The dense rain of bullets from the dozen or so MG42s of the first battalion swept forward like splashing water. Lieutenant Matsuyama found that his more than one hundred men were like small sampans in the sea, and there was a danger of the entire army being annihilated at any time.
Less than twenty minutes into the battle, Matsuyama discovered that his squadron suffered too many casualties and could no longer hold on, so he had to withdraw with his team.
Major Hikaru Aoki, who was supervising the battle from behind, hurriedly rode towards him and shouted: "Lieutenant Matsuyama, why did you withdraw?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, Major, nearly half of our soldiers were injured and killed. We really cannot capture the opponent's position. Please request artillery support." Matsuyama hurriedly stood up.
"Baga, we don't have artillery support, so we have to attack even if we are all out." Major Hikaru Aoki opened his blood-red eyes, "You are just a bastard. The other party is obviously China's forward, and they are waiting for their follow-up troops.
If we wait until they meet up, it will be harder for us to fight. You have only killed a few people and you are already timid. I really doubt whether you are an officer material."
Lieutenant Matsuyama was scolded so badly by Aoki Hikaru that he was speechless for a while.
At this time, a group of defeated Japanese infantrymen were running past Major Hikaru Aoki. Four wounded soldiers were grabbing the limbs of a wounded soldier and running backwards. The opponent's shells kept hitting the defeated team.
Explosion.
"Quickly order the troops to assemble where they are and stop retreating." Major Hikaru Aoki stamped his feet and gave the order to Lieutenant Matsuyama.
Lieutenant Matsuyama, as if awakened from a dream, ordered the buglers who rushed to the side: "Blow the trumpet, assemble where you are, assemble where you are."
"Didi di di" said the Japanese bugler, puffing up his cheeks and blowing the trumpet.
"Whoa!" When the defeated soldiers of the Japanese army heard the sound of the bugle, they immediately stood still and followed the sound of the bugle. They understood that where the bugle came from, the battlefield commander was there.
"Tick-tick-tick-tick-tock" the bugle sound changed again.
When the Japanese soldiers heard this bugle note, they immediately ran in the direction of the bugle sound.
The surrounding Japanese soldiers gathered around like locusts. Lieutenant Matsuyama suddenly found that two soldiers dragged the wounded soldier to a crater in front and lowered him down. He hurriedly asked loudly: "How is he?"
"Your Excellency Lieutenant, Your Excellency Second Lieutenant is already dead, so we have to put him in the crater."
As soon as he heard that he was the second lieutenant, Matsuyama hurriedly asked: "Is it the second lieutenant Akaishi?"
"Yes, Lieutenant," the same soldier replied, "We are a commando commanded by Second Lieutenant Akaashi. Twenty-two people were killed in the battle. We were the only ones who retreated. The other seriously injured soldiers were still on the battlefield and no one was able to carry them back.
"
Matsuyama felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, and quickly turned his head and said loudly: "Miki, Second Lieutenant Miki"
"Sir, Second Lieutenant Miki is here." Miki squeezed out from the chaotic team.
Matsuyama looked him over and asked: "How are your team's casualties?"
"Two-thirds were killed, and nearly half of the remaining one-third were lightly or seriously wounded." Second Lieutenant Miki replied hastily.
Matsuyama stepped forward and patted Miki on the shoulder: "Second Lieutenant Akaashi has been killed. There are still more than a dozen wounded in his team who have not been evacuated from the battlefield. Please hurry up and carry them down."
"Your Majesty Lieutenant," this order gave Miki a headache, and he hurriedly said: "The mortar and machine gun fire in front of the Chinese position ahead is very fierce. I am completing the combat mission you gave me. I'm afraid we will have more than a dozen casualties."
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I believe that any rational commander would not issue such a stupid order after listening to Miki's words, and send the same number of soldiers to a dozen injured people whose lives are unknown, but Aoyama Hikari roared next to him: "Go quickly,
It’s not about rescuing the wounded, but about gathering everyone to fight back immediately and fight back.”
"Yes" Lieutenant Matsuyama sighed and said to Second Lieutenant Miki: "Miki-kun, now you follow me and fight back."
"Your Majesty, Major," Second Lieutenant Miki's fierceness also emerged, "We can counterattack, but we don't have enough troops. We, the remaining troops with heavy casualties, cannot take down the opposite China Union position."
"Baga, you are afraid of death." Major Aoki Hikaru shook his head and rushed over, grabbing Lieutenant Miki's collar. "If you are a warrior of the Japanese Empire, you should command your soldiers without hesitation.
Fight the enemy personally to the death instead of retreating, do you understand?"
"Mr. Major," Lieutenant Miki said calmly at this time: "The Chinese mortars and those damn machine guns were all aimed and fired. The firepower is very lethal. You can't accuse us of being incompetent."
, If you don’t believe me, take your cavalry and try to rush forward.”
"Baga, you anti-war element," Aoki Guang said angrily, "I'll chop you up."
"Even if you shoot me, I won't be able to break through this line of defense."
Aoki Guang gritted his teeth in anger and raised his command knife, "I will execute you."
"Put the knife down" someone shouted from behind.
Major Hikaru Aoki was shocked when he heard the news. He hurriedly walked over with his command sword and said, "I am reporting to Colonel Miyamoto that Second Lieutenant Miki refused my order and refused to die. I am preparing to deal with the warlord."
While listening, Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi looked at the Japanese soldiers around him. He looked at the sky red with artillery fire in the distance. He turned back and stared at Major Aoki Mitsuru. After thinking for a while, he said to Major Aoki Mitsuru: "You and I
I'll come over."
Major Hikaru Aoki met Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi like a mouse meeting a cat, so he had no choice but to leave the team for more than ten meters and stand in a depression. Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi said in an aura: "I think you are crazy, crazy."
Already."
"Your Excellency Colonel, I am I am"
"The battlefield is so cruel, with a large number of casualties among officers and soldiers. We are fighting far away from the mainland, and our military resources are extremely limited. You are here to show off your authority and execute the lieutenants of the Japanese Empire based on your feelings. Do you have any royal laws?"
The first sergeant of Benqing Dynasty was furious.
"Your Excellency Colonel, I must kill one person to serve as a warning to others."
"We want him to make meritorious deeds and kill as many enemies as possible on the battlefield. Isn't it more effective than this move of yours?" Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi stared at Major Hikari Aoki and said.
Aoki Guang did not dare to refute, but listened quietly, not daring to express his anger.
"I have told you long ago that you should use your brain more and use all available opportunities and means on the battlefield to inspire the soldiers to charge, but you only know how to show off your shameful prestige. You are not a real officer.
Study hard."
"Hey, I understand, Colonel-General"
"Just understand." Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi waved his hand, "Hurry up and urge the troops to move forward. Lieutenant Matsuyama and Second Lieutenant Miki must supervise the battle on the front line. Your cavalry should not be idle either. They must immediately cooperate with you to launch an attack. You must move the front
This army will be destroyed."
"Hey" Major Hikaru Aoki had no choice but to take the order and leave.
"Da da da"
Major Hikaru Aoki led the cavalry forward majestically. They quickly passed the infantry in front and rushed to the front, which actually made the infantry behind cheer.
"At the camp, the Japs' cavalry has launched a charge," Liu Jun said loudly against Ren Ran's ear as he looked at the cavalry running like locusts in front of him.
"I got it, order all the concealed machine guns to fire. These little devils should be taught a lesson." Ranran suffered a big loss this morning, and he was still feeling angry. Now he was sulking.
"Dong dong dong"
The heavy machine gun that had been hiding its firepower and the other half of the mg42 machine gun opened fire. The firepower immediately increased several times, knocking down the seemingly majestic cavalry in front of them.
Major Hikaru Aoki saw with his own eyes that a cavalryman in front of him on the left was hit by a bullet from a heavy machine gun, and his entire body was broken into two pieces. His upper body fell to the ground, but his lower body still followed the horse's charge.
"Baga, hurry up, separate quickly. The cavalry is divided into two teams and attacks on the enemy's left and right wings." However, Aoki Hikaru's order could not be conveyed on the high-speed galloping horses. The cavalry still followed the original method and launched an attack on the enemy's frontal position.
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Although the casualties were considerable, most of the Japanese cavalry rushed to a place less than a hundred meters away from the 1st Battalion's position.
Seeing the Japanese cavalry charging so fiercely, Ren Ran laughed coldly and ordered: "Command brothers, the machine guns cease fire and let the Japanese come over so that the directional mines can be detonated."
"yes"
What Ren Ran ordered the soldiers to bury in front of the position just now is an imitation M18A1 anti-infantry directional mine that Chahar made based on the drawings given by our Commander Su. The shape of the mine is a slightly curved plastic box, 216 meters long.
mm, 86 mm high, 35 mm thick, and a total mass of 1.6 kg. The upper center part of the mine shell is the aiming hole. There is a detonator chamber on both sides of the aiming hole and is equipped with corresponding detonator chamber plugs. 700 detonators are installed on the front of the mine body.
The steel ball weighs a total of 650 grams, and the back is filled with 680 grams of explosives named Lie.
The biggest difference between directional landmines and ordinary landmines is that their killing range is only in one direction, rather than spreading out in all directions, so their firepower is more intensive, and their detonation methods are also diverse and flexible.
When Aokiguang saw that the cavalry brigade had rushed to the enemy's position, he did not notice that the enemy's firepower had weakened significantly. He couldn't help feeling excited and shouted loudly, "Charge up and kill all these Chinese people."
As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered a series of explosions, and thousands of steel balls suddenly flew out from the front of the position and flew towards the cavalry.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" the cavalrymen who rushed at the front fell down one after another, bloody and bloody.
"Bagaya Road, we have fallen into a trap." Seeing the continuous sound of explosions and the cavalrymen falling down like wheat, Aoki Hikaru knew that he had no way out. He raised his command knife and shouted loudly: "Kill."
Give, give”
As soon as Major Hikaru Aoki finished speaking, he was hit by a bullet and fell off his horse.