Half of them fell.
The third attack of the Independent Regiment was forced to retreat, leaving only corpses on the ground. Everyone was shot in the front and died on the way.
"Bastard…"
Looking at the 1st Company that almost everyone was carrying and the 1st Company Commander whose arm was bleeding profusely, the commander of the 1st Battalion hammered the ground fiercely, smashing up a large amount of soil, gravel, and blood.
"Third Company, get ready!"
He gritted his teeth and said,"
"I'll personally lead the team this time. We must take down that house!"
"Battalion Commander…"
The Third Company Commander's weak voice came from behind.
The battalion commander turned around and saw that the third company commander's face was covered in blood. With the help of the fire, the battalion commander realized that the third company commander's right ear had been cut off by a bullet.
Behind the 3rd Company Commander was a large group of wounded soldiers.
" The attack of the Japanese is too fierce, and their firepower is too strong. We are not their match at all!" The third company commander finally cried.
This veteran who had been in the army for more than four years did not care about his ears that were spewing blood. He lay on the ground and cried loudly.
The Third Company was responsible for defending the two wings, and the Japanese had launched an attack on two special agent teams on the two wings. The losses were even greater than the First and Second Company.
Close combat and night combat were all about firepower and reaction speed. The Japanese special forces had faster reactions and stronger submachine guns. They had also undergone specialized night close combat training. On the other hand, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment were all hand-held bolt rifles and had weak firepower. It was almost a one-sided massacre when faced with such a sudden attack for the first time.
Moreover, the Japanese were very cunning. After attacking for a short distance, they would take the initiative to retreat and then attack again. They would charge repeatedly without going deep at all. They would always be under the cover of their own fire. This tactic caused the Third Company to be unable to control the rhythm of the battle at all. The battle was chaotic. The reinforcements from the other battalions were also killed.
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The battalion commander looked at the soldiers behind him, and his eyes suddenly turned dull.
In the eyes of these soldiers who were wearing tattered cotton clothes and holding old-fashioned rifles, he saw despair, silence, and fear. Even the soldiers who were not injured had the same look in their eyes.
After three consecutive attacks and repeated attacks from the Japanese, the morale of the 1st Battalion had been completely destroyed.
He opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
At this moment, no matter what he said, it was useless.
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After the attack was repelled, Sakai looked around at the three groups of more than a dozen soldiers of the special agent team. He decided to increase the strength of the attack and end the battle as soon as possible. He pointed at six soldiers and said,
"You guys split up and join the attack on the two wings."
As an old Japanese, Sakai knew that if he wanted to win the battle, he had to rely mainly on offense. It was very passive to purely defend. However, they had fewer people. Even if they had the advantage in firepower, the battle would still progress slowly. Therefore, he divided half of the three teams responsible for fire support to participate in the attack on the two wings, leaving only nine of them, including himself, to suppress the fire.
However, seven people were enough. The enemy did not have heavy firepower. Even if they rushed to the front of the house, the grenades with low power would not pose any threat to the brick house. There were one or two teams on the two wings. The enemy would not be able to attack from the side... the old man thought.
These were the absolute elites selected from the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Empire.
Poor guy, he didn't even have a smoke grenade…The old man laughed.
If the enemy had a smoke grenade, they could completely compare the field of vision in front of this brick house. This distance of 50 meters would only take ten seconds to run at full speed without the suppression of fire.
" What's going on?" Kong Jie finally arrived.
The Independent Regiment Headquarters was near the front of the village, about a mile away from the Yang Village camp. In addition, the road was slippery and difficult to walk on. Kong Jie spent a lot of time to get there, and he even fell a few times because of his anxiety.
As soon as he arrived at the camp, he looked at the Japanese soldiers in the distance. The first thing he saw was the injured soldiers all over the camp, which made his heart tighten.
Why were there so many casualties? And even their morale had been crushed!
Also, why would the Japanese come to the rear of the camp?
At the same time, a series of questions surfaced.
"The devils came up from the cliff behind and occupied the Yang Family Compound," the battalion commander explained in a miserable tone." This group of devils is very powerful, and their firepower is very strong. I organized three waves of attacks, but they were all repelled, and the losses were heavy."
"The two wings are also being attacked repeatedly by the devils. The casualties of the three companies in charge of defense are also very high."
Kong Jie didn't continue talking. He raised his binoculars and looked at the Yang Family's courtyard in the distance.
With the help of the fire, he saw that on the second and third floors of the Yang Family Compound, there were seven firing points that occasionally spat out muzzle flames. Previously, the walls of the courtyard had been torn down by the Independent Regiment. In the middle was an open space that was flat enough for carriages to run on. As far as the eye could see, the open space was littered with corpses.
Commander Kong's heart almost stopped beating when he saw it.
I'm afraid there will be hundreds of casualties…Commander Kong's heart ached.
" We couldn't do anything to the Yang family's compound. The enemy's firepower was too strong. In the last wave of attack, a few soldiers attacked the edge of the compound, but before they could throw the grenades, they were killed by the Japanese."
The first battalion commander cried and said,
"This group of devils is very powerful. Their guns are very accurate."
"Regiment commander, my entire battalion is finished!"
His voice was shrill. At this point, the battalion commander spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
After commanding an attack that was almost a massacre, the first battalion commander felt a suffocating feeling in his chest. After three consecutive failures, he found it hard to breathe. After he finished his last sentence, he sucked in a breath of cold air and coughed up blood.
After taking a breath and confirming that the battalion commander was fine, Kong Jie heaved a sigh of relief and ordered,
" Bring the battalion commander back to the regiment medical team. The second battalion will set up a defensive formation 200 meters away from the Yang family's courtyard. These devils are using submachine guns, and their range is only 200 meters. Without fire cover, they won't dare to attack our position. Also, gather all the machine guns in the regiment."
"Also…"
At this point, Kong Jie paused and the corners of his mouth curled up."Guard, bring a few people to bring the five boxes of grenades on the table in my regiment headquarters. Bring them all here."
"Second Battalion Commander, you should form an assault team. You have to be strong."
"Yes, sir."
"Yes, sir."
Kong Jie's order was quickly carried out.
With the regiment commander's command, the Independent Regiment found their backbone and temporarily restored their morale. The injured soldiers of the 1st Battalion retreated one after another, while the 2nd Battalion gave up on the border positions and quickly built defensive positions with sandbags 300 meters away from the Yang Family courtyard.
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