This time the Japanese made a desperate move, and the independent regiment also suffered a large number of casualties.
The Japanese cannonballs landed in the Fairy Temple one after another. It was an indiscriminate attack.
Perhaps the Japs and the Independent Group have learned this no-cost strategy, or maybe the Japs are really desperate this time, just to break into the Fairy Temple and start a hand-to-hand battle with the Independent Group, even if they use up all the artillery shells and machine gun bullets.
Chug tug tug, tug tug tug!
The Japanese machine guns kept spitting bullets. Although most of them hit the bunker, they also played a certain role in suppressing the independent regiment's firepower.
In addition, the Japanese launched a group charge from the south, southeast, and east sides, and the machine guns of the independent regiment were somewhat unable to suppress them.
Although the Japs suffered heavy casualties, they had already reached a distance of less than 80 meters from the Fairy Temple.
At this time, the Japanese shouted long live the Emperor and rushed over, howling like crazy.
The battle became fierce in an instant. In the close range exchanges, machine gun fire, and artillery bombardment, soldiers on both sides were rapidly consumed.
Seeing this, Zhou Weiguo ordered his guards to bring up the reserve battalion, and then ordered all the soldiers wearing Japanese uniforms to take off their shirts, because an extremely bloody hand-to-hand battle was about to begin.
Although Zhou Weiguo didn't know how brutal this hand-to-hand combat would be, how many recruits would be so frightened that they peed their pants.
But at this time, they had no way to retreat, and in order to avoid accidental injuries during the battle, they took off the Japanese's shirts.
"rush!"
Zhou Weiguo gave an order and led all his soldiers to charge.
The first to break out of the bunker was the main battalion led by Zhou Weiguo. The main battalion suffered more than a hundred casualties due to the battle just now.
But the Japs suffered greater casualties. Although they were covered by artillery fire, when they charged on the plains and were fired upon by machine guns, at least dozens of Japs fell on the charging road.
There were only more than 300 people in the Honda Brigade still alive at this time, even including the injured Japanese.
There are only more than 300 people left in one of Zhou Weiguo's main battalions, but on the south side of the Fairy Temple, dozens of Japanese and puppet troops are also rushing over. Zhou Weiguo divides his troops to intercept them, at least until the reserve battalion comes up.
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Their total strength would be twice that of the Japanese at this time, but with such a disparity in numbers, Zhou Weiguo didn't know whether he could win in a hand-to-hand battle.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
Because the little Japanese were famous for their prowess in stabbing, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, even two or three Chinese soldiers could not defeat a single Japanese soldier.
Therefore, Zhou Weiguo could not guarantee how many people would survive this battle.
But this is war, and it is a Patriotic War. Neither Zhou Weiguo nor the soldiers behind him have a way to retreat.
A fierce battle between the two sides was about to break out. Honda, the old Japanese, and Taro Aso, who stood in the distance as if admiring the scenery, were already smiling in victory, because the Japanese Empire had never lost to Chinese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.
However, just at this moment, boom, boom, the ground suddenly began to shake, and everyone felt their feet shaking.
The charging Japs looked around in panic. However, at this moment, a group of cavalry in imperial uniforms rushed over from the direction of Yangzhou.
Honda was overjoyed and cheered: "Our reinforcements have arrived, warriors of the empire, our reinforcements have arrived."
"The reinforcements are our reinforcements! Victory will soon belong to our Empire of Japan!"
Hearing Honda Yi Er's cheers, other Japanese soldiers also started shouting.
But at this time, Taro Aso was not as happy as Honda Kazuo. He stood on the Japanese position south of the Fairy Temple, using a telescope to look at the young officer who was rushing to the front with a sword, and silently ordered: "
Prepare to retreat."
A Japanese squadron leader said in confusion: "Sir, we are obviously going to win, why do we need to retreat?"
Taro Aso refused to explain because he didn't want to make his escape look ugly.
In other words, although he saw Dragon Boat Festival this time, he had no intention of fighting with him. Because originally this was a losing battle.
The Imperial Japanese Army was mobilized by the stupid pigs above, which resulted in a shortage of troops in Yangzhou. This directly resulted in that they were no longer able to intercept the Chinese army at this time. What's more, the Chinese commander was commanding the battle.
A godlike young officer?
So when he saw the strength and firepower of the independent regiment, Aso Taro had already concluded that they would definitely lose today's battle. As for the imperial army's reinforcements waiting for two hours, that was just a hope.
If his current guess is correct, their reinforcements should still be twenty kilometers away at this time, and when they arrive at the Fairy Temple, they will probably have to collect the bodies of the imperial soldiers who died in the battle.
And sure enough, at the moment Aso Taro turned around, Honda Kazuo's head had already fallen to the ground. He thought that the reinforcements coming were from the imperial army, but little did he know that these people were soldiers of the independent regiment, and the leader was Danwu.
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The same goes for the other Japs. They were cheering to celebrate the arrival of their cavalry, but in the next second, their heads were chopped off with sabers.
In an instant, rivers of blood flowed, and corpses of Japanese soldiers littered the fields.
Even if the Japanese's thrusts were really effective, they would still be no match for the cavalry's charge.
And this is why in history, powerful empires would form cavalry.
Because no infantry can withstand the charge of the surprise soldiers.
More than 300 little Japanese were strangled by the combined efforts of Dragon Boat Festival and Zhou Weiguo, and all of them died in the wilderness in less than five minutes.
But at this time, when Danwu turned his horse around and tried to kill the Japanese on the south side, Taro Aso had already escaped with all his men.
Together with the Japanese who rushed to fight with the independent group halfway, the two Japanese also ran away.
Although they did not receive the order to retreat, a Japanese squad leader saw the imperial army withdrawing from the position.
It was obvious that they had withdrawn and they had become cannon fodder. The squad leader almost cursed his mother. Then he refused to do anything and ran away with his people. Not only did he run away, but he also accused the commander Taro Aso of being greedy for life and afraid of death.
When the imperial soldiers charged, he left his own soldiers and ran away alone.
Moreover, he couldn't do it otherwise, because if he didn't accuse Taro Aso, he would be charged with fleeing from the battlefield.
So he ran away with his people, but not in the direction of Changzhou. Instead, he wanted to take a detour to Yangzhou and find connections there to explain the whole matter to the headquarters to exonerate himself.
And Captain Wang was not a fool, but when he saw the Japanese running away, he took his people and ran with him. It was just that he felt something was wrong while he was running. Today was a disastrous defeat. Why should the Japanese go back and put all the blame on him?
Thinking about it, Captain Wang gradually stopped, and then said to the brothers around him: "The little devils don't regard us as human beings at all. So many brothers are dead, and we will die when we go back. Listen to me and take off your clothes."
With these clothes on, go back and pick up all the family members, and we can go up to the mountains and become bandits, and then we will be equally popular and drink spicy food!..."