my bright sword career

Chapter 72

"when!"

The soldiers who had bent their bayonets held their guns, brandished their rifles, and smashed their rifles with their butts at the body and head of the nearest Japanese soldier. Everything, including the butts, engineering shovels, and steel helmets, became in the hands of the soldiers. weapons.At this time, the gunshots on the front line are scarce, and the Chinese and Japanese armies are desperately fighting in the most primitive way.

what! ”

Compared with the 98-type rifle, the [-]K rifle is about ten centimeters shorter. This ten centimeters is a deadly distance when stabbing. The soldier's face turned blue from the pain, he screamed almost desperately, and rushed forward with the bayonet in his stomach, the disadvantage of the short gun disappeared in his body, and the bayonet at the tip of the soldier's gun pierced into the place where there was a trace of light. In the body of the grinning Japanese soldier, both of them eventually fell on the muddy ground.

At this time, the soldiers of the third company tried their best to use grenades, bayonets, and engineering shovels to block the advance of the counterattacking enemies from all around. With waves of enemies rushing up, Qixia Pass was in chaos.

Faced with the counterattack of the Japanese army that was several times larger than itself, the soldiers of the third company did not retreat. Amid the harsh charge whistle, the soldiers fought with the oncoming Japanese army with the courage to fight to the death. The bullets ran out. Just fight with the bayonet, if the bayonet is bent, use the butt of the gun, if the butt of the gun is cracked, use your fist, tear it with your hands, and bite it with your teeth!
The blood and stumps rained down on the ground. The sound of gunshots, artillery, screams, cursing, and screams mixed together. The soil of the bombed position was stained blood red under the rain and blood. The position is as terrifying as the [-]th floor of purgatory.

At this critical moment, the other two companies of the first battalion finally arrived.

The first company and the second company should have arrived earlier, but the sudden heavy rain delayed their footsteps.

The soldiers of the two companies almost took three steps forward and two steps back, and climbed up Qixia Pass.

With the arrival of the new force of the two companies, the Japanese army, which had been supported only by a single effort, finally collapsed.

Facing the Chinese soldiers appearing everywhere, many Japanese soldiers finally flinched despite the commander's scolding.

The soldiers of the first battalion took advantage of the situation to pursue the victory, and the sound of MP40 submachine guns and MG42 machine guns resounded everywhere on the battlefield.

More than ten minutes later, Kenji Tsuchiya and Masao Miura could only retreat to a still intact position at Qixia Pass with the remaining dozens of soldiers. Because it was located on the back slope, it was not destroyed by artillery fire.

Facing the desperation, Kenji Tsuchiya calmed down, and said to Masao Miura, who was surrounded by mud and blood, "Mr. Miura, it seems that today's battle is coming to an end. I'm going to follow Hashimoto too. what's your plan?"

There was a trace of bitterness on Masao Miura's face: "Your Excellency Tsuchiya, you may not believe me if you say it, but I had a premonition that today would come before I boarded the ship to China.

But I didn't care at that time, for His Majesty the Emperor and the Japanese Empire, it doesn't matter if I die.But when this moment really came, I realized that I was a little scared. I was reluctant to part with Mieko and my two children. I wanted to return to the mainland alive, so I implore you, please allow me to break out. "

"you……"

Tsuchiya Kenji showed anger at first, but the anger dissipated quickly, and finally he sighed: "Mr. Miura, I can understand your feelings. After all, who has no family. If... I mean, if you can come back alive Go to mainland, please give this letter and photo to my mother in Hokkaido, please."

After speaking, Kenji Tsuchiya took out an envelope and handed it to Masao Miura with both hands.

Masao Miura took the envelope, put it in his pocket, and bowed solemnly to Kenji Tsuchiya.

Kenji Tsuchiya also bowed solemnly in return. The two of them looked at each other, and they both saw the farewell in each other's eyes, because they knew that this was the last time they met.

Without any hesitation, Masao Miura took the last remaining 20 soldiers of his brigade and ran towards the southeast. According to his observation, the terrain there was more dangerous and the number of people was the least...

"Da da da……"

The group of people had just ran for a while, when there were bursts of crisp gunshots from behind. Masao Miura could hear that it was the sound of the submachine gun unique to the Chinese army on the opposite side, and it was accompanied by a mournful cry. He knew it was The screams of the dying Japanese soldiers stationed there...

The gunfire finally stopped, and as the smoke from the former nameless pass slowly dissipated, Qixia Pass finally fell into the hands of the Chinese army. A battalion of soldiers, already exhausted, were lying on their seats stained with blood and rain. On the blood-black mountain bag.

"Tuan Zuo, we have won, the first battalion has occupied Qixia Pass, and the devil's encirclement has been broken!"

When the excited Wu Chengfeng reported to Gao Hongming on the walkie-talkie, there was still a trace of sobs in his words.

In the battle just now, the third company, which was the main attacker, suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only more than 300 people left in the reinforced company of 100 people. When Nong Tiancai reported the casualties to him, the seven-foot man choked up with distress.

"Old Wu... I thank you on behalf of the more than 2000 brothers in the regiment. It is you who have blazed a trail for the whole regiment!"

Gao Hongming's eyes were also a little red. He saw all the battle just now, and even he didn't expect that this army, which was formed less than two months ago, would fight so tenaciously.

In fact, he had already made another preparation in his heart. Once the first battalion or the second battalion collapsed, he might have to use some killer tricks.

It's just that after this, he will definitely become the target of public criticism and attract the attention of China and even the world, so he will not do this unless it is absolutely necessary.

But now it's all right, the First Battalion won Qixia Pass, which means that the Japanese plan has gone bankrupt, and now no one can stop him from going home.

"Pass my order, the medical team, the artillery battalion, the supply battalion, the air defense company, and the wounded all board the vehicle. The first battalion is still the forward, and the second battalion is the rear guard. Let's go home!"

"Yes... let's go home!"

With Gao Hongming's order, the whole regiment started to move, and the artillery battalion also took advantage of this time to launch the last round of shelling on the Japanese army who wanted to increase their strength on the other side of Qixia Pass.

More than ten minutes later, the whole regiment was ready, and the artillery battalion began to load the artillery. The roar of cars was heard everywhere on the road, and the whole regiment began to slowly move forward along the road.

Thanks also to the 140 Lancia 3RO heavy-duty trucks cashed out by Gao Hongming, it can not only take away all the weapons and materials such as the medical brigade, the supply battalion, and the artillery battalion, but also send all the wounded to the truck. It also greatly reduced the burden on the troops.

Without these trucks, Gao Hongming couldn't imagine how the troops would walk home from this muddy road with hundreds of wounded, dozens of artillery pieces and a lot of supplies...

(End of this chapter)