Chapter 1721 Collective jade fragments
From the moment when the Chinese army's tanks were discovered to appear and could be seamlessly connected with artillery, Yasakawa, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Guards, knew that they were finished.
However, Hasegawa Yasushiro still didn't expect them to be finished so soon.
The Japanese troops who had already crossed the Sidang River had a total of more than 10,000 people, so Hasegawa Yasushi believed that no matter what, he could at least last until noon.
If this is the case, they may still have a glimmer of hope.
However, the cruel reality gave Yasuhiro Hasegawa a heavy blow.
Just an assault, the Chinese army's tank cluster broke through the defense line of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Guard Infantry Regiment, which is the Beidao Battalion, and broke into the core position of the 1st Guard Brigade.
At the same time, dense gunfire sounded in the other three directions.
Needless to say, it was definitely the Chinese army that launched a general attack on the 1st Brigade of the Guards from three directions at the same time.
Yasushi Hasegawa did not pay much attention to the other two directions. His attention was focused on the Kitajima brigade, because he knew better than anyone else. Once the Kitajima brigade's defense line was broken, the defense line of the entire 1st Guard Brigade would be instantly cut off by the Chinese army from the middle, and he would fall into a desperate situation that was difficult to deal with from the beginning to the end.
Yasushima Hasegawa had high hopes for the Kitajima Brigade, but unfortunately, bad news soon came from the front.
"Brigate Commander!" A messenger hurried to Yasushi Hasegawa and reported with a panic expression, "Hisanjima asked me to report to you that the defense line of the 1st infantry battalion has been broken by the Chinese army, and Hindusa Kitajima has also sacrificed his life for the empire in a counter-assault."
"Nani, Kitajima-kun died?"
Miyamoto Kiyori's face changed slightly, standing next to him.
This was the first colonel officer who died in the battle between their 1st Guards Brigade and the entire 1st Guards Division.
"Haga!" After hearing this, Yasuhiro Hasegawa was only anxious. There was nothing wrong with Kitajima Suk's death, but the collapse of the defense line of the Kitajima Brigade was enough to be fatal to the 1st Guards Brigade!
"Order!" Hasegawa Yasushi gritted his teeth and shouted, "The guard squadron immediately..."
Before Yasushi Hasegawa's words could be finished, the roar of the engine suddenly came from ahead.
At this time, a flare happened to squeak and squeak into the air, and the dazzling light instantly illuminated the area within a few kilometers as bright as day.
With the strong light of the flares, Hasegawa Yasakawa and Miyamoto Kiyoji immediately saw that at least ten Vicks light tanks were arranged into a triangular assault array and rushed towards the brigade headquarters of the 1st Brigade of the Guards from the southwest.
More than ten tanks launched a cluster charge, and their destructive power was extremely amazing. Whenever the Japanese officers and soldiers in the front had the slightest resistance, they would immediately attract concentrated fire strikes from heavy machine guns and even tank main guns!
"Big!" Two cannons, a Type 92 heavy machine gun on the position had been blown into scrap iron. The entire heavy machine gun group that was stuck on the position was also instantly torn apart by the passive energy bomb or was shot into a mess of metal turbulence caused by the explosion, turning into a leaking sieve.
"Puff puff puff puff puff..." A dense gunfire rang.
A team of imperial soldiers carrying bayonets to launch a desperate charge at the tank cluster were immediately beaten into a sieve.
However, two Japanese soldiers still rushed to the front of the Chinese tanks. One of them knocked a grenade and tried to stuff it into the lookout hole, but failed.
At this time, the machine gun fired again.
The Japanese soldier was instantly beaten into a sieve.
Another Japanese soldier was also knocked to the ground.
The tank continued to advance and crushed directly through the fallen Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese soldier was not breathing yet and struggled to try to climb out of the tracks.
However, this was simply futile. Soon, the Japanese soldier was crushed under the track and disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Miyamoto's eyes turned scarlet in an instant. Ah, damn Chinese tanks!
The next moment, Miyamoto Kiyoji pulled out his saber with a loud noise, then roared to the sky, and then charged towards the tank group ahead with his saber.
"The warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, Taoci changed..."
"The imperial soldiers, for the sake of the empire and for His Majesty the Emperor, Tao Ci changed..."
Miyamoto Kiyoji roared, strode forward with his saber.
Miyamoto Kiyoji's fearlessness instantly inspired many staff officers and guards in the wing and brigade headquarters. Even at least a dozen staff officers and dozens of Japanese soldiers launched a decisive charge.
But Yasuhiro Hasegawa was stunned and stayed there, watching Miyamoto Kiyoji lead his men forward and charge forward.
In a blink of an eye, Miyamoto Kiyoji had already rushed forward for forty or fifty meters, and there were more officers and soldiers gathered together.
At this time, the Chinese tank group coming from the front finally discovered this "established" Japanese army.
In an instant, the turrets rotated in unison, and the muzzles of more than a dozen heavy-duty machine guns were also turned around.
The next moment, more than a dozen car-mounted main guns and more than a dozen car-mounted machine guns opened fire at the same time. Accompanied by the deafening explosion of shells and the sound of machine guns like explosions, dozens of Japanese soldiers charging forward were cut down by the cut wheat. Miyamoto Kiyoji, who was rushing in front with a saber, was directly hit by a 47mm caliber kinetic energy bullet, and was torn apart in an instant, and even a complete body could not be left behind.
Not only that, half of Miyamoto's little finger was blown away by the shock wave generated by the explosion, floating for dozens of meters, and as a result, it just hit Yasuhiro Hasegawa's head.
Feeling a foreign object falling on his head, Yasuhiro Hasegawa subconsciously reached out and touched it. When he took it down, he saw that half of his black broken fingers had already appeared on his palm.
In an instant, Hasegawa Yasushi's stomach stool spasm violently.
However, Hasegawa Yasushiro even had time to bend down and vomit because the Chinese army had arrived!
Yasuhiro Hasegawa endured the violent vomiting, turned around and ran into the Fangding Communications Tent behind him. He saw that several communication soldiers in the communications tent were still busy shooting and sending telegrams.
Taking a deep breath of the turbid air mixed with gunpowder, Yasuhiro Hasegawa forced himself to calm down.
Then he walked behind a communications soldier and said calmly: "Call the division headquarters immediately."
The communication soldier immediately took out a piece of paper and a pen, preparing to record the telegram orally written by Yasakawa.
Hasegawa clarified his words and said, "The Division Headquarters: The 1st Brigade of the Guards was suddenly attacked by a contract between the Chinese chariot troops, artillery troops and infantry half an hour ago."
"The Chinese army is very skilled in cooperation."
"After half an hour of fierce fighting, the defense line of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Guards Regiment was broken."
"The enemy chariot troops drove straight in, and although our 1st Guard Brigade tried hard to block the attack, they still couldn't support it."
Chapter completed!