bayedsolid Chapter 481: Brief Glory
Chapter 481: Brief Glory
After crawling back for more than ten meters, the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, felt that he was safe now. He was now more than 250 meters away from the Chinese army's defensive position, and he had finally retreated safely.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, looked at the soldiers who were fighting and retreating around him, and found that it was not good for him to just lie on the ground like this. Many officers and soldiers in front of him had not started to retreat yet. What he needed now was to restore his image as soon as possible. For Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, this was undoubtedly a good opportunity to establish his image.
The regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, climbed up from the ground, first patted the mud on the front of his uniform with both hands, then drew out his command sword, shouted loudly to encourage the retreating soldiers and commanded them to retreat and fight.
This trick of the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was very effective. After seeing the passionate command and shouts of the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, the soldiers who were retreating and were at a loss calmed down and began to act according to the orders of the regiment commander. In the eyes of the soldiers, the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was the master who cleaned up this bad situation.
But the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was still a little careless. His series of "glorious and majestic" actions had already attracted the attention of the sharpshooters of the new 100th Division. They had been looking for a Japanese officer for a long time, and they had finally found one, so they couldn't let him retreat alive.
Among the many guns aimed at Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, the commander of the regiment, three rifles clearly placed the body of Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi in the sights. These three rifles are regular sniper rifles with optical sights.
Colonel Watanabe Nobukichi, the regiment commander, is feeling great now. He can feel everyone's admiration and respect for him from the look in the soldiers' eyes. This makes Colonel Watanabe Nobukichi completely forget his previous embarrassed image and completely immersed in the fantasy that he is a hero of the Empire of Japan.
Just as the commander of the regiment, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, was waving his command knife vigorously and giving orders to the soldiers, he suddenly felt a burst of pain in his body. Then, his body could not move at all. He could even clearly feel that his body was falling backwards, but he could not control himself to stand still.
Damn it, I was shot. How could the Chinese army's shooting hit me from such a distance? This is not common sense. This is the last feeling of Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, the commander of the regiment, in the world.
When the commander of the corps, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, fell to the ground, his consciousness became very blurred. The moment he fell to the ground, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe did not even feel any pain. Just when he felt strange, he suddenly stopped breathing.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was hit and fell to the ground, which frightened the soldiers of the Second Regiment who were retreating nearby. At first, they were listening to the commander's passionate commands and orders. His heroic figure with the command knife in hand was so majestic. He felt like a god of war. How could he just disappear?
Several soldiers around also hurried to the place where the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, fell. However, the sharpshooters of the new 100th Division did not care about the thoughts of these Japanese soldiers. In their opinion, these Japanese soldiers were running here so anxiously, which meant that the one they had hit before must be a high-ranking officer. The sharpshooters would not be polite to these Japanese soldiers who came to their doorstep. This was a very good opportunity to increase their combat record.
The Japanese soldiers who were running towards the fallen Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi were shot down by the sharpshooters of the new 100th Division. This frightened the Japanese soldiers who wanted to come over, so they could only crawl slowly towards the Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi.
Five minutes later, several soldiers finally crawled to the side of the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, but they were disappointed that the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was already dead, and the blood on his body had dyed his uniform red. On his pale face, his big eyes were staring at the sky, expressing his dissatisfaction.
Seeing that the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was already dead, the Japanese soldiers could only drag his body and try to crawl down. For them, they could not let the precious body of the regiment commander fall into the hands of the Chinese army, as that would be a shame for the regiment commander and the Second Regiment.
When all the attacking forces of the 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Brigade were withdrawn, the current highest commander of the 2nd Regiment, Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, commander of the 3rd Battalion, counted the losses of the 2nd Regiment with a bandage on his head. After the count, Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, commander of the 3rd Battalion, could not believe the results of the statistics.
In the recent all-out offensive, the Second Regiment had deployed all its combat forces at once, and three battalions had launched the attack together. As a result, according to statistics, the number of casualties reached more than 680. The most painful thing was that the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, and the commander of the First Battalion, Major Katakura Chikako, died in battle, and the commander of the Second Battalion, Major Goukimi Hirotaro, was seriously injured and was being rescued, and it was not known whether he could be saved.
The squadron leader lost six men and one was injured, and the casualties among the squad leader and the sergeant major reached 70%. It can be said that the Second Regiment's all-out attack this time almost killed all the commanding officers of the entire regiment. This made it very difficult to continue the attack on the Chinese army. With only soldiers but no officers, they could not exert their ability to coordinate with each other in the attack, and the soldiers were basically in a state of disunity.
When Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, the captain of the 3rd Battalion, saw the post-war statistics list, his already injured head hurt even more. What the hell should he do? He only had some soldiers but no grassroots officers. The troops could not exert their full combat power. What the hell were these Chinese reinforcements? How could their officers be so arrogant?
Moreover, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, thought that judging from the combat effectiveness of the Chinese reinforcements coming from the opposite side, it would be difficult for the 2nd Regiment to complete the combat mission of breaking through the Rikuya defense line. It would be too unfair for him to bear the post-war responsibility.
Lieutenant Colonel Yoshitsugu Matsui, commander of the 3rd Battalion, did not want to be the scapegoat, and he felt that he could not bear the blame.
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