I rise from the sword

Chapter 179 Repelling the Japanese Army, Hashimoto Daiki Broke His Leg

Gunfire is an order!

The soldiers of the [-]st Company of the Independent Battalion are all working hard, waiting for this moment!
After the company commander Ma Gan fired the first shot.

All light and heavy firepower points in the first-line trenches, soldiers in individual trenches, and foxholes opened fire one after another.

"Da da da!"

"Da da da da!"

"Snapped!"

"Crack, crack, crack!..."

For a moment, the front position of the Independence Battalion, which was still quiet a second ago, suddenly burst into gunshots.

Tongues of flame sprayed out from all over the position like an angry dragon.

Intertwined with each other to form a huge and dense firepower network, pouring down on the charging Japanese attacking troops and covering the past.

Among them, there are also hot grenades mixed in.

"Ugh!"

"Uh, uh, uh! . . . "

Caught off guard, hundreds of devil soldiers were hit by bullets and fell down screaming.

Due to the short distance, the intensive firepower kill effect is also very good. In the first round of firepower strike, at least 50 little devils were eliminated in a row, and countless people were injured by the shooting.

The independent mixed first brigade is indeed the ace elite in Shinozuka Yoshio's hands.

Almost the moment they were attacked by the defenders, the remaining devils reacted and sought shelters nearby.

Some little devils even used the corpses of their own sacrificed soldiers as cover, and relying on this, they quickly fired back with guns.

Fierce battle broke out immediately!
On the rear sounding balloon, Suzuki Sadajiro, the brigade commander of the independent and mixed first brigade, has been holding up binoculars to observe the attack of Hashimoto Squadron.

"Baga, damn it! This independent battalion is really cunning, and deliberately let the imperial army charge so close before firing!" Suzuki Sadajiro cursed angrily.

Because, in previous battles, the Chinese army often launched an attack when the Japanese attacking troops were still 3 meters away from them.

At this distance, even well-trained Japanese soldiers were not sure of hitting the target.

Chinese soldiers with poor marksmanship are even less likely to hit.

Due to nervousness, many soldiers almost buried their heads and pulled the trigger, so that the bullets fired were either sent flying into the sky, or penetrated into the ground, which could not pose much threat to the devils who were charging.

In this way, the devil's attacking troops can get enough reaction time.

The devil artillery can also use its precise artillery techniques to carry out precise strikes on the defenders' light and heavy machine guns and other firepower points.

In Suzuki Sadajiro's view, even if the independent battalion won several battles, it would not be much different from other Chinese troops.

and so.

Seeing that the Hashimoto Squadron charged to the forward position less than [-] meters away and was still not attacked by the defenders, Suzuki Sadajiro only thought that the joint ground-air bombing just now had caused a devastating blow to the defenders.

Even, this old devil is ready to attack with all his might!
Who would have thought that the independent battalion on Jiaocheng Mountain did not follow the routine and did not attack until the Hashimoto Squadron charged to a distance of 80 meters.

As a result, the Hashimoto Squadron was caught off guard, and hundreds of people were killed or injured in an instant.

How can this make Suzuki Sadajiro not angry?
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this independent battalion of the Chinese Army is really not simple, they are very particular about the firepower, and the number is amazing!
It seems that Hashimoto Squadron may be in trouble! "Chief of Staff Nobube Watanabe followed the analysis.

"Hmph!" Suzuki Sadajiro snorted coldly, without saying much, and continued to observe the battle with the binoculars.

But I saw that under the strong firepower of the defenders, the Hashimoto Squadron responsible for the offense was almost unable to move an inch.

Every now and then, someone is shot and knocked down.

Although some ghost soldiers took advantage of the terrain and ventured into the range of 30 meters, they were quickly killed by the defenders' grenades, causing heavy casualties for a while!
Less than 5 minutes.

The Hashimoto Squadron suffered more than two-thirds of the casualties, and less than 80 Japanese soldiers were still holding on with the help of the bunker, but they were unable to continue to rush forward.

The most important thing is that only the defenders near the first-line trenches fired, and their deep firepower points did not fire at all!
Seeing this, Suzuki Sadajiro's face turned blue, and his breathing became disordered.

"Order the artillery brigade to bombard the front positions of the independent battalion of the Chinese Army! Destroy all the exposed firepower points! Then organize the troops and launch a cluster charge!
Be sure to capture the position of the independent battalion of the Chinese army in one fell swoop, and use the blood of these Chinese people to comfort the heroic spirits of the Yusha Imperial Army! "Sadajiro Suzuki put down his binoculars and ordered in a cold voice.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, no!"

Nobu Watanabe, the chief of staff next to him, hurriedly dissuaded: "From the attack of the Hashimoto Squadron, it is not difficult to find that the imperial army's aviation may have destroyed the tanks and heavy artillery deployed by the Chinese Army on Jiaocheng Mountain, but it did not attack the enemy on the ground. How much damage was caused by the independent battalion of the Chinese Army.”

"In particular, the imperial army has not figured out the specific strength of the independent battalion of the Chinese army right now, and the sky will soon darken, and the imperial air force will no longer be able to take to the air to help!"

"Therefore, I suggest that it is best not to launch an attack until after tomorrow's dawn!"

"All right!"

Suzuki Sadajiro is not an idiot who will only get angry when he encounters problems. On the contrary, there is almost no incompetent person who can be the commander of the Japanese Army Major General Brigade.

He gritted his teeth and pondered for a moment, then nodded and accepted the proposal of Chief of Staff Watanabe Nobu.

……

The forward position of the independent battalion.

Just when Hashimoto Squadron was about to be wiped out, they finally received an order to retreat.

"Turn in, turn in!"

Hashimoto Daiki immediately issued an order to retreat as if he had received an amnesty.

Unexpectedly, just as the little devil turned around and was about to flee, a stray bullet suddenly hit his right leg.

Hashimoto Daiki let out a scream of "ah", and then fell to the ground.

Then, a grenade grenade fell on his leg and exploded violently.

"boom!"

The violent explosion shock wave directly blew off Hashimoto Daiki's shot right leg and sent him flying more than 3 meters away.

"Ugh, my legs! My legs!  …"

Hashimoto Daiki screamed terribly, and covered the root of his right leg with both hands, but the blood still couldn't stop gurgling out.

I don't know whether it was because of excessive blood loss or severe pain, but after a while, the little devil passed out.

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader!"

"Your Excellency, Squadron Commander!..."

The two ghost soldiers not far away shook the dirt on their heads, immediately got up, and rushed towards this side.

When they determined that Hashimoto Daiki was only injured and passed out,

Immediately left and right, supported him and ran to the distance.

As for Hashimoto Daiki's broken leg, it was ruthlessly abandoned by the two of them...

In the end, only less than 250 of the Hashimoto Squadron with more than 50 people fled back, and the rest of the devils, including men and guns, all stayed on the battlefield.

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(End of this chapter)