binnovel Chapter 445 End of the battle
Chapter 445 End of the battle
For the Japanese troops still on the pontoon bridge, they are now in great pain.
They saw what happened to the bridge-chasing troops in front of them on the pontoon bridge. Even the regiment commander, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, was unable to cross the pontoon bridge despite the protection of more than 30 people, let alone them trying to cross the pontoon bridge alive.
However, if they cannot cross the pontoon bridge, they will be doomed. The Chinese army's pursuit troops will soon attack the riverside, and by then, they will not be able to cross the pontoon bridge.
The highest commander on the pontoon bridge now is Captain Michiharu Umezawa, the captain of the 1st Squadron of the 2nd Battalion. He saw clearly that the regiment commander, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, was knocked down by the blocking fire of the Chinese army just now. When Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima fell, the captain Michiharu Umezawa, the captain of the squadron, who had originally held high hopes for the bridge attack operation, was immediately extinguished like a basin of cold water.
The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, took a look at the pontoon bridge, which was now covered with corpses of Japanese officers and soldiers. Some bodies had fallen into the Miluo River, and some had been washed downstream by the river. The entire pontoon bridge and the river surface on both sides were now a scene of destruction.
Squadron leader Captain Michiharu Umezawa saw that more than a dozen officers and soldiers on the pontoon bridge had fallen down after being hit by the Chinese army's blockade fire. Instead, they were still trying to crawl to the other side on the pontoon bridge covered with corpses. The scene was really tragic.
All the officers and soldiers who were hit on the pontoon bridge were looking at the miserable and bloody scene in front of them. The hearts of every Japanese officer and soldier were filled with strong negative emotions. Some were terrified, some were pale, some were trembling slightly, and some had firm eyes. Everyone showed a different mental outlook when facing such despair.
"Everyone, pay attention. We must cross this pontoon bridge. Only by crossing the bridge can we survive. Think about your families. For the sake of the Empire of Japan, for the honor of the Sixth Division, and for the sake of seeing your loved ones again, gentlemen, bring out your Bushido spirit and charge." The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, drew out his command knife, glared with his eyes wide open and his face flushed as he roared loudly.
The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, also made a decision. If they stayed on the pontoon bridge, there would be no hope of survival. It would be better to lead the troops to fight before the Chinese army's pursuit troops attacked.
Although the action of charging the bridge is similar to suicide no matter how you look at it, there is no other way out now. If you jump into the river and swim across, then that's out of the question. Not to mention that some officers and soldiers can't swim, even if they can swim, there is no guarantee that they have the physical strength to swim to the other side of the river.
Besides, how could the Chinese army's blockade firepower allow everyone to hold a swimming competition smoothly? At that time, the Chinese army could hold a shooting competition against the officers and soldiers swimming slowly in the river, and then these officers and soldiers in the water would only be beaten.
The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, pointed his command knife at the pontoon bridge, and the Japanese officers and soldiers on the pontoon bridge immediately rushed onto the pontoon bridge with loud roars, starting their bloody journey to charge the bridge.
When the squadron leader Captain Michiharu Umezawa led the remaining Japanese troops to rush the bridge, Li Zhengying also led the attack force to eliminate the two squadrons of the Second Battalion responsible for rear guard, and then rushed to the riverside without even having time to clean up the battlefield.
When the squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, heard the shouting from the rear, he also hurriedly looked back. What he saw scared him greatly. He saw a large group of Chinese soldiers with loaded rifles and bayonets rushing in from the camp behind him.
The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, just took a quick glance and made a rough estimate in his mind that the number of Chinese troops rushing over from the rear would definitely not be less than 500 people, and this was only the first wave of Chinese troops. There would definitely be more Chinese troops rushing over later.
The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, has only more than 200 officers and soldiers around him. Now there is not even a defensive fortification on the pontoon bridge. This small force is going to fight the Chinese army unhindered, which will not even be enough to fill the teeth of the Chinese army.
"Hurry, rush onto the pontoon bridge, rush across the bridge as quickly as possible." The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, waved his command knife to order the officers and soldiers around him who had not yet rushed onto the pontoon bridge, and at the same time he began to rush towards the pontoon bridge.
Li Zhengying saw the Japanese troops rushing onto the pontoon bridge and shouted, "Brothers, the Japanese are trying to escape. Shoot! Shoot! Don't let them escape! Shoot!"
For a moment, the officers and soldiers of the New 100th Division who were charging raised their guns and shot while running. Although the sound of the gunfire was very scary, since the officers and soldiers of the New 100th Division were shooting while running, there was no need to question the accuracy of their shooting.
This round of shooting only knocked down the last dozen or so Japanese soldiers, and did not cause any chaos to the Japanese troops attacking the bridge.
Hao Jian basically wiped out all the Japanese troops that rushed into the defense line. Before Hao Jian could catch his breath, he heard gunshots from the troop positions blocking the pontoon bridge. As soon as Hao Jian heard the gunshots, he led his troops to run to the position blocking the pontoon bridge. He must not let them down at the last moment.
After Hao Jian led his troops to the position responsible for blocking the pontoon bridge, he saw clearly the movements of the Japanese troops on the bridge. When he saw the Japanese troops running frantically to the other side of the bridge, Hao Jian ordered the people he brought with him to quickly join in the shooting at the Japanese troops on the pontoon bridge, further increasing the firepower blocking the pontoon bridge.
The squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, had very bad luck. He didn't even reach half of the pontoon bridge before he was knocked down on the pontoon bridge by the blocking fire of the New 100th Division. However, the squadron leader, Captain Michiharu Umezawa, was lucky. At least he did not feel too much pain, but went to see Amaterasu in a very short time.
Li Zhengying led the pursuing troops to the riverside of the pontoon bridge. Without even having time to catch their breath, everyone stood along the riverside and practiced shooting at the Japanese soldiers running on the pontoon bridge.
In less than five minutes, there was no Japanese soldier still standing on the pontoon bridge. Li Zhengying wiped the sweat from his face with his hand, and then ordered a platoon of officers and soldiers to go up to the pontoon bridge and kill all the wounded Japanese soldiers with a stern face. Of course, except for officers with high enough ranks, the other Japanese soldiers were of no value to the new 100th Division.
This platoon of officers and soldiers walked onto the pontoon bridge carefully with bayonets in hand, and then stabbed the Japanese soldiers who fell on the bridge one by one. This was also to prevent the Japanese soldiers from faking their death. This kind of battlefield cleaning work was not easy to do. The Japanese soldiers would often detonate grenades and kill themselves together with a few officers and soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield.
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