The two companies facing the Japanese advance didn't shy away from bayonet combat either, and quickly closed the hundred-meter distance.

Especially after closing the distance for the charge, the Japanese even stopped their token shooting.

The soldiers of the First and Second Companies charging rapidly, of course, understood what the Japanese were thinking. They used to be like that themselves.

On the battlefield, lacking firepower, with Japanese artillery bombardment and aircraft overhead, the soldiers could only hope to endure this period and engage in bayonet combat when the Japanese infantry charged the position.

During the defense of Nanjing, the soldiers of the Fifteenth Regiment had hoped for this.

But at that time, their physical fitness and bayonet skills were worlds apart from what they were now.

Company Commander Tadoro Takuto had ordered his entire company to prepare for a bayonet charge, and the Japanese soldiers of the Utada Tadashi squad had long been ready for action.

They were just waiting for the right moment, when the charging Nationalist soldiers were a little closer.

Both Sergeant Mizushima Masashige and Squad Leader Utada Tadashi felt that the charging Nationalist soldiers were still very honorable.

At least these charging Nationalist soldiers had already charged to within fifty meters of them, yet they still maintained a state of not firing, which fully demonstrated that the other side wanted to fight with bayonets.

In this case, these Japanese soldiers could stand up from the ground and directly launch a charge. Take the initiative to charge and engage in bayonet combat with the Nationalist soldiers!

Company Commander Tadoro Takuto thought the same way, and he had ordered all the Japanese soldiers in the company to be ready.

Just when the two sides were less than forty meters apart, the best time to charge.

The Nationalist soldiers on the opposite side suddenly threw out a pile of hand grenades, and the loud rumbling of the hand grenade explosions, as well as the countless shrapnel scattered during the explosions, were unbearable for the Japanese soldiers.

It was in this situation that the charging Nationalist soldiers rushed up.

Just this wave of hand grenade explosions completely ruined Company Commander Tadoro Takuto's plan.

Not only did the Japanese soldiers he had organized suffer heavy casualties, but more importantly, these Japanese soldiers who were ready to charge didn't even move a step.

They were blocked in place by the soldiers of the two companies, and the two sides immediately began a bloody bayonet fight.

Although Sergeant Mizushima Masashige was lucky enough not to be injured in this wave of hand grenade explosions, that was only on the surface of his body.

The hand grenade exploded not far away, and the loud rumbling of the explosion made his ears ring.

Countless shrapnel flew past him, and the whistling sound with a slight cool breeze flew past his cheeks, all of which made Sergeant Mizushima Masashige feel very scared.

What made him even more angry was that the cunning Nationalist army on the opposite side was completely dishonorable. Both sides had tacitly prepared to fight with bayonets, but they still threw hand grenades.

This was a completely dishonorable act and should be spurned. Sergeant Mizushima Masashige didn't know whether he was angry or scared, and the hand holding his rifle was trembling slightly.

Sergeant Mizushima Masashige once again looked left and right, this time he wanted to regain some confidence from the Japanese soldiers around him.

The situation of the entire Utada Tadashi squad made his already non-existent confidence become negative again. The Japanese soldiers still standing in this squad could be counted on one hand.

As soon as the bayonet fight started, the Japanese soldiers of the Tadoro Takuto company all regretted it: the Nationalist army team that rushed up not only had good assassination skills, but they were also as strong as bulls.

This was the benefit of Lin Fan's constant advocacy of eating more in the Special Operations Brigade; the ability to eat was combat effectiveness.

The Fifteenth Regiment was a team that was formed when the Special Operations Brigade had just come out of Nanjing.

And the personnel of this team were relatively fixed, and they had been practicing according to Lin Fan's policy of eating more and training more for nearly a year.

In a year's time, the physical fitness of these soldiers had undergone earth-shaking changes. These soldiers, who were able to eat their fill every day, had meat to eat every day, and had to train every day, all grew broad-shouldered and round-waisted. The muscles on their arms swelled up when they stabbed with a knife, and even the clothes they wore couldn't hide them.

When the soldiers of the First and Second Companies rushed up to fight the Japanese with bayonets, not only were their skills better than the Japanese, but their strength was also completely crushing the Japanese.

Faced with this stab coming straight at his chest, Sergeant Mizushima Masashige still gathered all his thoughts and concentrated on dealing with it.

The stab was coming straight at his chest, he only needed to block it slightly forward, guiding the bayonet to slide past the left side of his body.

Masashige Kojima thought so, and that's what he did, but just when the rifle he was holding tightly in both hands touched the rifle that was stabbing over.

Sergeant Kojima Masashige immediately felt a huge force like a mountain and a sea coming from the opposite side.

This force carried endless righteousness, and his attempt to guide the bayonet away had no effect at all.

Not only did Sergeant Kojima Masashige fail to deflect the incoming spear with the rifle in his hand, but the rifle in his hand was pressed back.

A bone-chilling sensation instantly spread throughout his body, followed by a strong force pressing down on his chest, and the cracking sound of bone fracture clearly heard was the sound of the bones in his chest being crushed. This was the sound of Mizushima Masashige's own rifle being pressed back and pressed against his chest.

Immediately afterwards, Sergeant Mizushima Masashige felt his body fly up, and at the same time, his heart was broken. The bayonet that had pierced into his chest stirred and pulled, and his heart was truly broken.

Sergeant Mizushima Masashige, who was flying out, spat out a line of blood in the air and fell heavily to the ground with a thud.

When he fell down, he was next to Squad Leader Utada Tadashi. At this time, Squad Leader Utada Tadashi was also lying on the ground. He looked at Mizushima Masashige who had just fallen down with difficulty, with a look of relief on his face.

In any case, the entire squad had died in battle, and he, the squad leader, could die in peace.

Company Commander Tadoro Takuto had been looking forward to this bayonet fight for so long, but the result was like this, which made him unable to react for a while, and he just stared blankly at everything that was happening on the battlefield.

The entire Utada Tadashi squad at the front of the company was dead, and the Asano squad behind it was in the same situation.

Squad Leader Asano Taro was trying his best to struggle, but it was to no avail. The Nationalist soldiers who rushed up on the opposite side were too fierce.

They always simply stabbed at the chest, and the Japanese soldiers of the Asano Taro squad seemed to be frozen in place, and the rifles in their hands could never block this stab.

In fact, this 27th Infantry Division, which was entirely composed of garrison soldiers, had most of its grassroots Japanese soldiers were mostly farmers. In terms of strength alone, these Japanese soldiers were still somewhat strong.

Brute force and a fearless spirit were what these Japanese soldiers had. This was their most powerful weapon when they fought against the Nationalist army during this period, and it also made them shine as soon as they stepped onto the battlefield. This was also the confidence that Division Commander Ochiai Kanekuro dared to disobey Commander Okamura Neiji's orders and attack according to his own plan.

But now, they encountered Shangguan Zhiwen's 15th Regiment. The soldiers of this regiment were originally from Ye Zhao's army of the Nationalist army. They were originally a very strong local army. The Iron Army during the Northern Expedition came from Guangdong.

It was originally a team with good combat effectiveness. Some time ago, it robbed nearly 200 Japanese aircraft. The soldiers of the entire regiment had long been soaring to the sky.

This time, they were very excited to be selected by Lin Fan to come here to fight together.

Even Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen himself was very happy. They were now equivalent to Lin Fan's Guards.

In the past, this kind of treatment had always been the work of the First and Eighth Regiments. This time, being selected for the Fifteenth Regiment was a sign of how much Lin Fan trusted them, and at the same time, it was also a recognition of their combat effectiveness.

At least in Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen's mind, this was how he thought. There were so many regiments in the Special Operations Brigade now. Among the nearly 100 regiments in the Jiangbei Detachment, the Lunan Detachment, and the Jurong Base Area combined, the Fifteenth Regiment was selected. This was enough to make him proud.

This kind of pride, of course, needed to be demonstrated by achievements on the battlefield. Yesterday, the performance of the Second Regiment shocked the entire Second War Zone. There was nothing about the Fifteenth Regiment, which made the soldiers of the Fifteenth Regiment feel a little disappointed.

Today, they had a combat mission, and the soldiers were all eager to fight a good battle and show it to the brigade commander.

The morale of the Fifteenth Regiment was high, and the battle between the soldiers of the First and Second Companies and the Tadoro Takuto Company was uneventful.

The Japanese soldiers of the Tadoro Takuto Company had no match for the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade. The First and Second Companies flattened the entire Tadoro Company like a raging storm.

Squad Leader Asano Taro was dead. He didn't even have a chance to struggle in front of the bayonet. He was only trampled on the ground and struggled twice before dying.

Company Commander Tadoro Takuto was also dead. He pulled out his command sword and slashed at Company Commander Jing Chengxuan, who was rushing up.

When Company Commander Jing blocked it with his spear, Company Commander Tadoro Takuto couldn't even hold his command sword steady. The command sword that had been with him for several years flew out with a "bang".

Then Company Commander Tadoro Takuto was stabbed in the chest with a bayonet. After his internal organs were stirred up by the bayonet, his throat was stabbed again. This time, he no longer had the strength to struggle, and fell down weakly.

The main force of the Numata Hyuga Brigade, who had just received the news from the communication soldier who ran back to report, saw that the Tadoro Company was finished.

In just a short time, a full company was wiped out.

The eyes of the Japanese soldiers of the Numata Hyuga Brigade who saw this scene almost popped out.

They had never seen a team fighting like this: after killing a company, they didn't even give themselves time to catch their breath and continued to attack.

Shangguan Zhiwen's Fifteenth Regiment, now with the First and Second Companies as the vanguard, followed by four companies.

So far, the four companies that followed behind had not participated in the battle, and the First and Second Companies had already cleared the way forward.

Company Commander Jing Chengxuan saw that there were more Japanese soldiers appearing in the distance, and immediately notified Shangguan Zhiwen: "Regiment Commander! There is a large group of Japanese soldiers charging up four hundred meters in front of the First Company, requesting artillery bombardment."

The artillery support team of the Fifteenth Regiment followed behind the Sixth Company and received Company Commander Jing's request.

Fifty mortars opened fire in less than a minute, targeting the group of Japanese soldiers from the Numata Hyuga Brigade who had just emerged.

The mortar shells had just started bombarding for two rounds, and twenty Type 92 infantry guns also joined the team bombarding the Japanese soldiers.

The rear artillery bombarded! The front infantry charged! The Fifteenth Regiment played this set very clearly.

When the mortars began to bombard, Company Commander Jing had already ordered the entire company to speed up their charge.

Six heavy machine guns were at the front, pushing the cart no matter what, and the entire company followed behind these six heavy machine guns, charging forward desperately.

Sergeant Ogura Taka saw the infantry charging like tanks on the opposite side.

His experience in many battles made him lie down on the ground without thinking and start shooting at the charging Nationalist soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers of the Numata Hyuga Brigade were all like this. They were not the replenishment soldiers who were still cleaning up the mess in Xiaocun Village.

After the initial shock, these Japanese soldiers immediately entered the state and immediately began to fight back.

The Japanese soldiers of this brigade lay down on the spot. The charging team was not four or five hundred meters away. Mortars and grenade launchers were the best to use at this time.

Squad Leader Nakai Kazuo commanded the five mortars under his command to immediately aim at the charging First and Second Companies and bombard them.

On the other side, Sergeant Uchiyama Musashi was also preparing to launch grenade launchers. The heavy machine guns of the Numata Hyuga Brigade established positions on the spot, preparing to strafe the charging Nationalist soldiers.

The Japanese reacted very quickly, but they were still no match for the mortar shells of the Fifteenth Regiment.

When dozens of shells fell from the sky at the same time, the Japanese soldiers of Squad Leader Nakai Kazuo had just smashed the mortar base plate into the ground, and the gun barrel was still being installed.

The smoke from the first round of shell explosions plunged the entire Numata Hyuga Brigade into a smoky haze, and the line of sight had become blurred.

This did not affect the Japanese soldiers of Squad Leader Nakai Kazuo from firing their guns. They fired at the front regardless.

Now they could only hear the sound of shell explosions far and near and the sound of mortar shells being fired one after another.

As for where the shells they fired landed, they couldn't see clearly at all.

This was also something that couldn't be helped. The entire Numata Hyuga Brigade was shrouded in the smoke bombed out by the Fifteenth Regiment. It was already very remarkable for the Nakai Kazuo Squad in the middle of the situation to persist in fighting back.

The Japanese soldiers of the entire Numata Hyuga Brigade still had a very strong fighting spirit. Although the line of sight in front was blurred, they were still persisting in resisting. "Duk duk duk! Duk duk duk!" The sound of woodpeckers pecking wood sounded.

This was the sound of the Japanese heavy machine guns firing. The heavy machine guns of the Numata Hyuga Brigade had finally started firing.

They also encountered the same difficulties as the Nakai Ichiro Squad: they couldn't see the situation of the Nationalist soldiers charging clearly, and could only see a rough outline in the haze.

Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen ordered the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns of the entire regiment to bombard the Japanese soldiers.

The Numata Hyuga Brigade was no longer continuing to charge. They stayed in place to defend and counterattack.

The sound of "duk duk duk!" seemed to be thinning out. Squad Leader Nakai Kazuo didn't know if this was his illusion. He just felt that the sound of the heavy machine guns seemed to be less now.

He was not mistaken. Two heavy machine guns of the Numata Brigade had indeed been blown away by shells.

The remaining two heavy machine guns were still stubbornly firing. Sergeant Omura 43, who was operating the heavy machine guns, was obviously concerned about different things.

He heard that the sound of "dong dong" of the mortar shells firing was much less. In his heart, he turned his head to look and saw that only two mortars were still persisting in firing on the mortar position less than fifty meters away from him.

Further away, only thick smoke and dust rose. The position of the Nakai Kazuo Squad had just been baptized by a shell. Three of the five mortars in the entire squad had been hit by the attack.

Squad Leader Nakai Kazuo had no time to be sad. He also turned his head to look at the heavy machine guns beside him. In his eyes, a shell exploded beside the heavy machine guns.

Sergeant Omura 43, who was operating the heavy machine guns, was blown into the air with the machine guns before separating from the heavy machine guns.

The heavy machine guns crashed back to the ground, coincidentally smashing on the deputy shooter who had not been blown away. The deputy shooter, who had no reaction at all, died.

He was just smashed again, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. Omura 43, who fell from the air, had also lost his breath and could not be more dead.

The Japanese soldiers of the Numata Hyuga Brigade felt at ease when they heard the sound of "duk duk duk!" even though they were in the artillery bombardment of the Fifteenth Regiment.

Now that there was no sound of heavy machine guns firing, these Japanese soldiers were really a little uncomfortable.

They had never encountered such a dense artillery bombardment. At this time, they really needed the sound of heavy machine guns firing to boost their morale.

Soon these Japanese soldiers couldn't even hear the sound of mortars firing.

All five mortars of the Nakai Kazuo Squad had been destroyed. Sergeant Uchiyama Musashi didn't know when he had been blown to pieces by shells. Even his body couldn't be found. Only the grenade launcher he had used was covered in blood and flesh and fell on the ground. No Japanese soldier dared to go over and pick it up to use.

However, there were several heavy machine guns, and more Japanese soldiers rushed over, trying to operate them and continue shooting at the Nationalist soldiers who were charging up.

These Japanese soldiers didn't know that even in the smoky battlefield, the tongue of fire emitted when the heavy machine guns fired was as conspicuous as a firefly in the summer night sky.

The heavy machine guns had just started firing and had become the most priority target for strikes. After three consecutive waves of Japanese soldiers were blown away, the Japanese soldiers who had been taught enough by the shells no longer dared to run to operate the heavy machine guns.

Company Commander Jing Chengxuan looked at the Japanese soldiers struggling in the artillery fire less than fifty meters away from him and reported to Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen, who was commanding the bombardment: "The First and Second Companies have entered the charging position, less than fifty meters away from the Japanese soldiers, requesting to stop the artillery bombardment."

The artillery bombardment of the Fifteenth Regiment ended, and the Japanese soldiers of the Numata Hyuga Brigade had not yet reacted.

The soldiers of the First and Second Companies had already rushed into the smoky battlefield, and twelve heavy machine guns were just parked in front of them, frantically firing at the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground.

The soldiers of the First and Second Companies rushed out from the left and right sides of the heavy machine gun positions, using grenades to bomb the places where the Japanese soldiers gathered more in the distance.

They used bayonets to stab in closer places. The soldiers in the front row fought the Japanese soldiers with bayonets, and the soldiers in the back row threw grenades at the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers of the Numata Hyuga Brigade were now entangled with the First and Second Companies.

The Japanese soldiers of the Uehara Yuto Company suffered heavy casualties in the artillery fire just now, and they were also at the very front of the entire brigade.

Now they were fighting with the First and Second Companies, which made the Japanese soldiers of the Uehara Yuto Company very uncomfortable.

The Japanese soldiers of the entire company did not pay attention to the charging soldiers at all. They had been paying attention to how to dodge the shells.

Now they were trampled underfoot by the First Company soldiers who rushed up, and they didn't even have a chance to struggle.

Only those Japanese soldiers who were slightly behind had a chance to climb up from the ground and raise their rifles in a panic to parry.

This kind of parry action made in a hurry was completely a show, and it was impossible to deal with the powerful and heavy rifles that were stabbing over.

The Japanese soldiers of the entire Uehara Yuto Company were like this, and the same was true for the Numata Hyuga Brigade behind them.

Although they had a little more reaction time and could climb up from the ground and prepare to fight with bayonets, these Japanese soldiers also had to face the hand grenades thrown by the Nationalist soldiers who were charging up.

Fighting with bayonets required standing. The best way to avoid being injured by grenade shrapnel was to lie down. Such contradictory actions made it wrong for the Japanese soldiers of the Numata Hyuga Brigade to stand, and it was also wrong to fall.

The two companies that had already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese soldiers were correct no matter what they did. They rushed up and entangled with the Japanese soldiers.

The Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Companies, which followed behind these two companies, were now speeding up to catch up.

Six companies, a team of more than a thousand people, were fighting with bayonets against the Numata Hyuga Brigade, which had already suffered more than half of its casualties. No matter which aspect was considered, they completely occupied the upper hand.

The battle that was happening on the east side of Xiaocun Village was not an isolated case. On the west side was the direction of the Second Regiment's attack.

At this time, the situation of the Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade, which was reinforcing the west side, was similar. Both brigades were subordinates of Division Commander Ochiai Kanekuro, and their combat methods were completely the same.

The Ishifuku Taichi Company, which was at the front of the brigade, was rushed in by the First and Second Companies of the Second Regiment and was stabbed to death.

The Japanese soldiers of the Ishifuku Taichi Company had seen the ferocity of the Shi Junxia Company and the Xuan Yiren Company when they fought with bayonets.

They originally wanted to avoid close combat with the charging team as much as possible, but in the artillery fire just now, the Japanese soldiers of the Ishifuku Taichi Company still felt that this kind of battle where they were suppressed from a distance and their counterattacks were ineffective was better than fighting with bayonets.

Just now, these Japanese soldiers fired at the carts that were pushing at the front, and the bullets were bounced off when they hit them, and they didn't cause any casualties to the charging team at all.

And as long as the firepower of these Japanese soldiers was slightly more intense, they would immediately attract the key strikes of the twelve heavy machine guns on the opposite side.

How could the Ishifuku Taichi Company, which had no fortifications, withstand this? In this situation, they missed fighting with bayonets with the team on the opposite side very much.

Now that the bayonets were already in front of them, they felt different again: they shouldn't have rushed out of Xiaocun Village, and the best thing was that they shouldn't have run from the First Regiment to the battlefield of the Third Regiment.

This time, the Japanese soldiers of the Ishifuku Taichi Company had no choice. They could only passively accept fighting with bayonets with the First and Second Companies.

A Japanese company was only fully staffed with more than one hundred and eighty people. Even if the Japanese organization was very flexible, a company could be organized to have more than two hundred and forty Japanese soldiers.

But they were facing the Second Regiment, which had a complement of two hundred and fifty people per company. Two companies had a complement of five hundred people. Of course, not all five hundred people would rush up when fighting with bayonets.

The five mortars and two Type 92 infantry guns in the company commander's company were all concentratedly used at a position a little behind. The heavy machine gunners and rocket launcher men in the company did not participate in the bayonet fight. Even so, the soldiers of the two companies who participated in the bayonet fight were far more than the Japanese soldiers of the Ishifuku Taichi Company.

Two soldiers of the First Company could not even be assigned a Japanese soldier. The Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade Commander, who was following behind the Ishifuku Company, saw that one of his companies was gone in the blink of an eye.

The twelve carts that were also charging forward when fighting with bayonets were lined up in a row and strafing the entire Kitakaze Brigade.

Just when Brigade Commander Kitakaze Ayumu ordered the Japanese soldiers in the brigade to start counterattacking.

Shells fell from the sky again. Dense mortar shells fell from the sky, and the entire Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade was immediately submerged in artillery fire.

Such a fierce bombardment forced the Japanese soldiers of the Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade to stop their charging steps and hastily lie down on the spot to find cover.

The shells used by the Special Operations Brigade now were specially selected to be produced by the Jurong Arsenal.

The shells produced by themselves were pre-fragmented on the shell body, which would produce more fragments when they exploded.

Lin Fan was still not satisfied with this, and he also specially placed a fragment room-like device inside the shell.

This allowed the shell to explode and blast out the more than two thousand iron pellets in the entire fragment room at high speed, causing huge damage to the surrounding Japanese soldiers.

The Second Regiment was now using this kind of shell. The Japanese soldiers of the entire Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade had finally met their match.

Every shell was like thousands of fragments flying out to the surrounding area. Their attack that they had just prepared to deal with the two companies in front of them collapsed all of a sudden.

Company Commander Kimura Tai Nan could only loudly order: "Lie down!" as he watched his Japanese soldiers fall down in patches.

The Japanese soldiers of the entire Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade could only lie down on the spot to avoid the fragments that were flying everywhere.

Fortunately, these shells were not of a large caliber. Although the shrapnel flew everywhere after the explosion, they could not kill the Japanese soldiers through the vibration of the ground.

The artillery bombardment in the distance was fierce. Company Commander Shi Junxia and Company Commander Xuan Yiren urged the two companies to charge forward quickly.

The four companies that were following behind them also quickened their pace and rushed up. They could see clearly from behind:

The Japanese soldiers in front were no longer one or two hundred, but a brigade of several hundred Japanese soldiers.

Six companies rushed into the Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade at the same time. The Japanese soldiers of the Kimura Tai Yu Company had just reacted from the aftermath of the artillery fire.

The infantry of the Second Regiment had already stood in front of these Japanese soldiers, stabbing down with their rifles like they were spearing fish.

This made it impossible for the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground to parry. Only the other Japanese soldiers of the Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade in some positions behind heard the shouts of killing coming from the front and saw the Nationalist soldiers who had already rushed in. Only then did they wake up from their dream and stand up in a panic.

These Japanese soldiers could only passively fight with bayonets with the soldiers of the Second Regiment. One side had high morale and was as strong as a bull; the other side was frightened and dealt with it in a panic. Such a battle was destined to end before it even started.

The Japanese soldiers of the Kimura Tai Yu Company died quickly, and the final struggle of the Japanese soldiers of the Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade did not work.

The Japanese soldiers of the entire brigade died in the constant fighting. The brigade commander did not escape the fate of death.

This was already at the entrance of Xiaocun Village. Those Japanese soldiers who had only arrived here last night saw the real scene on the battlefield.

Each of them had a pale face and their whole bodies were trembling. They had never thought that the gap between reality and imagination would be so big.

These Japanese soldiers were all in the island country, listening to the Japanese radio and watching the Japanese newspapers every day. What they saw from there were all stories about how heroic the Japanese soldiers were on the battlefield and how brilliant their victories were.

They had never seen in the newspapers how the Japanese soldiers were annihilated by the Nationalist army.

Private Ito Kijunosuke was lucky enough to survive in the rocket shell bombardment just now. At this time, he was participating in rescuing the wounded Japanese soldiers.

He was on the west side of Xiaocun Village and personally saw that the Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade, which had rushed out of the village so powerfully just now, had been completely wiped out in just a short time.

At this time, his squad leader, Hyakudai Niro, shouted loudly: "Assemble! Assemble! Prepare for battle!"

Hyakudai Niro was just an ordinary Japanese soldier yesterday. It was only because too many Japanese soldiers of the 3rd Garrison Regiment had died that 2,000 Japanese soldiers were replenished and officers were needed to insert themselves to lead them.

Most of the Japanese soldiers who had escaped back with Captain Matsushita Yuta yesterday were promoted in place.

The smallest officer was also promoted to squad leader, managing a dozen Japanese soldiers. The ordinary ones were like him, serving as a squad leader. There were also some lucky Japanese soldiers who directly became company commanders.

Hyakudai Niro, who had just become a squad leader, also saw the battle that had just taken place outside the village. He immediately realized the risks today.

Therefore, he issued an order to prepare for battle without receiving any orders first.

Private Ito Kijunosuke asked stupidly: "What about this Japanese soldier who is about to be dug out?"

A Japanese soldier who was being pressed under the collapsed courtyard wall was screaming in horror at this time: "Save me! Don't abandon me!"

Squad Leader Hyakudai Niro coldly ordered: "Leave him! We will come back and continue to save him after we have repelled the Nationalist army."

Private Ito Kijunosuke immediately turned around, ran to a place not far away, picked up the rifle that had just been issued to him, and followed behind the entire squad.

Regiment Commander Ono Osamu was in his headquarters. Bad news was coming in one after another:

The defense lines on the east and west sides had been broken through!

The Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade and the Numata Hyuga Brigade, which had rushed out to reinforce, were engaged in fierce battles with the attacking Nationalist army.

The Kitakaze Ayumu Brigade and the Numata Hyuga Brigade had been completely wiped out by the Nationalist army!

This news made Regiment Commander Ono Osamu unable to sit still. He shouted loudly: "Stop the rescue in the village, the First and Second Battalions go to the east to snipe the Nationalist army, and the Third and Fourth Battalions go to the west to block the Nationalist army."

After issuing the order, he thought for a while and ordered the Japanese soldiers in the headquarters: "Send a death squad of twenty Japanese soldiers in each of the east and west directions. Those who retreat will be killed!"

The death squad was something that the 27th Infantry Division of the Japanese army had never used before.

Today was different. There were a total of 2,800 Japanese soldiers in the four battalions that had just been sent to fight, and 2,000 of them had just been replenished last night.

These Japanese soldiers who had just gone to the battlefield might collapse if they encountered a slightly more intense battle. At this time, they needed to use iron-blooded methods to push them back.

As long as these Japanese soldiers survived this test today, they would be considered veterans who had been to the battlefield, and they would become more and more iron-blooded on the battlefield in the future.

"Hai!" A Japanese soldier immediately agreed and rushed out.

Next, Regiment Commander Ono Osamu reported the difficulties faced by the entire regiment to Division Commander Ochiai Kanekuro.

What else could he do now? He could only hope that the division commander would immediately send aircraft to help.

Colonel Murakami Seiichi, commander of the 27th Mountain Artillery Regiment, who had just been bombed with him, was also there.

At this time, Colonel Murakami Seiichi had escaped from Xiaocun Village and was directing the artillery to prepare for artillery support to the Japanese soldiers in Xiaocun Village.

But the current situation was that the Nationalist army had already rushed into Xiaocun Village, and the distance between the two sides was too close. Colonel Murakami Seiichi's mountain artillery could not distinguish between friend and foe and dared not fire.

The current situation of Colonel Murakami Seiichi's Mountain Artillery Regiment was a bit embarrassing: they dared not fire their guns, and retreat? They really couldn't retreat for a while.

Colonel Murakami Seiichi now hoped that Colonel Ono's infantry regiment could lead the Japanese soldiers out of Xiaocun Village and come to protect his artillery positions, so that their mountain artillery could bombard the Nationalist army soldiers in Xiaocun Village.

How dare Regiment Commander Ono Osamu retreat at this time? Yesterday his troops had retreated from Qilin Peak and had retreated from Jigong Ridge.

If he retreated again now, military law was not a joke. Besides, those Japanese soldiers yesterday were not called retreating. They were all wiped out and died heroically.

Therefore, Regiment Commander Ono Osamu never thought about retreating.

He was only trying his best to request that Division Commander Ochiai Kanekuro send aircraft to help. What could Division Commander Ochiai Kanekuro do at this time?

This Third Regiment, which could not be helped up: he had already strengthened it with two infantry battalions and had given it 2,000 of the 3,000 replenished Japanese soldiers who were supplying the entire division.

Even so, not only had it not been able to advance today, but it had also allowed the Nationalist army to attack into Xiaocun Village.

Although he had the idea of hating iron for not becoming steel, Division Commander Ochiai Kanekuro certainly could not watch one of his regiments being completely wiped out by the Nationalist army.

He immediately requested Commander Okamura Neiji to dispatch aircraft to support them. The distance from Jiujiang Airport to Xiaocun Village was only one hundred miles, and the aircraft could arrive in ten minutes.

The 27th Infantry Division of the Japanese army was a well-known ace unit in Okamura Neiji's hands. Although it had already lost a batch of aircraft yesterday to assist them in attacking Qilin Peak, he still did not hesitate to order the dispatch of the Eguchi Yoshio Air Wing today.

Since the Japanese army occupied Jiujiang, the aircraft that had taken off from Jiujiang Airport had lost more than two hundred.

For Commander Okamura Neiji, these aircraft were now just a number. As long as they could complete the goal of occupying Wuhan, they could lose another two hundred aircraft.

Wing Commander Eguchi Yoshio knew that the flight wing that had been sent to Qilin Peak to participate in the battle yesterday had been completely wiped out.

Although he didn't know what caused it, the 27th Infantry Division and the 106th Division had sent back battlefield reports afterwards.

The reports only said that most of the aircraft had exploded in mid-air and disintegrated in the air, and only a very few aircraft had crashed into the mountains with black smoke.

As for those Japanese pilots, no one was seen jumping out of the aircraft, so there were no follow-up problems with rescuing the pilots.

Such reports made the Japanese soldiers of the Eguchi Yoshio Air Wing still a little scared. If they were shot down in an air battle with the Nationalist army aircraft, they could still struggle a little with their skills.

Being destroyed by weapons launched by the Nationalist army from the ground was something they could not defend against.

Of course, there was also one advantage to this: ground weapons were difficult to move and could not defend the entire Wanjialing area, which gave them some opportunities.

In fact, no matter whether the front line was calm or a sea of swords and fire, these Japanese soldiers had no possibility of resisting since the order had been issued.

The status of these airmen was simply incomparable to infantry units like the 27th Division and the 6th Division.

Wing Commander Eguchi Yoshio could only order the aircraft of the entire wing to pay attention to the situation on the ground and try to stay at high altitude before flying to the target area.

Now he could only use this method to try to reduce casualties?

This time, in order to ensure the completion of the mission and to find out and eliminate potential dangers, Wing Commander Eguchi Yoshio led thirty-six aircraft to set off.

The distance from Jiujiang Airport to the battlefield here in Xiaocun Village was only one hundred miles. The Japanese aircraft arrived at the battlefield in less than ten minutes after taking off.

They first flew to Ruichang, and then flew along the obvious reference object of the Ruiwu Highway, and soon saw the battle taking place in Xiaocun Village.

Oda Uemon, who was flying at the front, gently pressed the nose of his aircraft, and the fighter plane began to dive towards the battle position in Xiaocun Village. Behind him were also four fighter planes and four bombers diving down.

The remaining twenty-seven aircraft of the entire Eguchi Yoshio Air Wing circled at high altitude. They were protecting the diving aircraft.

According to the range of ordinary anti-aircraft guns, the maximum range was only ten kilometers. Wing Commander Eguchi Yoshio divided the entire air wing into four squadrons, each squadron with nine aircraft. Now one squadron was responsible for supporting the Japanese soldiers on the ground.

The other three squadrons were deployed in three directions, closely monitoring the ground, ready to discover any movements on the ground and give