The sudden bombing by the Japanese army had a great impact on the attacking 398th Division. The soldiers had to find hiding spots to avoid the bombs falling from the sky and the rain of bullets swept down from the sky from time to time.
At this time, the disadvantage of being an offensive party is reflected. In this battle, the Japanese army is a defensive party. They can hide in the fortifications that have been built long ago to avoid threats from the air, because his position is fixed.
Yes, there is no problem at all hiding in foxholes or air-raid shelters that have been dug long ago. Moreover, the terrain of Spider Ridge is complex, and it is not easy to bomb the Japanese troops hiding in turtle shells. This is why the 398th Division did not request air support.
The reason. However, the 398th Division, as the attacking party, is different. As the attacking party, they must constantly charge or move forward. In this way, the planes in the sky will naturally focus on them, and countless bombs will be fired at a time.
Rain bombs fell towards them.
As soon as the offensive of the 398th Division slowed down, the Japanese army, which had been overwhelmed, immediately began to adjust its troop deployment. The current commander of Spider Ridge, Captain Kawai Shinsuke of the 202nd Regiment, immediately adjusted its troop deployment and transferred the two reserve forces.
The team pushed forward and stabilized the shaky defense line. When Colonel Kenjiro Tato led nearly 2,000 troops of the 204th Regiment to arrive, Kawai Shinsuke immediately felt that the force in his hands suddenly became stronger again.
"Yo Xi, Mr. Tuo Jian arrived just in time. Now that our three regiments are all here, I want to see how these Chinese people attack our Spider Ridge."
After hearing Kawai Shinsuke's confident words, Colonel Kenjiro Tato who had just arrived frowned. When he entered the position just now, he saw traces of burning in many places on the position, and the bodies of soldiers were piled up.
There were corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, especially on a flat ground in the back mountain. He couldn't help but feel worried when he thought that there were so many casualties after only fighting for half a day.
Colonel Kenjiro Tato said to Shinsuke Kawai: "Kawai-kun, now our three regiments are here. You are now the commander of Spider Ridge. Come and give the order. How will this battle be fought?"
Kawai Shinsuke thought for a while and then said: "I don't have any good solution. According to the Chinese people, now we can only use soldiers to cover up the water and the earth."
Colonel Wara Kenjiro asked again: "Kawai-kun, what if the China people use the terrible incendiary bomb attack again?"
"No!" Kawai Shinsuke shook his head and said: "Although that kind of incendiary bomb is very powerful, now that we are prepared, it is not so lethal to us. The most important thing now is how to resist the Chinese
In the next attack, their firepower was really fierce."
Having said this, Kawai Shinsuke looked around with lingering fear. He sighed helplessly. The longer he fought with the army in front of him, the more worried he became, because the difference between this army and other armies was really big.
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In Kawai Shinsuke's opinion, the quality of the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side may not be the highest. They cannot compare to the Japanese soldiers in terms of charging formations, soldiers' tactical movements, etc. But there is one thing that is most disappointing.
The biggest headache for Kawai Shinsuke was that the firepower output of this army was too abnormal.
For example, a skilled Japanese soldier using a Type 38 rifle can fire five bullets at targets in eight seconds, while the opponent's soldiers can fire eight bullets at four targets in four seconds. This kind of
The gap also caused that when a Japanese soldier fired one bullet at the target, four or five bullets were fired back. This huge difference often allowed a soldier from the other side to easily suppress two of his own with the rifle in their hands.
Three soldiers.
In such intense and fierce battles involving thousands of troops, the role of precise shooting that the Japanese army emphasized in the past has become less important. The only thing soldiers on both sides can do is to pour bullets towards each other in the shortest possible time.
In this fierce confrontation, the Japanese soldiers who originally had fortifications to rely on felt so strenuous that they retreated steadily in the battle. Although they escaped because the Japanese fighter planes arrived in time.
Kawai Shinsuke did not feel relaxed, but began to become nervous, because he knew that with the addition of Japanese aircraft, the opponent's air force, which had not participated in the war, would soon arrive.
Soon, Colonel Kawai Shinsuke's worries became a reality. Twenty minutes later, with a sharp roar, more than a dozen Thunder fighter jets swooped down from high altitude, attacking three people who were circling in low altitude, strafing and bombing.
A Type 97 fighter jet exploded in the air, and the remaining seven or eight Type 97 fighter jets flew into the sky like frightened birds, but were soon surrounded by more than a dozen Thunder fighter jets who came after hearing the news.
A fierce air battle broke out in the sky.
But that's not all. After the Japanese Type 97 fighter planes were entangled, more than ten Stuka fighter planes came over and began to swoop and drop bombs towards the Japanese positions at Spider Ridge. This time, it seemed that they were retaliating just now.
The bombs carried by the Stuka fighter planes arriving this time were all powerful high-explosive bombs weighing more than 1,000 kilograms. When these bombs were dropped on the Japanese positions, no matter how strong the fortifications were,
Or the bunker turned into a pile of rubble in an instant.
"boom……"
Another earth-shaking explosion exploded more than 400 meters away from Liu Yi and others. The violent shock wave completely wiped a Japanese bunker group off the ground. Even Liu Yi, who was hundreds of meters away, felt the impact on the ground.
That violent vibration.
"Dang!"
A small stone flying from nowhere hit Liu Yi's helmet mercilessly and made a loud sound. Liu Yi was so frightened that he quickly retracted his head back into the crater. Soon, there was a choking sensation.
The smell of gunpowder smoke was blown over by the strong wind, causing Liu Yi to cough.
A private who had just joined the army stammered: "Cough cough cough... he... he ***, those brothers in the Air Force are too cruel, this... what kind of bomb is this? It's so powerful.
Come on, I thought the ground was going to crack just now."
A senior soldier who had been in the army for a little longer patted the private on the shoulder and said in a friendly manner: "Don't you know? The one just now was a powerful heavy bomb of at least 1,500 kilograms. I heard that a bomber
I can only carry this one, and I have to go home after blowing it up. But this thing is so damn enjoyable, so powerful! Haha..."
Liu Yi didn't hear the discussion of his superiors. He just looked at the constant battle of fighter planes in the sky. He thought of his friend Feng Xiaoming and said silently: "Brother... you must be careful..."
Just when Liu Yi was lost in thought, a sharp charge whistle sounded from behind.
"Beep beep beep..."
The shrill whistle seemed to be an order. Upon hearing this sound, the soldiers who had been hiding jumped out of their bunkers and rushed forward.
Gunshots rang out on Spider Ridge, and on the smoke-filled battlefield, soldiers from the Seventh Army in gray-green military uniforms were seen in groups, pouring up from all over the mountains and plains. Some of them were holding Garand rifles.
Some were armed with MP38 submachine guns, while others were holding mg34 machine guns while shooting and charging.
Amidst the violent explosions and flames, a section of the Japanese army's position was broken through. The trench that was broken through was about ten meters long. Liu Yi jumped into the trench with seven or eight soldiers. Holding an MP38 submachine gun, he charged and fired continuously.
Shooting in the trenches, and soon the sound of pistols, submachine guns and the clash of bayonets could be heard from the trenches.
On both sides of the breached trench, the Japanese defenders' two Type 92 heavy machine guns and Type 11 light machine guns were constantly shooting at the soldiers of the 398th Division who were rushing over. Many Chinese soldiers were rushing over afterwards.
They were swept to the ground in pieces.
Seeing this situation, Liu Yi shouted, "Grenade!"
Soon, five or six powerful long-pole offensive grenades flew towards the Japanese machine gun position. Amidst the rumbling explosions, the two heavy machine guns stopped, and several soldiers lying on the hillside just jumped up.
, several light machine guns rang again, bullets as dense as locusts were splashed over, and several Chinese soldiers who stood up fell to the ground. Seeing such a scene, Liu Yi, whose lips were blistered with anger, ordered
The soldiers took out grenades and fired another round of bombing at them. After this round of explosions, the Japanese machine guns became silent again.
"Kill!" Liu Yi waved the German-made MP38 submachine gun in his hand and kept firing at the Japanese troops.
In the hazy smoke, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers suddenly appeared in front. These Japanese soldiers rushed towards the trench without saying a word.
Liu Yi saw a private next to him jump out of the trench. The Garand rifle in his hand kept spitting out flames. Two Japanese soldiers fell over, but the private had not finished a magazine and was hit by a bullet.
The soldier grabbed his throat with painful hands and fell down.
"Hold!"
Liu Yi pounced, pulled the trigger and fired. The MP38 submachine gun ︻┳═ kept beating in his hand, and two more Japanese soldiers fell down. One magazine was quickly used up.
By the time Liu Yi changed the magazine, the remaining Japanese troops had already rushed to a place only three or four meters away from him. The leader was a short Japanese second lieutenant. He held the command knife in both hands and rushed towards him fiercely.
Liu Yi slammed his empty submachine gun at the Japanese second lieutenant, then pulled out the Colt m1911a1 pistol from his waist and fired three times in a row. The two arms of the Japanese second lieutenant were shot almost at the same time.
He was interrupted, shot in the chest, and the saber fell to the ground with a thud!
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