Seeing that his comrade beside him was shot into pieces by powerful machine gun bullets after being shot through the mound of soil, a Japanese soldier next to him jumped up with a cry of fright and ran towards the back without looking back. The officer on the side also said
Before he could take out his gun and kill him, a bullet hit his back, and the Japanese soldier fell to the ground without saying a word.
"Grenade... where are you all dead? Hurry up and blow up the machine gun position opposite." The short and stocky Second Lieutenant Chunshan was lying on the ground, holding his command knife high and yelling.
After calling for a long time, there was no movement. He turned around and found that there were only a dozen or so people left among the dozens of people who had just rushed up with him. They were scattered over hundreds of square meters, but the grenade group was nowhere to be seen.
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A soldier nearby shouted at him: "Your Excellency... Watanabe and the others are all dead." As he said this, the soldier pointed to the right.
Second Lieutenant Haruyama took a look and found several corpses lying in a mess about ten meters away from him, including Watanabe's bomb grenade team.
"idiot……"
Chunshan cursed, pointed at the soldier who just spoke to him and shouted: "You...take one person to get the grenade and ammunition, and be sure to blow up the Chinese firepower points, otherwise we will all
Gotta die here!"
The superior soldier originally wanted to say something, but when he saw Lieutenant Chunshan's fierce eyes, he could only swallow the words that came to his mouth. He called a soldier and ran over, rolling and crawling, and used the eight-nine posture.
The grenade tube and two bags containing Type 89 grenades were dragged back not far away.
Speaking of grenade launchers, they were definitely at the pinnacle of Japanese light weapons during World War II. They were first-class even in the world. Their appearance filled the firepower gap between grenades and mortars for infantry.
After the end of World War II, Americans scorned almost all Japanese weapons, but they praised this grenade launcher highly.
Japan's Type 89 grenade had a 140-gram charge and hundreds of fragments, which was more lethal than the infantry light mortars of the Soviet Union and the United States at the time.
In addition, it is light, flexible and maneuverable (a Type 89 grenade weighs only 4.5 kilograms), so any soldier can carry it around.
Moreover, the Type 89 grenade is rifled, so the accuracy is very good. In the hands of experienced veterans, it can hit almost nine out of ten shots at a distance of 300 meters. Especially when hitting a fixed machine gun point, it is very hard.
The Chinese army suffered too many losses on the battlefield, and even the Yankees were not much better off. On the Pacific battlefield, the American troops fighting the Japanese army once heard the "boom" of a grenade launcher and began desperately looking for bunkers.
Although the Type 89 grenade is indeed powerful, its shortcomings are also obvious, that is, it takes a lot of experience.
In the hands of veterans, this thing can be used almost everywhere, but in the hands of new recruits or people who are not familiar with it, this thing is very cheating and can only be a needless waste of ammunition.
After the superior soldier picked up the grenade, he adjusted the angle and tried to fire a round at the machine gun position that was spitting out tongues of flame in front of him. As a result, the grenade missed more than ten meters away.
"Baga... Maruyama, you idiot, be on target!" Haruyama yelled.
The scolded superior soldier was not in a hurry. After re-adjusting the angle, he fired another grenade. With a loud bang, the machine gun that was originally tilted with flames suddenly became silent. The machine gunner and assistant shooter who were shooting
He fell on the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead.
"Yoshi...well done!"
Chunshan suddenly beamed with joy, pointed to the left and shouted: "Maruyama, take out the machine gun on the left as well."
Maruyama turned around, stretched his neck to check the position and then stretched out his right hand. The deputy on the side took out another Type 89 grenade from the ammunition bag and was about to hand it to him, when he saw Maruyama's body suddenly stopped.
The whole person fell to the ground without saying a word.
The deputy quickly helped him up and found that there was a hole in his forehead the size of a thumb, and white brain matter was flowing out of the hole along with blood.
"Your Majesty Second Lieutenant, Senior Maruyama is dead!" the deputy shouted in horror.
"Baga, aren't you still alive after Maruyama is dead? Hurry up and pick up the grenade and kill the Chinese machine gun emplacement."
"me……"
The deputy who saw Maruyama dying in front of him was a little panicked and didn't know what to do for a while.
Seeing the panicked look of the private, Chunshan took out his pistol, pointed it at him, and shouted with a fierce look: "I count to three... If you don't blow up that man's machine gun, I will shoot you."
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Under the threat of a gun, the private picked up the grenade cautiously, took aim in the direction with trembling, picked up the grenade and was about to launch, when he heard what sounded like a gunshot in the distance. After thinking for a moment, the private fell over without saying a word.
On the ground, blood flowed from his chest and soaked the grenade under him.
In an inconspicuous bomb crater more than 300 meters away, a figure lying on the ground wearing camouflage uniform seemed to move. If you look closely, you can see that it is a soldier.
This soldier's whole body is hidden in camouflage uniforms, and he almost blends in with the surrounding scenery. If you don't get closer, you can't see it at all. Moreover, even the 98K sniper rifle in his hand is wrapped in rags.
He gently pulled the gun bolt, and a yellow-orange cartridge case exited the gun chamber, and then began to search for the target again...
The attack lasted less than half an hour and ended. Ishihara Wanji, who was watching the battle from behind, was silent for more than ten minutes and then suddenly asked the chief of staff, Colonel Mitsuo Nakazawa, "Nakazawa-kun, are you watching this?"
What do you think about fighting?"
Mitsuo Nakazawa hesitated for a moment before saying reluctantly: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, if I was previously confused about why the 41st Division was defeated at Qixia Pass, now I think I have the answer.
Both the sophistication of weapons and the fighting courage of the soldiers of this Chinese army are comparable to those of the German armorers of the past, or even better. If this army is allowed to grow, it will definitely become a serious problem for the empire."
"Yoshi, it seems you understand it." Ishihara smiled and nodded, "Then inform Takehiko Iwase and act according to the plan."
"Hi!"
With Kanji Ishihara and Takehiko Iwase giving orders together, the Japanese offensive began.
Ishihara Kanji and Iwase Takehiko split the offensive force into a brigade-level size, and launched a continuous attack on the first position from both wings.
Moreover, the Japanese army also made specific plans for the offensive. Each brigade had only one hour to attack. Once the time was up, it was immediately removed and replaced by another brigade. At the beginning, the first battalion could easily defeat the enemy with its fierce firepower.
The Japanese troops drove off, but as time went by, the pressure on them became increasing.