"Keep running, don't stop, you'll die if you fall behind." The panting nine pounds dragged one of his bombardiers and ran forward with all his might. He didn't know why Tang Cheng would order his bomb squad to pretend to be a rout and flee backwards, but he knew that Tang Cheng was definitely not a cowardly person, and those experiences in Nanjing City were enough to make Jiujin believe Tang Cheng's orders 100%.

There were more than nine catties and a group who pretended to retreat from the rout, Tang Cheng also drew more than a dozen people from those novices to pretend to be rout and run back, these were all novices who were judged by Tang Cheng to be unable to continue fighting, rather than letting them stay in the trenches and affect others, it was more appropriate to pretend to be a rout. Tang Cheng's trick came from Liu Goat's trick when he commanded a battalion outside Guanghua Gate, showing the enemy weakly to lure the enemy in chaos, and when the enemy pursued, it was the time when the ambush battle began.

The Japanese troops in the confrontation finally began to pursue, but Tang Cheng's face changed with the pursuit of the Japanese army. A well-trained officer would not expose his entire army to danger, and Kenichi Okamoto was undoubtedly such a person, the cunning and suspicious Kenichi Okamoto did not let all his soldiers participate in the pursuit after he was sure that the other side was beginning to retreat, and less than 30 Japanese soldiers appeared in Tang Cheng's sight to get up and pursue.

"Let them go or let them go first" Tang Cheng's mind began to mess up, this was a situation he had never encountered, as if Liu Goat had not taught him how to deal with such a situation. Tang Cheng encountered face-to-face battles with the Japanese army in Shanghai and Nanjing, and even when he fought with the Japanese army outside the Guanghua Gate, Tang Cheng did not encounter the situation like now.

The veterans in the trenches began to breathe rapidly, and the squad and platoon leaders were waiting for Tang Cheng's order, once the order was given, they would deal a fatal blow to these Japanese soldiers who had risen up to pursue. When the fastest Japanese soldier was 30 meters away from the trench, Tang Cheng finally stopped hesitating and pulled the trigger of the rifle in his hand. With a crisp gunshot, the short and stout Japanese soldier Cao Chang, who was targeted by Tang Cheng, fell to the ground on his back, and the bullets that flew out pierced the chest of the Japanese soldier Cao Chang, and the blood flowing from the bullet hole instantly accumulated a small puddle of blood under him.

The gunfire in Tang Cheng was the signal to open fire, and the machine gunner of the 1st Company, who had been waiting for a long time, roared and pulled the trigger, and fired the bullets in the magazine at the Japanese soldiers who had nowhere to hide in their sight. The veterans in the "pop" "pop" and "pop" trenches also opened fire one after another, and the position of the 1st Company, which was originally silent, instantly burst into strong firepower, and the dense bullets like raindrops rushed towards the more than 20 Japanese soldiers who rushed over, and the sudden change in the battle situation made Kenichi Okamoto on the opposite side stunned.

The gunfire of the 1st Company only lasted for a short time before disappearing again, and more than 20 Japanese soldiers fell into a pool of blood within 30 meters of the trench, a distance of less than 50 meters was not difficult for the veterans of the 1st Company, just one row of guns was enough for these Japanese soldiers to turn into blood gourds. "Concealment, back to the defense of the artillery hole concealment." Leaving a few observation posts, Tang Cheng ordered the soldiers in the trenches to take refuge in the anti-artillery holes, and according to his experience with the Japanese army, the Japanese mortars were ineffective.

Sure enough, as soon as Tang Cheng and the others hid in the anti-artillery hole, the mortar shells from the Japanese army had already caused a sharp whistling sound above the heads of the 1st Company, followed by a series of large explosions. "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" Tang Cheng's observation post arranged in the trench curled up his body, and the smarter ones also used their hands to protect their heads and necks, and they were not issued with steel helmets, only the cloth soft military caps on their heads, such things could not defend against the shrapnel that splashed with the explosion, so they could only use their arms as a defense to cover those shrapnel that might take their lives.

Explosions rang out one after another, and the two light machine guns of Okamoto's squadron were also spitting out bullets, but the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and the position of the 1st Company, which was rained down by Okamoto's squadron, did not move. The gunfire gradually stopped, except for the two mortars of Okamoto's squadron, which were still clearing the places they thought suspicious, creating a rain of smoke and flying shrapnel for the positions ahead. "Yaga, these damn Shina people." Kenichi Okamoto put down the binoculars in his hand a little frantically, the Shina Army on the opposite side must have retreated back into their trenches, Okamoto's squadron did not carry heavy mortars, and the current light mortars could not destroy those trenches.

Only three of the five observation posts set up by Tang Cheng remained, and two of them had died under fire from each other's artillery, but both sides had ceased fire at this time, and the battlefield was strangely quiet again. The Japanese troops did not move, and the 1st Company in the trenches did not move, and only the screams and screams of the wounded soldiers on both sides remained on the silent battlefield. Slowly drilling out of the anti-artillery hole, Tang Cheng straightened up with a telescope and looked at the same silent Japanese army, Tang Cheng counted the number of Japanese soldiers shot in 1 company, the Japanese squadron was at least 200 people, and less than 40 people were shot by them, and the remaining 160 or so Japanese soldiers chose to stand still, which made Tang Cheng feel a little strange.

"Bang" Before Tang Cheng could see the situation on the other side clearly, the moment the gunshot rang out, a hot bullet flew past Tang Cheng's neck. "Hmm" Tang Cheng reflexively fell on his back in the trench, his right hand also stretched out to cover his neck, there was no continuous pain and no hot viscous plasma flowing, Tang Cheng finally put his mind at ease, he knew that he had not been hit by that bullet.

"Squat down and put your head down." A soldier who was just about to go out to look out was hit in the shoulder by the dirt thrown by Tang Cheng, and he was busy obeying the order and squatting in the trench. The marksmanship of the Japanese soldiers has always been the most worrying thing for Tang Cheng, when he was stationed at Guanghuamen, many soldiers in the teaching corps died in the confrontation with the Japanese army, and in terms of individual ability, the soldiers of the national army were indeed not the opponents of the Japanese soldiers.

Because the target was found, the shooting on the Japanese side continued, and the whizzing bullets flew over the trenches, and the eaves of Tang Cheng squatting in the trenches looked at the sky. When they arranged for Jiujin to retreat, Tang Cheng had already designated a person who was quick to go back to the city to report the news, and he was not worried about the soldier who returned to the city to report the news, but was a little worried about the upright guy of Jiujin. Neither Tang Cheng nor Kenichi Okamoto wanted to see a confrontation between the two sides, because a confrontation meant that both sides would need to compete for endurance and strength.

Okamoto's squadron occupies the advantage of combat effectiveness and firepower, but they are not familiar with the terrain, Tangcheng's 1st company occupies the terrain advantage and numerical advantage, but their combat effectiveness is too poor, and the firepower intensity is not as good as the other party. However, the tide of battle cannot be constant forever, and as the battle and confrontation continue, there will always be a way to turn the tide of the battle between the two sides, just like Kenichi Okamoto is now preparing to divide his troops and attack 1st Company from both flanks.

The remaining 160 men under Ken Okamoto were evenly distributed in three directions, with 50 men on each flank for a roundabout attack, and he himself commanded the remaining 60 men and the two mortars to act as a feint to attract enemy fire, and he assigned light machine guns and grenadiers to the troops attacking from both flanks. "Company commander, the little devil has retired." The shouting of the observation post woke up Tang Cheng, who was in deep thought, and he hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at the fact that there were many fewer Japanese soldiers lying on the spot.

"Oops" Tang Cheng doesn't think that this is the Japanese army retreating, if it is retreating, why are there still dozens of Japanese soldiers lying in place and not moving, this is obviously the Japanese army's trick to break through from both flanks. "Hidden, hidden." Tang Cheng's shouting had not stopped, and the mortar shells from the Japanese troops on the opposite side once again blasted out several clouds of smoke from the position of the 1st Company, and several soldiers of the 1st Company who were extremely unlucky fell into the smoke, and the stumps and broken arms and blood were faintly visible in the burst of fire.

"Uncle An, you take your people to defend the right flank, be careful of the Japanese coming to sneak attack, don't jump out of the trench and fight with them, just suppress them and don't dare to approach. Platoon leader, you take the 1st platoon to hold the left flank, and block the Japanese army like Uncle An, don't let them approach our trenches. Tang Cheng's shouts rang out in the smoke, and Uncle An, who was called by name, and a platoon leader ran towards the two flanks of the position with their respective men.

Tang Cheng may not be old enough, and he doesn't look very convincing, but he is the only one in the entire garrison regiment who followed the regiment commander Liu Shanyang from Shanghai to Nanjing, and then took it out from Nanjing to Mengcheng. The anti-bandit operation that lasted for more than half a month was an opportunity created by Liu Shanyang in order to familiarize Tang Cheng with the 1st Company, and in the anti-bandit operation for most of the month, the veterans of the 1st Company had already seen Tang Cheng's decisiveness and various methods, and compared with those novices, the veterans seemed to be more willing to accept Tang Cheng's command.

"Prepare for battle" With Tang Cheng's shout, the soldiers of the 1st Company hiding in the anti-artillery hole appeared one after another, and Tang Cheng not only had to watch out for the Japanese troops who might appear from both flanks, but also the Japanese troops in the front. Those battles outside the Guanghua Gate had proved the cunning of the Japanese army many times, and Tang Cheng himself did not believe that the Japanese commander on the opposite side only had such a trick, and it was not difficult to see the cunning of this person from the fact that he only sent a few soldiers to pursue Jiujin just now.

The two flanks of the 1st Company's position really sounded the sound of machine gun fire, mixed with a few Mauser rifle return fires, Tang Cheng knew that it was Uncle An's men and the 1st platoon sniping the Japanese army. The 1st Company is now being attacked on three sides, and Tang Cheng, who was still a little flustered, gradually calmed down, facing the insoluble battle situation, it is nothing more than a desperate fight or a sortie, this is a passage in Xie Bo's notes, Tang Cheng has firmly remembered it.