The first to attack the US positions was the troops of the Akiyama Brigade of the 103rd Division of the 14th Army of the Japanese Army, and the brigade commander, Major General Akiyama Shinsa, was also a very brave Japanese general, and his brigade and regiment reached the periphery of the US Manila Defense Line, but a half wing of more than 4,000 people, as for the main force of the brigade and artillery and other fire support units, they were still dozens of kilometers behind, and the only ones that could provide fire support for the attacking troops were only dozens of mortars and heavy machine guns!

With the order of the commander of the Akiyama Brigade, more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers, in a straggler line attack formation, launched a crazy attack on the US military position without hesitation, as for how many black holes and muzzles were waiting for them in front, the Japanese soldiers could not imagine so much, the series of victories of the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific Ocean made these Japanese soldiers who were full of loyalty to the Great Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor full of fanatical courage and fearless spirit!

After returning to the unit, Commander Jonathan, although he was holding his stomach in his heart, strictly carried out the orders of Commander-in-Chief MacArthur, put most of the troops in the front-line positions, and arranged the division's artillery regiment and tank regiment according to the echelon firepower configuration, and worked until more than one o'clock in the morning, just returning to the division headquarters.

Before he could take a breath, in the quiet of the night, a fierce gunfire suddenly sounded, at this time, the telephone on the table rang rapidly, Brigadier General Jonathan picked up the phone, the commander of the forward troops, the anxious voice, clearly reached the ears, "Report to the division commander, our regiment's position has been attacked by the Japanese army, and it is in a fierce battle!" There was no warning of the Japanese attack, and all the battles happened suddenly! ”

Call to report the situation. Was it Colonel Hopkins, the commander of the 1st Regiment, and the first reaction of Division Commander Jonathan was that the position of the 1st Regiment was attacked by the Japanese army? He hurriedly asked: "Commander Hopkins, are the Japanese troops on the opposite side of your position dense, and are there any artillery support?" ”

Colonel Hopkins replied: "Report to the division commander, the Japanese troops attacking our position are extremely large, and in front of our position, there are battles on the whole line, attacking Japanese troops. There is no artillery cover, and there is no prior artillery preparation! ”

Division Commander Jonathan was a little puzzled, since it was a large force of the Japanese army, how could it not be covered by a large amount of artillery fire, since it was a sneak attack. So many Japanese soldiers came out of nowhere all at once, and what kind of fame are the Japanese doing.

Nor can Captain Hopkins be blamed for this. Tactics adopted by the commander of the Akiyama Brigade. It is to concentrate the existing forces in his hands, attack one point, first seek a breakthrough, then gain a foothold, and then expand the results of the battle, and Major General Akiyama will be brave and consider himself invincible. Nor will it be arrogant enough to use more than 4,000 troops to defend the front of a fully formed regiment of the US army without the cover of artillery fire. Attack in full bloom!

And Hopkins's report is also a bit exaggerated, the sudden attack of the Japanese army really stunned his head, in the defensive front of the first regiment, there were only two fierce battles, so it caused the confusion of the division commander Jonathan, he was still sober-minded, and ordered: "Hold the position, I immediately order the division artillery regiment to carry out artillery support for your regiment's position!" ”

Division Commander Jonathan, who had just given the order to the divisional artillery regiment to support the position of the first regiment, had not waited for the phone in his hand to be put down, and the ringtone of the other phone rang like a ghost, he grabbed the phone, and it was still the commander of the first regiment, Colonel Hopkins, the commander of the American colonel, the movement was not the panic just now, but panic, a smell of impending disaster!

"Report to the division commander, just a few minutes ago, the position of our regiment was broken through by the superior forces of the Japanese army in two places, the battlefield is very chaotic, what I need now is not artillery fire, but troops, please send reinforcements immediately, otherwise, the position is in danger of being lost! In front of my regimental headquarters, there are already Japanese troops," Colonel Hopkins said, almost shouting, and from the phone, Division Commander Jonathan could clearly hear, bursts of fierce explosions and gunfire!

Division Commander Jonathan's head "boom", how could this be, less than thirty minutes after the start of the battle, the position of the first regiment was broken through by the Japanese army, so how many troops did the Japanese army use? The first regiment is a reinforced infantry regiment of more than 5,000 men!

Almost subconsciously, Brigadier General Jonathan grabbed a phone and wanted to report this emergency to General MacArthur, and suddenly he hesitated, and at the evening meeting, he made himself a bird, which made His Excellency the General unhappy, although he did not name the blame, but the last threatening words were clearly said to himself, and now, he did not know the situation of other troops, but the crisis of his own troops was at hand.

If it is reported like this, maybe General MacArthur will take this opportunity to put on his own small shoes, what about the dignified lieutenant general and chief of staff General Stilwell, he has not been sent to the front line, with the help of the Japanese knife, to eliminate dissidents, and his own brigadier general is not a dish on his lips, thinking of this, Brigadier General Jonathan has an idea, if the Japanese army that broke through is beaten out, it will be regarded as if it has not happened.

Jonathan picked up another phone, "Tank regiment, I am Brigadier General Jonathan, the division commander, now I order, your regiment will immediately attack to assist the first regiment in counterattacking the Japanese army, the fourth regiment, I order you, immediately rush to the position of the first regiment, with the cooperation of the tank regiment, counterattack the Japanese army, I will personally come to the position of the first regiment to command!" ”

The Tank Regiment and the Fourth Regiment are the reserves of Division Commander Jonathan, ready to be put into the most tense positions when the war is at its most critical.

It took less than 30 minutes to tear two holes on the defensive front of the first regiment of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division of the US army, and the commander of the Akiyama Brigade himself also brandished a command knife and braved the intensive fire of the US army to join the charge.

Under the dense fire net of the US army, not only tore open the defensive line, but also stood firm, taking the breakthrough as a foothold, attacking both flanks, and constantly expanding the breakthrough, the intention of the commander of the Akiyama Brigade is obvious, the strength of a half wing, staring at the breakthrough, and waiting for the subsequent arrival of the brigade, immediately join the battle, with the strength of a whole brigade in his hand, the commander of the Akiyama Brigade dares to fight face-to-face with any American army!

As more and more Japanese soldiers rushed in, the position of the 1st Regiment of the 7th Mechanized Division of the US Army immediately fell into a melee, the Japanese soldiers glared, gritted their teeth, and screamed strangely in their mouths, and one by one they stabbed the American soldiers with cold bayonets with 38 guns.

In the dark night before dawn, eight or nine thousand soldiers from the United States and Japan were engaged in fierce fighting, and the sound of guns and cannons became sparse, and the roars of various languages, the "clanging" sound of iron colliding, the "poof" sound of bayonets entering the body, and the screams of soldiers before they were dying were mixed together, but they were more cruel and bloody than the battle in which guns and cannons roared, and the air exuded a strong smell of blood.

From time to time, there was a loud "boom", and an orange ball of fire broke out, which was a Japanese soldier before he died, pulling a grenade on his body, and pulling seven or eight American soldiers to accompany the funeral with a suicide attack, gradually, the American soldiers could not hold on, they were faced with a group of crazy people who had lost their minds, and several American soldiers saw with their own eyes that a Japanese soldier had a leg cut off, and one eye was also beaten out, and the eyeballs dripping with blood were dangling and hanging on their faces.

But just such a Japanese soldier who almost became a waste, after stabbing two American soldiers to death, rolled and crawled into the middle of more than a dozen American soldiers, pulled a grenade, a loud noise, a ball of fire, he and his enemies, became a cold corpse, the American soldiers were timid, this is fighting with the devils who are not afraid of death, such timidity, irrepressibly spread to the psychology of all American officers and soldiers in the first regiment, the balance on the battlefield, tilted in favor of the Japanese army.

The commander of the Akiyama Brigade has already stripped off the major general's uniform, and the shirt is splashed with red blood, and on the ancestral combat knife, Leng Sensen's blade is dripping with blood, he doesn't know how many American soldiers' heads have been chopped off with this combat knife, at this time, Major General Akiyama is already in an extremely crazy killing state, the beast blood is boiling, and one American soldier after another screams in front of his eyes.

After holding out for thirty minutes, holding the breakthrough, the main force of the brigade will be able to arrive, and he will be the first to command the troops and storm into the city of Manila, the commander of the Major General Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army, which is a supreme honor that must belong to me Akiyama Shinsa.

The idea of the commander of the Akiyama Brigade was about to become a reality soon, but at this moment, the tank regiment and the fourth infantry regiment of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army rushed to the battlefield, and the division commander, Brigadier General Jonathan, almost at the same time, rushed to the position of the 1st regiment, which also ended the dream of Major General Akiyama to make meritorious contributions.

Brigadier General Jonathan witnessed the crisis situation on the battlefield, his eyes were so anxious that his eyes were on fire, and his face turned blue and gave an order: "Counterattack, all troops must counterattack the Japanese army, otherwise, military law is ruthless!" ”

Nearly 100 tanks and more than 3,000 soldiers joined the battlefield, and the balance of forces immediately underwent a fundamental change; even if the Japanese soldiers were fierce and brave enough to fight, they could not make up for the huge gap in strength and firepower, and their crazy momentum was completely contained, and they could no longer attack and move forward in the face of more than twice as many American soldiers.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )