This time, the first one to fire was not the MG42 general-purpose machine gun that always leads the charge, but the M2 Browning heavy machine gun.
Feeling that the MG42 machine gun had insufficient penetration and power against vehicles and fortification bunkers, Gao Hongming decided to issue the M2 heavy machine gun that was originally only issued to the guard battalion to other troops.
For example, one battalion received 22 M2 heavy machine guns. In addition to being distributed to the platoons, the battalion headquarters also established a firepower reinforcement company consisting of six M2 heavy machine guns and six M1 81mm mortars.
The addition of the M2 heavy machine gun will immediately enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops.
Moreover, although the rate of fire of the M2 heavy machine gun is not very fast, its trajectory is very straight, strong penetrating power, and powerful, and more importantly, it can be used both at high and low levels.
Mounted on a low tripod, it becomes a heavy machine gun, and mounted on a high stand, it becomes an anti-aircraft machine gun. It can be called a sharp weapon against low-altitude aircraft.
"Boom boom..."
Several 81mm mortar shells exploded near the Japanese troops on the right. Captain Nakamura Ozawa, who was in charge of the first wave of offensive commanders, only felt his ears buzzing.
Because he was so close to the explosion point of the shells, his ears were bleeding from the dense shells. He lay down on the ground like a conditioned reflex after being tested for a long time in war, with his hands clenched in front of his chest, and his body was tightly supported by his fists and elbows.
Close to the earth.
In the dense explosion, even the ground beneath him was trembling rapidly in the rain of bullets, and some soft and bloody fragments kept falling around Nakamura. What is hell? Nakano felt that this was where he was.
In fact, the Nakamura assassin did not know that he was actually the lucky one in the squadron, and most of the soldiers who followed him in the charge had been killed...
Just as he was lying on his stomach, a sticky object suddenly fell on Nakamura's face. Nakamura pulled the thing out casually, and then he screamed in fright. It turned out to be a piece of someone's broken intestine.
Looking at the broken intestine lying limp and bloody in his hand, Nakamura screamed in fear. Looking around, he found that the area was already a mess, with only upturned loess and broken corpses.
Rao Shi Nakamura has been a veteran of the army for many years, but the high-intensity shelling like today also frightened him. He wanted to stand up and command the troops, but the mortars from the opposite side fell like rain, and there were shells everywhere.
The smoke caused by the explosion made it impossible to see beyond five meters.
After a while, he felt that the artillery fire was sparse, and he instinctively reached for his waist, wanting to pull out his command knife and direct the charge. He knew that the sound of the opponent's artillery began to become sparse, which meant that his own infantry was about to charge, but once
Only when I touched it did I realize that my command knife had been blown somewhere.
In desperation, he looked around and found a headless corpse not far away from him. Next to it was a Type 38 rifle with an ointment flag tied to its bayonet.
Seeing this rifle, Nakamura's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he couldn't care too much. He ran over and grabbed the rifle, then ran to a high ground, waved the flag vigorously, and yelled at the top of his lungs: "Gather...
Gather now!"
Here is a little bit of knowledge to popularize. In previous film and television materials, we can often see that in the queues of the Japanese army, many soldiers have flags tied to their rifles.
Many people have asked, why is this thing tied to the bayonet? Is it because carrying such an eye-catching thing on the battlefield is not enough to die quickly?
In fact, not just anyone can tie this flag. The Japanese soldiers who can carry this flag and tie their rifles are usually corps commanders or sergeants. The reason why they do this is because the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and the team may be killed at any time.
They were scattered, and there was smoke everywhere, so the visibility was extremely poor.
With this eye-catching flag, the team leader can assemble the team as quickly as possible to continue fighting.
Now, after Nakamura waved the flag, as expected, soldiers began to gather around him, and even a stocky second lieutenant and dozens of soldiers came running.
Nakamura knew this sergeant. He immediately dropped his rifle and came to the second lieutenant and shouted: "Second Lieutenant Haruyama, how many people are there in your team?"
Second Lieutenant Chunshan's answer was rather forceful: "Sir, there are still thirty-eight people in my team, and they can go into battle immediately."
"Yo Xi!" Nakamura patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction: "Now I will give you command of all the soldiers on site. You immediately lead people to overrun that person's position and launch an attack. You must use the Chinese people's firepower.
All lured out.
Remember, the attack must be fierce and tenacious, so that the Chinese will not become suspicious and expose all their firepower points, and only then can our observation posts be able to mark the location and eliminate them all."
Second Lieutenant Chunshan said solemnly: "Hi...please rest assured, I will definitely complete the mission."
After saying that, he raised the rifle in his hand, shook the ointment flag vigorously, and then said loudly: "The warriors of the empire, the time has come to show up for His Majesty the Emperor. Now I give an order to immediately launch an attack on the China position in front."
"Kill me..."
A group of Japanese soldiers, under the command of an officer, formed a skirmish line and rushed toward the 1st Battalion's position.
Facing the Japanese attack, without Wu Chengfeng's orders, soldiers followed the instructions just now and used only one MG42 machine gun and one M2 Browning large-caliber machine gun in each company to shoot at the Japanese army.
"Kakaka..."
"Dong dong dong..."
Crisp and dull, two different gunshots formed a unique rhythm. Many Japanese soldiers who had just survived the shelling and were charging towards the position were quickly stunned by the intensive firepower of MG42.
The rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute ensured that anyone targeted by it would not be able to run away at all. The rain of bullets knocked several Japanese soldiers to the ground on the spot, and saw their companions rushing at the front being shot by machine guns.
After becoming a hornet's nest, the remaining Japanese soldiers all lay on the ground without even daring to raise their heads.
Nakamura, who was directing from behind, looked at the fools in front who couldn't raise their heads, and cursed loudly in anger, wishing to chop off the heads of those cowards.
He wanted to rush over and kick those bastards in person, but after seeing the power of the Chinese machine gun that sounded like a chainsaw just now, he understood that if he rushed over rashly, there was a high probability that he would be beaten on the spot.
sieve.
"Dong dong dong..."
Just when Nakamura was in a panic, a dull sound suddenly sounded from the opposite side, accompanied by a sound like beating a drum. In front of him, he saw that the place where Second Lieutenant Haruyama and his party were were like flying sand and rocks, raising a cloud of dust all over the sky.
He saw with his own eyes that the mound of dirt where a Japanese soldier was lying was penetrated by a flurry of bullets, and the Japanese soldier was beaten into pieces.