freenovelworld Chapter 442: Bridge Charge
Chapter 442: Bridge Charge
Quick, charge forward, charge forward with greater force. Only by charging into the Chinese army's defense line can we create the best time to cross the pontoon bridge. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsubojima, nervously encouraged the attacking troops in his heart.
The officers and soldiers of the First Battalion responsible for the attack paid the price of nearly 200 casualties and approached the right side of the Chinese army's defense line at a distance of about 50 meters. At this distance, the shooting of Japanese officers and soldiers could pose a great threat to the Chinese officers and soldiers on the blocking line. The Japanese soldiers could maximize their advantage in shooting accuracy.
Hao Jian also kept encouraging the officers and soldiers on the defense line. Due to the rush of time, the simple defense line set up by Hao Jian did not even have a trench. The officers and soldiers were lying on the ground or behind some small earth mounds and shooting. If the Japanese army rushed up, the entire defense line would be loosened.
However, the Japanese army has now rushed to a distance of only 50 meters from the defense line. There are some places on the defense line where the firepower has dropped significantly due to casualties among officers and soldiers. Faced with such a situation, Hao Jian still did not mobilize the troops responsible for blocking the pontoon bridge to come for reinforcement. He has been on guard against the Japanese army retreating through the pontoon bridge.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, was excited when he saw that the attack of the First Battalion had achieved certain results. Now they were almost there, so they had to work harder. The firepower of the Chinese army's defense line had already declined.
However, after waiting for ten minutes, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, found that with the remaining troops of the First Battalion, the maximum offensive result could only be this. To make greater progress and break into the defense line of the Zhina Army, it would be necessary to increase the offensive force.
However, now the commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, only has a squadron of the Second Battalion and the regiment headquarters. If he sends more troops to reinforce the attack of the First Battalion, his own bridge-breaking troops will not be enough. You must know that the Chinese army will organize firepower to block the pontoon bridge. Only with more people can there be hope of success in charging the bridge. After all, the firepower bullets of the Chinese army's blockade need people to block them. The safety of Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, the commander of the regiment, also needs a large number of soldiers to protect him.
They could not wait any longer. The rear guard of the Second Battalion might collapse at any time due to the attacks of the Chinese army's pursuers. The attack of the First Battalion would not make any progress unless they sent reinforcements. Now that the firepower of the Chinese army's defense line had decreased a little, they could only gamble that the commander of the Chinese army would withdraw some of the firepower used to block the pontoon bridge to supplement the garrison on their defense line.
"Everyone, pay attention. Start crossing the pontoon bridge in the designated order. No one is allowed to stay on the bridge. We must cross the bridge as quickly as possible. Gentlemen, for the glory of the Empire of Japan and the Sixth Division, follow me across the bridge." The regiment commander, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, put down the binoculars in his hand, drew his command knife, and shouted to the officers and soldiers who were ready to rush the bridge.
Under the loud command of Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, the commander of the Japanese army, the bridge-breaking troops quickly stepped onto the pontoon bridge and began to run towards the other side of the bridge with all their might.
All the officers and soldiers who rushed the bridge knew very well that this might be the last battle in their lives. If they could cross the pontoon bridge, they would have a chance to survive. If they could not cross it, their lives would come to an end here.
Rushing in the front were fifty Japanese volunteer soldiers with white cloth bands tied on their heads. Their mission was to attract the Chinese troops that were blocking the pontoon bridge and concentrate their firepower on them, so as to buy a brief time for the troops behind to advance.
The fifty Japanese volunteer soldiers knew that they had no chance of survival this time, so after boarding the pontoon bridge, they kept a wide distance between themselves to minimize the probability of being blocked by the concentrated firepower of the Chinese army.
The strategy of the regiment commander, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, was also very realistic. He used the lives of his own soldiers in exchange for the frequency and time of reloading the machine guns in the Chinese army's blocking fire, creating a little chance of survival for the troops following closely behind.
Seeing the Japanese troops boarding the pontoon bridge and quickly rushing to the other side of the Miluo River on the bridge, the light and heavy firepower responsible for blocking the Japanese pontoon bridge began shooting together under the commander's order.
In order to prevent any Japanese soldiers from rushing across the pontoon bridge, Hao Jian placed all the members of the suicide squad with good marksmanship on the side of blocking the pontoon bridge. If the machine gun was changing magazines, these sharpshooters would be the best supplement to the firepower in blocking the pontoon bridge.
Moreover, in order to avoid duplication and waste of blocking firepower, Hao Jian divided the entire pontoon bridge into three sections, each of which had corresponding firepower for blockade, ensuring that no matter where the Japanese army rushed to the pontoon bridge, there would be blocking firepower of the same strength, preventing any Japanese army from crossing the bridge smoothly.
As more and more Japanese troops joined the bridge-breaking troops, the Chinese army's blockade fire on the pontoon bridge was also continuously strengthened. When they were almost halfway across the pontoon bridge, the first batch of Japanese volunteer soldiers had all been knocked down by the Chinese troops' blockade fire.
Now, not only was the pontoon bridge filled with officers and soldiers who had been knocked down by the blockade fire, but there were also many bodies of Japanese officers and soldiers floating on both sides of the pontoon bridge in the Miluo River. However, these tragic scenes did not make the subsequent Japanese bridge-charging troops retreat. Instead, they made the Japanese officers and soldiers charging the bridge speed up their running speed.
At this time, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, also boarded the pontoon bridge under the protection of the officers and soldiers around him. On the right side of the commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, stood more than 30 officers and soldiers responsible for protecting the commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima. They will use their bodies as human shields for the commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, to protect the safety of His Excellency Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima.
However, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Fumio Tsuboshima, was indeed feeling gloomy in his heart. He had just been observing the progress of the troops attacking the bridge. At the same time, he had judged from the gunshots that the Chinese army on his right should have received reinforcements. This fierce blockade firepower was simply an insurmountable wall.
However, now that the arrow has been released, he can only bite the bullet and lead his troops forward. Everything depends on whether Amaterasu can protect him.
As the Japanese army quickly rushed the bridge, the shooting fire from those responsible for blocking the last section of the pontoon bridge also sounded one after another, especially the shooting of the sharpshooters in charge of each section of the pontoon bridge, who almost shot down a Japanese officer and soldier with one shot.
When the regiment commander Colonel Fumio Tsubojima finally reached the second stage of the pontoon bridge under the cover of the officers and soldiers acting as human shields, the more corpses of Japanese officers and soldiers were seen around them.
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