Quartermasters can also fight the devils

When the shelling was about to stop, the commander of the Second Battalion, Major Ogino Shi, led his Second Battalion officers and soldiers to rush quickly to the defensive position of the New 210th Division in front. However, all the officers and soldiers were very conflicted. They were afraid that the Chinese army on the opposite side would come up with some new tricks, and they would definitely die here.

When the Japanese army began to charge, the observation post on the new 210th Division's position discovered the Japanese army's actions, and sharp whistles immediately sounded on the position mixed with sparse artillery explosions.

After hearing the whistle, the officers and soldiers of the new 210th Division also crawled out from the anti-artillery holes in various parts of the position. This time they came to their respective garrison trenches very quickly to make preparations before the battle. This time they were going to fight the Japanese army seriously. The second position was their last line of defense.

The new 210th Division was not prepared to engage in street fighting with the Japanese in Shunde City. It was not that they did not want to, but Shunde City was too small and the troops could not deploy their forces at all. Besides, they did not need to fight the Japanese in Shunde. The new 210th Division would have to guard the passage between Nanhai and Sanshui, which was much more important than Shunde.

As the officers and soldiers of the new 210th Division opened fire on the battlefield, the commander of the Japanese Second Battalion, Major Ogino Shi, who was charging, immediately felt that the Chinese army was serious this time. The previous burst of shooting directly wiped out almost two squads of officers and soldiers from his squad.

"The heavy machine guns should increase their firing intensity to suppress the Chinese army's machine gun firepower. The light machine guns should move forward and provide fire support to the attacking forces." Major Ogino Shi shouted angrily to the soldiers around him.

The new 210th Division also organized a group of sharpshooters. They specifically targeted Japanese officers and machine gunners for sniping, and they would move to another location after each shot, making it difficult for the Japanese to effectively target them.

After attacking for more than 161 minutes, the soldiers of the nd Battalion of the st Regiment of the Japanese Army suddenly discovered that their superior officers had been knocked down by gunfire from the opposing Chinese army's position. They would never believe it even if they were killed if they were told that the Chinese army was not consciously targeting the officers in their shooting.

After losing a large number of low-level officers, the Japanese attacking forces fought more and more disorganized, which made the regiment commander Colonel Yoshiaki Ishida, who was watching the battle from behind, so angry that even his hands holding the telescope were shaking. The New 22nd Army of the Chinese government was hiding too deeply, and this position defense battle was fought very methodically. There was no trace of the previous chaotic and scattered appearance. The New 22nd Army of the Chinese government are all masters of acting, their hearts are black, and their hands are also black.

But now Colonel Yoshiaki Ishida has no good solution. All the troops that can be sent out have been sent out. Now is the time for the two sides to truly compete in endurance and level.

After losing a large number of low-level officers and soldiers, the soldiers of the Second Battalion were gradually suppressed at a distance of 210 meters in front of the position. The surviving Japanese soldiers could only fire sporadically at the positions of the New 210th Division. Although this kind of shooting could also cause certain casualties to the guarding officers and soldiers of the New th Division, it actually had little effect.

The captain of the second battalion, Major Ogino Shige, also discovered the problems with the attacking force in front at the first time. After observing for a while, Major Ogino Shige had to let the attacking force in front withdraw. He needed to readjust the command of the attacking force. Otherwise, if they continued to fight in such a disorganized manner, it would not be possible to occupy the Chinese army's positions except for increasing casualties.

The captain of the second battalion, Major Ogino Shi, also informed the captain of the third battalion behind him, Major Matsuno Aita, that according to the previous order of the commander of the regiment, Colonel Ishida Yoshiaki, if his troops were not able to attack smoothly and had to withdraw, the third battalion should immediately enter the battlefield and continue to put pressure on the Chinese army.

After receiving the news of the replacement attack from the captain of the Second Battalion, Major Ogino Shi, the captain of the Third Battalion, Major Matsuno Akitaka, also looked at the time. The attack of the Second Battalion lasted only less than 35 minutes, and then it had to be replaced. This shows that the defensive capability of the opposing Chinese army is very strong.

However, although the captain of the Third Battalion, Major Matsuno Akitaka, sighed in his heart, he quickly ordered his troops to advance towards the Chinese army's position and replace the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion as soon as possible. He also wanted to see what kind of results his Third Battalion could achieve.

At the defensive position of the new 210th Division, seeing the Japanese army's continuous rotation of attacks, Division Commander Cai immediately ordered each unit to take turns to fight the Japanese army. The sharpshooters were free to play. As long as they could stop the Japanese army, they would not worry about the Japanese army rushing up to the position to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

After all, the Japanese army has taken such a long time to adjust, who knows how many Japanese troops are waiting to attack behind? If the troops behind the Japanese army rush up in hand-to-hand combat, it will be difficult to defend their positions. The main reason is that Commander Cai does not want the troops to suffer too many casualties, which will affect subsequent operations.

The captain of the Second Battalion, Major Ogino Shige, withdrew his Second Battalion from the line of fire and took inventory. He was so angry that he almost died. In such a short battle, his battalion lost six squad leaders, one company leader, and more than one company of soldiers. It can be said that his Second Battalion was almost wiped out by the Chinese army on the opposite position. This made Major Ogino Shige's heart bleed.

It is easy to replenish ordinary soldiers after the war, but the replenishment of officers is not so fast. The grassroots officers are the cornerstone of the army. Without them, the troops will be in disarray. You can't let yourself lead the charge.

But the reality was cruel. Major Ogino Shi had to face this brutal reality. He could only quickly reorganize the troops, temporarily promoted several surviving sergeants to serve as squad leaders, and the entire battalion was directly compressed into two understaffed infantry companies. At the same time, he sent someone to report this bad news to the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshiaki Ishida, who was supervising the battle in the back.

The captain of the third battalion, Major Matsuno Akitaka, is now repeating the same mood as the captain of the second battalion, Major Ogino Shi. He finds that after his troops took over the attack, the Chinese soldiers on the opposite position seem to still have strong physical strength and energy, and their defense organization is also very tight.

At the same time, some of his officers who were commanding in the front were being shot and killed, which forced him to increase the firepower output of his troops. He just saw through the telescope that two officers who were commanding in the front were shot and killed by the Chinese army. He was so anxious that he wanted to take his command knife and challenge the shooter of the Chinese army on the opposite side.

When Colonel Yoshiaki Ishida, commander of the 161st Regiment, received the news from Major Ogino Shige, commander of the nd Battalion, he was also shocked. His idea was probably going to fail. The defensive strength of the Chinese defenders on the opposite side was extremely strong. He himself could roughly see some of the situation from the back. He believed that the officers and soldiers of the army had done their best.

"Mr. Shimizu, what's the situation of the First Battalion?" The commander of the regiment, Colonel Yoshiaki Ishida, had not yet figured out how to break through the Chinese defenders' positions on the opposite side when he saw the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka, walking towards him with a gloomy face. So he asked about the situation of the First Battalion out of concern.

The chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka, walked up to Colonel Ishida Yoshiaki, the commander of the regiment, and said with a bitter face, "Your Excellency, the situation of the First Battalion is very bad. Major Genichi, the commander of the regiment, has not been found yet. There are only 375 officers and soldiers alive in the entire regiment, and those who are alive are injured and can no longer participate in the battle. The doctors of the medical team said that all the surviving officers and soldiers must be retired. The First Battalion can be said to be gone."

After hearing this even worse news from the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka, the regiment commander, Colonel Ishida Yoshiaki, was a little speechless. He now only had a little over a battalion of troops, and the defensive capability of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government was very strong. It seemed that his few troops were not enough to break through the defense line of the Chinese army. This was a problem.

If he reported to the brigade commander the news that the 161st Regiment was unable to break through the Chinese army's defensive positions, he didn't dare to think further.

"Sir, the regiment commander, I think we should let the brigade commander send the troops of the 104th Division to take charge of the attack. Perhaps this is also a good opportunity to prove our th Division." Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka said something in a different way that the regiment commander, Colonel Ishida Yoshiaki, did not quite understand.

"Mr. Shimizu, I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain it to me?" The commander of the corps, Colonel Yoshiaki Ishida, felt that Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka would not say such a thing without any purpose. He wanted to hear Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka's explanation.

"Your Excellency the Commander, letting the Fifth Division take over our attack is a great shame for our 104th Division on the surface, but what if the Fifth Division is also defeated by the Chinese government's New nd Army? Can we then say that this is not our problem, but that the Chinese government's New nd Army is too strong? We only have one brigade of troops on the west bank of the Pearl River, and the Fifth Division has now been fully deployed to the west bank of the Pearl River. They can't deal with the Chinese government's New nd Army with one division, and let us have a brigade to fight against the New nd Army. This is a mistake in the previous strategic arrangement." Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka explained his remarks.

After hearing the explanation from the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka, the commander of the 161st Regiment, Colonel Ishida Yoshi's eyes lit up. He felt that Lieutenant Colonel Shimizu Madoka was truly a talent. Such a complicated matter was completely resolved by his trick of diverting the blame.

He believed that even if the Fifth Division was fully equipped and staffed, it would not be able to gain any advantage against the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government. They would be lucky if they did not lose a few regiment commanders to the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government.

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