These death squads are all deeply influenced by the spirit of Bushido and are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. The death squads do not carry any shooting weapons when fighting. Everyone is strapped with explosive bags or grenades, hides in an inconspicuous corner, and suddenly rushes out to detonate.
The explosives and Hainan Army soldiers died together.
And in the narrow trenches, the Japanese death squads' life-for-life style of play did indeed achieve great success, causing heavy casualties to the Hainan Army soldiers they encountered, and even the entire squad died together with the Japanese army.
But as time went by, Hainan Army soldiers also thought of ways to overcome it. Whenever they encountered a corner in the trench, Hainan Army soldiers would throw a grenade in advance. As for capturing enemy prisoners, most soldiers chose to forget indirectly.
Already.
The other method is much more violent. When encountering the Japanese death squads rushing towards him, the soldiers armed with shotguns will fire immediately, and the huge impact will directly send him flying out.
It was no longer obvious that the method of self-destruction by the suicide squads had worked, and the Japanese army was no longer wasting the lives of soldiers in vain, but instead launched brutal hand-to-hand combat in the criss-crossing trenches.
It is undeniable that there is still a gap between the hand-to-hand combat skills of Hainan Army soldiers and Japanese soldiers. Except for some veterans or using shotguns, two or three Hainan Army soldiers must be used to deal with one Japanese soldier.
Chen Peng, the commander of the assault company, suddenly encountered four Japanese soldiers in the trench. He raised his hand and shot one of them to death. The 9mm caliber bullet of the M1911 even made the little Japanese soldier fly backwards.
Before they could turn their guns, three other Japanese soldiers roared and rushed forward. Two Japanese soldiers were blocked by their subordinates, but one of them had stabbed Chen Peng directly in the abdomen with a bayonet.
"Ding~!" The bayonet collided with the rocks on the trench wall, creating a stream of sparks.
Chen Peng dodged the rifle bayonet thrust by the Japanese soldier, but because of the small space in the trench, his evasive movements were affected, and the sharp bayonet blade still cut a shallow wound on his waist.
"Fuck you!" Chen Peng swore loudly, grabbed the Japanese man's chest collar, and fired the pistol directly next to the little devil's hand in his right hand.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" He fired several shots in succession, and the little Japanese was immediately beaten into a sieve. Then Chen Peng threw the little Japanese who was vomiting blood on the ground and shot the other two little Japanese to death.
"Damn it! These little devils are so difficult to deal with, they are all like lunatics!" Chen Peng spat and cursed bitterly.
In the headquarters of the Japanese 116th Division in Nanning City, Guangxi Province, the division commander Jiro Okamura looked at the latest telegram sent from the base camp. There was no smile on his face, and the rest was a helpless sigh.
The officers at the Japanese base camp were not fools. After the 18th Division was heavily surrounded and annihilated by the Hainan Army, they also saw the dangerous situation of the 116th Division, so they gave Jiro Okamura a great deal of freedom of choice.
Facing the attack of the Hainan Army's Second Division, Okamura Jiro had already fought very hard. If the outflanked Hainan Army's First Division blocked the way, then it is very likely that the 116th Division would follow in the footsteps of the 18th Division.
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"Division Commander! Now that the Hainan Army has been freed up, there will be at least 20,000 more troops, and they are also equipped with more heavy artillery. We have no ability to fight against them. Should we send a request to the Commander?
Breakout!" The division chief of staff came over and said.
Jiro Okamura frowned and thought. If someone dared to say such a thing in ordinary times, Jiro Okamura would definitely chop off his head with a knife without hesitation and punish him as a crime of destabilizing the morale of the army.
But now he knows that he cannot do this. Although he believes in the spirit of the warrior, it does not mean that he has no brains and can become a high-ranking division commander. Can he not see the crisis he is facing now?
But now he is also indecisive. A rational order to retreat is the most appropriate at the moment, but he just can't save face. The tactical retreat sounds nice, but it's not because he was defeated by the Hainan Army and fled.
Especially regarding the power generation request for retreat, he would not say it out until the last moment. His 116th Division was suppressed by the Hainan Army in Nanning City, resulting in the 18th Division being annihilated without any foreign aid.
And if it weren't for the fact that he was still commanding operations on the front line, I am afraid that he would have been brought to the military court because of the death of Seiichi Kuna. Now if he is ordered to retreat from Guangxi, even if the base camp does not pursue the case afterwards, his future will be
Completely finished.
"Boom~!" A 5mm-caliber artillery shell exploded not far away. The shock wave mixed with shrapnel instantly tore apart all living creatures within a radius of five meters. Even many Japanese soldiers ten meters away were killed and injured.
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The impact point of this artillery shell was not far from the Japanese headquarters, and the violent vibrations could be clearly felt by everyone in the solid underground fortifications.
"Division Commander! The 55th and 56th regiments have been crippled. Please save some seeds for them!" Major General Chief of Staff persuaded Jiro Okamura. He could not bear to see these regiments annihilated.
"Order the 55th Regiment and the 56th Regiment to immediately abandon the outermost defense line and retreat into the suburban defense line! Concentrate the reserve forces and start a battle for position with the Chinese." Jiro Okamura ordered still expressionlessly.
In fact, the division commander Okamura Jiro also knew very well that the two regiments had almost reached their limit. If this continued, they would definitely collapse. As a last resort, he could only order the abandonment of the outer defense line and could only use the last trump card.
superior.
"Hai!" the chief of staff responded and walked out.
At the same time, the Second Division of the Hainan Army continued to attack the position of the Japanese 116th Division, and the flames of war continued to burn on this ruins.
The first two defensive lines of the Japanese army had already been captured by the Hainan Army, but when they advanced deeper, the Hainan Army encountered an unprecedentedly stubborn resistance.
The smoke-filled position was filled with scattered Japanese soldiers and Hainan Army soldiers who had broken up in formation. Soldiers from both sides fought desperately in the crisscrossed trenches.
Often, a crater or a trench requires soldiers from both sides to fight over and over again. Fatal bullets will be fired from any pile of ruins or a crater, and blood and gunpowder smoke become the main theme on the battlefield.
During the day, the Hainan Army relied on sharp artillery fire and sufficient weapons and ammunition to advance a long distance. At night, the Japanese Army would definitely organize death squads to fight for the position back.
In the headquarters of the Second Division of the Hainan Army, the chief of staff happily said to the division commander Wang Shanhu: "Master, the little devils can't hold on anymore! They have withdrawn from the front-line position!"
When asked, Wang Shanhu, who was next to him, immediately grabbed his binoculars to observe the Japanese positions on the opposite side. When he saw the Japanese soldiers retreating from the front-line positions in twos and threes, he couldn't help but cheer.
This battle was really tough. It lasted about half a month from front to back. The two sides fought back and forth like gladiators on this short position of a few kilometers.
As the saying goes: What kind of general leads what kind of soldiers? Under the influence of the extreme bushido spirit, many Japanese soldiers were not afraid of death, which made the combat effectiveness of the Japanese 116th Division not to be underestimated.
"When will our air force arrive?" Wang Shanhu asked, dragging his tired body and sitting on the bench.
With the ever-changing situation of the war, he hadn't really slept for several days, so his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes, coupled with deep dark circles, giving people the feeling of taking too much opium.
"It's ready and taking off!" replied a major staff officer.
Guangzhou, Hainan Military Air Force Airport.
The flat runway was bustling with people. Busy ground staff guided the Thunder fighter jets that were about to take off, dragging them out of the hangar and waiting for the takeoff order.
The colors of the Air Force fighter planes have always inherited the colors of the Hainan Army, with their respective numbers painted in white paint on the green main body of the aircraft.
First of all, what took off was the Thunderbolt 1 air combat fighter, which is currently the most widely used fighter jet in the Hainan Air Force.
The good take-off propulsion of the engine allowed the fighter plane to jump off the runway lightly. The pilot pulled the joystick and the plane shot smoothly into the blue sky.
Immediately afterwards, the second-echelon bomber of the Air Force took off, and its slightly bloated body slowly climbed into the sky with the efforts of the screw engines on the wings.
The Thunder fighters were divided into combat squads under the leadership of their respective commanders, forming a huge fleet around the bombers.
It was a huge fleet of aircraft that could not be seen at a glance. Since the Hainan Army dispatched more than 100 fighter planes during the North Vietnam War, this was the second time the Hainan Army dispatched a huge air force of more than 50 aircraft.
Half an hour later, when a huge fleet of air force planes entered Guangxi, some uninformed National Army troops thought the planes were Japanese planes and acted as if they were facing the enemy, causing a lot of chaos and a lot of jokes.
"The eagle calls the eagle's lair! If you hear it, please answer!" Gao Zhihang, the captain of the first echelon of the Air Force, called the air force base through the aircraft radio.
"Zizzi~! Got it! This is the Eagle's Cave!" There was a burst of noise in the ears, and then quickly returned to normal.
"Our unit has arrived at its destination! Do you want to start the attack immediately?" Air Force Captain Gao Zhihang applied to the air force base for an attack order.
"Permission to attack! The safety of the air must be ensured before the arrival of the second attack formation!" The air force commander's approval came over the radio.
"Brothers, get ready to start work! Let the little devils have a taste of our power!" Turning the frequency of the radio, Gao Zhihang changed his strict demeanor and shouted on the general radio.
Then, hearing the excited howls of his comrades coming from the earphones, Gao Zhihang smiled knowingly. To be honest, he liked these comrades very much. They were... hot-blooded and brave.
Soon, Gao Zhihang recovered his distracted thoughts. He still had a mission, and he didn't want to be the first Air Force pilot to be shot down due to his distraction.
Then, the Hainan Army Formation fighter jets began to fly over the Japanese troops in all directions, using their cannons to shoot at the Japanese troops while they were fighting each other.
"Boom~!" With a loud noise, the relevant self-protection mushrooms erupted from the Japanese army warehouse, and the second one erupted into panic when you used it.