Chapter 395: The Second Battalion Fights Hard
The troops of the second battalion stopped in time, and they stopped on the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River, and the Okamoto brigade, which had returned to the position on the north bank, immediately began to join the river defense position, and at this time the Okamoto brigade still had two infantry squadrons to fight.
Being chased by the troops of the second battalion all the way made Hideaki Okamoto feel angry in his heart, and he waited for the troops of the second battalion to quickly cross the river, and then hit the troops of the second battalion hard.
However, the second battalion was slow to take action, which surprised Hideaki Okamoto.
If other Japanese officers encountered such a situation, they might still wait, but Kunomura Momoyo was different, and when he learned that hundreds of people from the 1st Reserve Regiment had appeared on the south bank, Kunomura Momoyo began to give battle orders.
EIGHT 70MM INFANTRY GUNS AND EIGHT 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS TOOK THE LEAD IN FIRING, AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER THE SHELLS FIERCELY FIRED AT THE SECOND BATTALION TROOPS.
At the same time, light and heavy machine-gun fire points set up on the river defense positions also began to fire, and bullets rained down on the 2nd Battalion.
Artillery and light and heavy machine guns, as well as grenadiers, began to fire, and the 4th Cavalry Division of the puppet army quickly sorted, they quickly crossed the Zhujiachuan River and charged the 2nd Battalion.
The second battalion was taken by surprise by the Japanese army, and dozens of soldiers lost their lives before they knew what was going on.
Kunomura Momoyo grasped the best opportunity, of course, if Fu Tao had not stopped the river crossing battle plan in time, I am afraid that the casualties of the second battalion would have been greater.
"Retreat, retreat." After encountering the frantic attack of the Japanese army, Fu Tao immediately issued an order to retreat.
The troops of the 2nd Battalion were in a hurry, and the 8th Company did not follow, leaving the 2nd Battalion without mortars and heavy machine gun cover.
THREE 60MM MORTARS WERE IMMEDIATELY ERECTED, AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER ANTI-PERSONNEL GRENADES WERE QUICKLY FIRED TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE BANK, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THREE TYPE 92 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS WERE ALSO ERECTED, WHICH WAS THE FIREPOWER OF THE COMPANY'S MACHINE GUN SQUAD, BUT THESE FIREPOWER COULD NOT BE COMPARED WITH THE JAPANESE FIREPOWER AT ALL.
After losing two mortars, the remaining mortar did not dare to continue firing, and the troops lay on the ground to hide, but the puppet cavalry began to cross the Zhujiachuan River, and they rushed towards the second battalion from the flank.
"The seventh company is covering, the fifth company and the sixth company are quickly evacuated, lose the heavy weapons, and retreat quickly."
Seeing that the puppet cavalry was about to surge towards here like a tide, Fu Tao's face turned pale, and he shouted loudly.
The heavy machine guns were discarded, and the fighters quickly retreated to the rear, while the 7th Company, led by the company commander, took cover.
The cavalry of the puppet army roared in, and the sharp sabers began to fall on the bodies of the soldiers, and the cavalry still had a certain advantage in dealing with the infantry, especially the heavy firepower of the Japanese army on the opposite bank suppressed all the firepower of the seventh company, which made the puppet cavalry show their might.
In just five minutes, a platoon of soldiers of the Seventh Company was dealt with by the puppet cavalry, and blood stained the ground red.
"Lao Tzu fought with you." Wang Tieniu held a light machine gun and shot at the puppet cavalry, and more than a dozen puppet cavalry were shot and killed, but a puppet cavalry quickly came to Wang Tieniu, and the puppet cavalry directly stabbed Wang Tieniu's body with a sharp knife.
Wang Tieniu's sturdy body fell to the ground, blood continued to flow out of his wounds, Wang Tieniu gasped, and his consciousness became more and more blurred.
Japanese units began to attack under the command of Kunomura Momoyo, and three infantry squadrons quickly crossed the Zhujiachuan River through bridges, and it was clear that the Japanese did not intend to let go of the second battalion easily.
The cavalry of the puppet army is still wantonly slaughtering the soldiers of the seventh company, and the seventh company is about to be wiped out.
"Battalion commander, we can't leave the Seventh Company behind." The commander of the fifth company, who was evacuating, saw that the seventh company was about to be besieged by the Japanese puppet army, and he hurriedly came to Fu Tao.
Fu Tao's footsteps had already stopped, even though he knew very well that it was the wisest choice to evacuate with the fifth and sixth companies now, but let him abandon the troops of the seventh company, Fu Tao couldn't do this, he immediately gave the order, and the troops began to return quickly.
"Captain, it seems that Sun Weiguo's troops are not invincible, but they lack an excellent commander like you to deal with him."
In Qiaotou Town, in the headquarters of the 13th Wing of the Japanese Army, Chief of Staff Shaozo came to Kunomura Momoyo, looked at Kunomura Momoyo in front of him, and the chief of staff said with joy on his face.
Hundreds of troops of the First Reserve Regiment were beaten and had no power to fight back, and seeing that hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops were about to be completely annihilated, Chief of Staff Shaozuo was very excited.
"It's just a pity, they still have the ability to keep most of them, Sun Weiguo's troops are really not simple, we must not underestimate them. The front-line combat units were ordered to quickly resolve the besieged Chinese troops, followed by an immediate return to their positions on the north bank. "Kunomura Momoyo immediately gave the order.
"Wing Commander, the Shina troops are back, and they seem to want to rescue the besieged troops."
Before Kunomura Momoyo's order could be delivered, a Japanese second lieutenant hurriedly ran in, and he said with joy on his face.
"It's really strange that the Shina troops, wouldn't they be killing themselves when they returned at this time, contact Hideaki Okamoto, let him take the troops to attack, be sure to annihilate these Shina troops, and at the same time contact the Ninth Cavalry Division, so that they can quickly return to fight with the troops of the Fourth Cavalry Division." Momoyo Kunomura continued to give orders, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.
In the eyes of Kunomura Momoyo, his own troops will definitely be able to win this time, and the opposing troops are obviously killing themselves if they want to rescue more than 100 people who are besieged.
"Wing Commander, the 7th Cavalry Division reports that the Chinese cavalry unit has fled, and the 7th Cavalry Division asks for instructions on whether to launch a pursuit."
After Momoyo Kunomura had just given the order, new information was passed on to his ears again.
"Order the 7th Cavalry Division to abandon the pursuit of the Shina cavalry units, and let them quickly move closer to the wing headquarters and serve as reserves."
One by one, the front-line information was transmitted, and Kunomura Momoyo looked at the map, and he calmly gave orders one by one.
With the transfer of Kunomura Momoyo, there were already five infantry squadrons, and two cavalry divisions began to attack the second battalion troops, and the second battalion began to fall into a bitter battle.
At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the troops of the seventh company began to forcibly break through, but the fourth division of the puppet cavalry was desperately intercepting, this puppet cavalry fought very fiercely, blocking the troops of the seventh company of the second battalion to death, and did not give the seventh company any chance to break through at all, while the Japanese troops began to contain the troops of the sixth and fifth companies of the second battalion.