Time travel! Regrets will never happen again!

In fact, from the beginning of the war until now, the 31st Regiment of the Japanese Army has only lost less than a thousand people in total.

However, because the blocking position was breached, the regiment commander saw that the air force's bombing of the Chinese artillery position failed.

The Japanese chose to retreat. Originally, they left behind two infantry squadrons to fight against the enemy, but they did not expect that the Chinese would deploy tanks.

They also didn't expect that the Chinese army actually knew some simple infantry-tank coordinated operations, which allowed the Japanese troops who were blocking the enemy to be quickly wiped out by the Chinese's superior firepower and equipment.

The retreat, which had been relatively orderly, turned into a rout like headless flies after seeing the tanks appearing behind them.

They ran all the way, but just when they thought they were about to escape, the Chinese actually arranged a large-scale ambush at the last place.

The first move was a massive artillery bombardment, which caused heavy casualties to the unprepared Japanese army, and the key regiment commander was even killed in the bombardment.

One of the two lieutenant colonels was still in the back coordinating and commanding the retreat, while the other had just returned to the arms of Amaterasu Daisha following the wing commander.

"Counterattack! Counterattack immediately! Don't panic!" The Chief of Staff of the 31st Regiment did not walk with Captain Matsui.

He was retreating with the brigade headquarters and was originally sitting on a truck, but by this time he had already run far away from the convoy.

Sure enough, just when he was less than a hundred meters away from the truck, a barrage of shells fell near the convoy.

The entire convoy turned into a sea of ​​fire in an instant. The light and heavy weapons, baggage, food, and a large amount of ammunition carried on the trucks were all destroyed, especially the seven remaining artillery pieces.

There is no chance to rescue him this time. Chief of Staff Koinu Saburo is now as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

The regiment commander was killed in battle, a battalion commander was killed, the retreat was cut off, and all important supplies such as artillery and supplies were destroyed.

What should he do now? Now he can only wait for Captain Masaki Yamada to discuss with him.

Sure enough, after a while, Lieutenant Colonel Yamada came here with an anxious look on his face, and Chief of Staff Koinou had not spoken yet.

Yamada's voice was heard, "Xiaoquanjun! What's the situation now? Why did the locust army at the front stop their actions? We must break through the Chinese defense line. A large number of pursuers are coming up from behind!"

"They still have more than a dozen tanks. The frontline must open up a retreat route as soon as possible at all costs, otherwise our 31st Regiment will become the first regiment-level team to be completely wiped out in the history of the Empire's wars!"

"We will become the shame of the empire! We will be despised by future generations!"

"Yamada-kun! What do you think we should do? The morale of the soldiers has plummeted. We should think about how to boost their morale and break through the Chinese blocking line!"

Koinu Saburo has always been engaged in logistics and staff work, and has never actually commanded a battle.

So from now on he could only place all his hopes on Yamada.

"Chief of Staff! We must get our warriors to break through the Chinese defenses now, otherwise we will be surrounded and annihilated by them in the end."

Yamada has no time to waste here. The pursuing armored forces will arrive soon, and now he must go all out to break through the blocking position here.

This time, Xiaoquan and Yamada jointly commanded the remaining soldiers of the 31st Regiment who had just been gathered.

"Warriors of the Empire, we must now capture the Chinese blocking positions in front of us, because the Chinese behind us have sent out armored units and tens of thousands of infantrymen, rushing towards us!"

"If we don't have a breakthrough within an hour, then everyone will be loyal to His Majesty Tian Huang here!"

The Japanese army assembled more than 1600 remaining soldiers who were able to fight, leaving only some medical soldiers and logistics soldiers who did not have much combat effectiveness.

So they asked more than 300 people from the logistics corps to defend their rear, so that they could retreat immediately if the front line was broken through.

If the front line cannot be broken through, then the entire regiment will be destroyed together. Yamada and Xiaoquan have no confidence that they can defeat the large Chinese force coming from behind!

"Kill them!" Yamada came to the front line and saw that the hills on both sides were covered with flying mud.

It seems that the Chinese soldiers took advantage of their artillery to suppress their own side and began to dig temporary trenches.

The entire regiment gathered together the remaining mortars and grenade launchers when the Japanese army charged.

The Japanese artillery was indeed excellent, throwing mortar shells and grenades 100 meters in front of the Japanese charging team.

Zhang Biao stood in the temporary forward command post, watching the Japanese soldiers advancing almost on the barrage of bullets. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the Chinese soldiers still needed to train hard, and hoped that they could reach the level of the Japanese devils soon.

"Beat him hard!" Although he sighed in his heart, he still gave the order.

The Japanese launched a group charge right away, intending to take advantage of the fact that a brigade of soldiers had just arrived and had no complete fortifications, and break through their temporary defense line.

Indeed, the Japanese launched a group charge on the entire hill. Just looking at the Japanese all over the hill, they were advancing towards here in scattered formations.

An 81mm mortar shell landed among the Japanese troops. The fireball and debris from the explosion directly blew away two Japanese soldiers who were close to the explosion point.

The Japanese troops behind him immediately filled the vacant position and continued to attack the small hill which was less than 100 meters high at a leisurely pace.

The unique sound of the Type 38 rifle, "Ba Gou, Ba Gou!", passed by my ears from time to time.

Because they were busy on the road, the Brigade did not carry any heavy machine guns. At this moment, they only had Czech light machine guns and Type 99 rifles to spray bullets at the charging Japanese troops.

Although the Japanese's firepower is not as strong as that of a brigade, their marksmanship is excellent and they can basically hit the target within 100 meters.

This is because a large number of veterans were transferred to the Pacific battlefield. In the previous Chinese battlefield, the Japanese veterans could achieve an 200% hit rate within meters.

Zhao Chen is holding a Mauser 98K rifle. He is one of the rare sharpshooters in the brigade. The rifle in his hand is a sniper rifle equipped with a scope.

This was one of the 100 rifles that the military commander got through his connections. He used this rifle to kill six Japanese soldiers in the last battle in Yangquan.

With a "click", he loaded a 7.92mm bullet into the chamber and aimed the crosshairs of the scope at a Japanese lieutenant officer waving a command knife in his hand.

With a "bang", the bullet flew in the air for more than a second before penetrating the Japanese soldier's helmet and flying out from behind his head again.

For a moment, white brain matter mixed with red blood sprayed all over the faces of the Japanese soldiers following behind.

The Japanese lieutenant fell back unwillingly. At the same time, several other snipers like Zhao Chen were also looking for Japanese officers on the battlefield.

Many machine gunners on the position also became the preferred targets of the Japanese sharpshooters. The shooter of the ZB-26 Czech light machine gun on the machine gun position not far from Zhao Chen had been replaced three times.

No one would retreat, because for every machine gunner sacrificed, the Japanese would have to pay several times or even dozens of times the price.

Now the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Brigade did not care about casualties at all. They only needed to block the Japanese's retreat in front of the position and wait for the large force in the rear.

The Japanese had already advanced to the middle of the mountain, but the attack from above made them very uncomfortable and passive, especially the numerous mortars of the brigade, which could maximize their lethality in this group charge formation.

Lieutenant Colonel Yamada had taken off his shirt and was pacing back and forth in the command post at the back.

"Tell Ono-kun! Don't worry about casualties, just attack the mountain with all your strength!" Major Ono, who had just been in charge of the front-line command, sent someone back to report.

The front-line soldiers suffered heavy casualties, with nearly three hundred Locust Army warriors already killed or wounded. Ono asked whether they should suspend the attack and go back to rest.