Chapter 21
"Send the 2nd Battalion to reinforce the 1st Battalion. Tell the 2nd Battalion to maintain their offensive and continue to attack. In one go, they will take down the Chinese Army's position!”
Even though Okano Chili was very puzzled as to why Zhao Wenbin would give up on the first line of defense, he was still confused. However, the battle had already reached this stage. He believed that he only needed to use absolute strength to destroy these Chinese soldiers.
Once they were eliminated, they would know why they had voluntarily given up their position.
The second brigade was also transferred over, but the second brigade was not a complete brigade. The 2nd and 3rd battalions had suffered the most losses in the attack last night. The 800 casualties were mainly from them.
Therefore, the second brigade only had 700 people. However, in Okano Chisato's opinion, this was enough.
More than 600 people from the First Brigade had been injured and killed in the attack just now. It could be said that more than half of them had died.
Therefore, now that the 700-plus people from the second brigade had arrived, the two brigades had a total of 1,200 people. They immediately launched an attack on Zhao Wenbin's second line of defense. However, this time, Zhao Wenbin didn't let the 3rd and 4th Infantry Company retreat. Instead, he moved the 5th Infantry Company to strengthen the position. At the same time, he let the 6th and 7th Infantry Company prepare for reinforcements.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese were unable to make much progress. The two sides seemed to be in a temporary stalemate.
Soon, it was past two in the afternoon.
Zhao Wenbin looked at the time and then looked at the battle that was still going on. He licked his slightly dry lips.
"Send the order to the infantry companies 10, 11, and 12 to launch a counterattack. We have already circled around the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Infantry Company. These six Infantry Company will immediately attack from the Japanese's rear.
At the same time, the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Infantry Company started to counterattack with the 10th, 11th, and 12th Infantry Company.”
"Yes, sir! I'll immediately pass the order!"
The messenger excitedly turned around and went to generate electricity.
After the order was passed down, the 3rd Company, 4th Company, and 5th Company, who were fighting hard against the enemy, also received the order. After receiving the order, they did not charge, but immediately turned around and ran towards the position behind them.
Because the order they received was to give the Japanese a feeling that they could not beat them and were about to run away.
The Japanese were fooled. When the 3rd and 4th Infantry Company retreated, the Japanese, who were already red with killing, jumped out of the trenches and prepared to give chase.
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
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However, just as they jumped out of the trench and were in pursuit, a series of explosions suddenly came from their group.
It was a grenade launcher that had fired a cannonball and landed in their midst.
Many of the Japanese were stunned for a second before they reacted. However, it was already too late when they reacted. Countless shells kept falling on their group.
At this moment, more than a thousand people suddenly jumped out of the trenches less than a hundred meters in front of them. Under the leadership of the officers, they launched a counterattack against the Japanese.
This time, the Japanese were really a little deceived. What was going on? Shouldn't we be attacking? How did this become an attack by the Chinese army?
However, the Japanese reacted quickly. At this time, they were not afraid of war.
"Assault team!"
An officer who looked like a company commander saw this scene and immediately roared. Immediately, countless people with Bren machine guns rushed to the front and fired at the Japanese. The soldiers also started firing.
This was what their instructor had told them when they were in the recruit camp. If they could kill an enemy with bullets, they should kill them with bullets.
The Japanese were furious. In the eyes of the Japanese, a hand-to-hand battle was inevitable at a distance of less than 100 meters. Many Japanese soldiers had already begun to withdraw their bullets in order to accidentally injure their own people.
But now, they were being shot at, and they were also rushing forward.
The 100-man kill was unavoidable. Although the Leenfield Rifle was indeed a good manual rifle, it was not a fully automatic or semi-automatic rifle. It was impossible to use this rifle to kill the enemy in close combat.
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"There is indeed a conspiracy! He did not expect them to have been hiding their forces all this time! Pass on my order, dispatch the 3rd Battalion to eliminate those Chinese people immediately!”
Okano Chiri said to the chief of staff, Yamaki Nishiko, with a solemn expression.
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
Just now, Okano saw through the binoculars that the 1,200 or so people at the front line had been reduced to 800 or so after such a long battle. The Chinese army's gunfire just now had caused them to lose another 200 or so people.
The front line was lacking in troops, and they needed reinforcements to take down the base before they could win.
"Your Excellency, over a thousand Chinese soldiers have suddenly appeared behind our army. They're closing in on our rear now!”
At this moment, a soldier ran over and shouted.
"Nani? Behind them? When did they go around to our rear? Why didn't our scouts discover it?”
Okano Chiri was furious. At this critical moment, thousands of enemies had actually appeared behind him. Right now, he only had a little over a thousand people under his command.
There was a Third Brigade of 700 men, a Flag Guard Squadron, and other troops. The total number of soldiers was about 1,200. At this moment, just as he was about to transfer the third brigade to the front line to provide support, the enemy appeared behind him?
"Our scouts didn't notice anyone going around. Moreover, in this world of ice and snow, it's impossible for them to go around without any clues. This can only mean that they have been lying in ambush behind us.
Perhaps the attack this morning was to cover the ambush of their troops behind us. Their night raid was just to attract our attention.”
Yamaki Nishiko looked at Okano Chili and said with a serious expression. This possibility was very high. At that time, they were all attracted by the commotion here, so they naturally wouldn't pay attention to the rest. Today, they were determined to take revenge, so they naturally could not send a large number of scouts to investigate.
"What a cunning Chinese! Order the Third Battalion to destroy them!"
Okano Chiri did not have any intention of letting the 3rd Battalion defend. Firstly, they did not have the habit of defending.
Secondly, there was no defensive formation behind them!
Who would have thought that the attacking side would be attacked in return? And it came from behind?
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
A Japanese soldier went to pass on the order, but the battle did not seem to develop as Okano Chisato had imagined.
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