The gunshots on the battlefield rang out again, and the remaining crooked guns joined the battle. With the support of artillery, the Japanese offensive was finally blocked by the Second Battalion.
Tian Shaozuo did not expect the Eighth Route Army's artillery reinforcements to arrive so quickly, and the artillery shells were fired so accurately, as if they had eyes. They all hit the first, second and second squadrons, blocking their offensive in an instant.
But he couldn't think of any other way to break the situation. He could only wave his command knife and call on other troops to continue to attack forward: "Don't stop, the troops continue to attack forward, kill them all..."
"Only by breaking through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position can we survive, otherwise we will all die here..."
"Ignore the Eighth Route Army's artillery strikes, concentrate your forces and charge forward!"
The little Japs of the Third Squadron were as if they had been given a shot of blood. They instantly became fanatical and rushed forward with rifles with bayonets fixed. Even though they knew there were artillery shells and light and heavy machine guns waiting for them, they still did not look back...
This is the fanatical bushido spirit. When the commander gives an order, every soldier seems to be crazy. They don't take their own lives seriously at all.
"Boom boom boom..."
The shelling continued, and Japanese soldiers continued to be killed on the way to break out, but the majority of the Japanese soldiers who crossed the artillery fire interception area continued to attack forward in the face of the bullets fired by the fourth and fifth companies.
Xiao Yuanchang, who had just relaxed, felt the huge pressure brought by the Japanese attacking troops again. The distance between the two armies was shortened to fifty or sixty meters again. In another minute or two, the Japanese could launch an attack with grenades.
Xiao Yuanchang once again had to pin his hopes of holding his position on grenades and bayonets.
Shoot forward as fast as you can, and when there are three bullets left in the gun, throw the grenade...
"Da da da……"
A series of intensive strafing sounds suddenly sounded on the Japs' flanks. At least five machine gun flames quickly approached the Japs' breakout troops. The rain of bullets was like a sickle, harvesting a large area of Japs soldiers at once...
Xiao Yuanchang put down the grenade he had picked up again, quickly inserted a row of five bullets into the rifle, pulled the bolt, and used bullets to stop the Japanese army.
"Battal Commander...we are here..." The commander of the Sixth Company gasped and ran to Xiao Yuanchang's side.
"Come into battle immediately and block the Japanese attack at all costs!" Xiao Yuanchang kept raising his gun and shooting without even raising his head, staring at the Japanese orders as they came forward again.
"All the Sixth Company entered the position...shoot immediately..." The Sixth Company Commander lay down next to Xiao Yuanchang, picked up a rifle from a sacrificed soldier, pulled the bolt, and started shooting after making sure there were still bullets in the chamber!
"Comrades, speed up... The second battalion is fighting the little devils in front. If we get there too late, we won't get anything. Rush!" Shen Quan, commander of the first battalion, shouted as he rushed!
He held a submachine gun with a crooked handle in his hand, ready to fire forward at any time...
As soon as several Japs entered his field of vision, the crooked handle in his hand rang, and a string of bullets swept past him. All three Japs were shot in the back and lay on the way to retreat...
"The little Japs are right in front... The troops will attack in company units. Charge wherever there are more Japs... kill them!" After killing the three Japs, Shen Quan rushed faster than before, giving orders as he ran.
The three companies following him immediately divided their troops...
The machine gunner rushed to the front with a light machine gun, followed closely by the soldiers holding submachine guns and pistols. The rifleman ran far enough, like three sharp blades, straight into the rear guard of the Yamada brigade...
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
In an instant, intensive firefights were heard from the flanks of Yamada's brigade.
Major Yamada was immediately stunned. He did not expect the Eighth Route Army encirclement troops to arrive so quickly. His face turned pale again, and he did not know what to do.
"The troops dispersed and broke out..." This was the last solution that Major Yamada racked his brains to think of.
"Take a small team as a unit and break out from a place where there are no gunshots. How many can run..."
"Divide your troops now, otherwise you will have no chance..."
More than fifty Japanese soldiers protected Major Yamada from breaking out from the junction of the 2nd and 4th Battalions. There was indeed a gap two to three hundred meters wide there. As long as the Japanese soldiers were fast enough, many people would be able to break out.
Just as they were about to break out of the encirclement, a mortar platoon stared at them.
Three cannonballs fell from the sky, and two of them hit the middle of the team. By chance, Major Yamada ran right next to one of the cannonballs.
There was an explosion of "Boom...". Before Lieutenant Commander Yamada could react, several shell fragments had already pierced his body...
When Huang Yu hurried to the battlefield with Chu Yunfei, the encirclement and annihilation battle had entered its final stage, with only a few sporadic gunshots left.
"The second battalion fought the hardest, go to the second battalion's position first!" Kong Jie said with a serious look on his face.
The smell of blood here is stronger than in other places. At least three hundred little devils fell in front of the defense line. There were so many corpses piled on top of each other that there was no place to stand.
Broken limbs and broken arms shattered by shells are scattered everywhere. As you walk, you will step on a severed hand or foot, and minced meat and organs can be seen everywhere...
On the second battalion's defense line, the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers have been cleared out. Many soldiers were hit by grenades, and not even a whole body was left...
"Captain, the Second Battalion fought so hard... The fourth and fifth companies all suffered more than half casualties. I didn't command them well. Please ask for punishment!" Xiao Yuanchang looked at the corpses of his subordinates and was so heartbroken that he almost cried. When he saw Kong Jie's first
In short, you are asking for punishment!
"No, you fought very well... Comrades fought bravely. All the soldiers who participated in the battle are the heroes of our independent regiment!" Kong Jie shook his head to comfort!
"In a face-to-face encounter with the Japs, we didn't even have a decent trench... not only blocked the Japs' offensive, but also killed more than 300 little Japs... No matter how you analyze it, this is a great victory!"
"Without your sacrifice and dedication, the Japanese army would not have been wiped out by us here."
"Not only did you fail, but you actually achieved merit!"
"After the battle, the regiment headquarters will give priority to filling the vacancies in the second battalion..."
"I remember that there are many veterans of the Independent Regiment in the field hospital... When they recover and return to the army, I will give priority to replenishing the Second Battalion..."
Chu Yunfei was not idle and kept wandering around the battlefield. He waited until Kong Jie arranged for the second battalion before he came over with emotion on his face: "Brother Kong, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment surprised me!"
"I went to see the fallen soldiers, and they were all shot in the face...which means they all died fighting the Japanese face to face!"
"I asked Camp Commander Xiao!"
"The first two companies that participated in the battle, the fourth and fifth companies, only had 250 people in total. 134 people died on the spot, 22 people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and almost all the remaining soldiers were injured..."
"But they still stood firm and were ready to fight the Japanese with bayonets at any time. Not a single soldier became a deserter..."
"This is something that Chu admires very much..."
"If all Chinese troops were not afraid of sacrifice like the Independent Regiment, and had the determination and courage to fight and fight to the death on the battlefield, the little devils would not be so rampant..."
Kong Jie did not answer the call...
In his eyes, China has many soldiers who are not afraid of death...
The reason why many troops did not dare to fight the Japs and wanted to shoot the Japs when they saw them was not because the soldiers below were afraid of death, but because the officers were afraid of death.
The result is that the entire army has no backbone and is afraid of fighting against the enemy.
If the leading generals of other armies could be like the Eighth Route Army, with cadres rushing to the front during a battle, ordinary soldiers would definitely rush forward screaming...
While Chu Yunfei was waiting for Kong Jie's reply, the fourth battalion commander Yang Wanhe Xing hurried over: "Captain, we found the body of the Japanese captain!"
"He was killed on the spot by a cannonball. This was his major command knife!"
Kong Jie took the command knife and asked: "How many little Japs escaped, and how many casualties did the Fourth Battalion suffer?"
"There are no more than thirty Japanese who escaped on my side...the troop was reduced by two platoons, and about one platoon of soldiers died..."
This casualty result is still within the range that Kong Jie can bear. He raised his eyebrows and began to issue orders: "Let everyone clean up the battlefield immediately and retreat before dawn..."
"Captain..." Chen Daliang, commander of the artillery company, ran over at some point with a smile on his face, which made him happier than eating honey!
"I went to see the Japanese artillery position!" Kong Jie knew at a glance why he was so happy. He himself also wanted to know what the artillery company had gained, so he asked with anticipation.
"I saw... I've been to both of the Japanese artillery positions..."
"There are treasures everywhere..."
"The mortar position can gather at least four intact mortars..."
"We only destroyed one mountain cannon in the mountain artillery position, leaving three mountain cannons and two infantry cannons intact..."
"We have captured so many mountain artillery and infantry artillery pieces tonight. If we keep just a few of them, we can set up another artillery company!"
"Can you tell the brigade commander...leave four infantry cannons and mountain cannons!"
"When the artillery company is dedicated to serving a few infantry cannons and mountain artillery, and the mortars are strengthened to each main battalion, then one of our main battalions will be able to defeat half a brigade of Japanese soldiers!"
Kong Jie was moved when he heard it.
He definitely wouldn't have thought so before, but now he has tasted the sweetness that artillery brings to him.
In several major battles, the independent regiment relied on artillery superiority and artillery surprise attacks to defeat the Japs.
If the artillery strength of the independent regiment can be strengthened, the overall combat effectiveness of the independent regiment will definitely increase.
Moreover, many main regiments of the Eighth Route Army do not even have mortar platoons. If they can strengthen the mortars into the main battalions, and the artillery companies directly under the regiments are equipped with four to six infantry guns and mountain artillery, it will definitely be the only one of the Eighth Route Army. I think
I feel very proud when I wake up.
But the difficulties here are too great. The first difficulty to overcome is to convince the brigade commander.
He sighed and replied: "Don't worry, Company Commander Chen, I will find a way to win over the brigade commander. You go back and lead the troops first, and collect all the artillery parts on the battlefield..."
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