I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

on the ridge.

On the Japanese side, the person in charge of command was Colonel Hiroshi Uchida, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division.

Originally, he saw his men, although they were advancing in the midst of dense artillery fire, some were blown over and screaming from the shock waves of artillery shells from time to time.

But the overall arrow of the charge was getting closer and closer to the enemy's position, and they suddenly thought that victory was in sight.

He was still showing off to his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kitayama Yilong:

"Mr. Beishan, although this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers are well-equipped and well-fortified, they are definitely no match for my First Regiment!
It would take at most half an hour before the warriors could rush into their trenches.

By then, all these rats will be dead!

All of their artillery and machine guns will become our spoils of war!

These inferior Chinese people don't deserve such good weapons and equipment!"

Upon hearing this, Beishan Yilong also showed joy on his face and nodded repeatedly:

"Yes. It's not surprising that this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers are equipped with Type 92 infantry guns and Type 38 rifles.

But those artillery pieces that fire shells with tail flames and machine guns whose firepower is much stronger than that of the Type 92 heavy machine gun are indeed good things.

Once we capture it and hand it over to the arsenal for replication, it may greatly improve the equipment level of our empire's locust army.

There is no hope for those people to design good weapons themselves, so it is better to copy them."

Hearing what he said, Uchida Hiroshi immediately nodded in agreement with deep emotion:
"That's right! Those idiots in the Arsenal are all idiots!

The weapons of my Locust Army are not even as good as those of these Eighth Route Army soldiers. Damn it!
The great cause of the empire has been delayed by these bastards!"

In the Japanese army, it was basically a common practice to curse colleagues with different functions.

Especially the Arsenal, a unit that everyone wants to criticize and should be criticized.

Therefore, Kitayama Tsuyoshi fully agreed with what Hiroshi Uchida said.

He was just about to agree with a few words when he suddenly saw his own soldiers' charging column, as if swept by the god of death's scythe, and a large number of people fell down in an instant.

Then, I heard the sound of dense artillery explosions.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

"Nani? What is that?"

Kitayama Yilong couldn't help but scream.

His eyes were wide open, as if he had seen a ghost.

Uchida Hiroji also heard the nearby artillery fire, and knowing that something was wrong, he quickly focused his attention on the battlefield.

Then, he opened his mouth and his eyes became dull.

I couldn't help but grit my teeth and roared angrily:

"Bagayalu! Is this the Tubalu's direct-fire artillery???"

Why is the firing rate so fast?

Could it be a Suloton machine gun???"

I have to say, this old devil does have some knowledge.

With just one glance, he was able to guess the type of artillery used by the soldiers of the Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment.

Beishan Yilong heard his roar, came to his senses, and quickly reminded:

"Sir, we should immediately ask the brigade commander to mobilize the mountain artillery to bombard the enemy's direct-fire artillery, otherwise the warriors will be in great danger!"

He didn't know yet that the six 6mm mountain guns of their 75st Infantry Brigade had been blown into pieces by the artillery of the Special Forces Regiment.

As for the brigade commander Yoshino Hideki, it was like a skilled cook without rice, and he couldn't help them at all!

However, when Hiroshi Uchida heard his suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

At this moment, he saw that if his men were hit by a shell, they would either break their arms or legs, or simply die. He had no way of thinking and could only listen to his deputy.

He immediately shouted loudly:

"Messenger, hurry up and report to the brigade commander that our First Regiment is under heavy direct fire from the Eighth Route Army. Request tactical guidance!"

……

Soon, the messenger ran to the brigade commander Yoshino Hideki, panting, and reported to him the battle situation of the 1st Regiment.

At this moment, mountain artillery, field artillery, infantry artillery, and recoilless guns were bombarding each other frantically on the battlefield, and the sound of artillery was rumbling.

Yoshino Hideki didn't know that such a sudden change had happened on the ridge battlefield.

Now, after hearing what the messenger said, his face changed drastically.

He suddenly slapped the messenger in the face and roared:
“Bagya Road!
How did this idiot Hiroshi Uchida fight?
Is he eating shit?
It's been so long, but you haven't rushed into the Tubalu position?"

The messenger was slapped in the face by him, and was so dizzy that he almost fell to the ground. He felt very aggrieved.

I couldn't help but scream in my heart: Baka! You bastard!
Your Excellency the Captain is stupid, what does it have to do with me!!!
Why are you hitting me?
……

After beating the man, Yoshino Hideki couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought about the current situation.

I really can't think of any good way to resolve the crisis of the First Brigade.

He could only ask the brigade chief of staff, Jiro Uchiyama, who was standing beside him:

"Uchiyama-kun, what should we do?
That idiot Yokoyama Atsushi has ruined all our mountain artillery!!!"

Uchiyama Jiro thought to himself: What the hell can I do?

The 6st Brigade had a total of 41 Type 75 24mm mountain guns and Type infantry guns.

Now they are almost completely covered by the enemy's crazy artillery fire. There are barely only a few infantry guns left that are still fighting. It is impossible for them to be withdrawn to deal with those direct-fire artillery!
Even if you can smoke, it’s useless!

——The range is too far!
But now, since his boss has placed his hopes on him, Jiro Uchiyama has no choice but to pretend to be dead.

After thinking hard for a while, he could only bite the bullet and say:
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, at the moment, it seems that we can only ask Your Excellency, Division Commander, to order the Field Artillery Regiment to first eliminate the direct-fire artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, the 1st Wing was temporarily ordered to move back to avoid suffering heavy losses.

Of course, Yoshino Hideki had thought about this method, which was equivalent to directly telling the division commander Saburo Nakazawa that he was not capable of it.

But the reason why he didn't say it out loud was, of course, because if he did so, it would obviously lower his evaluation in Nakazawa Saburo's mind.

Affect your military career.

As a major general of the empire, how could he not have a dream of becoming a lieutenant general?

Thinking of this, he immediately pondered and shook his head to reject Uchiyama Jiro's idea:
"The Field Artillery Regiment is currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery. I'm afraid they don't have the energy to turn their guns around."

Jiro Uchiyama knew very well that this guy had an idea!
He quickly asked:

"Mr. Commander, what do you think?"

"Uchiyama-kun, what do you think if we order Uchida-kun to lead his troops to forcibly charge into the Eighth Route Army's position and engage in hand-to-hand combat?

By then, the Eighth Route Army’s artillery advantage will no longer exist!

Didn't Uchida-kun send someone to report earlier that the Eighth Route Army was on the mountain ridge, with only a few hundred people hiding in the trenches?
The warriors of the First League have several times more people than them. As long as they can rush in, they will surely win a glorious victory! "

Yoshino Hideki answered fiercely. Hearing this, Uchiyama Jiro couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

I thought to myself: Wow, you are so cruel!

I want the soldiers to charge into the battle line and risk their lives!

By then, even if we win the battle, the First Regiment will probably be half-crippled, right?

When it comes to hand-to-hand combat, there's no such thing as one against a hundred. It's all about exchanging lives for lives!

However, he was not prepared to oppose the other party. At least, this was also a solution, right?

Anyway, if things go wrong, it won't be him, the chief of staff, who will take the blame.

So he nodded, showing admiration on his face, and said to Yoshino Hideki:

"Your Excellency, the Brigade Commander, has a brilliant insight!

The bravery of our locust warriors is invincible in the world!
No matter how fierce the artillery fire of the Tubalu is, it will certainly not be able to stop the bayonets of the warriors! "

Seeing that he agreed with his opinion, Yoshino Hideki was naturally very satisfied.

He immediately gave up the idea of ​​sending this guy to report the battle situation to the division commander Saburo Nakazawa.

He took a long breath and said with a smile:
"Yoshi! That's what we'll do!
"Messenger, quickly order Uchida-kun to charge into the Tubalu's position at all costs, start a hand-to-hand fight, and eliminate these damned rats!"

After hearing his order, the messenger with a swollen face suddenly widened his eyes and almost thought he had heard it wrong.

Now our side is being beaten miserably by the enemy, okay?

Taking the initiative to charge forward, you think you're not dying fast enough?
Seeing that this guy did not respond to the order immediately, Yoshino Hideki felt furious again and slapped him again.

He also roared:
"Baga! You bastard, why don't you go and pass on the order quickly!
Don't you see that our warriors are bleeding?"

He used all his strength in this slap, knocking out two of the messenger's back teeth.

The messenger reacted, not even bothering to wipe the blood from his mouth, and nodded incoherently:

"Hi... um..."

Then he climbed up the hillside in a daze.

He accidentally fell when passing a bomb crater and it took him a long time to get up.

Seeing his useless appearance, Yoshino Hideki didn't think that he hit him too hard, but cursed:
"Baka! The quality of the Imperial Army's soldiers is getting worse and worse!
It's all because of those damned navy idiots who snatched away all the excellent warriors!"

Uchiyama Jiro also agreed with his complaints and nodded repeatedly:

"yes!
The power of the empire is now all leaning towards the navy, this is simply absurd!"

……

On the First Regiment side, Uchida Hiroji hid behind a large rock that served as his temporary command post, waiting for artillery support from the rear.

Looking at the soldiers under his command, who kept falling to the ground and dying under the attack of the enemy, he felt that his back teeth were about to break.

If all these people died, he would be a lone captain!

What the hell are you playing with?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but roared and asked:

"Baga! Did that bastard Ito Kogoro go eat shit?

Why haven't you come back in such a long time?"

Upon hearing this, Kitayama Yilong next to him couldn't help but roll his eyes.

I thought to myself: You are a colonel and a regiment commander, can you be a little patient?

The messenger has only been gone for less than 5 minutes and you're already getting anxious?
What a scum!
However, he did not dare to say this, but suggested:
"Sir, how about we order the warriors to turn back and reorganize the team?

Otherwise, if we continue to passively take the beating, the losses will be too great!"

At this moment, although the Japanese soldiers on the position had been lying on the ground under the command of middle and low-level officers to reduce the probability of being hit by machine guns, the light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, infantry guns, and recoilless guns of the 1st Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment were still constantly causing casualties to them.

Uchida Hiroshi was not someone who would not listen to advice. He nodded immediately after hearing his words:
"Yoshi! Beishan-kun, go and make arrangements immediately!
The Eighth Route Army's offensive was too fierce, there is no need for us to let the warriors die in vain! "

Beishan Yilong felt relieved when he saw that his opinion was adopted. He quickly agreed and went down to make the arrangements.

……

Soon, as Uchida Hiroshi's order was issued, the Japanese attacking team lay on the ground as if they had been pardoned, and slowly retreated.

Of course, on the way of retreat, they could not avoid being chased and bombed by the artillery of the Special Forces Regiment.

This forced them to avoid the ridges and use the terrain to avoid artillery fire.

At this time, Hiroshi Uchida asked his officers to count the number of people, and he was shocked to find that out of his original regiment of more than 3000 people, there were only less than 2000 people still able to fight!
And this is the result even after counting the guards and non-combat personnel of his regiment headquarters.

This time, he was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

Fortunately, at this time, the messenger, Kogoro Ito, who was slapped twice and had a pig's head beaten into a pig, and was almost disowned by his parents, finally came back.

……

Seeing the stupid look of Ito Kogoro, Uchida Hiroshi and Kitayama Taketaka both knew that the brigade commander was obviously not satisfied with the performance of their First Regiment.

Although they were helpless about this result, they had no choice but to accept it.

After all, they knew very well that the performance of the First Brigade this time seemed to be very poor.

Forcibly suppressing the depression in his heart, Uchida Hiroshi quickly asked Ito Kogoro:
"Ito-kun, when will the artillery support from the brigade commander be provided?"

Ito Kogoro, who felt extremely aggrieved, replied with a sad face:
"Your Excellency, the Commander of the Brigade said...said..."

"say what?"

Kitayama Yilong asked anxiously.

"The commander of the brigade has ordered us to... rush into the Eighth Route Army's position and initiate hand-to-hand combat at all costs!"

Kogoro Ito answered tremblingly.

He had a premonition that he was going to be beaten again!
I can't help but want to pee my pants.

As expected, when Uchida Hiroshi heard what he said, he immediately roared:
"What? Braving this kind of fire to fight hand-to-hand?

Are you crazy? ? ?
Does he want our First Squadron to be annihilated?"

Then he raised his foot and kicked Ito Kogoro in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground with his buttocks. As luck would have it, he bumped into a rock and broke his tailbone. The pain made him scream like a pig being slaughtered.

"Ah - it hurts -"

Seeing this loser howling after being kicked, Uchida Hiroshi became even more furious.

I immediately wanted to rush over and beat him up again.

Fortunately, Kitayama Yilong felt a little sympathy for Ito Kogoro's pig-headed appearance, and quickly stopped him and said:

"Your Excellency, the Commander of the Brigade issued this order because the artillery was unable to mobilize artillery.

After all, you see, the artillery battle on the highway is more intense than here!"

After hearing what he said, Uchida Hiroshi gasped and restrained his impulse.

He roared and ordered:
"Pass on the order from the Brigade Commander. All members of our First Regiment are to charge into the Eighth Route Army's position immediately!

Use hand-to-hand combat to eliminate these damn bastards!!!"

...(End of chapter)