Section 2 The final madness of the 102nd Brigade

"Boom" a shell roared, and suddenly exploded among the officers and men of the 301st Regiment, and the three soldiers who were lowering their bodies and quickly assaulting the Japanese position were caught off guard, and were immediately swept away by the shock wave of the explosion, and they were killed before they could even scream. Even a few soldiers in the distance were also knocked to the ground, and they couldn't get up for a long time.

The strong lethality of the shells made the 301st Regiment's attack involuntarily stalled, and a series of shells whistled in, covering an area hundreds of steps in front of the Japanese position. Perhaps because of the number of shellings in the past few days, the Japanese artillery has become familiar with the road, and their shooting is unusually accurate, and the reasonable spacing makes the small number of shells play an excellent shooting effect.

"Steady, don't panic." Zhang Handuo also lay on the ground, but as the head of the regiment, he did not forget his duties while hiding, and yelled loudly. Although his shouting didn't do anything in this situation, it at least reassured him. And the soldiers in the four places did not lose his face, the 301st Regiment has not fought any ruthless battles for a long time, there are friendly troops like the 302nd Regiment, they do not have many opportunities to perform, in this way, the officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment are recuperating well, at least only from the perspective of military appearance, the other three regiments of the 51st Division cannot be compared with them at all.

Zhang Handuo had always been the deputy head of the 302nd Regiment before, but he failed to take over as the head of the regiment after the death of Regiment Commander Ji, but was transferred to the 301st Regiment, which naturally made him have some thoughts in his heart. And after Shi commanded the 302nd Regiment to win one battle after another, although he was also very pleased, he was still somewhat unconvinced, according to his own ideas, if he was replaced as the regiment commander, the 302nd Regiment's record would definitely not be bad. It is precisely because of this idea that Zhang Handuo, a fierce general, is quite strict with the usual training of the 301st Regiment, and it just so happens that Li Tianxia has the idea of borrowing a knife to kill people and wants the devil to solve the stone, but gives the 301st Regiment enough time for training.

Now, the effect of the whole training is showing at this time, under such a fierce artillery attack, the officers and men of the 301st Regiment did not flinch, they really did as the order said, do not take the enemy's position, never take half a step back.

The Japanese artillery fire was much thinner than in previous days, perhaps because the stock of artillery shells was already low, not only the number of shells was greatly reduced, but the interval was also getting longer and longer. The soldiers didn't know at first, but after waiting for a long time before the devil's artillery fire, they couldn't help but raise their heads from the ground.

The machine gun behind the "click-......" rang out, and the machine gunners were the first to react, and they once again blocked the position in front with dense bullets, crushing the Japanese soldiers who had just emerged and were ready to shoot in the trench. Seeing this, the assault soldiers couldn't help but boost their morale, and they all got up, seized this gap and quickly ran forward a few steps.

"Boom...... Boom ......" another string of cannonballs whistling, the piercing scream and the violent explosion that appeared soon made the soldiers who had just advanced a few steps can't help but stop again, under this round of attacks, several more soldiers fell, in the face of the strong power of the cannonballs, the human body appeared extremely fragile.

Compared with the death of the robe next to him, what made the officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment even more depressed was that the rhythm of their attack was completely disrupted by the Japanese artillery, almost every time they were just about to prepare for an all-out impact, the shells would whistle and lie on the ground, and many soldiers couldn't help but shout and curse angrily, "The little devil of the dog day, there is only this ability, there is no aircraft artillery, and there is a bird ability!" However, at this moment, they already felt the difference in the Japanese army, and the sparse shells were much weaker than the overwhelming momentum of the previous days, which also made them feel refreshed, obviously the devil couldn't hold out for long.

At this time, there was a burst of dense gunfire on the flank battlefield, and it was estimated that the brothers of the 153rd Brigade and the brothers of the 58th Division were about to break through the enemy's position, Zhang Handuo couldn't help but be in good spirits, taking advantage of the interval between the shells, he suddenly jumped up from the ground and shouted: "Brothers, rush!" ”

"Toot toot...... Da Da ......" The trumpeter next to him blew the charge horn, and the soldiers of the 301st Regiment, who were holding back the fire, immediately roared one after another, and rushed towards the Japanese position without fear. The Japanese troops on the front line of Chazi Mountain, facing all the attacks of the soldiers of the national army, immediately became crumbling.

When the brigade commander Yoshio Kudo heard the news coming from everywhere, his face was immediately pale, and his expression was grim and terrifying. After a few days, the mustache under his nose that had been carefully groomed had become very messy, and coupled with his iron-blue face and dirty military uniform, the whole person no longer had the neat appearance that a major general officer should have. Especially now that the enemy army has once again launched a ferocious offensive, seeing that the first line of defense is already in danger, and he has no troops in his hands, this makes him feel that a great disaster is coming.

On April 20th, the 103rd Wing lost nearly half of its troops in Gao'an, and the loss of Gao'an was not terrible, but the terrible thing was that the loss of troops made him overstretched when arranging the troops, especially the enemy army in front of him was abnormal, not only the combat power was strong, but also unusually tenacious, fought for a few days, in exchange for other enemy troops, in the face of this casualty situation, I am afraid that it has already retreated far away, but this enemy army seems to be getting more and more energetic, and it has been storming for five days. Today, he threw all his troops into the battlefield in one go, and his resolute momentum, even if he was used to fighting tough battles, he couldn't help but change color.

"Fukui-kun, hasn't Oshiro been taken yet?" Listening to the constant messages for help, Kudo Yoshio couldn't help but ask Kotaro Fukui on the side again, this question has been asked many times in the past few days. However, in the current situation, there is no other way for him to do it.

The muscles on Kotaro Fukui's face couldn't help but tremble, he looked at the unkempt brigade commander, and then at the officers and soldiers dressed in red and colorful beside him, and finally couldn't help but shout: "Your Excellency, does Major General Sato want to see us finished?" It's been five days, we've been firm in Chazishan for five days, where are our reinforcements? Where are our supplies? We are only 30 kilometers away from the division headquarters, and even if we climb, we can climb here from the West Mountain. ”

Hearing this, Kudo Yoshio couldn't help frowning and reprimanded: "Fukui-kun, pay attention to your words. ”

Perhaps it is that in the past few days, the heavy casualties of the 157th Wing, which is responsible for the most important combat mission, are really shocking, Fukui Kotaro saw his officers and soldiers die one by one, and they were on the verge of collapse, and when he heard the words of the brigade commander, he still said loudly: "Your Excellency, we have been surrounded here for five days, there are no reinforcements, no supplies, no ammunition, how can we hold on?" Do we have to wait until we finish fighting before the division headquarters will send reinforcements? Could it be that only the 101 Brigade is General Matsuura's troops, and our 102 Brigade is not? ”

"Smack" Yoshio Kudo shook his hand and gave him a slap, which almost slapped Kotaro Fukui to the ground. However, this heavy blow also woke him up, and after a loss of consciousness, he immediately bowed and retreated to the side without making a sound.

Kudo Yoshio's fierce gaze swept across his face, and then swept over the people on the side, although he had no grace at the moment, but his sharp gaze swept over everyone, still making them feel awe-inspired, and then he said coldly: "We open up territory for the empire, we are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and in front of the glory of the empire and Amaterasu, even if we die, we will die with glory." ”

"The division and regiment headquarters are still mobilizing troops to attack Dacheng, and our back road may be opened at any time, as long as we take Dacheng, with the reinforcements of the division and regiment headquarters, not to mention holding here, it is also very possible to counterattack Gao'an, gentlemen, for the glory of the empire, we must persevere." Yoshio Kudo shouted loudly, cheering them on.

"Hi" With the example of Kotaro Fukui first, the others naturally didn't dare to say more, and bowed down and answered loudly.

Looking at their expressions, Kudo Yoshio nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered to a Nakasa officer: "Order the artillery troops, shoot all the ammunition, at all costs, you must beat the enemy in front of me back, withstand this wave of enemy attacks, victory is just around the corner." ”

At this moment, a Japanese lieutenant ran in a panic and said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there is a branch of the Chinese army that has broken through the defense line on the right flank and is approaching the artillery position. ”

Kudo Yoshio was already stern, but now when he heard the news, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said sharply: "What do you say, make it clear." ”

The lieutenant had a dead look on his face, and repeated what he had just said in horror, for them, this news was too big a blow to them, you must know that the reason why they were able to support them in the past few days was that the fire reinforcements of the artillery units were very timely and strong, you can imagine what kind of result would be if they lost the artillery reinforcements, with their current state of heavy losses! What's worse is that the big city is still in the hands of the enemy, they are now under siege, once the defense line is breached, everything is over.

Kudo Yoshio couldn't help it after hearing the news, at this moment he had no troops in his hands, and even two days ago, he organized the officers of the brigade headquarters as a reserve, and at this moment, most of these officers have been killed, and after this battle, even if they can escape, they don't want to recover without a year's rest. Not thinking about this, he pulled out the war knife at his waist, looked around at the few limited officers beside him, and said sharply: "Take out your courage to kill me, whether you can win this battle depends on this time." ”