Chapter 31 Breakout (retreat again)

After the order to retreat was conveyed, Duan Houchong ordered two grenades to be left for each wounded person left behind. All the wounded had no bullets. They were to fire the grenades in their hands when the Japanese stepped into the trenches. Duan Houchong finally

He looked at these soldiers with pain and saluted them in pain.

After putting down his hand, Duan Houchong turned around and ordered loudly: "Everyone retreat to the second line of defense! The machine gunners cover, Wang Chengli leads the people to cut off the rear!"

Following Duan Houchong's order, all the machine gunners placed their machine guns at the forefront and fired wildly at the Japanese. Others followed Duan Houchong and Liu Guowei and retreated along the traffic trench to the second front.

Wang Chengli and the machine gunner finally withdrew from the first trench. After the last machine gunner passed the traffic trench, Wang Chengli blew up the traffic trench, blocking the connection between the two lines of defense.

Seeing Duan Houchhong and the others retreating through the telescope, Xiaohei Junliu shouted happily: "Yo Xi! Yo Xi! Kawaze did a good job. Order Kawaze to continue the pursuit!" The Japanese communications soldier beside him said "Hey!"

After making a sound, he immediately sent an order to Chuanze.

In fact, even without Junroku Oguro's order, Kawazawa would continue to attack. The two squadrons in front of him did not enter the China trenches, but he and his own squadron beat the China army back and fled. After he

In his eyes, Duan Houchong and the others were running away now, because he could not see any signs that Duan Houchong and the others wanted to continue to fight back.

Therefore, Kawazawa was equally happy to order his men to attack and advance. He also rushed to the front of the attacking team and rushed towards the trench where Duan Houchong and the others had just retreated.

Rushing to the front of the trenches of the first line of defense, Chuan Ze saw that only the corpses of the Chinese were left in the trenches, which further convinced him that Duan Houchong and the others had fled without even having time to take away the corpses of his own soldiers.

Kawaze ordered the Japanese to enter the trenches and attack along the direction of the communication trenches between the defense lines. He watched his men jump into the trenches and attack in the direction of the communication trenches. Kawaze also jumped down. He took a few steps forward and happened to stand.

We were at the place where Duan Houchong had just commanded the battle.

Looking at the corpse next to him, Kawazawa raised his leg and kicked the corpse, and said arrogantly to the "corpse" of the national army lying at his feet: "Baga! Damn China people, now they know the tactics of the Imperial Army of Japan.

It’s awesome.”

After he kicked the so-called "corpse" again, he just raised his foot and took a step forward. Suddenly, the "corpse" he kicked suddenly started to move. Kawazawa looked at the corpse and turned pale with fright, shouting:

: "Baga! He..."

Before he could finish his words, the "corpse" in front of him took out two smoking grenades from under his body, jumped on him, threw him to the ground, and placed the grenades between the two of them.

There were six or seven Japs not far from Kawaze. Seeing the resurrected soldier, they threw Kawaze down. They shouted in panic and tried to pull the soldier on Kawaze. The soldier hugged Kawaze tightly with both arms.

When they saw the smoke coming out from between the two bodies, the Japanese discovered the grenade and shouted louder. They no longer cared about Kawaze and threw themselves to one side in a chaotic manner. However, it was too late.

"Boom!" There was an explosion. The soldier used his own life to drag Kawaze and the Japanese around him to death.

The soldier who dragged Kawaze to death was the same soldier who asked Duan Houzhong to stay to stop the enemy. He used his last life to fulfill his promise to protect his family and country, proving the bravery and fearlessness of a soldier.

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This soldier's action was like a signal. Then a series of explosions sounded in the trenches of the first line of defense. The Chinese soldiers who had become dead corpses in the eyes of the Japanese suddenly came back to life.

Peng Dezhu, who was in the second line of defense in the distance, looked at the first line of defense, the soldiers who kept jumping up and throwing down the Japanese soldiers, crying in pain. Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure jumping up in the first trench.

.Pushed down the two Japs beside him, and then a "Boom!" explosion sounded, and the man he saw died together with the Japs.

When Peng Dezhu saw this man, he couldn't help crying anymore and shouted at him: "Three children! Three children!"

Peng Dezhu struggled to rush out, but was tightly held by Li Tieshu beside him.

Seeing the three children jumping up and dying together with the Japanese, Peng Dezhu had a clearer understanding of the cruelty of war. His hatred for the Japanese was even more deeply rooted in his bones.

The soldiers who stayed in the trenches of the first line of defense blocked the Japanese attack with their own lives, and also dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese attacking troops.

Junroku Oguro, who was standing at the frontline command post, watched Kawazawa leading his men into the enemy's trenches. He happily praised Kawazawa's bravery to the people around him.

However, before his praise for Kawaze disappeared from his ears, there was a sudden explosion in the enemy's trench.

Then, explosions sounded one after another. Xiao Heijunliu felt as if he had been slapped in the face. He stared blankly at the explosions that continued to sound on the battlefield, and watched his soldiers being attacked one by one by the Chinese soldiers.

fall.

The brave performance of the soldiers gave the attacking Japanese a great shock. The Japanese who were following behind had not had time to jump into the trench. When the explosion started, they all lay down on the ground to avoid it. After the explosion, they learned that Kawazawa

They had been bombed to death. The Japanese soldiers no longer had the joy of occupying the first line of defense, and the morale they had just boosted dropped to zero in an instant. There was no need for anyone to encourage or direct them. Some of the Japanese soldiers turned around and ran back, while the rest

He immediately turned around and ran away.

It was originally the position that Duan Houzhong gave up, but the Japs did not dare to occupy it in time. Xiaohei Junliu looked at the Japs soldiers who had escaped again, and angrily drew out his saber, and walked up quickly to face the escaping Japs.

He raised his knife and chopped down three or four Japanese who escaped from him. The other Japanese who escaped saw him as if they were seeing the plague, and ran around Xiao Heijunliu from a distance and ran back to the back.

Xiao Hei Junliu couldn't get anyone to chop him, so he was so angry that he waved his saber in the air, which made the other Japanese dare not approach him anymore. After venting his anger, Xiao Hei Junliu became quiet.

Turning around and returning to the headquarters, he ordered the military police to kill all the soldiers who retreated from the battle. His order left the military police captain at a loss as to what to do. Although, the squadron, including Kawazawa, after the battle and just now

Many people died in the explosion. However, there are more than a hundred people who have escaped now. If they are all killed as ordered by Xiaohei Junliu, it will definitely cause shock to the North China Command.

Just when the military police captain was in a dilemma, Senichiro Abe came in with his military policemen. Seeing Abe come in, Junroku Xiaoguo hurriedly walked up to greet him and bowed respectfully to Senichiro Abe.

However, before he could raise his head, Asaichiro Abe strode up to him, raised his hand, "Pah!" and practiced palm strength on Xiao Hei Junroku's face. He cursed loudly and said, "Eight!"

Ga! Baghya Road! Idiot!"

Junroku-chan was slapped, but he didn't dare to dodge, and he respectfully accepted Asaichiro Abe's reward. Junroku-chan was slapped nearly a dozen times in a row, and Asaichiro Abe's anger finally cooled down.

Go, and said in a slightly softened tone: "Baga! Xiaohei Junliu! I will give you another chance now, and you will lead your brigade to charge! If you can't take the Chinese position, I will kill you myself!"

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Xiaohei Junliu almost bent his waist to 90 degrees and replied loudly: "Hi!"

Abe Senichiro said to the military police he brought with him: "You guys, press the formation behind him. If anyone dares to take a step back, shoot them immediately and indiscriminately!" The military police squadron leader replied: "Hi!"

Abe Asaichiro turned around and ordered to the communications unit: "Send a report to the artillery brigade and ask for their artillery support. Baga! I want the Chinese to know that the Imperial Japanese Army is unstoppable!"

In the trenches of the second line of defense at the rear, Wang Chengli was trying to get Duan Houchong to let him go back again and occupy the first front. However, Duan Houchong disagreed. After several battles, there was too little fighting force left.

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If they are still defending on the first front, they cannot take care of everything at all. They can only shrink their forces to defend on the second or third front.

After listening to Duan Houzhong's explanation of the reasons for shrinking the defense, Wang Chengli scratched his head and said, "Why do you think that means we have to retreat?" Duan Houzhong sighed and said, "Yes! There is no way we can do this.

The current loss of troops is too serious. Really

There are less than fifty or sixty of them with combat capability." Duan Houzhong raised his head and looked in the direction of the Japs, and then said: "If the Japs attack again, there will probably be adjustments in troop strength and deployment. Whether we can persist depends on it.

This is the next battle."

Liu Guowei came from the direction behind Duan Houzhong. After he sat down on the ground, he said to Duan Houzhong: "Regiment leader, the Japanese have begun to gather troops again. They are expected to come up soon. How will we fight next?"

Duan Houzhong stood up and looked in the direction of the Japanese with his binoculars and said: "We can only hold on tight, there is no other way now." Liu Guowei nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements." After that, he turned and walked away.

Liu Guowei had just walked out a few steps when he heard the sound of artillery fire from the direction of the Japanese position. He turned around and shouted to Duan Houzhong and the others: "Shell! Bombardment! Artillery!" Duan Houchhong had already heard the sound of the artillery, and at the same time he stood up and shouted.

: "Pay attention to concealment! Anti-artillery! Anti-artillery!" All the soldiers quickly ran towards the nearest anti-artillery hole.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The Japanese bombardment started again, and soldiers who could not escape were killed and injured. The battlefield that had been quiet just now became noisy again.

The Japanese bombardment this time, regardless of direction and distance, included all three fronts of the fourth regiment. The entire position was like a sea of ​​fire. Moreover, the extent of the bombardment this time was more violent than the last time. From the explosion of the shells

Judging from the explosion points, the Japanese wanted to use artillery shells to kill them in the position.

Peng Dezhu and Li Tieshu huddled in a shell-proof cave. The soil raised by the explosion of the shells made them dare not stick their bodies out. The opening of the shell-proof cave had been blocked by the soil that had been thrown up.

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Peng Dezhu held his head with both hands and opened his mouth in the way Li Tieshu told him to prevent him from fainting again. However, such a violent bombardment made Peng Dezhu feel that his head hurt terribly, and he seemed to feel that he might be shocked to death at any time.

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The Japanese bombardment lasted for nearly twenty minutes again, and the entire trench had been razed to the ground. Although there were simple anti-gun holes to escape, after the bombardment, more than one-third of the soldiers were killed and injured.

An artillery bombardment once again reduced the combat effectiveness of the fourth regiment by one-third. Looking at the wailing soldiers in the trenches and the Japanese troops rushing toward the position, Duan Houzhong understood that this place could no longer be defended. Therefore, he once again gave the timely order to the enemy.

The third front retreated to defend.

Although Duan Houchong's order was issued in time, the Japanese attack was almost reaching the front of the position. Therefore, it was very difficult to retreat, and there was no time to form any resistance organization. The soldiers retreated while fighting, and some

Soldiers, desperate to die, stayed in the trenches to block the enemy's pursuit.

After they retreated from the third front, there were only less than fifty soldiers left. Peng Dezhu lay next to Duan Houchhong again, nervously looking at the soldiers who were still resisting in the second front. Duan Houchhong looked back and forth.

Looking at the soldiers who have withdrawn, these are the only ones left. It is impossible to hold on any longer.

He thought, it seemed that he could only go to Pengjia Village and rely on the village to fight with the Japanese in the street. He looked around, trying to find Liu Guowei to discuss with him. However, he looked at all the soldiers who had withdrawn and did not even look at them.
Chapter completed!