Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 54: Attack on the Marine Corps Headquarters (Seeking follow-up reading)

Major General Okawa's expression became very ugly. Seeing the low mood in the headquarters, he shouted coldly:

"The Imperial Army suffered heavy losses, and the Chinese suffered at least five times more. They can't afford such a war of attrition.

Their next attack would not be so fierce. As long as they could withstand Cheng Yaojin's three axes, they would be helpless.

The headquarters building is impregnable, the Imperial Army is invincible!"

The Japanese soldiers stood up and shouted, their previously low morale gradually recovered. The psychological advantage they had developed over the Chinese over a long period of time made it impossible for them to admit defeat easily, and the fierce battle had just begun.

Inside the Second Battalion's temporary headquarters, Yue Qianli's face was as calm as water, as if the reported casualty figures had nothing to do with him;
As a commander, since he has made up his mind, he will continue to fight no matter how heavy the casualties are, until the Japanese in the building are completely wiped out.

"Old company commander, continue the attack at night, real or fake, just don't let them rest, one battalion in the first half of the night, two battalions in the second half."

Li Jie made a different suggestion:
"Qianli, the brothers are exhausted after fighting all day. It's just a harassment battle anyway, how about letting the third battalion take over tonight?"

Yue Qianli shook his head and said:

"The new force of the Third Battalion cannot be moved for the time being. The reserve force must be used where it counts, and will be pressed forward once the building is breached."

Li Jie nodded and said:
"That's what we'll do. I'll organize an attack right now!"

Yue Qianli called him again and said:

"Old company commander, we need to use harassment warfare, launching it every hour. In order to save ammunition and create a greater momentum, you can first find some firecrackers, light the firecrackers and throw them into the iron barrel. The Japanese in the dark will not be able to distinguish them at all."

After listening to this, Li Jie laughed and said:
"You are the one with the most clever ideas. It would be unlucky for the devils to meet you!"

Yue Qianli said disdainfully:

"This is just the beginning. You can treat the devils as viciously as you want. Only dead devils are good devils."

"That sounds powerful. We can't let any of these sons of bitches at the headquarters go."

Li Jie said viciously. It was no wonder that he was angry. The first battalion had suffered more than 100 casualties in the daytime attack. These were his comrades who he had been with day and night. He wished he could skin the devils alive.

The Second Battalion suffered greater casualties, so Yue Qianli also hated the Japs to the core. Fortunately, the battlefield was under his control and the wounded were all rescued. The two battalions alone suffered hundreds of casualties, which was why Yue Qianli was unwilling to attack by force.

Just when Major General Okawa was about to take a nap, the loud military bugle sounded again, followed by the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing, which were heard everywhere.

"Bagayalu, the Chinese are going too far!"

Major General Okawa cursed angrily. It seemed that his wish to take a nap would not be realized. He had to cheer up and continue to command the battle.

Outside the building, the Chinese offensive was still fierce. In order to prevent the Nationalist troops from approaching the building at night, the Japanese kept firing flares into the night sky, illuminating the area around the building as if it were daytime.
Major Miyamoto watched the shadowy figure rushing towards the building and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Kill the chickens, kill all the Chinese!"

The darkness is the easiest place to bring invisible fear to people. In order to dispel the fear in their hearts, the Japanese fired frantically into the darkness, as if only in this way could they give themselves courage.

Countless bullets were also shot at them in the dark night, and unlucky people were shot and fell from time to time, which further intensified their fear.

"Go to hell!"

Private First Class Yasui fired a shot into the darkness, then loaded the bullet and continued shooting. He didn't care whether he hit the Chinese or not. Only in this way would he not feel afraid.

Private Yasui belonged to the Sasebo 5th Battalion, which had just been sent to reinforce Shanghai before the war;
Before joining the Marine Corps, he was a middle school student. His teacher told him more than once that China was very rich, the land was so fertile that if you just sowed a handful of seeds, you would be able to grow crops as tall as a person's head.
The cowardly Chinese people do not deserve to own such fertile land. They are only fit to be slaves of the He people.

The young people of the He ethnic group should obey the call of the emperor, conquer China, and take all their land for themselves, so that the He ethnic group can become the most powerful nation in the world.

Every time he heard it, his blood boiled. After graduating from high school, he gave up the opportunity to go to college and joined the Marine Corps, eager to conquer China for the empire.

After arriving in Shanghai, he thought he could easily occupy Shanghai, but he did not expect to be besieged by the Chinese. Many of his companions died in the battle. The war was far more cruel than he had imagined.

After he saw his squad leader's head being split open, he began to get scared. This was not the war he wanted...

The fear in his heart has been dominating him. He always feels that Aunt Amaterasu is waving at him, so he keeps shooting. After using up a magazine, he takes out another one from the cowhide box. As long as the Chinese cannot get close, it will be fine.

"Bakayaloo! The Chinese have already left, but you are still wasting precious bullets - coward!"

He was in a state of madness and was awakened by two slaps from Lieutenant Takeda. He deserved the beating. Everyone stopped, but he was the only one who continued to shoot into the darkness.

Jiro Yasui finally realized that he had made a mistake and quickly bowed to the team leader to admit his mistake.

Obviously the team leader wanted to make an example of him and not let this fear spread, so he swung his arm and slapped him several times until his face was swollen like a pig's head.

"Hey, Captain, you've worked hard!"

"Hey, it's all my fault!"

"Hey……"

"Bakayarro, you have completely disgraced the imperial soldiers!"

After the lieutenant finished speaking, he kicked him again, almost breaking his balls, and then left cursing.

"Your Excellency, you have worked hard!"

An Jing held his testicles, endured the pain and bowed deeply to the captain's back, and the matter was over.

"Anjing-kun, you should be smarter next time. Don't let yourself be killed by the squad leader instead of being shot by the Chinese."

Jiro Yasui's good friend from the same hometown as him, Takeo Sato, kindly reminded him that they were classmates and grew up together, and were good friends who could exchange sisters.

Yasui endured the pain and said:

"Captain, you are protecting me. This is all the fault of the Chinese. When I occupy the entire China, I will kill all their men and rob all their women to relieve the hatred in my heart."

Sato didn't seem as optimistic as him. He looked around and said in a low voice:
"Let's get out alive first. Chinese people are not as cowardly as the teacher said—"

"Bakayalu, your thoughts are extremely dangerous! Those words were not only said by the teacher, but also by His Majesty the Emperor. The Chinese are the sick men of East Asia, a bunch of cowards. At most in three months, the Empire will be able to destroy China."

Sato looked at Anui as if he was an idiot. He thought that to destroy China in three months was really a frog in a well. China is so big that he can't even walk around it in three months.

While the two were arguing, fierce gunfire and shouts of killing rang out outside, and the Chinese attack began again...

Yasui raised his gun and continued firing into the darkness. Only in this way would he not be afraid. He had not yet occupied the whole of China, and he did not want to die here. His teacher had said that China was full of gold.

The National Army's offensive tormented the Japanese for the entire night. Yasui Jiro was already numb and just fired mechanically.
Before he knew it, he had used up all the bullets in two cowhide magazines and was scolded by the squad leader again. Now their bullets were running low and they had to use them sparingly.

Sato's eyes had already turned black. After a day and a night of high-intensity fighting, he was very tired. He fell asleep against the wall, while Yasui Jiro was still in an excited state. He said to Sato excitedly:
"Sato-kun, I killed at least a dozen Chinese people. Xiaomei will definitely be proud of me!"

"Sato-kun!"

Yasui saw Sato was sleeping and the team leader was walking towards them. He wanted to see Sato being beaten, so he didn't wake him up.

Sure enough, Sato, who was secretly sleeping, was beaten up by the team leader. Only then did Yasui feel relieved. They were both good friends if they were beaten up.

"Bagayalu, why didn't you wake me up?"

After the team leader left, Sato glared at Yasui angrily. He was really angry.

Yasui obviously didn't care, and said gloatingly:

"Everyone is killing Chinese people, and you are sleeping. Don't you feel guilty about the Emperor's trust?"

"Bakayaro! Yasui, you bastard, I will never let Xiaomei be with a selfish person like you in the future."

Sato raised his foot and kicked Yasui. Yasui did not fight back for Sato Mikiko, but he did not think he did anything wrong. He actually fell asleep while beating the Chinese, which was a shame to the emperor's trust.

Sato already hated Yasui in his heart, so the two of them stopped talking. He sat down on the ground, took out a rice ball and started to eat it. This was their breakfast, along with a few candies and a can of beef. The supplies in this regard were much better than those of the 88th Division.

Outside the headquarters, Mu Tiezhu, who had been busy all night, was also eating. His food was much simpler, just a steamed bun with porridge and a piece of pickled cabbage. This was the food of the Central Army. The local troops were even worse.

Company commander Duan Yulin came over, handed him a cigarette, and asked:

"What is the mental state of the brothers? Can they still fight?"

Mu Tiezhu put the cigarette close to his nose and took a deep breath, then held it in his mouth, took out a match, lit it, took a deep breath and said:
"Wait till I finish this cigarette!"

Mu Tiezhu smoked greedily while Duan Yulin waited patiently. As the best squad leader under his command, Mu Tiezhu deserved this treatment.

Mu Tiezhu quickly finished the cigarette in his hand, threw it on the ground, and said:

"Captain, give the order!"

Duan Yulin suddenly felt a lump in his throat. The attack during the day would cost lives. After a charge, he didn't know how many people would not be able to return.

Four of his nine squad leaders have been killed or injured, and the platoon leader has also been injured. Mu Tiezhu is now acting as the platoon leader.

"You lead a platoon to launch a tentative attack to help the Japanese get a boost. Let's start with the third company today."

Mu Tiezhu nodded, then turned and left. A few minutes later, a row of soldiers launched an attack on the Japanese. Mu Tiezhu was still at the front holding a submachine gun.

The battlefield, which had been silent for two hours, became lively again. The Japanese soldiers in the building rained bullets on a row of soldiers. People were shot and fell from time to time, but their offensive pace never stopped.

Duan Yulin picked up the telescope and carefully observed the distribution of the Japanese's firepower. He was surprised to find that the Japanese's firepower had obviously decreased, which showed that Lao Yue's strategy was correct. It was just that he still couldn't figure out what Yue Qianli was up to. After all, this kind of fighting style that relied on old capital was not in his style.

After the first platoon had attacked for more than ten minutes, Duan Yulin asked the signalman to notify them to withdraw. During this short period of time, the first platoon suffered half a squad of casualties, but they also measured the strength of the Japanese.
Then Duan Yulin led the entire company to launch an attack. He specially arranged a rocket launcher group to attack the Japanese firepower points, which was also the purpose of his previous tentative attack.

The offensive tactics of the Third Company were exactly the same as those of the Second Battalion. Although they only had more than 80 people left, the oppression they inflicted on the Japanese was no less than that of a fully-strength company.

Major Miyamoto had also learned his lesson. Seeing that the attacking force consisted of only a few dozen people, he only used a portion of his firepower.

It turned out that they could not suppress the attack of the third company at all, so they had to send in another squad, and they were able to hold on. The two sides fought back and forth, with casualties on both sides.

"Where's the bazooka? Give me the damn heavy machine gun!"

The two rocket launchers that Duan Yulin won from Yue Qianli in a bet began to show their power. In just a few minutes, he destroyed three Japanese machine guns. This made the old Japanese Miyamoto very distressed, but he had no better solution.

Without the use of machine guns, it would be impossible to suppress the Chinese attack. Once their siege vehicles approached the gate, the Chinese might break through the headquarters building, which forced Miyamoto to constantly fight with the National Government Army.

After a day and a night of consumption, they only had a dozen machine guns left and only a few artillery pieces, and the reinforcements were still at sea. For the first time, he lost confidence in holding the position.

Yue Qianli's tactical intention was very clear. No matter how long the Japanese's defense line was, he was focused on attacking the center and was determined to use blasting tactics to blow up the Japanese's main gate.

The Japanese naturally would not let them blow up the main gate, so the two sides fought around the main gate to consume the Japanese's manpower and firepower.

The three companies attacked for more than an hour before retreating. There were more than 80 people when they went up, but only 60 were left when they retreated, but they destroyed at least three machine guns of the Japanese.

Since the anti-aircraft guns consume too much shells, they are now controlling their use and saving them for the general offensive.

After the third company withdrew, the second and first companies took turns to fight and tormented the Japanese for another morning.

By the afternoon, the Third Company of the First Battalion took over, while Yue Qianli's Second Battalion had been recuperating.

It was not until four o'clock in the afternoon that the Second Battalion took over the attack from the First Battalion. The Third Battalion, which had not been used before, also made preparations for combat. Yue Qianli was ready to launch a general attack!
Yue Qianli was not in a hurry to attack, but was making various deployments. After more than a day of fighting, the battlefield finally became quiet.

Major General Okawa seemed to have sensed something. This was a veteran's unique battlefield sense, so he called together several captains and said:
"Gentlemen, the storm is about to come!
If I'm not mistaken, the Chinese should be launching a general attack!
I have to admit that the Chinese commander is a very difficult guy. He has been consuming our manpower and firepower, waiting for this moment;
This attack will be more fierce than any other time, and it will be the fiercest of his three axes. As long as he can withstand it, he will be helpless!"

Major Miyamoto took over and said:
"Your Excellency General, the warriors of the Imperial Navy have never been afraid of any challenge, and we are willing to serve Your Majesty with all our loyalty!
If the Chinese want to capture the headquarters building, they can only do so by stepping over the corpses of the warriors. Please give the order."

Other devils also stood up to express their opinions, and for a while there was chaos.

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