With an explosion, a bomb fell into the open space 300 meters away in front of the position. With a burst of thick smoke, two Japanese soldiers holding a bundle of cluster grenades fell in a pool of blood.
One of the soldiers died on the spot, and the other had his legs broken and fell in a pool of blood, wailing loudly.
Not far away, the leader of the second squadron who was in a bomb crater looked at him with bloodshot eyes in the eyes of the soldiers not far away. A few hundred meters away, further away, an MG42 machine gun was pouring out tongues of fire crazily.
, the dense rain of bullets hit them so hard that they couldn't even lift their heads.
The leader of the second squadron was lying behind a dirt bag, feeling the bullets whizzing past his head. With his head firmly pressed against the ground, he turned his head and roared with all his strength: "Grenade... grenade...
Where is it? Are you bastards blind? Hurry up and shoot down the machine guns on the other side!"
A squad leader who followed him loudly replied: "Sir, squadron commander, have you forgotten? The two grenade groups of our squad have all been knocked out by Chinese mortars,"
Hearing this, the squadron leader was stunned, and then he remembered that his own grenade team had been completely wiped out.
The grenade is a very popular piece of equipment in the Japanese army. There is even a rumor in the Japanese Army that Japanese soldiers would not even know how to fight without the grenade. This shows that the Japanese army relies on the grenade.
Each Japanese squadron is equipped with 6-9 grenade groups, and on average each squad can be assigned 2-3 grenades.
In view of the threat posed by grenade launchers to itself, the Chinese army will prioritize destroying Japanese grenadiers once they discover them. Therefore, after just discovering several Japanese grenadier groups, the Chinese army set out on the fourth battalion position
The soldiers immediately called the artillery battery to use mortars to cover their position.
After more than a dozen mortars consumed a large amount of shells regardless of cost, the six grenade groups of the second squadron were blown up into the sky before they had time to play their role.
Just when the squadron leader was worried, he suddenly found himself being slapped twice on the back. When he turned around and saw the person behind him, his expression couldn't help but change: "Kameda-kun, why are your squadron here?"
"Nakajima-kun, I came here to reinforce you on the orders of the captain."
The person who came was the captain of the third squadron. Due to the loud noise of the gunfire, he also lay on the ground and did not dare to move. He said loudly and solemnly: "Captain Murakami saw that you were unable to achieve results for a long time, so he specially ordered our squadron to come and reinforce you.
, and let me tell you, if you can't take down the Chinese position within two hours, you can just have a disembowelment."
"Caesarean section?"
Captain Nakajima looked cold, pointed forward and sneered: "Since the Captain thinks I am incompetent, why doesn't he come over and give it a try himself?"
The captain of the third squadron smiled bitterly and said: "Nakajima-kun, since we are soldiers of the empire, we must be prepared to die in battle!"
Nakajima showed a sarcastic look on his face: "Yes...it seems that the captain has been expecting me to die in battle, right?"
After finishing speaking, he continued to ask, "Kameda-kun, since the captain asked you to support me, have you also given me the command of the third squadron?"
The expression of the captain of the third squadron changed, and finally he nodded reluctantly: "Yes."
Nakajima snorted: "In that case, please Kameda-kun, please give me the command of the 3rd Squadron. Now please order all the grenade teams of the 3rd Squadron to knock out the Chinese machine gun positions, and then we will work together
Lead all the soldiers to charge, and if we still can't capture the Chinese position, then let us all die here!"
"Boom boom boom..."
On the battlefield, artillery shells from both sides flew across the sky.
When the battle reached this point, both sides became ruthless.
The artillery company of the fourth battalion has a total of 12 M2 60mm mortars and six M30 107mm mortars, which are constantly bombarding the Japanese troops.
More than a hundred meters behind the infantry position, 60 mortar gunners kept repeating the aiming and shooting movements. The series of movements were very skillful. There was roaring everywhere, and their ears were almost deafened.
Looking at the front from their perspective, it seemed that the shadows of Japanese troops were everywhere in front of them. Artillery shells kept exploding in front of the position. A Japanese soldier fell and another soldier followed.
Soldiers fell, soldiers charged, and no gunner could remember exactly how many rounds were fired.
Nong Tiancai was squatting behind a bunker. Ma Zhanfu, the commander of the third company of the fourth battalion, threw away the MP40 submachine gun with a red barrel, picked up the Mauser rifle and aimed it at a man who had just jumped out of a bunker.
, the Japanese soldier, who was about to jump into another bomb crater ahead, pulled the trigger.
Accompanied by a dull sound, the Japanese soldier's movement paused for a moment, and then he rolled heavily into the crater ahead.
"Company Commander, there are too many Japs. Let the artillery company cover our position with artillery fire?"
Ma Zhanfu nodded: "Okay, you go get the walkie-talkie and I'll talk to the battalion commander."
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Nong Tiancai on the other side agreed to Ma Zhanfu's request, but before he could call the artillery battery, he heard that the originally dense artillery fire from his side suddenly became sparse.
"What's going on? Why did our cannon stop?"
Nong Tiancai hurriedly ran all the way to the artillery battery position in the rear. He saw the gunners either lying on the ground or squatting next to the mortars. Next to them were many open boxes of ammunition, all full of shells.
Seeing this, Nong Tiancai was furious, "What on earth is going on? Why don't you fire!"
A second lieutenant pointed at the barrel of the mortar that had turned red: "Sir, the barrel is already red. If we fire it any longer, we will all be killed. We don't have water to cool it down."
Nong Tiancai looked around, walked quickly to a mortar, unbuttoned his pants, and soon a line of yellow urine hit the barrel of the mortar, making a sizzling sound.
After urinating, Nong Tiancai glared at the second lieutenant: "If you see it, do it immediately!"
After seeing this, the artillerymen next to them followed suit and unbuttoned their pants one after another. For a while, a strong smell of fishy smell floated everywhere on the artillery position...
The problem encountered by the artillery battery was solved, but Nong Tiancai understood that peeing to cool down could only temporarily solve the problem. If the artillery battery continued to fire at high intensity as before, it would not be long before the gun barrel would overheat again.
He immediately picked up the phone and said, "Three companies..."
Ma Zhanfu put down the phone and shouted, "One row long!"
"Here!" A second lieutenant covered in dirt quickly ran over.
"First platoon leader, the Japs are attacking very fiercely. We can't defend passively like this. You immediately lead your platoon around to the right and let the Japs attack. I'll let the machine guns cover you."