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Chapter 479: The Second Regiment's All-out Attack

In fact, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, commander of the 100nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade, made a relatively accurate assessment of the battlefield situation. After a day of fierce fighting, only more than officers and soldiers of the th Division of the Guangxi Clique were left to participate in the battle. If the new th Division had not arrived in advance, the th Division would most likely have been unable to hold on to the all-out attack of the nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade.

However, things are often so coincidental. The early arrival of the new 100th Division has turned the nd Regiment, which was supposed to successfully break through the defense line on Luwu's side, into a fantasy. However, the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, and the officers and soldiers of the nd Regiment did not know this.

The troops of the New 100th Division have completely taken over the defense line of Luwu. The officers and soldiers of the 100th Division of the Guangxi clique also saw that the officers and soldiers of the New 100th Division were very tired after the long journey. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the th Division reinforced their positions overnight so that the officers and soldiers of the New th Division could have more rest and get enough energy to deal with the attack launched by the Japanese army during the day.

For the officers and soldiers of the 175th Division of the Guangxi Clique, this task of reinforcing the position made everyone very happy, because after reinforcing the position, everyone could withdraw and have a good rest. They should not appear in the next battle. It can be said that this brutal battle in southern Guangxi has ended for them.

When the offensive support artillery of the 100nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army began to attack the defense line on the Luwu side, the officers and soldiers of the New 100th Division on the defensive positions immediately perked up. For position defense operations, the officers and soldiers of the New th Division already had their own unique combat mode. Facing the attack of the Japanese army, the officers and soldiers were not panicked at all. It felt like a live-fire exercise. The officers and soldiers were smoking and chatting in the anti-artillery caves. There was no sign of tension and solemnity before the war.

As the whistles of the observation posts on the battlefield continued to sound, the officers and soldiers who were originally leisurely in the anti-artillery caves immediately took their weapons and entered the trench fortifications despite the sporadic Japanese artillery fire. The sharpshooters assigned to the front-line positions also came to the shooting positions they had found long ago, holding guns and looking for officers of all levels in the Japanese attacking forces.

The Japanese officers were quite conspicuous among the charging Japanese troops. They were either waving their command sabers or holding their standard-issue rifles and continuously shooting with one hand. They stood out so much on the chaotic battlefield and were simply living targets in the eyes of the sharpshooters.

When the Japanese assault troops arrived 100 meters in front of the defensive position, very fierce gunfire was heard from the defensive position of the New th Division. When the gunfire rang out, two or three rows of officers and soldiers of the attacking force of the Japanese Second Regiment who were rushing in the front fell down immediately.

Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, the regiment commander who was charging forward excitedly with the troops, was also frightened by this scene. He subconsciously lay on the ground like all the officers and soldiers to avoid the bullets flying over his head. Some Japanese soldiers also began to lie on the ground and shoot at the Chinese army's positions amid the loud shouts of the officers.

The commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was lying on the ground, with his mouth wide open and an incredible look on his face, listening to the fierce gunfire coming from the Chinese army's defensive position not far away. From the gunfire, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi could tell that this was completely not on the same level as the Chinese army on the defensive position yesterday.

The reinforcements of the Chinese army have arrived. This was the first reaction of the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi. If you say that the Chinese army on the defensive position of Luwu has not changed troops, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi would not believe it even if you kill him. The intensity of the gunfire has obviously increased much more than yesterday.

Moreover, judging from the effectiveness of the first wave of shooting by the Chinese army on the defensive position, the shooting accuracy was much higher than that of the Chinese army on the defensive position yesterday. Just from the first wave of shooting, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, could estimate with his own eyes that his Second Regiment had suffered at least 300 casualties. What a horrible loss rate.

Retreat, retreat immediately. We cannot let the Chinese army keep our troops trapped about 200 meters in front of the position. If we stay here, the casualties of the troops will be even more severe. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, also reacted and realized that he must give the order to the troops immediately.

"Retreat, officers of all units, quickly organize the troops to retreat." Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, the regiment commander, shouted loudly, but few people could hear his shouts amid the dense gunfire.

After the commander of the regiment, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, tried to shout several times, he found that his voice of order could not be heard at all. He could only pull over a soldier who was lying on the ground shooting and shouted loudly: "Go and inform the other officers to retreat quickly."

When the soldier saw that it was the regiment commander, he immediately stood up and ran to the left front with his rifle. He needed to find an officer quickly to convey the regiment commander's order. However, before he ran a few meters away, he fell to the ground and could not get up again.

When the regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, saw that the soldier who had just run out was killed by the Chinese army before he could run far, he did not have time to curse and gave an order to another soldier beside him to retreat. However, in the end, this soldier, like the previous soldier, fell not far away.

The regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, refused to believe in evil and sent several more soldiers to convey his orders, but without exception, all of these soldiers fell halfway. This made Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe so angry that he punched the ground.

When the regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, was about to send someone to convey the order, he suddenly discovered with embarrassment that there was no living soldier within ten meters around him. This made Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe so angry that he grimaced.

In fact, what the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, did not know was that officers were a rare species in the attacking force of the 100nd Regiment at the front. In the first wave of shooting by the new th Division, the sharpshooters almost knocked down all the officers in the Japanese troops rushing in the front.

When the officers in the front troops of the Japanese 2nd Regiment were basically killed, the sharpshooters focused their attention on the Japanese troops that were originally in the middle of the attacking force but now became the vanguard of the attacking column. The regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was honored to have his position suddenly changed from the middle of the charging column to the vanguard of the charging force.