The sound of a cannon "tom", which was all too familiar to the Chinese and Japanese sides in the night battle, was the sound of grenadier firing.

Then there was the "sizzle" of the projectile.

Could it be that the Japanese army has increased its troops again? This is our last stronghold, this is the idea of the officers and men of the 28th Regiment.

What more troops do we need to add to our Kato brigade? We must cross Baisha Ridge tonight! This idea was naturally the attack on the Kato brigade.

The launch of a grenade caused the two sides of the bloody battle to think differently at that moment, but the grenade did not explode, because it was fired high in the air, and it exploded the moment he rose into the air, and it turned out that it was not a grenade, but a flare.

The flare was just that, but it was just shining on the heads of the attacking Japanese troops, and for a moment it was as bright as the Japanese army in the night battle under the day.

Some were shooting with guns, some were throwing grenades, and some were detouring forward from both sides with the intention of approaching the bunkers of the national army.

"Yaga!" Kato Suyi was furious, which kind of mixed bomb hit the illuminating bullet on his head?!

However, just when the Japanese were a little confused, a volley of guns rang out from their left flank.

The gunfire flashed, the bullets were like shooting stars, and the Japanese officers and soldiers who were in the slightest appearance under the flare fell down one after another.

"No, fight back!" It was only then that Kato Soichi reacted that this flare was not fired by their Imperial Japanese Army, but by the Chinese army that sneaked up from the left!

The opponent used not only manual rifles, but also box guns that could fire continuously! And light machine guns for short bursts!

In this instant, bullets from the darkness on the left side killed dozens of Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese began to turn the muzzle of their guns and shoot at the flanks, but the other side was in the dark, and the crooked machine guns under the light had already been stared at by the other party, and they were dumb as soon as they spit out the tongue of fire, yes, the four crooked machine guns were all dumb!

The flares were already falling, and the light was fading, but the shooting did not stop.

Many of the Japanese soldiers who had already fallen to the ground to fight back suddenly had their heads lowered and were never able to raise their heads again.

The sky and the earth were back to darkness, and the machine guns in the bunkers of the Chinese army in front of them were still firing, and at this time, the shooting from the left that had attacked them actually stopped!

Only the bullets fired by the Japanese counterattack flew into the endless darkness with red light, as if the scene of them being side-hit just now had not happened at all.

Kato Soichi, who was still lying on the ground, knew that this flare had caused too much damage to him, and in the short time that the flare was illuminated, nearly 100 of his subordinates had to be hit by the other party.

The opponent's marksmanship is very accurate, and the opponent hits himself very painfully!

Kato Soichi's Brigade is recognized as one of the best teams in night battles within the Japanese 11th Army, so in this night battle, it will be directly named by the commander General Anan Yuji to participate in the battle.

Kato Soichi naturally received the order from above, and he must capture Baishaling tonight, so that the team can directly attack Changsha City tomorrow.

Kato Soichi is also really confident in night battles, and this confidence is not arrogant, because he led his subordinates to train for night battles, because they also defeated the Chinese army several times in night battles, because his soldiers did not lack the courage and skill to fight alone with Chinese soldiers in the dark.

It's just that Kato Soichi didn't expect that the Chinese army who came from the flank actually hit him with a flare, this tactic is generally used by the Japanese army when they fight the Chinese army that is good at night fighting, why did it turn around today?

But this turn made Kato Soichi's subordinates unaccustomed to it, and they all thought that this flare was fired by their own army!

They have never encountered the Chinese army firing flares in the night battle, they have never been trained in this area, they have always hit the flares on the heads of the Chinese troops!

In the darkness of the night, they were besieging the last remaining bunkers of the Chinese army at Baishaling, so all of them hid in the firing corners of the opposite bunkers.

On their flank, Saiichi Kato placed a detachment of guard posts, but the guard post did not give warning, so there is no doubt that the guard post of only thirteen people had been touched by the Chinese army before the flare was raised.

They didn't know that a Chinese army had quietly approached their left side, and that they hadn't fired a gun, only to be sure that one shot would kill one when a flare suddenly came in.

So people's guns are not in vain, and people don't even fire light machine guns, but the hit rate is higher, where did such a ruthless Chinese army emerge?

When Kato Soichi was nervously thinking about countermeasures, he heard another cannon sound, and another flare rose into the sky on the heads of the Japanese soldiers.

This time, without Kato Su's order, all the Japanese troops fired at the left flank, and if they couldn't suppress the other side with firepower in the open and in the dark, then their losses would be great!

The guns of the Chinese army rang out, but not on the left flank, this time on the right flank!

And this time it was not a platoon gun, this time it was more than a dozen light machine guns that came up and fired in bursts, and the bullets rained down.

The Japanese soldiers were caught off guard again, because they defended the front and the left, and naturally exposed their bodies to the right again.

A Japanese soldier cried the moment he was shot, you all said that there are people on both sides, why should I hide behind this ridge, how good it would be for me to hide directly in that big pit!

Soichi Kato was no longer in the mood to cry like that soldier, because under the light of these two flares, he estimated that his subordinates must have lost a squadron!

The second flare fell, and the morale of the Japanese army was also confused, and even Kato Soichi was no longer in the mood to fight anymore.

He had been fighting the Chinese army on the opposite side for nearly four hours, and his own troops had lost nearly half, but in the blink of an eye, there was no more squadron.

Moreover, from the observation of the other side's gunfire just now, there must be at least 300 people in this support force of the Chinese army.

If they just shoot at them in the dark, in addition to the illumination of the houses that have been burned by the war, the two sides can only judge each other's position according to the gunfire and ballistics.

But they fired flares, and this time the Japanese army was in the dark, and the Chinese army was in the dark.

Soichi Kato came in order to fight a night battle with the Chinese army, but this time he didn't bring a night light at all! But what if you bring it? The two sides exchanged flares, so what kind of night battle is there to fight, it is better to attack during the day.

If you continue to fight, in case the squad that you left behind as cover is touched by the Chinese army again, I am afraid that my own brigade will not be completely broken here.

"Don't mess around, retreat in an orderly manner! The Yamaguchi squad is covering in the back! Kato gave an order.

So, in the dark, the Japanese army began to retreat, and Kato Soichi was afraid that there would be Chinese troops behind, but he asked his subordinates to go first to see if the squad he left behind was still there.

Fortunately, it was reported that everything was normal, and there were no Chinese troops found in the rear.

Soichi Kato relieved himself and ordered the troops to retreat quickly, and at this time, the team standing aside and watching him retreat in the firelight turned out to be only about 300 people.

This battle is lost! Kato Soichi stomped his feet on the ground in hatred, and could only retreat behind the brigade with the adjutant.