The battlefield that Kazuo Xiu Mu originally chose for the 11th Sniper Division was Xiao Huang Dan, located in the northwest of Huang Chukeng, but before he could arrange the battlefield, the attack of the 11 th Division came, so the Japanese army could only rely on Xiao Huang Dan's houses for defensive operations.

The style of play of the 11th Division also has a typical Sichuan army style, Rao Guohua except for leaving a regiment of reserves, other troops all pounced, which is equivalent to three brigades of troops, the three brigades are divided into left, center and right three ways to attack Xiao Huangdan, the 36th Wing set up in the outermost line of sniper positions only resisted for half an hour and could not withstand it, the captain of the three brigades, Ikeda Mintaka asked for retreat. There were originally more than 1,200 people in the three brigades, but after half an hour, only about 700 remained, including more than 200 wounded. At this time, the 411 Regiment, which was the most aggressive, had broken through the defense line of the brigade and was now rushing into depth under the leadership of the regiment commander Yang Jin.

Rao Guohua followed closely behind the large army with the reserves, he kept watching the battlefield with a telescope, and when he saw the actions of the 411 regiment, he said appreciatively: "Commander Yang has done a good job, you can try to dig out this part of the devil from the Japanese army." ”

Taking advantage of the delay of the three major teams sniping on the front line, Kazuo Hugi was directing the troops to dig the fortifications nervously. Ji Zuojun was very puzzled by his actions, he felt that as an elite standing division of the imperial army, he should take the initiative to attack in this situation, how could he put the initiative in the hands of the other party? Isn't it just the right time for the 11th Division to gather troops, so that it can form a breakthrough of superior forces in one fell swoop? At this time, he was completely disillusioned with the conservative captain of the wing, Kazuo Hugi, and he shouted: "Your Excellency, why do you want to defend? Why don't you take the initiative to attack? Only by taking the initiative to attack can we drive the 11th Division out of here. Even if the 11th Division can't break through our line of defense, can't they make a detour? Your Excellency, you are foolish to do this! ”

Kazuo Xiu Mu glared at him coldly, and snorted: "Is it stupid, I'll know later, Ji Zuojun, remember your identity, you don't have the right to question my orders." If you want to take the initiative to attack, then, if there is a chance, I will grant you this wish, but only if we have to withstand this wave of attacks from the Shina people. ”

The three teams withdrew, and the surviving devils turned pale as if they had been seriously stimulated, and they only cared about gasping for air. When the troops withdrew to the village to recuperate, he reported to Kazuo Shugi: "Your Excellency, the firepower of the Shina men is so fierce, and they have a lot of machine guns, and I think that our 36th Wing alone will not be enough to complete the sniper mission." ”

Ji Zuojun saw the scene of the three major teams in his eyes, and he couldn't help but be very frightened. Although he has not been in the 9th Division for a short time, he still has a clear understanding of the combat strength of this unit, and according to his calculations, even if the more than 1,000 people of the three major teams face a branch of more than 10,000 people, it is absolutely no problem to support them for half a day in such a hilly area. But now, they actually only held out for half an hour - is the Cadet Army stronger than the Imperial Army?

Half an hour was not enough to build a strong fortification, but at this time, in the face of the fierce attack of the 11th Division, Kazuo Huki could no longer care about it. He left only one brigade as a reserve, and the other three brigades were all on top, wanting to resist the attack of the 11th Division, and dragged it firmly here.

There are not many skills to speak of in positional offensive and defensive warfare, and what the two sides compare is, first, the number of troops, and second, equipment and morale. The Cadet Army is undoubtedly superior in equipment, although there is no artillery, but the existence of automatic rifles is enough to make up for this loss, at the beginning of the charge, it is true that many people were lost because of the Japanese artillery fire, but once it broke into the range of one thousand meters, the Japanese artillery lost its effectiveness, at this time, the two sides competed completely in will and equipment.

"Brothers, rush!" The 411th Regiment still rushed to the first place, the regiment suffered a bit of a big loss in the advance just now, and the first company was almost wiped out, but the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and many soldiers were bent on revenge at this time because of the casualties of their brothers and friends. The guns in their hands roared angrily, and their mouths also shouted angrily: "Ge Laozi, kill!" Kill these bitches. ”

The most obvious point about the difference between the Cadet Corps and other Chinese armies is that the senior officers do not have the idea of preserving their strength. Therefore, when friendly forces need support, even if they know that their troops may be sent to death, as long as there is a glimmer of hope and as long as the order is delivered, no one will care about the loss of the troops.

According to the law on the battlefield, once the damage of a unit exceeds 30%, then the division may face collapse. As far as the Japanese experience is concerned, once the damage of the Chinese army exceeds one and a half percent, then this force will definitely choose to retreat strategically.

At that time and space, too many such examples caused some major defeats, and Lao Jiang also punished a group of people for this, but it was useless, because his own troops involved personal interests and status, so this kind of thing emerged in an endless stream and could not be completely prohibited.

The loss rate of the 411 regiment soon exceeded fifty percent, and the regiment commander Yang Jin was shot twice and was carried down, but he did not mean to let the troops withdraw to rest, in fact, even if he ordered a retreat at this moment, it is estimated that not many officers and soldiers of the regiment will listen to him, because the retreat order of the division headquarters has not yet come down.

The tenacious will shown by the 11th Division made Kazuo Xiumu secretly frightened, and the Ji Zuojun closed his mouth tightly and never mentioned any more active attacks.

A platoon of fighters fell under heavy machine-gun fire, another platoon of fighters rushed up, and behind them, there was a steady stream of large Chinese troops. This kind of scene was unexpected by the Jizuo Army. He served as a staff officer in the military headquarters of the Kwantung Army, and when he was in the northeast, he did not fight a lot of battles. Perhaps it was because he was accustomed to seeing the Zhina army that ran away after a dozen, so when he suddenly discovered that the Zhina army could fight to the death like the imperial army, he was completely shocked.

"If we continue to fight like this, we will be broken through sooner or later!" He muttered to Kazuo Huki, his face quite ugly.

Kazuo Hughi didn't bother to pay attention to him. What he was most worried about now was how long his troops would be able to survive the frantic attack of the 11th Division—"Your Excellency, Yoshino Shaozo is asking for help, they are almost unable to withstand it!" Suddenly, the communications staff officer called out to him with a phone.

Yoshino's four brigades were responsible for defending the left flank, and because the left flank was an open field, the casualties on both sides were very large, and only a quarter of an hour after the battle began, more than 200 corpses of the four brigades fell in front of their positions. More than two cadets fell, and more cadets poured up - the commander in charge of this was Zhu Zaiting, the commander of the 35th Brigade. After the first round of attacks was frustrated, Zhu Zaiting immediately changed his tactics and concentrated nearly 200 machine guns of the whole brigade to suppress firepower, and at the same time organized 300 bombers to suppress the positions of the four brigades with grenades.

The fire net woven by nearly 200 machine guns firmly suppressed the Japanese troops behind simple fortifications and did not dare to raise their heads, which allowed the more than 300 bombardiers to rush to the bomb throwing distance. Although the more than 300 bombardiers also paid nearly 50 casualties as a result, the remaining people killed nearly half of the four teams of devils after throwing two rounds of grenades in a row.

After two consecutive rounds of throwing, Zhu Zaiting gave the order to blow the trumpet of the charge and organized the troops to start the charge.

The dense cadets rushed up, Yoshino Shaozo looked up and was stunned, the formation of the cadet army was not particularly scary, the key was because of the existence of automatic weapons, the Weiqing-style automatic weapons in the hands of the hundreds of apprentices who rushed to the front fired at the same time, and the bullets rained down, and the sense of oppression caused to the Japanese army was too uncomfortable. Yoshino watched several soldiers get headshots as soon as they showed up, and he could only instinctively choose to ask Kazuo Hugi for help.

Kazuo Hugi also had a complete brigade in his hands, as well as a military police squadron directly under the wing, and the three remnants of the brigade that had just been withdrawn to rest. However, he didn't mean to support Yoshino, he replied coldly: "Let Yoshino continue to insist, if you really can't hold on, call the artillery to carry out a covering shelling!" ”

Ji Zuojun heard such a cold order on the side, and his face was pale. The communications staff officer shouted and replied to Yoshino.

Ji Zuojun endured it for a while, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Your Excellency, why don't you give Yoshino Shaozo support." ”

Kazuo Huki glanced at him coldly and said, "Do you think that this is the most aggressive attack of the Zhi Na people?" No, not the most dangerous time. Ji Zuojun, you wait and see, the attack of the people of China has just begun-"

"Is this just the beginning?" Ji Zuojun's face turned whiter, and his eyes began to reveal a trace of admiration when he looked at Kazuo Xiu Mu - he suddenly felt that it was not easy for Kazuo Xiu Mu to be promoted to his current position when most of the officers of the 9th Division were demoted and recalled to China, which at least showed that when the 9th Division encountered repeated defeats in the Cadet Army, he had excellent performance with different results - he was too superficial just now!

Kazuo Huki was still very prescient, and not long after the 11th Division launched a fierce attack, the 12th Division broke through the defense of the 19th Wing and appeared in the southeast direction of Xiaohuangdan, and then launched an attack directly on Kazuo Xiumu's headquarters.

After receiving a report from his subordinates, there were enemy troops in the rear of the headquarters, and Kazuo Hugi did not panic, which made the Jizuo army even more admired. Kazuo Hughi immediately began to arrange the defense, and at the same time said to himself: "If you don't learn the eleventh division, then you will learn the twelfth division!" However, how did the 12th Division appear here, the 19th Wing? ”

Ji Zuojun said: "The position of the 19th Wing should be southeast of our army?" He suddenly thought of a question, and his face couldn't help but turn blue.

Kazuo Hugi glanced at him, and both of them thought of a possibility, and they immediately read the look of despair in each other's eyes.