The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for nearly five minutes before gradually starting to stop. Originally, they were just using artillery fire to reconnaissance, but in the end, because the corps leader Anda Twenty-three requested, the artillery fire reconnaissance was changed to firepower coverage bombardment.

After the shelling was over, Anda Twenty-san stood in the front observation post and looked at the battlefield in front of him, which was completely covered by thick smoke and fire. He looked stern and turned around and ordered a combat staff officer behind him, "Order, the First Battalion will attack immediately!"

"Hayi!" The Japanese Staff suddenly lowered his head, then turned around and left quickly.

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In the tunnel, Zhang Xinghan shook his head, and the soil kept falling from his steel helmet. He staggered and stood up. He looked around and found smoke everywhere. He immediately urged: "Brothers, get up quickly and continue digging. We will complete the task soon, hurry up!"

The officers and soldiers in the tunnel stood up one after another. Some soldiers spit out the soil choked in their mouths. While greeting all the female family members of the Japanese artillery over and over again, they picked up the engineer shovels and other tools next to them and continued to dig and advance.

Soon, more than a dozen tunnels became busy again. Although the Japanese shelling seemed fierce, the losses caused to Zhongrui Camp were not great. The winding excavation method and the narrow upper and wide upper tunnels effectively offset some of the power of the Japanese shells.

The soldiers became busy again, and Zhang Xinghan picked up his telescope with some anxiety and quietly showed his head to look outside, because he really understood the tactics of the Japanese. Generally, after the artillery was bombed, the infantry would charge. Who knows if it would be the same this time?

In the idea of ​​carefully sailing the ten thousand-year-old ship, Zhang Xinghan stood up with a telescope, but the view that caught his eye disappointed Zhang Xinghan. Because the smoke from the Japanese artillery bombardment had not yet dissipated, the thick smoke blocked Zhang Xinghan's vision. Even if he used the telescope, he could not see clearly the scene a hundred meters ahead.

Zhang Xinghan was a little anxious, but he should not act rashly at this time, because no one knew whether the Japanese had noticed the actions of the Zhongrui Camp. If they acted blindly and exposed in advance, if the Japanese did not know their actions at all, they would be a huge loss.

Just when Zhang Xinghan was extremely anxious, the smoke of gunpowder gradually dissipated, and a gust of breeze blew slowly. After the thick smoke dissipated, his vision suddenly became wider, but the sight that caught his eyes shocked Zhang Xinghan.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers were rushing towards this side with guns and scattered lines. The Japanese were very agile and skillful. In a blink of an eye, they were less than 500 meters away from the tunnel of Zhongrui Camp.

Without thinking too much, Zhang Xinghan immediately ordered Li Dashan behind him, "Send the order, and the entire camp will be bayonets ready for battle!"

"Yes!" Li Dashan responded with a loud promise and turned around and left.

The reason why Zhang Xinghan ordered all the officers and soldiers of the bayonet to be bayonet was because the situation faced by Zhongrui Camp at this time was very dangerous. Because of the tunnel, if Zhongrui Camp relied on the tunnel to block the Japanese, then there would be no more than three people shooting in each tunnel, so that the Japanese could not stop the Japanese's charge at all. Once the Japanese rushed up, the Zhongrui Camp in the tunnel would be very likely to be taken away by the Japanese.

Therefore, at this time, there was only one way in front of Zhang Xinghan and all the officers and soldiers of the Zhongrui Camp, which was to install bayonets. After the Japanese approached, they jumped out of the tunnel, fought with the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat, defeated them head-on, and followed the Japanese invaded Xiaotang Village.

The order was quickly conveyed, and all the officers and soldiers stopped their homework, picked up the rifle behind them, put on a sharp bayonet, and stood on standby.

Seeing the Japanese rushing closer and closer, Zhang Xinghan had not issued an order to attack. Li Dashan, who was squatting behind Zhang Xinghan, couldn't help but sweat in a hurry.

He asked in a low voice: "Battleman, the Japanese are about to step on our nose, why haven't they ordered an attack?"

"Wait a minute, if the Japanese attack is just a tentative attack, then we launch an attack too early and it is very likely that the Japanese will be scared back, so that we will lose the opportunity, put them closer and then fight them, defeat them head-on. Then the entire battalion launched a desperate charge, followed and chased the Japanese to rush into Xiaotang Village." Zhang Xinghan explained.

"Yes!" Li Dashan immediately responded to his promise when he heard this, and he couldn't help but hold the steel gun in his hand tightly. As a soldier, he naturally knew what the decisive charge meant.

That is, if you don’t win, you will lose. If you cannot win, you must not take a step back even if the entire battalion dies in battle. The troops will attack and attack again. There are only two results. One is to defeat the enemy and win, and the other is to die in battle and die in the country.

Soon the Japanese advanced to a distance of less than 60 meters from the Zhongrui Camp tunnel. Zhang Xinghan immediately stood up suddenly, raised his arms and shouted: "Zhongrui Camp, rush!"

"Kill!"

"Roar!" The officers and soldiers of the battalion, who had already been holding their breath, suddenly burst out with shocking roars, and they all stepped out of the trenches in groups, followed Zhang Xinghan toward the Japanese with rifles.

The Japanese were startled by the sudden emergence of the Chinese army, but soon reacted and rushed towards him under the command of a squad leader. In the Japanese army, almost all the Japanese were keen on hand-to-hand combat. If the Japanese soldiers who worship the spirit of Bushido can solve the battle by hand, they will never waste bullets again.

Seeing that the Chinese soldiers took the initiative to "send them to the door", the Japanese soldiers were all excited and screamed and came up to us in a mess.

"Kill!" Zhang Xinghan led the way, roared, and the rifle in his hand quickly stabbed forward. A Japanese soldier who collided head-on with him was caught off guard and was stabbed to the spot. Zhang Xinghan roared and pushed the stabbed Japanese hard, rushing forward all the way.

He knocked over several Japanese soldiers along the way, and then Zhang Xinghan kicked out the body of the Japanese who had died so much that he could no longer die, pulled out his rifle, and continued to kill the Japanese around him.

The two sides collided head-on like two iron streams, and suddenly burst out with a sound of steel-like collision, shattering bones, flying flesh and blood, and a fierce hand-to-hand battle was immediately staged.

Soon the Japanese captain was surprised to find that their Japanese Imperial Army, who was proud of, was gradually at a disadvantage.

The Chinese army they fought with were all like madmen, completely fighting with their lives.

After less than half an hour of fighting, the Japanese could not withstand the pressure and began to retreat in a hurry.

Seeing this, Zhang Xinghan quickly raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, success or failure is here, I will sacrifice my life to fight and swear to take back Xiaotang Village to death. Long live Zhongrui Camp, rush!"

"Roar! Rush forward to me and avenge the dead brothers!" Luo Tianyou also roared angrily with a splitting eyes.

"Kill... rush..." The officers and soldiers of Zhongrui Battalion shouted in unison, and immediately launched a decisive attack on Xiaotang Village behind the Japanese.

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PS: The first update is here, I cry and ask for recommendation votes! I kneel down and beg! I roll all over the ground!
Chapter completed!