Tonight's attack on the Xiaolingdi stronghold started very smoothly. The bunker that the Japanese are proud of can only be regarded as thicker kraft paper for the 105mm howitzer. Under the bombardment of the four howitzers in turn, both sides
The bunkers were knocked down one after another, and the soldiers of the 769th Regiment easily occupied the two bunkers. However, an accident occurred when they attacked the middle and largest bunker.
The middlemost bunker is located in the middle of the mountainside, with mountains extending out on both sides, like two arms firmly protecting the bunker in the middle. The artillery battery's artillery position is exactly in the blind spot, and the artillery shells cannot hit it.
This bunker has two floors, with more than ten shooting holes, and the firepower is extremely fierce. The soldiers of the 769th Regiment were attacked several times in a row but were beaten back. Not only did they not achieve any results, but they suffered dozens of casualties.
"Da da da……"
In the middle bunker, in the shooting holes on the upper and lower floors, two Type 92 heavy machine guns were pouring out tongues of fire, one on the left and one on the right. The intensive firepower suppressed the attacking more than ten Eighth Route Army soldiers under a slope.
Can't even lift my head.
An Eighth Route Army soldier was lying behind a slope holding a ten-pound bag of explosives. He peeked out and took a look, silently counting the number of bullets fired by the heavy machine gun.
Suddenly, the firepower of the machine gun on the left side of the first floor suddenly stopped. It turned out that the bullets on the bullet feed plate of this machine gun had run out. Unintentionally, this Eighth Route Army soldier was an experienced veteran. When he heard that the opponent's machine gun stopped firing, he immediately stopped firing.
Without hesitation, he ran out of the hillside and ran towards a large dirt slope on the right.
In less than three seconds, he ran a distance of almost 20 meters. However, at this time, the Type 92 heavy machine gun had also been reloaded, and the bullets that seemed to be splashed with water were swept over again. The soldier had not yet reached the other side.
The soil slope was hit by bullets.
The soldier who was hit by the bullet stumbled to the ground. No matter how low the soldier fell, the Japanese soldiers in the bunker still did not stop shooting, but continued to shoot at the soldier. Soon the explosives in the soldier's hands were
The bag was hit by several bullets, and the explosive bag filled with black explosives exploded suddenly. The huge explosion raised a huge cloud of dust and smoke, and the soldier's body was also blown to pieces.
"asshole!"
Xu Dashu, the leader of the 769th Regiment, witnessed all this with his own eyes. He was so angry that he wanted to lead the death squad to attack in person. He brought an explosive pack and was about to lead the charge himself.
But the chief of staff was shocked. Even after trying to persuade him for a long time, he could not give up his idea. He could only watch helplessly as he carried the explosive pack on his back.
Seeing that Xu Dashu was about to personally lead the team to blow up the bunker, a loud shout came from behind: "Xu Dashu, what do you want to do?"
Xu Dashu, who was originally unwilling to listen to advice, froze when he heard this voice. He turned around slowly, with a smile that was uglier than crying, "Brigade... Brigadier, why are you here?"
"Haha...if I didn't come, would you have gone up there yourself?"
It turned out that at some point, Brigadier Wang personally came to the front line.
Looking at Xu Dashu who had already carried the explosives on his back, Brigadier Wang sneered: "Xu Dashu, is it that if I didn't come, you would have gone up in person now?"
"No... Brigadier, why don't I try this explosive bag to see if it's strong?" Seeing the brigade commander's arrival, Xu Dashu, who was still looking ferocious, seemed to have seen a cat and mouse, and hurriedly put it together with a smile on his face.
The explosive pack from behind was unloaded.
"How many times have I told you that you are now the regiment leader, not the platoon leader during the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign! What's the matter...you still want to be a death squad leader?"
Brigadier Wang's spit spray had already sprayed on Xu Dashu's face, but Xu Dashu didn't even dare to wipe it, he just hung his head and didn't dare to say a word.
"Stop the attack immediately, hold a temporary meeting above the battalion level, and re-examine the attack plan. By the way... remember to send someone to invite Company Commander Wang from the artillery company."
Xu Dashu asked in confusion: "Brigadier Commander, why did we call the artillery company commander to the meeting? Is it possible that they can also install bayonets on the cannons?"
"Fart... No one in your group can capture two bunkers on both sides so quickly?" Brigadier Wang was angry, "According to your style of play, you will be thankful if you can capture even one bunker until dawn."
Xu Dashu, who was scolded bloody by Brigadier Wang, went down in despair to deliver the order in person. Soon, people including three infantry battalion commanders, a special agent battalion commander and the artillery company commander arrived less than five meters away from the bunker.
A temporary combat meeting was held behind a 100-meter back slope.
Brigadier Wang spoke first: "Comrades, just now, with the help of the Liantai militia brothers, our regiment captured the bunkers on both sides of the Japanese in less than half an hour. However, the angle of the bunker in the middle was too tricky to build.
, our artillery fire cannot hit.
In order to capture this bunker, we have sacrificed dozens of comrades. Now let's discuss how to capture this bunker in the end? Xu Dashu, you are the regiment leader, please tell me first."
Xu Dashu frowned and drew a simple topographic map on the ground. "Look, everyone, the Japanese bunker is located in the middle of the mountain. In front of it is a hillside more than thirty meters long. There is only one road from the bunker road down the mountain.
If you want to rush up the artificially dug stairs while braving enemy machine gun fire, you will never be able to reach the bunker even if you fill the hillside with corpses."
Everyone was silent. Xu Dashu's words were of course correct. Even though the ramp was only more than thirty meters long, it would take at least half a minute to rush along the stairs to the bunker.
This half minute is enough time for an average machine gunner to kill someone ten times a day.
"There is another question." A battalion commander added: "Even if we are lucky enough to rush under the bunker, have you noticed that the base of the Japanese bunker is more than two meters high, and the explosive pack cannot be fired from it?
Throw it into the hole, and if you put the explosive package under the base and detonate it, it will probably have no effect."
As soon as the battalion commander's words came out, everyone frowned. Judging from this, it was almost an impossible task to rely on soldiers to blow up the bunker with explosives.
After a moment of silence, a battalion commander suddenly looked at the artillery company commander who had been sitting silently and said, "Captain Wang, can you pull the artillery over and shoot at the Riju bunker at close range?"
The remaining battalion commanders all looked at Company Commander Wang. If the artillery could be pulled over and fired directly at the bunker, not many... only one or two artillery shells would be needed to directly resolve the battle.
Captain Wang thought for a while and slowly shook his head, "Battle Commander Zhou, I know what you mean. Your idea has a name in our artillery, which is to attach bayonets to the cannon, which means to shoot at close range.
But you have to understand that the best distance for close-range shooting is about 400 to 500 meters. But you have also seen the terrain here. If you want to close-range shooting, you must advance the artillery to about 300 meters away from the Japanese bunker.
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There is no cover at this distance, which means that our artillery must be exposed to the daily average machine gun range. In addition, it takes at least half an hour for the artillery to go from marching state to firing state. Do you think the Japanese will
Will they watch us preparing for half an hour under their noses without doing anything?"
When everyone heard this, they all felt like deflated balls.
Are you kidding? Let alone half an hour, I'm afraid the entire artillery including the gunner will be beaten into pieces by the Japanese machine guns in less than three minutes.
After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't come up with any good solution. The battalion commander named Zhou said angrily: "This way... I will organize a death squad of thirty people. I will personally lead the team, and the firepower of the whole group will cover me."
, we try to rush to the enemy's bunker. As long as we can rush four to six people and detonate an explosive pack for each person at the same time, I don't believe we can't kill those Japanese."
"Nonsense!"
Brigadier Wang reprimanded: "Are you fighting a war or dying? You have organized a death squad of thirty people. Do you think you can rush forward with more people? Don't look at the fact that the little Japs only have two machine guns shooting now, but I'm sure.
As long as you charge with a group of people, the Japs' machine guns will definitely increase to four or five in an instant, or even seven or eight. Not to mention a mere thirty people, even if the whole group attacks together, they all have to stay.
Under that soil slope."
Having said this, Brigadier Wang felt irritable. He raised his wrist and looked at it, and found that it was already half past three in the morning. It would be dawn in about three hours. Once it dawned, the Japanese plane would definitely arrive.
Reinforcements from nearby areas will continue to arrive. By then, let alone taking over the stronghold, they may have to consider retreating.
Although Brigadier Wang has been fighting for more than ten years, this is the first time he has encountered such a difficult battle as tonight. The Japanese stronghold in front of him is like a turtle shell, which is not only hard but also stinging.
Be careful and get stabbed in the hand.
Just when the group was at a loss what to do, Captain Wang suddenly said: "Sirs, why don't we give it a try."
"What... are you going to blow up the bunker?"
Xu Dashu almost jumped up when he heard this. Even though 769 took down two bunkers in less than half an hour for tonight's operation, everyone knows that the main credit here goes to Company Commander Wang and his artillery battery. There is no such thing as Company Commander Wang's.
With four artillery pieces, they didn't know how many people would die.
The artillerymen were allowed to blow up the bunkers, while a group of infantrymen watched the fun. If word got out about this, he, the regiment leader, would no longer be a good person. Others would point at his nose and laugh: "Oh... this guy just asked the artillerymen to do it for him."
They were blowing up the bunker, but he was just watching with thousands of infantrymen, right?
If this is really the case, he Xu Dashu could just wipe his neck and forget about it, why would he lead any troops to fight any war!"
The battalion commanders on the side all started making noises when they heard this. The honor of the military did not allow them to do such a tasteless thing.
Seeing the raging crowd around him, Company Commander Wang quickly explained: "Don't worry, everyone, just listen to me... It's not too late to listen to me first. Everyone is getting angry."
As soldiers, Captain Wang certainly knew that his proposal was nothing more than an insult to Commander Xu and the others, so he quickly explained: "Commander Wang, Commander Xu, you must think that my proposal just now is to look down on you. In fact, you
But I was wronged.
That’s not what I meant. Let me tell you the truth. Before we came here, our group had considered that the Japs were cunning and treacherous. Many strongholds were built in difficult terrain. Our artillery is not omnipotent. There are always dangers.
What should we do if we can’t reach the place?”
After listening to Captain Wang's words, Xu Dashu and the surrounding battalion commanders also calmed down and wanted to hear what Captain Wang had to say.
"Brigadier Wang, do you still remember those soldiers you saw carrying some big iron cans when you inspected our artillery company just now?"
Brigadier Wang nodded, of course he had seen it. At that time, he was still a little curious as to why these soldiers were carrying such jars and pots on their backs. He wanted to inquire, but was afraid of being accused of spying on military secrets, so there was no problem.
"Of course I saw it, they are..."
Company Commander Wang explained: "Brigadier, these soldiers are also called flamethrowers. The thing they hold in their hands is called a flamethrower. The tin cans on the back are full of gasoline. This thing can spray gasoline to five
Ten meters away.
Think about it, as long as some of our soldiers are transported to the bottom of that hillside, they don't have to climb those steep stairs. They can spray fire directly into the Japanese bunkers through the shooting holes. Wouldn't that be great?
"
"Is this... okay?"
Xu Dashu and several battalion commanders looked at each other after hearing this. They had never seen the power of a flamethrower and they were still a little hesitant. However, Brigadier Wang was different.
As a brigade commander, his knowledge was naturally not comparable to that of Xu Dashu and the others. Of course he understood weapons such as flamethrowers. He asked again: "But you must know that we are still more than two hundred meters away from the Japanese bunker.
Those Pyros must not be able to run fast with iron cans weighing dozens of kilograms on their backs. How are you going to get under the bunker?"
Company Commander Wang smiled mysteriously, "Commander Wang, you have forgotten that we have smoke bombs."
"yes……"
Brigadier Wang slapped his thigh, and then he remembered that the people standing in front of him were the men of a rich man. Things that could be done with a few smoke bombs stumped a group of them. It was true that poverty limited his imagination.
ah.
"Okay... I have approved your request, go and prepare now!"
"yes!"
Company Commander Wang didn't waste any time and quickly issued the order.
More than ten minutes later, the Eighth Route Army began to gather again and prepare to launch an attack.
However, at this time, the Japanese in the bunker were not as nervous as they were at the beginning. The battle for more than an hour made them realize that the opponent's artillery could not hit the bunker in the blind spot, but they could use machine guns to their heart's content.
Eliminate those Tubalu who dare to come over. The bodies lying on the ground in front of them are the best proof. In this way, they will have no problem persisting until dawn.