Chapter 22
The battle was extremely intense. On the frontlines, the hand-to-hand battles showed the Japanese how ferocious they were. Even though the Japanese only had about 600 soldiers, Zhao Wenbin had sent out about 1,300 soldiers. In the end, they still killed more than 800 of them. More than 500 were killed and more than 300 were injured.
Hand-to-hand combat was indeed a battle method that killed 1,000 enemies and injured 800 of them. It was also the battle method that tested the soldiers 'fighting will and individual combat strength the most.
Zhao Wenbin walked on the battlefield and watched the field medics carry the wounded soldiers down.
"Only soldiers who walk through blood and fire are truly elite soldiers!”
At this moment, Zhao Wenbin could not help but recall what the major general who taught him in the military academy had said. At that time, he had told these students that true elites were soldiers who could walk out of the battlefield alive. This was the true elite warrior.
At that time, Zhao Wenbin didn't understand. Wasn't it just surviving on the battlefield? Wasn't it just experiencing war?
But now he understood that it was not easy to survive on the battlefield. At the same time, he understood what an old general had told him.
"The most devastating thing in war is not the body, but the soul and spirit!”
"Order the 20th Company, 21st Company, 22nd Company, and 23rd Company to immediately reinforce the 13th Company that is fighting the Japanese!”
Zhao Wenbin exhaled lightly and ordered.
The two battalions that the Japanese had sent to attack had already been taken down. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, but the Japanese's third battalion and the other battalions were still putting up a fierce resistance.
Zhao Wenbin wanted to eat these Japanese in one bite.
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Okano Chili was sitting on a pile of ammunition boxes, his commander's sword on the ground. His expression was very ugly.
"Your Excellency, we are surrounded by the Chinese Army. It was guarded by nearly 2,000 Chinese soldiers. Please pull yourself together and lead us to break out of this encirclement!”
Chief of Staff Yamaki Nishiko looked at Okano Chili and said in a deep voice. This was an outcome that they had never expected. They were a standard infantry regiment, but they had actually fallen to the point where they could be completely wiped out by a Chinese army that they looked down on.
"Do you think we can still leave? How fast can we move in this world of ice and snow? Moreover, once we break out of the encirclement, we will have to give up all our supplies in order to quickly escape from the Chinese army.
Without supplies, can we still survive in this world of ice and snow? Even this damn temperature can freeze our soldiers to death!”
Okano Chiri's mind was still somewhat clear. In this temperature of tens of degrees below zero, leaving the tent, the fire, and the food supplies, only death awaited them.
Shanmu Xizi opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. In this world of ice and snow, there were no tents, no bonfires, no food supplies. The only thing waiting for them was to freeze to death.
"How many troops do we have now?”
Okano Chiri took a deep breath and asked Yamaki Nishiko.
"We still have a supply squadron and a flag protection squadron. The rest of the troops had already joined the 3rd Battalion. However, the 3rd Battalion only had less than 400 men left.”
Shanmu Xizi said after hesitating for a moment. Even the squadron of the regiment had been added to the third brigade. Right now, they only had around 700 soldiers.
Of course, if they added in the 300 or so wounded soldiers, they still had over 1,000 soldiers.
"Order everyone, including the wounded, to prepare to attack the Chinese. Let the flag protection squadron burn the military flag and prepare to attack!”
Okano said with hatred in his eyes.
"Your Excellency, don't! If we burn the flag, our 77th Regiment will cease to exist! We still have over a thousand soldiers. We still have a chance. We can still break out!"
When Yamaki Xizi heard that they were going to burn the military flag, she immediately wailed.
"Ba, ga, do you still look like a soldier of the Empire? Do you want our 77th Regiment to become the laughing stock of the Empire? Even if we die in battle, we must not let the Chinese people chase us in the snow. This will be a disgrace to the Imperial Army!”
Okano Chiri was instantly enraged. He pointed at Yamaki Nishiko and cursed.
After saying that, he stood up, tidied up his military appearance, and prepared to turn around and leave.
"Your Excellency, where are you going?”
Yamaki Nishiko asked when she saw that Okano Chili was about to leave.
"I want to be with my soldiers! I brought them here, but I can't bring them back. Then I'll die with them!”
Okano Chiri said coldly before turning around and leaving.
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"Warriors of the Empire! Let those lowly Chinese people see the bravery of the Empire's warriors! Although there are more Chinese people than us, this is not a reason for us to retreat. Even if we die, we will die on the battlefield.
Warriors, charge with me!"
Okano Chiri was at the front line, waving his commanding sword as he shouted.
"Damn ~"
"Kill ~ Give ~ Give ~"
Countless Japanese soldiers were instantly filled with fighting spirit. They jumped out of their simple fortifications with a crazy look on their faces and followed Okano Chiri to the northeast to fight against the Japanese.
"Mount the bayonet!"
A company commander shouted when he saw the Japanese charging.
"Crack ~"
"Crack ~"
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Countless soldiers attached the bayonet at their waists to the bayonet holder.
"Light and heavy machine guns cover, grenade launchers, shoot out all the shells!”
Shrill roars could be heard from the camp. Light and heavy machine guns roared continuously, and grenade launchers fired shells continuously.
Bullets and artillery shells rained down on the Japanese, causing them to fall to the ground one after another. The Japanese in front fell to the ground, and the Japanese behind quickly replaced them.
When the Japanese were less than 50 meters away from their attack position, both sides could clearly see the malevolence on each other's faces.
"Kill them!"
A company commander saw this scene and shouted angrily as he jumped out of the formation with a Leenfield rifle.
A hand-to-hand battle erupted once again.
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The night shrouded the land. The flames still burning on the ground and the corpses lying everywhere were all telling everyone that a tragic battle had just ended here.
Some of the injured soldiers were lying on the ground, moaning in pain. The medics were constantly treating the wounded soldiers. Some soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, collecting the scattered guns and ammunition.
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