readx;? After two consecutive failed attacks, and at the same time hitched a ride with half a brigade of soldiers and two medium tanks, the commander of the 102nd Brigade, Major General Yoshio Kudo, could not sit still. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info he hurriedly came to the headquarters of the 101st Division, reported the battle situation to the division commander, Lieutenant General Ito Masakai, and inquired about the strategy. At this time, the commander of the 101st Division, Lieutenant General Ito Masashi, was discussing the attack with the chief of staff of the division, Fukutaro Nishiyama.

Lieutenant General Ito Masaki heard the guards' report that Major General Yoshio Kudo, the commander of the 102nd Brigade, had asked to see him, and he knew that he was asking for help, so he asked the guards to invite him in. After Major General Yoshio Kudo entered the headquarters, he stood up to Masakaki Ito, and then bent down and said: "Your Excellency Division Commander, the 103rd Wing of our brigade has launched many attacks on the positions of the defenders of China north of the bridge, but the defenders of China are defending against danger, and the firepower is very fierce. ”

Lieutenant General Ito Masaki replied, "Kudo-kun, don't worry, I'm discussing this matter with Chief of Staff Nishiyama-kun, let's listen to Nishiyama-kun's opinions." After saying that, Masaki Ito and Yoshio Kudo both set their eyes on the chief of staff, Fukutaro Nishiyama. Nishiyama Fukutaro thought for a while and said: "Your Excellency the division commander, after the attack in the past few days, the people of China should have been familiar with the offensive rules of our army, and after the artillery is prepared, the infantry will launch a charge. ”

Ito Masakami raised his eyebrows and asked, "Nishiyama-kun, how do you think it should be changed?" Nishiyama Fukutaro replied: "Your Excellency the division commander, before our army's attack, after the artillery attack, instead of letting the infantry charge, but when the defenders of China enter the position or come out of the bunker, then cover it with artillery fire, so that we can kill and injure a large number of soldiers of the China army, and at this time, our infantry will charge again, and it should be easier to take the position of the China defenders." ”

After listening to Nishiyama Fukutaro's words, Ito Masaki squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said, "Yo Xi, Nishiyama-kun's strategy is very clever, and the Shina army is going to suffer a big loss this time." That's it! Xishan-kun, you go and give orders to the 15th Heavy Artillery Wing. Kudo-kun, you go back and prepare for the infantry attack, and this time you must take the position of the Shina defenders north of the bridge. ”

Fukutaro Nishiyama and Yoshio Kudo stood at the same time and bent down and replied, "Hey!" and walked out. An hour later, the shells of the 150 heavy howitzers exploded again on the position south of the bridge, and after 20 minutes, the shelling stopped, and 60 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company, led by the company commander, rushed out of the anti-artillery hole and rushed to the position. Just as the soldiers of the first company had found their positions and were ready to meet the attack of the Japanese infantry, the screeching of shells was heard in the sky again.

The commander of the first company shouted in shock: "Japanese artillery bombardment, pay attention to concealment!" As he spoke, the bomb fell on the position again. Wei Yongchun, commander of the second battalion, who was at the command post, heard the sound of dense shell explosions coming from the position again, and shouted: "Not good!" rushed out of the command post in a few steps. At this time, Wei Yongchun, who was standing in front of the command post, could no longer see the situation on the front position clearly through the telescope, and his eyes were full of gunsmoke, dust, and the fire after the explosion of the shells.

Wei Yongchun gritted his teeth and scolded: "Bastard, you actually cheated with Lao Tzu, you wait for Lao Tzu!" After scolding, Wei Yongchun shouted to the guards around him: "Let the second company gather urgently, and after the Japanese artillery bombardment stops, run to reinforce the position of the first company." Inform the heavy fire company that after the Japanese army launched an attack, we will hit the bridge deck hard, and we must block the Japanese attack, and move the position after five minutes of shelling. "The guards ran to deliver the order.

This strategy of the Japanese army was really vicious, and the second shelling lasted only 10 minutes, and it was during these 10 minutes of shelling that only 14 soldiers of the first company were still alive, and all of these 14 soldiers were wounded, and the commander of the first company was completely cut off his left arm by a piece of shrapnel. The blood of a company of soldiers stained the position red. The Japanese led the way with two tanks, followed by a whole brigade of soldiers, and charged towards the position of the company.

The remaining dozen fighters of the first company took care of the wounds on their bodies, picked up the weapons in their hands, and lay down on the position. The seriously wounded bazooka man set up the only bazooka with all his might, aimed at the Japanese tank in front with difficulty, pulled the trigger and died on the gun position. The rocket, with a whistling of hatred, pounced on a Japanese tank, and with an explosion, the vehicle became a pile of scrap metal.

On the position of the first company, the commander of the first company woke up from the sound of the explosion, looked at the attacking Japanese troops, pulled over a slightly injured platoon commander next to him and said: "I can't do it, you will command below, you must block the enemy." After saying that, he died in the arms of the platoon commander. The platoon commander wiped a handful of tears and shouted: "Now listen to my command, all of them open fire, and hit hard!"

After shouting, he came to a light machine gun, helped away his fallen comrades, took the light machine gun and pulled the plate machine at the attacking Japanese army. The firepower of a dozen guns must have weakened, and the Japanese troops, under the cover of the remaining chariot, rushed closer and closer. When the platoon commander saw this, he shouted, "Kill me the enemy tank." "There was a soldier who knew how to operate a bazooka, climbed next to the bazooka and found a rocket from the rubble.

When the Japanese were charging frantically, there was the sound of artillery behind the defenders' positions, and then more than a dozen mortar shells fell on the bridge deck, and the Japanese troops who were charging on the bridge deck were blown down a large area at once. The Japanese soldiers, who had not yet rushed to the bridge, hurriedly lay on the ground. Hundreds of Japanese troops who had already rushed across the bridge continued to charge at a company's position. When the tank and the Japanese troops following the tank were only fifty meters away from the position, a rocket flying from the position hit the Japanese tank.

After the tank was blown to scrap metal, the hundreds of Japanese soldiers who rushed up were completely exposed to the guns of a company of soldiers. Although the number of soldiers of the first company was small, each person had an automatic weapon, and the ferocious firepower still caused heavy casualties to the attacking Japanese troops. After the Japanese broke through to a distance of 50 meters, they began to throw grenades at the positions of the company, and hundreds of grenades covered the entire position of the company at once, and in the explosion of the grenades, the gunfire on the positions of the company stopped.

The Japanese finally stepped on the position of the first company, and just as they searched for the position, two final explosions sounded on the position, and it was the seriously wounded platoon commander and another seriously wounded soldier who pulled the grenade on their bodies together, and died together with a dozen Japanese soldiers who surrounded them. The Japanese troops standing on the ruins had not yet had time to rejoice, and dozens of meters in front of them were shot with dense bullets, sweeping down pieces of Japanese troops.

Under the leadership of the commander of the second company, reinforcements came up, but unfortunately it was a step late, and all the soldiers of the first company were martyred. The soldiers of the second company were red-eyed, and under the leadership of the commander of the second company, they launched a counterattack against the Japanese troops who occupied the position. The Japanese were caught off guard and were knocked down, and the remaining Japanese soldiers hurriedly lay on the ground and shot at the soldiers of the second company who rushed over with the weapons in their hands.

However, the soldiers of the second company had already rushed very close, and after throwing a grenade, the commander of the second company shouted: "Brothers, avenge the first company, put on the big knife!" The soldiers threw out the grenades in their hands and drew their broadswords from behind. More than 100 grenades also caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army, and the living Japanese soldiers saw that the ** person showed his broadsword, and they also withdrew the bullets in the Type 38 rifle, raised the Type 38 rifle with a bayonet, and rushed towards the soldiers of the second company with a scream.

The 542nd Regiment was the first team in the division to learn the "Eight Swords of Breaking the Blade", and it was also the team that practiced the "Eight Swords of the Breaking Edge" the best in the whole division. Only one of them was faced, and only a few soldiers of the second company were slightly injured, while dozens of Japanese soldiers became ghosts under the sword.

More than 100 soldiers of the second company, like fierce tigers, directly entered the Japanese army in the brigade. At this time, the commander of the heavy firepower company of the second battalion, in order to continue to block the bridge deck, ignored the battalion commander Wei Yongchun's order to move the position after firing only five minutes, and directed more than a dozen mortars in the battalion to continue to fire shells on the bridge deck. The Japanese artillerymen, who finally reacted, found the position of his position and began a retaliatory shelling.

The commander of the heavy fire company continued to direct the mortars that could be fired, regardless of the heavy artillery shells exploding on his own position, and fired shells at the bridge deck and north of the bridge. Five minutes later, the commander of the heavy fire company and more than 40 artillerymen of the heavy fire company all died heroically on the artillery positions, and more than a dozen mortars were also destroyed. Wei Yongchun stood in front of the command post and watched this scene from the telescope, he couldn't help but cry to himself, his lips were bitten, and a stream of blood flowed down and dripped onto the military uniform.

The shelling of the blockade of the bridge deck finally stopped, and the Japanese troops north of the bridge got up from the ground one after another, shouting and rushing to the south of the bridge, but it was too late, and the soldiers of the second company had already wiped out all the hundreds of Japanese soldiers who rushed across the bridge after a white battle, and rebuilt a defensive line. As soon as the Japanese troops rushed to the south end of the bridge, they were greeted by a dense burst of bullets.

After many casualties, the Japanese finally retreated, and the soldiers of the second company also withdrew from their positions with the remains of the first company of comrades and damaged weapons. Major General Yoshio Kudo, the commander of the 102nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, saw that the troops were about to succeed, but the people of Shina actually used artillery to intercept and shoot. Although the Imperial artillery eventually eliminated the Shina artillery, the attack fell short.

Yoshio Kudo immediately reported the battle to the division commander, Lieutenant General Masaki Ito, and asked for another attack. Ito Masaki heard that although he almost didn't succeed, he killed and wounded a large number of Shina soldiers and also destroyed the artillery positions of the Shina army, so this method was still useful. Knowing this, Ito Masaki was no longer in a hurry, and said to Kudo Yoshio: "Kudo-kun has worked hard, it's late today, you let the warriors of the empire have a good rest, and tomorrow morning we will attack again and take the position of the Shina army in the south of the bridge in one fell swoop." ”