As a qualified and experienced commander, even if you don’t see it with your own eyes, you can definitely judge the changes in the battlefield from the sound of gunfire.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Just as the second line of defense provided strong firepower support to the first line of defense, the Japanese artillery shells landed on the second line of defense, and instantly the firepower of the second line of defense was almost silenced.

This can only reflect the unique vision of the commander of the Japanese reinforcements, and more reflect his decisive side: he immediately sent a large number of Japanese soldiers to attack the first line of defense in the gap in the fire of the second line of defense... Although the second line of defense can provide strong firepower support to the first line of defense, due to angle problems and the fear of accidentally hurting the comrades on the first line of defense, the key support for firepower is only to attack the Japanese attacking the middle and rear of the Japanese attack team. The Japanese who have already rushed to the front of the first line of defense cannot provide firepower attacks.

But even so, it still favorably delayed the attacks of the Japanese follow-up troops, preventing their infantry from forming an effective large-scale direct attack.

Now, taking advantage of this gap, the Japanese's follow-up troops were connected with the forwards at once, making them a favorable continuous attack.

The third company commander, who was commanding on the second line of defense, knew that the first line of defense could not be defended... Fortunately, the order Zhang Qingshan gave them was not strictly guarding, so everyone was mentally prepared. Therefore, for the soldiers, especially the new recruits, it did not affect morale, and there would be at least no chaos: if the first line of defense could not be defended, it depends on our second line of defense.

As expected, when the commander on the first line of defense saw this, he immediately directed everyone to give the Japanese a last shot and asked everyone to retreat in an orderly manner as planned.

The Japanese commander is also interesting.

Seeing that the first line of defense was captured, the shelling was stopped immediately. But after just less than ten seconds, he actually bombarded the second line of defense and the people on the retreating first line of defense with more violent shelling.

Zhang Qingshan could see the problem here at a glance. He snorted coldly, then sighed, with a hint of heartache and self-blame: the Japanese's artillery bombardment had suddenly stopped, and then attacked with more violent shelling. Obviously, the one who ordered the stop of shelling was the highest commander of the Japanese. After a stop in the middle, it was obvious that the people around him said something to him, so that he immediately decided to make up his mind to shell again... It seems that the Japanese commander was not only experienced and brave in the battle, but also had high-quality military talents around him, which was destined to make the Japanese fight more difficult to fight in the future duel.

Zhang Qingshan was naturally heartbroken by the losses of the soldiers when they retreated. He blamed himself for rashly dispatching the artillery company. At that time, he felt that it was nothing, and he only thought that the Second Battalion could lose less when attacking the Weijia Wharf. Now it seems that the decision he made at that time was a bit reckless. Compared with the current and expected losses in the future, even if the Second Battalion suffered losses at that time, it was definitely not as big as it is now.

Moreover, as long as the artillery company is in an ambush, and when the Japanese are careless, they can definitely successfully attack the Japanese and send the Japanese artillery back to their hometown in one fell swoop. In that case, the Japanese lose the artillery that they rely on, and they will lose their energy and spirit of attack, and they may even collapse automatically. As long as they take advantage of the situation and fight, they may end the battle... Not to mention anything else, even from the perspective of the loss, they can greatly reduce the losses of the assault regiment. It's a pity, but there is no medicine for regret in the world, and now they can only fight with their teeth.

The third company commander has rich experience in battlefield command, so there is no need for Zhang Qingshan to command: when he was shot by the Japanese for the first time, he ordered everyone to disperse in groups of three or five. In this way, he could not only reduce losses as much as possible, but also continue to cover the soldiers on the first line of defense to retreat... At this time, even with shells, they could take advantage of themselves, otherwise, once they dodge, they would be safe, but the soldiers on the first line of defense who were retreating while fighting would suffer.

The Japanese obviously wanted to take advantage of the soldiers retreating from the first line of defense to retreat, and the second line of defense was being bombarded again, so they could not effectively attack them in a short period of time, so they had to take down the second line of defense in one go. Therefore, after occupying the first line of defense, they immediately continued to charge towards the second line of defense without stopping.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

"Ka! Da! Da..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The soldiers on the second line of defense immediately felt the huge pressure and threat to life: not only did they have to cover their comrades' retreat, but they also had to attack the shells. It can be said that they were using their lives to cover their comrades.

In the explosion, soldiers were injured in the air from time to time, and even scenes of missing arms and broken legs; in the sound of gunfire, soldiers were rushed directly and sacrificed; in the heart-wrenching screams, the comrades on the stretcher team would always run to him desperately...

Everything is enough to prove how tragic this local battle that is not small enough to attract too many people's attention.

Moreover, most of them are recruits. They are the first time they are on the battlefield. They can withstand such huge pressure and support their comrades under artillery fire, without a single deserter, and they are fighting bravely... It is not easy to have such a performance, and they are proud.

But Zhang Qingshan, on the third line of defense, was very angry about this. He felt like a lion, but was locked in a cage. He could only watch his companions fight with the enemy, but he was powerless and had to use reason to restrain his impulsiveness from time to time for the overall situation. He wanted to roar to the sky with grief. Especially when he saw the soldiers under him sacrifice one by one, this resentment and grief made him feel that his chest was about to be burst by anger, and he wanted to rush down and fight to the death with the enemy. But as the commander of the regiment, as the supreme commander of this battle, he could only restrain...

He punched the tree trunk beside him. The skin on the back of his hand was broken a little and blood flowed out, but he didn't feel the pain at all, which made the feeling of anger slightly better.

"Captain..."

Sun Bingcheng, who was standing beside him, screamed and hurried to the mountain to bandage Zhang Qingshan with a first aid kit, but Zhang Qingshan pushed it away.

"Xiao Sun, you immediately run to the regiment command center and ask the communications soldiers to sing flags to the Second Company of the Fourth Battalion, and ask them to send people to ask where the first, second and third battalions are? And tell these three battalions that every minute they arrive early and put them into the battlefield one minute earlier, they can save a comrade one minute earlier... Go quickly!"

"yes!"

After Sun Bingcheng ran away, Zhang Qingshan sucked the small wound on the back of his hand with his mouth, and then spit hard in the direction of the Japanese... This was to disinfect his wounds.

"Come!"

"arrive!"

"You go and tell the third company commander that after covering your comrades' retreat, you will give up the second line of defense and let everyone defend the third line of defense together."

"yes!"

The plan is perfect, but the reality is very skinny!

At this moment, even if Zhang Qingshan wanted the soldiers on the first two lines of defense to retreat, he could not retreat. Because the Japanese probably guessed that this would happen, he bit them all the way and almost chased the soldiers who retreated from the first line of defense. If it weren't for the soldiers on the second line of defense to try their best to cover, especially the first group of light machine guns that retreated to the second line of defense, plus the two light machine guns and three light machine guns on the second line of defense, they would have risked their lives to fire together, and a huge blow to the Japanese, maybe the Japanese would have rushed up after the butts of the retreating personnel.

But even so, the Japanese's tenacious fighting spirit of fighting for the Bushido that is not afraid of death is really shocking: Not to mention the Japanese chasing, they screamed and bumped into each other in the face of machine gun shooting, and they were absolutely fearless of death.

The powerful firepower, the spirit of fearlessness, and the huge blow to the second line of defense by artillery bombardment. Even if three light machine guns fired together on the second line of defense, it only blocked the Japanese's charge, but could not repel the Japanese's attack.

To put it bluntly, even the third company commander himself felt that the second line of defense would definitely not be able to defend. He was even a little worried about the third line of defense.

Fortunately, Zhang Qingshan's order came very timely, but the problem was that the Japanese rushed over to chase the assault team soldiers on the first line of defense. This means that it is impossible for them to retreat smoothly... It is not good, but the Japanese even rushed up smoothly by the Japanese using their opportunity to retreat, causing both sides to fall into hand-to-hand combat. By then, it will be a huge trouble.

Unless someone leaves the palace behind to win time for the main force’s retreat... At this moment, it is actually a death battle, and it is absolutely a life-and-death life.

"Ba!Ba!"

After the first line of defense basically retreated to the second line of defense, the third company commander fired two shots at the Japanese who were charging below. He felt that there were no bullets in the gun, and shouted loudly while changing the magazine: "Stay 2nd Platoon One and I stay with me, and the rest should retreat quickly."

It happened that the squad leader of the first squad of the second platoon was next to him. When he heard this, he quickly shot the Japanese. While pulling the bolt, he turned his head and shouted to the third company commander: "Company Commander, you should take everyone to retreat first, comrades and I will do it behind the palace."

"Swoosh~!"

"boom!"

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Hurry up and give it to me..." When the third company commander pressed the head of a squad leader with his left hand. After the explosion, he grabbed the collar of a squad leader and shouted: "I'll inform the other comrades and let them retreat quickly."

The squad leader turned his head and ordered a soldier beside him. After the soldier ran along the trench to pass the order, he fired a shot at the Japanese below. This time he was lucky. Seeing the Japanese aiming directly tilted down, he turned around and shouted to the third company commander while pulling the bolt of the gun, "Company Commander, go quickly, I'm here to hold him."

"What a fool! I'm going to die together, and I'm just right there to be a companion on the road to the underworld."

This is not possible. You are the company commander, how can you sacrifice easily? Our third company has to rely on you... This is the idea of ​​the first squad leader. But he knows more about the stubborn temper of the third company commander. He knows that if he continues to persuade him like this, the third company commander will never leave, and he will waste time.

A squad leader suddenly widened his eyes, pointed to the right, and shouted loudly: "Company Commander, look over there."

The third company commander thought something bad happened on the right, so he quickly looked in the direction of the first squad leader's finger. Seeing that nothing was abnormal, he was about to turn around, but he felt a pain in his neck and his eyes turned black, and he knew nothing.

Before fainting, a squad leader's voice came from his ears, "Company Commander, I'm sorry, I'll be there again in the next life..."

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Chapter completed!