Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 195: A warning to the Kumamoto United
Seeing that the defenders had been defeated, the Japanese soldiers of Kubo's battalion did not hesitate to chase after them. Since they landed, similar scenes have occurred many times, from Hangzhou Bay to the city of Nanjing. They have seen too many;
There are not many Chinese troops that can withstand their attack. The Kumamoto Regiment has the capital to be arrogant. The defeat of the defenders is within their expectations. Now they just need to hunt down the defeated soldiers and take advantage of the situation to attack Zhonghua Gate.

The depth of the No. 3 post was not very large, only two or three hundred meters. Soon, several hundred Japanese soldiers from Kubo's battalion rushed into the defenders' position. When they saw the equipment and helmets discarded on the ground, they screamed with excitement and rushed into the depth of the defenders' position without thinking.
Finally, they encountered fire blockade from several heavy machine guns in the core position. These firing points were hidden in low permanent bunkers. These were national defense fortifications built by the National Government and were very solid.

The Japanese infantry was suppressed again. Before Major Kubo could call for support, dense gunfire broke out on both wings. Rows of grenades fell from the sky into the Japanese group, making them scream and scream. Casualties increased significantly.

Practice has proved that no matter how powerful the Japanese were, they could not withstand a single bullet, let alone thousands of explosion fragments, a 360-degree attack with no blind spots and no regularity at all.

After several rounds of continuous rain of bullets, the Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining ones could only lie on the ground and shoot randomly;
Major Kubo had rich battlefield experience. He could tell from the gunshots around them that they had been fooled by the Chinese. They were showing weakness and deliberately letting them into the core position.

Now they were under fire from the left, center and right, especially the side fire from the left and right wings, which was almost killing them and leaving them in the crossfire slaughter with no ability to fight back.

After seeing the situation clearly, Major Kubo decisively chose to move forward. Even under the attack from three sides, how many troops they could evacuate depended on how strong they were.

In order to give the 6th Division's Japanese a warning, the main forces of the 1st Battalion were deployed on the left and right wings in an "eight" shape, with several heavy machine guns and a platoon of infantry on the front, which could completely stop the Japanese's desperate fight;
The two wings are the killer. During the retreat, the Japanese will expose their bodies to the attack of flanking fire, and every minute and every second will cause heavy losses.

The Japanese in Kubo's battalion disappeared visibly, and most of them were killed or wounded in a short while. When the remaining enemies were about to leave the slaughterhouse, they were blocked by more than a dozen light machine guns from the front again. While the Japanese were struggling desperately, the defenders had blocked their last retreat.

Major Kubo suddenly felt his eyes go dark, knowing that he had no chance of survival. He made up his mind and shouted:
"Warriors, the Emperor is here!"

After shouting the slogan, Major Kubo raised his saber high and led the remaining one hundred or so Japanese soldiers to launch an Itaya charge in the face of machine gun bullets. They were trying to break through head-on.

The company responsible for sealing the gap opened fire at full force, firing dense volleys of bullets at the Japs, mowing them down in groups.

In order to lead them to break out, the Japanese artillery also fired madly at their positions. Every shell would cause a lot of casualties to the third company of Fengkouzi, but they ignored it. They only had eyes for the Japanese in Kubo Battalion.
It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers. The first battalion commander Li Jiaxun of the three infantry companies brought by Colonel Kubo does not intend to let any of them go.

Major Kubo was hit by several machine gun bullets and fell down unwillingly. The city of Jinling was about to be captured, but he capsized because of his underestimation of the enemy.

In the end, not a single Japanese soldier managed to leave the Second Detachment's position alive. Because the incident happened suddenly, the 13th Regiment was unable to respond effectively and could only watch them being wiped out.

Colonel Yasuyuki Okamoto, the commander of the 13th Infantry Regiment, took a long time to utter a curse:
“Bagayalu, Yue Qianli is indeed a vicious and venomous snake, cunning and crafty;

This is just the beginning, I will be back!"

Senior staff officer Major Ryozo Miyakawa took over his words and said:
"Sir, the offensive of the 114th Division next door is not going well either—"

"Bakayarō, the Kumamoto Division is no match for the 114th Division. Ask the division commander for tactical guidance. Use artillery to blow them up and avenge the warriors!"

Colonel Okamoto Yasuyuki could only regard this as a exploratory attack, but the losses were too great. Three infantry squadrons were annihilated, and the Sixth Division had never suffered such heavy casualties. He wanted to say a few words to Major Kubo's family, but considering that the dead are the most important, he had to give up and swallowed his anger;
The 114th Division was also cursing. Their attack on the left wing also ended in heavy losses. The difference was that they only suffered more than a hundred casualties, and one squadron even saved dozens of people.

The battle between the two sides officially began. Taking advantage of the Japanese's underestimation of the enemy, China won a small victory, killing more than 600 Japanese soldiers, and also suffered more than 100 casualties.

The exchange ratio reached an astonishing 6 to 1, but this is not replicable. The 13th Wing simply underestimated the enemy and will not have the same opportunity in the future.

The second detachment had just finished cleaning up the battlefield when the enemy's artillery bombardment began. The whistles of the anti-artillery fire could be heard from a long distance away.

The soldiers hid in the anti-artillery caves and let the Japanese do whatever they wanted. Since they did not have air superiority, the defending artillery did not attack the Japanese. They could not afford the artillery shells, so they just hid in the anti-artillery caves and let the Japanese do whatever they wanted.

"Hundreds of the Japanese soldiers have died. We must make them mourn!"

Thinking of this, Sergeant Luo Linkun's chest tightness eased a lot. He was a defeated soldier picked up by the Second Battalion of the former 527th Regiment, which was still called the Guerrilla Brigade at that time;
The boy was not very happy at first. He was a soldier from the Civil Engineering Department of the Central Army and naturally looked down on the guerrilla brigade.

Later, when I found out it was the 88th Division, I immediately changed my face to a smiley one, a typical example of someone who despises the poor and loves the rich;
The 88th Division was even more powerful than the Civil Engineering Department and was a German-equipped division, so he stayed there to fight the Japanese with peace of mind, as long as he was paid and had enough food to eat.

The Japanese retaliatory bombardment lasted for more than half an hour. Luo Linkun and his squad were lucky enough not to be bombed. Everyone was safe and sound, which made him very happy.
A sharp whistle sounded from the position. This was the observation post reminding everyone that the Japanese were coming up. Luo Linkun, the squad leader, shouted:
"The Japs are coming, follow me to kill them!"

After he finished shouting, he rushed out first. As a squad leader, he had to rush to the front. He held an MP28 submachine gun in his hand. He would not be able to use this weapon in the Civil Engineering Department, but a squad leader in the 88th Division had one.

As soon as Luo Linkun stuck his head out, he saw rows of Japanese soldiers rushing up madly at a very fast speed;

Without thinking, he fired a volley of bullets at the shit-yellow figure, knocking down at least two or three people.

Luo Linkun didn't have time to think about it, and fired two more long bursts at the devils, and the bullets were all gone;

But the effect was also very obvious. He killed several devils in a short breath, and then shouted:

"Where are the machine guns—machine guns!
Fuck these sons of bitches!"

He used to be a class monitor, so he is used to making a lot of noise. Only when he yells can the atmosphere be created.

Luo Linkun quickly changed another magazine, and the machine gun of squad seven started firing. After a few rounds of fire, the Japanese offensive was stopped. The Japanese's wish to rush into the position in one go was dashed, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

(End of this chapter)