The Japanese army actually began to retreat, so should you take advantage of the situation to pursue? Wu Gang raised his head to check the retreat sequence of the Japanese army, and found that the devil soldiers closest to the first line of defense did not retreat immediately, but lay on the ground and shot at the soldiers, so he came to the correct conclusion. Worried that the soldiers and the junior officers would not be able to see through this, he hurriedly issued an order: "Do not pursue!" ”

The Japanese retreated to their landing positions and then switched to a defensive position. In the offensive and defensive battle that lasted for more than two hours just now, the warring troops on both sides were full of fire, and when the battle was at its most barbaric, there was often a way of fighting in which both sides ended up in a duel. Around the communication trenches that protruded forward for the Spitfire members, there were many examples of Japanese soldiers and cadets hugging each other and lying in pools of blood. This round of fighting lasted for a long time and caused huge casualties on both sides. On the battlefield, some charred Japanese corpses were still smelling of barbecue. In the trenches, some of the cadets who had been shot in the forehead were leaning against the earthen wall, holding their own Weiqing-style assault steps, as if they wanted to kill one or two more devils before they were willing.

At the most dangerous time, Wu Gang led more than 100 people to withstand the charge of more than 1,000 devils. The huge gap in the strength of the two sides has led to a greater effort in physical strength on the part of the cadets. At this moment, although those snipers and machine gunners are still holding their combat positions, the soldiers of the other arms are already paralyzed on the pit wall, and they are gasping for breath, not knowing how much time this retreat of the devils will give them to recuperate. When they were fighting fiercely, they devoted themselves wholeheartedly, and they did not feel the abnormality of the smell on the battlefield, at this time, many cadets smelled the smell of roasted meat and charred human meat, and many of them had strong physiological reactions and immediately vomited violently.

"Lao Tzu will never eat meat from now on!" Some students vomited as they said this, and at a distance of only four or five meters from him, Wang Jinyu was holding a machine gun and shooting freely. After firing two short shots, he checked the barrel of the gun, then stopped, pressed the barrel to the ground, and answered: "For what is the reason not to eat meat, Lao Tzu announced that from now on, Lao Tzu will only eat roast meat - roast pork!" ”

"Wow - please don't say anything about barbecue!"

Yu Liang ran over and happened to hear their conversation, and when he joined, the time for the flamethrower to fire had passed, so he didn't see the picture of the burning of the living up close. Originally, he was still very affected by the smell of barbecue in the air, but now he knew what was going on with this fragrance, Rao is strong control, and he still couldn't help but vomit. Then, he quickly took out the kettle and took a sip of water, taking a deep breath, which forced the nausea down.

During the battle, both sides used a large number of grenades, which destroyed a lot of the Cadet army's fortifications. Even though trenches and communication trenches still exist, they are no longer able to provide effective protection for the trainees hiding in them as they did at the beginning. For example, the depth of the traffic trench, which was originally nearly two meters, is now less than one and a half meters deep because the edge has been blown up and the sediment has poured in. He asked Wu Gang: "Why did the little devil retreat?" If we continue to fight, the result is hard to say. ”

Wu Gang is just a little scared now. He was not afraid of death, but worried about the consequences of losing this line of defense. Once the first line of defense is lost, the minefields on the left and right are equivalent to useless. These two minefields were just level with the first line of defense, and they were originally used to suppress the living space of the Japanese army by taking advantage of the favorable terrain of Shizhong Mountain. Once this line of defense is breached, the Japanese army will be able to fully deploy its forces without the fear of minefields, so that it will not be possible to resist the attack of three times or more of the Japanese army with a single regiment a few days ago. Once the Shizhongshan position is lost, Hukou will be equivalent to the west gate being opened, and at that time, even if Duchang's 35th Brigade can come back in time to support, the loss of Hukou will only be a matter of time. As soon as the mouth of the lake is lost, the safety of Madang's flanks is worrying, and at that time, the student army will be in a completely passive situation. Even defeat is not out of the question.

The Japanese army withdrew to the beachhead in an orderly manner, and Asai Kuraka slowly walked on the edge of the line under the escort of several soldiers, and saw the corpses of the fallen soldiers from time to time along the way, among which those ignited by flamethrowers were burned into charcoal. "Is this the real combat power of the Cadet Army? It's really powerful! There is even a fire-breathing barrel, it seems that Madang is not easy to fight! He thought to himself, and looked at the position of the Cadet Army not far away—a scorched earth, some camouflage and earthy yellow, which were the bodies of the dead soldiers on both sides. They were hostile to each other when they were alive, but they were entangled when they died, as if they had a lot of communication in life. "It seems that the corpses of these imperial soldiers, their ashes, cannot be brought back to China for worship," Asai Kuraka thought to himself, looking very discouraged about the outcome of this battle.

On the position of the Scholar Army, it seemed that there was not a single living person in sight, but Asai knew that behind the scorched earth, there was the most elite unit of the Scholar Army. And among them, the most lethal to the Japanese army were those snipers - fiercely, a ball of fire suddenly burst out from somewhere, and then a gunshot rang out, and in the Japanese array, there was a chance that a person would fall. Kurai learned from Nakajima that he didn't feel anything about this term at first, but after this battle, he realized how appropriate it was. These sharpshooters of the Scholar Army are simply the messengers of hell sent by the King of Hades to the realm of the human world, as long as they shoot, some soldiers will inevitably fall to the ground, and 90% of them are actually shot in the forehead. There are also professional soldiers such as snipers in the Japanese army, they are called sharpshooters, but their overall marksmanship seems to be worse than that of the snipers of the Cadet Army - Asai retreated all the way and looked all the way, thinking all the way, his face changed between gloomy and sunny, and the confused look in his eyes betrayed the fear in his heart.

After more than two hours of tragic fighting, people fell from time to time, which made many devils lose their normal thinking because they were too deeply stimulated. Fortunately, the tense pace and atmosphere caused them to let out a sherical roar at every turn, and the roar and violent running distracted them, making them forget their fear for a while. Now, when the order to retreat came, although many people felt strange and puzzled, and did not understand why they should retreat at this time, they must know that after so many sacrifices, victory seemed to be only one step away, and retreating in such a good situation, was the officer who issued this order showing off his head? Of course, they only dared to think in their hearts, they were accustomed to carrying out orders, they did not have the courage to object, and when they withdrew, when they walked past the charred corpses again, and then found that someone they once knew was gone, they felt sincere fear and fear. At this point, many people feel that maybe the order to retreat is correct, otherwise, who knows if Lu Dao will become a part of those charcoals?

Wu Gang and Yu Liang did not understand the motives of the Japanese army, and did not take advantage of the situation to pursue them like the last time. In the past quarter of an hour or so, the vanguard of the 122 regiment arrived. The Japanese artillery that had been silent for a long time suddenly opened fire on the 122nd Regiment, and Meng Kailan was even more worried about the battle situation in Shizhongshan, thinking that the Japanese army was trying to buy time for the ground troops in Shizhongshan, so he sent the special service company directly under the brigade. After Meng Kailan came up with the 122nd Regiment, after listening to Wu Gang's introduction of the battle situation, he thought of the artillery bombardment he encountered at the same time, and said: "The Japanese must have noticed our reinforcements, so they retreated. If my expectations are correct, they should continue the same way as before, waiting for the other side to send troops over, and have gained a sufficient advantage in terms of troops. However, the 106th Division is only 20 brigades, how many more people can the old devil in Nakajima send over? ”

Meng Kailan is the brigade commander, since he has arrived at the front line, Wu Gang and Yu Liang are naturally willing to listen to him, Yu Liang asked: "Brigade seat, should we take advantage of the situation to attack?" ”

"No, just hold on. Don't forget, they're the attackers. As long as we hold this line, we will win! Meng Kailan's words were insincere. Although he didn't catch up with the Japanese army's attack just now, but now looking at the situation left on the battlefield, he has already made a judgment, although he doesn't know what the Japanese army finally retreated for, but if they continue to attack, then now they should be fighting to the death with the little devil on the second line of defense. If Nakajima really has the courage to continue to increase his troops, and if he charges again, then the first line of defense will definitely be lost. And as soon as the first line of defense is lost, there is no doubt about the fall of Shi Zhongshan. At that time, they can only retreat to Hukou City to continue defending. There is no wall at the mouth of the lake, so they can only fight with the enemy in the streets, and once they fall into the street fighting, then their 35th Brigade will inevitably escape the fate of annihilation - "Now it depends on which of the Japanese and the 36th Brigade moves faster, whether the Japanese army will cross the lake first and then capture the first line of defense, or the division and the 366th Brigade will take the lead in attacking the west bank and entering Jiujiang." I hope that they can be decisive and brave, in that case, once the Japanese army in Jiujiang does not support the troops on the east bank to defend, then we will make a lot of money! Meng Kailan thought so, her eyes shining.

On the Shizhongshan front, the warring troops of China and Japan entered a standoff again. Unlike the previous confrontation, this time, the defending Cadet Army has lost the ability to take the initiative to attack because of the large loss of soldiers. As a result, although the Japanese suffered greater losses in the morning battle, and now only about 3,000 of the more than 5,000 people remained, their situation was much better than that of the three brigades led by Yamaikegaki. Even, because of their existence, the defenders of Hukou of the Xuebing Army fell into a passive situation to a certain extent, for example, in order to protect Shizhong Mountain, they had to give up the defense of Yanlie Mountain, which was equivalent to giving the Japanese army the opportunity to sneak attack the place.