Volume 1 Chapter 036 Bloody Battle (Part 2)
"Here!" Deputy Battalion Commander Liu Bin bent over and ran over in small steps.
Shi Song ordered: "You lead a company to escort the artillery platoon and the clerks to break out. We will stay here to cover you!"
Mortars are important weapons and equipment for the 358th Regiment.
It must not be captured by the Japanese and must be escorted back to the regiment headquarters.
The illiteracy rate in China is too high in this era!
The signalmen in the camp, who were literate clerks, were also very important personnel and could not die easily. They had to be protected so that they could break out.
Liu Bin was shocked when he heard that the battalion commander wanted to lead his troops to break out on his own.
He shouted: "Battalion Commander, you break through, I will stay and cover you!"
This was no time for discussion. Shi Song shouted angrily, "This is an order. Execute it immediately!"
Liu Bin knew that he could not disobey orders.
He shouted, "Take care, Battalion Commander. Follow me from the Third Company!"
Shi Song looked at Shen Quan, the captain of the broadsword team beside him, and felt very guilty.
Originally, if Shen Quan escorted the others to break out, the chances of success would be greater.
But Shisong needs the Big Knife Team to hold on here and hold back the Japanese.
Otherwise, if the Japanese easily broke through here, none of Liu Bin and his men would be able to escape.
Shi Song said apologetically: "You are a real man! It's a pity that I, the battalion commander, was greedy and got you into trouble!"
Normally Shen Quan looked down on Shi Song, thinking that he had the style of an old-fashioned military officer.
But he could clearly order the deputy battalion commander to stay and hold the position while he broke out on his own.
However, he let the deputy battalion commander break through, while he stayed behind to cover their retreat.
Shen Quan's impression of him changed greatly.
He clenched the sword in his hand and said, "The Japanese want to swallow us up in one bite, but they still lack a good set of teeth! Even if we die, we must take two people with us, so that we will not lose!"
Shi Song heard this and laughed. "Right! Damn it, even if I die, I have to take two more people with me. Otherwise, it will be a loss! Brothers, I, Shi Song, am sorry for you all. I will repay you in my next life! Brothers, the commander has been very kind to us. We will fight to the death today and let everyone in the regiment know that there is not a single coward in our 5th Battalion!"
Most of the soldiers in the 5th Battalion knew that they would probably die here today.
Since the commanders are not afraid of death, what can we soldiers say?
Anyway, even if we die, the leader will not treat us unfairly.
The remaining soldiers of the 5th Battalion roared in unison.
"Fight to the death!"
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Hearing the roar coming from the position, Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda could clearly hear a sense of determination to face death.
Endless doubts arose in his mind.
When did the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army become so brave?
What exactly happened?
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda had no idea what had happened to the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, but he knew that the momentum of the 358th Regiment must be crushed.
The 358th Regiment must not be allowed to develop its military spirit, as such an enemy will be formidable.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda shouted to the signalman beside him: "Tell Major Sato that I don't want to hear any casualty reports, I just want the enemy's heads!"
The signalman quickly bowed his head and said, "Yes!"
The Japanese artillery fire stopped, and the Japs came to the front of the position with guns.
Shi Song, Shen Quan and other officers from the 5th Battalion have stood up from the earthworks.
This time, Shi Song did not stay in the battalion command post. He held a rifle with a bayonet and shouted.
"Kill! Fight to the death!"
The soldiers of the 5th Battalion roared in unison in response.
"Fight to the death!"
Under the leadership of Shi Song and Shen Quan, the soldiers of the 5th Battalion, less than 200 men remaining, shouted and charged towards the Japanese army.
The Japanese Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army soon came together and it turned into a real close combat and hand-to-hand combat.
Here the knife pierces your abdomen, and there the knife has already chopped off the enemy's head.
If the knife breaks, then use your hands or your teeth. As long as you can kill the enemy, nothing else matters.
The sound of steel knives cutting into flesh and blood splattering was heard constantly.
Shouts, gunshots, and bugle calls resounded through the sky, as soldiers and officers alike struggled to the last of their strength for their survival.
"Ah--" a Japanese soldier roared, his face distorted due to excessive force, looking even more ferocious. He had just stabbed his bayonet into the heart of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army.
The soldier let out a cry of agony, yelling in agony, but to no avail.
Just as the Japanese soldier proudly pulled out his bayonet, his back was pierced fiercely.
The injured Japanese soldiers became even more ferocious, like injured wild beasts. They screamed and took out the melon grenades from their waists and touched each other.
Boom! Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the two people were blown to pieces.
The Japs were brutal, but the soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the 358th Regiment were not there to just sit there and do nothing.
Especially the big knife team carefully formed by Chu Yunfei.
"Dang dang dang..." Shen Quan, covered in blood, held a big knife and chopped and hacked around Major Sato. The sharp impact sounds were as dense as rain.
In the fierce battle, Shen Quan's broadsword had already rolled up, and the broadsword in his hand was picked up from a fallen broadsword team soldier.
With his ferocious face and constant roars, he looked like a madman at first glance.
Major Sato held his officer's sword and tried hard to block Shen Quan's continuous slashing.
In his heart, he was already feeling anger and fear towards this almost crazy opponent.
In terms of skills alone, Major Sato is no worse than Shen Quan.
But there is one thing that he can never compare to Shen Quan.
crazy!
The madness of fighting to the death for victory - if the weapon is broken, you can pick it up again.
The body is injured and the blood is drained.
As long as I can kill the enemy in front of me, I will do anything, even with my teeth.
This fearless spirit left Major Sato helpless.
Major Sato's scalp tingled.
The guy in front of me is a lunatic.
He had no intention of surviving at all, and every blow he made was without any regard for his own life or death.
He just wants to kill himself before he dies.
He was just thinking about dragging himself to death.
madman!
The broadsword is the most domineering melee weapon. Wherever it goes, fingers and arms will be cut off and fly everywhere.
Led by the big knife team, the morale of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army became increasingly high, and they fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army.
The 5th Battalion is fighting hard, but now there are less than 200 people.
A Japanese battalion still has 1,000 people.
Their bayonet tactics were already weak, and they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Even though the 5th Battalion had fought with their lives, they were still at a disadvantage.
Even the 5th Battalion Commander Shi Song, who had just stabbed his bayonet into the chest of a Japanese soldier, had not yet pulled out the bayonet.
A Japanese soldier came at him from the side with a rifle. Shi Song dodged in a hurry, but was still stabbed in the thigh by the soldier.
He put down the rifle in his hand, pulled out the box gun at his waist and fired two shots at the enemy who was coming sideways.
Bang bang…
The Japanese were forced to retreat again and again by the impact of the bullet, and his bayonet was also pulled out by him.
Hiss...
Shi Song took a deep breath and covered the wound with his left hand to stop the blood from gushing out.
He raised his head with difficulty and watched the soldiers of the 5th Battalion being killed one by one by the Japanese.
His face was filled with sorrow.
The 5th Battalion, which was just established, is it going to be disbanded today?
Suddenly, a row of artillery shells flew in from a distance, landed among the Japanese troops and exploded with a loud bang, killing more than a dozen people on the spot.
Then, light and heavy machine guns began to scream, and bullets whistled into the Japanese troops, causing new casualties and chaos.
Under the horrified gaze of the Japanese army, thousands of Shanxi-Suiyuan Army soldiers rushed towards them from the side.
"kill!"
