Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 443 Must win

"Brothers, let's go first."

"Hahaha, both of my arms have been broken. No one can defeat me. Killing one will cover my losses, and killing two will make a profit."

"You all must live to see the day of victory."

"They say the Japs are not afraid of death in battle, but I am even less afraid of death than you."

"Shenzhou will win!"

"Shenzhou will win!"

One soldier after another jumped down from a high place, carrying smoking bags of explosives.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

……

The explosions were deafening, and huge flames illuminated the sky and the earth.

The enemy's attack was temporarily delayed.

The other soldiers in the position were also blood-thirsty. They didn't care about any artillery shells, bombs, or bullets. They leaned out of the trench and fired at the enemies in the Panshui River below.

Even if I die, I will take a few devils with me.

Hundreds of soldiers lost more than half of their men again, but they were still unable to stop the enemy's charge.

Just when the position was about to be lost.

Support has arrived.

Thousands of soldiers rushed over and immediately took up defensive positions under the command of several company commanders.

Further to the rear, the regiment's artillery platoon also immediately joined the battle.

Later, boxes of grenades were transported in, as well as five poison gas bombs, which exploded in the middle of the Panshui River, among the Japanese troops.

A brutal offensive and defensive battlefield.

Soon they were enveloped by countless strange poisonous smokes. The Japanese troops, who were attacking like a tide, were in a low position with no shelter around them. They were eroded and submerged by the poisonous smoke and could only retreat in panic.

For more Japanese soldiers, it was too late to retreat.

Under the command of the Japanese officers, they launched a "suicide" charge, intending to rush to the north bank to survive.

Unfortunately, Ye Feng brought almost all of the regiment’s explosives to the Stone Beach battlefield.

These struggling Japanese soldiers, more than 700 people, were engulfed and drowned by the explosion of countless grenades.

……

Fifth Division Headquarters.

"Useless, a bunch of useless!" Division Commander Ninomiya Kato flew into a rage, tore up a battle report, and shouted angrily:

"Why?"

"At the Stone Beach position, the Chinese on the opposite side, a battalion of less than a thousand people, actually blocked our charges several times."

"This was a charge of several thousand people. How could the Chinese stop it?"

"Please report that these Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces are a bunch of rabble who have never received military training and are a bunch of rookies who can't even use guns, right?"

"It's ridiculous. A battalion is blocking my company."

"Are the Chinese too powerful, or are the elite veterans of the Great Japanese Empire too useless and stupid?"

Ninomiya Kato turned his eyes and ordered, "Connect me to the Kurosaki Unit immediately. I want an explanation from him."

After the call was connected, Kurosaki on the other end could not wait to swear, "Division Commander, give me another chance. This time, I will definitely break through the Chinese position at the Stone Beach position and wipe out this Chinese force."

"Bagaya road!"

Ninomiya Kato yelled, "Kurosaki-kun, this is the nth time you have promised, but every time, you failed."

A complete elite squadron.

Actually...

It was impossible to capture the position of the opposing battalion of new recruits.

In Ninomiya Kato's opinion, this is a shame, it is absolutely a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army!

Kurosaki was silent for a while, then lowered his voice and said, "Captain, I know I failed in my duty, but the Chinese have used up all the poison gas bombs they had. They definitely won't be so lucky next time."

"After my troops have rested, we will break through the northern shore defenses before dark and kill all the Chinese."

"If you fail again, I, Kurosaki, will commit suicide by disembowelment."

……

After the battlefield call was disconnected, Ninomiya Kato put down the phone and asked, "Nara-kun, when do you think our army can cross the Panshui River?"

Chief of Staff Nara also had a dejected expression on his face.

Japan's most elite Fifth Division, with a total of 2.5 troops, attacked in six directions.

The battle lasted for a long time.

It was actually blocked in a small Panshui River.

This situation made Ninomiya Kato question his life.

Could it be that all the Chinese on the north bank are cheating?

Nara said, "Division Commander, we have suffered too many casualties now. We must think of other combat strategies."

Ninomiya Kato said, "In the face of absolute force, any conspiracy or trick will be vulnerable."

"On the north bank, the Chinese regiment has lost more than half of its troops and its combat effectiveness is seriously weakened."

"Another full-scale attack, with a large army pressing forward, coupled with our powerful weapons and firepower."

"These Chinese who stand in our way will surely be defeated."

"The army of the Great Japanese Empire is invincible. Let alone a poor and backward China, even those self-proclaimed noble foreigners are no match for us."

……

Looking at the conceited division commander, Nara felt helpless.

As the chief of staff, he has a vision that is farther-sighted than others.

In Nara's view, the hidden problems of the Japanese army are ten or even a hundred times more serious than they appear on the surface.

Since the outbreak of the full-scale war, especially after winning the "Battle of Shanghai", the Japanese have become more confident. Every one of them is ambitious and blinded by desire.

Or……

These military commanders became stubborn and arrogant, and did not take the Shenzhou troops seriously at all.

In the eyes of these Japanese commanders, the Chinese were ignorant, poor and backward. As soon as the troops of the Empire of Japan arrived, any resistance would be smashed into pieces by their artillery.

In fact.

Over the past year or so, their Japanese troops have indeed swept across most of China, won countless victories, and captured countless cities, counties, towns, villages, etc. Wherever the army went, no Chinese could stop their advance.

These victories made Japanese military commanders, even group commanders, all become arrogant.

Even on the southwest battlefield.

They were stuck in a stalemate with the Yamashiro troops, and most Japanese commanders believed that if they were given some time, they would definitely win and annihilate the Yamashiro troops in the vast mountains.

The situation is indeed different now!

Southwest battlefield.

The Yamashiro troops were extremely tenacious. They took advantage of the complex and changeable mountain terrain to tie down a large number of Japanese troops. The two sides were in a stalemate and neither side could defeat the other in one bite.

Northwest battlefield.

Relying on its base thousands of miles away, the underground party waged a variety of tactics and strategies, including guerrilla warfare, blitzkrieg, ambush, etc., and used guerrilla warfare to an extremely terrifying degree, so that even though the underground party's troops were constantly besieged in the northwest base, their strength increased instead of decreased.

In particular, the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces, after retaking Shanghai, in order to engage the large Japanese forces, no longer simply defended, but took the initiative to attack, won many battles, and recaptured countless villages, towns and counties. At the same time, they also dragged the large Japanese forces on the northwest battlefield. The two sides had been attacking and defending each other.

In Nara's opinion, the situation of the Shenzhou War has completely changed.

For Japan, let alone completely occupying China, even in the stalemate stage, they are at a disadvantage.

In this situation, if the Japanese troops do not change their strategy and mentality.

The two hostile war camps of Shenzhou and Japan.

Japan will lose.