At this time, Zhang Dabiao had already led a battalion to attack Mazhuang in depth, and after detouring to the flank of the Japanese army east and west of Mazhuang with a force of 600 people, there were still more than 900 people in the headquarters of the first battalion under the command of Zhang Dabiao!

Under the command of Zhang Dabiao, more than 900 people were stunned and advanced along the streets of Mazhuang Village to attack in depth.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The explosion of the grenade continued to explode all over the street, and the smoke of the explosion and the snowflakes that kept falling from the sky were intertwined, which looked very strange!

"Order the first company, the left flank, the second company to take the street entrance in front for me, and the third company to the right flank. Steady and steady, don't rush in! This devil's street fighting ability is not weak! At this time, Zhang Dabiao had already placed his headquarters in the house on the side of the south main street from the entrance of Mazhuang Village to the south of Mazhuang, which was only more than 70 meters away!

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" Several company commanders of the first battalion responded one after another, and then, under Zhang Dabiao's wave of his hand, they rushed out one after another, once again commanding each company to launch an offensive against the little devils.

Zhang Dabiao then picked up the binoculars and poked his head out covertly to observe the battle situation everywhere.

Judging from the current situation, the resistance of the Japanese army is very tenacious, and it has to be said that the street fighting ability of the main forces of the Japanese army on the south route of the 2nd Division commanded by Yamada Hiroshi is actually not weaker than that of the new 1st regiment, so even if it is an attack on Mazhuang.

The first battalion stormed from the south of the village to the north, and had to engage in fierce street battles with the little devils along the way.

A house, even a big tree in a village, is a temporary fortification for the little devils to resist them. The intensity of the street battle made Zhang Dabiao return to a dignified posture from the relaxed posture of entering the horse village at the beginning.

Once the opponent's ability to fight in the streets is underestimated, it is still possible for the first battalion to suffer.

Therefore, less than 10 minutes after Zhang Dabiao entered Mazhuang, he received a report on the battle situation that the casualties of various units had begun to increase, so he hurriedly summoned the company commanders and commanded them again, so as not to cause too many casualties due to the arrogance of the soldiers of each company.

And with Zhang Dabiao's re-advice, the first battalion headquarters to attack Mazhuang, under the command of Zhang Dabiao, began to fight steadily, little by little relying on the firepower advantage of the submachine guns and light machine guns in their hands, the houses in the Mazhuang competed with the little devils, and gnawed away the defenders of the little devils little by little.

This hand suddenly beat the strength of an infantry brigade transferred by Yamada Hao to the point of retreat.

At this time, Hiroaki Sakamoto had already retreated to the general headquarters of Hiroshi Yamada.

It's just that the village of Mazhuang has already been bombarded by the artillery bombardment of the fourth battalion of the new regiment on more than a dozen hills north of Mazhuang, so that Yamada Hao's headquarters has to hide on the first floor of the five-story building.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

"Dada!!!"

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The sound of gunfire continued to reach the ears of the two old devils, especially Hiroaki Sakamoto, who hurriedly retreated to the headquarters of Hiroshi Yamada, and his heart hurt when he heard it. The opponent's attack was too fierce, and the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 16th Infantry Wing in the south of the village were completely annihilated by the opponent in less than ten minutes.

This made Hiroaki Sakamoto finally feel the strong combat effectiveness of the new regiment, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, is it really self-defeating to stick to Mazhuang?

At this time, Yamada Hao frowned and listened to the gunfire that was getting closer and closer, and felt that it might be a little difficult to hold on to the horse village for a long time.

"Sakamoto-san, we now have more than a thousand reserves left. The last fully formed infantry brigade had been sent south to resist the enemy forces attacking the village from the south of Mazhuang Village. Now, both east and west of Mazhuang are asking for reinforcements, otherwise I am afraid that they will not be able to hold it for long! ”

Yamada Hao said to Hiroaki Sakamoto with a solemn look in his eyes, the old devil was panicked, the south of the village was lost, and it was basically impossible to send an infantry brigade south to drive people out.

Judging from the current battle situation, a fully formed infantry brigade of the reserve sent out by Yamada Hiroshi not only did not drive out the enemy troops who had entered the horse village from the south of the village, but was defeated and retreated in the street battles.

The battle situation that was constantly passed back through the heralds let Yamada Hiroshi know that the opponent's street fighting ability was also first-class, and there was no need for the devil soldiers of the 2nd Division to be weak. What's more, Hiroshi Yamada sensed from the current battle situation that the opponent's street fighting ability was actually higher than his own.

And the situation of the retreating battle has already shown this fact, and Hiroshi Yamada has to ask Hiroaki Sakamoto for a solution at this time.

It's just that Hiroaki Sakamoto's face is very bitter, and his heart is bitter, what else can he do with Hiroaki Sakamoto at this time?

Two infantry brigades north of Mazhuang reinforced Myokuma Jiro's troops, and the three divisions totaled more than 3,100 people, and they were stunned to fight more than a dozen hills for more than ten minutes without recapturing a single hilltop position. Instead, in the battle of the four battalions under He Yongjie's command, countless corpses were dropped.

The latest Myokuma Jiro called Hiroaki Sakamoto directly to report that there are now less than 2,000 people left in the three divisions. The raid on the headquarters of the 4th Battalion of the New 1st Regiment to occupy the hilltop position north of Mazhuang is estimated to have no more than 200 casualties.

This battle loss ratio has already made Hiroaki Sakamoto very helpless!

"Chief of Staff, there is no other way now. can only defend the positions everywhere, and now the only more than 1,000 troops left in our hands are the last strength for us to hold the horse village! It was suggested that it would be better to abandon the outer positions to the east and west of Mazhuang, shrink into the village, and fight in the streets with the other side. At least under the street fighting, we were able to rely on the buildings in the village to get rid of the enemy artillery bombardment on the hill north of Mazhuang! Hiroaki Sakamoto suggested that this was a no-brainer.

Hiroshi Yamada did not rebuke Hiroaki Sakamoto's suggestion to abandon the defensive positions on the periphery east and west of Mazhuang, after all, at present, more than a dozen hilltop positions east of Mazhuang were already under the control of the new regiment, and the other side was already bombarding the Japanese troops in Mazhuang with condescending artillery fire on the hill.

At this time, the Japanese troops defending the periphery east and west of Mazhuang were withdrawn into the village, and the street fighting in the village could at least prevent the new artillery fire on the hill north of Mazhuang from being able to open fire unscrupulously in the melee.

Otherwise, if this continues, if you fight like this again when the south of the village has already been lost, you will only be able to kill a lot of people and horses by the opponent's artillery fire.

As soon as he thought about this, Yamada Hiroshi thought for half a minute and then sighed and said, "Okay! The outlying troops east and west of Mazhuang were ordered to withdraw into the village and move closer to the general headquarters. With the headquarters as the core, surround the buildings in the village, and fight with the new regiment in the streets! ”。

"Yes, Your Excellency Chief of Staff!" Hiroshi Sakamoto secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this is indeed no way out.

Then, Hiroaki Sakamoto made a direct call and ordered the troops east and west of Mazhuang to withdraw into the village and move closer to the headquarters!