Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Sun Mingyu replied: "A telegram for help has been sent, and the response from the superiors is the same as usual."

The 10th Army sent telegrams for help every day, but the replies they received were basically similar, saying that troops were being dispatched for support and that reinforcements would arrive in Hengyang soon.

Commander Fang was too lazy to read such telegrams, as they seemed to be perfunctory no matter how he looked at them.

But he also understood that the more this happened, the more they had to continue urging and let the people above know that Hengyang was really in danger.

Only in this way can we really call for reinforcements, otherwise it will be even more difficult for reinforcements to arrive in Hengyang.

Commander Fang sighed helplessly and said, "I hope that the reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible as they said."

Yokoyama Isamu and his senior generals studied for a long time but could not come up with a more effective solution, so they could only continue to attack Hengyang.

Yokoyama Yong also said somewhat helplessly: "Now has come to the most critical moment. After more than a month of fierce fighting, the enemy has been almost exhausted."

"Moreover, they are surrounded in an isolated city and cannot get effective support. Their situation is more difficult than ours. As long as we continue to persevere, the final victory will definitely belong to us."

"The Locust Army is determined to take Hengyang. We must take Hengyang for me no matter what. Even if it costs a certain amount of casualties, it is worth it."

"Tianma Mountain is still the key to this battle. As long as we take Tianma Mountain, the locust army can take advantage of the situation to attack Hengyang and seize the entire Hengyang in one fell swoop. By then, even if there are still some remaining enemies, they will not be able to continue to hold on."

"So we need to intensify our offensive against Tianma Mountain."

"Which army is attacking Tianma Mountain now?"

A Japanese general said: "It is the Takano Regiment. They have been attacking for more than ten days in a row, but there has been no progress and the troops have suffered heavy casualties."

Yokoyama Isamu gritted his teeth and said, "Continue to replenish their troops, provide them with sufficient weapons and ammunition, and tell Takano Jiro to continue their attack."

"You must take over the Tianma Mountain position for me as soon as possible. If he fails to complete the mission, he will commit seppuku to apologize."

"Hayi~!"

The Japanese general responded respectfully and then passed the order on.

Yokoyama Isamu went on to say: "On other fronts, the offensive cannot be stopped either. We must continue the attack. The enemy is seriously short of manpower."

"We must make full use of our advantages and defeat them as quickly as possible."

"Put all the troops that can be used for attack into the battle, and attack with all your might."

"We must not give them any chance to take advantage of us."

"I don't believe that we can't take over a small city like Hengyang."

"Hayi~!"

The Japanese officers present responded in unison.

The command from the headquarters was quickly conveyed to the headquarters of the Takano Regiment. After receiving the order, Takano Jiro was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Order the troops to continue the attack."

"Once the reinforcements arrive, we will immediately organize ourselves and launch a more fierce attack."

"I don't believe they can continue to hold on and fail to take the Tianma Mountain position. Then let's die together in Tianma Mountain."

"Hayi~!"

Under the command of Jiro Takano, the Japanese once again organized a large number of troops to launch a fierce offensive on Tianma Mountain, and fierce fighting broke out again.

Under the command of Li Guotao, the soldiers, who were already completely bloodthirsty, desperately fought off the enemy's wave after wave of fierce attacks.

The battle was extremely fierce. Under the command of Li Guotao, the brave soldiers repelled the Japanese attacks time and time again.

The trenches at the foot of the mountain were once again filled with the corpses of the Japanese devils. The scene was horrific.

However, Jiro Takano had completely fallen into a state of madness. Regardless of the casualties of his troops, he ordered his troops to continue to launch wave after wave of charges.

Under the fierce attack of the Japanese, the casualties of the defenders became more and more serious, but Li Guotao still gritted his teeth and continued to command the troops to hold on, blocking the Japanese attacks time and time again.

These brothers also held the belief that they would die, and were prepared to fight the Japanese to the death. It was precisely because of this belief that the soldiers were able to persevere until now.

Watching his men die one after another at the foot of Tianma Mountain, Takano Jiro finally couldn't bear it anymore.

This old Japanese soldier also knew that he didn't have much time left, and his superiors had repeatedly ordered them to conquer Tianma Mountain.

But seeing that so much time had passed and there was still no progress, and the old Japanese had already run out of tricks, faced with such a situation, the anxious Jiro Takano really didn't know what to do.

"Fight~!"

Takano Jiro drew out his command knife and shouted angrily, "Fight them! I don't believe we can't take down a small position on Tianma Mountain."

The Japanese officer next to him quickly persuaded him: "Captain, calm down. In this situation, it will be useless even if you lead the team yourself."

What he said was true. After all, Takano Jiro was already over 40 years old. Even if he was once invincible, that was a thing of the past. Now the fighting power of this old devil was probably not much stronger than that of a new recruit.

And given the current situation, going up there is actually no difference between committing suicide.

In the Battle of Hengyang, the Japanese had killed several regiment commanders, which was unimaginable before.

Naturally, these Japanese officers did not want their regiment commander to follow in his footsteps, so they naturally tried their best to dissuade him.

But Takano Jiro, who had already fallen into a frenzy, could not hear anything. He pushed the Japanese officer who tried to dissuade him aside and shouted, "Get out of my way."

"Gather the remaining troops and launch an all-out attack. If we can't take down the Tianma Mountain position, I would rather die on the battlefield."

In fact, Jiro Takano also understood this, but he really had no other choice. After he was blinded by rage, he could only fight with all his might.

Now no one can dissuade Jiro Kono.

Following the order from the old Japanese soldier, the younger Japanese soldiers once again concentrated their fierce artillery fire and began to bombard the Tianma Mountain position. The entire Tianma Mountain had already been bombed into a mess, and this time it was plowed again by the Japanese artillery fire, and the entire mountain was shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

Takano Jiro brandished his saber and shouted, "Warriors of the Empire, after fighting for so long, we still can't take down a small mountain like Pegasus. We have lost all the face of the Empire."

"The only chance to avenge our humiliation is to capture Tianma Mountain. Otherwise, we will all become sinners of the empire."

"This time I will fight alongside you and fight the enemy to the death. No matter what, we must take down Tianma Mountain and avenge our previous humiliation."

"For the honor of the Locust Army, please charge with me."

"Give me the rabbit~!"

Following Takano Jiro's order, hundreds of Japanese soldiers rushed out again. Encouraged by this old Japanese soldier, the Japanese soldiers who were already bloodthirsty were not afraid of death at this moment. They just wanted to rush to Tianma Mountain as soon as possible. They were as excited as chicken blood and pounced on the Tianma Mountain position like a group of mad dogs. The two sides once again launched a fierce fight. The Japanese soldiers who rushed into the trenches rushed up desperately.

Grenades were constantly thrown down from the mountain, violent explosions continued to be heard, and Japanese soldiers were constantly blown to the ground.

Takano Jiro also rushed out with the attacking team. At this moment, he hid in a relatively safe place, waving his saber and shouting loudly: "Keep charging~!"

"Try your best and charge forward."

Under the constant urging of Jiro Takano, the Japanese soldiers could only rush into this meat grinder one wave after another.

Yang Jihe rushed to Li Guotao and said, "Guotao, these damn devils are attacking too fiercely. If they continue like this, we won't be able to hold on any longer."

Li Guotao raised his gun and fired quickly, shooting a Japanese soldier who rushed up at him in the head.

"We have to hold on no matter what. Don't worry, these little devils won't be able to hold on for much longer."

"Now it depends on who can hold on until the last moment."

"We must grit our teeth and hold on no matter what. We must repel their attack first."

Yang Jihe nodded, raised his gun, aimed at the Japanese soldiers climbing up and shot.

Li Guotao also kept shooting at the Japanese soldiers climbing up the mountain.

"Hand grenades! Increase your firepower and shoot down these damned Japanese devils."

The soldiers were all blood-thirsty and threw grenades down like they were free.

The machine gunners were also desperately suppressing the Japanese soldiers climbing up the mountain with their firepower. The hillside was already covered with a layer of Japanese corpses.

Although the Japanese soldiers rushed up desperately, they were unable to break through the defenders' defense line.

The battle situation fell into a stalemate for a while, the Japanese casualties increased, and the corpses in the trenches piled up more and more.

Takano Jiro shouted angrily: "A bunch of rubbish, all good-for-nothings."

"The second group at the back, come on, they can't hold on for much longer."

"Go ahead and destroy them."

Jiro Takano also knew that although they were suffering heavy casualties, the defenders were also fighting very hard. As the casualties grew, they were about to collapse.

Jiro Takano was very clear-headed. As long as they could successfully rush up the mountain, taking Tianma Mountain would be a piece of cake. They could completely rely on the sea of ​​people to directly submerge the entire Tianma Mountain.

After fighting for so long, there are not many defenders left on the mountain, and there is no way they can hold on.

In fact, victory was within their reach, but this victory was so within their reach that they could never touch it. This feeling made Jiro Takano very unhappy.

Under the command of Jiro Takano, another large number of Japanese soldiers rushed onto the battlefield and joined the battle.

When Jiro Takano saw more and more Japanese soldiers climbing up the mountain, he felt that victory was at hand and he would definitely be able to rush up the mountain this time.

The old Japanese got so hot-headed that he rushed out and jumped into a trench full of corpses.

The trenches were filled with the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, as well as a large number of broken limbs. There was no place to stand at all. Some of the corpses were blown into pieces, and it was a horrible sight.

Takano Jiro, who was already blood-thirsty, didn't care about being sick. He stepped on the corpses of the devils and ran to the bottom of a ladder. He waved his saber and shouted loudly: "Keep climbing, rush up and kill them."

"Attack with all your strength."

At this time, in order to stop the fierce attack of the Japanese, grenades and hand grenades continued to fall from the mountain.

The remaining soldiers are basically a group of veterans with rich combat experience, and each of them is very experienced.

The grenades almost always exploded in mid-air, constantly exploding above the heads of the Japanese soldiers, making it impossible for the Japanese soldiers in the trenches to defend themselves and leaving them nowhere to hide.

Jiro Takano's personal participation in the battle did play a role to some extent. Under his urging, the Japanese soldiers climbed up the mountain even more desperately.

Jiro Takano also wanted to climb up the ladder, but was stopped by the guards.

"Sir, this is too dangerous."

Takano Jiro said angrily: "Only by charging forward can we win. Staying here will only lead to a cowardly death."

Jiro Kono also understood that since he had entered the trench, he was like a pawn crossing a river, with no way to retreat.

Hiding down there, his safety is also not guaranteed, as a grenade may explode over his head at any time.

Jiro Takano never thought of retreating. This time, the old Japanese was really going to fight to the death. If he couldn't take Tianma Mountain, he would die on the battlefield. In that case, at least he wouldn't have to worry.

The guards were finally persuaded and stopped trying to stop Jiro Takano. The old Japanese soldier climbed up the ladder and moved quickly upwards.

I have to say that this old Japanese soldier was quite lucky, as he successfully climbed up the cliff. Jiro Takano couldn't help but thinking: It's quite easy to climb up, why can't I just rush up!
We will definitely be able to rush up the mountain this time.

Jiro Takano did not rush up the mountain, but quickly hid behind a big rock and secretly observed the surrounding situation.

The hillside was also covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. Intensive gunfire rang out everywhere, and Japanese soldiers were constantly shot and fell to the ground.

There were also some Japanese soldiers who had already climbed up and hid in various places. They were suppressed by the firepower and dared not move at all. Of course, there were also some Japanese soldiers who were injured and hid in the corners, unable to move.

When Takano Jiro saw this, he was furious and shouted, "Keep charging!"

"No one is allowed to retreat. Charge forward. Victory is just around the corner."

“Go~!”

Under the urging of Jiro Takano, there were some Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death. They got hot-headed and rushed out with gritted teeth.

At this time, the gunshots became more frequent, and more Japanese soldiers fell under the hail of bullets.

There were also continuous grenades flying down from the mountain, landing in the trenches and exploding with a loud bang.

Takano Jiro shouted loudly: "Throw me a grenade and kill the enemies in the trenches."

A Japanese soldier nearby reminded him, "Sir, it is difficult for us to throw our grenades into their trenches, but they are on the mountain, high up and can throw them far away, so they can easily throw them into the trenches below the mountain."

"Bagaya Deer~!"

Takano Jiro was so angry that he started to curse and yelled to the people down the mountain: "Speed ​​up and go up the mountain. People on the mountain keep rushing to the top. We must take down Tianma Mountain for me." (End of this chapter)