Chapter 1096: Mixed Joys and Sadness

It must be said that although this battle took place in China, the Second Battalion was not in a favorable position in terms of time, place and people.

In terms of time, the Central China Front Army, which was formed by the merger of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army and the Tenth Army, rushed towards Nanjing with the remaining power of the great victory after winning the Battle of Songhu.

On the other hand, most of the Chinese troops suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Songhu.

That's not all. The heavy weapons, which were not many to begin with, were reduced a lot due to loss and lack of timely maintenance.

What's more, facing the bombing of the devil's large-caliber artillery, aircraft, and ship-borne super-large-caliber artillery, the heavy weapons of the Chinese armies did not have much opportunity to perform.

Even under the attack of such superior firepower, most of China's heavy weapons were blown into parts.

In terms of location, because the defensive positions were built in a hurry, the layout was very unscientific.

Most importantly, these positions were civil structures without any reinforced concrete.

It is conceivable how difficult it would be to hold on to this position in the face of the attack of this Japanese squadron.

In fact, compared with the second battalion, the biggest advantage of Fujino's squadron is actually the people.

As we all know, the Japanese are all top-notch and can be called sharpshooters.

On the other hand, although the second battalion is a regular army and the main force, the military quality of the soldiers is incomparable to that of the Japanese.

To put it bluntly, it is almost no difficulty for one Japanese to deal with five Chinese soldiers.

Therefore, although there were only 54 Japanese who launched the exploratory attack, and the second battalion had 246 people, the battle was one-sided.

Specifically, this Japanese squad was bent along the skirmish line, and just as it reached the range, the second battalion lost a lot of soldiers.

Within a distance of 300 meters, using the Type 38 rifle, most of the Japanese can hit wherever they point.

Therefore, any soldier of the second battalion who was exposed to the muzzle of the Japanese had such a tragic ending in the first round of attack.

On the other hand, the Japanese did not lose much.

On the one hand, the shooting skills of the soldiers in the second battalion were average.

Second, in terms of tactical evasive actions, the Japanese did an extraordinary job.

A Type 38 rifle can hold five bullets in the magazine.

Therefore, after the first round of shooting, this Japanese squad launched another four rounds of shooting.

Most importantly, this Japanese squad also has three Type 99 light machine guns and three grenade launchers!

The targets of these two weapons are also very targeted.

The target of the Japanese riflemen is the scattered soldiers of the second battalion.

The Type 99 light machine gun focuses on the clustered soldiers of the second battalion.

The target of the grenade launcher is even more direct, specifically targeting the machine guns of the second battalion.

In this way, facing these precise attacks, the second battalion's strength was directly reduced by half!

The most important thing is that seeing such heavy losses on their side, and fleeing all the way from Shanghai, it is natural that the second battalion has no morale.

In other words, the counterattack of the second battalion was already very weak, so the counterattack was just a tickle.

On the other hand, this Japanese squad became more and more courageous.

Naturally, the strength of the second battalion has been decreasing rapidly.

"Yoshi!"

At this moment, standing behind the battlefield and watching the battle, the captain of the Fujino Squadron, Fujino Youer, was very excited.

At this moment, the deputy squadron leader came over with an extremely flattering and smiling face.

Then, the deputy squadron leader told Fujino Youer a mixed news.

The news was very simple, it was about the Ikeda Squadron.

It must be said that although they both belonged to the third battalion, Fujino Youer and Ikeda Akiba had never gotten along.

The reason was very simple, and any Japanese with a little brain knew one thing.

Nowadays, with the increasing intensity of the all-out war and the increasingly smooth war situation, the island country is expanding its army.

In other words, this situation is a good opportunity for every Japanese to make achievements.

Of course, this is a good opportunity for the Japanese officers to be promoted.

Take Fujino Yui and Ikeda Akiba as examples. They are now captains.

It must be said that this rank and position, under normal circumstances, can be regarded as the top for most Japanese.

This is a different time.

Because the troops are expanding, both of them have the opportunity to advance to the next level.

If the captain is promoted to the next level, he will be a major.

A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier.

This principle is also applicable in the Japanese troops.

However, if these two captains want to be generals, they must cross the stage of the major officer.

And the major is the first step.

The most important thing is that there has been a rumor circulating in the Third Battalion recently.

As the vanguard of the entire Central China Front Army, the Third Battalion has entered the sight of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko because of its rapid assault.

That is to say, if there is no special situation, the major will be promoted to the deputy commander of the wing.

Most importantly, the deputy commander of the wing is still a transitional position.

If it does not make any mistakes in the new position, it will have the opportunity to be promoted again.

It is obvious that if the deputy lieutenant colonel takes another step, the next step will be the colonel.

Therefore, the major captain has been very excited in recent times.

Also, from a major to a colonel, this is definitely a happy thing for him.

Naturally, the major captain has been looking forward to the rank of major general.

When one person succeeds, everyone else will rise to heaven.

The major captain has such a bright future, which is also a good opportunity for the entire third squadron to rise to prominence.

For Ikeda Akiba and Fujino Youer, they may both be promoted to the new major captain.

Therefore, the two are in a naked competitive relationship.

That's not all, they both think far ahead.

On the surface, this competition only involves the promotion to major captain.

In fact, this competition is also related to the dream of being promoted to general.

For this reason, the two captains are very hard-working.

Naturally, the competition between them was known by the major captain.

After knowing this, the major captain was not angry but happy.

Yes, although the competition between these two subordinates can be said to be incompatible, they have a common goal.

It's very simple, just let the military achievements speak for themselves.

However, just now, the major captain of the third battalion, Ichiro Furuto, learned something that was like a bolt from the blue.

What?

Ikeda's squadron, 181 soldiers, were actually wiped out by the Chinese army?

The point is that up to now, I don't know the number of this Chinese army!