Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"boom!"

As the trigger was pulled, a deep rumble came from the muzzle, making Old Wu and his assistant's ears ring.

A huge fireball erupted from the muzzle of the gun, bullets whistled through the air, and the shockwave from the muzzle brake kicked up a cloud of dust.

The .50 BMG bullets used by McMillan have a kinetic energy of 15200 joules.

The muzzle velocity reached 835 meters per second, which is more than twice the speed of sound at 680 meters per second.

"call out--"

However, for the Japanese soldiers, what they heard first was the sharp, piercing sound of bullets breaking the sound barrier.

The bullet arrived in less than 3.5 seconds of flight.

Captain Nagao Hamayuu, who was walking briskly toward the second trench, was shot from the side before he could react.

Under the immense kinetic energy, he was as if hit by a speeding car, flying backwards diagonally.

The bullet struck his ribs, shattering them and sending countless tiny bone fragments ravaging his body, injuring all his internal organs.

After the bullet shattered his ribs, its kinetic energy did not dissipate; instead, it continued to penetrate through his right rear, leaving a large hole the size of a fist.

The woolen military overcoat he was wearing was also torn apart by bullets.

"Hehe~"

Nagao Hamayuu lay on the ground, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything before his head lolled to the side.

It wasn't until Captain Nagao Hamayu fell to the ground that a loud gunshot rang out, drifting over from afar.

"Enemy attack!"

The adjutant shouted and hurriedly called for his men, pulling Nagao Hamayuo back to the forward command post they had just been at.

Captain Nagao Hamayu was already dead at this point.

When they turned his body over, they saw that half of his chest had been destroyed.

"What...what kind of weapon is this?"

The adjutant was extremely shocked.

Even their Type 92 heavy machine gun, using 7.7x58mm SR rounds, could not inflict such terrifying damage.

He carefully held the binoculars, looking around, but he still couldn't find any enemy.

……

Old Wu fired a shot, pulled up the bolt handle to unlock the bolt, and then pulled to extract the empty cartridge case.

"Bang!"

The empty cartridge case fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Having done all that, his gaze, through the scope, had already fallen to the ground, revealing the image of Nagao Hamayuo.

"Let's go find the other two!"

Old Wu said to his assistant.

Nagao Hamayu was shot in the chest and had no chance of surviving.

And so, the assistant, carrying the long spear, left with Old Wu.

Old Wu still wanted to find an opportunity to kill the regimental commander, Kuwahara Hideaki.

……

Faced with the Eighth Route Army soldiers wearing bulletproof vests and carrying bulletproof shields, the second line of defense of the Japanese Third Battalion was eventually captured.

The remaining Japanese troops retreated directly to the rear, even abandoning their reserve positions.

This allowed the Eighth Route Army to launch an attack on the two Japanese battalions on the left and right flanks.

Similarly, they could also advance deep into the enemy territory and attack the Japanese regimental command posts behind their lines.

Only then did the Japanese regimental commander panic.

"That useless, idiotic, good-for-nothing Nagao Hamayuo couldn't even hold off a single battalion of Chinese soldiers!"

Hideaki Awahara angrily retorted, "If it weren't for his incompetence, which led to the defeat of the Third Battalion, would the regiment have fallen into such a crisis?"

In his understanding, an Eighth Route Army regiment would need to rely on surprise attacks and ambushes to barely hold off a battalion's attack.

But now, a battalion from the Independent Regiment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region has decimated an entire infantry battalion of their regiment.

Such a brilliant record was something even the Kuomintang's Central Army's German-equipped divisions could not achieve.

However, now is not the time to think about these things. If they do not retreat, they may be completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

Hideaki Awahara said unwillingly, "Order the other two battalions to leave a small number of men to snipe, and the rest to withdraw with the regimental headquarters!"

The original order given to them by Lieutenant General Itagaki, the division commander, was to defeat the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region Independent Regiment and completely annihilate the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region in Wutai County.

But now it seems that their mission has been a complete failure.

They might even be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army if they didn't return to the county town.

"yes!"

The wing chief of staff responded and immediately issued orders to the front lines.

Therefore, the first and second infantry battalions also began to withdraw to the rear.

"If those Japanese devils try to escape, we must keep them pinned down!"

Observing the Japanese army's intentions, Regiment Commander Yang immediately ordered, "Have the comrades from the county brigade and district squads harass, disrupt, and intercept reinforcements from the Japanese army ahead!"

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Xiong activated the repeater and used a walkie-talkie to issue guerrilla warfare orders to the guerrilla fighters 20 kilometers away.

After the order was issued, the guerrilla fighters began to sabotage roads and lay ambushes on the Japanese army's route back to the city, carrying out guerrilla harassment against the Japanese troops.

Part of the Independent Regiment closely followed the Japanese army, constantly engaging them in firefights, while the rest encircled and completely annihilated the Japanese troops left behind to cover their retreat.

Along the way, the Japanese army was pursuing them from behind, and guerrillas were harassing them from the front. The roads were also full of fallen boulders and large trees, making it impossible to move quickly.

Faced with this situation, Regiment Commander Hideaki Awaihara had no choice but to order: "Destroy all those artillery pieces and request reinforcements from the division commander!"

He knew that if he wanted to escape, he had to travel light.

Otherwise, given the road conditions, they would have been dragged to death by the hundreds of kilograms of artillery.

……

The county town in the rear.

This is the location of the temporary headquarters of the 5th Division.

"Baka!"

Upon receiving the telegram requesting reinforcements from Regiment Commander Hideaki Awaihara, Seishiro Itagaki couldn't help but burst into curses: "A Class A regiment of nearly 4000 men was actually defeated by a brigade of over 5000 men from the Eighth Route Army! They're truly a bunch of idiots!"

In the past, a regiment could defeat a Class B division of the Kuomintang or the Jin-Sui Army.

To defeat a full-strength German-equipped division, one would need a brigade, which is equivalent to two regiments.

As for the Eighth Route Army, it has always relied mainly on guerrilla warfare and ambush warfare.

But in just six months, a 5000-strong brigade of the Eighth Route Army was able to defeat their Class A regiment.

If we calculate it this way, wouldn't the combat strength of an Eighth Route Army division be stronger than that of their brigade?

"I never imagined that the Eighth Route Army would become such a serious threat to my Great Japanese Empire!"

Seishiro Itagaki said in a deep voice, "Order other areas to send reinforcements. We must save the 21st Regiment; we can't let them be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!"

Since the start of their full-scale invasion of China, not a single regiment of the Japanese army has been completely annihilated.

Therefore, the 21st Regiment must not be allowed to be destroyed!