The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The 1st Infantry secretly sneaked into the position of the 823rd Infantry Regiment.

Two battalions of the 823rd Infantry Regiment were stationed here. They used trenches, barbed wire and mines to repel the attacks of the Japanese troops on the opposite side several times... As mentioned before, the most troublesome thing against the Japanese troops was not the tanks, but the infantry. .

In fact, those who drove tanks were genuine U.S. troops... The Japanese soldiers only received three months of training before going to the battlefield, and were not yet able to drive tanks. They mostly cooperated with U.S. tank battles.

But I really can’t tell who will cooperate with whom.

For example, now, tanks are more likely to cooperate with infantry attacks in the rear or provide fire cover rather than the main attack.

This is why you can see the corpses of Japanese soldiers wearing US military uniforms and German soldiers wounded by bayonets everywhere in the German trenches. Several wounded soldiers who were not able to be transported were still covering their wounds with fear and fear. He looked at Qin Chuan and his group with pleading eyes.

When Qin Chuan and others could do nothing, they were not here to rescue the wounded but to participate in the battle.

The fact that the German army can still hold on here in such a battle is enough to prove that they are a well-trained force.

But even so, the German army was still frightened.

This can be seen from the shock on their faces and the surprise when they saw Qin Chuan and others entering the trenches.

The battalion commander was a captain named Leohard. When he saw Qin Chuan and others, he was glad and said: "It's great that you can come. We can't hold on any longer. They (referring to Japanese American troops) are like crazy. generally!"

"Tell me!" Colonel Slain said, "I want to know more!"

"I don't know what to say!" Captain Leohard replied: "These don't seem strange on the battlefield, bayonets, grenades, explosive packets... but they will rush into our trenches with explosive packets, using their stabbing skills. It was also surprisingly good, Major Affleck was sacrificed by their bayonets!”

Major Affleck was the commander of the first battalion. Leohard took over the position of battalion commander after his death.

Colonel Slain glanced at Qin Chuan and said, "He is a difficult opponent!"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

"That's the second battalion's defense line over there!" Leohard raised his head to the east.

Qinchuan stuck his head out for a moment and took a look, and saw a downward slope at the end of the trench... The slope was obviously the dividing line between the first and second battalions' defense lines, which also gave the first battalion a bit of a geographical advantage.

Just as he was talking, several artillery shells whizzed over from the opposite side.

"They are coming!" Captain Leohard said: "They are already attacking for the fifth time!"

"Don't worry, Captain!" Colonel Slain said, "This will be their last attack!"

"When will you come up?" Captain Leohard asked nervously.

"We are right behind you!" Colonel Slain said. "When the time is right, we will launch a counterattack, and you just need to stay where you are and defend. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Colonel!"

"And!" Colonel Slain said, "Tell your men not to point their guns at us!"

"Yes, sir!"

After saying that, Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan returned to the second line of defense along the communication trench, and then said to the soldiers lurking in the trench: "Take a good look at your enemies, they will be our opponents soon!"

Qin Chuan poked his head out of the trench and observed through the sniper scope the charging Japanese soldiers on the opposite side.

Sure enough, just as they said, this Japanese soldier got in front of the tank and charged the enemy instead of just hiding behind the tank like other US troops.

In particular, these Japanese soldiers also like to decorate their helmets with branches, weeds, etc. This may also be said to be a kind of camouflage.

Perhaps they were trained by American instructors. They would not rush toward the enemy with bayonets in hand like the Japanese army did. They moved forward in groups, covering each other with firepower, and then used tracer bullets to indicate targets for the tanks behind them. Whenever they had the opportunity, they jumped up from their hiding places and rushed into the enemy's trenches to fight their opponents.

There were explosions, mixed with gunshots as dense as exploding beans, plus various shouts of death and screams, and a cruel battlefield unfolded before everyone's eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that a considerable part of the German army was equipped with STG44 at this time, the German army's defense line would have been broken through by this Japanese force. (Note: At this time, the production of STG44 is not enough for the entire army, so many troops are still equipped with a mixture of K98K and STG44)

Qin Chuan and others did not move. Everyone lay low in the trench or lurked in the grass behind them, even if a few artillery shells occasionally hit nearby.

They were waiting for orders, waiting for the moment when they could attack.

It didn't take long for the battlefield situation to change... Just as planned, the Second Battalion pretended to be unable to withstand this attack and began to fight and retreat.

Although the Japanese American troops fought bravely, they were inexperienced on the battlefield after all. They did not realize that this was a trap... so they plunged into this gap without hesitation.

In fact, what Qin Chuan didn't know was that there was another reason why Japanese-American Americans fell into traps so easily: they were eager to save people.

Not only Qin Chuan could not imagine this, but even the US military could not imagine this.

Because this Japanese-American unit is usually the subject of discrimination and wariness in the US military... Since Japanese-American soldiers are generally short in stature, the US military calls them the "Marmot Unit". The US military is still in this Japanese-American unit. Li installed American officers to prevent this force from doing anything detrimental to the United States.

Even sending this unit to fight in France has no profound meaning, because in this way, this Japanese unit will not be able to contact the Japanese army and will not be able to surrender to the Japanese army.

Therefore, the US military took it for granted that these "woodchucks" were launching a symbolic attack and then returned to report that the mission had failed, so not many people had much hope for this.

But the Japanese troops didn't think so... They thought this was an opportunity to show their loyalty to their superiors, commanders, and even the entire United States, so they had to rescue the people.

This is indeed the case. Historically, they successfully rescued the besieged US troops in this battle.

In the words of Colonel Takada, the Japanese American commander, they almost saved one American with three lives.

Because most of the besieged American troops were Texans, the Japanese 442nd Regiment was called the "Saviors of Texas."

After the war, the state of Texas also declared that every Japanese soldier in the 442nd Regiment was an honorary citizen of Texas.

Of course, their relatives in the concentration camps were also released one after another.

It can be said that the Japanese soldiers of the 442nd Regiment successfully won the dignity and freedom of themselves and their relatives in the United States.