Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

With the intelligence in hand, Lin Qiang did not dwell on this matter any longer. With Li Yunlong's keen insight, if he dwelled on it for too long, he would easily notice something.

Now Lin Qiang is only thinking about how to end the battle as quickly as possible.

The battle on both wings was nearing its end. A Japanese cavalry regiment was defeated by a battalion of the New Second Regiment, and less than one-fifth of the Japanese escaped.

Hundreds of horses were captured, and the captured cavalry equipment was enough to equip an entire cavalry company.

During this period of fighting, the New 1st Regiment, under the command of Ding Wei, continued to expand its victory, killing hundreds of Japanese soldiers and leaving the Japanese soldiers of the 7th Brigade with nowhere to hide.

Xiaowangzhuang is not very big, and a battle involving tens of thousands of people cannot be carried out at all. Looking around, the ground was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers.

The scene was uncomfortable.

It is the beginning of winter now, and the northwest wind is blowing. Due to the terrain of Xiaowangzhuang, the cold wind circulates and howls inside.

The Japs were alright, as they were constantly charging forward, so they didn't have to worry about these problems. However, for the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the battlefield, the situation was not very optimistic.

The soldiers of the new regiment did not have very thick cotton jackets. They lay on the cold battlefield for a long time, which caused their body temperature to drop and their hands became stiff when they pulled the bolts.

As the so-called one-shot, and then decline, three and exhausted.

After several unsuccessful charges, the morale of the Japanese troops dropped to the lowest point.

This had never happened before, and the Japanese generals were not good at boosting morale. The only thing they knew how to do was to shoot any retreating Japanese soldiers.

The corpses on the battlefield piled up more and more, forming a shelter that could be used for hiding without any deliberate construction.

Using the cover built with corpses, the Japanese retreated and were able to catch their breath.

There was no way for Hide Kawashita to break the current situation. Out of a team of over ten thousand people, less than half of them were left, and the battlefield was littered with the corpses of the Japanese devils.

Even during the charge, many were tripped by corpses and trampled to death by the Japanese soldiers who rushed up later.

Kawashita Hide has used all the means he can, and now he has only one last way left, which is to fight to the death and use a large force to charge to create a chance for him to escape.

But now is obviously not the time. The first thing he needs to solve is the problem of troop morale.

However, after a day of fighting, they suddenly smelled the aroma of barbecue. Not to mention the other devils, even Kawashita Hide couldn't help swallowing.

What fighting, what escaping, now there are only two words left in my mind - barbecue.

The Japanese soldiers came out one after another to check the source of the fragrance, but what was waiting for them was not delicious barbecue, but high-speed spinning bullets.

Many Japanese soldiers were killed by snipers as soon as they showed up.

Of course, some devils also saw the source of the fragrance.

That's not barbecue, it's...

The flames generated by the explosion of the shells continued to burn on the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, eventually leading to the current situation.

On the battlefield, the soldiers who watched closely smelled the odor of barbecue, and those who could endure it showed no expression on their faces.

But more soldiers ran to the back and vomited.

Just then, the kitchen team delivered dinner. In order to thank the three regiments of soldiers who came to "take advantage" of him, Lin Qiang spent a lot of money and took out all the canned food in the warehouse. Together with the kitchen team of the team and the people in the base, he spent a whole day to prepare dinner.

The aroma of meat is tangy.

After a day of fighting, the soldiers had been cold all day, and now they could have a bite of hot food, which was so refreshing.

The Japanese soldiers’ food was not bad either, they ate canned meat.

It gets dark very early in winter, and it is basically pitch dark after dinner, and the temperature drops sharply.

The soldiers could hold on with just a few pieces of clothing during the day, but at night, no one could hold on without a heat source, and they might even get frozen.

The position had been exposed long ago, so Ding Wei simply ordered the soldiers to light a bonfire to keep warm.

At night, Xiaowangzhuang no longer looks like a battlefield, but more like a place where soldiers camp after training.

When the battle broke out during the day, the frightened birds and beasts ran around in panic, and many of them were killed by stray bullets. Now they have become food for the soldiers' dinner.

However, many soldiers couldn't help wanting to vomit when they smelled the aroma of barbecue.

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the next morning.

In Xiaowangzhuang, it was hard to tell whether it was the smoke of war or the fog that should have existed in the mountains in the early morning.

Under the quiet morning, there was an undercurrent. Hu Zi's company took advantage of the darkness last night to move to the rear of the Japanese.

The purpose is not to stop the Japanese from escaping, but to kill as many Japanese as possible while they are fleeing.

But Lin Qiang didn't know that Kawashita Hide had decided to use all the Japanese devils in exchange for his own survival.

"Boom~"

The explosion of a shell broke the tranquility of the early morning.

The Japs attempted to launch a surprise attack in the early morning, but were met with a warm greeting from the artillery.

This morning, let the Japanese eat 70mm mortar shells.

The bombardment lasted for a full ten minutes. It wasn't that the artillerymen couldn't bear it, but the gun barrel would explode if they continued firing.

It is not clear how many Japanese casualties there were. We only know that after the bombing, there was no movement from the Japanese troops.

the other side.

The battle between the 1st Battalion of the New 2nd Regiment and the Japanese 9th Brigade was also nearing its end.

After Akino had consumed half of the remaining troops, he knew there was nothing he could do, so he led his team out of the battle.

After the sound of gunfire, the wailing on the battlefield could be clearly heard.

The Japanese who survived the shelling lay on the corpses in pain, shouting for the medics.

Little did they know that the medic had already died in the battlefield rescue operation.

The regimental commanders and major-level commanders under the 7th Brigade have all been killed in the battle, and now only the commander Kawashita Hide is still alive.

In order to survive, Kawashita Hide fabricated intelligence that reinforcements had arrived at Hulukou and surrounded the Eighth Route Army position from behind.

The Japanese believed it and followed Kawashita Hide's orders to launch another group charge.

With the dawn of victory in their hearts, the Japanese offensive was much stronger than the first time.

However, while the troops were charging, Kawashita Hide led a dozen Japanese soldiers to quickly escape from the battlefield along the mountain.

Lin Qiang was unaware of this situation. He was still thinking about how to end the battle quickly without causing casualties to the team.

As expected, the Japanese charge was repelled again.

When they found out that Kawashita Hide had escaped, the morale that they had finally gathered dissipated.

The trees fell and the hozens scattered.

It is the most appropriate description of the current 7th Brigade.

The team of several thousand people scattered and fled for their lives.

However, Lin Qiang had already made preparations. Hu Zi's company opened fire at full power, and the bullets weaved a large net that covered the whole place.

Hide Kawashita, who escaped first, did not expect the team to collapse so quickly, and he was also covered by fire. Half of the Japanese soldiers on his body died in order to protect him.

And they had only run less than one-tenth of the distance to escape from the battlefield.