It's good.
It was said to be smooth because their front line had been advancing. The rhythm of the attack was very good and they were not blocked by the Japanese.
It wasn't going well because the Japanese didn't suffer too many losses. Their main force still existed.
Zhang Wenbin stood at the back and listened to the constant gunfire in front of him. He frowned.
"We can't continue fighting like this. The troops outside can be stable, but if we continue to be so stable, I'm afraid that tomorrow, the Sixteenth Regiment will rush over and kill us all.”
Zhang Wenbin quickly made a judgment in his heart. Previously, he had said that he would not be afraid even if the Sixteenth Regiment arrived. That was because the main forces of the Sixth and Ninth Regiment had suffered great losses.
But now that the main forces of these two divisions were still around, and the Sixteenth Regiment had arrived, they would be in danger.
War was like this. Sometimes, time was what they fought for.
"Agent, pass on my orders. All the troops of the First Regiment were engaged in battle. Increase the intensity of the attack. We have to open up a passage to the outside world before 3:30 in the morning.”
Zhang Wenbin was giving a death order. It was one o'clock in the morning, which meant that they only had two and a half hours.
The confidential personnel went to send a telegram, but immediately after, another confidential personnel came.
"Regiment Commander, Wang Jiu and the other infantry battalions have sent a telegram!”
Zhang Wenbin took the telegram and read it. After reading it, he put it down.
"It seems that the situation outside is not as good as I imagined. The Japanese are actually breaking out of the encirclement."
After saying that, he took out the map and began to look at it.
After looking at it for a while, he called the confidential personnel over and talked for about ten minutes before it ended.
After Wang Jiu and the others received Zhang Wenbin's telegram, they immediately began to implement it.
The 7th Regiment and the 36th Regiment, who were trying to break out of the encirclement, were charging forward without any regard for their lives when they suddenly realized that the Chinese Army in front of them had actually pushed away and was no longer trying to stop them.
This made them somewhat stunned. Were these Chinese people afraid?
However, this thought was quickly thrown out of his mind. This was a completely nonsensical thought.
However, since the others had retreated, they did not hold back and directly rushed forward.
They charged up and occupied the original 52nd Battalion's position. After that, they began to reinforce the position and sent a message to the Regiment.
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"Yuxi! The 7th and 36th Regiments had already achieved some success. They had occupied the current position of the Chinese army and were now consolidating their position. They were preparing to launch the next stage of the attack and completely tear apart the Chinese defense line.”
When Yoshizumi saw the telegram from the Seventh Regiment, his expression finally became better. All these days, it had been bad news. This time, it was finally good news. Only then did he have a smile on his face.
Gu Shou Fu smiled after reading it.
"They did well. I think our troops can also slowly withdraw from the divine mountain. Now, Zhang Wenbin's attacks were getting fiercer and fiercer.
Just now, the commander of the 36th regiment, Major General Nishishima, sent a message saying that the 45th regiment had suffered heavy losses in the battle. Out of the 3,800 men, more than 1,800 had died.
Coupled with the injured warriors, the 45th regiment had lost almost half of their forces.”
Gu Shoufu sighed and said,"The firepower of Zhang Wenbin's troops is different from the other Chinese troops. His artillery might not be strong, but his basic firepower is stronger than the Empire's army.
This is something we have never encountered before. According to the news from the front line, their mortars seem to be allocated to the infantry squad.
Almost every infantry squad had a mortar, and they could fire at the Empire's warriors without fear. However, the Empire could not do anything to the grenade launchers because they could not reach them. On the contrary, most of the time, the grenade launchers were destroyed by mortars.”
This was another thing that the Japanese had no choice about. Although the caliber of the two-inch small-caliber mortar was small, it was more powerful than a grenade launcher and had a longer range.
It was also very light, only 4.5 kilograms. It was completely a single soldier's equipment.
The Japanese's grenade launcher was useful, but its range was not as good as a two-inch small-caliber mortar. It could do nothing to him.
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Some of the Japanese troops began to come out of the mountains. They gathered at the place where the 7th and 36th regiments had fought.
After the 7th and 36th regiments consolidated their positions and received reinforcements from behind, the two regiments launched another attack.
They had been attacking for about 20 minutes. Wu Tianming and the others retreated again, giving the Japanese a feeling that they would run if they couldn't beat them.
The 7th and 36th Regiments advanced a little further and had more room to maneuver. At the same time, the 7th and 36th Regiments also realized that a large number of Chinese troops had appeared on both sides of them. They had set up their positions and seemed to be defending against the Japanese.
The Japanese had tried to attack from both sides. As long as they attacked from both sides, artillery fire would fall on their heads. The Seventh and Thirty-sixth Regiments had no choice but to continue attacking. They thought that as long as they could break through completely, they could get out.
What the 7th and 36th Regiments didn't know was that while they were attacking, the Japanese in the Divine Mountain Forest were also being treated like sandwich biscuits.
The Chinese army that surrounded the mountain also increased their attacks on the Japanese inside the mountain. Zhang Wenbin's troops also became more and more aggressive.
They actually had a faint feeling that they couldn't hold on any longer.
It was under such circumstances that Zhang Wenbin's troops became more and more aggressive in the divine mountain. Outside, the Seventh and Thirty-sixth regiments also continued to expand their space of activity.
As a result, the 6th and 9th divisions began to retreat from the divine mountain and move down the mountain.
The Japanese who had moved to the foot of the mountain also began to attack together with the Seventh Regiment.
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at four in the morning
The six infantry battalions around Zhang Wenbin had successfully met up with Wang Jiu and the others. Not only that, but the most important thing was that almost all the Japanese in the Divine Mountain Forest had been chased out.
Now, the Japanese had returned to the foot of the mountain. They gathered at the foot of the mountain to block the attacks of the Chinese army on the mountain while mobilizing their troops to attack the Chinese army in front of them.
"Regiment Commander, almost all the Japanese have been chased away. Our brothers from the other battalions have also set up positions outside to guard the Japanese. We won't let them break out.”
Wang Jiu stood behind Zhang Wenbin and said with a smile.
Zhang Wenbin nodded. How much ammunition did they have left from the Japanese cannons?”
Zhang Wenbin thought of the cannons he had seized and could not help but ask.
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