On the forward battlefield, the Japanese troops, lacking any strong fortifications for cover, were reduced to nothing more than moving target practice. In less than twenty minutes, an entire Japanese battalion had been mostly wiped out by the soldiers of the First Battalion. With the First Battalion’s rapid advance, the Japanese didn't even have a chance to flee. When the assault troops reached the enemy positions, their dense firepower completely devastated the Japanese forces. Once the First Battalion completed its mission, it immediately began clearing the battlefield in preparation for the next stage of the offensive.
Meanwhile, inside a concealed bunker not far from the front, the command post of the Japanese 65th Regiment—the direct superior to the battalion that had just been decimated—was in an uproar.
"Baka! Why is there still no word after all this time?! It’s just one Chinese artillery position; does it really take an entire battalion so long to deal with it?"
Chapter 340