Chapter 222: Dying Struggle
"Beep...... Beep...... Beep...... Beep ......"
More than 1,000 soldiers who jumped out of their bunkers and belonged to the 123rd Regiment as the vanguard of the assault, they outflanked the station from the front, back, left and right, and many people looked at the tumbling smoke and rising fireballs in the direction of the railway station, and the violent explosions and shock waves were a little dazed, until they were pushed by the veterans or companions around them, and then they came to their senses and rushed forward with their comrades.
The shelling did not stop immediately, but continued in the center of the Japanese position, so that the charging soldiers seemed to feel the ground trembling and shaking under their feet even as they charged. No one cared about the shelling or their stampede, all they knew was that they had to rush over and kill all the Japanese in the train station!
This time the artillery bombardment did not stop as soon as the infantry began to charge, and after playing with the artillery for so long, the gunners gradually began to mature, they have gradually learned what is called infantry and artillery coordination, and the infantry has also begun to learn to charge with the artillery. When the shelling stopped, the smoke of gunpowder on the Japanese position had not yet dispersed, and the Japanese soldiers who had been lucky enough to escape from the iron fire hell again had not yet had to poke their heads out of the trenches in a hurry, and heard the sound of killing like a surge close at hand, and then black dots were thrown from the air like raindrops.
Thousands of M24 long-handled grenades were thrown out by the soldiers who rushed to the front at a distance of more than 30 meters from the Japanese position, and these M24 long-handled grenades exploded continuously in the trenches where the Japanese troops were bombed to the point that they were almost in ruins, completely blowing up the heads of the Japanese soldiers who were already close to collapse in the shelling.
"Da, da, da......"
The first wave of infantry rushing to the Japanese trenches immediately used Suomi submachine guns, M43 semi-automatic rifles, and even M34 machine guns to strafe any moving targets in the trenches, and then jumped into the trenches to use sapper shovels and submachine guns to drive away the Japanese soldiers who had not yet recovered.
Because the soldiers of the independent brigade were equipped with M43 semi-automatic rifles and were not equipped with bayonets, many infantry armed with rifles did not have time to load the ammunition when they encountered the enemy after running out of bullets in their rifles, so they pulled out the sapper shovels behind their backs and slashed at the Japanese troops who were close at hand. On the other hand, the Type 38 rifles equipped by Japanese soldiers were too long, so they were a little restrained in the trenches, which was very inconvenient.
The soldiers who stormed the Japanese trenches were very skillful. The tactics they used were jointly researched by Su Jin and Zhou Yusheng and the experienced officers of the Independent Brigade, which was very simple and effective, that is, in a group of three, one submachine gunner was equipped with two riflemen, and the three of them cooperated with each other to cover, such a combination can be a good complement to each other's strengths, very simple but very effective, the perfect combination of submachine guns and rifles, and sapper catalpa makes these soldiers like trench harvesters, harvesting the lives of Japanese soldiers in the trenches. Even though many Japanese soldiers were very "brave" to jump out and want to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese soldiers in front of them, most of them ended up being killed by a string of bullets.
"Sir. The brothers rushed up...... Our brothers from the three regiments rushed up! ”
Zhang Danian looked at the explosions and killing sounds on the Japanese position, and he was so excited that he shouted loudly.
"Lao Zhang, what are you shouting, Lao Tzu's ears are about to be broken by you!" Li Wei on the side scolded dissatisfiedly, Li Wei was a little unhappy at this time, because the right wing of his second regiment encountered resistance from the Japanese army, and the progress was a little slow, so he was naturally a little dissatisfied with Zhang Danian's babbling.
Su Jin ignored the little vanity of comparison between the two, and watched for a while before saying, "Order the whole army to assault, and you must end the battle within two hours!" ”
"Understood!"
Heard Su Jin's words. Everyone began to get excited, and the blood of the three regiment commanders, including Huang Weiguo, began to boil at the thought of tens of thousands of people fighting to the death within a radius of several miles, and finally annihilating the Japanese army.
With a burst of sharper, fiery whistles sounded. Countless soldiers in gray-green uniforms stood up from all sides and rushed towards the Japanese positions along the route of the vanguard, and with their joining, it was expected that the collapse of the entire Japanese line of defense was only a matter of time.
In the center of the Japanese position, Yusaku Nagai said to Takuya Yoshii anxiously: "Your Excellency, Major General. The people rushed over, and there were too many of them for the soldiers to resist. What should we do? Do you want me to send guards to escort you out first? ”
"What else can be done, the Great Japanese Empire only has warriors who died in battle, and there are no cowards who escaped!" Takumi Yoshii gritted his teeth and rejected Yusaku Nagai's suggestion, not that he really regarded death as home, but that he knew very well that if he really abandoned thousands of subordinates and fled for his life alone, even if he fled back to Shanghai, what would be waiting for him would be the cold handcuffs of the military police, and the trial of the military court would follow. And the military court has no mercy to say about this kind of general who left the army and fled alone, waiting for him only a gallows, and even committing suicide by caesarean section is a luxury, so that even his family will live in endless humiliation after his death, rather than fleeing back and still unable to escape a death and affect his family, it is better to die here.
Thinking of this, Yoshii Takumi's expression became resolute, he picked up a satchel from behind him and handed it to Yusaku Nagai, and said solemnly: "Nagai-kun, it seems that it is difficult for us to break through today, now you immediately select a squad of soldiers to kill it, and the number of the Marine Corps cannot be destroyed in our hands, please!" After saying that, Takumi Yoshii also bowed solemnly to him!
"Your Excellency Major General, I ......"
Yusaku Nagai was stunned, he didn't expect Takumi Yoshii to give him this task. The importance of the wing flag is self-evident, the military regulations of the Japanese army are that the military flag is there, the wing is there, and the wing flag will be revoked without this wing, so its importance can be imagined.
When he took the satchel with some trembling, Takuya Yoshii continued: "Nagai-kun, if you can break through and return to Japan, please take care of them as much as you can, and ...... Please pass this on to my eldest son, please! ”
After saying that, Takuya Yoshii untied his command knife and handed it to Yusaku Nagai......
A few minutes later, Takuya Yoshii launched a final counterattack with the last remaining few hundred remnants of the soldiers of the Independent Brigade who had been killed, while behind him, Yusaku Nagai led dozens of Japanese troops to break through in the opposite direction...... (To be continued.) )