Chapter 087, The Devil's Counterattack
If you want to say what kind of battle the Eighth Route Army is best at? It is definitely an ambush battle. If nothing else, Hu Changyi has fought three ambush battles in the past twenty days following Li Yunlong, and today is the fourth one.
Today's battle, strictly speaking, was two ambush battles. The 771st regiment lured the enemy deep into the enemy and fought one, and the 772nd regiment ambushed Yadong and conducted another ambush.
Well, such an arrangement cannot be made by someone who is not a highly intelligent person on the battlefield. It is a bit more delicate and a bit more artistic than the one who only likes to command large armies in battle.
Of course, the attack chosen by the brigade commander was damaging enough. The little Japanese had just given up his breath, and before the rice had even entered his mouth, bullets and cannonballs came over... By the way, Lei Gong doesn't hit the diners, so our brigade
I’ve been doing this for a long time!
You said that the little devil is not a person? Why do I think it makes sense?
"Hahaha... It's so fun. Have you seen it? They all say that the little devil is powerful, but I, Li Yunlong, think that's all it is! Our big gun can knock down an entire squad with one shot! Today they encountered our group
It’s bad luck for them!”
"Attention everyone, the Japs are about to counterattack. Third Company, please move most of your troops out of the position. Seventh Company, you also move to both sides to give the Japs some space!"
As the commander of the 772nd Regiment on the battlefield, Li Yunlong accurately judged the Japanese's combat intentions and mobilized the company guarding the two gentle slopes in advance to avoid the Japanese's shelling.
"Quickly, the third platoon stays, pay attention to the artillery, and the others withdraw from the position!" On the position, most of the soldiers from the seventh company and the third company quietly withdrew from the position, waiting for the Japanese attack.
"Hahaha, Lao Zhao, it's awesome. It's awesome. The Japanese artillery position was built by Changyi, right? Those shells exploded, so happy!" The seventh company commander led two machine gun teams to the guerrillas' position.
"It was Changyi who blew it up! I didn't expect that grenade to be so powerful!" Zhao Fengnian was on one side with Hu Changyi and was also paying attention to Hu Changyi's battle.
"Well, the grenadiers in our company are not good enough. It only took three rounds to destroy a fire point. We still need to practice!" The seventh company commander sighed and said nothing more, because the Japanese artillery began to bombard.
The Japanese used the 92 Infantry Cannon this time, which is a support artillery at the brigade level. It is a standard weapon for every brigade, so it is called an infantry cannon.
As for the four mountain cannons before, they were artillery fire belonging to the Japanese Regiment and were strengthened for Captain Aso.
The 92 Infantry Cannon is small in size, but it is indeed a sharp weapon for infantry in mountainous combat. Because it is a direct firepower, it can carry out direct bombing on solid fortifications. In addition, its elevation angle can reach 75 degrees, and it can also perform curved fire.
, and because it is a rifled gun, its ballistic stability is stronger than that of a mortar.
"Boom, boom..." The shells of the 92nd Infantry Artillery quickly flew up and landed accurately on the seventh company's position. It seemed that the little devil wanted to use the seventh company's side as a breakthrough.
"Everyone is hiding. This cannon is not very powerful, so it's all hidden!" There is still a scattered infantry platoon left on the seventh company's position. Everyone took advantage of the rugged terrain and trenches, but they didn't suffer too much.
of damage.
"Your Excellency, Captain, why don't we retreat? The enemy has mortars, and we are within the enemy's range!" Captain Nagasawa, who suffered heavy losses in this battle, asked Captain Aso.
"Baga! Bang bang..." Captain Aso said nothing, and first rewarded Nagasawa with two big mouths.
"Stupid, as stupid as a pig! According to the information given by our intelligence personnel, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is operating in this area. The 129th Division only received a very small amount of equipment supplies from their government and went to the battlefield!"
"What you see is that they have more than a dozen mortars, and what I see is that their mortars stopped bombarding after only two shots! This shows that they will never have too many shells, and they must save them.
Just use it!”
"And if you look at the surrounding terrain, it's not easy for us to attack, but it's not easy for the enemy from a high position to rush down! So, as long as we rush up and occupy one of their highlands, then we can use the highlands to take up positions with them
The fight for it!”
"Nagaze, you haven't participated in any big battles, and your courage has been eliminated by the battle just now. This is not good!"
"Moreover, I have sent a telegram to the commander of the regiment asking for help. Captain Sakai is marching with six infantry squadrons. Even if we cannot occupy the high ground here, as long as we drag the enemy here, we will win the final victory.
It will also make us!"
"Okay, Kimura Squadron, we can launch the attack!" As soon as Captain Aso finished speaking, a shell flew over from the mountain on the cliff and landed in the ammunition box on the artillery position.
"Boom..." The Japanese infantry artillery was declared useless.
"Baga, the enemy must have a master gunner, otherwise he would never have used so few artillery shells to cause us so much damage! Heavy machine gun position, continue to suppress fire, Kimura Squadron, attack..." Captain Massachusetts waved
He said while holding the command knife.
"Chirp...boom..." As Aso was speaking, a grenade landed more than 30 meters away from him.
"Sigh... The distance is over 500 meters. It's better not to waste ammunition with this accuracy!" Hu Changyi said with a sigh, looking at the Japanese officer who was still standing there after the smoke cleared.
"Our mortars...forget it..." Hu Changyi thought that more mortar shells would fall, but after a shell knocked out the most threatening infantry gun of the Japanese, his mortars stopped firing again.
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There is nothing we can do about it. There are too few shells and we haven’t replenished them yet. The war has just begun, so we have to save the shells to use on the steel blades, right? Is this the cause of the flower grower’s phobia of insufficient firepower?
"Shooting... quack quack..." Down the mountain, in the valley, the suppressive shooting of the No. 92 heavy machine gun started again after stopping for a while.
"Death for me..." Squadron Leader Kimura waved his command sword and directed his squadron to attack the Seventh Company's position.
"Whoosh whoosh... bang bang..." The bullets from the 92 heavy machine gun either hit the cliff, or flew high against the cliff wall.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp...boom, boom, boom..." However, the few surviving Japanese grenadier soldiers hiding in the team were able to accurately drive the grenade grenades into the trenches of the Seventh Company. Well, the Japanese couldn't see the Seventh Company.
The exact location of the position is mostly guesswork.
"Haha, Lao Zhao, your place here is a geomantic treasure. Listen to my order, the second platoon returns to the position, the first platoon stays here, prepare grenades!" The seventh company commander stood in the trench of the guerrillas and saw the guerrillas swarming.
The Japanese squadron arrived.
"Er Gou, Zhao Er Gou, come here quickly and come to life! Bring your grenades!" Hu Changyi saw the Japanese rushing over and quickly called Zhao Er Gou over.
"Platoon leader, are you looking for me?" Zhao Ergou rushed over.
"Er Gouzi, do you know how to use the Japs' cantaloupe grenades? When the Japs are about to climb to the top of the slope, throw all the grenades over there! Do you understand?" Hu Changyi pointed at the Japs down the mountain and said.
"I understand!" Zhao Ergou nodded and said.
"I beg you to die..." At this time, the Japanese were already crawling up the steep and long hillside.
Chapter completed!