Chapter 274: Take the initiative to retreat

With the addition of the Ninth Infantry Regiment, a new force, in just a few minutes, not only were the little devils on the position of the Second Infantry Regiment wiped out, but there were originally many little devils within 100 meters of the position of the Second Infantry Regiment, and now the little devils in this range have also suffered countless casualties.

So far, the two wings of the little devils who have charged together, a total of six or seven thousand people, have suffered nearly half of the casualties at this time, and the ground is full of the corpses of the little devils.

The remaining three or four thousand little devils are still charging forward desperately, because the commander of the little devil division, Yamashita Fengwen, has not yet given the order to stop the charge and retreat.

The head of the little devil division in the distance, Yamashita Fengwen, saw that the little devil's attack was frustrated again, and his face was very ugly, Yamashita Fengwen was very unwilling at this time, and he could rush to the position of the [***] team when he saw it, but he would be beaten down.

Yamashita Fengwen remembered Okamura Ningji's death order, which was to support Guisui at all costs, so Yamashita Fengwen said sharply: "Flag the two wings charging in front and order them to rush forward at all costs." ”

The chief of staff of the little devil looked at the situation in the distance, and still suggested: "Your Excellency the division commander, we still have to send some more troops up to support the two wings charging forward, so it is safer." ”

Yamashita thought for a moment and said, "Then let's send the 8th Wing up again." ”

At present, the 8th Wing of the little devils has about 1,000 people in addition to the seriously wounded, and these little devils who have been ordered immediately rushed to the position of the middle [***] team in front with their guns in hand.

In front of the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division.

At this time, the sky has gradually darkened, and it is still difficult to see the situation a few kilometers away, but Chen Erwa, who was in front of the headquarters and observed the movement of the little ghosts in front of him, could still vaguely see that there were many little devils rushing towards this position again.

Seeing that the little devils had increased their troops again, Division Commander Chen also looked solemn, and thought in his heart, these little devils are really crazy, for the sake of two small hilltop positions, after paying thousands of casualties, they are still like this at any cost, the little devils are really unreasonable.

In order to increase unnecessary casualties, Chen Erwa immediately issued an order to the 2nd Infantry Regiment and the 9th Infantry Regiment on the forward position, you can wait for the opportunity to withdraw from the position, there is no need to fight with the little devil to the end, and it is still acceptable to give up a little position appropriately.

In the position of the second infantry regiment, the soldiers were shooting fiercely, but after a short period of panic, the little devils began to rush forward in an orderly manner, rushing to the position with guns, and some of the little devils who rushed over, seeing that they were only a few dozen meters away from the position of the [***] team, took out a grenade and threw it at the Chinese position.

"Boom, boom, boom" explosions resounded one after another on the Chinese positions, and some soldiers who were lying on the edge of the trenches to shoot were blown to ashes by the grenades of the little devils, and many soldiers had their mouths covered with splashed dirt.

Although there is the cover of trenches, and the grenades of the little devils are relatively limited, there are still some fighters who are injured or killed.

A second lieutenant platoon commander, seeing that several of his fighters were sacrificed under the grenades of the little devils, was also red-eyed, holding his AK-47 rifle, facing a few little devils who were about to throw grenades dozens of meters away, and it was a burst of strafing.

With the rapid sound of "da, da, da", not far away, several little devils with grenades were knocked to the ground, and the grenades in the hands of these little devils were all sounded and ready to be thrown, and now, with the death of these little devils, these grenades that were about to explode fell to the ground.

With the sound of several explosions of "boom, boom, boom", after the explosion of these grenades, more than a dozen little devils next to them were all killed, such a good killing effect, even the second lieutenant platoon commander who had just shot was a little stunned and looked a little surprised.

Several little devils not far away were also preparing to throw grenades, and suddenly saw this scene, they were all scared, a little devil may be a recruit, this little devil was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the grenade in his hand that was about to be thrown out also fell to the ground.

Seeing his grenade fall to the ground, the little devil turned pale with fright, a little dazed, and in less than three or four seconds, the grenade that fell on the ground also exploded violently, and there was a loud "boom", not only the little devil just now, but also several other little devils next to him were affected.

Many little devils, seeing that a lot of grenades fell in their crowd, were also frightened, and began to stop throwing grenades, and rushed forward while shooting with guns.

A soldier of the Second Infantry Regiment has finished several magazines in a short period of time, and these magazines are still filled with bullets by himself just now, looking at his only two magazines, and then looking at the little devil in front of him, who has not decreased at all, this soldier gritted his teeth, quickly loaded another magazine, and began to aim and shoot in front.

The 8th Infantry Wing, reinforced by the little devils, has also come up, although the fighters have killed at least a thousand little devils in less than ten minutes, but the little devils in front of the position have not decreased.

At this time, the thousands of soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment and the Ninth Regiment also sacrificed a lot in the face of such a fierce charge of the little devils, and there were four or five hundred casualties, although the casualties were much smaller than those of the little devils, but many of the soldiers were still very sad.

Everyone turned their hatred into the fierce fire of the AK-47 assault rifle, and the sound of "da, da, da" was very dense.

It didn't take long for many fighters to run out of magazines in their hands again, and the shouts of their squad leaders or platoon commanders and company commanders rang in the ears of many fighters: "Comrades! Everyone began to withdraw from their positions and retreated. ”

Many of the soldiers who had been ordered to begin to fight and retreat backwards, and everyone was ready to retreat to the second line of defense where the 1st and 3rd Infantry Regiments were stationed.

After the bullets, the soldiers retreated first, and the fighters with one or two magazines covered the retreat of the other fighters, everyone retreated in a very orderly manner, and there was no panic at all, and in less than twenty minutes, everyone fought and retreated, completely withdrawing from the two hills, and retreating to the second line of defense.

The little devil saw that the [***] squadron on the position showed signs of retreating, and many soldiers of the [***] squadron carried ammunition boxes, trotted all the way, and ran backwards.

The commanders of some little devils, seeing this scene, showed joy on their horses, and raised their command knives again, ordering their troops to charge forward, and the little devils finally rushed to the forward position of the [***] team they dreamed of after paying hundreds of casualties.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and if the commander of the Little Devil Division, Yamashita Fengwen, saw his troops and finally rushed up, he would definitely be ecstatic.

It's just that the little devils don't know that they can rush to the forward position of the [***] team, which is completely the result of the active retreat of the [***] team.

In the distance, the headquarters of the 4th Division of the Little Devils.

As the sky was completely dark, Yamashita Fengwen, the commander of the Little Devil Division, had already walked into the temporary headquarters of the Little Devils, which was built with established field tents.

Not long after entering the headquarters, a little devil signal soldier walked in with a happy face and happily reported: "Your Excellency the division commander, just now the 8th, 37th, and 61st wings have sent news one after another, and they have successfully rushed to the forward position of the squadron [***] team, asking for further instructions from the division commander. ”

Hearing this, Yamashita Fengwen smiled like a flower, and said happily: "Yo Xi, our warriors are good, and they finally broke through the first line of defense of the [***] team. ”

The chief of staff of the little devil also happily echoed: "Your Excellency the division commander, we say that this imperial army is invincible, and our 4th division is invincible. ”

Listening to the words of the commander of the little devil division, Yamashita Fengwen was obviously also very happy, and nodded lightly in agreement, and then, Yamashita Fengwen said: "Order, the 8th, 37th and 61st wings take a short rest, and after twenty minutes, launch an attack on the second line of defense of the central [***] team." ”

The current Yamashita Fengwen is full of confidence, although the three wings of the little devil have suffered heavy casualties, from more than 10,000 people in the past to only more than 5,000 people now, but Yamashita Fengwen still wants to be angry and capture the second line of defense of the [***] team.

At this time, the two divisions behind the reinforcements of the little devils have almost arrived here, and the division that walked in front has begun to camp on the left side of the 4th division, preparing to start attacking soon, and the division at the back is only more than ten kilometers away from here.

In order to set an example for the two divisions behind, Yamashita Fengwen wanted to lay another line of defense of the middle [***] team, so as to raise his face in front of the other two divisions, as for the fact that six or seven thousand people died, Yamashita Fengwen ignored it......

Command of the 2nd Infantry Division.

Chen Erwa, the commander of the Second Division, was carefully looking at a tactical sand table that had just been built on the table. At this time, the chief of staff of the Second Infantry Division had just walked in, and Chen Erwa raised his head slightly, "Chief of Staff, have our troops withdrawn from the first line of defense?" ”

"Division commander, all withdrawn"

Hearing this, Chen Erwa was a little relieved and continued: "How are our casualties? Have all the wounded been sent to the temporary hospital in Daping Town? ”

The chief of staff of the Second Infantry Division looked gloomy and said a little sadly: "Division commander, our casualties have just been counted, we have sacrificed more than 300 comrades and injured more than 500, of which nearly 100 are seriously wounded, and the seriously wounded have been sent to Daping Town. ”

Hearing this, Division Commander Chen was also a little heartbroken, at least nearly half of the hundreds of soldiers sacrificed were veterans.

The chief of staff of the Second Infantry Division saw that his division commander was silent, and immediately comforted: "Division commander, although we have sacrificed hundreds of excellent soldiers, the casualties of the little devils are much greater than ours, the little devils who were killed by us are estimated to be six or seven thousand, and the little devils who were injured by us are estimated to be two or three thousand, and the three wings of the little devils who charged are almost crippled by us. ”

Seeing that the little devil suffered such a large casualty, Senior Commander Chen's mood was slightly better.

(To be continued)