The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

"Old squad leader, goodbye!" Lao Mao did not cry heart-wrenchingly like his other comrades, but muttered silently in his heart, as if he had experienced such a farewell countless times.

The 2st Squad, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, had 1 men before departure. Squad Leader He was the third of his comrades to die, having already lost two and seriously injured one. Deputy Squad Leader Liu Ruihui quietly took over command, assigning Lao Mao to join Chuanwazi and his group and continuing the planned battle plan.

The enemy's attack pattern prevented Squad 1 from using their firearms, so Liu Ruihui ordered everyone to disperse and set as many booby traps as possible. Meanwhile, he instructed Lao Mao's group to climb higher and use machine guns to cover the other two groups' movements.

"Ida, move to the left!" Sergeant Mosabuichi ordered a Japanese sergeant to one side. Ida immediately led three Japanese soldiers from his group, crouched down, and leaned against the broken wall, one by one, moving forward in a detour. Mosabuichi, with a Japanese soldier behind him, climbed over the broken wall from the right and then moved up the other side.

"Yo." The team leader nodded with satisfaction from behind, and waved to the machine gunner who had just set up the Maxim 1912 water-cooled heavy machine gun next to him. "Boom, boom, boom", a hail of bullets flew towards the suspicious target in front.

The veteran following Lao Mao loaded a rifle grenade, adjusted the angle, and fired it. With a loud bang, the enemy's heavy machine gun went silent. However, two grenades fired from the enemy's grenade launcher also quickly landed around the location where Lao Mao and his three companions had been.

"Boom boom--", the broken wall collapsed. Fortunately, the three people reacted quickly, jumped off the broken wall, and hid in two corners of the remaining house. Apart from being hit by some flying debris, they were not seriously injured.

The Japanese squad leader looked up from the aftermath of the explosion. The machine gunner had been killed, and the assistant gunner was calibrating the machine gun. A sergeant came quickly to his side, and after confirming that he was not seriously injured, he said to him, "Captain Kameda, don't get too close to the machine gun position. It's very dangerous. This Chinese force must be elite, and they have a lot of German rifle grenades."

"Mr. Wu, you are overthinking it. The bomb that hit me has not been made by the Chinese yet!" Captain Kameda said with a proud smile.

"Swish!" a mortar shell flew over, "Be careful, lie down!" Sergeant Major threw Kameda to the ground and was about to pin him under him, but the shell miraculously hit the broken beam above several people's heads.

"Boom!" The explosions erupted in the air. The young sergeant was struck by several shrapnel fragments and fell straight down. The Japanese machine gunner was no better, with half his head torn off. Kameda stumbled to his feet, trying to hold back the blood gushing from his neck. However, his carotid artery was damaged, so how could he hold it in? Kameda felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground.

The sergeant who took over the command angrily ordered the grenade launchers and mortars to fire continuously at the Chinese positions, and clouds of dust rose from the broken walls and rubble. The sound of explosions continued to rise...

"Baga!" Mosuobuyi retreated from the dust. The soldier following him was drowned in the chaos of explosions, and Jingtian and others on the other side had to retreat, spitting out the dirt in their mouths and cursing.

The four men stumbled back to their attacking position. After learning what had just happened, Mosabu stormed over to the sergeant who had given the order and slapped him hard. According to the Japanese military's combat succession rules, after the squad leader and sergeant were killed, the sergeant with the highest seniority would take over. As it happened, Mosabu outranked the sergeant in front of him, so he immediately took over command and gave the sergeant a lecture for his reckless command.

Mosao Buyi immediately ordered the sergeant to lead his squad to the front. At this time, the Japanese squad actually had only a dozen or so people. Apart from a few supporting machine guns, two grenadier groups and two surviving engineers, there were three squads. The worst off was actually Mosao Buyi's own squad. Including himself, there were only four people in it.

The sergeant, having been reprimanded, was forced to split his squad into two groups, each consisting of exactly three men. Following the same tactics as Mosa Buyi's squad, they launched a staggered, flanking attack. Mosa Buyi gave a wink, and Iida immediately understood, following suit with the remaining three men. The other squad, now commanded by a sergeant, also took two engineers and, along with the remaining five men from his squad, launched a frontal attack.

"Machine gunners, cover!" Mosabuyi immediately ordered! Then, he came to the mortars and grenadiers, ordered the two groups of grenadiers to follow and move forward, and at the same time directed the mortars to fire shells at certain points.

Lao Mao and his men retreated in an orderly fashion, gradually giving the enemy about a hundred meters of space. Apparently paralyzed, the enemy, believing the Chinese army was already weakened, quickened their attack. Seeing this, Oharazawa Yukizo, who was in the rear, waved his hand, and a large group of the last reserves, along with a relatively complete squad of forty men, filed forward...

At this point, only seven soldiers remained in 1st Squad. The Sichuan boy and the veteran with the grenade launcher ultimately failed to escape the enemy's bombardment and died on the battlefield. The 2nd Platoon Leader calmly observed the retreating 1st Squad, shook hands cautiously with the deputy squad leader, and instructed him to lead the soldiers to retreat to the rear for a rest. He then ordered the deputy platoon leader and the demolition team to advance and ambush at the designated detonation point.

After the new squad arrived, the squad leader immediately took command, forcing Moso Buyi to charge forward with the machine gun crew and the rest of his squad. On a battlefield like this, the higher-ranking soldier held the final say, and no one wanted to be the one standing out. The squad leader wisely chose not to place his own squad in the vanguard, instead allowing the already depleted squad to continue the attack.

A dozen or so Japanese soldiers entered the pre-buried area. The deputy platoon leader of 2nd Platoon calmly gave the order to detonate. "Boom!" A massive explosion echoed among the enemy. Trampled bricks, shattered bodies, and dust formed a massive mushroom cloud across the streets of Tonggu. The entire fighting area in Tonggu was stunned by the massive explosion, and for a moment, both sides halted their next moves.

Dai Anlan was coordinating the retreat with Chief of Staff Zhang Zhige when he heard the explosion. He realized it was a pre-buried blast site of the 600th Regiment. The two men smiled at each other and said, "This Huang Wei, who knows how many Japanese soldiers have fallen into the trap."

"Deputy Commander Huang's tactics are obvious to all. It is impossible for the Japanese army to gain an advantage from him." Zhang Zhige replied.

"Well, I guess that when Huang Wei and his men evacuate, the Japanese 55th Division may not have enough energy to pursue him." Dai Anlan said, feeling infinite emotion in his heart. Fortunately, Huang Wei was activated to go to the 600th Regiment. This battle was the most glorious battle of our 200th Division.

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