The first battalion position in front of the Marco Polo Bridge "Battalion Commander, the Japs are coming again," a soldier reported.
"I know, tell the brothers to save bullets and let them get closer before shooting." Ren Ran looked forward and sighed.
The 1st Battalion has been trapped for three days. During these three days, the number of attacks launched by the Japanese army was not many, and most of them were carried out at night. Okamura Ningji left a large group of Japanese troops here to continue to surround this place, and then
He led the rest of the troops to participate in the attack on Beiping City.
But problems have arisen since they were cut off from supplies. Su Tong's philosophy of running the army has always been to output firepower and suppress it, and he did so. This allows Chahar's army to often win with less and suppress more.
The popularity of automatic and semi-automatic weapons for hitting opponents will inevitably bring high consumption of ammunition.
Although Ren Ran has ordered the soldiers to use ammunition very frugally, there is an old saying in China: It is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality. Soldiers who are used to fighting lavishly must suddenly be forced to surrender to their brothers in the Northwest Army.
It is unrealistic for people to learn to count bullets to fight a war. Therefore, in the past three days, the ammunition stored in profit reserves has been almost used up.
The Air Force also tried to airdrop supplies twice, but most of them fell into the hands of the surrounding Japanese, so they had to give up.
Since the Japanese army knew that the Chinese defenders on the opposite side had aircraft to support them during the day, and if they went forward to attack, they could only deliver food, so the Japanese army was active at night.
But today, Chahar's plane, which usually hovered overhead, was nowhere to be seen, so in broad daylight, a small Japanese army team rushed towards the position with a roar.
"Machine guns are not allowed to fire"
"Save bullets, put the enemy a hundred meters away before hitting."
Ren Ran's voice contained helplessness.
"Damn it, if this happens a few more times, my men will have to fight with the little devil with bayonets." The sound of the mg34 machine gun, which was usually very enjoyable to listen to, now sounds so distressing. Normally, I would like to increase the rate of fire of the machine gun.
It would be several times faster, but today I wish I could slow down several times.
After fighting for the past few days, the Japanese army has learned a lesson. In the past, those pig attacks were charges, rapid assaults and the like were all in vain in the face of the fierce firepower of the Chahar army. Only opening up the skirmish line to attack is the best
Good choice.
"Report, there is a call from the headquarters. The airborne regiment has occupied the airport. Let us stay safe and wait for reinforcements." The correspondent's voice rang behind Ren Ran.
"Let me tell you, why is there not even a plane today? It turns out that they were escorting transport planes. Even Stukas rushed to join in the fun. But we were left here to dry out. It's really not fun." I don't know when.
, Liu Jun's figure appeared behind Ren Ran.
Ren Ran didn't answer, he just stared at the Japanese troops who were about to enter the shooting range, biting his lower lip with his teeth and widening his eyes.
"Call me"
At this time, a loud shout came from Ren Ran's mouth, and the crisp sound of the Garand rifle on the position rang again.
While Ren Ran's battalion was struggling to hold on, Zhang Lingfu's airborne regiment was also holding on to the airport. However, Zhang Lingfu was much better off than Ren Ran. There were planes in the sky to support the battle, and there was no need to worry about ammunition on the ground.
That's what makes me happy.
"Chachacha" mg42 kept making its hoarse roar.
A violent storm of bullets kept slanting outwards, and the machine guns on the commanding heights were condescending, beating the Japanese troops within 700 meters around them into misery.
"The Chahar Army's firepower was so fierce, Miura-kun did not lose unjustly," Lieutenant General Nagano Kameichiro, who was watching the battle from a distance, murmured to himself.
At this time, the sky from Chahar to Peiping was full of aircraft, and the black aircraft group completely obscured the sky. The fighters of the First Air Division continued to shuttle back and forth on this channel to escort them. There was no other reason. If they were flying now
It would be great fun if a fleet of Japanese planes came out and fired a burst of fire at those bulky giant transport planes.
Today Su Tong has mobilized all the transport aircraft that can be mobilized. Although there are more than 200 Junkers and more than 40 Giants trying their best to transport the personnel and equipment of the 10th Division, the 10th Division is a standard
The infantry division has many more jars and cans than the airborne regiment. It is impossible to finish transporting all the things without running four or five times back and forth.
"Squeak!" A Junkers finally stopped on the runway, released sixteen soldiers of the 10th Infantry Division, and then flew into the sky with their heads high. They were very busy at work today.
Just like that, there were constant gunshots outside the airport. But the inside of the airport was busy. People and materials were being put down from the planes. When the returning giant docked steadily at the airport, several planes opened their doors through the tail doors.
A newly entered service infantry fighting vehicle converted from a Type 63 armored personnel carrier slowly drove out of the open giant.
The biggest difference between this infantry fighting vehicle and an armored personnel carrier is that the heavy machine gun on the roof has been removed and a 30mm rapid-fire cannon has been installed. This infantry fighting vehicle was originally developed specifically for airborne troops who lacked heavy weapons.
, but unfortunately it was later found that it was still too heavy and had to be assigned to the infantry division. Unexpectedly, it was very popular with the infantry division. This is also an unexpected surprise.
The arrival of the infantry fighting vehicles boosted the morale of the soldiers of the airborne regiment, and they fired their weapons even more happily.
"boom"
A ball of fire exploded next to the infantry fighting vehicle, splashing mud and making a clanking sound on the armor of the infantry fighting vehicle.
Everyone knows how dangerous it is to be targeted by an unknown artillery piece of artillery.
"Targets, aircraft and all moving vehicles on the airport."
"put"
On the Japanese artillery position not far from the airport, artillery pieces were constantly pouring artillery fire on the airport at the risk of being discovered by Stukas.
The field artillery wing of the 21st Division is equipped with twenty-six Meiji 38-type 75mm field guns. This is an old-fashioned low-cost field gun that has been in service since 1905.
It is one of the Japanese army's most heavily equipped field suppressive artillery pieces.
But the Japanese field artillery regiment was not very lucky today. Most of the artillery was discovered and destroyed by the Stukas who were watching eagerly from the sky as soon as they fired.
As soon as these Stukas find signs of artillery fire, they will swoop down like madmen, because all pilots know how dangerous it is to allow a gun group to fire at a transport aircraft taking off and landing at the airport.
Therefore, the Japanese field artillery regiment did not have much room to perform today. Even if they hid in private houses and fired artillery, they would be greeted by bombs falling from the sky.
"Suppress artillery fire, suppress artillery fire quickly." When six infantry fighting vehicles nicknamed grasshoppers were gathered at the airport, the soldiers of the 10th Division who arrived earlier were unwilling to passively defend. So they used six infantry fighting vehicles as guides.
, counterattacked against the Japanese army, but they still had another task, which was to deal with the brothers of the First Battalion who were still besieged and in critical condition on the big iron bridge.
"Baga, you quickly organize counterattack firepower and drive back these Chinese tanks." Seeing the tanks coming out of the airport, Colonel Miura Kentashi, who was organizing troops to storm the airport, suddenly felt cold. This meant that the people on the other side were cold.
The Chahar army not only has sufficient defensive strength, but also has the ability to counterattack.
"Dong dong dong"
The outstanding feature of the rapid-fire cannon is that it is fast. The rate of fire of twenty rounds per minute surprised Colonel Miura Kent. Although the rapid-fire cannon is not as powerful as field artillery or infantry artillery due to its limited caliber, its rate of fire makes up for this shortcoming.
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When the six infantry fighting vehicles lined up in a row and slowly advanced, the dense shells made the Japanese army complain. In the Japanese army lacking anti-tank firepower, the only way to destroy such armored fighting vehicles was to rely on that
Lives are piled up.
On the battlefield, there are constant sights of Japanese soldiers with white belts around their heads, jumping out of various bunkers with explosive bags and rushing towards infantry fighting vehicles. There is always no shortage of fanatical death squads in the Japanese army who have been brainwashed by the spirit of bushido, although most of them
They were killed by the machine guns on the infantry fighting vehicles and the infantry behind them, but two infantry fighting vehicles still had their tracks broken and lost power.
Seeing that under his cover, two infantry fighting vehicles were still blown away and lost power, this made the infantry following behind feel ashamed, and the firepower poured out from the weapons in their hands became even more intense.
Under the cover of four infantry fighting vehicles, about one battalion of the 10th Division tore a gap in the encirclement of the Japanese 21st Division and quickly advanced toward the south of Marco Polo Bridge.
Old God Shun Tada of the North China Military Command was sitting in his chair with his eyes slightly closed, listening to the reports from the staff.
"The Second Division is advancing towards the urban area of Beiping from the south, and now only the remnants of the 29th Army are resisting."
"The 11th Division is advancing towards the urban area of Beiping from the east and has not encountered strong resistance."
"Report" A staff officer walked in quickly.
"Division Commander Nagano Kameichiro reported that the Chahar Army suddenly landed at Nanyuan Airport this morning. The 21st Division was caught off guard and the airport fell. This time the Chahar Army came fiercely and they used a large number of
The aircraft has landed and has occupied most of the airport. However, the airport has been surrounded by our troops. We are now requesting tactical guidance."
When Jun Tada heard this, he could no longer maintain his calmness and stood up suddenly: "This idiot Nagano Kameichiro, the airport he had already obtained was taken away by the Chinese army. You tell him, I have no reinforcements here.
The Second Division and the Eleventh Division have other tasks. If he cannot recapture the airport before three o'clock this afternoon, I will truthfully report his dereliction of duty to the base camp."