Chapter 47: Slaying the Enemy General

  The third battalion finally rushed onto the position and was engaged in a fierce bayonet fight with the Japanese army.

  However, Japanese reinforcements had arrived, which was undoubtedly a severe blow to the Third Brigade.

  Yang Junran's words had just finished when the troops of the third brigade had already retreated, after all, this army had too many new recruits and could not fight as well as the first brigade.

  With the arrival of reinforcements, the Japanese army easily repelled the attack of the Third Brigade, and the Japanese tanks also began to concentrate and launch an attack on the cavalry.

  Yang Junran's face was getting uglier and uglier, his eyes staring fixedly at the front line.

  The role of the 92-pattern infantry gun became smaller and smaller, facing concentrated tanks, they had no opportunity to act.

  As soon as they fire their artillery, they will immediately expose their position, and then all that awaits them is death.

  "General, the First Brigade has won the battle." Just as Yang Junran was in utter despair, a messenger pointed at the formation of the First Brigade and said.

  Yang Junran quickly raised his binoculars and looked at the First Brigade in the distance.

  Kang Lianqin held a large knife and seemed to be scolding something on the battlefield.

  Several 92-type infantry guns also began to advance towards the Japanese position that the third brigade was attacking. Before long, the soldiers launched an attack on the Japanese position.

  Yang Junran put the telescope on his body and ran to the front with a Type 81 rifle among the troops of the Third Brigade.

  "Tell Liang Fei to gather his cavalry regiment for me, and don't engage in a death struggle with the Japanese tanks." Yang Junran shouted to the orderly beside him as he ran.

  The orderly received the order and quickly ran towards the position of the cavalry.

  On the third line of defense, Deng Ziyu crouched in the trenches, continuously issuing orders.

  After Yang Jun Rang arrived here, he did not find Deng Zi Yong. Seeing that Deng Zi Yong did not lead the team to charge forward, Yang Jun Rang still had some anger in his heart.

  "Vice Commander Ouyang, come over here for a moment." Yang Junran's face was iron-green as he shouted at Ouyang Jian, who was in the midst of boosting morale.

  Ouyang Jian saw Yang Junran and quickly ran over.

  Yang Junran sat in the trench, pointing to the artillery battalion behind him and said: "Send someone to contact the First Brigade, let their machine gun battalion and artillery battalion gather together, give me a good beating of the Japanese army's position. Your artillery battalion is responsible for suppressing the Japanese tanks, withdraw two battalions of troops, launch a strong attack, tell all officers, must rush to the first line."

  Ouyang Jian looked at Yang Junran's face and nodded: "Okay, I'll go arrange it now."

  After seeing Ouyang Jian leave, Yang Junran raised his binoculars and looked around.

  Suddenly, Yang Junran saw a Japanese military officer in the distance on high ground, also holding binoculars to observe the position here.

  Yang Junran quietly walked a few steps to the side, slowly picked up his binoculars and took a look, the officer was still observing this position.

  Yang Junran carefully observed and saw the military rank on the officer's epaulette, apparently a major general.

  He took out his rifle and aimed carefully, but found that the distance to the officer was more than 2,000 meters, clearly out of range for a rifle.

  "Bring your machine gun squad over here." Yang Junran said, looking at a soldier beside him.

  The soldier took a glance at Yang Junran and quickly ran over to one side.

  Before long, a lieutenant colonel led three heavy machine guns and three Type 97 90mm mortars over.

  The captain ordered his troops to set up machine guns and mortars as soon as he saw Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran saw that the lieutenant colonel didn't have binoculars, so he handed them over and pointed at a distant high place saying: "Find that officer."

  The captain took over the telescope and looked quickly.

  "Visible, approximately 2,300 meters from here." The lieutenant replied quickly.

  "Can we take him down?" Yang Junran asked, looking at the captain.

  The captain looked at his own mortar, which had just been set up, and his face hesitated.

  "Can't you, just hurry up." Yang Junran yelled in annoyance.

  "Affirmative." The captain replied.

  "When the troops launch an attack, you take him down." Yang Junran pointed at the officer in the distance on the high ground and said to the captain beside him.

  "Yes, sir."

  At this moment, Ouyang Jian walked over and said to Yang Junran: "Master, everything is arranged."

  Yang Junran nodded, adjusted his uniform, and walked towards the soldiers with a Zhongzheng rifle.

  More than a thousand warriors gazed intently at the Japanese army's position in the distance.

  After several consecutive assaults without success, these warriors obviously lost some confidence.

  "Brothers, this time I will personally lead you in the charge. I hope you can display your own bravery and follow me to capture the enemy's position. The first brigade's officers and soldiers will also dispatch two battalions of troops to attack from the flank. I hope you can be the first to rush to the enemy's position and prove the strength of the third brigade." Yang Junran shouted loudly at his subordinates.

  The warriors listened to Yang Junran's words, but they didn't have the high morale that Yang Junran had imagined, and instead still looked as lost as before.

  "Good-for-nothing!" Yang Junran shouted loudly.

  But these soldiers did not react at all, their expressions remained listless and apathetic.

  "Vice Captain Ou Yang, set up a supervisory team, and kill anyone who retreats without permission." Yang Junran dropped such a sentence and walked towards the trenches on one side.

  Ouyang Jian looked at these subordinates, sighed helplessly, and walked over to one side.

  With several cannon shots, the First Brigade's attack has begun.

  The third battalion, under the leadership of Yang Junran and Ouyang Jian, charged towards the Japanese army's position.

  The warriors' complexion was not very good. If there were no five heavy machine guns behind them, they might not even have launched a charge.

  Deng Ziyong's face was awkward until he charged forward and discovered Yang Junran.

  The three 97-style 90mm mortars of the machine gun company are ready to go.

  Kōka Kōji on the high ground was still watching the battlefield, apparently unaware of the danger that was about to befall him.

  "Commander Ryotagawa, it's too dangerous here. Let's fall back a bit." The staff officer said as he walked over to Tsunemoto.

  Tsuneoki Okazaki shook his head, thinking that this was a good place to command the entire corps to counterattack. Although he had lost two battalions, another position on the flank of the road could hold its ground, and with the cooperation of tanks, it was possible to defeat the Chinese army's raid.

  A loud explosion suddenly occurred right in front of Tsunokawa Hiroshi.

  "Damn it, wrong position, raise the muzzle a bit!" The lieutenant shouted loudly on the battlefield.

  The gunners quickly readjusted their position and resumed firing.

  Boom, boom, boom! The three mortars fired in unison, and the three shells began to pound the high ground.

  Tsukaoka Kōji was just about to retreat when a shell exploded right in front of him.

  "Be careful, tour leader." With a shout.

  Tsukaoka Kōji had already been hit by a hail of bullets and before he could even groan in pain, he lost consciousness.

  A few staff officers who were a little further away were lucky enough to survive. Apart from two seriously injured ones, three staff officers survived, with the highest rank being only lieutenant.

  At this moment, Tsunejiro Tokioka has become a corpse, beyond recognition, and except for the lieutenant general's epaulets on his shoulders, no one can identify this lieutenant general brigade commander.

  "Retreat at once." The lieutenant colonel's aide shouted loudly, enduring the intense pain in his shoulder.

  Most of the senior officers had been killed, and the lieutenant colonel knew he could no longer command his troops, only order them to retreat.

  The orderly clutched at his wounded breast and ran towards the front lines.

  The reserve battalion assigned to the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade was deployed in a defensive perimeter, covering the withdrawal of the entire force.

  Yang Junran looked at the high ground in the distance, where the Japanese army was clearly somewhat confused.

  He knew it was the credit of the machine gun company, and it must have been their killing that lieutenant general which caused the confusion.

  "Brothers, charge with me!" Yang Junran shouted loudly, holding his rifle.

  But the infantry behind, however, was extremely uncooperative and moved forward slowly.

  The first battalion, under the cover of machine guns and artillery fire, had already approached the position, while the third battalion here was still advancing slowly.

  The third brigade, composed of these new recruits and soldiers who had defected from the Mongolian army, was visibly intimidated.

  The Japanese army's position suddenly became somewhat chaotic, and the various units took advantage of the fact that the third brigade had not yet charged over to quickly begin withdrawing towards the high ground.

  The first traveler couldn't miss such an opportunity and quickly accelerated his pace of charging forward.

  Japanese tanks fired wildly, covering the withdrawal of Japanese troops.

  In fact, they didn't even know why they were retreating and started to get a bit flustered.

  "Bind hand grenades together." Yang Junran shouted loudly to a soldier beside him.

  The warriors hastily pulled out hand grenades, with several of them falling to the ground.

  Yang Junran did not hesitate and quickly took a rope to tie the hand grenades together.

  Looking at the tank in front of him, Yang Junran carefully charged forward.

  The tank seemed to have discovered Yang Junran's actions, and a machine gun was constantly sweeping across his figure.

  Yang Junran furrowed his brow and lay on the ground to avoid the machine gun bullets.

  Seeing the machine gun's firepower seemed to decrease, Yang Junran quickly ran forward.

  The tank was less than sixty meters away, and Yang Junran only needed to run a few steps forward to throw the grenade.

  The warriors behind saw their officer go to blow up the tank, and some new recruits felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. After all, this officer was not bad to them, not only did he take care of himself eating full meals, but also gave them military pay.

  Ouyang Jian snatched a submachine gun from a nearby soldier and randomly fired at the tank, drawing its attention.

  Some warriors also began to use their own weapons to shoot back.

  The tank began to sweep these warriors, and some of them were hit by machine gun bullets before they could hide.

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