The Japanese army's firepower was still fierce, and they did not hesitate to use heavy artillery in order to capture the Du family residence. This is not to say that Wang Yaowu underestimated Xia Yuan, but in such a ruined town, once heavy artillery was used, one can imagine the consequences.
He has to make two preparations.
The first is the loss of the first line of defense.
In fact, the first line of defense was insignificant to them. It served more of a role in buffering the Japanese attack.
What is really being prepared is the second line of defense, which relies on the village to build a large number of bunkers and machine gun firepower. Due to time constraints, the buffer of the first line of defense is to buy time for the second line of defense.
"The Du family residence was lost, and the housing area was basically occupied by the Japanese army."
Wang Yaowu's heart moved and he heard the leader of the 301st Regiment say:
"The second line of defense is well prepared. There is no problem in resisting the Japanese attack, but..."
"Just what?"
"If the Japanese army uses the heavy artillery just now, I am worried that the defense line may not be able to withstand the Japanese attack."
The explosion just now was so loud that it covered the roar of the surrounding heavy artillery. It was completely unimaginable that the heavy artillery of what caliber could make such a loud explosion, and how powerful it was?
The worries of the leader of the 301st Regiment were not unnecessary.
"Based on the offensive posture of the Japanese army, it shouldn't be a big problem to resist the Japanese army for a few days."
Wang Yaowu tried his best to think in an optimistic direction.
The roar on the front line stopped, gunpowder smoke filled the air, the Japanese launched another attack, and sporadic gunshots floated over from far away.
"They are still resisting!"
Wang Yaowu showed an unexpected look on his face again. He raised his hand and looked at the time, "It's already past five o'clock. If you hold on for a while, it will get dark."
This situation was completely beyond Wang Yaowu's expectation. Under the roar of Japanese heavy artillery, it had become a question whether the position could be held. He basically gave up hope in his heart, but he never thought that not long after the artillery fire stopped,
, sporadic gunfire sounded intermittently again.
The gunfire was sporadic, and obviously not many people survived.
The gunfire from the south was considerable. After the battle started in the morning, it basically never stopped. The gunfire from the north stopped for a long time and was intermittent. It was easy for people to wonder whether the position was lost. But when this thought arose, it didn't stop.
After a while, sporadic gunshots rang out again.
This situation has been going on for a whole day.
At this time, the gunfire began to become increasingly fierce in the north.
Xia Yuan led three people and used guerrillas to continuously divide and pull the Japanese team apart. After several rounds, the Japanese casualties began to increase.
The Japanese army used heavy artillery to destroy the Du family's house. It was completely unexpected. Xia Yuan's original intention was to destroy the Du family's house. After all, he had a position and his guerrillas were limited. He didn't expect the Japanese army to do him such a big favor. It was gone.
Under the same circumstances as the Du family residence and the surrounding houses, the Japanese army must first eliminate the national army.
Xia Yuan is a veteran of guerrilla warfare. A small group of Japanese soldiers, plus the previous casualties, left only four infantry squads. He slipped them around and eliminated another infantry squad. The remaining three infantry squads clearly felt that the Japanese army
Realizing that something was wrong, he did not continue the pursuit, but instead began to set up defenses on the spot.
Three infantry squads and a grenade squad occupied three ruins, forming an inverted triangle formation.
"The Japs are no longer chasing." Niu Qian lay on the ground and carefully observed through the gaps in the ruins. After a long time, he didn't see the Japs chasing after him, so he started to mutter.
"The little Japs were frightened by us. We chased them all the way, and many people died." The veteran laughed and continued: "After suffering a loss, they also know that they can no longer chase. If they continue to chase, more people will die."
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Erluzi was wiping his cheeks with a puddle of accumulated water and smearing his face. There were black spots and white spots, and his face was all bruised.
Hearing the conversation between the two, Er Lunzi felt happy. He used a machine gun to kill several Japanese devils and avenged all the sacrificed brothers in the company. Even if he sacrificed himself, he would not be too lonely along the way. Killing
There were a lot of little devils beating them up on the road.
Wiping his face, he heard the company commander say: "The little Japs thought they would be safe hiding, but it's no use. It's getting dark now. Let's deal with them first at dusk."
The second idiot was very happy: "That little Japanese devil never dreamed that the most powerful thing about a company commander is to attack the enemy."
Attacking a fortified position was a word Xia Yuan came up with when they were attacking the Japanese soldiers at night. Everyone thought this word was quite good. Attacking the Japanese Japs' positions was called attacking a fortified position.
The next battle plan was as planned before. The Japanese soldiers thought that the house they were in was very safe and bullets could not hit them. Little did they know that they were facing an almost omnipotent enemy. Several Japanese soldiers were hiding in the ruins of the house and using the walls to
Set up a cover and put the gun in the gap, trying to use this method to delay time.
A grenade fell from the roof and exploded in mid-air. With a bang, the soil on the house fell down, and shrapnel sputtered around like scattered flowers. Several Japanese soldiers inside were killed in half, but they survived
The Japanese soldier had several small shrapnel embedded in his body, which penetrated his clothes.
The helmets on their heads saved their lives.
Before the Japanese soldiers could react, gunshots were heard outside the house.
Hearing the groan, a wounded soldier moved to the door and saw in the ruins that their commander Cao had been hit by the enemy and fell to the ground. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Not far away from him, several soldiers were shooting randomly.
The two Japanese soldiers retreated quickly. Invisible grenades flew onto the heads of several soldiers. With a bang, there was no movement. Fortunately, the two soldiers ran fast enough and were not affected.
There were only a dozen Japanese soldiers in this ruins, and they could not withstand Xia Yuan's fierce attack. He provided fire support from the rear, while the veterans and others rushed into the ruins, and the three of them formed a combat team.
It's just that the style of the painting is a bit strange. Obviously Xia Yuan was providing fire support, and the veterans were responsible for the charge, but of the dozen or so Japanese soldiers, only two died in the hands of the three of them. The others were killed by Xia Yuan alone. On the contrary,
The three men became bait to attract Japanese firepower and lure the Japanese troops out of their bunkers.
The three of them were happy to do this. It seemed like a dangerous task, but in fact it was very safe for the three of them. Xia Yuan's terrifying shooting ability and reaction speed were much higher than ordinary people. Even if the Japanese saw them, they would want to do it.
He raised his gun to shoot. The moment he raised the muzzle of the gun, a bullet had already passed through his body.
The shooting ability is absolutely top-notch in this era.
The Japanese army's position on the left wing was quickly knocked down by four people. By the time the Japanese army on the right wing and in the middle and back reacted, the battle here was over. The whole process only lasted for more than ten minutes, and the Japanese army was eliminated at a speed of
The fastest.
The Japanese troops who came for reinforcements were counterattacked by the four men and pushed back.
At dusk, the setting sun left golden embers on the wall. The veteran counted the bullets, put them away in his pocket, took out a cigarette, lit it, and started puffing away.
In the room, more than a dozen guns were leaning against the wall, a box of cans was placed in the corner, and helmets were neatly placed. They also took off the Japanese army's military boots and arranged them in rows. The good things from the killed Japanese devils were
Nothing has been left untouched, and it is well placed.
The veteran smokes a cigarette.
Xia Yuan opened a can and picked up two branches from the ground to use as chopsticks. "The sun is almost setting. The Japanese have not come over yet. It seems they are not planning to attack."
"Yeah, I'm afraid of being beaten by us." The veteran smoked a cigarette and said with a smile: "It's strange, I've never felt that it would be so easy to beat the Japanese devils before."
"It's better to follow the company commander to fight the Japanese. It will be a good fight." Niu Qian was lying in the ruins in front, holding his gun. After hearing their conversation, he said cheerfully.
Xia Yuan smiled at the two people's flattery and ate the canned food.
He was really hungry.
Fighting consumes physical energy the fastest.
There is nothing going on at the moment, and the Japanese are no longer attacking them. This is undoubtedly a good thing. It shows that their combat capabilities are so powerful that even the Japanese are afraid.
But this was far from enough. There were still two Japanese infantry squads and a Japanese grenade squad left. The strength of the three squads was actually less than three squads. In the previous battle, these squads also suffered sacrifices.
What Xia Yuan wanted to do was to try to wipe out all the remaining Japanese troops after dark.
However, before it was completely dark, and the sun was just halfway down, Erluzi ran back from a distance.
"Company Commander, the Japanese have retreated!" Er Lengzi brought back good news, "I just saw that the Japanese on the position are retreating. They are not fighting with us."
"What? You ran away!?" Xia Yuan was enjoying his meal when he was somewhat surprised when he heard Erluzi's words.
"Run away, they all ran away." Er Lunzi said.
"He ran so fast. I was still thinking of waiting for the Japanese to wait until dark and kill their reinforcements, but I ran away unexpectedly." Xia Yuan wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "You fool, go and kill them."
Bring the situation here to the division headquarters, veterans, and the three of us will go take a look to make sure these Japanese devils don't come back to kill us again."
"good!"
The Japanese retreat was beyond Xia Yuan's expectation.
Judging from the previous offensive patterns of these Japanese troops, they first knocked down their positions and then defended them, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
But today, it seems that these Japanese devils have changed their previous combat plan. They all retreated before it got dark, and the idea of encircling the point for reinforcements also came to nothing. Although they have a small number of people, their combat capabilities are not weak at all.
The Japanese army, especially at night, dominated Xia Yuan's world.
Not to mention three infantry squads, even a squadron of Japanese troops. Xia Yuan could fight them by relying on the cover of night.
Even if they ran away, Xia Yuan was too lazy to chase them to prevent these Japanese Japs from retaliate. Xia Yuan led the three of them to follow them for a distance and found a position. They squatted until dark and no Japanese Japs were seen.
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"It seems that the Japanese will not fight again tonight." Xia Yuan put away his gun and stood up: "Let's go, go back and take care of this guy, and let's retreat too."
Today's battle is over. The Du family residence on the north side suffered huge casualties, but it also caused huge casualties to the Japanese army. Their casualties were nothing.
However, most of those who followed Xia Yuan out of Luodian were dead. Only those who did not follow him, the scholars who stayed in Jiading, were still alive.
The sky was gray, and the phoenix was blowing again, making people feel chilly.
It seems to have cooled down.
Xia Yuan sat on the stone slab of the ruins, lit a cigarette, and looked up at the sky. It was destined not to be too peaceful tonight, as if it was going to rain, which also cast a haze over his heart.
When fighting, I still don't feel that I have really calmed down, the surroundings are quiet, and my heart is empty, and all kinds of complicated emotions will flood into my heart.
The skill of calmness was at work again, and under such mutual conflict, his mood was also gloomy.
I took a deep drag on the cigarette, and the bright fire source of the cigarette moved back and burned my buttocks. I just threw away the cigarette and took a long breath. I exhaled the nicotine smoke and the boredom in my heart together, and I felt
I feel much better.
When you are young, your parents will take care of your emotions. As an adult, you need to regulate your own emotions.
Deep in the battlefield, personal emotions can easily collapse, especially when faced with danger and a large number of people around you dying in battle.
A hint of coolness fell on his palms. Xia Yuan raised his head and felt small drops of water falling on his cheeks.
"It's raining."
"It's good if it rains. It can dispel the slightly anxious atmosphere on the battlefield."
The veteran put everything away and walked out of the house. He felt something fall on his cheek and exclaimed, "It's raining really well. I was just thinking about being thirsty. I didn't expect that whatever I was missing would be given to me."
"Have you finished drinking the water?" Xia Yuan took out the kettle from his waist and shook it. The water inside had long dried up.
"It's gone a long time ago. The logistics haven't come up yet." The veteran sat down next to Xia Yuan and said: "Company commander, do you think the commander of the 51st Division has forgotten us and has been fighting for a whole day?
The eggs haven't even been delivered, so even if we don't provide support, the logistics are not guaranteed."
The veteran complained that the rations were confiscated from the Japanese.
"Be patient for a while. I'll go back and take a look in the middle of the night." Xia Yuan felt the rain above his head getting heavier and patted his butt. "Go and rest first. I haven't had much rest all day. I'll take a look now."
My son is also starting to feel sleepy."
The little Japanese devils are the same as the US military. At night, they will give up the attack.
The national army has no offensive mission at this time. Their mission is to defend, block the enemy, and prevent the enemy from continuing to advance.
At present, the situation on the Songhu battlefield is very complicated. The troops in the south have begun to retreat. Although the defenders in the direction of Luodian retreated for a certain distance, they did not retreat too far. They just retreated from Luodian and took advantage of the situation.
Surrounding villages and towns blocked the attack.
In front of the 51st Division is a small town, and the current battle between the two sides revolves around this small town.
However, both sides did not invest much troops, and it was similar to a small fight.