The sound came again.

"Baga, the Chinese are very cunning!" The Japanese captain's face changed drastically, and while he threw Dazuo, who was still holding a telescope and was looking around blindly, he threw himself down and shouted heartbreakingly.

The Japanese troops scattered and fled, and when they saw that they could not escape, they simply lay down on the spot and pretended to be dead.

Unfortunately, a salvo of 8 guns instantly shrouded the entire Japanese position in smoke.

In particular, at the forefront of a position, according to the coordinates reported by the artillery observers in the front, Liu Lang mobilized four artillery pieces to cover it.

An infantry squadron of a battalion of the enemy's Chinese battalion, which was almost fully manned, suffered huge losses in the five-minute artillery bombardment, with more than 100 casualties and was directly disabled.

The Japanese troops, who were busy running for their lives, did not notice that the three Chinese infantry companies hundreds of meters away in front had quietly begun to move, and the nearest one had even reached a place of less than 200 meters.

The Chinese army does not have artillery, and naturally they have not played any infantry and artillery coordination, but they trust their comrades-in-arms who are 4 kilometers away enough and dare to play with their lives.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was still faint in the trenches and anti-artillery holes, the three infantry companies that had been injured by artillery fire and approached less than 200 meters to the front of the position stood up quietly.

Yes, it is against the tactical code of infantry to charge at a distance of 200 meters, and a distance of 200 meters is enough for the opponent's machine guns and rifles to harvest the infantry at full speed like straw.

Not to mention that an infantry brigade of the Japanese army has a heavy machine gun squadron with 12 heavy machine guns, and an infantry squadron alone has 6 light machine guns, not to mention that the accurate shooting quality of the Japanese infantry is far above the Chinese infantry.

With three infantry companies, to launch a charge at such a distance is basically suicide.

This may also be the first time since the Battle of Rehe that the Chinese army, which has been on the defensive, launched a counterattack charge against the Japanese army, and not at night, during the day, when the two armies faced each other.

The Japanese infantry did not expect it, and the Japanese commander did not expect that when the two officers, Dazuo and the captain, no longer maintained the intimate state of "you press me, I gnaw on the mud", and their faces were like black soil that had been rolling for a long time, and Dan Dan raised his head from the trench sadly, and his heart was broken.

Hundreds of dark blues were rushing towards the forward position at high speed, they were so resolute that even the smoke of gunpowder could not stop their advance figures.

But the Japanese infantry on the forward positions did not seem to have recovered from the sudden artillery bombardment, and even the observation posts with hand-cranked sirens did not sound any alarm.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The two Japanese officers roared wildly.

But they are still a little too far away from the forward position, or in other words, the Japanese troops who have just experienced two rounds of shelling have also lost great hearing, not to mention shouting from hundreds of meters away, even shouting in their ears, I am afraid the effect is limited.

The Japanese troops in the forward positions were still unaware, while the Chinese soldiers had already rushed to a hundred meters.

"Yaga!" Yanagawa Nao's face was as dead as ashes, and he pulled out his command knife and pointed forward. "Guard squadron, the time has come to serve His Majesty the Emperor."

As an experienced soldier, Yanagawa knew that the loss of the front-line position was a foregone conclusion.

At present, the 4th Infantry Brigade has a total of more than 2,200 combatable infantry, which at first glance seems to be quite a large number, but it is divided into three directions, and on average, there are only more than 700 in each direction, and there is not yet the strength of an infantry brigade.

What's worse is that this also includes the guard squadrons of the two wing headquarters, that is, nearly 400 people stay behind the position, which can be regarded as the last reserve, and because of the large increase in wounded soldiers, the front-line troops have to transfer more than 100 people to join the field hospital, and in the end, the strength distributed on the three sides of the position will never exceed 1,700 people.

To put it bluntly, on the main offensive position of the 217th Regiment, aside from the fire support arms such as artillery, heavy machine gunners, and grenadiers, the Japanese troops who can enter the trenches will never exceed 500 people, which is only the strength of two and a half infantry squadrons.

Yanagawa knew that once the almost same number of hundreds of Chinese rushed into the trenches and did not drive them out in the shortest possible time, the Chinese who followed up would be as high as nearly 2,000 people, and the 4th Infantry Brigade would be a fiasco, a catastrophe.

And all he can use is the last 200 men of the garrison squadron stationed next to the wing headquarters.

As soon as the command knife of the Japanese army Dazuo, who had prepared for the worst, was pulled out, he was hugged by the captain's staff officer on the side, "Your Excellency Dazuo, don't do it!" If you die in battle, the Chinese will use it to attack the reputation of the empire. ”

Although the Japanese captain did not say it very clearly, it was to the effect that it doesn't matter if you die, but if the Chinese cut off your braincase, then the Chinese will make a big fuss about public opinion with this, and a photo of the head of the imperial Dazuo is published in the newspaper, what do you think is the consequence?

If it were an ordinary captain officer, it was estimated that Nao Yanagawa in anger would be able to directly slash him. Baga's, we haven't moved a step yet, you girl will help the Chinese worry about my head?

But because the Eighth Division is a Japanese standing division and is stationed in Northeast China, the children of various nobles who choose to come here to gild are not five hundred but also three hundred, and this captain is one of them.

What's more, there is actually some truth in what he said, and when he thought about it, the footsteps of the Japanese army Dazuo stopped.

Defeated, naturally there is a big man like Suzuki Mitsu to support, even if you have to throw out a few backstabs, can't you die a few Shaozuo? For Mao, he has to remove his head from Dazuo, who is about to step into the ranks of generals?

This person is afraid to think, and once he looks forward and backwards, all the firmness before will come to naught.

And the captain of the Japanese army risked his life to prevent his boss from "making trouble", naturally it was not for the sake of the reputation of the empire, Yanagawa Nao, the big sa, wanted to work hard, and he, the staff officer of the wing department, naturally had to keep up, and he stopped his boss, mainly to save his own life.

With such a delay, the garrison squadron, which was already ready and only waiting for military orders, could only continue to wait in place, completely losing the best opportunity to support the front-line positions.

Originally, the addition of their 200th fresh force could completely drive the three infantry companies of the 217th Regiment out of their positions, and a large number of casualties could be completely achieved.

In fact, even Lao Wang himself had already prepared for the casualty rate of the three infantry companies, which were basically composed of veterans, to exceed 80 percent.

The losses may be significant, but if the hardest shell of the 4th Infantry Brigade can be pried open, it will be worth it. The two infantry regiments of the 2nd and 37th Divisions will be greeted with an unprecedented brilliant victory, and even a victory unprecedented in the 100-year history of the Sino-Japanese confrontation.

Not to mention three infantry companies, even if the entire 217th Regiment is filled in, it is worth it.

The Chinese entered a distance of almost 100 meters before they were discovered by the front-line Japanese troops, and one after another shouting filled the entire position, from time to time bullets were fired, and from time to time dark blue figures fell.

The dark blue figure also began to shoot, but basically after firing a shot, he discarded the heavy rifle, pulled out the big knife on his back with his backhand, and ran wildly with great stride, entering the final charging stage.

Guns, at this moment, are far less useful than familiar knives, since the Japanese army is good at white-knuckle combat, then, let's see if your bayonet is sharp, or the big blade of my 29th Army is stronger.

The officers and men of the 109th Brigade, who once became famous in the first battle at Xifengkou, once again raised the ring-headed broadsword that they had chopped off many heads of Japanese soldiers.

There is both courage and confidence, and this is the effect of victory.

Under the sun, the sword light is as bright as snow!

"Kill!" The Chinese soldiers, who had been silent, burst out into a roar for the first time.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The Chinese officers and men who were charging on the three positions responded in unison with the word "kill," and the murderous spirit revealed in them was even more chilling than the wind of early spring in northern China.