Ohara Shigemi summoned the four squadron leaders to the brigade headquarters for a short meeting, and found that the four infantry squadrons were all very serious. The one with the least casualties was Noguchi Squadron, but there were only a hundred people. The Takeda Squadron, which had the largest casualties, had less than sixty people, and the entire special operations brigade had less than five hundred people.

Considering that the navy could provide very limited support and no chariots and artillery were lost, Ohara Shigemi drew eighty elite troops from Takeda, Maehara, Murayama, and the brigade headquarters, and ordered Nohara Squadron to stay in the brigade headquarters to maintain energy, but allowed the remaining three and a half-disabled infantry squadrons to attack Fortress Mountain in turn.

Ohara Shigemi's intention was very clear, which was to use the three half-disabled infantry squadrons of Takeda, Maehara and Murayama to consume the ammunition and sharpness of the Fortress Mountain defenders as much as possible. At the last moment, it was almost before dawn to dispatch the Noguchi Squadron, who had been replenishing his energy for a long time, to give the Fortress Mountain defenders a fatal blow.

Ohara Gengmei's cold eyes swept across the faces of the three squadron leaders under her, and said in a deep voice: "Maehara Sang, Murayama Sang and Takeda Sang, please give me everything."

"Hayi!" The three Japanese devils suddenly lowered their heads and hurriedly took the order.

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Xu Shijiu was closing his eyes and resting.

Xu Shijiu had a keen intuition like a beast about danger. He had already smelled the smell of death from the air full of blood and smoke. The little Japanese was also dying. After suffering losses one after another, he would inevitably counterattack even more crazily. The next battle would be extremely cruel.

The good thing is that the atmosphere on the position is much more active than before.

After Xu Shijiu said the four words of the 19th Route Army in public, the 100th remaining soldiers of the 61st Division suddenly seemed to have changed their own people, and began to talk and laugh. Since the Fujian Revolution, the two words of rebels have been pressing on their hearts, which has made them breathless, but now, they can finally let go.

The 19th Route Army is not a rebel, they are also soldiers of the Chinese people!

"Bow!" A sudden gunfire sounded in the night sky ahead, and the warning post in front of him fired a warning, which also means that the Japanese attack had begun again.

The senior Japanese generals may lack strategic vision, but their middle and lower-level officers have extremely high tactical attainments. The Japanese army is also very good at learning and summarizing in the field. For example, this time, the Japanese learned their lessons and quietly touched them in the night. Unfortunately, they still failed to escape the national army's guard post.

The guard post was a veteran, and he threw down the Japanese sergeant in front with one shot. Unfortunately, he only had a 38-pound cover in his hand. When he pulled the bolt to push the bullet to load, more than a dozen burning bullets shot into his body almost at the same time. The veteran's thin body shook violently, and then fell backwards straight down.

Until I died, the veteran's eyes were always wide open, as if facing the dark night sky, thinking, why not give me an automatic rifle? Why not give me a machine gun? If there is a Czech light machine gun, I can at least put down a squad of Japanese soldiers by myself. No, I can put down a Japanese infantry team.

The gunfire of the National Army's guard post shattered the Japanese dream of sneak attack. Lieutenant Takeda cursed Bageyaru, and immediately pulled out his sabers and led them forward. Sixty or seventy Japanese soldiers crawling forward behind him jumped up, spreading their wavy straggler lines, and crushed towards Fortress Mountain with bright bayonets.

The Japanese army was still far away, and the national army did not fire rashly because they could not see far in the darkness, and fired rashly could only waste precious bullets.

Xu Shijiu also thought about guiding the Pudong artillery through flag language, but unfortunately he was unable to do anything, and among the more than a hundred remaining soldiers who survived, he was the only one who understood the flag language.

It was not until the Japanese army entered within fifty meters that the national army threw out a row of grenades, and then aimed at the fire caused by the grenade explosion. However, the distance of fifty meters was too close. After taking a breath, the Japanese army had already rushed into the position, followed by a fierce hand-to-hand combat, with one side silent while the other screaming.

Under the night sky, the Chinese and Japanese armies used all their strength to fight each other. The sound of rifles hitting, the sound of bayonets entering flesh, and the sound of the butt stock smashing bones, all kinds of sounds were heard.

Hand-to-hand combat is very tragic and cruel, but it lasts very short.

Less than ten minutes later, all forty or fifty Japanese soldiers who broke into the national army's position, including Lieutenant Takeda, were reimbursed. Although they were exhausted and had no ammunition to support them, the remaining soldiers of the 61st Division still showed the style of the 19th Route Army that year, which made the Japanese fall into a big somersault in the most proud hand-to-hand combat.

Under the night sky where the 19th Route Army commander Jiang Guangnai was still vaguely echoing the heroic roar of Jiang Guangnai, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army: Fighting with bayonets, our 19th Route Army has never been afraid of anyone! The Japanese? Let them just let the horses come!

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Although it was pitch black across the street and could not see anything, Ohara Shigemi was watching stubbornly holding up the telescope.

When the national army position on the opposite side became silent again, Lieutenant Takeda still sent a successful signal. Ohara Shigemi knew that Takeda's squadron was finished.

The Takeda Squadron had obviously rushed into the national army's position, but still failed?

The Chinese army on the opposite side actually defeated Takeda Squadron in hand-to-hand combat?

Touching the scar on his chin, a chill suddenly appeared on Ohara Shigemi's back, and another Chinese army suddenly popped up in his mind. Five years ago, there was also here. A Chinese army once defeated the Imperial Army in hand-to-hand combat. The number of this Chinese army was called the 19th Route Army.

Ohara Shigemi still cannot forget the veteran of the 19th Route Army who left a scar on his face, and the vicious captain of the 19th Route Army. This is the most painful and unwilling memory left in his heart. Ohara Shigemi suddenly had a very bad premonition. The national army opposite may be the 19th Route Army that year!

Captain Fujimoto didn't know what Major Ohara was thinking and made a suggestion: "Captain, the Takeda Squadron is probably over, but there are probably not a few people left in the Chinese army. I don't think there is any need to send Murayama or Maehara Squadron to waste time. It's better to join Noguchi Squadron immediately and launch a final assault on the Chinese army."

"No." Ohara Shigemi raised her hand suddenly and shook her head slowly, "The tenacity of the Chinese army on the opposite side is beyond imagination. The imperial army cannot be careless, and must not be careless. She ordered the Murayama Squadron to attack one after another in a small team. Then she told Murayama Sang that she should try to avoid hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese army and use machine gun fire as much as possible to eliminate them."

"This..." Captain Fujimoto was confused when he heard this, trying to avoid hand-to-hand combat?

You should know that the Japanese have always advocated martial arts. The essence of Bushido is to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy, and to destroy the enemy's will to resist spiritually with the will of decisive death. But now Ohara Grandpa ordered the Murayama Squadron to avoid hand-to-hand combat. What's going on? Could it be that the Chinese army on the opposite side is better than the Imperial Army?

Captain Fujimoto was just a farmer in Nagoya, and even Lu Shi had never been to the market. Naturally, he could not know the many concerns of Ohara Shigemi. Ohara Shigemi was very sober. He knew that the mission of Ohara's brigade was not only to capture Taiwan, but also to hold on to Taiwan until the early morning of the 23rd, until the main force of the 3rd Division landed from here.

Therefore, the Ohara Brigade must not consume the well-established Noguchi Squadron in the battle to seize Fortress Mountain. This precious force must be retained to resist the crazy counterattack of the Chinese army.

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Although the remaining soldiers of the 61st Division defeated Noda Squadron, they also paid a heavy price. Including the sixteen seriously injured, there were still 48 breathable people left. What’s more serious is that the pitiful ammunition collected from the Japanese corpses was already very small. Now there is no ammunition, no support left!

With only forty-eight soldiers, it was obviously impossible to defend the defense line that was more than 300 meters wide at the foot of the fortress. Xu Shijiu had to give up the first line of defense and shrink his only force to the second line of defense on the mountainside. He took out his pocket watch and looked at it. The hour hand had just pointed at two o'clock in the morning, and it would take at least three hours to dawn.

The Japanese Navy off the coast of Wusong began another round of large-scale artillery bombardment. The Japanese seemed to be deeply hurt by the failure in the hand-to-hand combat just now. This time the artillery bombardment came particularly fierce. There were even more than a dozen gunboats around the sides of the artillery Taiwan, trying to threaten the back slope of the Fortress Mountain, but with little effect.
Chapter completed!