Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 201 The bayonet is red
The main position of Yingzui Slope was still lost, but the Japanese did not gain any advantage, losing at least 500 people. Most of the 3rd Battalion was killed or wounded, including the battalion commander, 3 of the 2 company commanders, and more than half of the platoon leaders. The remaining 300 people all retreated to the main position of Laohudong.

The south slope position was also abandoned after a fierce battle, and the second battalion retreated to the Tiger Cave position, with nearly half of its soldiers killed or wounded.

Although the Training Corps was the most elite force of the Nationalist Army, its firepower configuration was completely different from that of the 16th Division. Most of the casualties of the Nationalist Army came from artillery strikes.

Wang Jianfei felt very painful to use officers and non-commissioned officers to fight a positional war with the Japanese, but he had no choice. Military orders were as heavy as a mountain, and behind them was the city of Nanjing!

“Since someone must sacrifice, let this generation bear all the suffering and fight all the battles;

As long as our descendants never have to fight again, we are willing to give everything, including our lives!"

Wang Jianfei muttered silently in his heart, his eyes became firm, and he had only one belief - if you want to fight, then fight!

"Boom boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The next morning, after being quiet for the whole afternoon, the Japanese finally came up with a big move and sent hundreds of planes to bombard the Purple Mountain position.
They not only used explosive bombs, but also incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs, setting the entire Purple Mountain on fire!
The 5th Regiment responded calmly and defended Tiger's Mouth to the death, killing many enemies and leaving corpses all over the ground. The 6th Regiment, which was the reserve force, also endured countless artillery shells and suffered heavy casualties at Hill 382, ​​the first peak of Purple Mountain.

On the right wing hill of Yuhuatai, the Kumamoto Regiment, after receiving reinforcements from the division headquarters, regained its combat effectiveness. After resting for half a day, it could not wait to launch an attack;

For Colonel Okamoto, there is only one way to wash away the shame of the Kumamoto Regiment, that is to forcibly capture the defenders' positions and then destroy them all!

"Gentlemen, remember, the Ming Division (a nickname for the Sixth Division) does not want any prisoners of war! Everyone will have a share after the city is captured.

The Japanese soldiers took the order and launched another attack on the position of the Second Detachment. The Japanese soldiers were determined to win this time, and the defenders refused to give in. The two sides fought hard again.

Lieutenant Colonel Obata Yasuharu had never fought a battle so helpless before. The defenders' position was not strategic, just a small hill.

The defenders built several earthworks and had no more than 5 men, but they were able to block the successive attacks of their three battalions and inflict huge casualties on them.

"Bakayaloo, it's not that the Imperial Army is incompetent, it's that the Chinese are too cunning!"

Lieutenant Colonel Obata finally found the reason, and Major Taniuchi took over and said:
"Obata-kun, I have already found out that the one guarding the hill on the right wing of Yuhuatai is Yue Qianli's famous second detachment, formerly the second battalion of the 527th regiment. The organization of the th regiment was destroyed by them!"

Lieutenant Colonel Obata took a deep breath and said with a painful expression:

"I used to think that the 7th Regiment couldn't compare to the Kumamoto Regiment. Now it seems that we underestimated Yue Qianli's troops. With equal strength, they can single-handedly challenge any regiment."

"Obata-kun, if you challenge any regiment with equal forces, aren't you trying to boost their morale and destroy your own prestige?"

"Taniuchi-kun, the Kumamoto Regiment is already one of the best regiments, and the defending army is only one regiment. After fighting for so long, can't they prove their combat power?
I say this not to destroy my own prestige, but to eliminate them at all costs. China cannot have such flag bearers. Killing them will make future battles much easier."

At the main position of the first battalion, rows of Japanese soldiers came like a tide, wave after wave, and each wave of attack was a desperate fight. Li Jiaxun's reserve troops could not hold on;
Almost all the battalion members went to the front, and he, the battalion commander, also went to the front, which caused dissatisfaction among the company commander, Major Zhou Rixing, who protested:
"Battalion Commander, your command center is in the back, it's dangerous here!" No wonder Company Commander Zhou was so dissatisfied. The Kuomintang's combat company suffered heavy casualties among platoon leaders, and he had just taken over, and was already the third in office.

Li Jiaxun didn't seem to realize it, and waved his hand and said:

"You fight your own battles, I won't interfere with you. If I keep hiding behind you, how can I grasp the enemy's situation on the battlefield?

The devils are coming, quickly push the bastards away, I won’t survive this time!”

Seeing that he couldn't convince him, Captain Zhou had no choice but to leave the command center to the battalion commander and go to the front of the platoon to command.

Zhou Rixing was also a defeated soldier who was gathered together. He was a battalion commander of the Northeast Army before, but he could only be a deputy company commander when he arrived at the 88th Division.
After the company commander died, he took over the position of company commander. On the battlefield, the casualty rate of platoon leaders was even higher than that of soldiers.

Zhou Rixing had just arrived at the position when the Japanese rushed up. He glared at them and shouted:
"Brothers, let's fight this bastard!"

After Zhou Rixing finished shouting, he rushed forward towards the Japanese with his Mauser pistol in his hand. All the officers and soldiers of the company followed closely behind him. They collided with the Japanese and fell down in an instant.

In close combat, the Mauser pistol was still effective. Zhou Rixing showed no martial ethics and opened fire whenever he saw the Japanese. In a short while, he killed 4 of them.
Seeing that Zhou Rixing was very brave, a Japanese soldier also raised his gun and shot at him. The bullet went through Zhou Rixing's body. He just shook a little, then raised his gun and killed the Japanese soldier who attacked him. It was obvious that he suffered a penetrating wound.

The Type 38 rifle has extremely strong penetrating power, and it is easy to cause penetration wounds when shooting at close range. Some tough guys are still alive and well after being shot several times, like Zhou Rixing. He felt like he was just bitten by a mosquito.

The devils of the 30th Division had undergone special bayonet training. The slender Type rifle with a bayonet was more than centimeters longer than the short-barreled Mauser.
Don't underestimate these 30 centimeters. An inch longer is an inch stronger, not to mention a foot longer. In addition, the Japanese are well-nourished and each one is short and strong, so they have an advantage in a bayonet fight.

A group of three Japanese devils could often withstand the attack of a Chinese squad, so when Captain Shimizu Toshimichi saw the defenders rushing over to fight them with bayonets, he was delighted and chopped at them with his ancestral sword raised high, for he was a ninth-degree master in kendo.

Shimizu Toshimichi was indeed very skilled, and he chopped down a soldier on the spot. However, he did not expect that the Chinese soldier who was stabbed was also a ruthless person, and he grabbed his sword tightly with his hands;

Captain Shimizu gritted his teeth and pulled the soldier's body in half, with blood spurting all over his face.

Before he could put away his knife, a bullet hit his chest. He looked down in disbelief and saw that his body was bleeding. It was a southern pistol that hit him.
In order to deal with the Japanese bayonet tactics, Yue Qianli borrowed the tactics used by American soldiers in the Pacific battlefield against the Japanese and equipped the teams with a large number of captured Nambu pistols, giving each team leader one.

When fighting with bayonets, they were also divided into groups of three. Two riflemen were responsible for covering, and the group leader used a pistol to call out the names of the Japanese. This had a very good effect.
It would be difficult to kill a master like Captain Shimizu without using a gun, but now it's just a matter of one bullet.

Captain Shimizu fell down unwillingly. Due to the support of a large number of pistols, the Japanese did not gain any advantage in the melee, and the exchange ratio was basically 1:1.

The defenders had the advantage in manpower, and after a bloody battle, the Japanese were driven off their positions again.

"Bakayalu, your ancestors will all crawl out of their graves in shame!"

(End of this chapter)