Chapter 25: A Mob of Rabble (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

"Fine!" Zhang Kang nodded, "I'll go right away."

"Keep an eye on the Field Position; our company is the one with the sharpest wits."

Yu Hua patted his own chest: "Don't worry, Company Commander!"

"With me here, there's no need to worry."

Zhang Kang sought out Battalion Commander Xie Xinghua, "Battalion Commander!"

"We must hurry to construct fortifications."

"We need to dig more of these Anti-Artillery Caves."

"The devils don't have three heads and six arms; one shot, and a bullet can still punch a hole through a devil."

Fujita stood at attention, bowing and scraping: "Reporting to the Colonel."

"Look!"

"Now only my second brother and I are left."

"I'm homesick!"

"The Circular Fortification is very distinctive, with the first, second, and third lines of defense interlocking."

"Hai!" Fujita's face lit up with joy.

Fujita looked in the direction Hashimoto Ryuji was pointing.

"This is truly absurd!"

Fujita, head lowered, dared not even look at Hashimoto Ryuji, "Hai!"

"Fujita!" Hashimoto Ryuji opened his eyes.

Plus the three Infantry Companies that died in battle yesterday!

"Do you understand!"

He lowered his head, "Due to the chaos of war."

Such an army is simply a mob of rabble.

Yu Hua let out a long sigh, his gaze scanning the dim sky.

Able to maintain continuous fire against the Imperial Army and hold the defensive line.

On the Sichuan Army's Field Position.

Hashimoto Ryuji closed his eyes, pondering the battle just now.

"The Colonel's observation is very meticulous; I must learn from you, Colonel," Fujita buttered him up, "This Local Army."

"The Imperial intelligence unit has not yet obtained information on the opposing troops."

"Let him dispatch another battalion of troops to you."

But!

Hashimoto Ryuji's interest was also piqued.

"When you encounter the opposing commander, capture him alive for me!"

Japanese Army 6th Brigade.

"If they were also equipped with better weapons."

"Nail them firmly to the position for me."

A mob of rabble; Hashimoto Ryuji looked down on them and didn't take them seriously.

The expressions of both Fujita and Hashimoto Ryuji were not very good.

"Colonel!"

At this moment, Zhang Kang also arrived at Yu Hua's 1st Platoon.

He patted Sanwa's head, "Sanwa, don't be afraid."

Hashimoto Ryuji put down his Telescope and turned to head toward the Brigade Commander.

Zhang Kang stood at attention: "Yes!"

The Republic of China Local Army on the position held guns that were basically all Hanyang Rifles and Old Sleeves.

"Brothers, everyone is doing a great job."

"They must be veterans of defensive warfare."

"Until now, you haven't even figured out the designation of the opposing troops."

He, Hashimoto Ryuji, had not taken this morning's battle to heart at all.

"The Field Position has already been modified and is now more suitable for defense."

"Dying here, all alone!"

"I'm going to find the Brigade Commander!"

"Fujita-kun, the opposing commander is not simple."

Hearing this, Hashimoto Ryuji's expression turned cold: "Baka!"

"Everyone hurry to construct fortifications, and dig the Anti-Artillery Caves deeper for me."

"His deployment of troops is very reasonable."

Yet it was this very unit that actually blocked the charge of two Imperial Infantry Companies.

The Fujita Battalion could be considered completely crushed; the entire battalion now had fewer than twenty men.

Only a small portion of Imperial Warriors retreated.

That is what everyone commonly refers to as the Central Army German-Equipped Division.

"Our company is doing fine; we've dug some air-raid shelters of various sizes."

Hashimoto Ryuji waved his hand abruptly, "Enough!"

"This person is not simple!"

"The other companies, I don't think they paid much attention to the Anti-Artillery Cave."

Especially Fujita!

This time, the attack basically wiped out two squadrons.

"Our Sichuan Army winning this battle will also let the people of the whole country re-recognize our Sichuan Army."

Hearing this, Yu Hua patted Sanwa's head: "Are you scared of being on the battlefield?"

"I want to go home, I don't want to be like the others from our village."

"The overall tactical movements and individual soldier quality are trained quite well."

"Your company is at the very front, you must be like a nail."

Facing the firepower strike of the Artillery Squadron, one Regiment of the 16th Division suffered heavy casualties.

You must know!

The day before yesterday, the National Revolutionary Army 16th Division defended the Dunwu Temple Position.

In his view!

The enemy troops opposite even used cast iron for their Wooden Handle Grenade.

A cold light flashed in Hashimoto's eyes: "I want to see."

"However, I believe the Imperial Army's blade will surely conquer the four seas."

"Capturing the Dunwu Temple Position will surely be today."

Speaking of this, Hashimoto Ryuji's expression was solemn, and rays of light flickered in his eyes.

"And, more importantly, the opponent actually knows how to use a Minefield to hinder the Imperial Army soldiers' advance."

In his eyes, there were only the Adjustment Division carefully trained by the Republic of China High Command.

"In our village, eleven of us came out together."

"Trained so powerfully..."

Sanwa, beside Yu Hua, spoke up: "Platoon Leader."

"They are the same as us, also two shoulders and one head."

The Imperial Army troops took the position very easily.

It was such an army that actually blocked the Imperial Army's first probing attack.

The Zhongzheng Rifle is considered the best rifle among the current Republic of China troops.

Sanwa lowered his head, "Platoon Leader, I'm a little scared."

"We go home together, not leaving a single one behind."

"Don't say these flattering words for now."

Hashimoto Ryuji was very concerned about the designation of the opposing troops; what kind of unit was this, after all?

Such weapons are already backward compared to the Imperial Army's Type 38 Rifle.

Among these two squadrons, one of them was even specifically dispatched to him by Colonel Hashimoto Ryuji.

The Hanyang Rifle and Old Sleeve have very poor accuracy, and the Imperial Army troops don't even look at them.

"Even the Skirmisher Pit and Trench are distributed just right, and the Firepower Point of the Light and Heavy Machine Gun is quite methodical."

"On the entire Field Position, the echelon configuration of firepower maximizes the defensive effect."

"The corresponding intelligence will appear in our hands."

"Do you have detailed intelligence on the opposing troops?"

This surprised Hashimoto Ryuji very much.

Xie Xinghua nodded, "I will immediately order the other two companies."

"After we finish this battle, I will take you all home."

"Please rest assured, Battalion Commander, as long as the person is here, the position is here."

What is a rabble?

"Although my battalion's attack failed."

"Order the troops, for the next attack."

Judging from the sound of gunfire and artillery in the morning.

"Also, the little devils are not scary."

"What kind of person could it be, to turn this rabble."

He really followed the right person!

With Colonel Hashimoto Ryuji backing him, since this attack did not go smoothly, the Brigade Commander would certainly not pursue it further.

"But, I believe, within a day."

Yu Hua was wiping the Zhongzheng Rifle in his hand inside the trench.

Zhang Kang was patrolling the defensive line everywhere.

"Let's just treat the devils as animals."

The opposing unit commander, relying on inferior weapons, in the position battle.

"As a Battalion Commander, yesterday's attack already failed."

"Its combat capability, I see, is not below the Central Army's German-equipped Division."

That is an army composed of a group of farmers, fishermen, and hunters who have never seen the world.

Coming to sit beside Yu Hua, Zhang Kang took out a Cigarette, "Have one!"

Taking the Cigarette, Yu Hua lit it on the burning wood.

(End of chapter)