I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 392 The Japs are about to run away

Commander Yang turned around and shouted, "Communicator, pass the order to Commander Sun of the artillery battalion.

Fire a test shot, and then fire all the shells at that small hill.

Tell my brothers, those little devils above are the murderers who killed 300,000 of my compatriots in Nanjing.

Even if our regiment is wiped out today, we cannot let a single Japanese soldier escape."

Commander Yang's artillery battalion, together with the Loyal and Patriotic Army, seized the artillery pieces left behind by the Japanese army.

They fired all the shells they could collect at the small hill where the Japanese troops were hiding.

The intensive artillery bombardment made it impossible for the Japanese to raise their heads.

Fei Huanan also commanded his subordinates to aim all the light and heavy machine guns at the small hill.

"Light and heavy machine gunners, set up your machine guns, keep them steady and don't rush to fire.

When we ran out of shells, the machine gunners followed up with firing.

We must not give the Japanese on the high ground the opportunity to raise their heads and shoot.

Cover our infantry and rush to the small hill."

The Loyal and Patriotic Army stopped firing after only firing a few rounds.

There is no way to solve this problem because the Marine Division is charging too fast.

The level of their artillery fire was really limited, and several shells almost injured their own people.

Fei Huanan quickly called on his own artillery to temporarily stop firing.

Fortunately, their shelling had just stopped and the navy had already rushed to the bottom of the high ground.

Fei Nanhua immediately ordered all light and heavy machine guns to open fire.

The Loyal and Patriotic Army, which was at the front at this time, also fought bravely under the encouragement of Zheng Yaoxian and Fei Huanan.

They ignored the fact that the two artillery towers were already crumbling and still carried the heavy machine guns up.

The artillery fire here had just stopped and the Japanese reacted very quickly.

The Japanese knew that the Chinese army's infantry was about to charge forward.

They immediately lay down on the edge of the hill, ready to shoot.

"Da da da……"

On top of the two artillery towers, four heavy machine guns of the Loyalty and Patriotic Army simultaneously fired at the Japanese on the small hill.

On one side of the artillery tower, three or four light and heavy machine guns opened fire simultaneously at the firing holes facing the small hill.

The place where the Japanese were hiding was said to be a small hill, but in fact it was not much higher than a two-story building.

The length of the highland is only a pitiful 200 meters and the width is only about 100 meters.

On the high ground, only two lines of defense can be deployed at most.

Even if we put a squadron of soldiers there to guard it, it would still be too many people.

The remaining soldiers could only wait behind the high ground, and when all the enemies there were killed, they would rush up and continue fighting.

But if you are not familiar with the terrain here, and if you don't get close to investigate, you won't be able to see its mystery at all.

The squadron that was on guard duty on the high ground at the beginning.

There were not many people left after the initial artillery bombardment by the National Army.

After gritting their teeth, they had to send two more squads of Japanese soldiers into the position.

He didn't know why these national troops had clearly escaped.

But now he turned around and attacked back, still with a ruthless determination to fight to the death.

Now we can only hope that the news that the main force of the division has begun to provide support will scare away these nationalist troops.

Otherwise, the thousand men without heavy weapons would not be able to hold out for long.

They would be torn to pieces by the more than 8,000 national army troops.

Besides, they no longer have a thousand people, and the Kuomintang’s artillery bombardment just now was fierce.

Their troops lost more than 150 people.

When the second echelon of the Japanese invaders came up, they suffered a devastating blow.

Inside the artillery tower, the firing holes from the second floor and above could basically hit the Japanese troops on the high ground.

Those Japanese soldiers who were lying on the ground had just loaded their bullets.

Before they could even aim downwards, they were hit by bullets fired from the light and heavy machine guns on the turret and rolled down again.

The captains of the underground and shallow cabin teams were so angry that they kept slapping the ground with the two Japanese devils.

If we continue to play like this, no matter how many people we bring in, they won’t be enough to fill the gap.

The remaining two squadrons of soldiers were unable to stop the Chinese army's attack.

The underground captain: "Second squadron leader, you lead your squadron to defend the last ridge.

Give our underground brigade the main force to break out and buy the last bit of time."

"Hey, I understand. Long live the Emperor!"

The captain of the second squadron of the underground brigade shouted slogans.

Then he led his soldiers and rushed to the high ground.

This time they were finally smart and did not go up to the high ground under the machine gun bullets.

Instead, they lay down on the ridge of the high ground, waiting for the Chinese army to show up from that side, and then they opened fire.

The remaining Japanese soldiers, led by the shallow cabin and the well, quickly ran towards the small river behind.

The Loyal and Patriotic Army on the artillery tower discovered that the Japanese were trying to escape by jumping into the river.

They immediately used the loudspeaker on the artillery tower to shout to the people of the Marine Division below.

"Oh no! The Japanese are trying to escape! They are trying to jump into the river and escape."

The Japanese squadron leader lying on the ridge heard someone shouting through a loudspeaker on the top of the artillery tower.

They realized that their retreat had been discovered by the Chinese army.

"No need to aim for all the grenade launchers, just start blind firing at maximum range and fire all the grenades out."

Seven or eight grenades flew out from the Japanese side.

The Loyal and Patriotic Army that was charging was knocked down by a sudden grenade. "Whoosh... Boom".

Suddenly, more than a dozen mortar shells flew over and exploded on the slope.

All the Japanese soldiers lying in ambush on the ridge were blown down the hillside.

They had no courage and endured the baptism of Chinese army's artillery shells.

They simply crawled down and tried to follow their captain and jump into the river to escape.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Even their captain was knocked down by the shells into the depression behind the high ground.

Captain Yang turned around and asked, "Who fired the shell? I want to give him a great reward."

Captain Sun of the artillery battalion was also confused.

The shells they carried had already been used up during the charge just now.

Moreover, judging by the trajectory of the mortar, it was not fired from their side.

"Captain Yang, it's not our artillery battalion that's firing. It seems to be coming from the east of the high ground."

Yes, the shells came from the east.

That was the artillery company lent to their regiment by the Third Militia Division.

Their artillery company was originally carrying out operations together with the special company of the Marine Division.

Just as it got dark today, they were brought here by the special company via water and hid.

This Marine Division is indeed the ace force of the Gannan Allied Forces.

This special company of the Marine Division is the ace among aces, equivalent to the Republic of China version of "Fire Blue Blade".

Basically, under the noses of the Japanese, they sneaked from the bottom of the river downstream to the section of the river where the wooden bridge was.

Before the special company left, the artillery company commander grabbed their company commander Fang Lixing.

"Lao Fang, if you leave, what are we going to do here?"

Fang Lixing: "As an artillery company commander, can't you fire a cannon?"

Artillery Company Commander: You...

Fang Lixing: Well, I think I did mean to insult someone a little bit.

"Hold steady first, and wait for Captain Yang and his men to fire their shells. This will attract the enemy's attention, and then you can fire.

Remember, fire five rapid shots, then run about 500 meters behind the high ground."