Chapter 1 Xiang Yefeng's Retreat

Captain Xiang Yefeng received the order from the regiment commander: retreat at all costs.

He knew what that meant: this wasn't just a retreat, it was a rout! There was no time to hesitate; he had to run!

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Captain Xiang Yefeng, having made up his mind, immediately issued the order: Kuriyama Ren's company and Maeda Tai's company would cover the retreat, while Okabe Yuto's company and Narinari Kazunao's company would follow the headquarters and retreat immediately to the regimental headquarters.

As soon as his orders were given, without even waiting to see if the companies had received them, he took the lead, demonstrating the retreat with the headquarters.

Xiang Yefeng's battalion was at the very front of the entire infantry regiment. It had to resist both the Fifth Company of the Fifteenth Regiment charging along the highway and the Third Company charging down the hillside.

His two companies were already struggling. The Japanese soldiers of Kuriyama Ren's company, who were fighting desperately, suddenly realized that the entire battalion was retreating.

Sergeant Major Sanpo Daisuke, who had been clinging on by sheer force of will, immediately lost his spirit. He looked around at the few Japanese soldiers who were still firing, his desire to retreat obvious.

Sergeant Major Yada Kentaro said in a low voice, "The entire battalion is retreating!" His meaning was clear.

At this moment, Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu shouted, "Fire! Fire!" He had noticed that the soldiers in his squad were all looking around, no longer concentrating on firing at the special forces soldiers charging from the front.

This was a new situation he had never encountered since becoming squad leader. Although the gunfire was deafening, he couldn't clearly hear the whispers of the soldiers further away, but he could tell from the pale faces of his men:

The hearts of the soldiers in the squad were scattered; this unit was difficult to lead.

In fact, after fighting until now, all the Japanese soldiers in Kuriyama Ren's company knew that they were no longer able to advance. It was impossible to even hold the line.

These Japanese soldiers did not know the meaning of this kind of defense deep inside the Guominjun's encirclement.

The order received by Company Commander Kuriyama Ren was: to cover the retreat of the entire battalion; only he and Maeda Tai's company had to hold the line.

But the attacking force on the opposite side was too fierce. The soldiers had previously had some fighting spirit knowing that the entire battalion was supporting them.

Now that they saw the Japanese soldiers who were supposed to be supporting the battle running away, these soldiers on the front line were no longer in the mood to fire.

Unstable morale is a major taboo in combat. Company Commander Kuriyama Ren could only patrol the entire defense line, encouraging his soldiers.

From a distance, Fifth Company Commander Jin Rongcheng, seeing that the resistance fire on the Japanese defense line had thinned out, ordered loudly: "The Japanese are unable to hold on, increase the firepower."

Company Commander Kuriyama Ren was shot in the head when he peeked out to check the situation.

The company commander is dead! Sergeant Major Sanpo Daisuke, who was nearby and saw this scene, shouted in horror.

This was the opportunity he had been waiting for. While shouting, "The company commander is dead!" he turned and ran.

With one Japanese soldier taking the lead, Sergeant Major Yada Kentaro also turned and ran. With them leading the way, the entire Omasa Ayumu squad collapsed here and began to flee.

Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu, seeing that the team had dispersed, raised his pistol and shouted, "Come back!" while firing a few shots at Sanpo Daisuke, who was running away first.

Sanpo Daisuke was very agile at this time, and none of the three shots hit him.

In this situation, Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu was helpless. He sighed and followed the pace of the entire squad's escape.

The Japanese soldiers of the entire Kuriyama Ren company had long wanted to retreat with the entire battalion. Now they were two or three hundred meters behind, and it was still not too late to start running!

The soldiers of the entire company abandoned the defense line and turned to flee.

This made Company Commander Jin Rongcheng extremely happy, and he ordered loudly: "Increase the speed! Chase after them!"

The Fourth War Zone soldiers following them, led by Company Commander Chang Chengzhi, had their eyes opened this time: they had never seen Japanese soldiers running away.

Today, fighting the Japanese with Company Commander Jin Rongcheng, they learned that the Japanese were not invulnerable and could be defeated.

But only now did they realize that the Japanese would also run away; their so-called Bushido spirit was not so indestructible after all.

Company Commander Jin Rongcheng said with a smile: "The strength of the Japanese is half fought and half boasted. What they say is invincible is all propaganda. But some of us believe it."

The Japanese soldiers on the highway fled backward, and the first to be affected were the Japanese soldiers of Maeda Tai's company. Without the company commander's order, the soldiers of the entire company all fled backward.

It wasn't that they didn't obey orders, but that if they didn't run at this time, they would be attacked by the special forces soldiers attacking from the highway.

If they didn't run, the Japanese soldiers of the entire Maeda Tai company would be attacked from both sides, and it was clear that they would not be able to hold on.

The Japanese soldiers on the entire defense line were fleeing. What could Company Commander Maeda Tai do?

He didn't even try to order the soldiers to turn around and defend like Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu. He himself followed the fleeing team and retreated in large strides.

The two companies at the forefront were retreating, which was the first domino to fall.

When the Japanese soldiers of Xiang Yefeng's battalion fled down, the Japanese soldiers of Nakamura Takuma's battalion did not dare to defend. They immediately abandoned the defense line on the hillside and retreated immediately.

Eyes are always faster than feet. Captain Akasaka Yuki, who was further away, saw that the Japanese soldiers in front had collapsed. It was completely meaningless for his battalion to continue to hold on.

He immediately issued the order: "Everyone retreat!"

As Xiang Ye's battalion fled, the Fourth Company of the Fifteenth Regiment of the special forces on the hillside immediately rushed down the slope, chasing after the tail of the Japanese soldiers along with the Fifth Company.

The Japanese soldiers of Nakamura Takuma's battalion retreated from the hillside, and Third Company Commander Hua Wuque immediately ordered the team to rush down.

The Third Company Commander led the team down, and immediately blocked Kuriyama Ren's company and Maeda Tai's company.

These two companies of Japanese soldiers had no fighting spirit at all. At this time, they had interception in front and pursuers behind. Many Japanese soldiers had already thrown away their weapons, so how could they fight?

This time, without Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu giving orders, all the Japanese soldiers rushed forward desperately.

Sergeant Major Sanpo Daisuke and Sergeant Major Yada Kentaro, the Japanese soldiers who had run away first, showed unparalleled courage at this time. They charged at the hundreds of special forces soldiers in front with rifles.

Even though countless machine guns were firing in front, these Japanese soldiers did not flinch at all. They just kept charging.

The charging Japanese soldiers kept falling, and the Japanese soldiers behind them stepped on the corpses of those who had fallen in front and continued to charge forward.

Seeing this scene, Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts: "If these Japanese soldiers had such courage during the attack, maybe they would have broken through the Guominjun who blocked the way just now."

That was all he could think about. At this time, every Japanese soldier knew in his heart that if they didn't fight desperately, they would lose their lives.

Although they would still lose their lives if they charged like this!

Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu was also encouraged by these charging Japanese soldiers, and he raised his command knife and charged towards the Third Company's team blocking the way.

The same was true for the Japanese soldiers of Maeda Tai's company. At this time, they were really rushing to attack the Third Company that was blocking the way.

However, only these two Japanese companies that had been blocked were attacking the Third Company.

The headquarters of Xiang Yefeng's battalion, which had already passed a section of the highway, and the Japanese soldiers of Okabe Yuto's company and Narinari Kazunao's company, only looked back and continued to bury their heads and continue to run away.

Captain Xiang Yefeng saw that his two companies had been cut off from their escape route by the special forces. At this time, the defense line established by the Third Company blocking the road seemed so thin.

Captain Xiang Yefeng couldn't help thinking: "If he led the Japanese soldiers of the entire battalion back and cooperated with the Japanese soldiers of Maeda Tai's company and Kuriyama Ren's company, and gave the special forces team blocking the road a pincer attack.

Would the special forces team that was attacked from both sides be unable to hold on?" Such tempting thoughts kept appearing in his mind.

Captain Xiang Yefeng had already seen the desperate struggles of the Japanese soldiers of Kuriyama Ren's company and Maeda Tai's company who were surrounded in the middle at this time. The combat power that these Japanese soldiers showed at this time was something he had never seen before.

In the end, Captain Xiang Yefeng shook his head and threw the tempting idea out of his mind.

Sergeant Major Sanpo Daisuke's good luck finally ran out. He was hit by a bullet when he charged to a position thirty meters away from the Third Company's temporary defense line.

When he fell down unwillingly, he saw Sergeant Major Yada Kentaro and Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu rushing past him. They didn't even look at him.

It was as if he was already a corpse, but Sergeant Major Sanpo Daisuke himself knew: I was just injured, and I could still be saved.

Unfortunately, on today's battlefield, no Japanese soldier ran out to save the wounded. They only cared about rushing up and breaking through the defense line!

Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu finally rushed into the Third Company's defense line and started a bayonet fight with the special forces soldiers.

This situation made the Japanese soldiers of Maeda Tai's company, who were twenty meters behind and still alive, very excited. After paying a huge price in casualties, they finally saw the hope of breaking through.

Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu also thought so, and then he saw the bayonet in Sergeant Major Yada Kentaro's hand bravely stabbing at the special forces soldiers who rushed up.

Next, Squad Leader Omasa Ayumu saw a section of shining bayonet protruding from Sergeant Major Yada Kentaro's back. The bayonet disappeared suddenly and then reappeared.

It protruded from Yada Kentaro's back three times, and then Yada Kentaro fell down.

Even though he had fallen to the ground, unable to get up or escape, Sergeant Major Sanpo Daisuke was still paying attention to the battlefield in front. He just wanted to see what the end would be for those Japanese soldiers who didn't pull him up.

He was satisfied to see Yada Kentaro falling to the ground like him, and he also saw Omasa Ayumu's squad falling. Now Sanpo Daisuke was satisfied, and he felt that he could die without regret.

Then Sergeant Major Sanpo Daisuke died on the ground like this.

The Japanese soldiers of Omasa Ayumu's squad were completely destroyed. There were still Japanese soldiers of Kuriyama Ren's company resisting stubbornly, and the Japanese soldiers of Maeda Tai's company who rushed up behind them were also resisting stubbornly.

Blocking their way was the Third Company, which was jointly established by the Third Company of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Special Forces and a Third Company sent by the Fourth War Zone.

The two Third Companies blocked the two infantry companies that had already been injured. At this time, Company Commander Su Bufang and the soldiers under his command performed even more aggressively than the Third Company led by Hua Wuque.

These soldiers sent by the Fourth War Zone had been suppressed for too long. Now, following the special forces in this kind of easy battle, these soldiers became more and more energetic and brave as they fought.

Seeing the Japanese soldiers being blocked on the highway by their own people, what could Fourth Company Commander Guo Xingwang do at this time?

He could only order the soldiers to run faster, and all the machine guns and cannons could not fire.

Even if they rushed up at the fastest speed, it was still a little late.

Third Company Commander Hua Wuque looked at the rushing team with a smile: "Commander Guo, I'm sorry! There are too few Japanese soldiers, and they haven't done anything yet, so they fell to the ground."

Guo Xingwang looked unhappy: "Get out of the way, I want to continue chasing."

Hua Wuque was unwilling: "The next section is my territory, we should chase."

"The regimental commander ordered us to attack along the highway. I don't care how you want to chase, but we have to keep chasing along the highway." Guo Xingwang waved his hand: "Chase!"

Company Commander Hua Wuque waved his hand: "Chase!"

They all wanted to chase the Japanese soldiers in front. At this time, Company Commander Lu Lejia, who was in front of them, also rushed down the hillside with his entire company when Akasaka Yuki's battalion was fleeing in a panic, and had cut off the highway.

This time, they stopped all the fleeing Japanese soldiers of Nakamura Takuma's battalion and Xiang Yefeng's battalion.

The remaining Japanese soldiers of the two battalions were not a small number. Company Commander Lu ordered the soldiers to establish a temporary defense line and fired fiercely at the charging Japanese soldiers.

The current Japanese soldiers were completely attacking desperately, regardless of casualties. They launched a real "banzai" charge. The two battalions were mixed together to launch such a tactic.

The effect was indeed immediate. Even if the two Second Companies blocking the road had fierce firepower, they could not stop the Japanese soldiers.

At this time, Company Commander Chu Xiuxian, who was fighting with Company Commander Lu, was a little anxious and said in a low voice: "Company Commander Lu! The Japanese soldiers have completely lost their minds, why don't we give way and attack from their sides and rear."

Company Commander Lu Lejia smiled: "If we attack from the sides and rear, there will always be some who escape. Besides, there are already our teams chasing behind the Japanese soldiers. Our current task is to stop the Japanese soldiers."

After explaining, he immediately ordered: "Heavy machine guns and light machine guns hold their ground, and the rest retreat fifty meters!"

Their rear was originally occupied by the Japanese soldiers of Akasaka Yuki's battalion, but the Japanese soldiers guarding here had already fled.

Company Commander Chu and the soldiers under his command were all a little frightened when they heard the order to retreat. Although they had been fighting with the special forces for less than a day, they had always been advancing and advancing.

Now, they were suddenly asked to retreat, and these soldiers were a little at a loss. Fortunately, there were the soldiers of the Second Company as a demonstration.

With Company Commander Lu's order, the soldiers of the Second Company ran backward quickly. One after another, they ran very fast, but the formation was not chaotic, and the expressions on the soldiers' faces were not nervous.

In any case, with a demonstration example around them, Company Commander Chu Xiuxian and the soldiers under his command retreated very smoothly. Company Commander Lu saw their performance and continued to order: "The machine gunners under Company Commander Chu should immediately retreat to the rear defense line and prepare the machine gun positions."

He saw that the mentality of these machine gunners was still unstable, and their psychological quality could not be compared with the soldiers under his command. That's why he gave this order.

Company Commander Chu saw that all the machine gunners under his command had retreated and quickly asked: "What's going on?"

"Company Commander Lu told us to retreat and establish machine gun positions!"

At this time, Company Commander Chu found that there were still special forces soldiers working busily on the way they retreated: "What are they doing?"

At this time, the charging Japanese soldiers were only thirty or forty meters away from Company Commander Lu and the others.

Company Commander Chu was anxious and ordered loudly: "Machine gun fire! Everyone fire!" The sound of gunfire was loud on the second defense line of the Second Company, and all the soldiers fired at the charging Japanese soldiers.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of "rumbling! rumbling!" explosions on the front defense line.

"Directional bombs! When did Company Commander Lu bury them?" Company Commander Chu Xiuxian and the soldiers under his command were all overjoyed at this time.

They had seen the power of the special forces' directional shells more than once. Seeing such an explosion in this situation, they couldn't help but burst into tears of joy.

Just as the directional bombs exploded, the soldiers on the second defense line saw Company Commander Lu and the others getting up with the sound of the explosion.

"Did they want to rush up and fight the Japanese soldiers with bayonets with so few people?" This is what Company Commander Chu and the soldiers under his command thought.

"No!" There were less than thirty soldiers left by Company Commander Lu on the first defense line. Even if they were all masters who could defeat ten enemies, they couldn't beat the Japanese soldiers.

Just when these soldiers were worried, they saw: Company Commander Lu was leading those people running backward quickly.

The light machine guns ran the fastest, and the six heavy machine guns were a little behind. Company Commander Chu now understood: From the beginning, they had planned to retreat when the directional bombs exploded.

As for the heavy machine guns running at the end, that was because the heavy machine gun racks had to be put on carts, and Company Commander Chu had seen the protection ability of those carts.

The Japanese machine gun bullets could not penetrate them. With the heavy machine guns blocking the bullets in the back, these last retreating soldiers could get the greatest protection.