As soon as the shelling stopped, the Japanese attacking troops rushed to blocking positions with corpses everywhere...

The first battle between the two sides was written by the disastrous defeat of the National Salvation Army.

Chen Zhong had just swore aloud and threatened to hurt the Japanese twice on the first line of defense. At this moment, he lowered his head in shame and could not say a word.

Huang Hongbing, the company commander of the 10th Company, walked in with a heavy face: "Report to the regiment commander, battalion commander, when the Japanese army attacked us, I did not order the troops to move to the anti-artillery hole in time, resulting in heavy casualties in the army, and even lost the position, so I requested punishment!"

Hearing that his subordinates wanted to take the responsibility of defeat on himself, Chen Zhong was of course unwilling to do so, so he quickly continued: "Captain Huang, don't talk nonsense. This defeat has nothing to do with you. You fought very well, and the main responsibility lies with me. I didn't expect that the Japanese army would even ignore the lives of their own soldiers. The two sides dared to fire their artillery and had no preparations, which led to heavy losses in the army."

Not greedy for merit, not shirk responsibility, and knowing to speak to subordinates... Zhou Cheng was still very satisfied with Chen Zhong's ability to do this.

As for the defeat just now, he is indeed responsible.

Faced with the accident that the Japanese army suddenly shot and blocked the position, it was a long time since they did not react. This is definitely wrong.

But this accident was not blamed. Even if he was placed in the position of the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, he would not have thought that the Japanese army would risk theft of injuring their own people and bombard the blocking position.

He interrupted Chen Zhong who wanted to continue talking without hesitation: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Now is not the time to hold people accountable. If you have this free time to fight here, it is better to think of a way to deal with the Japanese army's next attack!"

After hearing this, Chen Zhong showed a embarrassed expression, quickly calmed himself down, frowned and analyzed: "Captain of the regiment, in addition to the frontier positions and the first blocking positions that the Japanese army had occupied, there are two blocking positions behind."

"I have built eight secret castles on it, and I plan to use the same method to block the Japanese, kill the two squadrons here and then retreat actively, and then use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to slowly greet them. After dark, we will launch a night attack and slowly waste with the Japanese."

"After the defeat just now, the combat plan I had formulated before would definitely not be used, and the remaining two lines of defense could not be defended. I suggest that we give up after a little blocking, and greet them with guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare first, and find a way to counterattack after dark!"

Zhou Cheng did not answer the conversation immediately. He stared at the front position for two minutes before speaking: "It's a pity that he gave up the position he had worked hard to build like this, and it's not cost-effective!"

Chen Zhong didn't want to give up either, but the Japanese attackers were too ruthless.

If they continue to attack with the previous style of play, although the castle on the position can cause considerable damage to the Japanese army, the defensive forces will also suffer heavy casualties in the shelling, resulting in the end of killing one thousand enemies and killing eight hundred of them.

The advantage of military strength lies in the hands of the Japanese. If they fight like this, the Japanese army only needs to pay the price of a brigade to make up the fourth battalion. It is not cost-effective.

Judging from the regiment commander's meaning, he seemed to have a way to continue to use the blocking positions in front of him to attack the Japanese. Chen Zhong's disappointed face immediately ignited hope: "Captain, you have a way to deal with the Japanese's artillery fire!"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "The Japanese can ignore the sporadic casualties caused to the offensive troops by accidental injuries, but if we find ways to turn sporadic casualties into large-scale casualties, the Japanese commander will not dare to issue an order to fire the soldiers if he doesn't take the lives of the soldiers seriously!"

"Put the Japanese closer and then shoot?" Chen Zhong thought the regiment commander thought so.

But as soon as they said that, they rejected this idea: "No, it's already very close to the blocking position forty or fifty meters. If the enemy is close, they can throw grenades into our blocking position. Even if they don't fire the gun, the grenades will cause a lot of damage to the blocking force!"

"Captain, this method won't work!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "Let's consider this issue with a different way of thinking. If the frontal blocking fails, we will counterattack head-on. The old saying goes, offense is the best defense, and we cannot forget the experience summarized by our ancestors!"

"Fighting bayonets with the Japanese?" Chen Zhong finally figured it out.

Zhou Cheng nodded: "Look at the front position, especially between the two or three blocking positions, the terrain is flat and the area is also very large. There is no problem for seven or eight hundred people to fight bayonets inside."

"After the new round of Japanese attacks began, we resisted a little on the second line of defense and retreated, defending the third line of defense."

"After the Japanese attack began, all the blocking troops hid in the castle and anti-aircraft holes. They waited for the Japanese attacking troops to throw their grenades before rushing out and directly rushed out of their positions to fight with them for bayonets."

"Although the Japanese commander is cruel enough, I don't believe that he dares to fire at a squadron's subordinates unless he doesn't want to be the corps leader."

"And the Japanese army is the best at fighting bayonets. The Japanese army must think that the offensive troops can use bayonets to kill our counterattack troops."

"This gives us a great opportunity to consume them a lot. After the troops of both sides fought together, we used the oil-adding tactic to send another company of troops to the battle. The Japanese army, who were afraid that the attacking troops would suffer losses, would definitely send another infantry squadron."

"After finishing, we will go up to another company and force the Japanese to dispatch another squadron."

"In this way, there will be more than 500 Japanese soldiers on the battlefield. Eat them. We will complete the target of this blocking battle. We will not feel a pity if we give up the position!"

The regiment commander had a very good idea, and bayonets could indeed make the artillery brought by the Japanese army use its place.

But the Japanese are so good at fighting bayonets. Although most of the soldiers in the Fourth Battalion are veterans, they are still more than one level worse than the Japanese. Chen Zhong is very worried that the Japanese will win and the Fourth Battalion will lose.

If this is the result, you will lose the next battle without fighting the fourth battalion.

Chen Zhong, who was worried, immediately expressed this concern, hoping that the team leader could carefully consider this playing style.

After saying that, he added: "Captain, although the Fourth Battalion has just equipped eighty or ninety shotguns, the crisis is very great, but it has not experienced actual combat tests. I think we are taking such a big risk once we get up!"

"Or we will send a company to counterattack and fight bayonets with the Japanese offensive troops, and no longer send new troops to the battlefield. After confirming that the shotgun is really useful, we will find another opportunity to fight bayonets with the main Japanese forces!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "No, there is only one chance to severely damage the Japanese with a shotgun. The Japanese are not stupid. They will definitely learn from their lessons after a defeat in a battle. It will definitely be very difficult to damage them with a shotgun. So we must seize this opportunity and if we want to fight, we will hurt the Japanese!"

"This matter is decided, you organize the troops to prepare for combat immediately."

The Japanese army attacked the position, and the captain of the regiment was in a very good mood. Major Kato and Major Oda stood beside each other and kept flattering.

Although the artillery fire attack that the corps leader insisted on accidentally injured more than a dozen soldiers in the attacking troops, it also killed more than seventy soldiers of the National Savior Army. Their bodies were still lying on the position and could not be faked.

In addition to the injured and taken away National Salvation Army, they killed and injured at least 100 National Salvation Army in one battle just now.

If the attack continues at such a casualty ratio, the two brigades only need to pay three squadrons to eliminate all the four battalions.

With this idea in mind, Major Kato immediately asked for the battle: "Sir, I ask the troops to continue attacking. I will use your tactics and tactics just now to continue to take down the two blocking positions behind the National Rescue Army!"

The wing captain did not refuse and was very satisfied with the order: "The heavy machine gun troops and follow-up troops must not fall behind, and are ready to send troops to reinforce the offensive troops at any time."

"The artillery troops will keep staring at the two back lines of defense in the National Salvation Army. If there are troops on it, they will definitely provide artillery support to the offensive troops as soon as possible!"

The battlefield, which was quiet for less than ten minutes, was once again covered by the sound of fire exchange.

The second blocking position was easily taken down by the Japanese army. After a short rest, the offensive troops continued to attack the third line of defense.

The subsequent offensive troops, the heavy machine gun troops, the wing captains, and the two squadron leaders, all came to the second line of defense.

This time the attacking troops did not even encounter sporadic blocking, and they were as powerful as they were, and they rushed to the front of the position fifty meters.

Seeing that there was no movement in the blocking position, Major Kato smiled on the spot: "Sir, the National Salvation Army on the position must have been scared away by us."

"The offensive troops are about to throw grenades. If they don't shoot now, they will never have the chance to shoot!"

"Boom boom boom..."

The explosion began to sound in the blocking position, with a very dense sound.

Each of the cautious offensive troops threw two grenades. Before the explosion ended, the offensive troops began to speed up and rushed towards the blocking position with bayonets.

When there were twenty meters away from the position, more than a dozen holes suddenly appeared in the trench filled with smoke. The soldiers hiding inside continued to come out and launched a counterattack towards the Japanese.

Most of the soldiers held 38 large covers that had been bayonetized, a few cadres held pistols, and 10 or 20 soldiers held shotguns they had never seen before.

Fighting bayonets has always been the most proud ability of the Japanese army. On the Chinese battlefield, they have never encountered opponents in fighting bayonets.

Seeing that the National Salvation Army wanted to fight with him, the more than 100 Japanese Japanese in the attacking army were all excited.

While running, the rifle was bayonetized, and the chest was flat, as if it was divided, and it was quickly dispersed: the Japanese in a combat squad automatically formed an assault formation and rushed towards the National Salvation Army an infantry squad.

"Boom boom boom..."

When the two sides were about to collide, nearly ten soldiers of the National Savior Army suddenly pulled the shotgun trigger. The gunshot sounded like a shell exploded, and suddenly sounded in the middle of the team. A large amount of smoke came out of the thick muzzle, just like fireworks.

Then I heard the Japanese attacking oncoming screams.

Almost twenty Japanese sank to the ground on the spot. More than ten Japanese sank with blood on their faces, covered their eyes and screamed. More than ten Japanese sank were injured. Blood kept pouring out of the wound. Although it was not fatal, their actions were greatly affected. After a while, they would definitely not be the opponent of the National Salvation Army.
Chapter completed!