Yasuda had no choice but to send out a series of red flares into the sky to ask for help from the Japanese troops in Quzhou and Wei County . At the same time, he organized soldiers to march toward the left wing position of the New Regiment with bayonets drawn. Make key breakthroughs. The Sixth Company guarding the left-wing position had already fired all their bullets. Some soldiers did not know that the red flare was the enemy's signal for help. When they saw the enemy rushing up, they thought it was a bayonet signal, so they muttered, "I don't need you to send it." Signal, we have long run out of guns." The company commander Xu Zegui and the instructor Liu Zimo were veterans, but they had no time to explain. At this time, they had no choice but to use the bayonet. Therefore, while shouting the order "put on the bayonet", they jumped up first and rushed towards the enemy. The soldiers also raised their bayonets and followed them with shouts.
The two armies were fighting hand to hand at close range, and the blades collided with each other, making a harsh and terrifying impact sound. From time to time, those who were stabbed would scream and fall to the ground. If it were a bayonet fight under normal circumstances, even if a small force hits a large number, the Japanese army can often gain a certain advantage. However, the situation that day was special. The Japanese army repeatedly failed to charge and failed to break through. They were already panicked and had difficulty concentrating. In addition, the terrain was unfavorable and their physical strength was exhausted. , after only a few minutes, they could no longer hold on and had to retreat down the slope.
At the regiment command post of the New Regiment, regiment political commissar Cheng Yuechang maintains close contact with the battalion command posts and forward positions, and is always aware of frontline developments. Although Xu Shiyou was "controlled" and could not go to the frontline to fight in person, he was still helping Cheng Yuechang to coordinate. The bloody fight of the frontline soldiers of the New Regiment moved him even more. Later he said to others: "The New Regiment is from the Regiment." From the commander to the political commissar and every soldier, they are all good!"
The Japanese army became more and more frightened, jumping around in the pocket formation like ants on a hot pot. They adopted a small group and multi-pass strategy and launched attacks on multiple positions of the Eighth Route Army at the same time. However, the momentum was no longer as fierce as before. It seemed that they were just dragging away dead bodies and wounded soldiers, but they were killed and injured again. Dozens of people.
estimates that by this time, the Japanese casualties had reached nearly eight-tenths. The number of Japanese troops was not too large to begin with, so one can only imagine how much combat power they had left.
It was approaching dusk. Looking over from the Eighth Route Army position, we could see that the Japanese army was igniting fires. The north wind was blowing at that time, and we could smell a strong burnt smell. At first, everyone thought that the enemy was playing some trick and was going to use poison gas. Or some new tactics, but later I found out that they were burning corpses, and even some seriously injured people were burned alive.
Xiangchenggu Battle (13) serialization, to be continued......
