and 184 from behind us, and then it will not only be as simple as losing Chongyang, it is very likely that our First Army will be directly surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army"! Xue Zizheng said.

"Report the situation here to the commander's department, inform the 184th Division 1086 and 1087 to take the initiative, and the 183rd Division will send reserves to be ready to support at any time"! Zhang Chong said.

"What do you want to do"? Xue Zizheng was shocked.

"Recapture our lost positions"!

"You're crazy, that's a brigade of the Japanese army, just with the strength of our two regiments"?

"Send a telegram to Gong Shunbi's bastard and tell him! If there is still a military honor, immediately stop the rout, build a defense line and organize a counterattack, if you dare to retreat military law"!

Xue Zizheng saw that Zhang Chong's arrangement was reasonable, if the new 12th Division could counterattack in time, relying on the troops of the 1086 and 1087 regiments might not be able to recapture the position, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" I'm going to give the order!"

At this moment, the cannon roared on the open ground at the front, and the faces of the two suddenly changed greatly, and a moment later, a communications soldier came forward with a telegram and said: "Commander! The 9th Division of the Japanese Army, the strength of a brigade and regiment launched an attack like the position of our 184th Division"!

Zhang Chong's face suddenly turned pale, and at this moment, another communication soldier ran over and said, "Commander! The strength of a wing of the Japanese army launched an attack on the positions of the 183rd Division, and they used poison gas! ”

Zhang Chong didn't speak, his face was extremely ugly, and he thought about it, from the Battle of Xuzhou to the present, although Zhang Chong fought hard, it was also remarkable, but now? The First Army, which could not be commanded in a unified manner, was handed over to him, but the defense line alone was broken through by the Japanese army.

His troops may face annihilation at any time, and at this moment, Xue Zizheng took another telegram and frowned: "The new 12th Division has completely retreated, the Japanese army has captured Chongyang City, and the strength of a brigade of the Japanese army has gone around to the rear of our army and is preparing for an offensive"!

"Inform the troops, shrink the defensive line, the 1085th Regiment will stay to contain the Japanese army, the 184th Division will all retreat to attack and bypass the troops behind us, and inform the 183rd Division to transfer a regiment, including all reserves ready to support the 1085th Regiment, and you must give me a day to contain the Japanese army"! Zhang Chong ordered categorically.

"In one day, it is unrealistic to defeat the strength of a brigade of the Japanese army"! Xue Zizheng sighed.

"If it's unrealistic, we have to give it a try, we must not let Chongyang lose it in our hands, our Yunnan soldiers can't afford to lose this person, this is an order, execute it immediately"! Zhang Chong said categorically.

"Commander, Supreme Command's Department telegram"! A communications soldier came running to report.

Xue Zizheng saw that Zhang Chong did not answer the telegram, so he stretched out his hand to take it and looked at it: "The Chief's Department ordered us to abandon Chongyang immediately and quickly reinforce Tongcheng"! (To be continued.) )