Heavy losses

The sudden gunfire lasted only half a minute and ended with the explosion of the grenade.

Captain Nozawa, the captain of the first squadron of the Second Battalion of the Eighth Infantry, led the remaining two infantry squadrons to the ambush battlefield panting. The streets in front of him, which were less than thirty meters long, did not even see the shadow of a Chinese except for the corpses of the Imperial Army everywhere.

The Japanese Soldier, who was responsible for investigating the situation, walked to Captain Nozawa with an embarrassing expression and saluted and reported: "Reporting to the commander, these corpses are all from our First Team... Through the battlefield situation, the First Team is ambushed by the Chinese team and the entire army is destroyed..."

"Baga, the cunning Chinese, who have the ability to see real tricks on the real battlefield, will use this kind of sneak attack method. Sooner or later, I will tear you all into pieces..." He pulled out his command knife, slashed at a pillar next to the street with murderous intent on his face, and cursed loudly in front of the air.

And at this moment, two consecutive clear gunshots came from the end of the collection.

When more than one hundred Japanese soldiers were subconsciously preparing to lie down and counterattack, the two Japanese sentry standing in front of the team and were responsible for the guards were all shot in their foreheads and fell heavily in a pool of blood, turning into a dead body that could no longer die.

Two gunshots cost the lives of two soldiers, and they were shot in the forehead. This was undoubtedly a serious provocation to the Imperial Japanese Army and Captain Nozawa.

Captain Nozawa, who had just been lying on the ground with an embarrassing expression, had not had time to issue an order. The captain of the second squadron, located at the front of the squadron, had already commanded the squadron to be directly under two light machine guns. He began to follow the defense line and carry out suppressive strafing. Dozens of riflemen also raised their guns and fired in the direction pointed by the captain's command knife...

A chaotic and dense gunfire sounded in the streets. A few hundred meters away, the room where two bullets had just been fired was immediately hit by a rain of bullets.

"Yo Xi..." The quick reaction and precise shooting skills of his subordinates made Captain Nozawa's angry face finally flashed a smile. He decisively ordered at the two remaining team leaders: "Order the troops to continue moving forward... Be sure to find these sneak attackers, tear them into pieces, and avenge the broken warriors..."

"Hayi..."

The command was issued. The captain of the second squad who was counterattacking under the command headquarters raised his command knife again, and decisively ordered at his subordinates who were shooting beside him: "Warriors, continue to advance for victory. The machine guns are responsible for covering, and the infantry charge immediately, kill them..."

Under the cover of two light machine guns in the squad, three squads of Japanese infantry covered each other, quickly jumped up from the ground, and attacked forward. In a blink of an eye, more than 30 Japanese troops rushed out of dozens of meters without any damage.

All officers, including the squadron leader Captain Nozawa, showed confident expressions on their faces, thinking that they had just sneaked into the CSR team. They had been hit by the firepower counterattack just now and lost their ability to counterattack.

Dozens of black grenades emitting white smoke suddenly threw out from the houses on both sides of the street.

"No, the Chinese are ambushing. Go back and hide..." Captain Nozawa's face suddenly turned ashen. He roared anxiously at the outside of dozens of meters away.

However, just as the order was spitting out of his mouth, the grenades emitting white smoke had already exploded one after another. The dense grenade fragments flying everywhere quickly formed a bullet net without dead corners on the street, eliminating all Japanese infantry within the range of killing.

The smoke from the grenade explosion dissipated, and a tragic scene slowly appeared in front of Captain Nozawa several dozen meters away.

The three infantry squads that launched the attack, without exception, all fell on the street. Looking around, except for a few seriously injured people who still screamed and kept squirming, there was no other anger.

"Baga, the cunning Chinese..." The captain, who had an angry face, cursed again with gritted teeth.

He pulled out the command knife that he hung around his waist, pointed forward, pointed at the house where dozens of grenades had just been thrown out, and ordered loudly: "All grenade launchers, concentrate their firepower and destroy these houses. I want the Chinese inside to bury the broken warriors..."

"Everything..." A muffled sound of grenade popping out of the chamber sounded from behind. The six grenade cans under the squadron fired grenades into houses dozens of meters away without any concern.

The sound of grenade explosion sounded, and balls of fireballs mixed with thick smoke began to rise from the air in the house. After the explosion of thirty grenades one after another, a dull sound of house collapse suddenly reached everyone's ears.

The house that had just thrown out dozens of grenades was instantly covered by thick smoke and dust generated by the collapse of the house.

A murderous sneer quickly appeared on the face of the squadron leader Captain Nozawa. He continued to order to the subordinates who had lost more than half of them around him: "The Third Squad, launch an attack on the target...all machine gunners, grenade launchers, fire cover..."

"Kill and give it to..." Dozens of Japanese infantry jumped up from the ground, thrusting with bayonets, yelling and rushing towards the ruins covered by smoke and dust.

Thirty meters...twenty meters.... In the blink of an eye, the ruins that had been blown into ruins were trampled by these infantrymen.

"Yoxi, the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible. All light machine guns and grenade launchers move forward, cover the infantry, and continue to attack forward..." Captain Nozawa, who looked satisfied, ordered decisively.

Dozens of Japanese officers and soldiers quickly carried light machine guns and grenade launchers, and advanced forward under the cover of infantry in front.

And at this moment, something that the Japanese did not expect happened: in order to cooperate with the company commander to wipe out the Japanese squadron, the 241st Regiment's second battalion, with almost forty troops, had quietly detoured directly behind the Japanese army.

Dozens of machine gunners and grenade launchers, just stood up from the ground and exposed their backs to six general-purpose machine guns and more than 30 semi-automatic rifles. The platoon leader holding a semi-automatic rifle decisively pulled the trigger of the semi-automatic rifle in his hand.

A crisp sound of semi-automatic rifle shooting sounded, hidden beside the platoon leader, and bullets from the gun chamber were shot at the back of the Japanese army.

The gunshots rang out, and the dense bullets were shot hard at the back of the Japanese army. The Japanese machine gunner and grenade launcher, who were caught off guard, fell to the ground and turned into a corpse before they could react.

Captain Nozawa, the captain of the Japanese squadron, escaped his life again under the protection of his confidant guards. However, when he reacted from the sudden attack, he was surprised to find that the machine gunners and guards gathered beside him had lost all their losses and he became a lonely man.

However, this is not what you want.

He realized that when he was about to give the retreat order to the third team of rifles dozens of meters away, he appeared again in front of Captain Nozawa again.

The machine gun position in the rear was attacked, and the first reaction of more than 30 Japanese riflesmen was to turn around and return to the rescue. However, at this moment, at least fifty Centre teams suddenly emerged in several courtyards less than twenty meters away from the Third Squad. Captain Nozawa, the squadron leader, had not had time to send any reminder. The seven or eight general-purpose machine guns carried by the fifty Centre teams had already shot out a long and hot tongue.

The tongue of flames spurted out from the muzzle, and the more than 30 infantry soldiers whom they worked hard to train were cut into pieces and fell to the ground like ripe wheat. The whole process lasted only three seconds. More than 30 elite imperial soldiers had all died in the battlefield.

In a blink of an eye, Captain Nozawa, who had more than 100 elite imperial talents, became a lonely man now. The huge gap in Captain Nozawa's heart is imagined. The last soldier, who had a look of unwillingness in front of him, fell heavily in a pool of blood with an expression of reluctance in front of him. Captain Nozawa, who already knew his ending, held a commanding knife, shouted slogans, jumped up from the ground, and launched a suicide counterattack to the Central ** team directly opposite him.

"Baga, my soldiers, my squadron... Chinese, I want to kill you, kill you..."

"Dadada..." Captain Nozawa rushed out less than five meters, and a sharp sound of universal machine gun fire, quickly covering up his slogan. The hot flames sprayed out by the universal machine gun shot a blood hole in his chest.

Captain Nozawa, whose eyes were red and full of anger, staggered forward two steps and fell heavily to the ground and turned into a corpse.

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After the news of the 8th Infantry Regiment Command of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army outside Andong City and the news of the 8th Infantry Regiment entering the city was spread. Everyone had a strong smile on their faces, from the brigade commander Major General Toyota to ordinary staff officers. Everyone held the same idea as Colonel Eguchi. As long as the troops rushed into the city, the entire Andong City would be like a beauty who took off her clothes, completely unfolding to herself and asking for it.

However, the relaxed atmosphere of the brigade team did not last long, and was interrupted by a burst of rapid footsteps.

The chief of staff of the brigade team walked to Major General Toyota with an anxious look on his face and reported: "Brigade commander, Colonel Jiangkou just sent someone to report that our attacking troops who had entered the city were severely attacked by the Chinese and suffered heavy losses..."

"Nani, the Chinese in the city are still fighting back. Chief of Staff, you are sure you are not wrong... When did the Zhongzhang team have such a strong fighting will, the city walls were lost, the troops were not collapsed, and they also have the ability to counterattack the Imperial team..." Major General Toyota asked in an incredible way when he heard a joke.

The chief of staff shook his head first, then nodded, and said, "Brig Commander, these situations were reported by Colonel Ekou, and there was absolutely no false... Through Colonel Ekou, the humble rank can be confirmed. In order to weaken our heavy artillery threat, the Central ** team that insisted on Anton voluntarily gave up the city defense fortifications and fought street battles with us..."

"Street Battle..." The brigade commander Major General Toyota was immediately covered with a solemn expression.

To the Chief of Staff, he spoke in a deep voice: "The Zhong** team actually chose street fighting. Now it seems that the commander of the Zhong** team is very wise and knows to avoid its edge. Through street fighting, our heavy artillery will lose its effect..."

Speaking of this, Major General Toyota changed his words and asked, "However, the commander of the China ** team is too arrogant. Does he think that after losing the heavy artillery, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army will not be as good as theirs? Don't forget that I Imperial Japanese Army is not only good at field battles, but also good at street fighting..."

Confidence is self-confidence, one thing that Major General Tian Feng seems to have ignored. The Japanese's individual ability does exceed that of the Chinese team. However, individual ability is only one aspect of street fighting. The most critical factor that determines the success or failure of street fighting is not people, but weapons. The equipment ratio of his opponent's Ninth Army in terms of automatic weapons is far more than several times that of the Japanese. The advantages in weapons have made up for the shortcomings of soldiers' training.

There were two infantry brigades of the Japanese army and two infantry battalions of the 241st Regiment, less than 4,000 people. They fought in Andong City for three hours, but the winner was still not decided.

However, at this moment, Colonel Jiangkou, who had already transferred the front command to the city wall of Andong City, was shocked to discover that several squadrons had disappeared in the two infantry brigades entering the county town. As for the several squadrons that were still in contact with the corps command, they also suffered heavy losses in the continuous street fighting.

As time goes by, the solemn expression on Colonel Ekou's face becomes heavier and heavier.

Especially after the four infantry squadrons of the Second Battalion lost contact with him again, Colonel Jiangkou's heart finally showed signs of moving and uneasy.

The chief of staff standing beside him reminded with a look of unbearable expression: "The commander of the corps, four squadrons have lost their traces. Life and death are uncertain. If this continues, the two infantry brigades will be wiped out. Bei Zhi suggested that the troops be ordered to temporarily withdraw from Andong City, and after clarifying the enemy's strength and fighting style, then adjust the strength and tactics to carry out a new round of attacks..."

Colonel Jiangkou, who was also worried about the troops entering the city, took the opportunity to step down and quickly ordered: "Then why are you still standing there? Send a signal to the troops immediately and order the internal team of the city to retreat quickly..."

"Hayi..."

Three signal flares were launched, and the corps leader Colonel Jiangkou quickly walked to the city gate and began to wait for the retreating troops.

One minute, two minutes... After ten minutes, a unit that suffered heavy losses and had a total of half of the wounded finally appeared at the city gate.

"How could this happen... Is this still an infantry squadron?" Looking at the remaining soldiers in front of him, Colonel Ekou instantly showed a shocked expression on his face, and he couldn't help but ask in a voice.

While speaking, the squadron leader, who was carrying the rank of captain, walked quickly to Colonel Jiangkou with his injured arm, and saluted and reported: "The captain of the regiment, the second squadron of the Third Infantry Brigade, was ordered to retreat and gathered. 168 people were supposed to be there, and 89 people were actually there, including 25 seriously injured and lost combat power, and 64 combatants were available..."

Looking at the squadron in front of him that had lost more than half, Colonel Eguchi almost didn't believe his eyes. He stared at the squadron leader in front of him and almost roared and asked back: "Baga, there are less than ninety people left in a full infantry squadron. What are you doing for food and what face do you have to stand here, so don't you get out for me..."

However, what Colonel Eguchi didn't expect was that the second squadron in front of him was just an appetizer to attack him tonight.

Under the anxious waiting of Colonel Ekou, three more squadrons appeared at the city gate one after another. However, the loss of these three squadrons is definitely not better than that of the second squadron.

After the four squadrons that had been in contact with the corps command successfully withdrew from Andong City, Colonel Jiangkou never waited for an Imperial Army unit that had been established to withdraw from Andong County.

It was not until the gunfire that had been hustle and bustle in Andong City that had stopped completely, Colonel Jiangkou closed his eyes in despair. The two infantry brigades he sent into the city, two thousand people, were successfully withdrawn from Andong, but only less than four hundred people were left. In addition, the First Infantry brigade, which had been destroyed in the entire army, and the entire Eighth Infantry Regiment, there were less than eight hundred people left...

Faced with heavy losses to the troops, the desperate Colonel Ekou knew that his military career was completely over.

He ordered to the Chief of Staff beside him with a desperate look on his face: "Chief of Staff, from now on, the Eighth Infantry Regiment will be handed over to you. The troops suffered such heavy losses, so I, the captain of the corps, must bear the primary responsibility..."

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The brigade headquarters of the 4th Brigade, when he saw the loss report sent by the Chief of Staff of the Eighth Regiment, the brigade commander Major General Toyota could hardly believe his eyes. After being repeatedly confirmed by the Chief of Staff, he asked with a murderous look on his face: "Where is Colonel Eguchi, the troops have suffered such heavy losses, why don't he report..."

"Report to the General, after learning about the casualties of the troops, the commander of the Jiangkou United had already apologized to His Majesty the Emperor on the battlefield..." The chief of staff of the United Army spoke with lingering fear.

"Baga, Eguchi Jun is not a warrior in the Japanese Empire, but a coward... If you really want to repay His Majesty the Emperor, you will die in the battlefield and kill a few more people in the top. Bageyalu..." Major General Toyota, who looked angry, cursed loudly.

At this time, of course no one went to anger Major General Toyota, the commander of the brigade.

After five minutes, perhaps Major General Toyota was tired of scolding him. The chief of staff of the brigade dared to speak out and suggest: "The brigade commander, the 8th Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses. And Andong County is still in the hands of the Zhong** team. I don't know what to do next... According to the information sent by the Special High School, the Chinese reinforcements are less than 100 kilometers away from Andong County. According to the opponent's marching speed, they will arrive at Andong City at least three hours. Therefore, I hope the brigade commander will make a decision early..."

"Anyway, you must take down Anton City... This is the order given to us by the Kwantung Army General Command, and it must be implemented..." The brigade commander said firmly.

"Although we suffered heavy losses in the street fighting just now, the Chinese team in the city also suffered heavy losses. As long as we can maintain the offensive and continue to attack, we will definitely be able to take down Andong before the Chinese reinforcements arrive at Andong..."
Chapter completed!