The Japanese army mobilized new offensive forces to attack the bridgehead, which relieved Zhao Zhiguo and others from a great deal of pressure.

Zhao Zhiguo could not waste the opportunity created by the eleven of them, and immediately ordered the troops to attack the Japanese army in platoon units.

Although Tsutani Kazuo does not have many fresh troops at his disposal, he still has artillery.

After Zhao Zhiguo's artillery destroyed their heavy machine gun at the bridgehead, the Japs immediately aimed the cannon into the town.

Although the Japanese army did not have time to kill Zhao Zhiguo's mortars, their artillery had made all preparations for the battle.

Zhao Zhiguo and the others had just launched a counterattack against the Japanese army, and the Japs immediately requested artillery support.

The Japs once again launched artillery attacks on the east bank of Anyang Town.

Under the fierce bombardment, the soldiers had to find bunkers to hide. The Japs used their cannons to disrupt Zhao Zhiguo's attack.

On the bridgehead side, the Japs were having a very difficult time.

The closer you get to the bridge, the fewer the bunkers, and the little devils don't need cannons for fear of blowing up the bridge.

Therefore, the Japs can only use infantry to attack, but under the firepower of two machine guns, as long as there are enough bullets, no matter how much infantry comes, it will be useless.

After Zhao Zhiguo and the others escaped the first round of bombardment by the Japanese army, they did not dare to easily launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.

They could only hide and watch the fierce battle in the direction of the bridge.

Japanese soldiers repeatedly attacked the bridgehead machine gun positions, hoping to get their infantry closer, and then used grenades to blow up the machine gun fire points.

However, the surroundings were bare, and as soon as the little devil rushed out, he was exposed to the sight of the Chinese soldiers.

The little Japanese couldn't get within fifty meters of the machine gun position.

In just a few minutes, more than 30 Japanese soldiers were killed or injured.

"Where are our grenades?"

Tsutani Kazuo has been paying attention to the battle situation at the bridgehead. They may not use cannons, but the power of grenades is about the same as grenades.

If this bridge can be blown up with a few grenades, then it is really a shoddy project.

The grenade launcher invented by the Japs was to make up for the firepower gap at mid-range, instead of letting their soldiers charge against the opponent's firepower.

Only then did the Japanese soldiers remember their best weapon.

"Boom boom boom"

The Japanese army gathered all the grenades they brought to the other side. The grenade veterans hardly needed to aim for a long time. They only needed to make a rough observation to be ready to fire.

Artillery shells exploded in all directions and shrapnel flew. Several soldiers were injured by the shrapnel, and their wounds were bleeding.

The soldiers knew that they would die here today, and they didn't care whether they were injured or not. As long as they had a breath left, they would fight the little Japs to the end.

Zhao Zhiguo saw the fire caused by the explosion in the telescope. He couldn't help but close his eyes and couldn't bear to see this scene.

"Captain, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long!"

Although these eleven men were very brave, the Japanese army had excellent weapons and knew how to win this battle despite a short adjustment.

Although the machine gun position at the bridgehead has strong firepower, it has no depth. If faced with light infantry, they still have the strength to fight. Once heavy weapons are put on the battlefield, all advantages will be lost instantly.

The space for the eleven soldiers to move was too small, and the Japanese grenade bombardment left them nowhere to hide.

Under the suppression of grenade fire, the machine gun no longer had its previous deterrent effect.

Japanese soldiers also began to sneak into the bridgehead position. As long as they got within thirty meters, Japanese grenades would be thrown one after another.

Although Zhao Zhiguo already knew what the outcome would be, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart that they could create a miracle and survive.

However, in a cruel war, there are so many miracles that can be created.

"Captain, they may not survive this charge."

Qin Dongsheng was also very heartbroken. These were the soldiers under his command. They ate together, went through training together, and fought side by side on the battlefield.

But at this moment, all the beauty was shattered in the explosion, just like the broken mountains and rivers of China.

"Aim mortars at the Japanese machine gun positions!" Zhao Zhiguo lowered his head and spoke in a dull voice. He made a difficult decision, "We cannot let the Japanese capture anyone alive, even if they are dying."

Every one of them knew the cruelty of the Japanese army. As long as they caught one of their wounded soldiers, the Japanese army would try their best to revive them and then brutally kill them in front of them.

Qin Dongsheng naturally understood the reason why Zhao Zhiguo did this. He immediately ordered the soldiers to rearrange the mortar and aim at the machine gun position.

"Captain, do you want to blow up the bridge as well?"

This was not the first time that Qin Dongsheng wanted to blow up the bridge.

As long as the bridge is blown up, they can prevent the Japanese troops on the east and west sides from supporting each other.

Zhao Zhiguo still insisted on his opinion: "As long as the bridge is there, the Japanese army will dare to pursue them into the mountains, and we will be able to eliminate more Japanese troops in the mountains."

From beginning to end, what Zhao Zhiguo wanted was not to repel the Japanese army, but to eliminate every Japanese army as much as possible.

While they were talking, the Japanese army had already thrown more than a dozen grenades at the machine gun position at the bridgehead.

"Boom boom boom"

The gunfire stopped abruptly amid the explosion. The Japanese soldiers rushed onto the bridge one after another and surrounded the machine gun positions three levels inside and three levels outside.

"fire!"

Zhao Zhiguo's voice was cold and mechanical. He didn't know why he gave such an order.

Although the order was correct, those soldiers would be destroyed by shelling from their own men.

"Boom boom boom"

Several artillery shells passed rapidly over Zhao Zhiguo's heads and landed accurately near the bridge head.

The little Japanese soldiers had no time to find cover, and artillery shells exploded around them.

More than a dozen Japanese soldiers died tragically in the explosion on the spot, and the machine gun position at the bridgehead was reduced to nothing with the sound of the explosion.

"Find the Chinese army's mortars and blow them up!"

The joy of having just captured the bridgehead position had not dissipated. Tsugu Kazuo saw with his own eyes that more than a dozen of his soldiers died without any body parts under Zhao Zhiguo's shelling, and were buried for the Chinese soldiers. He was instantly furious.

"Reporting to your Excellency, the Wing Commander, their artillery fire time is too short, and we cannot lock it at all."

"Attack, continue to attack, kill all the Chinese soldiers for me!"

Jingu Kazuo was hysterical. They had not captured the small town of Anyang for a long time and were constantly being consumed by Zhao Zhiguo, which had almost driven him crazy.

The little Japanese soldiers had no time to clean up the corpses at the bridgehead and once again threw themselves into the battle to encircle and suppress Zhao Zhiguo's troops.
Chapter completed!