"Commander Okamura is furious."

"Expected. However, it was he who gave me the order to go to support the Changshan position. ”

Shigeichi Harata had a cold expression, not in the slightest moved by the commander's anger.

The adjutant said: "The enemy thought that the crossbow was strong, and the commander ordered our detachment to attack Changshan instead of the 106th Division. If you haven't won the ,...... by noon tomorrow."

The adjutant stopped talking, and Hatada said for him: "It's just a dismissal." If I had been asked to attack Changshan from the beginning, Madang Fortress would have been captured long ago. The 106th Division will only stick to the rules and do not know how to be flexible. ”

So far, Ha Tian didn't even look at the adjutant, only the battle map in front of him in his eyes.

Shao Fei led his troops to withdraw to the Changshan position. In just one day, the position was in shambles and unrecognizable. Everywhere was filled with the unique smell of the battlefield, gunsmoke and blood.

Shao Fei ordered the special combat team to rest first and report to Bao Changyi by himself.

When he came to the headquarters, the chief of staff told Shao Fei that Chief Bao was at the observation post, so he went to the observation post with the chief of staff to find Bao Changyi.

"You're here, you're playing well."

Bao Changyi looked at the river with a worried look.

The chief of staff said on the side: "After today's battle, our entire corps can fight less than 600 people. The Japanese army began to fight again, but our reinforcements are still wandering around the mountains. ”

Bao Changyi turned around and said, "We have to prepare for the worst." Brother, if you have any ideas, you might as well say it directly. ”

Shao Fei looked at the river and sighed: "Actually, I didn't expect such a strong fortress to be breached so quickly. It is our shield, but it cannot be the enemy's shield. ”

The chief of staff said, "You mean to destroy the fortress?"

Bao Changyi waved his hand, meaning to let Shao Fei continue.

Shao Fei said: "What you can't take away can't be left to the enemy; Anything you bring with you must be taken away in advance. That's the worst-case scenario. ”

Shao Fei meant to destroy Madang Fortress and transfer the wounded and logistical baggage in advance.

Bao Changyi asked again: "How much do you know about Hatada Shigeichi?"

Shao Fei replied: "This person is good at using tricks and doesn't play cards according to common sense. If tomorrow is the main attack of the Hatian detachment, they will definitely not attack from that rice field with water, and I will not be so stupid. ”

The chief of staff interjected: "But that is the way to go, if you don't attack from there, where will it come from?"

Shao Fei said to the staff officer: "I don't know. But the way is dead, but man is alive. If it's me, it's okay to go southeast, west, and west. Isn't it the Yangtze River and Taibai Lake, just cross and swim over. Even if it's a cliff, you can find an assault team to climb it, and heavy machine guns and mortar guns are not very heavy. ”

The chief of staff smiled ashamedly and said, "It is also said that theoretically there is no road in the world that cannot work."

Shao Fei couldn't laugh, he had suffered the loss of the Botian detachment, so he said: "I like to empathize when I fight. If I were the commander of the Potian detachment, believe it or not, I would have taken the Changshan position in half a day. ”

"Oh?" Bao Changyi became curious for a moment and asked, "If you change it, how do you fight, let's hear it."

Shao Fei responded: "The lake is one meter deep, and the devil is stupid enough to use infantry to assault. First, I took advantage of the night to send an elite detachment to make a detour to the west, using the reeds of the embankment by the Shiji River as cover. Second, isn't the water deep in the lake, and the bamboo raft is directly put on the wood as a cover, and the infantry pushes behind. The shore is only thirty meters from the position, and a round of artillery bombardment can be used to launch a charge. The commandos from the west attacked again. ”

Bao Changyi smiled: "Fortunately, you are not a devil."

Shao Fei's words were reasonable, so Bao Changyi gave three orders in a row.

First, take advantage of the night to transfer the wounded soldiers and baggage.

Second, place explosives in fortress batteries, pillboxes, and important fortifications.

Third, the 7th Squadron was ordered to strictly defend the Shiji position in the west. Prevent the Japanese from landing from the west.

Coincidentally, Shigeichi Harata seems to have thought of it with Shao Fei. The only difference was that he gave up on Hudang and focused on Shiji in the west. So he sent a commando team of 100 people overnight to land on Shiji and hide in the reeds.

Before dawn on the 26th, he quietly touched the front of the position of the 7th Squadron at the western end of Changshan.

Before dawn is the time when humanity is most tired, and it is also the best time to attack. But the devil did not launch a direct surprise attack, but released poison gas despicably.

"Ahem, cough, cough", "......"

The soldiers on the battlefield were awakened by these foul smelling and pungent poisonous gases.

"It's devil gas, cover your nose!"

Someone on the battlefield shouted, but what's the use of covering your nose, people have to breathe.

"Boom Boom" "......"

The devil took the opportunity to launch an attack and also started the battle of the day.

"Dadada" "......"

The 7th Squadron began to counterattack under poison gas and resolutely did not retreat.

However, the devil only made a feint, and the purpose was to make it impossible for the enemy to leave the position easily.

"Brothers, fight!"

The leader of the seventh squadron covered his nose and insisted on directing the battle, but the soldiers around him either fell or wailed in pain.

"Brothers, fight~"

The squadron itself was quite poisoned and already weakened. The gunfire on the position gradually became more and more softened until it stopped.

The devil commandos rushed into the position with gas masks, but they could still hear someone moaning. So he looked for them alive and brutally stabbed them to death one by one.

"Brothers, fight~fight~"

The squadron leader leaned into the trench and muttered to himself.

The devil heard the noise and came this way, and when he saw the half-dead enemy officer in such a mess, he couldn't help laughing.

One devil said, "Give him a good time, and let us be merciful."

The squadron leader smiled: "Sure enough, it's a Taiwanese pig from the Potian detachment, you all go to hell."

Before these devil soldiers understood what they meant, the squadron endured the grenades on their bodies that rang out with their last breath.

"Boom", and these sneering devils are all gone. The leader of the 7th Squadron was martyred.

Almost all the officers and men of the squadron were poisoned and died, and only five soldiers ran to the headquarters to report.

"Shameful!" Bao Changyi slapped the table hard, sad and indignant. Sadly, it was the whole of the 7th Squadron that was poisoned: angry, it was the devil who used the internationally banned poison gas bombs again.

At this time, Shao Fei and the chief of staff were by his side.

Although Shao Fei was angry, he still calmly analyzed: "The devils will not attack further, they will hold that position and wait for the follow-up troops to land." So, we want to retake positions as soon as possible. ”

Bao Changyi said helplessly: "There is nothing we can do in the face of poison gas."

Shao Fei asked, "Is there no anti-chemical equipment?"

The chief of staff patted Shao Fei and shook his head.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

Dense artillery fire was heard on the river. The trio quickly left headquarters and headed for the observation post.

In the early morning, under the cover of aircraft, the enemy rushed into the minefield on the river and detonated the mines with fire. It was followed by a large number of ships loaded with marines.

As Shao Fei expected, the Japanese army wanted to land from Shiji in the west.

Madang Fortress is like a huge ship that leaks everywhere, and the reason is that there are not enough troops. The fortress garrisoned by 30,000 men in three divisions of the 16th Army turned out to be only 2,000 men.

And now, with these hundreds of people left in the second corps, they have to face dozens of times their own people, how long can they hold on?

(End of chapter)