Chapter 1 The Eyes Watching From Afar

Thousands of eyes watched this scene from afar.

Especially those from the Special Operations Brigade. Many of the teams defending alongside the First Company now watched as if it were a teaching demonstration.

Watching the First Company's performance.

The First Company's performance was a bit simple and unadorned, without any fancy moves.

Methodically, the First Company's soldiers rushed forward, taking a step towards the Japanese soldiers and shouting, "Kill!"

Then, a Japanese soldier would fall to the ground, stabbed.

If any Japanese soldier could parry the initial thrust, a second shout would immediately follow:

"Kill!"

If there were still some Japanese soldiers with particularly strong bayonet techniques who could hold on...

No Japanese soldier could withstand the third shout.

The third shout: "Kill!"

After three shouts, no Japanese soldier could resist.

It was truly: no Japanese soldier could be sent away with three shouts, and if there were, then another three would be added.

Captain Isetani Shiro watched as his soldiers were blown away in large numbers, and the remaining soldiers fell one after another in the close combat.

At this point, he thought about retreating.

For the Japanese soldiers, retreating was not called retreating, but a "strategic shift"! When the same meaning was deliberately expressed with a different word, it was often to cover up something embarrassing.

Isetani thought of a strategic shift!

However, the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade's First Company had long been familiar with their tactics in battle.

When Company Commander Gu Xiuming issued the order to charge, a platoon of soldiers had already bypassed the Japanese soldiers blocking the front.

Charging straight to the back of the Japanese formation.

Before the smoke had cleared, the veterans of the First Company had already rushed to Captain Isetani Shiro.

"Kill!" Just one word.

Shouted from the mouths of these soldiers.

The gleaming bayonet was already in front of his chest.

Captain Isetani Shiro gripped his command saber with both hands, parrying with all his strength.

He used all his strength this time, and his hands went numb from the impact.

Just as he managed to parry the blow, the soldier opposite him shouted again:

"Kill!" An overwhelming momentum came rushing towards him.

Following this shout was a bayonet thrust even faster than before. Captain Isetani Shiro, his arms sore and numb, finally couldn't parry this time.

He looked in disbelief at the blood spurting out wildly.

His body swayed precariously.

The soldier opposite him shouted once more: "Kill!"

Adding another thrust, this time, Captain Isetani Shiro could no longer maintain his balance.

He fell headlong to the ground.

The fate of the Japanese soldiers in his company was the same as his at this moment.

None of them could stand their ground on the battlefield any longer.

As the smoke cleared, the soldiers of the First Company quickly retreated back into the trenches.

Leaving behind only the corpses of Japanese soldiers in front of their position.

The Japanese weapons and ammunition were all taken back.

Of the more than one hundred and eighty soldiers in the Japanese company, not a single one was struggling to survive.

They all lay motionless on the ground, truly dead.

In another direction, the attack of Okamato Jiro's battalion was also proceeding in sync.

They were both commanders of the same regiment, and their command methods were the same.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro ordered: "Kanya Yoki Company! Attack!"

Company Commander Kanya Yoki immediately led his troops towards the front lines of the National Revolutionary Army's position.

Since arriving in Yixian County, the Kanya Yoki Company had always been used as a reserve force.

Even though the Battle of Taierzhuang was so intense, they had not been sent in.

Company Commander Kanya Yoki had been harassed by the eager-to-fight Japanese soldiers under his command to the point of almost losing his patience in the past half-month.

These Japanese soldiers under his command had been expressing a strong desire to participate in the war.

Today, their request had finally been granted.

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya was one of those Japanese soldiers who strongly wished to go to the battlefield and earn military merit.

He came from an ordinary farming family. Over the years, several of his comrades had completed the magnificent transformation from soldiers to officers.

Those Japanese soldiers were knowledgeable and cultured.

But Miyamoto Tomoya had none of that. All he had was the ambition to become an officer and the traditional farmer's ability to endure hardship.

Besides that, he had no special skills.

This determined that if he wanted to become an officer, he could only exchange it for military merit.

Not to mention how many Japanese soldiers in the entire Okamato Jiro battalion had the same idea as him.

Even within the Kanya Yoki Company, Miyamoto Tomoya knew that at least thirty Japanese soldiers around him had the same idea.

This determined that if they, these Japanese soldiers without knowledge, culture, or background, wanted to stand out, they would need to put in more effort than other Japanese soldiers.

Therefore, Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya wanted to fight every day. Only by fighting would he have the opportunity to earn merit.

And then achieve his life goal, make a magnificent transformation, and become an enviable officer.

The fighting on the front lines of Taierzhuang was so intense, but their unit had been staying in Yixian County as a reserve force.

During these days, Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya was as anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof.

Now he could finally go to the battlefield.

There were many people in the Kanya Yoki Company who were eager to earn merit.

At this moment, they were rushing quickly and nimbly towards the Second Company's position.

At this moment, Lin Fan had already directed Platoon Leader Anping to turn all the artillery pieces of the artillery platoon in a different direction.

From now on, they would be attacking the Okamato Jiro battalion coming from the east.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro was much more aggressive. He had established his artillery position five hundred meters in front of the Second Company's defense line.

He had also established a heavy machine gun position and a grenade launcher position three hundred meters away.

Their tactics were the same as those of the Special Operations Brigade:

Artillery barrage, infantry charge!

Infantry charge after artillery barrage!

Lin Fan's tactics were also the same: truth is only within the range of artillery fire.

He did not allow Japanese artillery positions to appear within Lin Fan's line of sight.

The artillery position of the Okamato Jiro battalion, which was just over a kilometer away, had just been established.

The infantry guns and mortars had just entered the position.

When Artillery Squad Leader Takeda Takeo led his entire squad into the position.

Looking at this slightly protruding hill, the engineers had already flattened the top a bit.

Although the position was not large, it was enough for his squad, which only had two infantry guns.

In fact, his type 92 infantry gun could be fired anywhere and did not require such a formal and standard artillery position.

However, Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro liked to keep everything under control.

The entire battalion's two infantry guns and five mortars were all concentrated together, and at the same time, they would follow orders and bombard the same target simultaneously.

This way, they could inflict the greatest possible damage on the opponent in the shortest amount of time.

This was the most effective way to demoralize the enemy.

Artillery Squad Leader Takeda Takeo directed the two infantry guns to occupy the most central position on the hill.

The Japanese soldiers in his squad quickly unloaded the gun carriages and tripods from the mules.

They quickly assembled them.

Some other Japanese soldiers also took the ammunition boxes off the backs of other mules.

And placed them fifty meters away from the infantry guns.

Four Japanese soldiers carried six shells each and waited beside the infantry guns, waiting for the artillery to be assembled so they could enter combat.

Ten meters away from them, five mortars were ready for battle.

The mortars were simple to assemble, just a barrel and a baseplate.

With just these two things, the baseplate was slammed into the ground, the barrel was placed, and the entire gun was assembled.

Two boxes of shells were placed beside each of the five mortars, and the three Japanese soldiers beside each gun were ready.

Chief Gunner Omachi Yoshibumi held a shell in his hand, waiting for orders.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro looked at his own artillery position from a distance, and then at the artillery position of the Special Operations Brigade in the distance.

He had clearly seen that the opposing National Revolutionary Army artillery had also occupied an unnamed high ground.

Bombing towards the south, which was the direction of the attack by the Kagawa Yoshino battalion.

Judging from the fact that only the National Revolutionary Army artillery was bombarding, and there was no counterattack from the Kagawa Yoshino battalion artillery:

Something might have happened to the artillery of the Kagawa Yoshino battalion.

This was not surprising, anything could happen on the battlefield.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro saw that his artillery was ready, and he ordered: "Fire!"

As his order was issued, the commander of the artillery position waved the command flag.

A series of explosions rang out, and smoke spread throughout the artillery position.

Countless flashes of light appeared.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro was stunned by the sudden change on the artillery position.

He saw a scene that he was unwilling to believe no matter what:

A barrage of artillery shells was falling on his artillery position.

The explosions, flashes of light, and smoke were all caused by shells fired by the National Revolutionary Army.

The entire artillery unit commanded by Artillery Squad Leader Takeda Takeo, a total of seven guns, had not been able to fire a single shell.

They were all wiped out just like that.

And it wasn't over yet, the bombing from the opposite side continued.

Since the Special Operations Brigade could not seize those artillery pieces, they would destroy them completely.

The Japanese artillery position was still under bombardment.

Lin Fan waited until the flames soared into the sky on the distant position and the Japanese soldiers' own shells began to explode, then he switched targets.

The heavy machine gun and grenade launcher positions three hundred meters away from the Second Company's position were now the main targets of Anping and his men's bombing.

In fact, the machine gun position of the Okamato Jiro battalion had been essentially useless so far.

Because the unit commanded by Second Company Commander Hua Deze was the same as the First Company.

No soldier in the entire company poked his head out until the Japanese soldiers entered the kill zone of the directional mines.

The Japanese heavy machine guns had no target to attack.

But their very existence was a threat to the Special Operations Brigade.

Especially later, after the Second Company engaged in close combat with the attacking Japanese soldiers.

The heavy machine guns firing from a distance of three hundred meters would be unbearable for the Second Company, which would be exposed outside the position.

At this time, the mortars and infantry guns of the Second Company also joined the bombing.

Their target was not the Japanese heavy machine gun position, but the main force of the Okamato Jiro battalion further away.

As for the more than one hundred Japanese soldiers in the Kanya Yoki Company nearby, Hua Deze did not pay any attention to them at all.

These Japanese soldiers who dared to rush to the position were like fish that had jumped ashore, with nowhere to escape.

There was no need to pay attention to them. At this time, it was most important to kill as many Japanese soldiers as possible while the main force of the Japanese army was still concentrated together.

The actions of the Second Company in the east also caused confusion among many of the new recruits who had recently joined the Special Operations Brigade.

Their platoon leaders and company commanders took the opportunity to explain. This was naturally the best opportunity to educate them.

It was important to instill the glorious achievements of the Special Operations Brigade into these eager-to-learn soldiers.

When the Second Company wiped out the Japanese soldiers in one fell swoop, these new recruits would have a greater sense of identification with the Special Operations Brigade.

The Second Company was like a demonstration now, with a large circle of company commanders and platoon leaders explaining to the new recruits under their command.

As for not opening fire until the Japanese soldiers were one hundred meters in front of the position.

This was to prevent the Japanese soldiers from being scared back, failing to achieve the goal of annihilation.

As for the Second Company's own artillery only bombing the Japanese infantry in the distance, this was because the Japanese soldiers were timid.

They were afraid that the battalion of Japanese soldiers would escape after wiping out the attacking company in one fell swoop.

So now they would harvest a wave first, killing as many Japanese soldiers as possible.

The Japanese soldiers of the Kanya Yoki Company were now trying their best to charge forward.

They were only thinking about rushing into the National Revolutionary Army's position as soon as possible, breaking through the obstacles, and rushing to the artillery position in front.

Company Commander Kanya Yoki had already said: "The first Japanese soldier to rush to the artillery position will receive his recommendation and be sent to the NCO academy to study."

This was a visible goal that all the Japanese soldiers in the entire company were willing to fight for.

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya was going crazy, his eyes were already red.

This was out of excitement.

In the hundreds of battles fought on this land, only this time had Company Commander Kanya Yoki made such a clear statement.

Company Commander Kanya Yoki was able to offer such a reward because:

He had just looked back and realized that the threat from the National Revolutionary Army's artillery on the unnamed high ground was too great.

In such a short period of time, it had already destroyed the artillery position of the Okamato Jiro battalion.

Then it had destroyed the heavy machine gun position that the battalion had just established in the rear.

Now the National Revolutionary Army's artillery was constantly firing, wreaking havoc on the entire battalion's infantry.

If this unnamed high ground was not occupied in time.

Even if the entire Okamato Jiro battalion could persist in defeating this National Revolutionary Army, it would suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, he had proposed that the first Japanese soldier to rush to the unnamed high ground would be given the opportunity to study at the NCO academy.

Entering the NCO academy for further study, and then returning after half a year, would mean becoming an officer at the squad leader level.

This was an opportunity that all one hundred and eighty Japanese soldiers in the entire company dreamed of.

Company Commander Kanya Yoki knew what the soldiers needed.

He usually never gave these soldiers any benefits, only showed them the difference between officers and soldiers.

Today was different, the situation forced him to make all the soldiers fight to the death.

The effect was immediate.

Company Commander Hua Deze saw that the speed of the Japanese soldiers charging had suddenly increased a lot.

The Japanese soldiers were all shouting and charging forward with red eyes.

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya did not dare to fall behind now, he ran desperately, trying to rush to the front.

However, he was not the only one with this idea.

The other Japanese soldiers all had the same idea.

In the end, Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya could only rank in the middle of the entire company.

Company Commander Kanya Yoki could only follow at the very back of the formation now.

Seeing the Japanese soldiers under his command charging with enthusiasm, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Hua Deze watched the Japanese soldiers charging within one hundred meters, and the expression on his face was also very gratified.

These Japanese soldiers were now competing to be the first to rush to the unnamed high ground, vying with each other.

They were very crowded, which allowed the directional mines deployed by the Second Company to have a very good effect.

At this moment, thousands of eyes on the entire battlefield were watching the charge of the Kanya Yoki Company.

The Japanese soldiers of the Okamato Jiro battalion were hoping that the Kanya Yoki Company could break through the Second Company's defense line in one fell swoop and rush directly to the unnamed high ground.

To take out the National Revolutionary Army's artillery position, they had been suffering from the National Revolutionary Army's artillery bombardment for too long now.

It was too painful to be bombarded by artillery shells.

Not only was it painful, but it also cost lives!

The soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade were watching the Japanese soldiers of the Kanya Yoki Company, hoping that the Second Company would wipe out these Japanese soldiers as soon as possible.

There were at least two thousand officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade, which was one and a half times more eyes than the one thousand eyes of the Okamato Jiro battalion, who were eagerly awaiting news of victory.

Further away, the reconnaissance platoons of Tang Enbo's Eighty-Fifth Army and Seventy-Fifth Army were watching the Japanese soldiers charging with tense expressions.

Although Tang Enbo was not on the battlefield now, he was clear: the battle between the Japanese soldiers and the Special Operations Brigade had already begun.

Should the Eighty-Fifth Army and Seventy-Fifth Army move or not?

This was a difficult choice!

Stay put!

This was the decision he made again.

After receiving the order, the two army commanders could only open their eyes wide and clench their fists to cheer for Lin Fan as they looked in the direction of the battlefield.

They were very clear: if their two armies were to move out.

The Japanese force that had already annihilated a cavalry regiment, even if there were still two battalions of infantry, would have no chance of survival.

Unfortunately...

Commander Tang was too cautious!

Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth War Area, had already sent a report to Wuhan about the encounter between the two companies of the Special Operations Brigade and a Japanese cavalry regiment and two infantry battalions outside Lincheng.

And that they had already annihilated the Japanese cavalry regiment and were fighting with the Japanese infantry battalions.

He could not command Tang Enbo, and could only place his hopes on Chiang Kai-shek, who was commanding the overall situation in Wuhan.

This urgent information was immediately presented to Chiang Kai-shek's desk.

He looked at the telegram and strode into the operations command center.

His staff had already roughly laid out the situation around Zhao Village.

Looking at the situation on the map, it was clear that the National Revolutionary Army had the advantage.

Two infantry battalions of Japanese soldiers were in the open, with no terrain to defend and no fortifications to rely on.

Fifty thousand elite National Revolutionary Army soldiers were lurking less than ten miles from the battlefield, and had not yet been discovered by the Japanese soldiers.

And the Japanese soldiers were single-mindedly attacking the two companies of the Special Operations Brigade.

What a great opportunity this was!

Although he had very, very strong opinions about Lin Fan as a person.

But Chiang Kai-shek still trusted Lin Fan's abilities.

In this situation, as long as the two companies of the Special Operations Brigade could hold on for three hours.

Allowing Tang Enbo's two armies to complete the encirclement of the Japanese soldiers, two thousand Japanese soldiers would become cannon fodder.

No other Japanese forces had been discovered around the battlefield, and the nearest Japanese soldiers were still twenty kilometers away.

Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered: "The Battle of Zhao Village is extremely advantageous to our army.

Since there was already a plan, why has it not been executed according to the plan?

This battle has a great impact on the Taierzhuang defense line. If such a battle cannot be fought well, what face will the commander have to meet the military and civilians across the country who are supporting the war of resistance?"

Tang Enbo could ignore Li Zongren, and he could also not listen to Bai Chongxi.

But he could not disobey Chiang Kai-shek's words.

After receiving the telegram from Wuhan, Tang Enbo immediately ordered:

"Proceed according to plan!"

The two army commanders of the Eighty-Fifth Army and the Seventy-Fifth Army, who had been waiting with great anticipation, were overjoyed.

They were soldiers, not politicians.

They were very clear that the chances of winning this battle today were very high, and they also knew how much help it would be to the entire campaign to annihilate two infantry battalions of Japanese soldiers in Zhao Village.

Now the high command had finally agreed to attack.

The five divisions under the two armies immediately moved out.

The Fourth Division of the Eightieth Army inserted south of Gao Village, cutting off the Japanese soldiers' retreat.

The Eighty-Ninth Division circled around to the east of Gao Village, preventing the Japanese soldiers from retreating east back to Lincheng.

The Sixth Division, Ninety-Third Division, and One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Division of the Seventieth Army inserted between Zhao Village and Gao Village.

Separating the Japanese front-line troops from their rear command.

Coordinating with the Special Operations Brigade to encircle the two infantry battalions of Japanese soldiers, striving for complete annihilation.

Army Commander Wang Zhonglian of the Eighty-Fifth Army set out with his two divisions, they were going to Gao Village.

Fifty thousand soldiers immediately set out from the shores of Weishan Lake.

The army moved, the sky turned dark, and dust blotted out the sun.

However, neither Brigade Commander Se Takehira of the Eighth Brigade nor Regiment Commander Numata Takakazu could spare any attention to it now.

Their eyes and energy were all focused on Zhao Village, on that unnamed high ground.

Because news of the Special Operations Brigade's destruction of the Kagawa Yoshino battalion's artillery position had just reached them.

This made these Japanese commanders very worried.

They were very scared!

Afraid that the tragedy of the cavalry regiment would be repeated on the infantry battalions.

Brigade Commander Se Takehira muttered to himself: "I should have let the cavalry regiment retreat!

I should have let the cavalry regiment retreat!"

Without the assistance of the cavalry regiment, he had an ominous premonition about this battle from the very beginning.

The First Battalion's unfavorable start made Brigade Commander Se Takehira's spirit almost collapse.

Company Commander Hua Deze saw that the Japanese soldiers had charged into the kill zone of the directional mines he had set up.

This time, the Japanese soldiers had very consciously banded together, very good!

Without these Japanese soldiers having to rush to the position thirty meters away, Hua Deze ordered: "Detonate!"

The orders that followed were the same: "Charge!"

The smoke had just risen thirty meters away, and the sound of the explosion was still echoing in the air.

The soldiers of the Second Company had already leaped out of the trenches.

Holding their bayonets, they charged towards the Japanese soldiers, shouting.

The Japanese soldiers of the Kanya Yoki Company, who were crowded together and eager to gain promotion space.

Were swept away by the Second Company's bombs, and the Japanese soldiers charging in the front collectively fell down.

The opportunity had now arrived for the Japanese soldiers such as Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya, who was charging in the middle.

The first echelon had been completely wiped out, and many of the Japanese soldiers charging in the middle of the formation had also fallen down.

Only a few lucky Japanese soldiers were not hit by the iron pellets that came flying from all directions.

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya was one of the very lucky Japanese soldiers who was not injured.

The falling of the obstructive comrades in front of him did not make him feel sad or scared.

His heart was filled with ecstasy: opportunity is for those who are prepared.

And now this opportunity was right in front of him.

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya's eyes, already red, turned a blind eye to the Second Company soldiers who were launching a counterattack.

His gaze was fixed on the unnamed high ground not far away: that was his goal.

There were quite a few Japanese soldiers who had the same idea as him, and these Japanese soldiers did not retreat.

They did not even hesitate for a moment, continuing to charge forward at the same speed as before.

Company Commander Kanya Yoki was startled by the sudden explosion and stopped in his tracks.

His pursuit could not be achieved in this battle, and he still maintained his basic sanity.

In the recent explosion, at least one hundred Japanese soldiers in the entire Kanya Yoki Company had died.

And they were one hundred of the most elite Japanese soldiers.

All the Japanese soldiers charging in the very front had died.

Although the few dozen Japanese soldiers who remained were still charging forward.

But Company Commander Kanya Yoki had some doubts as to whether they would be able to complete the mission.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro was in the rear, and although his battalion had been under constant bombardment.

But he had been paying close attention to the attack of the Kanya Yoki Company in the front.

Now that he saw that the Kanya Yoki Company had suddenly been bombed, he suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart.

But he did not lose his composure, and immediately ordered: "The Miura Kaminosuke Company, attack immediately.

Reinforce the Kanya Yoki Company."

In his opinion, no matter what price they had to pay, as long as they could seize the National Revolutionary Army's artillery position on the unnamed hill.

Everything would be worth it.

The Japanese soldiers of the Miura Kaminosuke Company immediately began to charge.

They were five hundred meters away from the front-line position.

The movement of this Japanese force immediately caught the attention of Lin Fan on the artillery position.

In this situation, the Japanese soldiers' intentions were obvious.

Anping directed the artillery platoon to concentrate its fire on this Japanese company that dared to stand out.

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya's speed did not decrease, and he collided with the Second Company in a few seconds.

These dozen or so Japanese soldiers charging in the front crashed into the Second Company's formation.

Like a mud cow entering the sea, not even a wave was stirred up.

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya, with red eyes, waved the bayonet in his hand like a crazed wild bull.

Stabbing at platoon leader Ou Lezhi, who was charging at him from the front.

Platoon leader Ou Lezhi parried and deflected the bayonet in his hand, shouting:

"Kill!"

The powerful bayonet stabbed towards Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya.

Courtesy demands reciprocity!

Just now, the Japanese soldier stabbed him, and now Ou Lezhi was returning a stab to Miyamoto Tomoya.

Fair and reasonable!

Sergeant Miyamoto Tomoya quickly used his rifle to parry, but he did not expect that:

The thrust coming from the opposite side was so powerful.

He could not parry it at all, and watched as the gleaming bayonet came straight for his chest.

Miyamoto Tomoya quickly took a step back.

And finally managed to avoid this deadly stab.

What he did not expect was that the opposite side shouted again:

"Kill!"

And another white light stabbed over as fast as lightning.

Miyamoto Tomoya could no longer parry it, and a large hole was stabbed in the center of his chest.

Blood spurted out of this hole like an arrow.

Perhaps the blood was flowing too fast and too much.

His red eyes suddenly became clear.

The frenzy triggered by the promise of being sent to the NCO academy also quickly receded.

Miyamoto Tomoya suddenly thought of his hometown, and of the life he had before stepping onto this land.

He muttered to himself: "I didn't know it would be like this!

It shouldn't be like this."

As he spoke, blood began to appear in his mouth.

Ou Lezhi did not give this Japanese soldier any more opportunities to perform.

Quickly adding another thrust, he kicked him away.

Next!

The Second Company's performance left the new recruits of the Special Operations Brigade who were watching in a daze.

Yesterday afternoon and this morning, many of them had tried to fight with their company commanders and platoon leaders.

They also admitted that they could not win.

Now seeing the Second Company soldiers in their current state, it was as if a mountain torrent had been unleashed.

Wherever they went, the Japanese soldiers were like the stones and mud that blocked the river channel, swept away in an instant.

There was no way to stop the Second Company for even half a minute.

These new recruits all knew: their company commanders and platoon leaders had all come from such units.

Someone asked: "Platoon leader! Were you also that powerful?"

At this time, the platoon leader proudly said: "Before I came here, I was still a squad leader. I wouldn't dare compare myself to the company commander.

But at least I was much stronger than most of the soldiers in the company.

We in the Special Operations Brigade are promoted based on ability.

If you are capable, you can surpass me and become the platoon leader."

A few words immediately won the admiration of many.

These new recruits now understood one thing: the platoon leader and company commander had been holding back when they were sparring with them.

The Second Company charged so fast that Company Commander Kanya Yoki did not have time to do anything else.

The dozen or so Japanese soldiers who were acting with him also engaged the National Revolutionary Army soldiers who had charged up.

Behind Company Commander Kanya Yoki, the Miura Kaminosuke Company, which had just emerged from the artillery blockade, had appeared about one hundred meters away.

The remaining Japanese soldiers of the Kanya Yoki Company only needed to hold on for twenty seconds to welcome reinforcements.

He shouted loudly, encouraging the Japanese soldiers under his command to try to stall for time.

Company Commander Kanya Yoki's idea was good, but it did not receive the permission of Company Commander Hua Deze.

Company Commander Hua Deze also saw the Japanese soldiers charging not far away.

He shouted loudly: "Brothers! Speed up, more Japanese soldiers are coming up from behind."

The Second Company soldiers responded in unison.

Seeing the Japanese reinforcements charging up in the distance, the two companies on the left and right sides of the Second Company.

New recruit company commanders Xiang Shi and Yang Xia immediately ordered: "Charge! Charge!"

The three hundred or so soldiers of the two new recruit companies had been filled with excitement while watching the Second Company fighting with the Japanese soldiers.

Now that they saw another Japanese company charging up from behind.

The company commanders ordered them to charge up to meet them.

The soldiers immediately stood up, jumped out of the trenches, and charged out.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro, in the distance, saw more National Revolutionary Army soldiers jumping out of the trenches.

Feeling happy: bayonet fighting?

His unit had never been afraid of that.

Battalion Commander Okamato Jiro ordered: "All troops attack!"

He had already discovered a way to defeat the National Revolutionary Army: charge directly at them and engage in close combat.

Anyway, the artillery of his battalion had already been destroyed by the National Revolutionary Army, and the heavy machine gun positions were gone.

In terms of firepower, he was already at a disadvantage.

At this time, if he could engage the National Revolutionary Army in close combat, he could completely prevent those hateful artillery pieces from playing any role.

For this purpose, he drove all the Japanese soldiers of the entire battalion onto the battlefield.

It was also to avoid adding one company at a time, turning it into a piecemeal tactic.

The Okamato Jiro battalion was now like a gambler, going all in.

He wanted to decide the outcome in one fell swoop.

Battalion Commander Kagawa Yoshino could now relax a bit.

The artillery platoon's fire had shifted its target.

His battalion was now only being bombarded by the First Company's artillery.

Although the Isetani Shiro Company had been wiped out, the Kagawa Yoshino battalion still had its heavy machine guns.

He could still struggle a bit.

Battalion Commander Kagawa Yoshino organized a second attack.

Company Commander Ito Kotaro led the troops out.

When he led the troops forward to a position two hundred meters away from the First Company's position, he ordered the company's heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and grenade launchers to immediately dig trenches on the spot.

To establish a firepower position.

More than one hundred Japanese soldiers simultaneously dug trenches for these machine guns, their movements were swift and their effect was significant.

In just over ten minutes, a trench more than twenty meters long was dug in the wheat field.

The heavy machine guns and light machine guns were immediately set up.

The grenade launcher soldiers entered the position and immediately began to bombard the First Company's position, which had been hidden and never showed its head.

Lin Fan had been watching their performance coldly from the top of the mountain.

Seeing that the Japanese soldiers had begun to bombard the First Company's position, he immediately became unhappy.

He ordered Anping to spare a mortar and bring it over.

For Lin Fan, destroying a trench that was only twenty meters long was completely a matter of seconds.

Company Commander Ito Kotaro had arranged for fire support in the rear before leading the troops forward less than ten meters.

When he heard a loud explosion behind him, as well as the shock wave from the artillery shell that exploded.

The artillery shells fired by Lin Fan all exploded inside the trench, and the shrapnel was blocked by the deep trenches.

This saved Company Commander Ito Kotaro's life.

However, the twenty or so machine gunners and fire support soldiers he had left in the trench had been completely wiped out.

There was not a single survivor.

His company had already attacked, so should he advance or retreat?

Advance? There was no fire cover behind him.

Retreat? Retreat before even starting the attack, and he would lose face.

He hesitated!

Battalion Commander Kagawa Yoshino immediately saw Company Commander Ito Kotaro's predicament.

He immediately ordered: "Company Commander Yada Taichi, immediately lead the troops to advance at a run.

Reinforce the Ito Kotaro Company."

Company Commander Ito Kotaro finally saw reinforcements, the reinforcements two hundred meters away had set out.

He could now safely attack.

"Charge!" Company Commander Ito Kotaro drew his command saber and pointed it at the First Company's position in front.

"Charge!"

"Charge!" The Japanese soldiers in his company all shouted.

Increasing their pace and charging forward.

As if to make up for the time they had wasted while hesitating.

These soldiers charged a bit faster.

The Isetani Shiro Company had been blown away by mines thirty meters in front of the First Company's position.

The scene at that time was deeply imprinted on the minds of every Japanese soldier in the entire Ito Kotaro Company.

Just now, they had been watching the actions of the First Company's officers and soldiers.

They saw the First Company soldiers pick up their weapons and ammunition and retreat. Da Feng Novel

But they did not see the First Company setting up mines again, which reassured the Japanese soldiers.

They were not afraid of a defense line without mines!

Although this time, the First Company's behavior was the same as before, the entire company still kept its head down and ignored them when the Japanese soldiers charged within one hundred meters.

They did not fire a single bullet.

This strange situation made Company Commander Ito Kotaro feel very uneasy.

He finally ordered: "Halt the attack!"

Company Commander Ito Kotaro ordered a squad to probe the attack.

While they were delayed here, the Yada Taichi Company had also caught up.

Although there were existing trenches at a distance of two hundred meters.

But the Japanese soldiers of the Yada Taichi Company still began to dig trenches and set up fortifications at an even greater distance.

Preparing to provide fire support for the Ito Kotaro Company on the front lines.

Squad Leader Kawashima Yuta led his squad of less than forty Japanese soldiers, cautiously approaching the front.

His squad had been fifty-four Japanese soldiers, none missing, when they arrived at Gao Village.

During the recent artillery bombardment, the entire squad was reduced by eighteen Japanese soldiers.

Just now, while charging with the entire company, these Japanese soldiers had been full of courage, not afraid of anything, and charging forward.

But when Company Commander Ito Kotaro ordered them to act alone.

The Japanese soldiers of the Kawashima Yuta Squad suddenly became scared.

They were guilty!

Afraid of what new tactics the cunning National Revolutionary Army in front, who never showed their heads, might have.

No matter how careful the Japanese soldiers of the Kawashima Yuta Squad were, and how slowly they approached.

They would eventually have to cover the distance of less than one hundred meters.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming was somewhat disappointed to see that the cunning Japanese soldiers had only sent a squad to probe.

These Japanese soldiers were too inconsiderate, and too few of them had come up.

But no matter how few there were, they were still Japanese soldiers.

He would detonate this batch first.

The same scene as before reappeared, the only difference was that after detonating, the First Company did not rush out of the trenches this time to finish off the Japanese soldiers who had luckily not died.

But Gu Xiuming was definitely not going to let these Japanese soldiers go.

"Fire!" Just one word.

But it was a hundred guns that opened fire.

The previously empty position suddenly popped up with more than one hundred National Revolutionary Army soldiers.

The heavy machine guns, machine guns, and rifles in their hands were aimed at the