Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 145: The Power of Street Fighting (Today's 4 chapters with 3 words each)
As the two sides were still exchanging fire, Mu Tiezhu was not in a hurry to clean up the battlefield. After the battle, he continued to hide in the ruins. They used the group as the smallest combat unit and cooperated with each other to kill the devils very efficiently.
One is not too few, and a hundred is not too many. The damage inflicted on the Japanese by fighting in pieces is no less than that in positional warfare.

Jiangkou's squadron only had three infantry squads. There was no news from this squad, so Captain Jiangkou was naturally anxious and had to leave two squads to contain the defenders.

He led the main force and sneaked up from the left wing, but no one paid any attention to them.

At this time, Mu Tiezhu had already changed the formation. After their four squads eliminated the Japanese, they retreated in large strides and directly retreated behind the fifth and sixth squads, turning the inverted triangle formation into a regular triangle formation. The fifth and sixth squads were in the front again.

When Captain Jiangkou arrived at the ambush point and saw the corpses and wounded on the ground, he was immediately furious and ordered his troops to pursue.
After chasing for a few steps, they ran into the guns of the fifth and sixth squads, and seven or eight were killed or injured. Captain Jiangkou immediately organized a counterattack, and the fifth and sixth squads took advantage and ran away, which made Captain Jiangkou scream:
"Bakayalu, you want to run? Do you think the Imperial Army is just for show? Kill the chicken for me!"

The Japanese soldiers in Jiangkou Squadron had already been furious, and when they saw that there were only a few Chinese people, they immediately chased after them;

Since there were more than a hundred Japanese soldiers, the first platoon of the third company could not handle them all, so Mu Tiezhu quickly changed his tactics, turning ambush into blocking.

When the Jiangkou Squadron rushed up screaming, Mu Tiezhu immediately ordered to open fire. The machine rifles of the four squads fired fiercely at the Japanese, knocking down the most aggressive Japanese, while the others found cover on the spot to fight back.
The two sides fired at each other at a distance of several dozen meters. Soon, a lot of casualties occurred in the first platoon of the third company, and the Japanese took the opportunity to set up their grenade launchers.

Most of the Japanese soldiers in the 19th Regiment were veterans. Their marksmanship was better than that of the Nationalist Army. A row of veterans from the original 527th Regiment basically became squad leaders and deputy squad leaders, and the rest were just stragglers.
These people's shooting skills are indeed not as good as the Japs, but those who can survive are all smart Japs. They only need to practice the "three-three system" for one day to become familiar with it, and their ability to survive in the ruins is not bad.

Mu Tiezhu did not intend to compete with the Japanese in shooting skills, as this would result in too many casualties, so he chose to annihilate them in motion;

So when the Japanese just showed signs of preparing to fight them, Mu Tiezhu decisively gave the order to retreat.

The four squads took turns to cover each other as they retreated, and the fifth and sixth squads were meeting them a few dozen meters away, so there was no need to worry at all.

Lieutenant Jiangkou was furious when he saw the Chinese trying to run away again. He drew his saber and hundreds of Japanese soldiers chased after them again, leaving more than 20 bodies on the ground.

Mu Tiezhu and his men fought and retreated. When the Japanese caught up with them, two machine guns from the fifth and sixth squads blocked their way.

The Japs could only take shelter temporarily, then suppress the defenders with their machine rifles and wait for the grenade launcher squad to arrive;

The squad leader of the fifth squad calculated that the platoon leader and the main force should be ready behind them, so he began to retreat, luring the Japanese to pursue them so that the main force could "skin" them.

This tactic of peeling off the enemy layer by layer made the Japanese very annoyed. Every pursuit would cost them a lot, and the consumption of troops was visibly evident.

The Jiangkou Squadron was a nearly full-strength squadron before, but now it has lost nearly half of its members, especially the Nakagawa Squadron, which was wiped out by the defenders before it could play any role. Later, another thirty or forty of them were wiped out piecemeal.

Before they knew it, they had already chased for several hundred meters and had opened up a considerable distance from the other two squadrons on the left and right wings.

Captain Jiangkou was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He suspected that he had fallen into the trap of the Chinese to lure the enemy deep into their territory. He immediately stopped the pursuit and switched to defense on the spot.

It must be said that Captain Jiangkou was still quite alert. If they continued to chase, they would run into the encirclement of the Third Company of the Second Battalion.

When the first platoon was being chased by the Japanese, the third company commander Sun Gang targeted the group of Japanese like a hunter. He planned to use the third platoon and the firepower platoon with the cooperation of the first platoon to encircle and annihilate them.

Unexpectedly, Captain Jiangkou's dog nose was quite sharp, and he retracted the extended glans, which made Sun Gang angry and cursed:

"Fuck you, do you think I can't do anything to you if you just retract your glans?

This time I’m going to use a sledgehammer to crack open your turtle shell!
The third platoon leader - cooperate with the first platoon to surround the devils;

Firepower platoon, bring up the Thunder Cannon, and blast him!"

As the company commander of the Second Battalion brought up by Yue Qianli, it is hard to say whether he has learned all the skills from Commander Yue. However, he does have a tendency to surpass others with his foul language. It seems that it is not satisfying to fight the Japanese without swearing a little.

The platoon leaders below seemed to buy into this as well. When they heard that they were going to bombard the enemy, their faces flushed with excitement. The firepower platoon leader even wanted to operate the artillery himself, not taking the hundreds of Japanese as a piece of cake at all.

Captain Jiangkou escaped the disaster, but he was not happy at all, because there were more and more Chinese people around them, and they were ready to take them down by force!

"Kill the chickens!" Captain Jiangkou used his hoarse roar to cover up his inner fear. It was too late for him to retreat now. He would be chased by the Chinese. The only way out was to hold on and wait for help.
According to past experience, as long as the Japs shrink like hedgehogs, they cannot be defeated without several times more troops. This is the reason why Captain Jiangkou dared to hold on and wait for help.

They have a squadron on each wing, but they have been entangled by other Chinese people. They can only rely on themselves in the short term, and the reinforcements themselves can hardly be protected.

The third and first platoons surrounded the Japs from the left and right wings, and the three heavy machine guns of the firepower platoon suppressed them from the front. The Japs of Jiangkou Squadron could only huddle in the ruins and resist stubbornly. From time to time, someone was shot and sent back home.

Three rows and one row constantly launched attacks from both wings, compressing their movement space and constantly squeezing their center;
Jiangkou also organized a counterattack, but was driven back by three rows of dense bullets. In addition to leaving behind more than a dozen corpses, Captain Jiangkou also realized the reality that it was impossible for them to break through.

When the three flying thunder cannons of the firepower platoon were set up, the barrels as thick as buckets almost made Captain Jiangkou despair;

Many officers of the 9th Division had experienced the brutality of the Flying Thunder Cannon, and they even privately called it the "heartless" cannon;

This mortar refreshed their understanding of artillery. It turns out that mortars can be played like this!

"fire!"

Following the order from the artillery platoon leader, three explosive packs were thrown out and smashed into the enemy's position;

There was an explosion in the air, throwing hundreds of small pieces of iron and porcelain in all directions. The Japanese soldiers lying on the open ruins would be killed or disabled if they were hit by one of them. There was no one alive within 20 meters of the center of the explosion, and their internal organs were shattered.

Another one hit the ground and bounced a few times before exploding, also killing many Japanese soldiers;

The third one luckily fell behind Captain Eguchi. With a violent explosion, Captain Eguchi, who was only a few meters away from the center of the explosion, was torn into pieces, completely relieving his pain.

Then came another round. Without Captain Jiangkou's restraint, the Japanese soldiers, driven by fear of the flying thunder cannon, climbed up from the ruins and fled.

He was knocked down by a heavy machine gun in front of him after running a few steps. Running away in front of the heavy machine gun was too disrespectful to them. Such devils must be killed to vent our anger.

Seeing that the remaining Japanese troops had been defeated, the first and third rows took the opportunity to charge out from both wings, and fired light and heavy fire at the Japanese on their backs. Whole groups of Japanese were mowed down, and their shit-yellow corpses covered the ground.

The Japanese soldiers of Jiangkou Squadron ran for their lives until they were knocked to the ground. In the end, only a dozen of them managed to save their lives.
The third company commander was worried that if they chased too fiercely they would encounter a large group of Japanese devils, so he ordered his men to blow the order to stop the pursuit. The first and third platoons then stopped and quickly cleaned up the battlefield.

In addition to finishing off the Japanese, they also collected weapons, ammunition and field rations. They also did not despise Japanese weapons. When the domestic weapons and bullets were used up, the Japanese weapons would come in handy.

At the 9th Division Headquarters, all kinds of bad news came in like snowflakes. Yoshika Ryosuke had long lost his previous arrogance, and his face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it.

Zhong Guangchuan brought another piece of bad news:
"Your Excellency, the 19th Regiment called and said that at least two of their squadrons have lost contact. The battalion can't find the squadron, and the squadron can't find the squad. It's a mess."

"Baka, where did the Chinese get so many troops? Could it be that Yue Qianli's desperate defense of the headquarters building was fake, and his real purpose was to fight a street battle with the imperial army?"

Yoshika Ryosuke has lost his confidence, which is a very dangerous thing for a commander. Nakagawa Hiro quickly took over his words and said:
"Your Excellency, the division commander, our previous judgment was correct. The reason why the Chinese blocked the Imperial Army from the outside was to consume the Imperial Army's morale, manpower, and firepower.
The 527th Regiment does not have enough troops to fight a long street battle with the Imperial Army, and their goal is to block the enemy layer by layer. "

Yoshika Ryosuke thought about it and it made sense. It was illogical to leave the strong fortification like the headquarters building alone and engage in brutal street fighting with them.

Thinking of this, he finally resolutes himself, no longer changing tactics in the middle of a battle, and chooses to trust his troops;
They have deployed tens of thousands of elite soldiers from three infantry regiments. How many troops can the 527th Regiment have to fight against the consumption?
Thinking of this, he became more motivated again and said to Nakagawa Hiro:
"Nakagawa-kun, send telegrams to each regiment..."

At the Marine Corps Headquarters Building, the 527th Regiment Headquarters, telegrams were sent to Yue Qianli from time to time, and Yue Qianli's brows were also twisted into a rope;

The two sides had been fighting fiercely for a day. Each battalion suffered heavy casualties and a large number of Japanese devils were eliminated. The purpose of the first phase of the battle had been achieved.

Yue Qianli finally made up his mind, looked up and said to Tian Yuanxi:
"Old Tian, ​​our goal of depleting the enemy's resources has been achieved. If we continue to fight, we will lose our capital.
Send a telegram to each battalion to launch a counterattack, forcing the Japanese to withdraw their forces, and then leave a small force behind to contain the Japanese, clear the road, and allow the main force of the 9th Division to come over.

The main force, in company units, penetrated deep into both wings, jumped to the outer lines, and then assembled behind the enemy to attack their supply lines.
The inside line will be handed over to the regiment headquarters and the supplementary battalion..."

(End of this chapter)