Although he felt a little displeased, Brigadier Chen continued to ask politely: "How many people are there in your company?"
"Sir, our company has a total of 132 people, 12 armored trucks, and 8 heavy-duty trucks. Report completed!"
Well, Brigadier Chen, who was originally unhappy, became even more angry now.
What's the matter, you have more than a hundred people plus a dozen or twenty trucks and you are so brazen that you want to come and help. Do you really think we are fools?
Brigadier Chen's identity and self-restraint were there, and he would not say bad words to friendly troops even if he was unhappy in his heart. However, several staff officers on the side did not have that self-restraint. One of the combat section staff couldn't help but said:
"Company Commander Ren, why do you think that your company's more than ten trucks and more than one hundred men can be of any help? Could they be able to capture the Japanese position opposite for us?"
Being questioned like this, Ren Dasheng was not angry and said calmly: "We did not say that we would capture the Japanese positions for your department.
In fact, I'm afraid Brigadier Chen and everyone else haven't heard clearly what I just said. We are not an ordinary infantry company, but a fire support company.
Our main combat weapon is a truck equipped with thickened steel plates. The truck is equipped with twin high-level dual-purpose machine guns. Its function is to suppress enemy firepower points at a distance of 1,500 to 2,000 meters and cover infantry charges.
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"Suppression and cover at a distance of two thousand meters?"
Everyone took a breath. Although the range of ordinary heavy machine guns today is claimed to be two thousand meters, the Type 92 heavy machine gun is even claimed to be able to hit four thousand meters.
But please note that this is only the ultimate distance that the bullet can reach. If you really reach this distance, let alone hit people, you may not be able to kill even rabbits.
Therefore, the effective range of the Type 92 heavy machine gun is actually only about 800 meters.
But this company commander actually said that they usually suppress the enemy at a distance of two thousand meters. In the opinion of this staff officer, this was a bit bragging.
He asked with some confusion: "What kind of artillery is your department equipped with?"
"Artillery? No no... We are not equipped with artillery. We are equipped with twin 14.5mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns."
"14.5mm?"
Ren Dasheng's words shocked the surrounding atmosphere.
At first glance, the 14.5mm caliber does not seem to be very large, and it is incomparable with artillery that often has dozens or even hundreds of calibers.
But please note that this is a large-caliber machine gun that can fire continuously.
Not only can this thing be used to hit people, it can even be used to deal with low-flying aircraft.
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"Boom, boom..."
The shells that landed on Xiaogushan continued to raise smoke and dust. The commander of the 79th Regiment, Masahiro Kasai, who was located at the headquarters on the back slope of Xiaogushan, looked particularly ugly as he listened to the shells that continued to fall above his head.
The intensive firepower unleashed by China was beyond Masahiro Kasai's imagination. Even though he has fought many major battles in the past ten years with a long military career.
However, this was the first time we encountered artillery fire that was so intensive and lasted as long as today. Even the artillery shells fired by the Chinese army when they participated in the Wuhan Battle in 1938 were far less violent than they are now.
"Ring ring ring..."
The phone rang urgently. As soon as Masahiro Kasai picked up the phone, he heard the urgent voice of Major Oda Shinji, the captain of the first battalion.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the Chinese artillery fire has been going on for an hour. Most of our brigade's positions have been destroyed. If the Chinese artillery fire continues, our position will not be able to hold on!"
"Baga, are you still a soldier of the empire? Without a position, won't you be able to fight?"
Masahiro Kasai yelled: "Don't forget, you still have rifles and bayonets in your hands. As long as there is still one person alive, you must drive out the Chinese!"
Just when Masahiro Kasai was cursing, the bombardment suddenly began to become sparse.
In fact, it won’t work if it’s not sparse.
The shelling that lasted for more than an hour had exhausted all the artillery shells of the two artillery battalions, and now all the trucks of the artillery group were sent out to transport the artillery shells.
"Tick-tick-tock, tick-tock-tock-tock..."
Accompanied by a loud bugle sound, the 343rd Brigade began to launch an all-out attack on the east gate, and the leader was its number one main force, the 686th Regiment.
It is not nonsense to say that the 686th Regiment is the absolute main force of the 343rd Brigade. Let me just say one thing. Now that its two regiment commanders and deputy commanders have all been awarded the rank of general after liberation, you will know how awesome this regiment is.
Of course, the regiment with the most generals must belong to the 769th Regiment of the 129th Division and 386th Brigade. In the decades since its establishment until the 1980s, the number of generals produced by the entire regiment reached 109.
Even future online novels would not dare to write such outrageous things like this. I can only say that life is more fantasy than novels.
As the charge horn sounded, an Eighth Route Army soldier wearing a gray military uniform also began to make final preparations.
"The bayonet is attached to the rifle and the grenade fuse is pulled halfway! Just like in normal training, each squad's combat group and assault group attack with submachine guns and light machine guns as the core."
In the trenches at the foot of the mountain, the company and platoon leaders at all levels shouted loudly with shell guns or MP40 submachine guns in their hands. The last round of artillery cover was now being carried out. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the 1st Battalion of the 686th Regiment, which was responsible for the task of assaulting the sharp knife, would immediately
Jump out of the trenches and start attacking.
Following the orders from commanders at all levels, the soldiers in the trenches took out their bayonets from their waists and inserted them into the slots under the gun barrels.
Like other troops, with the help of Gao Hongming, the 686 regiment, which is the absolute main force, has been fully equipped with Japanese-style 38-type rifles, and the machine guns are all Czech-style light machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns.
"Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick..."
When the high-pitched bugle sounded, the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were eager to fight in the trenches jumped out of the trenches. Everyone shouted "kill" to embolden themselves. At the same time, with the help of this desperate roar
To frighten the enemy's courage.
"L……"
The soldiers who jumped out of the trenches followed the command of commanders at all levels and approached the Japanese position in Xiaogushan from the left wing and the right wing.
The parapet built by the Japanese army on the hillside had been blown to pieces in the hour-long artillery fire. The charging troops did not encounter the resistance they imagined, and even no bullets were fired at the front line of the Japanese army.
Lieutenant Commander Yang, who was lying in the command post, looked at his troops about to break through the enemy's first line of defense. However, such a smooth attack did not make Commander Yang happy, and disgust aroused a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.
"Something's wrong, the little devil must have..."
Before Captain Yang could finish speaking, his uneasiness finally became a reality.
When more than 500 soldiers of the first battalion were about to break through the first line of Japanese defense, a large group of people suddenly appeared from the Japanese position in front, shouting "Half a War" and launched a countercharge towards the soldiers of the first battalion.
Like a flood, these Japanese troops launched a countercharge towards the attacking battalion of soldiers, their shining bayonets particularly dazzling in the sun.