"Boom..." A series of close-range explosions brought Matsushima Dazuo, who was in self-doubt, back to reality.
Looking up, I saw the 4th Squadron being covered by approaching artillery fire.
Although the Eighth Route Army that launched the attack had suffered more than half of its casualties, their offensive had not weakened and their firepower was still as powerful as ever.
Follow the impact point and continue to move forward. The speed is very fast...
More than a hundred cavalry continued to wander around the battlefield. Many soldiers who fled the road to avoid artillery fire had no time to rejoice when sabers came from nowhere and chopped off their heads...
"Captain, no matter whether the independent regiment is attacking in the east or in the west, we can't hold on any longer!" The captain pointedly pointed out the biggest dilemma they faced.
"Once we are wiped out, the encirclement trapping the independent group will collapse on its own. As long as they are willing, they can break out of Xingling at any time and get rid of our pursuit!"
"The top priority now is to rescue us..."
"Only by surviving and keeping our troops can we continue to besiege the independent regiment and then find ways to eliminate them."
After saying that, he stared at the signal soldier's order that had just refuted him: "Go back immediately and tell your captain!"
"I don't care whether the Independent Regiment is attacking in the east or in the west, or whether it has the idea of breaking out from your side. The troops must attack Xingling Highlands immediately to share our defensive pressure, otherwise the follow-up troops will be wiped out by the Independent Regiment!"
"Go back now, faster!"
"Within five minutes, I must see Xingling Highlands being attacked by you!
"Comrades, keep rushing forward with me... There aren't many little Japs left... Kill..." Huang Yu shouted on the road while loading the fourth magazine for his submachine gun.
The two Japs hiding behind the rocks carefully exposed their heads, raised their rifles, and aimed at Huang Yu...
"Da da da……"
Huang Yu has quick eyes and quick hands, and can pull the trigger one second faster than them...
Six or seven submachine gun bullets swept past, half of them hit the rocks where they were hiding, causing sparks to fly... half of the bullets penetrated their bodies, instantly taking their lives.
"Bah bang bang..." Deputy company commander Zhong Chengjun fired the box cannon he held in his hand at the same time, killing a Japanese machine gunner.
"Rumble..."
Several grenades were thrown towards a small mound by the riflemen behind them. Several Japanese soldiers hiding there were killed and wounded before they could show their faces, and lost their combat effectiveness...
This is the power of infantry and artillery coordination.
Real infantry and artillery coordination requires a lot of training to coordinate properly.
The assault company had no training in this area, so they could only risk their own men being accidentally injured by artillery fire and attack forward as close to the impact point of the artillery fire as possible.
Although you will pay a high price in the attack, the results will be greater.
More than 20 mortars have fired nearly a thousand shells. On average, two shells kill one Japanese. They also killed four to five hundred Japanese. The cavalry company killed more than two hundred Japanese, and the assault company killed three to four hundred.
A thousand or so and the Japanese were all wiped out.
The Japs following in pursuit included a full infantry brigade, two infantry artillery squads, some gunners and heavy machine gunners left behind by the Ikuchi Battalion and Hirosue Battalion, about 1,300 people!
After deducting the approximately 1,000 people killed, there were at most 300 people left on the battlefield.
The independent regiment's artillery fire continues, and the assault company's attack also continues... Coupled with the hunting of the cavalry company, Huang Yu is confident that the battle will be over within five minutes!
"There are not many Japs left... Continue to increase the firepower output, kill them all with me, and end the battle as quickly as possible!" Huang Yu was like the reincarnation of the God of Death, giving orders while charging!
As he was running, Matsushima Daizuo, who was being closely protected by guards, was suddenly spotted by him.
"There is a big fish there... Others continue to attack. The guard class is coming with me. Don't let the big fish escape..."
Songdao Dazuo was very vigilant, and he had been able to avoid the independent regiment's artillery fire several times before.
But Lady Luck didn't always care about him.
The artillery fire just now finally enveloped him, but there were too many guards protecting him, and he survived by luck in the end.
"Sir, it's too dangerous here. You must leave immediately..." the captain who was following him said anxiously.
"Go find Brigade Hirosue!" Matsushima Daizuo also realized his dangerous situation and made a prompt decision.
Then prepare to break out and move...
As a result, he was targeted by Huang Yu as soon as he started taking action.
"Click, click, click..." The crooked handle of the guard squad's equipment suddenly sounded 70 to 80 meters away from them. Bullets swept across, and the two peripheral guards fell to the ground...
"Take cover, there are eight groups coming towards us!" the captain gave the order while throwing Songdao Zuo to the ground.
"You guys are outflanking on the left, three of you are outflanking on the right, and the others are attacking me head-on, suppressing the Japs in place, we must not let them escape!" Seeing the Japs suddenly lying down, Huang Yu said with a happy expression.
"Machine gun cover, others follow me to meet... kill!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Songdao Zuo was suppressed by machine guns, Huang Yu led the rifle team and rushed forward.
Five seconds later, a loud order was given: "Lie down... shoot all, cover the machine gun team and charge forward... bang bang bang..."
As soon as the order was finished, the submachine gun in his hand rang out, and the crooked handles covering them behind him simultaneously misfired.
The machine gun team immediately got up from the ground and rushed forward with crooked handles...
After catching up with Huang Yu, he threw himself to the ground, set up a crooked handle, and assisted the deputy shooter in loading the machine gun magazine...
"Da da da..." Wai Ba Zi, who had stopped for less than ten seconds, joined the battle again, taking over the submachine gun in Huang Yu's hand and continuing to suppress Matsushima Da Zuo...
Huang Yu decisively stopped shooting, raised his right hand and pointed forward, pulled it up from the ground, and led his men to move forward!
The machine gun team and the rifle team cooperated with each other, taking turns to cover, and soon rushed to a position thirty or forty meters away from the Japanese.
Matsushima Daizuo was always suppressed by the firepower and could not raise his head. He was completely unaware that he had stepped into the gate of hell.
The roundabout rifle teams on both sides simultaneously approached the Japs and took out grenades...
The moment Huang Yu threw the grenade, nine other grenades from different directions flew towards the Japanese...
As soon as the explosion of "Rumble..." rang out, Huang Yu got up from the ground and rushed forward, firing the submachine guns in his hands at the same time. The three rifle teams launched an attack together, shooting at several Japs with submachine guns and rifles!
On the Xingling Highlands, Kong Jie was also paying attention to the battle.
Kong Jie's happy face was full of wrinkles when he saw the assault company moving forward unstoppably under the cover of artillery fire.
If Li Wensheng hadn't stopped him, he would have personally led a company of guards to the battlefield to fight.
"Captain, the two brigades that intercepted us have been scared to death. They are switching from offense to defense to prevent us from breaking out from them!" Shen Quan retreated to his position and found Kong Jie reporting happily.
"Our false and true strategy worked!" Kong Jie analyzed.
"Your counterattack just now scared the Japanese. They mistakenly thought that we were going to break through their defense line. In order to stop us, they had to switch from offense to defense!"
"The battle over Huang Yu will be over soon..."
"By the time these two little devils from the brigade have reacted, they have become a piece of fat in our mouths, and we can eat them as much as we want!"
"Notify all main battalions to prepare for counterattack!"
"We must not let the Japanese escape from under our noses at the last moment!"
"Captain... we won... the assault company killed all the little Japs who were chasing us from behind!" Li Wensheng suddenly ran up to Kong Jie. He was happier than eating a peach, and his face was filled with excitement when he saw him.
Report.
"The battle is over?" Kong Jie quickly raised his telescope and looked behind...
The artillery fire coverage has stopped, and the assault company is dividing its forces to hunt down the remaining Japs on the battlefield...
The cavalry company is like a bunch of gods of death, wandering around the battlefield, hunting down any fish that the Japanese army slips through...
"The artillery unit will immediately move the shooting target..." The serious expression on Kong Jie's face was replaced by a smile at the same time.
Putting down the telescope, he began to issue orders: "The artillery force was divided into two. Half of the mortars attacked the little Japs on our left, and half of the mortars attacked the little Japs on the right...Hit the artillery positions they just exposed first, and then bomb the infantry!"
"All four main battalions are ready for counterattack!"
"We will launch a counterattack as soon as the five-minute artillery preparation is over. All four main battalions will be killed. All light and heavy machine guns will be brought out. Regardless of the main attack and assists, we will use the fastest speed to eliminate all the little Japs around Xingling..."
"Waiting for the cavalry company and the assault company?" Li Wensheng hesitated and asked.
"Time is not waiting for me. The sooner we launch an attack, the greater the chance of annihilating them all!" Kong Jie shook his head.
"The cavalry company and the assault company have already accomplished the feat of annihilating an infantry brigade of Japanese soldiers. We cannot let them fight in all battles. We must also share some of the merits with other troops!"
Ikuchi Shaozuo and Hirosue Shaozuo had already received the attack order brought back by the signal corps. They looked embarrassed and didn't know whether they should execute it or not.
At this moment, the artillery fire fired by the commander of the strike team stopped, and only the sound of some rifle machine gun fire came over.
The two people were so suspicious that they didn't dare to move.
It was thought that the Independent Regiment wanted to divert artillery fire to them, cover the infantry breakout, break out of the encirclement, and leave Xingling.
In such a blink of an eye, the artillery unit of the independent regiment had already calculated the new shooters.
More than twenty mortars were split into two, all targeting their newly exposed artillery position.
They left the infantry artillery squad and half of the mortars and heavy machine guns for the regiment battle. Among all the remaining equipment, the only ones that could threaten the security of the independent regiment were only a dozen mortars.
Knock them out, and the two infantry brigades will become tigers without fangs. The independent regiment can eat whatever it wants without any pressure.
"Fire..." the artillery company commander Chen Daliang ordered with excitement on his face.
He stuffed the mortar shell in his hand into the mortar barrel, then quickly squatted down and covered his ears with his hands!
"Boom..." A dull sound of shelling soon came from the barrel, and the shells were wrapped in smoke and fireballs and flew out of the barrel...
