The First Part of National Humiliation: The Lonely City's Bloody Battle Chapter 45 Who is Huang Que

  Song Yuhang hastened to the front line after receiving a report from the first-line reconnaissance squad, and at this moment, the Japanese army's marching troops could already be roughly seen in outline. Song Yuhang put down his binoculars and felt a sudden chill in his heart. Judging from the scale, this Japanese army unit was at least at the battalion level.

  "Japanese reinforcements arrived so quickly!" Song Yuhang sighed, he really couldn't recall any historical records mentioning this unexpected Japanese army unit in the victory of Ren Anqiang?

  "Damn it! A bunch of irresponsible guys!" After scolding the historian's carelessness, Song Yu-Hang immediately ordered his troops to enter the battlefield and prepare to intercept this Japanese army unit. Song Yu-Hang was very clear about the combat effectiveness of a large-scale Japanese army unit, let alone a battalion, even a single Japanese platoon would affect the final outcome of this battle. If they were allowed to outflank the 113th Regiment, it's likely that the victory at Ren'an Town would be celebrated by the Japanese instead.

  Nishida Shousa, who has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility, still remembers the words spoken by Yunnan Haoxiong when he departed: "Nishida, after this victory, I believe your military rank will also match your position! Good luck!"

  What could be more exciting for a professional soldier than promotion? Under the guidance of the Burmese guide, the Nishida detachment was 300 meters away, marching through Song Yu-hang's position.

  Due to the location of the position in the woods, and sufficient camouflage was done during the day, even if a search is made at night, it may not be discovered, let alone the Western Regiment 300 meters away.

  A distance of three hundred meters is just the limit for ordinary people, the maximum range that the human eye can see in the dark, especially at night. Most Chinese soldiers could only hear the sound of Japanese troops marching and the clashing of equipment on their bodies as they moved forward.

  In the aiming gap of Chinese soldiers' sights, only a vague shadow of the Japanese army's column could be seen. Song Yu-Hang could only hope that the heavy machine guns and mortars firing at the estimated range would inflict enough casualties on the Japanese.

  The battle began with the heavy machine gun fire commanded by Battalion Commander Shi Cheng, and the Chinese soldiers operating the light and heavy machine guns concentrated their efforts on suppressing the Japanese army's desperate defensive fire. The veteran soldiers who were rich in combat experience calmly waited for the explosion of the mortar shells that fell from time to time, and quickly completed the locking, aiming, and firing with the help of the explosion. The hit Japanese soldiers immediately fell to the ground.

  The sudden blow made Nishida furious? After slapping the guide who was already frightened and disoriented several times, Nishida drew his sword and directly hacked at the stupid pig-like guide. He believed it was the foolish guide who had led them into the pre-set formation of the Chinese army.

  Soon, the Japanese army, under the command of officers and company commanders, began to launch an organized counterattack in the direction of the forest. After a while, Nishida realized that his troops were exposed on the riverbank, completely at a disadvantage in the dark against the enemy's light.

  "Fall back to the riverbank!" Nishida swiftly gave the order to the officer beside him!

  The Japanese troops retreated to a hundred meters outside the riverbed embankment, and due to the excessive distance, the suppressive effect of the Chinese army's firepower was greatly reduced. The Japanese Type 92 and Type 94 heavy machine guns also set up on the riverbed, engaging in crossfire with the Chinese troops in the woods.

  The most troublesome thing is still the Japanese army's grenade launcher. The Japanese army, who had been holding back their strength, began to use grenade launchers in an organized manner, and although the range and power of the grenade launcher were not as good as the 60mm mortar, its flexibility and mobility caused significant casualties among Chinese soldiers on the front line.

  Song Yu-Hang, who was in the second line of defense, immediately concentrated the firepower of the howitzer and fiercely fired at the predetermined scale area, completely suppressing the Japanese army's grenade launchers.

  Lying in the riverbed ditch, with a raincoat covering his head, Xitian quickly checked the map with the help of a flashlight and was surprised to find that he had not yet reached the defense area of the Chinese army.

  From the opponent's firepower configuration, Xī Tián believed that the opponent was at least a regimental formation of the Chinese army, not just one company as Guō Dīng Lún said!

  The 200th Division, under Song Xueyi's command, was originally the second battalion of the 200th Brigade. Since Song Xueyi himself advocated for "absolute firepower superiority", there were more than three times the normal number of light and heavy machine guns in a single regiment of the ordinary Chinese army. In addition to the numerous submachine guns and artillery support, it was easy to create an illusion for the Japanese at night, mistaking the temporarily reorganized 1st Regiment of the 200th Division for an entire division.

  "This is a trap, an absolute trap. Those damned Burmese have made a double agent out of me," thinking this, Nishida hastily tuned into the frequency of the travel agency and spoke directly with Yunnan Hao Xiong.

  In the radio, Yunnan Hao Xiong could hear very dense light and heavy machine guns and continuous explosions. He could imagine the difficult situation of the Western Regiment at this moment.

  Hesitating for a moment, Yunnan Haohao said to Xitian Dao: "Xitian Captain, I order you to hold back the Chinese army in front of you at all costs before dawn!"

  On the other end of the radio transmission, Nishida hesitated for a moment before responding, "Please rest assured, as soon as dawn breaks, I guarantee to annihilate these shameless Chinese."

  Yunnan Hao Xiong pressed the intercom and said, "No! You just need to hold on, these Chinese troops have strong combat power and are not inferior to the Imperial Army in some aspects. The stronger the Chinese army is, the more important the riverbank position is to them. I'm leading my troops to seal off the breakthrough point on the south bank of the Chinese army now. There are still 3 hours before dawn, let's try to end the battle by daylight."

  Kokuryū Tetsurō, who was standing by, turned pale and weak when he learned that the Nishida Corps had been ambushed, and his whole body began to tremble involuntarily.

  After Yunnan Hao Xiong finished the call, his facial expression changed constantly. Suddenly, he spoke to Guo Ding Lun: "Tell the person who informed you to gather immediately!"

  Guo Dinglun realized that Yunnan Haoxiong was calling him, almost paralyzed on the ground. He was very clear that the so-called gentleman who usually had a mouthful of benevolence, morality and reason was absolutely a demon king who hid a knife in his smile and killed people without blinking an eye.

  Yunnan Hao Xiong saw Guo Dinglun trembling with fear, and smiled warmly, gently patting Guo Dinglun's shoulder: "Don't be afraid, you are loyal to the Great Japanese Imperial Army, I understand it in my heart. The Shina people are very cunning, you are not their opponent. Since they can quietly mobilize two regiments of troops to our doorstep and only reveal half of their strength, the commander of this unit is absolutely not simple, and it also conforms to the Chinese style of being false but real, real but false."

  It is said that Yunnan Hao Xiong did not blame himself, Guo Ding Lun hastily wiped the sweat, just wanting to express his loyalty to Yunnan Hao Xiong, but Yunnan Hao Xiong waved his hand and said: "You immediately gather your troops."

  After Guo Dinglun turned and left, Yunnan Haoxiong's gloomy gaze remained fixed on his back. With a sudden snap, the red and blue pencil in Yunnan Haoxiong's hand was actually broken by him?

  At 2 am, the attack on the south bank of the Binhe River by the new 38th Division's 113th Regiment on the Vincent Oil Field Heights was not smooth. The Japanese defenders were extremely stubborn and after two bayonet battles, they immediately used human bombs to counterattack against the main attacking 1st Battalion of the 113th Regiment.

  The battalion was beaten to a pulp and nearly wiped out an entire company's troops, unable to retreat back to the attacking departure position!

  The Second Battalion, which had broken through the enemy's position with a linked construction, made contact with the British army, and the British troops began to move in an orderly manner through the Second Battalion's sentry line towards the Bin River.

  Soon, inside the temporary command post of the 113th Regiment, Sun Li-jen saw the disheveled Major General Scott, commander of the British 1st Infantry Division, and Lieutenant General Slim, corps commander, both of whom were so excited that they competed with each other to hug Sun Li-jen, as if at this moment Sun had become God.

  Facing the British general who didn't even want to be received by his own troops, and was hastily crossing the river with guards, Sun Liren could only smile wryly and order the third battalion to pay attention to receiving the British breakout troops.

  At this moment, Sun Liren still did not know that Song Yuhang's troops had already made contact with the Japanese and were exchanging fire. In his mind, the north bank of the Bin River was still relatively safe.

  Suddenly, about three kilometers behind the 113th Regiment, along the Bin River, intense gunfire and artillery explosions erupted, casting a reddish glow over the night sky.

  Sun Liren immediately ordered a platoon from the 113th Regiment's special duty company to go and see what had happened in the rear.