"Wuuu ~
"Riverside, be careful!"
A 105-caliber howitzer exploded beside Shozo Kawai, and his chief of staff immediately threw him down.
Shozo Kawai was a little confused. Before he could react, he was pounced on by his chief of staff and fell.
A few minutes after the explosion, Shozo Kawai pushed away the dead Chief of Staff and shook his head.
When he woke up a little, he realized that his chief of staff was already dead. A piece of shrapnel was stabbed into the back of his head.
"Kimura-kun!"
A sorrowful cry sounded.
Riverside and Kimura were from the same hometown. They had been together for many years. He did not expect that he would die here today.
However, Shozo Kawagawa knew that this was not the time to be sad.
After cutting off his military rank and one of his ears and putting them into the pouch in front of his chest, he glanced at the Dragon Army's camp with resentment and turned around to leave quickly.
There were explosions all around him, and a few stray bullets flew past him from time to time.
However, his luck seemed to be quite good. Not a single bullet from the MG34 machine gun hit him, nor did any shrapnel hit him.
More and more Japanese escaped from the area covered by the artillery fire, and more and more of them were killed by the 105mm artillery shells due to bad luck.
Death had become a common occurrence here.
.........
"Commander, I'm afraid those Japanese are about to run out of the area covered by artillery fire!”
Horse Face held his binoculars and wanted to see if the Japanese had escaped. However, due to the smoke and dust caused by the explosion, he could not see clearly. He could only roughly say.
"Run out? It was probably going to be soon! Order the troops to fix their bayonet! I can't eat seven or eight thousand Japanese in one bite, but can I not eat a few hundred of them?”
Han Bin said fiercely.
This infantry regiment had more than 14,000 people.
After these days of consumption and bombardment. Han Bin estimated that they still had about 12,000 soldiers.
However, among these twelve thousand people, there were cavalry regiments, artillery regiments, and logistics regiments.
This was a few thousand people.
Shozo Kawachi had not ordered the cavalry regiment to attack from the beginning. Because he knew that weapons had been developed to this day.
Using a cavalry regiment to attack a well-fortified position was undoubtedly courting death.
One had to know that he also knew now. The Dragon Guards were famous for their heavy firepower.
The machine gun that could tear through cloth had a firing speed that could kill the warriors of the Empire on their horses.
Once they got close, the Dragon Army's Somi would be a nightmare for the cavalry. He wasn't stupid enough to send the cavalry regiment to their deaths.
As for last night, they had used the night to attack with the surprise army! He did have such an idea, but when he saw the flares rising in the sky, he decided to forget it!
Therefore, the cavalry regiment. In front of the powerful firepower of the Dragon Guards, he had completely lost his effectiveness.
Therefore, out of the twelve thousand men, only five to six thousand could be used in battle.
This was also the reason why Han Bin launched a surprise attack at night. After fighting for an entire night, Riverside Shozo chose to retreat.
However, his cavalry regiment had also lost the speed that cavalry should have.
The cavalrymen abandoned their horses and ran like infantry.
There was no other way. If you rode a horse, you would have a bigger target.
If a cannonball came down, you wouldn't be able to dodge it even if you wanted to.
Rather than that, he might as well be an infantryman. At the very least, he would have a greater chance of survival, wouldn't he?
...........
"Just a little more! Just a little more! He was so close to leaving the area covered by the Chinese artillery fire!”
Shozo Kawai looked into the distance and kept muttering in his heart. He knew that he would be lucky this time. He might be transferred to the reserves. If his luck was bad, what awaited him might be hara-kiri. But he had no other choice.
Because he was still holding a flag in his arms. He was holding the flag of the Third Regiment.
This was the flag that he had received after the flag bearer of the flag protection squadron had died.
As for the flag of the regiment, it could not fall into the hands of the Chinese people no matter what. This was what he thought.
Because this concerned the honor of the entire Imperial Army.
Shozo Kawagawa had been very lucky before, but his luck did not seem to be so good now.
Just as he was about to run out of the artillery coverage area, a gunshot came from ahead.
This gunshot was unfamiliar, but also very familiar.
He was unfamiliar with the sound because it wasn't from a Type 38 rifle.
He was familiar with it because it was this kind of gunshot that defeated his infantry brigade.
He raised his head and saw groups of soldiers in colorful military uniforms appear in front of him with his bloodshot eyes.
Shozo Kawachi would never forget this color. This was the uniform of the Dragon Guards.
Back then, he had mocked the Dragon Guards 'military uniforms, thinking that only beggars would wear such uniforms.
But now, it was a nightmarish color.
.............
"Supreme commander! The second and third regiments sent a message. They had arrived!”
The confidential officer ran to Han Bin with a telegram and said excitedly.
"I know! Look, aren't they here?”
The bombardment had ended. The morning breeze blew gently, and the smoke caused by the bomb began to slowly dissipate.
Behind the smoke and dust, a large group of Dragon Guards was chasing after the Japanese.
"Pass on my order, leave a battalion behind to kill those few hundred Japanese! The rest of them began to chase after the Japanese!”
Following Han Bin's order, apart from the 1st Battalion, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 1st Regiment immediately got up from the trenches and began to circle around the hundreds of Japanese in front and chase after the Japanese behind them.
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