The Confucian Temple position and the New Silk Ridge position were in crisis at the same time, and the good thing that made the Confucian Temple position feel good was that the fortifications of the heavy machine guns could not be destroyed by the mortars of the devils, and shrapnel continued to fly into the space of the shooting hole, constantly shooting and killing the machine gunners, but the heavy machine guns never stopped roaring, and a machine gunner was killed, and the brothers behind immediately moved the corpse and accepted to continue shooting......

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

"Da ......."

On the position of the Confucian Temple, the bullets continued to whizz over the heads of both sides, and the soil on the trenches and craters was hit from time to time, and the sound of poofing never stopped, and the devils couldn't break through, relying on corpses and craters in front of the position to shoot at the defenders, hoping that the 145th Wing behind could break through the battle line and attack the Confucian Temple from behind;

"Chirp, tweet, tweet"

Three green signal flares staggered into the sky from the New Silk Ridge, and the devils on the Confucian Temple position could see as clearly as the defenders;

"What's going on?"

The company commander who was fighting fiercely asked, could it be that the division commander notified the retreat? But there is no order to come!

"There is no order to be issued, don't worry about the flares, give me a hard fight for the devil!" The company commander thought about it, no matter what, it was important to hold the position, and ordered the brothers to continue shooting,

"Yaga!" Jiro Yokoyama looked at the flare and scolded,

The raid of one wing of the 145th Wing failed to capture the position?

"Retreat!"

There was no artillery support at night, his own troops were insufficient, and it was not much use in close combat, and the heroic warriors could not pass through the machine-gun barrage of the Shina people, and seeing that they could not capture the position, Yokoyama Jiro gave the order to retreat,

The devils at the front slowly crawled backwards, slowly retreated into the moonlight, and disappeared from the sight of the defenders of the position, a company of the defenders lost nearly half, and the main force of the regimental headquarters that returned to the reinforcements had not yet arrived, and they did not dare to pursue rashly, except for the heavy machine guns that were still chasing the devil's buttocks and shooting, the brothers stopped shooting, crawling on the edge of the trenches and craters and looking ahead vigilantly......

As the devil was gone, the heavy machine guns stopped firing, and suddenly there were many more howls on the battlefield, which were the groans of the wounded......

"Elsewhere in the trenches, the first platoon, the second platoon to collect the wounded! Three platoons are staring at the front of the position! Devils like to play back the trick of the carbine! The company commander roared,

The company commander was still pressing the bullet on the rifle in his hand, slowly churning out the trench, and touching the front, I don't know if the wounded of the devil have moved away from the position in front, I want to go and see, so as not to be hit by the wounded soldiers of the devil......

The position under the moonlight could only see a radius of 20 meters nearby, and it was hazy farther away, and the company commander cautiously crawled forward on the position, stabbed with a bayonet first when he approached the corpse of the devil, and shot at close range if he was not at ease;

"Bang"

"Bang"

......

The gunshots occasionally rang out on the position, and the brothers on the defense knew that this was the company commander carefully checking the body of the devil, and the brothers on the position put their guns on fire in the trenches, staring at the front, covering for the company commander......

The seriously wounded devils on the position have all been dragged away, except for the devil's 38 rifle and corpse, the devil didn't even leave a crooked handle, and the company commander worked in front of the position for a long time, but he didn't find anything, and bent down to run to the position......

"What's the situation? Where did the gunshots come from? At this time, the forward regiment supporting the Newsilk Ridge position returned, and the regiment commander asked with a rough kick,

"Captain, you're back; Just now the devil came, and more than half of the brothers were killed or wounded, and then the back of the position got angry and fired a green signal flare, and the devil withdrew! One of the brothers said,

"Where's your company commander?" The panting regimental commander asked,

"Commander, I'm back!" At this time, the company commander who checked the situation from the front of the position returned,

"Regiment commander, the situation is like this......" the company commander began to report,

The two of them were inspecting the wounded on the position while talking about the battle just now......

"Regiment commander, division commander call!" A communications soldier ran up to him and shouted,

"Okay, hurry up and repair the position, let the brothers hold on a little longer, and get the wounded brothers down!" The regimental commander walked to the temporary regimental headquarters as he spoke;

The battlefield has almost been cleaned, the tired brothers are resting on the newly dug trenches, the snoring has been heard, the soldiers are too tired, fighting bayonets and exerting physical strength, the thin soldiers have been fighting for most of the night, this will be the devil gone, can no longer hold on......

"Division commander, the casualties are out; More than 2,000 brothers were killed or wounded! Nearly half of the casualties are coming, our division! The chief of staff said,

"Where's the devil? How many bodies were left? Chen Gongxia asked,

"Less than 1,000 bodies, and the positions of the Confucian Temple have not been counted! But it shouldn't be much! The chief of staff shook his head and said,

"Hey! The devil's combat power is still so strong! We're twice as big as each other! Two to one people! A white-knuckle battle was fought, but the casualties were more than two to one! Chen Gongxia sighed,

"Hey! Division commander, don't say it, since the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, this has been calculated, and at the beginning our casualty ratio was still six to one; The chief of staff advised,

"By the way, division commander, Commander Li's telegram told us to hold our position, the 19th Division is still resting and replenishing ammunition, and it won't arrive at the Confucian Temple until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest!" The Chief of Staff reported,

"Okay, it's good that the position hasn't been lost; The brothers who came from behind saved us once! Give them military merits! Call back to the military headquarters, explain the situation of our division, and tell the military headquarters that our department will defend its position to the death! Chen Gongxia said categorically,

"Yes, Commander!" The chief of staff immediately called back, leaving Chen Gongxia alone around the position......

The devil's Yokoyama Brigade retreated to the Liujiacun position, and was already reporting the situation to the Wing Commander Kendai Iino Ten Zuo, while the Wing Commander of the 145th Wing, Ichikawa Yozo, retreated back in embarrassment with the soldiers on his back......

Time passed slowly, and Ichikawa finally woke up in the Japanese army's field hospital, not injured, but fainted by the shock wave......

"Yaga! Damn the Iino Wing, I've attracted the entire 155th Division; Why can't you take the position? I'm going to report to the brigade commander! No, General Yamagi Wataru is the brigade commander of the 111 Brigade, and I will report directly to General Aoki of the 136 Brigade! Ichikawa woke up and sat on the hospital bed and scolded,

"Your Excellency Nakasa, the division commander Junrokuro Matsuura has arrived at the main camp, and General Aoki of the 136th Brigade is still commanding the 123rd Wing to prepare for the attack on Ma'anshan, and it is still in Shahe." The squadron leader, who was waiting next to him, reported,

"That's right, then I'll go see the division commander!" Ichikawa struggled to get up,

"Your Excellency, what are your injuries?" The squadron leader reminded,

"Your Excellency Nakasa is just unconscious, there is no injury, if Your Excellency Nakasa feels no dizziness in his head, he can be discharged from the hospital!" The Japanese doctor said next to him that the hospital was full of wounded soldiers, there was a serious shortage of beds, and there was a serious shortage of medical drugs and equipment, and there was a serious shortage of personnel. Besides, lying on a hospital bed without any injuries is not the style of Japanese soldiers!