The seven volunteers in the trenches lay in a pool of blood one by one under the siege of the Japanese, but the team behind them pounced on the Japanese at a rapid speed.

Sasaki watched from the top of the hill as a company of volunteers approached, and they rushed forward at the cost of their lives, regardless of their own firepower. And as long as they are allowed to enter the trenches, the first line of defense they have arranged will be considered a complete collapse.

He thought that he could fight for two or three days, but he did not expect that the first line of defense would be finished in less than half an hour after the battle began. He knew very well what the loss of the first line of defense meant to him, and now he had to make a choice, whether to hold on to the second line of defense, or rush forward with his soldiers and drive the Volunteers back?

Sasaki decided to choose the second option, because if the first line of defense was lost, he would be cut off from the surrounding Japanese troops, and the upper line would not be able to hold it. Besides, there are a lot of recruits in the ranks, so morale needs to be considered.

"All ready to charge! Get the people out of the position! ”

A squadron of Japanese troops was all thrown into battle, and they rushed into the trenches like the volunteers on the opposite side. The machine guns of both sides fired fiercely at the charging crowd, both trying to stop the other's charge.

But none of the soldiers on either side stepped back, including the recruits.

The squad leader felt that his strength was about to run out, and after struggling to block a bayonet, he stumbled a few times in a row, and he was powerless to stop it when he saw another bayonet killing. When there was no way to hide, a shout came from behind him: "Kill! ”

A chill grazed his ear and slammed into the bayonet that was about to stab him in the chest, and a volunteer soldier jumped into the trench and fought the Japanese soldier.

"Jacob chirp!"

At the same time that the first volunteer jumped down, Sasaki on the other side also jumped down with his troops!

The two sides killed extremely fiercely in the trenches, Sasaki was really a little crazy, in such a trench melee, the Japanese actually used machine guns, regardless of the enemy and my close range of strafing!

More than 20 volunteers and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in the northernmost part were all shot by the Japanese! The ferocity of Little Japan was vividly manifested at this time. Not only did no one escape, but many more chose to do so! If you don't have a machine gun, you can use a rifle, or even use a grenade to pull your body, just to end up with one!

But the courage of the volunteers is not much more than theirs! Moreover, in terms of the quality of the soldiers, the current volunteers are indeed a little stronger than the Japanese army. Despite Sasaki's efforts, he could only watch his soldiers dwindle, and he knew that the collapse of the defensive line was inevitable.

After the battalion commander in the back threw in the second group of attacking troops, the Japanese could no longer hold on, and a squadron of soldiers was completely lost in the trenches, and only a dozen people were surrounded in a corner, and dozens of guns were pointed at them.

Ichiro Kanazawa is already crying. His hand holding the rifle shook so violently that his legs couldn't stand at all, and a hot dampness flowed from his crotch.

Sasaki's legs were knee-high and had been sliced off by shrapnel from the grenade, and the bones of the white scum were exposed from the wounds. The battalion commander walked up to them at this time, glanced at the dozen or so people, and then said in Japanese: "Surrender, don't fight." ”

The eyes of the Japanese soldiers all looked at Sasaki, and the battalion commander also followed their eyes to look at this guy lying on the ground covered in blood, and his brows furrowed: "It's not interesting." Lay down your arms and maybe you'll be alive. ”

Sasaki really put down his weapon at this time, and then tremblingly took out a pack of cigarettes that had been soaked in blood from his arms, pulled out two of them, and beckoned to the battalion commander with the great pain in the wound. Hand over one.

The battalion commander was stunned, the two cigarettes were bloody, and the two sides were fighting now, he didn't know whether he should take them. But I really don't want to refuse.

"Yours, smoke?"

Blood was pouring out of Sasaki's body in many places. The battalion commander wanted to say something, but in the end he just shook his head.

Sasaki smiled. I put one in my mouth and lit it with a burning branch next to it, and took a sharp sip. His expression faltered, and then he pulled out his pistol to his temple and pulled the trigger.

The battalion commander knew he wanted to kill himself from the moment he started pulling out his gun, but he didn't stop it until Sasaki pulled the trigger.

The battalion commander's eyes glanced at the remaining Japanese soldiers and did not say anything more. One of the Japanese soldiers shouted something with a bayonet, and then rushed forward, and the other soldiers followed suit, except for Kanazawa Ichiro, who stood still with his legs trembling and not moving.

The machine guns of the volunteers rang out, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers fell not far in front of the battalion commander. The battalion commander was in a bad mood, looked at the corpses in this trench, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Dig a pit and bury them." I wanted to give them a way out, but there was no way, who made us Commander Yang's team, and we have a big reputation. ”

Looking at Ichiro Kanazawa, the battalion commander smiled: "Send him back to the division headquarters, send a signal, the position has been captured, and the mission is complete!" ”

The good news came back to Yang Xiaolin's headquarters one by one, but none of them could make him excited. All the troops told him that he had completed the task and completed the goals set before the battle, which made Commander Yang's heart a little unhappy.

What he needed was a surprise! It's the kind of surprise that you can complete tomorrow's mission in advance!

He has given all commanders on the battlefield the right to make decisions on the spot, and they have indeed played their own level when directing battles, and they have been able to adapt to changes. However, there is always a lack of pioneering spirit and lack of initiative.

Cai Ye could see that Commander Yang's expression was not very good, and the outer positions of the Japanese army on the sand table had basically been cleared, and he was still acceptable to this result.

"Commander, judging from the combat situation, all the units have fought well, the Japanese have always been very tenacious in their combat style, and we have been able to accomplish the combat objectives quite well."

"Have the results and casualties of the various units been reported?"

"It's been reported, and I've done a good job of statistically. Today we captured 13 outlying positions of the Japanese army, killed more than 2,400 Japanese soldiers, and captured 43 people. Our casualties were not too great, except for the four divisions, which suffered more than 100 casualties, the other troops together totaled 421 killed, 960 wounded, and ....... seriously wounded."

"Bang!"

Cai Ye's words are not finished. Yang Xiaolin's fist slammed into the table, and the sound made Cai Yi's whole body tremble, and when he looked up, he saw that Commander Yang's face was already iron-blue.

Yang Xiaolin was really angry. If the battle report given to him by the front-line brothers was that the battle situation was not going well and the losses were too large, he would not have done this. It was because the front line was fighting very smoothly, and it was all smooth, but each of them actually stopped after completing the task! The Volunteers have never fought a battle with a tailwind, and every time they step on the corpses of their comrades to victory, they have shrunk their hands and feet in this tailwind!

The sound of gunfire outside was obviously thinning out, and Yang Xiaolin knew that the attack and defense of the two sides were now stabilizing. Do those boys expect to fight again tomorrow morning?

Feng Delin next to him obviously understood what Yang Xiaolin was angry about, and immediately came over and said, "Xiaolin, the brothers did something wrong, but since the task has been completed, I don't think we need to say anything." Isn't this what we thought too safely in advance? Why don't we give another order and take a bigger step tomorrow? ”

Cai Ye stood next to him and didn't say anything, Yang Xiaolin's finger joints kept tapping on the table, about five or six minutes later. He stood up: "Pass a word to all of them, if they think their troops can't fight, let them withdraw their troops, and Lao Tzu will allow them to withdraw and recuperate!" I'll take someone up and fight! ”

After Yang Xiaolin finished speaking, he slammed the door and walked out of the command headquarters. Cai Ye hurriedly sent Commander Yang's words to the division commanders who were fighting.

Within a few minutes, the earth-shattering artillery fire rang out again.

Yang Xiaolin stood on the top of the hill and looked at the artillery fire that was more brilliant than fireworks, and listened to the gunfire that was denser than firecrackers, and his mood was a little more relaxed.

This battle was a life-and-death battle for the Volunteers. He put all his gambling books up. Yang Xiaolin didn't know that continuous attacks would cause a lot of casualties to his troops, but what he needed was time!

The Third Army is moving here, the Fourth of the Second Army. Sixth, the two divisions are also storming Li Debiao's blocking line, and Yang Xiaolin doesn't know if there will be variables that he can't imagine. The Volunteers do not have the capital to fight steadily with others, and a slight variable can lead to a total loss.

Looking at the direction of the artillery fire, he also knew that countless lives were being devoured every second, but Commander Yang didn't care about life now. You can call him a beast, but you have to admit that the people who go to war are the same as the money they put on the table, so don't take it seriously.

Feng Delin quietly walked to his side from behind, stood side by side with Yang Xiaolin and looked ahead, and said after a while: "Actually, you have to know the mood of the brothers, they know what this battle is about, so they are afraid that their recklessness will destroy your overall layout, don't blame them." ”

Of course, Yang Xiaolin also knew this truth, and he would never tell Qian Yao about those front-line commanders, saying that Commander Yang understood them to do this.

Feng Delin turned his head to see that his face had softened a lot, smiled at the moment, and also looked ahead, no longer speaking.

Yang Xiaolin suddenly thought of a question at this time: "Brother Feng, I think there is a problem with Cai Yi's deployment this time. ”

Feng Delin was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?" Isn't it a good fight? ”

Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "Not good!" Cai Songpo likes to be tricky in wars, which can be seen from previous battles. But this time did you notice it, first clear the peripheral positions, and then attack with the first cavalry brigade and the reserve infantry brigade as the combat target, so that you can compress the space of Rongben to the greatest extent, step by step is very stable, it is really stable, so it is not normal, not like him! Or rather, he seems to be afraid that he will make a mistake. ”

Feng Delin didn't care: "You think too much, right?" I don't think there is anything wrong with the Songpo arrangement, such a big battle, of course, it is better to be more stable. ”

Yang Xiaolin's head spun rapidly, and after a while, he suddenly squatted down and drew a simple map on a snowy field by moonlight: "Brother Feng, look, this is the general orientation map of Suzigou, there is a river in the middle, and this river naturally divides Rongben's entire division into two, if we send a force to forcibly intersperse it along the river, it is very likely that we can penetrate Rongben in one day!" (To be continued......)