binnovel Chapter 389 No Reinforcements
Chapter 389 No Reinforcements
However, the regiment commander, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa, had no ability to resist. He had retreated prematurely, which resulted in the 104th Regiment's retreat route being cut off by the Chinese army. Although he insisted that he started retreating at the prescribed time, the regiment commander, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa, knew that the division commander and the chief of staff must know some of the tricks.
It's just that this matter is quite big, so they have to pretend that they don't know about it. Otherwise, the reputation of the 16th Division will be ruined. If they betray their teammates like this, who would dare to fight alongside the 16th Division in the future?
However, if he only had such a small number of troops, it would be no different from committing suicide. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, was even very pessimistic and believed that he and his 38th Regiment would stay here forever this time.
Of course, unless a miracle happens, the reinforcements will not be able to arrive within two days or one day. However, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa, does not think that the reinforcements will arrive in such a short time. The Chinese army has made such a great effort and now only has the 16th Division left. How could they miss such a good opportunity?
The regiment commander, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, and his troops were building defensive positions in the dark, but the defense line assigned to the 38th Regiment by Chief of Staff Major General Takuma Ishikawa was a bit too long, which resulted in the already exhausted officers and soldiers expending more energy to dig trenches.
The regiment commander, Colonel Shizuji Sukekawa, believed that the length of the defense line assigned by the chief of staff, Major General Takuma Ishikawa, was too unreasonable. Under normal circumstances, the defense line assigned to the 38th Regiment would require a complete infantry battalion to defend.
However, his own troops now have more than 700 people, which is only a little more than half the strength of a normal infantry battalion. The troops are still composed of 300 exhausted remnants and more than 400 baggage soldiers with average combat capabilities. How can they defend the position well?
In fact, the regiment commander, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, also understood why the Chief of Staff, Major General Takuma Ishikawa, made such arrangements. It was very simple. If all the troops were withdrawn, the controllable range of the 16th Division would be greatly reduced.
The most critical thing is that if the 16th Division wants to hold on for a long time, it can only rely on the airdropped supplies and ammunition from the Air Force. However, without enough controlled areas, the Air Force will not be able to airdrop supplies at all. If this is the case, the 16th Division can only wait for death.
Just defend it, no matter how hard you try, the commander of the corps, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, encouraged himself in his heart, at a time like this, you can only comfort yourself.
After a night of intense digging and construction, the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army had basically completed the construction of the defense circle. Although it was not perfect, time and physical strength did not allow the Japanese officers and soldiers to continue digging positions, because the offensive artillery fire of the Chinese troops had begun to bombard the Japanese defense positions.
The regiment commander, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, sat in the regiment headquarters that had been dug out overnight, with a gloomy face as he felt the continuous sound of artillery shells exploding on the battlefield and the dust falling from above along with the explosions.
In the attack of the Chinese army, the little bit of luck in the heart of the commander of the regiment, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, disappeared without a trace. When did the Chinese army use so many artillery to launch an attack? When did the Chinese army be so willing to use artillery shells?
What does this mean? This means that the Chinese army is determined to defeat the 16th Division. Is this the Chinese army's artillery attack? No, this is the Chinese army's determination to completely destroy the 16th Division.
Moreover, this was only the first attack in the morning. The Chinese army dared to launch such a large-scale attack during the day. How large would the scale of the night raid be? It was estimated that after tonight, the hundreds of people he had would be completely overwhelmed by the Chinese army's sea of people.
No, we have to ask the division commander for support. Only the crying child gets the candy. The only way out is to survive. The few people in our regiment will not be able to hold on. If the Chinese army continues to attack our defense line at this rate during the day, our defense line will be broken through by the Chinese army in the afternoon, without having to wait until night.
"Moshimoshi, hello, moshimoshi, baka, where is the signalman? Go and check and repair the line. Messenger, report to the division commander. The Chinese army is launching a large-scale fierce attack on our positions. Request tactical guidance from the division commander. Go quickly." After the regiment commander, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa, picked up the phone and shouted, he found out that the telephone line must have been blown off by the Chinese army's artillery fire.
Three minutes after the regiment commander, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa, sent a messenger to ask the division commander for reinforcements, the Chinese artillery unit stopped its artillery support before the attack. The moment the artillery fire stopped, the regiment commander, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa, knew that the Chinese army's infantry attack was about to begin.
The regiment commander, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, did not care about the danger and rushed out of the command post with his command knife, shouting at the officers to quickly call all the soldiers in the anti-artillery cave to the position. He had to withstand the first attack of the Chinese army, otherwise, even if the division commander sent reinforcements, it would be meaningless to him.
The new 210th Division of the New 210nd Army was responsible for attacking the 210th Regiment's defense line. In the previous battles, the new th Division also suffered heavy losses. During the rest period yesterday, the new th Division also reorganized the troops and concentrated the combat effectiveness of the troops.
The officers and soldiers of the attack force of the new 210th Division had rich combat experience. When they reached meters away from the Japanese defense line, the attack force dispersed and cooperated with each other in squads and platoons to launch an all-round attack on the defense line of the th Regiment.
This attack method hit the weak spot of the 210th Regiment of the Japanese Army. The defense line was originally understaffed, and under the attack of the new th Division, it was immediately in a state of emergency. The regiment commander, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he had no way to deal with it and could only let the officers and soldiers on the defense line hold on.
The regiment commander, Colonel Shizue Sukekawa, can only hope in his heart that the reinforcements sent by the division commander will arrive quickly. He is no longer sure whether his troops can withstand the first attack of the Chinese army.
But five minutes later, the messenger sent out brought very bad news to the regiment commander, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa. The division commander had no reinforcements to send, and instead ordered the regiment commander, Colonel Shizueji Sukekawa, to lead the troops to hold their positions until the last man.