Soon, under the cover of the artillery company, the Fourth Company slowly withdrew from the front-line position. Looking at the soldiers with smoke-filled faces in front of him, Gao Yuan sighed slightly, feeling sad for the sacrificed soldiers and for the Fourth Company.
I feel worried about losing nearly a platoon of combat effectiveness. You know, the Second Regiment, as the main force, is almost entirely composed of veterans. Can it not make people feel distressed to lose so many veterans at one time?
"Order, the fourth company to withdraw to the third-line position for rest and recuperation. The second regiment, the fifth company, and the new second regiment's first company will enter the position immediately with the Japanese equipment." Commander Gao Yuan quickly regained his mood and ordered calmly.
Soon, the two fully manned companies moved towards the front-line position. Although they were now covered by the mountain artillery company, they were helpless against the Japanese's highly mobile grenade. They could only keep him a few hundred meters in front of the position.
Grenades were fired continuously from Yuan's place.
Grenades continued to explode around the soldiers, and from time to time a soldier fell in a pool of blood. But for the soldiers who were used to seeing death, it had no impact. Amidst the ubiquitous grenades, people kept doing
They used complex tactical movements to avoid the Japanese grenades. However, what made the regiment leader Gao Yuan happy was that under the obstruction of the Japanese grenades, the two companies only paid the combat effectiveness of one squad, and most of the personnel lost were
Some of them are new recruits added to the army this time.
When the soldiers of the two companies were lying in the trenches, the grenades flying everywhere posed no threat, unless one of the grenades happened to land in the narrow trench, but this was very unlikely.
At this time, the Japanese were also ready to go. The newly reorganized mixed reinforcement team was led by Lieutenant Kawada, as the first wave of attack troops, to clear the way for the follow-up troops. After a few minutes of encouragement, the current Kawada team was in high morale, clamoring for help.
The Imperial warriors take revenge.
Immediately, under the cover of the four heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun team, the soldiers of this team bent down and slowly moved toward the blocking position. At this time, the second battalion commander, as the commander of the front-line position, did not hesitate. The Japanese were still 200 meters away from the position.
meters, he decisively gave the order to fire. Immediately, the fierce firepower of six light machine guns swept away more than a dozen Japs. After tasting the fierce firepower of the soldiers, the remaining Japs immediately
He lay on the ground.
A reinforced team's five crooked light machine guns were set up on the spot and started shooting at the soldiers on the position. Although the number of Japanese machine guns was smaller, their precise marksmanship immediately made up for the gap.
, the firepower of the soldiers on the position suddenly became much weaker.
In addition, the four heavy machine guns behind the Japs were constantly spitting flames, and many heavy machine gun bullets were penetrated into the bodies of the soldiers through the thick soil. Soon the soldiers began to suffer casualties, especially
The machine gunners were almost replaced.
"Order, the heavy machine gun fires immediately. Try to attract the vitality of the Japanese heavy machine gun." The regiment leader who had been observing the battle behind the position immediately ordered. Just when the firepower of the soldiers was suppressed by the Japanese, the Japanese strengthened the team.
Nearly 60 troops, led by squadron leader Kawada, quickly stood up and continued to charge, their bright bayonets flashing with cold light.
"Click, click, click..." The two heavy machine guns that had been prepared for a long time suddenly fired. The Japanese who had just ran a few dozen meters away were knocked down by the sudden two tongues of flames. Suddenly, the enemy's heavy machine guns fired.
The firepower was also attracted by the two heavy machine guns. The light machine guns on the position roared happily again, crushing the cabinets in front of the position.
"Boom!" A grenade landed on a light machine gun position. The violent explosion threw the two machine gunners on the position and the light machine gun into the sky. Looking at the falling Japanese grenades, the battalion commander was filled with hatred.
He gritted his teeth, but there was no other way. Who could make the grenade under his command not as accurate as the Japanese army?
Looking at the constant casualties and seeing the Japs getting closer and closer, the battalion commander made up his mind: "Order, after the Japs approach 50 meters, everyone should throw grenades, charge towards the Japs, and use bayonets to repel the Japs' attack."
Soon, the order was issued to the ears of every soldier. After receiving the order, the soldiers took out grenades and fixed their bayonets...
"Throw the grenades, comrades, charge," the battalion commander shouted loudly, looking at the Japs who were already fifty meters away. As the smoke from the grenade explosion obscured the Japs' vision, the Battalion Commander jumped up and jumped out
trench, holding up the shell gun in his hand and rushed towards the Japanese position shrouded in smoke.
It only took a few seconds to reach a distance of 50 meters. Immediately, the two parties collided with each other. The sound of rifles and machine guns was no longer heard on the position, only the sporadic sound of pistols and the clash of bayonets...
However, as soon as they made contact, the two companies suffered heavy casualties. As time went by, the two companies relied on their absolute advantage in numbers. Several people surrounded a Japanese soldier. Slowly, the balance of victory began to tip towards the soldiers.
Their direction was tilted. After the Japanese squadron leader Kawada slashed a soldier, he saw that there were fewer and fewer Japanese troops moving around him. He couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, and immediately shouted loudly, ordering the remaining Japanese troops to break away from the Chinese army and retreat immediately.
, In this way, the remaining Japs, less than 30 people, fled back to the starting position in embarrassment under the leadership of squadron leader Kawada.
At this time, the soldiers of the two companies were also injured and had no strength to pursue. The battalion commander wiped the blood on his face and ordered loudly, "Carry the wounded and weapons and return to the position." Immediately, the soldiers
He supported the wounded, carried the bodies of his comrades, and the captured ammunition, and slowly returned to the position.
Soon, the results and losses were tallied up: "A total of 53 Japs were annihilated, three light machine guns, 34 rifles, and some ammunition were seized. A total of 28 people were killed in the two companies, 5 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and 32 were slightly injured.
People." Looking at the data in front of him, the battalion commander couldn't believe it, and the regiment commander Gao Yuan couldn't believe it either. Just after repelling the first wave of Japanese attacks, the losses were so serious, almost a 1:1 loss!
Although the soldiers on the battlefield felt very uncomfortable facing such heavy casualties, the Japanese also felt uncomfortable. Looking at Lieutenant Kawada who retreated in embarrassment, he was originally annoyed at the loss of the artillery. Looking at Kawada with tattered military uniforms in front of him, he could no longer
Unable to bear it anymore, he pulled out his command knife with a "scream" and slashed at a soldier who was escaping in front of him. With a wailing sound, the Japanese fell to the sword of Guitian, and the Japanese next to him were all frightened.
Cold sweat.
"Baga, you are not a warrior of the empire. You should perform a caesarean section to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, bang bang." After cutting down the soldiers, Major Guitian, who still couldn't get out of his anger, cursed Lieutenant Kawada in front of him again.
After venting his anger, Major Kuida slowly regained his composure and turned to look at the squadron leader of the First Squadron behind him, "First Squadron, order your squadron to open a path forward within an hour, otherwise you will directly apologize to His Majesty the Emperor.
Let's go!" At this time, the captain also began to become anxious. You must know that he has been delayed here for half an hour, and Lieutenant Colonel Moriki in front has lost contact. Guitian had no choice but to issue this fatal order.
"Hey" After listening to the captain's order, the captain of the first squadron had no choice but to accept the order, turned around and ran towards his own unit.
Soon, a squadron of troops broke away from the main force of the Japanese, accompanied by all the remaining heavy weapons of the Japanese, a total of 8 heavy machine guns.
At this time, regiment commander Gao Yuan, who had been staying behind the position, had been observing the battle situation on the front line. When he saw the two companies repelling the Japanese charge, he was originally very happy, but after seeing the casualty report reported by the battalion commander, he immediately
It will turn from sunny to cloudy. You know, at this rate of loss, how many people will you have left after completing the tasks assigned to you by the commander?
Seeing that the first company of the new second regiment was about to lose a platoon of combat effectiveness, the regiment commander immediately issued an order to replace the second company with the next company. You must know that the commander brought these new main regiments here to train troops. Now that they have
Once a certain effect is achieved, there is no need to continue causing unnecessary casualties.
However, not long after the order was issued, the regiment leader's face turned gloomy. I originally thought that the Japs would stop for a while, but I didn't expect that after losing a team of troops, the Japs were not afraid, but intensified. This time
A squadron of troops was dispatched, with a total of eight heavy machine guns. The firepower of these heavy machine guns alone was enough to equal the firepower of all the machine guns of the two battalions.
Seeing the Japanese machine gunners calmly building a machine gun position three hundred meters in front of the position, the regiment commander gritted his teeth with hatred. At such a long distance, the rifle was simply out of reach, let alone the grenade. Do you really want to use the rear
To use mountain artillery to shoot these heavy machine guns, it is necessary to make single mountain artillery shells, which are different from bullets and are difficult to capture. For the Eighth Route Army, which cannot produce artillery shells now, if one shot is fired, one less shot will be decisive at the critical moment.
Not needed.
"Order, after the battle begins, all the mountain artillery in the mountain artillery company should be aimed at the Japanese heavy machine gun positions. The minimum number of shells must be used to knock out all the Japanese heavy machine guns. Order, the second regiment, six companies, and the new second regiment's triple company should be ready at any time.
Prepare for an assault," the regiment leader thought about the pros and cons for a while and ordered resolutely.
Just after the order was given, the sound of gunfire was heard in the front line position. Suddenly, the eight heavy machine guns on the Japanese position also opened fire. Eight tongues of flames continued to fire on the front line position. From time to time, soldiers who were not well concealed were shot and fell.
, and immediately, there were only sporadic gunshots from the defensive positions of the two companies.
The Japanese squadron leader who led the team immediately became happy when he found that the Eighth Route Army's firepower had been suppressed by him. Then the two small teams following the small team immediately followed after receiving the order from the commander, preparing to break through the Eighth Route Army's position at once.
However, at this moment, his dream was shattered.
"Boom..." A round of artillery shells passed over the soldiers' positions with a long whistling sound, and the Japanese heavy machine gun position flew past. "Boom, boom, boom..." A burst of explosions sounded, and the Japanese heavy machine gun position was immediately destroyed.
Covered by the smoke from the exploding shells, the enemy's firepower was immediately reduced by more than half.
"Fight." The battalion commander seized the opportunity and shouted loudly. Suddenly, the soldiers who had been suppressed and beaten by the Japanese squatted down one after another, setting up light machine guns and rifles... The light machine guns kept spitting out tongues of flame, and the riflemen kept firing.
Pulling the bolt of the gun... bullets entered the body of the Japanese with the anger of the soldiers...