In the trench on the left, more than 2,260 soldiers of the new regiment lay quietly beside the parapet of the trench, standing on tiptoes and looking at the artillery fire in the distance.
The clusters of fires shining with death and heat were so beautiful in the hearts of the soldiers at this moment, and many of them even shouted with joy while watching.
"Blow them up...blow up these naughty little devils!"
Ding Wei and Political Commissar Li also stood in the crowd, letting the soldiers shout without any intention of stopping them.
Political Commissar Li even said with emotion: "What a beautiful and spectacular artillery fire. This is the first time I have discovered that artillery fire is so beautiful and spectacular after fighting in so many years."
Ding Wei gave him a roll of his eyes and said, "Come on, if these artillery fires were coming from the Japanese, I'm afraid you wouldn't say that."
After saying that, they both laughed at the same time.
This is the problem where the butt determines the head. If you look at the same thing from different standpoints, you will come to completely different conclusions.
Then, Ding Wei said again: "Old Li, don't go up when we charge later. Stay here to take care of the wounded, transport supplies, and coordinate the contact with the Liantai Militia."
Political Commissar Li moved his lips and finally stopped speaking. He knew what Ding Wei meant.
War is a very mysterious thing. You never know whether a stray bullet will hit your head in the next second. As the highest-ranking commander of the new regiment, one of the two must leave behind to take charge.
Command and dispatch to prevent two commanders from being killed at the same time.
This is not only responsible for oneself, but also for the new group.
The main force of this artillery attack was carried out by four artillery battalions, including a total of 84 artillery pieces including the M2 105mm howitzer, M40 155 self-propelled artillery and M115 203mm heavy howitzer.
In addition, each battalion is equipped with M1 75mm howitzers, M2 107mm mortars and other types of artillery. In total, there are at least more than 200 artillery pieces shooting at the Japanese positions. At a glance, within a radius of more than ten kilometers
The Japanese army's position was filled with flames and smoke, and everything on the position was shrouded in death.
"Everyone prepare!"
When the bombardment lasted twenty-five minutes, the commanders' roars rang out from all forward positions.
"Fire the bayonet!"
Following the orders from the officers in the trenches, the first battalion of the new regiment in the trenches, the ninth battalion of the Liantai Militia Regiment, and the two sharp knife battalions that were to be the first to launch the charge, a total of more than a thousand soldiers, installed bayonets on their rifles, and the trenches
The sound of metal clashing as bayonets were installed resounded in the room. All the soldiers were holding the rifles in their hands tightly. Every soldier of the Sharp Knife Battalion looked anxious, excited, looking up at the parapet of the trench with eyes mixed with anticipation and fear.
It will be the first time to jump out of this trench and launch an attack on the Japanese position on the opposite side.
As the hands of the watch pointed to 7:30, sharp whistles sounded simultaneously on the more than 2,000-meter-long position. More than 1,600 soldiers jumped out of the trenches and rushed towards the Japanese positions...
"boom……"
Continuous artillery shells fell into the position that the Japanese army spent more than half a month building. The violent explosion shock wave turned the seemingly beautiful trench into ruins. Mud and smoke were raging in the trench along with steel fragments, and the steel fragments were harvested.
The lives of the Japanese soldiers in the trenches were lost, and the shock wave shattered the internal organs of the Japanese soldiers at close range. The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and thick smoke. The Japanese soldiers who survived the artillery fire were choked and coughed loudly.
The soldiers of the 108th Division, who had never experienced such fierce artillery fire, were frightened by the fierce shelling. They hugged their heads and huddled in the trenches. They trembled, coughed, cried, and roared with all their strength, as if
This will make them roar out of fear. The whole earth is shaking violently. The flying dust and body fragments make the soldiers scream in horror. At this moment, those who are singing at the same time can no longer be found.
The Japanese soldiers who went to fight on Kimiyo's side, fear had already taken over their entire bodies and minds.
Suddenly the violent bombardment stopped, and for a moment the world seemed to have returned to its previous peace and tranquility. The Japanese trenches had been completely destroyed. In the overturned trenches, only the frightened roars of the Japanese soldiers and the heartbreak of a large number of wounded soldiers could be heard.
A lung-breaking scream.
"Cowards! Cowards! Bastards! Are you still soldiers of the Japanese Empire? Look at you, even the geishas in the teahouse are braver than you! The Chinese are about to attack, pick up your rifles and mount your bayonets.
, drive the Chinese people back! Let the Chinese people see the bravery of the imperial army."
The officers wielding command swords in the trenches vigorously kicked the shivering soldiers hiding in the collapsed trenches, pulled them up by their collars, pushed them to the edge of the collapsed trenches, and asked them to aim forward.
At this time, the Japanese army's position could no longer be called a position, but a bloody hell. The trench system that Shimomoto Xiongmi thought could withstand at least half a month's attack by the Chinese army had completely changed its appearance. Blackened craters were torn apart by artillery shells.
With the plowed soil, collapsed trenches, burning log support pillars, broken weapons, scattered ammunition boxes, and exploded barbed wire, this place has completely turned into a hell-like appearance.
What sets off the hell are the corpses and blood that can be seen everywhere. The soldiers' broken corpse fragments and broken limbs are scattered all over the position. There are almost no complete corpses, and most of the dead soldiers only leave behind charred remains.
Limbs or broken arms with bloody flesh, and more people had nothing left behind. They completely disappeared under the 30-minute horrific artillery fire. Only a few scraps of cloth or some residual limbs could prove that they had been in this iron.
In the hell of fire, especially the 117th Wing on the front line was the first to bear the brunt.
The defense line of the 117th Regiment has long since disappeared. No complete trenches can be found at all. All bunkers and firepower points have been destroyed. No soldier is willing to stay in this iron fire hell. The entire 3800 regiment
At this time, less than a thousand soldiers could still fight, and the rest were either buried in bunkers or torn to pieces by artillery fire.
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The officers used their command swords to drive them away, but they didn't want to stand up at all.
At this moment, the tranquility was once again broken, and the harsh whistling sound of artillery shells piercing the sky sounded again in the sky. The soldiers of the 108th Division, who had almost collapsed, were almost dumbfounded to receive another fierce bombardment.
"beep!……"
At the beginning of the second round of shelling, a sharp and piercing whistle sounded again in the trenches of the Liantai Militia Group. The sharp whistle pierced the roaring world. Even amid the rumbling of the artillery, the piercing whistle still sounded like
It can pierce everyone's eardrums, and even the Sixth Division, which is more than ten kilometers away, can hear it.
"Kill!" As the officers' attack whistle blew, the trenches of the Liantai Militia Regiment immediately began to boil. The new regiment, one battalion, the ninth battalion of the Liantai Militia Regiment, two battalions, six companies, and more than a thousand first-wave assault infantrymen could not wait.
rushed out of the trenches, and the MG42 general machine guns and M2 heavy machine guns covering the charge spewed tongues of fire at the Japanese positions to suppress possible counterattacks by the Japanese soldiers. The six infantry companies that jumped out of the trenches, more than a thousand infantrymen like six
Push the sharp knife towards the Japanese position.
The officers and soldiers of the two battalions who jumped out of the trenches and charged quickly looked at the billowing smoke and rising fireballs on the Japanese position with the same dumbfounded eyes. The violent explosions and shock waves also impacted the more than a thousand soldiers who quickly charged.
The strong smell of gunpowder was blown into the eardrums of the soldiers by the northwest wind, which also irritated their mouths, noses, chests and lungs. Amidst the dense explosions, the charging soldiers could not hear the orders of their respective non-commissioned officers and officers at all, they just looked like
During training, I listened to the company platoon leader's whistle and followed the footsteps of those at the front. I couldn't even hear the "kill, kill" they shouted themselves. There was only one person in everyone's ears.
The sound was a violent explosion like thunder.
The soldiers of the First Battalion of the New Regiment and the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion of the Liantai Militia Naturally knew that as the first wave of attacks, they had the greatest chance of death, but they still charged towards the Japanese army without hesitation.
They suspected that he was charging towards the Japanese army, and they seemed to feel the ground trembling and shaking under their feet. This was the noise caused by large-caliber artillery bombarding the Japanese army's positions, but no one cared about these small things.
For the soldiers who initiate the charge, the most important thing is to break through the Japanese first line of defense as soon as possible so as to expand space for the follow-up troops.
The second round of forward suppressive artillery fire lasted only two minutes, and then began to extend in depth. However, for soldiers accustomed to armed cross-country, the two-minute suppressive artillery bombardment was enough for them to rush to the Japanese forward position less than 500 meters away.
, using bayonets and grenades to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent.
When the shelling stopped and the gunpowder smoke from the Japanese positions had not yet dispersed, those Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the iron fire hell again, and before they could even poke their heads out, they heard the sound of a surge close at hand.
There was a cry of killing, and then black spots like raindrops were thrown from the air. More than a thousand M24 long-handled grenades were thrown by six companies of assault infantry at a distance of more than 30 meters from the Japanese position. More than a thousand
Hand grenades exploded continuously in the destroyed trenches of the Japanese army, completely covering the heads of the Japanese soldiers who were already on the verge of collapse under the bombardment.
"Da da da……"
The first wave of assault infantry who rushed to the Japanese trenches immediately used MP40 submachine guns, 98K rifles, Type 38 rifles and MG42 machine guns to shoot at any movable targets in the trenches. Then they jumped into the trenches and used bayonets and submachine guns to drive away the Japanese troops who had not yet recovered.