Quartermasters can also fight the devils

The entire explosion area was filled with officers and soldiers from the First Squadron and the Second Squadron. Some of them were still alive, but most of them had no breath left, and many even had their bodies mutilated. The scene was quite bloody.

"Hurry, look for any survivors, carry all the wounded away, take care of the living first, and don't worry about the dead." Captain Shohei Otani looked at the hellish scene in front of him and reacted. He loudly called on the officers and soldiers of his squadron to quickly search for and rescue the living wounded. As for the dead, there was no need to worry about them. After the war, the troops cleaning up the battlefield would naturally be responsible for them.

Captain Shohei Otani also started searching in the explosion area himself. He now understood why no reinforcements came to support him at the beginning. It turned out that the reinforcements were all lying here. He also misunderstood the captain, Major Fujiwara Chiya. Judging from the current situation, the losses of the Second Battalion this time were quite serious. With the captain's hot temper, he would probably be scolded soon.

Just as Captain Shohei Otani was commanding the remaining soldiers of the Third Squadron to search for and rescue the wounded, the commander of the Third Battalion, Major Shuichi Kurokawa, led his troops to the battlefield. When Major Shuichi Kurokawa and his men quickly rushed to the explosion site, the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion were all stunned.

They were just waiting in the back for the Second Battalion to occupy the defensive position of the Chinese army and continue marching forward. While resting, the soldiers made bets with each other, thinking that the Second Battalion would need several attacks to occupy the defensive position of the opposing Chinese army.

No one would think that the Second Battalion would need more than three attacks to occupy the position of the Chinese army on the opposite side. Previously, the First Battalion occupied the front position with one attack. More than 70% of the soldiers believed that the Second Battalion only needed two attacks at most to occupy the Chinese army's defensive position. The other 30% of the soldiers believed that the Second Battalion should also be able to occupy the Chinese army position in front with one attack.

As for three or more attacks, no one would choose this because it is a very unrealistic thing in their minds.

When they heard the huge explosion in front, all the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion were bewildered. They didn't know what the explosion was, but they were not too worried. They had fought against all kinds of Chinese troops, and except for a small defeat in Shandong Province, they were victorious all other times. The Chinese army could not stop the attack of their troops at all.

But not long after, all the officers and soldiers who were sitting on the ground to rest saw the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko, running towards them with an anxious look on his face, and their battalion commander, Major Kurokawa Shuichi, came up to him with his command knife in hand, bowing and bending over.

The regiment commander, Colonel Tsunahiko Watanabe, had just exchanged a few words with his battalion commander, Major Shuichi Kurokawa, when they heard the battalion commander, Major Shuichi Kurokawa, shouting loudly for everyone to gather quickly, and then all the officers and soldiers of the entire battalion quickly ran forward.

It was not until all the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion ran breathlessly to the explosion area on the battlefield that everyone understood what had happened and knew what their battalion was doing. It turned out that they were there to collect the bodies for the Second Battalion.

"Captain Kurokawa Shuichi, I am Shohei Otani, the squadron leader of the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Battalion." When the captain of the 3rd Battalion, Major Shuichi Kurokawa, appeared in the explosion area, Captain Shohei Otani quickly ran to Major Shuichi Kurokawa, saluted and reported.

"Well, Captain Otani, have you seen your battalion commander, Major Fujiwara Chiya? What's the current situation of your Second Battalion?" Major Kurokawa Shuichi, commander of the Third Battalion, asked Captain Otani Shohei. The regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko, had just instructed him that rescuing the wounded was one aspect, and finding the commander of the Second Battalion, Major Fujiwara Chiya, was another aspect. They couldn't lose a battalion commander in one attack, as that would make the division commander very dissatisfied.

Captain Shohei Otani was also shocked when he heard the question from Major Shuichi Kurokawa, the captain of the 3rd Battalion. He knew from Major Shuichi Kurokawa's question that his captain was probably in the explosion area, and that except for his own 3rd Squadron, all the other officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion should be in the explosion area, and his own battalion was gone.

"Captain Kurokawa, I don't know where you are now. My Third Squadron was responsible for the front attack. We just retreated after hearing the retreat whistle. As for the current situation of our Second Battalion, I am not too sure." Captain Shohei Otani really didn't know the current situation of his battalion. He also wanted to ask Major Shuichi Kurokawa about the current situation of his battalion.

When Major Kurokawa Shuichi heard that Captain Shohei Otani's troops had just withdrawn from the front, he also knew that Captain Shohei Otani was not very clear about what happened here, so he stopped asking. His heart sank to the bottom. Based on the current situation, Major Fujiwara Chiya, the captain of the 2nd Battalion, should be in danger, and there were probably not many people left in the 2nd Battalion.

"Captain Otani, your squadron should withdraw quickly, count the losses of the troops, and have a good rest. Our Third Battalion will take over here now." Major Shuichi Kurokawa ordered Captain Shohei Otani.

Captain Shohei Otani understood that the Third Battalion was now responsible for the front attack, and his Second Battalion was probably almost wiped out. Although he wanted to find his captain again, Major Shuichi Kurokawa was now the highest commander on the battlefield, and he had to obey Major Shuichi Kurokawa's orders. So, Captain Shohei Otani bowed deeply to Major Shuichi Kurokawa, and then went to the explosion area to gather the surviving soldiers of his squadron to withdraw.

When the attacking Japanese troops withdrew, peace returned to the position of the new 100th Division. When the Japanese army bombarded just now, all the officers and soldiers quickly hid in the anti-artillery holes in the trenches, but more than soldiers were still killed by the Japanese artillery fire. But everyone was accustomed to this kind of thing, and as long as they could kill more Japanese soldiers, they felt that everything was worth it.

As for the Japanese troops in the explosion area, the officers and soldiers of the new 100th Division did not care about them. The main reason was that after exceeding a certain shooting distance, the accuracy of the rifle would drop a lot. Shooting at such a long distance would just be a waste of bullets.

The officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Regiment of the Japanese Army spent half a day trying to find the upper body of Major Fujiwara Chiya, commander of the 2nd Battalion, with his intestines spilling all over the ground in a large pit created by the explosion. As for where the lower body went, no one cared much about it. It was enough to have an object to cremate, whether it was dead or alive.

Major Shuichi Kurokawa, captain of the 3rd battalion, also came personally to Major Fujiwara Chiya, who had only half of his body left. Looking at the upper body of Major Fujiwara Chiya, who was still staring at the sky with his small eyes open, Major Kurokawa Shuichi felt sad in his heart. Two hours ago, Major Fujiwara Chiya was still betting with him about who would get the most military merits this time. Now, everyone doesn't have to argue about that unimportant issue anymore, everything is back to dust.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Major Fujiwara Chiya, died in the explosion. In addition, the commanders of the 1st Squadron and the 2nd Squadron also died. Now only the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Battalion is still complete. The 1st and 2nd Squadrons were both wiped out in the explosion. Only 50 officers and soldiers were rescued from the explosion area, but they also lost their ability to fight. Now only 104 officers and soldiers in the entire 2nd Battalion are still capable of fighting." Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko, commander of the 11th Regiment, carefully reported to the division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, while holding the loss list of the 2nd Battalion given to him by the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Major Kurokawa Shuichi.

When the division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, heard the troop losses reported by the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko, he also frowned. He did not expect that the huge explosion caused by the Chinese army would cause such heavy losses to his troops.

Lieutenant General An Liji knew that he only had four infantry battalions and a field artillery regiment for this flanking attack, but his troops had already lost more than one battalion before even reaching Sanshui City. However, this was only the second line of defense of the Chinese army outside Sanshui City. Who knew how many more defense positions the Chinese army had built behind it? If the losses continued like this, his troops would be consumed on the way before even reaching Sanshui City.

Now the division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, is a little regretful that he had transferred two battalions from the 21st Regiment to the 42nd Regiment to fight on the front battlefield. Now he feels that his own troops are a little insufficient.

"Captain Watanabe, let the Third Battalion attack as soon as possible. The Chinese army on the opposite side should have suffered heavy losses. We should strike while the iron is hot and occupy the Chinese army's defensive positions in one fell swoop. Tell the Third Battalion to be careful of the Chinese army's traps." The division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, ordered the commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko.

The division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, thought that it would be better to first occupy the defensive positions of the Chinese army on the opposite side before thinking about the rest. Maybe the Chinese army only had these two defensive positions? Don't worry about it here. Victory is achieved step by step. You can't win without thinking.

After receiving the order to attack, Major Kurokawa Shuichi, the captain of the Third Battalion, was in a bad mood. He said that he should be careful of the traps set by the Chinese army. How could he be careful? Didn't Major Fujiwara Chiya, the captain of the Second Battalion, be careful? What's the point of being careful?