In another artillery position of the Yamada Brigade, four mountain guns and two infantry guns have been fixed to the gun emplacements.
Dozens of gunners gathered around the six artillery pieces, adjusting the firing crews, adjusting the firing crews, loading the shells, loading the fuses... in an orderly manner...
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's artillery is too scattered... Each artillery position only has three mortars. Should we hit one target first or three targets at the same time?" The artillery observer frowned and asked the squadron leader for instructions on the problem he had just discovered!
"Concentrate all artillery fire and hit one of the targets first!" the squadron leader ordered without hesitation.
"It would be better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of them..."
"Although dispersed artillery can attack three artillery positions at the same time, the number of our artillery fires is limited. The effect of dispersed artillery fire must be very poor. It is very likely that even one artillery position cannot be destroyed..."
"Captain is wise, please make arrangements now!" The observation post immediately took the order.
"Rumble...wuwuwu..."
The six artillery pieces roared quickly, and the shells flew toward the Eighth Route Army artillery position with a scream...
Three or four seconds later, several balls of fire rose into the sky in the village. After a few more seconds, the violent explosions reached the artillery position...
The squadron leader was holding a telescope to confirm whether the shells hit the target. While watching, he ordered: "All artillery moves fifty meters to the left...increase the distance by twenty meters...fire five rounds rapidly, fire..."
"Rumble...wuwuwu..."
The second round of six shells hit the artillery position that the Japanese had locked, but whether there was still the Eighth Route Army on the position, whether the artillery coverage just now was effective... only God knows...
At the same time, the six mortars that the artillery company had just captured also showed their fangs. Chen Daliang, the commander of the artillery company, said with expectation: "The Japanese have used all their trump cards..."
"All mortars are concentrated in the No. 7 shelling area... fire ten rounds rapidly, cover the Guizishan artillery position with the strongest artillery fire, and kill them..."
"Ready... to shoot..."
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The six mortars immediately made a dull muzzle sound...the shells flew up into the sky with a faint scream, flying all the way to the top of the Japanese soldiers without being exposed.
"Rumble..."
It wasn't until the first shell hit the ground that it exploded, and the splashing fire instantly knocked over the two gunners. Only then did the remaining Japanese realize that they were being targeted...
They all put down their work and fell to the ground to avoid the bombardment.
The artillery squadron leader fell down at the same time, holding his head and shouting: "Bagh Ya Road, why did the Eighth Route Army hide mortars? Everyone lay down and hide... boom boom boom..."
Before he finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded in his ears.
The squadron leader looked up and saw a mountain cannon hit by a shell...
Although they were not damaged by the explosion, the gunners lying next to them were all blown over... and two gunners were directly blown away. They hit the mountain cannon heavily and fell to the ground without any movement...
Before the first round of explosions was completely over, the squadron leader got up from the ground, spread his legs and ran outside the artillery position, shouting as he ran: "Move out of here now...quickly..."
The squadron leader has a lot of experience in artillery defense. He knows that a mortar can fire a round of shells every four or five seconds... He just ran out and fell to the ground again within three or four seconds...
The second round of artillery shells hit the artillery position and set off a death storm composed of a large number of fireballs and shell fragments.
Other gunners were not as lucky, especially the new recruits in the team.
After receiving the order to retreat, I ran outside the artillery position, fearing that I would be hit by artillery shells if I ran slower.
When the second round of shells came down, he neither lay down nor took precautions, and continued to run out...
In the unobstructed artillery position, these people are undoubtedly the best targets for shell fragments...
Of course, even if the Japs fall to the ground in time, it doesn't mean they can survive.
If a cannonball hits them, the powerful shock wave can still kill them.
"Boom boom boom..."
The shells fell one after another. There was a pattern at first, but after three rounds it became chaotic. I could only hear the sound of explosions ringing in my ears continuously without any gaps...
The surviving Japanese can only rely on luck and experience if they want to continue to evacuate the artillery positions...
The squadron leader is lucky...
When the sixth round of artillery shells hit the artillery position, they rushed out of the artillery position, but only three of the dozen gunners who had been following him were left...
Looking back at the artillery position, the smoke from the explosion of artillery shells has filled the entire artillery position, and fireballs are constantly rising from the ground!
Although some gunners continued to rush out of the artillery positions, more gunners were left there by the shells and could not get out...
Compared with the despair of the mountain gun squadron leader, Major Yamada's face has turned pale...
His mortar squadron was attacked first and almost lost its combat effectiveness.
The mountain artillery squadron and the infantry artillery squad were attacked immediately and suffered heavy losses.
There is another Eighth Route Army blocking the way in the village ahead. With such a large posture, it is clear that the Eighth Route Army wants to wipe out the Yamada Brigade here.
My mind was running rapidly, thinking of ways to solve the situation: "We can't stay here any longer, we must leave immediately..."
"But there is the Eighth Route Army blocking the road ahead. They are hiding behind the earth wall and shooting. Without artillery cover, it is almost impossible for us to enter the village and open the escape route!" the adjutant reminded anxiously.
"Then go around the village and return to Yangquan..." Major Yamada retreated and asked for the next order.
"The mountain artillery squadron and the mortar squadron suffered heavy losses. Without the burden of heavy weapons, we can completely abandon the road march..."
"Move the whole army to the northeast, throw away all the baggage and ammunition, advance lightly, and march quickly to bypass Zhouzhuang!"
"The speed must be fast... There must be the Eighth Route Army surrounding us. We must leave here before their encirclement is formed..."
After saying this, Major Yamada rushed into the wheat field on the roadside and headed northeast of Zhouzhuang on foot...
The surviving gunners on the battlefield were reluctant to part with their equipment, but the Eighth Route Army's shelling continued...
Returning to the position and moving the artillery will have no effect except increasing casualties.
Moreover, the captain had already abandoned the road. Even if he snatched out the mountain artillery and infantry artillery, he would not be able to march with him. He could only abandon the artillery and run away with the infantry.
The gunners who were more lucky could even get a 38-pound cover...the gunners who were unlucky didn't even have a self-defense rifle and marched empty-handed.
Major Yamada had just run two to three hundred meters when several machine gun flames suddenly appeared from five to six hundred meters ahead. The sound of "dong dong dong..." took more than a second to reach his ears.
"Captain...there is the Eighth Route Army blocking the road ahead...there are at least two companies of troops...and they are equipped with a heavy machine gun!" A squad leader from the forward troops ran back in a panic to report.
"It must be the Eighth Route Army that surrounded us... They want to annihilate us all here..." Major Yamada became more and more sure of his judgment.
As soon as his face sank, he began to give orders: "We can't delay even one minute here..."
"If other encircling troops of the Eighth Route Army come over, we won't have a chance to escape..."
"The troops in front launch a direct attack... Break through the Eighth Route Army's interception at all costs... The other troops are running forward, and no one can stop!"
"From now on, no matter who is standing in front of us, the forward troops will launch an attack directly without asking for instructions..."
"The first squadron has taken down the second squadron...the second squadron has taken out the third squadron..."
"The troops advance forward and fight back to Yangquan at all costs, otherwise all of us will be wiped out by the independent group here..."
After finishing speaking, Major Yamada pulled out his command sword with a swipe, pointed forward and ordered: "Kill..."
"Without my order, everyone can only move forward, not retreat..."
"For the empire, for His Majesty the Emperor, to survive...kill..."
"Kill me..."
The more than a hundred Japanese who survived the first squadron of the Yamada Brigade immediately launched an attack, like a group of possessed lunatics, charging forward with rifles with bayonets fixed...
The machine gunner rushed to a suitable position and fell to the ground, set up his gun and fired, providing fire cover for the attacking troops...
The machine gun squadron also mobilized several heavy machine guns, placed one on the mound and opened fire on the Eighth Route Army...
The grenadier soldiers rushed directly to the position more than 100 meters in front of the Eighth Route Army and launched grenades, destroying the firepower points blocking the road in front...
"Boom, boom, boom... dong dong dong... da da da…"
The sound of gunshots, cannons, explosions... soon became loud.
This sudden encounter instantly evolved into a life-or-death battle between the Japanese Yamada Battalion and the Independent Regiment.
No one on either side had a position. The Fourth and Fifth Companies of the Second Battalion lay on the ground and resisted the Japanese attack. The Japanese charged forward desperately, providing fire cover with a rain of bullets, grenade grenades... and overwhelmingly fell on the Fourth and Fifth Companies...
The casualties of both units are increasing sharply, especially the machine gunners of the 4th and 5th companies of the 2nd Battalion...
Faced with the desperate tactics of the Japanese grenadier soldiers, every time they fire, they will be targeted by their opponents within ten seconds...
In less than five minutes of fighting, the two companies had lost 60% of their machine gunners and machine guns...
Although they also killed nearly two hundred little Japs, there were too many Japs attacking from the opposite side. The ones in front fell down, and the Japs behind them stepped on the corpses and continued to move forward. The distance between the two sides also gradually shortened from more than a hundred meters at the beginning to five or six meters.
Ten meters...
If the Japanese were allowed to advance another ten or twenty meters, they would be able to launch an attack with grenades, and the fourth and fifth companies would definitely not be able to stop their offensive.
"Hold on, fire all the remaining machine guns, don't be afraid of being destroyed... One more minute of blocking is one minute, the regiment commander will not ignore us..." Second Battalion Commander Xiao Yuanchang held a 38-meter cover,
Shoot and order at the same time.
"Everyone put on bayonets and prepare grenades..." Xiao Yuanchang continued to order...
He planned to throw the grenade out in front of the Japanese, then launch a counterattack and use hand-to-hand combat to hold back the Yamada brigade...
Otherwise, as soon as the grenade thrown by the Japanese hits the ground, the two companies will suffer more than half of their casualties. If they fight back, the number of troops will be too small. Not only will they not be able to hold them back, they may also be wiped out by their charge...
Pull the bolt, aim, pull the trigger...
Pull the bolt again, eject the bullet casing, push another bullet into the chamber, aim, and shoot...
Xiao Yuanchang planned to throw the grenade as soon as the remaining bullets in the gun were empty.
At the last moment, a burst of "boom, boom, boom..." explosions suddenly sounded among the Japanese attacking troops...
The fire was particularly dazzling under the darkness of night. The nearest cannonball was less than forty meters away from him, and he could even feel the hot air waves. Many little Japs were blown away without knowing what was going on... Their attack
The momentum was also stunned!
"It's the leader... The leader is coming... Let's keep shooting to stop the Japanese..." Xiao Yuanchang's face lit up with joy, and he almost jumped up from the ground with excitement...
Decisively put down the grenade you had picked up, put a new bullet plate on the rifle, pull the bolt, load the gun, aim, and pull the trigger...
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
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