"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

At that time, the Japs of the Sanada Battalion were launching an aggressive attack on the forward positions of the Second Company. Since they had not been bombarded by artillery, they subconsciously believed that the Independent Battalion did not have artillery, or that they had run out of artillery shells, so they did not make preparations for artillery defense.

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At this moment, artillery shells suddenly fell down like free meteorites, immediately blowing up the little Japanese from Sanada's brigade and causing them to stagger around, killing and injuring them all.

Some Japanese soldiers who were near the impact point of the shells were even thrown away with their weapons. Their corpses were dismembered in the air, and their bloody internal organs and stumps fell everywhere.

In an instant, screams could be heard endlessly.

Due to the lack of suitable anti-artillery bunkers, after several rounds of salvo fire, the Sanada Battalion's casualties directly exceeded half.

At this time, Haruki Sanada finally realized how stupid his impulsive decision was.

In addition, since they were the vanguard, the Sanada Battalion went into battle lightly and did not carry any heavy firepower weapons, so they went straight to the Independence Battalion base area.

Therefore, facing the artillery bombardment from the Independent Battalion, the Sanada Battalion had absolutely no means of countermeasures.

Originally, Sanada Haruki marched all the way in a hurry to buy enough time to defeat the independent battalion and win the first victory. However, he did not expect that due to the serious disconnect with the main force, he did not even have a chance to ask for help at this moment.

However, Haruki Sanada is also a decisive guy. In order to reduce losses, the old devil realized that something was wrong and directly issued the order to transfer...

Wang Chengzhu was sitting in the Second Company command post, witnessing the entire shelling process. When he saw the little Japanese trying to turn around and leave the battlefield, his face immediately sank and he scolded: "Genzi, give me the order to have the Second Company launch a counterattack immediately. At the same time,

, your reconnaissance company must also closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army and report to me at any time!"

"yes!"

Wang Shugen agreed, immediately left the command post, came to the front line, and conveyed the order to the second company commander Tian Shuisheng: "Company Commander Tian, ​​the battalion commander ordered your troops to immediately launch a counterattack. Together with the third company and the fourth company, all the Japanese soldiers will be killed."

Eliminate it!"

"yes!"

Tian Shuisheng promised, and then he jumped out from the front trench of the second company with a submachine gun in hand, and shouted sternly: "Brothers of the second company, follow me!"

When the order was given, the bugler next to him immediately jumped into the trench, puffed up his cheeks, and blew the horn for counterattack.

"Didi-dah-dip-dip-dip-dip-did-did-did-did-did! -"

"Kill!"

"Come on!"

Amidst the exciting charge horn sound, more than 300 soldiers of the Second Company let out thunderous roars and jumped out of the trenches one after another. Carrying various weapons, they launched a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese army.

At this time, the Sanada brigade, which had just been bombarded by artillery fire, was retreating due to heavy casualties.

Tian Shuisheng suddenly rushed out with his troops, which shocked the Japanese soldiers.

However, the Japanese army's reaction speed was also extremely fast. Haruki Sanada immediately realized that this might be an excellent opportunity to break through the independent battalion's defense line and turn defeat into victory.

And as long as the two armies are mixed together, the bombing of the independent battalion artillery can also be avoided.

As a result, Haruki Sanada quickly ordered to stop the retreat, and the Japanese from several squadrons turned around to fight. They tried to use their most proud hand-to-hand stabbing tactics to defeat the independent battalion defenders who took the initiative to launch a counterattack.

In their opinion, the Independence Battalion actually dared to take the initiative to attack, and they were really impatient.

"Stop turning! Attack, attack!"

"Use the hand-to-hand combat tactics that our Imperial Japanese Army is most proud of to destroy this group of stupid China Eighth Route Army!"

Like a male dog in heat, Sanada Haruki vigorously waved the command sword in his hand and took the lead to turn around and fight.

The Japanese soldiers shouted the slogan "board, board," as if this would bring them endless power.

However, the soldiers of the Independent Battalion never thought of having to fight with the Japs of the Sanada Battalion with bayonets. The purpose of installing bayonets was to confuse the Japs, and secondly to prepare for emergencies.

Just when the little devils were full of confidence and thought they could easily defeat the Second Company of the Independent Battalion using hand-to-hand stabbing tactics.

Chen Xi and Wang Dali each led nearly 300 soldiers to suddenly rush out from the left and right wings, and together with the Second Company who was counterattacking from the front, they attacked the Japanese army from three directions.

After the previous battle, the casualties of Sanada's brigade exceeded half, and they no longer had the advantage in strength. At this moment, they were attacked from three sides again.

In addition, the Third Company and the Fourth Company were new forces that had just come up. They had many light machine guns and semi-automatic pistols in their hands. Covered with a barrage of firepower, Sanada's Japanese troops fell in large numbers immediately.

"Baga! Damn it! These thugs are so ignorant of martial ethics!"

The caliber of the Type 38 rifle is only 6.5mm, which is much smaller than the 7.92mm caliber of the Chinese official rifle.

A small caliber means less lethality to the target, but its penetrating power is much greater.

Shooting at close range can easily penetrate the human body and cause damage to the target behind it.

In order to avoid accidentally injuring friendly troops, when preparing for hand-to-hand combat, the Japs usually withdraw the bullets from the barrel of the gun.

That's right, the little devil retreated the bullet to avoid hurting his own people, not because of martial ethics.

At this time, facing the thunderous offensive from each company of the independent battalion, the little Japs from Sanada Battalion had no means of counterattack. They were just a bunch of lambs to be slaughtered and living targets.

So they all turned around and ran away, no matter how much Captain Haruki Sanada scolded them, it was of no avail.

Helpless, Haruki Sanada could only exit toward the back under the protection of several guards.

At this point, the old devil's plan to defeat the independent battalion in hand-to-hand combat was aborted before it could even be launched.

Captain Haruki Sanada took the lead in escaping, and the other Japanese soldiers had no will to fight. They were like bereaved dogs, ruthlessly abandoning their injured companions and desperately trying to escape.

Tian Shuisheng, Chen Xi and Wang Dali took the opportunity to cover up the attack with their troops, and pursued them for a kilometer or two, wiping out more than 200 Japanese soldiers.

Because they were worried about the arrival of a large Japanese army, they stopped and the battle came to an end.

At this point, the arrogant Sanada Battalion suffered more than 80% casualties due to the joint counterattack by three infantry companies and an artillery company of the independent battalion. Only less than 300 people of an integrated infantry brigade with more than 1,200 troops escaped to heaven.

…

Two kilometers east of Wangjiacun.

Nishiyama Masao is leading the main force and heading straight for Wangjiacun.

At this moment, still far away, he heard the intensive sound of gunfire from the front. He couldn't help but darken his face and shouted: "Baga! How can there be sound of gunfire? This Sanada Haruki dares to defy me.

order and launched an attack without authorization.

It doesn’t matter if there are no accidents in the army. If there is any mistake in the army, I will have to kill him!"

Originally, Nishiyama Masao's task for Sanada Haruki was to investigate the independent battalion's ambush minefields along the way to ensure the safety of the main force.

After all, what the Eighth Route Army likes to do most is to set up ambushes along the way or deploy minefields.

Nishiyama Masao knew that with the combat effectiveness of the Sanada Battalion, it would be very difficult to eliminate the independent battalion.

Therefore, in order to avoid causing too many casualties, before setting off, he had repeatedly warned Sanada Haruki not to act without authorization.

Unexpectedly, the other party still disobeyed.
Chapter completed!