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Chapter 1,116 The Japanese Army Besieged

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    More than a dozen cluster grenades were thrown out of the trenches by the veterans and thrown to the Japanese soldiers who were prostrate below and did not dare to move casually.

    When the Japanese soldiers saw the cluster grenade, someone immediately planned to pick it up and throw it back.  But often the cluster grenades explode as soon as their palms touch the grenades.

    Some soldiers who are more skilled and brave will directly delay for three seconds before throwing the cluster grenade.  In this way, the grenade has a certain chance of exploding directly on the head of the Japanese army.  When the grenade fragments fall from the sky, the blow to the Japanese army will be even greater.

    Under the intensive bombardment of cluster grenades, the Kitano Squadron could no longer withstand it and had no choice but to retreat back, at least out of the bombardment range of the grenades.

    But once they retreated like this, the intensive firepower from above made it impossible for them to advance so close.

    The follow-up Japanese main attack force launched an attack on the positions of the Independent Regiment and several other regiments.  However, the rising flares and the extremely dense firepower network made the Japanese army's advance become a daytime situation again.

    That is, when the soldiers finally advanced to a position of about 100 meters, they were suppressed by fierce firepower. In the end, they suffered huge casualties before they even touched the position.  The only option is to retreat temporarily and reorganize the attack.

    When they organized the attack again, they chose areas where the heavy machine gun firepower was not very dense. As a result, the heavy machine gun positions on the independent regiment were adjusted again and continued to cause damage to the Japanese army.  When the Japanese army approaches to a distance of about thirty meters, the flamethrower will come in handy at this time, turning all Japanese soldiers who try to get closer into roast suckling pigs.

    Their continuous attack lasted until about three o'clock in the morning. The division commander of the 114th Division finally realized that the night battle, which he thought was an advantage, was not an advantage compared to the opponent, and was even their shortcoming.

    Because no matter how circuitous their troops are, or how they use the illumination of flares to attack blind spots, they will eventually be discovered, and then the bullets of the heavy machine guns will be directed towards their faces.

    In just one night, the Japanese army left a large number of corpses in front of the Xiongfeng Ridge position.  There were also many wounded Japanese soldiers who kept wailing on the slopes, and were then searched for one by one by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and the Fourth Division above, who shot them from a distance to end their suffering.

    The Japanese army gave up the night attack plan and began to think of other methods, waiting for troops on the flanks to find other detours.

    As for the fighting on the valley side, it lasted until dawn, and the two sides finally stopped for a while.

    The living space of the Japanese 30th Brigade became even narrower at this time.  And the casualties were very heavy, with the casualty rate exceeding the terrifying fifty percent.  On the battlefield, such a casualty rate basically means that the brigade has lost its combat capability.

    "Our four charges have all failed. The enemy has established a firm foothold on the highlands on both sides of the valley. We cannot attack them." Mitsuo Nakazawa, whose face was full of cannon fodder, took the remaining 700 soldiers with him.  Many soldiers returned to their division headquarters.

    Looking at those soldiers, I knew that they had tried their best to rescue me.  It's just that the enemy now has advantages over them in every aspect.

    At this time, he began to regret a little and asked the 30th Brigade to come here for support.  And now he guessed that the enemy might have deciphered their semaphore, so they were able to ambush in advance, leaving the 30th Brigade still trapped in the valley in a dilemma.

    After a whole night of fighting, the 30th Brigade lost more than half of its troops. At this time, the entire valley was extremely quiet, and even the sporadic gunshots before could not be heard.

    But such silence did not make Sasaki feel at ease.  Because he knew very well that the enemy did not intend to let them go, but was actively preparing for war, looking for opportunities to annihilate their remaining troops in one fell swoop.

    At this time, Sasaki's troops were in a very awkward position. Not only was it very narrow, but there were not many places for them to hide.

    He ordered the soldiers to dig trenches overnight. The hard frozen soil and many stones in the soil made their digging work extremely difficult.  You know, the trenches on the positions on both sides of the valley were dug by the soldiers for a whole day.

    The remaining soldiers of the Japanese army hid in these simple trenches to rest and seize the time to restore their strength.

    In another section of the trench, a large number of wounded Japanese soldiers gathered there, and some people kept wailing from late last night until now.  But heThere was a lack of medicine at this time, and many medical personnel also left the team following the first wave of wounded soldiers passing through.

    In the trenches, there were many wounded Japanese soldiers who died directly in the trenches due to excessive blood loss or low temperature.

    "If you don't get closer and take a closer look at the person sitting there in the trench, you will never know whether that person is sleeping or dead.

    On the hilltop position above their heads, Xia Yang made some adjustments to the troops and supported some weapons for the mission of annihilating the Japanese troops below.

    In addition to these equipment, there are also some loudspeakers, which were also arranged around the position at the top of the hillside under Xia Yang's order.

    Xia Yang walked on the top of the slope, and then used the telescope to observe the situation of the Japanese troops below.

    In the valley at this time, Japanese corpses could be seen everywhere. The corpses of thousands of people almost covered the valley.  In some places, the corpses of Japanese soldiers were even piled up like a hill.  Among these corpses, there were also many corpses of war horses, some of which belonged to the Japanese cavalry, and many of which belonged to the cavalry regiment.

    "How many brothers did we lose last night?" Xia Yang asked.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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