The 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Japanese Army had undertaken most of the offensive tasks before, and in addition to the failure of the last attack, they were defeated by Lin Rui and their heavy losses, and the two infantry brigades had already lost more than half.

Therefore, when Anda Twenty-three sent them out again to help in the fierce battle with the defenders of the Lion Forest, there were only a thousand of these devils.

Together with the 3rd Infantry Brigade, which had suffered a thwarted attack, it was only 16,700 men. The Chinese defenders of the Lion Forest Fort had increased to nearly 7,000 men after being reinforced by the 2nd Regiment of the Tax Police.

Sun Liren's 2nd Regiment of the Tax Police was replenished during the period of retreating from Liujiatang to Suzhou for recuperation, and it has been restored to the size of a first-class regiment of more than 3,000 people.

Therefore, the devils are actually at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, and their greatest advantage is not only the firepower of the navy and air force, but also the quality of individual soldiers and the coordination and cooperation between the combat units of various squads.

After receiving reinforcements from the 1st and 2nd Brigades, the offensive momentum of the Devil Soldiers, which had been somewhat frustrated, was revived, and their morale became high.

They shouted special slogans such as Long Live the Emperor and Long Live the Great Japanese Empire, and charged forward bravely.

Their grenadiers, light and heavy machine gunners, constantly looked for opportunities to suppress the fire points of the Lion Grove defenders in order to coordinate their infantry attacks.

In particular, the grenadiers caused great trouble to the defenders of the Lion Forest, including the third battalion.

Although the defenders have Lin Rui, the super soldier king, who incarnates as a god-level sniper, constantly sniping accurately on some light and heavy firepower of the Japanese army, it is impossible for one person to suppress thousands of Japanese troops after all.

Therefore, as the fierce battle progressed, the Japanese army, after paying nearly 200 casualties, finally broke through to within 30 meters of the forward position of the national army again.

At this time, the Mauser rifle bullet in Lin Rui's hand had just run out, and he saw that the devils were swarming in droves.

Lin Rui immediately took off two German-style M24 long-handled grenades from the waist of a sacrificed soldier on the right hand, and while quickly unscrewing the back cover on the grenade handle, he ordered sharply in his throat: "Grenade preparation!" ”

The soldiers who carried grenades in the front-line trenches stopped shooting one after another, quickly took out the M24 long-handled grenade, skillfully unscrewed the back cover, revealing the fuse pull ring inside, and clasped the pull ring with their fingers one by one.

With Lin Rui's roar: "Let's go!" ”

At least hundreds of officers and soldiers of the third battalion rang the fuse one after another, and then followed Lin Rui to throw the grenade out.

Whizzing, swishing, swishing, at least 100 squeaky and smoking M24 long-handled grenades fell into the crowd of Japanese soldiers who had rushed to about 20 meters in a hail of hail.

The next moment, hundreds of grenades exploded one after another.

As a truly elite unit formed mainly with German weapons and supplemented by advanced weapons from other countries, the weapons and ammunition used by the Tax Police Corps are basically imported.

This M24 German long-handled grenade, because of its reasonable design and great power, was called a high-explosive grenade by the Allies in World War II, and the German soldiers themselves affectionately called it a potato crusher.

This was due to the fact that the M24 grenade contained 100 grams of TNT high explosives, which was definitely the most powerful grenade at the time.

And it has a long handle, under the principle of leverage, it can be thrown farther and more accurately.

Probably because it was very close to the position of the Chinese army, the offensive unit of the 12th Infantry Wing, which was originally very loose in an offensive formation, inevitably became dense at this time.

Therefore, the power of hundreds of M24 high-explosive grenades was brought into full play.

Suddenly, clusters of dazzling red light rose up one after another, and after the explosion, the smoke was thick, and at least nearly 100 devils were either killed or injured by this sudden rain of grenades, and fell down in a large area with a scream.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Rui immediately held the gun in his hand and shouted: "All bayonets!" Prepare for a white-knuckle fight! ”

The officers and men of the 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the Tax Police and the Independent Brigade of the Guangdong Army in the trenches all took out bayonets to load their weapons, and then followed Lin Rui to jump out of the trench without hesitation, and roared in unison to launch a counter-charge against the devil again.

In fact, it was not that Lin Rui was keen on white-knuckle fighting, but that he was helpless.

Because the Japanese army occupies sea and air supremacy, it has a strong firepower advantage in the sea and air that the Chinese army does not have, and the Shizilin Fort battlefield is within the absolute effective range of firepower of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet naval artillery group.

Once the Japanese attack did not go well, the naval artillery fire support could be called in immediately, so only white-knuckle combat could avoid being killed by Japanese artillery fire.

If he could, Lin Rui was of course unwilling to let his subordinates engage in this most brutal and bloody fight with the Japanese army, which was a helpless move under the general trend.

National defense is inferior to others, military science and technology are inferior to others, training is inferior to others, and weapons and firepower are inferior to others, so we can only rely on blood to fight the enemy to the death.

Seeing Lin Rui lead the troops to launch a counter-charge, a Japanese adjutant who was watching the battle in the rear of the Japanese army pointed to the battlefield in front of him and said to the wing commander Anda 23 in front of him: "Sir, you see, the Chinese army has taken the initiative to launch a counterattack against the imperial army again, it is really abnormal." ”

Anda Twenty-Three did not speak, but held the binoculars and silently watched the soldiers of the two sides collide fiercely like two floods that burst their banks.

Anda Twenty-Three seemed to be very calm, but in fact, he couldn't help but get nervous in his heart, and secretly sweated for his troops.

However, in the end, the 12th Infantry Wing still disappointed Anda 23, because the Chinese army on the opposite side was like crazy, fighting for their lives, and the attacking troops on their own side were defeated and retreated.

Anda Twenty-three witnessed this white-knuckle battle throughout the whole process, and for the first time, he really felt that the Chinese army on the other side had undergone a qualitative change.

Although he still couldn't figure out what caused such a change in the defenders of the Lion Forest Fort, Anda Twenty-three understood that with the current state of the 12th Infantry Wing, it was impossible to capture the Lion Forest.

Therefore, Anda Twenty-three did not blame a few Nakasa officers who led the team this time, but ordered them to retreat to a safe place with their troops, and then ordered a deep voice to an adjutant behind him: "Send a telegram to the division commander and ask the artillery wing and the naval artillery group to provide artillery support again, I don't care why the Zhina Army has become so high-spirited." Since white-knuckle combat is not possible, then use steel cannonballs to destroy their sense of resistance and fighting spirit! ”

"Hay!" The adjutant bowed his head sharply and quickly led the order away.