Seeing Liu Hao and Zhang Hao leading their men, constantly shuttled among the miners, forming troops, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction, left a company on guard, and led the rest of the people towards the mining area.
As soon as he walked into the mine, he heard bursts of knocking sounds, the collision between metals, and the shouts of soldiers... Liu Hua saw Professor Liu who was busy in the distance, and left with a guard.
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"Professor Liu, you have worked hard. I would like to ask, how is the progress of the equipment disassembly now?" Liu Hua asked immediately, thinking of the group currently fighting the Japanese in Chaiyu Town.
"Sir, here you go, sir. You have two hours to dismantle all the equipment in the mine, including two sets of generator equipment, four sets of equipment, and some scattered small equipment. Sir, it is necessary to build an arsenal.
There is electricity, and now we have dismantled two diesel generators, but we need a lot of diesel, so we must not forget to ask the soldiers to take more diesel with them when they leave." Liu Bo looked at Liu Hua who was walking over and replied quickly.
"Thank you Professor Liu for your help. I will not forget it. When I get to the base area, I will definitely go back to my superiors to ask for credit. Also, we must seize the time. The casualties of the troops blocking the Japanese on the front line are very high!" Liu Hua reminded immediately.
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While Liu Hua was patrolling the mine, the First Regiment had had several direct contacts with the Japanese army. It turned out that the Japanese captain, after learning that he was surrounded by heavy troops, was wondering why the enemy wanted to attack a heavily guarded area.
But it's a town of no value.
However, while he was thinking, the sound of artillery coming from the direction of Jingxing suddenly woke him up from his dream.
"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army." The captain said angrily. At this time, the captain finally knew why the Eighth Route Army wanted to attack this worthless town of his, which was also a heavily guarded town of Chaiyu. It turned out that he had gained everything.
All for the purpose of attacking the Jingxing Coal Mine. As a mid-level officer of the empire, the captain knew what the coal mine meant to the empire. The coal mine must not fall into the hands of the Chinese, the captain thought secretly.
"Order the First Squadron to assemble quickly, protrude southward from the town, and reinforce the Jingxing Coal Mine. The artillery squadron will provide fire cover." The captain made a decision quickly, because he believed that the purpose of the Chinese army outside was just to delay him here.
It is impossible to attack Fishing Town.
Soon, the Japanese artillery launched a bombardment at the entrance of the town. A group of six artillery shells continued to fall at the entrance of the town. Thanks to the reminder of the political commissar, the two companies quickly withdrew to the rear after the first round of Japanese shelling. Even so,
Both companies also lost a squad of soldiers.
At this time, the Japanese seemed to be desperate, and kept firing shells at the entrance of the town. The original positions of the 1st and 2nd companies immediately fell into a sea of flames. The bombardment lasted for ten minutes. When the Japanese began to fire extended artillery fire, the political commissar immediately
Order the stunned soldiers to enter the position...
At this time, the position was beyond recognition. All the originally dug trenches had been filled in, and the ground was covered with loose soil blown up by artillery shells. "Construct the position immediately." The political commissar ordered urgently, because he knew that the Japanese were preparing to support the Jingxing Coal Mine.
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The soldiers quickly found the location of the original trench, set up heavy machine guns, and looked for light machine gun positions. The soldiers quickly picked up shovels and other available tools and began to dig bunkers.
However, the Japanese did not give the soldiers much time. When the trenches were not half as deep as before, the political commissar had already seen the Japanese attacking soldiers. It seemed that the Japanese wanted to break out in one go. There was a whole squadron, all carrying rifles with bayonets.
Approaching the position step by step.
"Tell the soldiers to wait until the Japs approach 50 meters before shooting." The political commissar looked at the Japs in a squadron, then looked at the two companies in his hand, and immediately knew that he would suffer heavy casualties if he fought with the Japs.
, you must use your own firepower advantage through close combat, and let the Japanese attack suddenly, killing a large number of people, so that you can hold your position.
As the Japanese soldiers got closer and closer, the soldiers stopped what they were doing and lay down on the edge of the trench one by one, holding their guns and steadily aiming at the Japanese soldiers who were getting closer and closer.
"Let the soldiers prepare grenades and delay throwing them out when the machine gun fires. Be sure to leave a small team of Japs behind." The political commissar also put aside his usual gentleness and said viciously, and the orders were quickly passed one after another.
As the situation continued, the soldiers took out the grenades and grenades in their pockets one after another...
100 meters, 60 meters, the political commissar has not yet fired, holding a rifle and aiming at a Japanese squad leader holding a sword from a distance. At this time, the Japanese seem to think that all the Chinese troops on the position have been wiped out by the artillery fire just now.
Or they ran away, they all sped up and rushed towards the positions of the two companies.
50 meters later. The political commissar still didn’t fire. The soldiers just stared at the Japanese soldiers in the distance. The right hand holding the grenade was already sweating. 40 meters later, the political commissar finally fired the first shot. The Japanese leader was far away.
Throwing out the command knife in his hand, he fell backwards.
The sound of gunfire was an order. The 4 heavy machine guns and 8 reinforced light machine guns in the trench instantly sprayed out more than a dozen tongues of fire, cutting down the Japanese in front of the position one after another. The Japanese reacted very quickly.
With the sound of gunfire, one after another fell down on the spot. But in these few seconds, the number of Japs who died under more than a dozen machine guns was no longer a minority. Just when the Japs lying down were lucky enough to escape the bullets of the eight passers-by, suddenly
A howling wind reached his ears.
The experienced Japs raised their heads and were immediately startled. Hundreds of grenades of various types were thrown over from the opposite position with a whistling sound. The Japs squadron leader lying at the end looked at what was in front of him.
The sight almost made me faint. "Baga, cunning Eight Routers, my squadron, retreat quickly..." But it was already too late.
Since the Japs were less than 40 meters away from the position when the soldiers were firing, and the Japs had accelerated their running speed at this time, after the Japs in front fell down, the Japs behind them continued to charge due to inertia. When they
While lying on the ground, most of the remaining two or more squadrons of Japs in a squadron were lying within a range of 40 to 60 meters at the front of the position. This range happened to be the optimal throwing distance for grenades.
"Boom..." The place where the Japs lay down was instantly shrouded in smoke. When the soldiers on the battlefield saw the Japs' position, they dropped a grenade, stopped holding their guns, and then threw another grenade.
The explosion lasted for nearly half a minute. When the smoke on the position cleared, some broken limbs could be seen everywhere in front of the position...
The political commissar smiled when he saw less than a small group of Japanese soldiers retreating in the end. "Leave one squad of soldiers on guard, and all the remaining soldiers retreat to the rear of the position." The political commissar did not forget to remind everyone who was happy.
When the Japanese captain saw the first squadron that had retreated less than one squadron, he was immediately stunned, "Baga..." He slapped the squadron leader's hand with a face full of smoke, and saw blood flowing from the corner of the squadron leader's mouth.
, the captain stopped and thought seriously about the current situation.
Now that he has completely lost contact with the coal mine, and no gunfire can be heard in the direction of the coal mine, the captain does not believe that the Chinese army can eliminate a squadron of elite imperial troops with solid fortifications in such a short period of time, but why are there no guns?
He shouted, and he had to rush over to provide reinforcements. If the coal mine was really lost, then what awaited him would be suicide. Thinking of this, the captain felt a chill and touched his belly.
"Order the mountain artillery squadron to conduct indiscriminate bombardment on the Eighth Route Army position." The captain quickly ordered.
"Report to the captain, the artillery squadron's position was hit by artillery fire from the Chinese army just now, and now there are only two mountain cannons." A major next to him reminded in a low voice.
"Baga" The captain, who was already very depressed, got angry again after hearing the major's answer. The major once again enjoyed the captain's slap.
At this moment, the captain of the team sorted out the current situation. After the sudden attack of the first squadron, there are now less than four teams in the entire Chaiyu Town. No, we must hit the coal mine area. As long as we fight with the coal mine's
The three squadrons have joined together. With the strength of the two squadrons and the solid fortifications, I will definitely be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive. I must stand out.
The captain calmed down his mood and ordered: "Order the mountain artillery squadron to fire continuously at the Chinese army's positions. Don't stop. A squad of the second squadron and the rest of the first squadron will launch a charge immediately. They must be in the shortest possible time."
Seize the Chinese army's position and reinforce the Jingxing Coal Mine."
"Hi," the leader of the first squadron, whose face was bruised and beaten, immediately replied. After saying that, he ran to the countryside with his sword in hand. As he ran, he took off his upper body military uniform. The soldiers following him also took off their military uniforms.
A small team of more than a hundred people with shining bayonets rushed towards the positions of the two companies.
The political commissar who had been holding a telescope saw the Japanese formation and entered the position amidst the explosion of enemy shells in groups of two without waiting for orders from the outpost.
The regiment leader standing at the general headquarters also discovered this situation. He quickly understood the Japs’ intentions and at the same time changed his own combat intentions. Originally, he had changed his mind about capturing Chaiyu Town, but when he saw
The Japs rushed forward desperately, hoping to meet up with the Japs in the mining area, and the idea of annihilating the Japs completely emerged in the head of the regiment leader.
"Order the mountain artillery company to immediately find the Japs' artillery position and kill the remaining two mountain artillery. The mortar platoon will report to the political commissar immediately," the regiment leader quickly ordered. At the same time, the idea of annihilating the Japs appeared in the regiment leader's mind.
In his mind, the group leader quickly found the topographic map of Qiyu Town and read it.