my bright sword career

Chapter 16
As the saying goes, one word wakes up the dreamer, Yoshida Hideki's words flashed across Naoto Urakami's mind like a flash of lightning, and at this moment he suddenly understood.

"Ba Ga... These despicable guys, I never thought they would be so shameless!"

That's right, since I want to be the captain of the alliance so much, and regard the other two captains as competitors, why don't the two of them think so?

In terms of emotion and reason, I am the oldest officer in the third regiment, and even the dead Sakata Nobuzhe can't compare with me.

Now, the two despicable guys Yoshino and Hashimoto are probably covering their mouths and laughing, right?

No, we can't continue to fight any longer. Once the third team loses too much, let alone compete for the throne of the joint captain, I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep the current captain's position?
Thinking of this, he quickly changed his order: "Yoshida-kun, immediately order to stop the attack and withdraw the troops."

"Hi!"

"Tick tock..."

When the desolate bugle sounded, the Japanese army of the third battalion that was attacking was stunned for a moment, and then withdrew like an ebbing tide.

Naoto Urakami's actions also disappointed the other two captains secretly watching him laugh at him. If Naoto Urakami's brigade lost two-thirds or even annihilated the entire army, there would be no need to think about the position of the joint captain. Well, I have to be kicked down.

With the retreat of the third brigade, Gao Hongming on the hill also heaved a sigh of relief.

Although the battle that took place just now lasted only half an hour, for most militia soldiers including Gao Hongming, it was almost a lifetime.

Gao Hongming lay in the trench, gulping and wearing rough clothes, the original clean and tidy military uniform was covered with dust.

He looked around, and many soldiers showed the look of the rest of their lives, and many soldiers even cried out.

Gao Hongming, who saw all this in his eyes, did not reprimand them. Although the Japanese army was hit by their intensive firepower just now, they suffered heavy casualties, but they also suffered huge losses.

Since Japan in this period has not yet gone to war with the United States, they can calmly put all their energy on China, so the quality of the Japanese army in this period is also the highest.

The Sakata Wing belongs to the Fourth Brigade. Judging from the serial number compiled, this brigade should belong to one of the most elite units of the Japanese army, but it is not.

After watching the TV series Liangjian, the curious Gao Hongming once checked the authenticity of this brigade.

There was indeed such a force in the history of Japan, and there were still two.

The first Fourth Brigade had a great background. It belonged to the Second Division of the Japanese Army known as the Double Wall of the Japanese Army. No matter in terms of organization, weapons and equipment, or even the combat effectiveness of the troops, it was the top of the Japanese Army.

However, the designation of this brigade was revoked in 1939, and the two infantry regiments it belonged to were also assigned to the Eighth Division.

The second and fourth brigade is actually called the "Independent Mixed 4th Brigade".

Although there are only four words "independently mixed" added, the meaning is completely different.The so-called "independent" means that it does not belong to any division, while "mixed" means that it is formed by mixing multiple arms.

This unit was formed by the Japanese Army in SJZ in February 1938. As a directly-administered unit of the North China Front Army, it participated in the Xuzhou Battle and was then transferred to Shanxi. It belonged to the Japanese First Army and was responsible for security work along Zhengtai Road.

Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, this force can only belong to the lower middle level among the Japanese army, which is equivalent to the second-line force of the Japanese army.

The reason why Chu Yunfei was regarded as the enemy was because the Jinsui Army was far inferior to the Japanese Army in terms of equipment and individual quality of soldiers.

However, it was precisely because of this that Gao Hongming and his militia were able to resist the attack of a brigade with less than 400 people, and this was even when the Japanese army did not use artillery fire.

Otherwise, if it were really the second division, the most elite of the Japanese army, the hundreds of people in Gao Hongming's hands would have already sang coldly.

A gust of wind blew by, bringing with it a puff of choking gunpowder smoke, which choked Gao Hongming, who was panting heavily, to cough continuously.

Gao Hongming, who was blushing from the choking, subconsciously groped for the place where the water bottle hung on his waist, but found nothing. Only then did he remember that he had left the water bottle in the headquarters when he was carrying the ammunition.

Too lazy to take a trip, he yelled casually: "Dabao..."

Before he finished speaking, a water bottle was handed to him, and he didn't care. He took the water bottle and unscrewed the lid and drank half of the water in one go. Handed it back and praised with a smile.

"Dabao...you have good eyesight, kid. I knew you were thirsty before I even said it! Just show your eyesight, and I'll ask the cook to add chicken legs to you when I get back!"

It's just that he waited for a long time, but no one took the kettle in his hand. When he looked up in surprise, he saw a beautiful and cool face appearing in front of him, looking at him quietly.

Seeing the person coming, Gao Hongming immediately felt a feeling of embarrassment rushing over his face. He handed the water bottle to her with a sly smile: "Well...thank you, Wen Qian."

"Wen Qian?"

Xie Wenqian's red phoenix eyes widened in an instant, how dare this stupid dandy call me Wenqian?
She wished she could smash the kettle in her hand on the guy's head, but out of reason, she just gave him a supercilious look and then turned and left without looking back.

"This woman is really inexplicable."

Looking at Xie Wenqian's swaying back, Gao Hongming shook his head. He really didn't understand, "It's just a title. As for the big reaction."

And at this moment, Dabao trotted over with the water bottle in hand, and handed it to him: "Master...you must be thirsty, come and drink."

"Forget it, I've had it." Gao Hongming waved his hand, "Go and call me Old Wu and Old Xiao."

Soon, the two came to Gao Hongming, "Sir, Wu Chengfeng and Xiao Zhankui are waiting for instructions!"

"Old Wu, Lao Xiao, how many people do we have left?"

Wu Chengfeng said: "In the battle just now, we lost a total of 38 brothers and wounded 55 of them, including 19 who were seriously injured. There are only about 200 of us still fighting."

"So many casualties?" Gao Hongming frowned.

"Sir, it's already pretty good."

Wu Chengfeng smiled wryly: "We killed and wounded at least 300 devils just now. Even the Central Army can't achieve such a battle damage ratio."

"It's just that we have the advantage of weapons and location."

Gao Hongming understood this very well. If it weren't for the trenches dug in advance by these devils and the sufficient ammunition in the headquarters, they would have collapsed long ago with the hundreds of recruits who had been trained for less than three months.

(End of this chapter)