War of Resistance

Chapter 119 Retreat Order
"boom!"

A gunshot sounded, and a puff of white smoke rose from the muzzle of the Mauser rifle. 300 meters away, a bullet penetrated the devil's helmet and hit the head, and another shot hit the target!
It was the ninth target he had shot.

There were no cheers or applause. Zhang Tianhai's eyes were always focused on the optical sight in front of him. At this moment, he was a soldier, not the first battalion commander of the [-]th Regiment!

"Battalion Commander, the company below suffered heavy casualties, and many brothers died." Liu Houming looked a little sad.

Zhang Tianhai's face sank like water, and he just said softly: "How can there be no deaths in a war? If there is only one company left in a battalion, I will be the company commander; if there is only one platoon left, I will be the platoon leader. If the first battalion If all the men are dead, then I will be the last soldier of the first battalion!"

The battalion commander's words were very simple and firm, and Liu Houming suddenly had the urge to burst into tears—it was worth his life to be able to fight devils with such a heroic commander!

"Commander, I will sell my life to you, Liu Houming. As long as I, Liu Houming, is alive, I won't let the battalion commander hurt a single hair!" Liu Houming said firmly. With the muscles all over his body, these words are still very imposing.

Hearing this, Zhang Tianhai didn't make a sound, because his attention was all in the scope. As soon as Liu Houming finished speaking, he pulled the trigger again.

"boom!"

Another bullet burst out from the barrel, and another Japanese soldier was shot and fell to the ground.

The fierce battle was fought for a long time, and the time passed minute by minute. In the face of the Japanese attack, the Chinese army also showed great tenacity, and even fought with their lives for their lives.

An hour later, the position that the left-behind officers and soldiers of the 36th Division were holding on was finally broken by the Japanese army, and countless screaming little devils poured in through the gap.

Seeing this scene from more than 100 meters away, the corners of Zhang Tianhai's mouth twitched slightly, and tears welled up in his eyes: Do you really want to give up on this position that countless brothers have defended with their lives?

"Let's go, Hou Ming, let's go back to the camp." Zhang Tianhai gritted his teeth lightly, turned and left after speaking.

"Battalion Commander, are we going to withdraw?" Liu Houming caught up with the battalion commander.

Zhang Tianhai didn't turn his head back, letting tears well up in his eyes: "No, let's go back to the battalion headquarters and fight the devils to the death together with the military police, staff officers and all active living people in the battalion headquarters!"

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"battalion commander!"

"battalion commander!"

As soon as he entered the battalion headquarters, several people stood at attention and saluted him. At this time, the staff of the battalion headquarters and the communication soldiers were almost out of their posts, except for one communication soldier who was still guarding the phone.

What are the others doing?Burning files.

The battalion-level units, logically speaking, should not have many documents related to confidentiality. More precisely, they cannot access core secrets.But it was still the case, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion did not want to leave any useful information for the devils.

"Comrades, now is the time to die. The front line has been breached by the Japanese army. The brothers in front are ready to be killed or injured. To ensure the absolute completion of the task and for the future of the motherland, let us do it!" Zhang Tianhai clenched his right fist He held the Mauser pistol at his waist already in his left hand.

As soon as Zhang Tianhai landed, the battalion headquarters' phone rang, and the communication soldier who was guarding the phone immediately answered the phone: "Hello, this is the [-]st Battalion Headquarters of the [-]th Regiment."

"Hello, let your battalion commander answer the phone, I'm Peng Jiguang!" A thick male voice came from the other side of the phone.

Hearing Peng Jiguang's name, the communications soldier immediately stood at attention: "Yes, brigade seat."

"Battalion Commander, the brigade phone!" The communications soldier said to Zhang Tianhai after covering the phone receiver.

Zhang Tianhai didn't think too much, and directly answered the phone: "Traveler, I'm Zhang Tianhai, commander of the [-]st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment."

"Hey, Zhang Tianhai. I am now ordering your first battalion to withdraw from the battle immediately and retreat towards Suzhou Creek!" Peng Jiguang said directly.

"Yes. What about the brigade seat, the brothers from the Second Battalion of the [-]th Regiment?" Zhang Tianhai hesitated for a while and finally asked.

"I can't control the [-]th Regiment. The communication there has been cut off. You Zhang Tianhai just need to ensure that your [-]st Battalion can withdraw from the battlefield. Besides, that's what Brigadier Li Zhipeng should worry about. You don't need to worry about it." After speaking, Peng Jiguang hung up the phone directly, very neatly.

Hearing Brigadier Peng's words, Zhang Tianhai's heart suddenly turned cold: At this time, the communication of the second battalion of the [-] regiment was cut off, so the second battalion is very likely to have died.

However, Zhang Tianhai is not the kind of person who will not save himself. He gritted his teeth and casually pointed to a communication soldier: "You, go to the position of the [-]th Regiment and tell them the commander of the [-]nd Battalion, and tell them the order from above." Let's retreat!"

"Yes!" The communications soldier responded and ran to the door.

"Wait." The battalion commander yelled to stop the messenger before he ran out of the door.

The communicator stopped, but only heard a voice: "Remember to come back alive!"

The communications soldier nodded slightly, then ran out, never looking back.

At this time Zhang Tianhai was not idle either. He raised the pistol in his hand and said loudly: "The remaining brothers who can move, immediately take the guns and go to the front line with me, and rescue those brothers who can still be rescued!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, and then followed Zhang Tianhai to the front line.

Fortunately, the situation was not completely out of control at this time. Due to the desperate resistance of the Chinese soldiers and the close combat at this time, the little devil chose to fight the national army with bayonets.

As for why the bayonet is fought, the reason is very simple, it is because they are afraid of accidentally hurting their own people.

The [-]th cover used by the Japanese army has strong penetrating power and low lethality. It is recognized that the reason is that the bullets of the [-]th cover have a slow rate of fire but strong penetration. In hand-to-hand combat, most of the personnel on both sides will overlap each other. , After the bullet penetrates the human body, it usually rolls and deforms, causing secondary damage that is greater than the primary damage.

Just imagine, when a Japanese soldier hits an opponent, the opponent simply penetrates and can counterattack, but the comrades behind the opponent die because of this. Would the Japanese army make these low-level mistakes?That's why there is a saying that the Japanese army likes hand-to-hand combat, and it is not misleading by some novels. The Japanese army likes to fight bayonets because of the spirit of bushido.

In a panic, Zhang Tianhai snatched a [-] cover with a bayonet in the hand of a Japanese soldier, and shot him dead with a backhand shot.

Zhang Tianhai watched the comrades around him fall under the enemy's bayonet one by one. In his rage, he became fierce and stabbed two Japanese soldiers with the bayonet in his hand.

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PS: Chapter 8 on the 1th is here!

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