The "boom boom" battle continues, both Wang Zihan and Murakami Taro are very clear about their mission, one side is eager to rescue the besieged Abe Guixiu Department, and the other side is ordered to defend to the death, even if there is the last person left, the steppe wolf flag has to fly on the position. Both sides received orders to die, and spears and shields engaged in a battle to the death in a palm-sized area of Xinping Fort.

Compared with the Japanese army, Wang Zihan's first battalion took advantage of the time and place, and also had a certain advantage in firepower, but the strength was only more than 1,000 people, which was one-eighth of the Japanese puppet army, and more importantly, the first battalion lacked strong artillery support, and the whole battalion only had two small-caliber mortars and more than a dozen grenadiers.

However, the Japanese army had a strong artillery brigade, more than a dozen 75mm mountain guns and a large number of mortars, and the strength of the artillery far exceeded that of Wang Zihan's battalion. Therefore, after the battle began, Wang Zihan wisely ordered the only two mortars to be concealed and standby, and the target must not be exposed without an order.

Wang Zihan is not in a hurry at all, although the two attacks of the Japanese army have caused a lot of casualties, according to the data reported by the four company commanders just now, a total of 72 people were killed, another 118 were wounded, and 190 soldiers were lost, including 2 officers and 3 non-commissioned officers.

However, seeing the corpses of the Japanese puppet army all over the field before the position, the number of dead will definitely not be less than 1,000, counting the wounded soldiers, the loss of the Japanese puppet army should be between 1,000 and 2,000 people, and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us is 10:1, which is still very strong.

Wang Zihan was born in the Northeast Army, and the number of times he dealt with the Japanese army was not once or twice. He knew very well how amazing this ratio was, and originally he was a little dissatisfied with Chen Feng only appointing him as a major battalion commander, you must know that Lu Dao was already a captain company commander after 31 years, if he didn't leave the Northeast Army, he should be at least a lieutenant colonel regiment deputy or colonel commander now.

But after experiencing the attacks of the Japanese puppet army just now, Wang Zihan is happy, not to mention that such a strong force only commands one battalion, even if it is a company commander, it is worth it, grandma's, it is really enjoyable. Under the attack of more than 8,000 troops of the Japanese puppet army, they not only held their positions, but also severely damaged the enemy, which was much more relieving than staying in the Northeast Army.

Thinking that the 300,000 Northeast Army retreated to the pass in panic after receiving an order from their superiors, and surrendered 3,000 miles of splendid mountains and rivers to the Japanese, Wang Zihan felt a burst of blood in his heart.

Like all Northeast officers and soldiers, Wang Zihan did not think that the Northeast Army could defeat the Japanese. The fall of the Northeast was not due to the fact that the soldiers were not good at fighting the war, but because the top brass of the Northeast Army and the Nationalist Government authorities made a mistake in judging the current situation at that time, and pinned their hopes on the Western powers.

After learning that they withdrew to Guannai, the Japanese burned and looted in the northeast, and his parents, wives and children were also brutally killed by the Japanese under the old elm tree in the east of the village.

Taro Murakami, the former enemy commander of the Japanese army, did not know that his opponent was an officer of the former Northeast Army, but this did not prevent the Japanese commander from respecting his opponent.

Unlike other Japanese officers, Taro Murakami has never underestimated the Chinese, although the Chinese army has performed extremely badly since the Sino-Japanese War (Sino-Japanese War), but Taro Murakami, who has fought in the Northeast and the Anti-Japanese Union for more than four years, knows that the people of China are not as unbearable as those politicians promote, and many of their resisters are far more difficult than imagined, whether it is Zhao Shangzhi in North Manchuria, Yang Jingyu in South Manchuria, or Zhou Baozhong and Li Zhaolin, they are not inferior to the commanders of high-ranking officers of the imperial army.

Ever since the First Battle of Tenjin, Taro Murakami has had a sense of foreboding, and yet another powerful resistance army has been born. But he did not expect that this army would be so difficult, and the Imperial Japanese Army would suffer one setback after another in less than a month, especially the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade to which he was now located.

It is important to know that 75% of the soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade are newly replenished soldiers, and the officers are almost all transferred from abroad, and the command center of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade in the First Battle of Tianzhen has been devastated, from the brigade commander Major General Sakai Hoji to the commander of the army Cao Cao, almost all losses have been lost, and there are only three officers left above the junior Zuo level, including him.

Looking at the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood on the forward position, Murakami Taro was trembling, he had been in the army for so many years, and he had not lost a big battle, but it was the first time he had encountered such a tragic battle like today.

It was only the first hour of the battle, but after two charges, the casualties of the troops exceeded his expectations.

"Toyoda-kun, how are the casualties of the troops?" Looking at the Shaozo with a broken arm in front of him, Taro Murakami didn't know how to comfort him, even if they won this battle, Iwajiro Toyoda would be forced to retire, which means that the military career of the originally promising army Shaozo in front of him was about to end.

"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, the 2nd Brigade lost 549 killed and 234 wounded. The First Division of the Imperial Allied Army suffered more than 1,300 casualties. Toyoda Shaozo said ashamedly that as an officer, he was the direct commander of the former enemy who had fought to such an extent.

"Don't blame yourself, you've done your best, I'll explain the situation to Lieutenant General Tojo, so that you can get the treatment of the Emperor's warrior even if you retire."

"Chief of Staff Xie Luxie!"

"Report, His Excellency Commander Tojo sent an urgent order, ordering our department to intensify the offensive, and it is necessary to take Xinping Fort within half an hour, and if necessary, special smoke can be used, and the 15th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade is heading north, and it will be able to arrive here within an hour and a half."

After listening to the operator's report, all the officers in the command post were silent, they knew very well how stubborn the opposing army was, and it took half an hour to break them and occupy their positions, and what kind of international joke they played.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that His Excellency Abe is about to be unable to support it, for the sake of the Japanese Empire, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, it is time for us soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the country. Order: The 6th Artillery Brigade immediately launched a fifteen-minute heavy artillery bombardment of the Shina position, authorizing you to use 30 special artillery shells. The 1st Brigade all changed into biochemical combat uniforms and launched an attack on the position of China immediately after the shelling. ”

"Hay!"

"His Majesty the Emperor (Banzai)"

"Imperial Japanese Army Onboard (Banzai)"

"Boom Boom"

The Japanese artillery shells raged on the defenders' positions like no money, and because there were no anti-artillery holes, the soldiers of the first battalion could only lie in the trenches and persist in patience, which was a test of will and death, and it was also the fastest way for recruits to transform into iron-blooded warriors.

"Boom" a shell exploded near the command post of the battalion, and in order to protect the battalion commander Wang Zihan, two young guards were killed.

Despite this, Wang Zihan himself was injured, and a piece of shrapnel stuck into his abdomen, and a fifteen-centimeter-long opening was opened in the abdomen, and the intestines were faintly visible.

The hygienist immediately came to bandage him and was going to have him taken off the ground for surgery. After all, such shrapnel can easily cause inflammation of wounds, and in this era, wound inflammation is a very dangerous thing, and it is easy to die.

"Don't care about Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is hard, he can't die! Order all companies to prepare for battle, after the shelling, the attack of the little devils will begin, let them resist Lao Tzu, the third attack is the most dangerous, after five times the attack of the little devils will be weakened, and at most eight times the attack of the little devils will stop! Wang Zihan endured the severe pain and said busily.

This time, the artillery bombardment of the little devils was particularly fierce, and in a full fifteen minutes, the improvised positions built by the defenders were completely destroyed, and the defenders of the four companies also suffered a lot of casualties, the commander of the third company and the deputy company commander were killed, the two deputy platoon commanders of the second company were killed, the deputy company commander of the fourth company was seriously injured, and a large number of ordinary soldiers were injured and killed.

But when they thought that the Japanese shelling was over, after a few "boom" sounds, dozens of shells hit the defenders' positions again.

After a burst of urgent lying sounds, the soldiers on the position were surprised to find that none of the shells fired by the little devils exploded, but only wisps of green smoke.

Could it be a duck egg (dud)? But it shouldn't be, one dud out of dozens of shells is already very good, how can there be dozens of duds in a row.

Suddenly, a few of the fighters felt dizzy, and then they staggered and fell to the ground. Li Haiping, the commander of the third company, suddenly thought of something, and then shouted loudly: "It's a gas bomb, quickly put on a gas mask and prepare for battle!" The little devil is coming up soon! ”

After Li Haiping reminded them of this, the soldiers immediately remembered what the division and battalion had told them about the little devil's gas bombs, and hurriedly took out their gas masks one by one and put them on their heads.

Although Li Haiping discovered it early and prepared a large number of gas masks in advance of the first battalion, due to his lack of experience, the shelling still caused huge casualties, especially the most poisonous gas bombs, a large number of wounded who were too late to be sent off the battlefield were poisoned and died, and many soldiers who were slow to react were also hit, losing one-third of their soldiers at once.

However, before the soldiers could have more ideas, and even more time to grieve for their dead comrades, a sharp whistle sounded again on the battlefield.

(ps: Grandma's,Finally caught up.,Finished this chapter before twelve o'clock.,Finally won't break off.) Tomorrow I will accompany the party secretary of the college to inspect Wuchuan County, and today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow can only update one chapter, but maybe, if I can come back soon, there will be two chapters. ）