Do you need support?

This is definitely an extremely painful choice for Captain Toba, who is in charge of this fully-filled infantry squadron.

The reason is very simple. More than an hour ago, there were faint gunfire and explosions coming from afar.

But because the distance was too far and it was not very real to hear it. He could not tell whether the surprise attack team led by Major Nishikawa himself had a brief exchange of fire with the Chinese because of the exposure, or whether the Chinese had actively launched an attack on the Chinese defensive positions, or whether the Chinese had fought with other small-scale troops on their own.

Because, in addition to their elite contingent team personally designated by Commander Heisuke Yanagawa, it was not surprising that the 6th Division and the 114th Division also sent their own vanguards to intersperse behind Songe. It is not surprising that they were moving here, who also had military maps.

But no matter how entangled Tooba Hatoyama was, the signal of a red and two green flares asking for help was agreed with Major Nishikawa before leaving. No one else knew about it except him, Major Nishikawa and the accompanying correspondent soldiers.

As for why Nishikawa Chimetaka only fired signal flares at night without caring about defending the bridge, it was not something Tooba Hatoyama could guess.

The infantry squadron led by Toba Hatoyama carried field radio stations, but there was no surprise attack team disguised as Chinese refugees. Only he asked him about these questions when he saw his boss.

The signal flare was shot so unscrupulously, which means that the boss had issued a military order to him. If he did not abide by the military order and supported the direction of the signal flare, what he would wait for when he returned to the division headquarters was strict military laws.

Seeing that the Army Major is only one level higher than him, the Army Captain, but the lieutenant and the lieutenant are not the same dimension, more importantly, Nishikawa Chimelong is a celebrity in front of the division commander. The two not only come from the same non-commissioned officer academy, but also taught by the same teacher. They are brothers of the same school.

Therefore, no matter how careful the Japanese captain wanted to be cautious, he could only choose to order the entire army to pack up his equipment after a short period of two or three minutes, and advance at full speed to a straight line of about two kilometers away along the small path dozens of meters away from the river bank.

Although he was anxious, Tooba Hatoyama was also an officer who had participated in several battles. Before the entire army set off, he still sent a vanguard team to reconnaissance 500 meters ahead of the main force.

Because the vanguards disguised as Chinese refugees had sent to reconnaissance in advance, the Chinese fortifications on the south bank of the bridge were 3 kilometers away from this place. Moreover, with the Japanese army's understanding of the Chinese army, they would definitely not dare to leave the fortifications that had been built easily, so the Japanese army was also more bold and directly fired a flashlight to illuminate the road ahead. While accelerating the vanguards' vanguards could also observe the surrounding environment more carefully.

After all, you will be in the dark and in the area currently controlled by the Chinese, anyone will be a little scared.

Tooba Hatoyama has rich experience in the battlefield, but he never thought that Nishikawa Chimelong had already become a dead ghost. How did Lei Xiong know that they could use the contact signal only in an emergency? Fortunately, he thought about the trick he had thought of for most of the night to try not to kill Chinese civilians.

The first one to kneel down and beg for mercy was Nishikawa Chimelong's personal communication soldier.

Because he was thin and looked vulgar, the soldier responsible for selecting Japanese people took it for granted that he was weak, so it would be safer to stay at the checkpoint.

No one expected that it was this simple and pure idea that it actually played a big role. The number of Japanese troops left at the checkpoint was indeed the weakest-willed group among the Japanese.

One-third of the dozen people actually chose to surrender to fate.

For example, since the communication soldier was shameless, he was the first to kneel down and beg for surrender, he naturally wanted to continue living. In order to live, it was possible to express more valuable information.

Dissatisfied with the hesitation of a prisoner, Leng Feng rushed from the north of the bridge and cut his throat with a formal bayonet without mercy, allowing his hands to tie him up like a dying fish in front of the four prisoners.

The Japanese communications soldier was instantly scared and not only said the names, ranks and organization of Nishikawa Chimetaka and Toba Hitoyama. Major Nishikawa Chimetaka and Captain Toba Hitoyama agreed on three types of contact signals, but even the secret history of the JIO, the master of the Dead Ghost, likes women's favorite, is full of beans.

No wonder Tang Dao likes to say that Japan is a perverted nation, and Erya, who is in charge of the record, almost vomited it out.

The Japanese army with flashlights in the dark moved quickly.

A reconnaissance team was in front, three infantry teams were behind one after another, and each infantry team was separated by 30 meters, and the team with less than 200 people was longer than 300 meters.

This is also one of Toba Hatoyama's strategies to deal with possible attacks in the darkness and make full use of the wide terrain here.

Of course, another important reason why Tooba Hatoyama decided to take risks was actually the terrain of their location.

There are some small hills on the banks of the river, but more are plains and wilderness, and almost no one will choose to attack in such a place.

In this flat position, the geographical locations of the attacker and the attacker are completely equal, and even because of the river bank here, it is impossible to form an effective encirclement of the enemy.

The attacker can completely use the darkness to escape calmly.

Even Tooba Hirayama was fighting against the opponent's attack with an infantry squad, and the other two infantry squads detoured from flanking to counter-encircle the enemies who dared to attack them.

It can be said that the Japanese Army Captain, who was forced to march in the dark, had already made all the responses, including only twenty percent of the possible attacks.

However, the Army Captain miscalculated after all.

The Chinese are much more ruthless than he thought.

Flat terrain is not conducive to ambushing, but it is only for light infantry. The two sides of the war are lying in the wilderness and shooting at each other. Naturally, the battle situation can only be a tense situation. The Japanese infantry squadron with nearly 200 troops can hold on until dawn or sneak away quietly in the night.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Unfortunately, in order to guard the bridge, Lei Xiong's army has equipped many flares, which are much more than the Japanese.

As a red signal flare rises into the sky.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The first thing that sounded was not the blazing gunshots, but the flares that rose into the sky like money.

More than ten flares showed the figure of the Japanese infantry No. 200 who was advancing in the dark.

There was no so-called ambush circle. All the infantry and fire support units gathered by Lei Xiong were waiting about 3 kilometers away from the bridge. The reconnaissance team composed of five groups of scouts stayed in the wilderness, as the eyes of the entire army.

When they found the Japanese reconnaissance vanguard team passing by, it meant that the main force of the Japanese army was not far away.

Niu Er, hiding in the wilderness, had long seen the shiny flashlight of the Japanese squad, but did not issue a warning. He waited until the heavy footsteps arrived, and then the red signal flare that had arrived at the enemy was already there.

An infantry platoon approaching the river bank frantically shot out flares more than 100 meters away according to Lei Xiong's military order.

"Enemy attack! Lying down!" Captain Toba Hatoyama's little face looked ugly in the white glow of the flare, but he was calm. He quickly lay down into the bushes on the side of the road.

The Japanese army reacted very quickly, choosing a hiding place while shooting flares into the opposite wilderness.

Although the gray-blue and black uniforms were not conspicuous in the dark, they could still make the Japanese army see clearly that there were not many people coming to attack them.

At least it wasn't as much as they thought.

Tooba Hatoyama didn't have time to think about why it was clearly a signal from Major Nishikawa to ask for help, but he was attacked by the Chinese halfway. What's even more terrifying is that there was no fierce battle in the dark night.

Perhaps, this is a terrible thing to think about.

His attention must be focused on the battlefield in front of him.

When he found that the Chinese were not as many as he had imagined, the Japanese captain who was brave enough to make an extremely wrong decision.

As the gunfire of the infantry squad in the middle sounded, the two infantry squads located at the front and rear ends began to move towards the two wings, and began the old tactic of the central attack that had almost been integrated into the blood of the Japanese infantry, breaking through the two wings.

So, they were terrible.

Lei Xiong brought it to an infantry company, which was less than 40 or 50 people than the Japanese infantry, but there was also a two mortar, two machine guns, four heavy machine guns, and two MG34 fire support platoons. These things even Japanese HNA planes dared to fight against each other, let alone a bunch of army tycoons?

And what about Tooba Hitoyama? What? In order to increase firepower to this task force, Sadao Niujima added a light machine gun and a grenade launcher to each infantry squadron.

Then, it was gone.

Heavy firearms such as infantry cannons cannot be carried away by human power alone.

In other words, under Tooba Hitoyama's command, there are only 9 light machine guns and 9 grenade launchers in total. If it is against an ordinary Chinese infantry battalion, its firepower will definitely be suppressed.

But here, I can only be beaten.

Mortars, heavy machine guns, machine guns and MG34 are all staying in fortifications dug out 500 meters away. The Japanese grenade launchers are not enough, but they are at their range.

Especially the two Japanese infantry squads that were overestimating their abilities to attack both wings were suppressed by several heavy machine guns and MG34 machine guns, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads after entering the wilderness 50 meters.

What the two infantry platoons who arrived from afar were not to shoot blindly, but to approach and throw grenades at the Japanese army lying in the wilderness.

The combat situation between China and Japan has undergone a very rare reversal. One side consumes ammunition at all costs, while the other side can only use their will and body to fight against modern firearms.

The Japanese army who could only be beaten passively was surprisingly tenacious and persisted for an hour. The huge ammunition consumption made Lei Xiong feel distressed and his cheeks tremble.

But obviously, what is more painful is the Japanese commander.

The Chinese lost ammunition, but they lost the lives of soldiers. The few soldiers were gradually decreasing in front of him. He had to make the last choice, otherwise it would be annihilation.

The heavy firepower of the Chinese was too fierce. He knew that the biggest possibility of retreating from land was to fall into the siege of the Chinese again.

Then it can only be through the waterway.

Tooba Hatoyama could only leave 30 of the 80 people who survived in pain to form a blocking defense line. The other 50 people, led by him, jumped down the river, threw down all their heavy weapons, and swam across the river.

As long as he is given 20 minutes, he can at least lead an infantry team to escape from the sky without breaking all his jade on this bloody river bank.
Chapter completed!