Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 7 The End of Madness is Destruction (Please Read and Collect)
Inoue's squadron was unwilling to accept defeat. They used their superior numbers to constantly consume the defenders, even if it meant exchanging three for one. Captain Inoue was not afraid of losing.

The troops in the first trench were still too weak, and seeing that the Japanese were about to attack the position, Yue Qianli made decisive adjustments and asked the signalman to use the bugle to notify the second platoon leader to retreat to the second trench. This had been agreed upon in advance.

Seeing that the enemy had approached to within 30 meters, the second platoon leader shouted:

"Grenade!"

The soldiers grabbed the long-handled grenades placed in front of them and threw them at the Japanese. Each person was to throw three grenades, as had been arranged in advance. This was to buy time to withdraw to the second trench.

Three consecutive rounds of hand grenades were thrown into the group of Japanese soldiers, blowing the Japanese soldiers in the front into a panic;
The smarter ones rolled into the bomb craters, while the stupider ones could only lie on the ground and endure it. Many of the weaker ones were sent to see their damn Aunt Amaterasu.

There was smoke and dust in front of the defenders' position. The surviving Japanese soldiers lay on the ground and did not notice any changes in the defenders.

When the smoke gradually dissipated, the defenders' position was completely silent, with no one in sight. The silence was terrifying.
They had no idea that the second platoon leader had already led a dozen surviving brothers, carrying the wounded, and retreated to the second trench through the two longitudinal communication trenches.

Yue Qianli placed two squads of 2 people in the first trench. In the end, 26 of the wounded were evacuated and 12 were sacrificed. The overall casualties were not large.

After the third company changed its fighting style, the number of casualties dropped significantly. Some practical infantry tactics were actually just a thin layer of window paper, but the effect was completely different.

Think about the tunnel warfare at Shangganling. The Volunteer Army took on the Americans who were at the peak of their firepower, but their casualties were far lower than theirs. So if tactics are used well, it is possible to defeat the enemy with superior firepower.

Seeing that the defenders were quiet, Lieutenant Sakata Ryuji waved his saber and carefully moved upwards with the remaining Japanese soldiers of the first wave...

Thirty meters, twenty meters, there was still no movement on the battlefield. This distance could be covered with just one charge. Lieutenant Sakata was delighted and shouted:
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

Dozens of Japanese soldiers quickly stood up and charged forward with all their might. Victory seemed just around the corner.

“Tatttatttatttatt…”

"DaDaDa..."

Several tongues of fire suddenly spurted out from dozens of meters away, and a rain of bullets from dozens of rifles sprayed towards them;

Due to inertia, many of them were almost crashing into the dense rain of bullets. If you didn't know, you would think they were brave enough to use their bodies to take the bullets...

They were just one step away from jumping into the defenders' trenches, but they fell down in front of the trenches unwillingly, which led to many Japanese soldiers dying with their eyes open.

Under the sudden attack of the second and third platoons, the Japanese paid a heavy price, exchanging a pile of shit-yellow for a broken trench;

Ryuji Sakata, who luckily escaped the disaster, was still in shock. If it weren't for an unlucky guy who blocked the bullet for him, his newlywed wife in Toyama Prefecture, Kanazawa would have been able to remarry.

When he thought about his petite and lovely wife going to serve others after he died in battle, he was so frightened that he retracted his glans into the trench;
Just as he retreated into the trench, he heard a Japanese soldier shouting:
"Baga, grenade!"

The Japanese soldier Sakata escaped the disaster again, but other Japanese soldiers were not as lucky as him. Thousands of shrapnel were thrown out after dozens of grenades exploded, turning many Japanese soldiers into corpses or wounded.

Each German-made long-handled grenade produced nearly a hundred pieces of lethal fragments, which became the nightmare of the Japanese riflemen. The aggrieved Lieutenant Sakata felt a sore nose and cried out miserably:
"Yamedie!"

After playing the victim, Lieutenant Sakata discovered a big problem. The trenches dug by the Nationalist Army were too deep, and the back was a straight slope of nearly 90 degrees. They were too small to climb up.

Even if they managed to climb up by stacking people, they would still be a sitting duck for the defenders. Captain Sakata was so angry that he cursed:
"Damn it, you're so cunning!" "Captain, there's a communication trench here!"

The Japanese sergeant shouted excitedly. The two vertical communication trenches were finally discovered by them. Yue Qianli had not thought about making sure the Japanese could not find them.

The communication trench was only 60 centimeters wide, and the Japanese would be seeking death if they went in. It seemed that Sakata had no other choice but to give it a try.

On one hand, he let the main force launch a feint attack on the upper part, and on the other hand, he sent two teams to sneak into the communication trench to fish in troubled waters. The Japanese liked to do things secretly and cover up their mistakes.

"Captain, the Japs are coming out of the hole!"

"Then why are you still standing there? Machine guns are ready for you."

The two machine guns mounted at the entrance of the communication trench made the Japanese know what it meant to be one man guarding the pass against ten thousand men. The Japanese who entered did not even have room to move and became living targets.

The Japanese who were trying to take advantage of the situation were quickly driven out. There were two teams when they went in, but only one was left when they retreated. The effect of reducing the number of personnel was extremely good.

The Japanese were fighting very hard. There was nothing in the trenches. They were so crazy that they piled up the bodies of both the enemy and our own side in the trenches to use as stepping stones. Only then did they climb out of the trenches with difficulty and continue to attack the depth of the defenders' positions.

Lieutenant Sakata discovered the problem after climbing up. The trench they captured was only a few dozen meters away from the second trench of the defenders, so they had to attack from above.
They couldn't deploy their forces at all, their firing range was good, the attacking troops couldn't charge fast, and they had no cover, so they were like sitting ducks on such a battlefield.

The defenders used machine guns and rifles to crossfire, knocking down the Japanese soldiers who climbed up one by one, and they had almost no chance to fight back;

As soon as they gathered together, the defenders would throw a group of grenades, leaving them with nowhere to escape, and the number of casualties rose sharply.

The commander on the opposite side is definitely a tactical command genius. They are now in an absolutely passive position, with their forces reduced to only more than 50 people, and more than half of them have suffered casualties.

But he had not received the order to retreat, so he could only lie on the ground and hold on. He watched his soldiers being knocked down one by one without being able to do anything, and he was extremely anxious.

Compared with the Japanese's frustration, the soldiers of the third company fought very calmly, as easily as hunting.

The Japanese infantry echelons were out of touch with the firepower units and were at an absolute disadvantage in firepower. They could neither attack nor retreat. They were like a mouse stuck in a bellows, caught in a dilemma.

Yue Qianli would not consider the feelings of these invaders. He could not help but pick up his gun and join in the hunting carnival. At a distance of dozens of meters, he almost never missed a shot and truly killed an enemy with one bullet.

Seeing his warriors being shot one by one, and the squadron leader showing no intention of letting them retreat, Lieutenant Sakata became timid, drew out his command knife and shouted:
"Your Majesty the Emperor, it's okay!"

When the other devils heard that they were going to launch a Banzai Charge, they immediately remembered their god of war, General Nogi Maresuke. Their blood began to boil, and they all got up from the ground, shouting "Itaya" and rushed towards the defenders' positions...

"Stupid!"

Yue Qianli aimed at the overly pretentious Japanese officer and pulled the trigger contemptuously, sending Lieutenant Sakata's soul back to his hometown, and his body was left as fertilizer.

The Japs' long live charge not only failed to break the psychological defenses of the defenders, but instead accelerated their demise. In just a few minutes, they were all turned into corpses...

The end of madness is destruction!
(End of this chapter)