in2ebook Chapter 819: Although I don't understand, I obey
Chapter 819: Although I don't understand, I obey
As night fell, the Japanese troops were hiding in the darkness, waiting for their chance to strike.
With the assistance of the independent column's aircraft during the day, the attack was extremely difficult. Now the night became the perfect umbrella of protection, so Yokoyama Isamu decided to launch another surprise attack on Hengyang.
He personally came to the position of the 58th Division at Xiaobei Gate, faced the shirtless suicide squad, and began to make heroic speeches.
"Warriors of the Empire, Hengyang City is within reach. Our attack was hindered by enemy aircraft bombing during the day, but now the enemy aircraft are ineffective. It's time for you to show your prowess!"
Under the instigation of Isamu Yokoyama, about half a battalion of Japanese suicide squad, wearing sanitary napkins on their heads, groped towards the Xiaobei Gate in the dark.
They were pleasantly surprised to find that there was no ambush of independent columns outside the Xiaobei Gate and it was surprisingly quiet.
When they were about two hundred meters away from Xiaobei Gate, suddenly one of the unlucky Japanese soldiers heard a "click" under his feet.
"idiot!"
Then, in the silent night, jets of metal burst out, directly taking away several Japanese soldiers around.
The sudden sound of a landmine explosion seemed to have magical power, summoning several flickering flares, illuminating the Xiaobeimen position as bright as day.
"Enemy attack!"
The soldiers of the independent column immediately entered the position, picked up their rifles and machine guns and attacked the Japanese.
When the Japanese saw that their surprise attack failed, they immediately rushed forward screaming.
"Detonate!"
More than a dozen Broadsword mines were detonated instantly, and then tens of thousands of steel balls sprayed towards the Japanese soldiers like rain, directly turning the upper-body naked Japanese soldiers into bloody gourds.
When Maori Suehiro saw that the suicide squad's attack was blocked, he immediately ordered another battalion to rush towards the Xiaobei Gate one after another.
"Mortar!"
Mortar shells fell one after another into the Japanese charging formation, but the Japanese seemed to be under a spell, not afraid at all, and kept charging forward.
The soldiers of the airborne brigade increased their firepower, firing bullets at the Japanese like crazy. Tracer bullets shot at the Japanese's bodies like meteors.
The symphony of steel, flesh and blood continued to play, and finally turned into a carnival of Satan.
The Japanese soldiers from all directions of Hengyang City were like crazy, pouring in wave after wave.
It turned out that the Japanese were afraid of street fighting and were ambushed by the 10th Army in the city. However, facing the powerful firepower, they were eager to engage in street fighting immediately, so that they might have a chance of survival. Otherwise, they could only rush forward with their chests against the metal jets.
Yokoyama Isamu discovered that except for the east, although there were not many soldiers defending the city in the other three directions, their firepower output was more intensive.
"Orders, the 34th Division must open a gap in the east and launch feint attacks in other directions!"
The 34th Division sent two independent infantry battalions to fill up the west bank of the Xiangjiang River.
Fang Xianjue looked at the numerous Japanese devils and immediately picked up a Czech-style gun.
"Brothers, the airborne brigade has held off the enemy from three directions with the strength of a regiment for three days. Can't we, an army, hold off one direction? If you have any, stand up! Kill those bastards!"
Fang Xianjue was furious. If the East Gate was lost, it would not be their city gate that would be lost, but their face!
The officers and soldiers of the 10th Army seemed to be energized. They rushed forward recklessly and greeted the enemy with grenades.
However, even though the officers and soldiers of the 10th Army were fearless and brave, more than Japanese soldiers had already attacked to within meters under the cover of artillery and could be reached with just one charge.
"Commander Fang, tell the soldiers to retreat. I'll call for artillery support!"
"what?"
"Let the soldiers retreat, get into the trenches, and don't show your heads!"
"it is good!"
Fang Xianqie immediately ordered the soldiers who were red-eyed to be pulled back. Although they were puzzled, they obeyed.
Half a minute later, the Japanese were surprised to find that the defenders, who had just been like little tigers coming down the mountain, had actually retreated. They immediately wanted to seize this opportunity to avenge their former division commander who had shot them in the head.
The Japanese soldiers who were originally a little hesitant immediately got up and rushed over.
Just as Fang Xianqie heard the Japanese shouting, he hesitated whether to stand up and accept the Japanese bayonet with his chest, because he really could not imagine how humiliating it would be to die with his back facing the enemy.
But just as he exerted force with his legs and prepared to stand up, bursts of fiery red arrows suddenly appeared in the sky, and 107 rockets fired from mm rocket launchers whizzed towards him.
The soldiers in the trenches felt as if time had stopped seeing such a fantastic sight.
Finally, huge explosions were heard from behind, shaking the earth and the soldiers of the 10th Army also seemed to hear a buzzing sound in their ears.
Half a minute seemed like a long century.
For the Japs of the 34th Army on the eastern front, it was more like ten centuries!
The flying shrapnel, the scorching heat, and the wailing beside them made them feel as if they were in hell. However, the shrapnel and shock waves had a conscience and took away their maggot-like lives in just a few seconds.
A minute later, Fang Xianjue stood up from the trench and looked to the east.
The battlefield had been reduced to a scorched earth, with limbs scattered everywhere and burning flames.
"General Fang, we can launch a counterattack now!"
Fang Xianjue finally reacted. If he didn't teach them a lesson now, when would he wait?
"Brothers, rush with me!"
About a thousand Central Army soldiers rushed out, fighting fiercely along the way, and drove out the Japanese with machine guns and bayonets.
Then comes the most exciting moment, cleaning up the battlefield.
The soldiers of the 10th Army brought back all the weapons from the battlefield, including Type rifles, Type light machine guns, and grenade launchers.
Fang Xianjue looked at the weapons and ammunition piled all over the ground! This was the first time he had such a big harvest. After all, they had been fighting for more than a month and had been constantly shrinking their defenses, so they had no chance to clean up the battlefield.
Around twelve o'clock in the evening, the Japanese troops in all directions began to withdraw! They really couldn't bear such a head-on charging style, and lost more than 4,000 soldiers tonight.
The airborne brigade guided the aircraft to drop and once again delivered a large amount of ammunition, medicines and supplies.
"Damn it, we have to push forward tomorrow to see how the situation develops, leave enough airdrop areas, and send more troops. The Japs are on high alert now, and without a large enough airdrop area, it's going to be a bit difficult to deal with!"
After Monk Wei finished speaking, he ordered his men to deliver the spoils of war that the Airborne Brigade had cleared from the battlefield, including some weapons, ammunition and gas masks, to the Tenth Army.