The Garand rifle kept making crisp sounds, and bullets were continuously ejected from the barrel, flying forward at a muzzle speed of 865 meters per second, followed by Japanese tanks.
One of the Japanese soldiers behind fell to the ground..
The Japanese army was not to be outdone. They relied on the advantage of their tanks to pour high-explosive 37-caliber calibers on the passing military positions. [***] soldiers were constantly hit by the shock waves or fragments of the artillery.
Shoot, pretend, shoot again, pretend again, before you know it, Liu Yi's side is covered with yellow and orange shells.
The originally clear sky was completely shrouded in the shadow of gunpowder smoke. The Japanese army continued to pound Liu Yi's defense line diligently. All positions were turned into a rugged place of death under the ravages of Japanese artillery fire.
The soil that had been turned into powder by the artillery fire was raised high in the explosions. Lying in the dusty trench, watching the surrounding civil structures being hit hard by artillery explosions, Liu was surrounded by mud and rocks.
Yi felt as if he was not living in real life, this place should be hell.
This battle was too difficult. Although Liu Yi had only been in the army for less than two years, he had fought more or less dozens of battles. He had never seen such a fierce attack by the Japanese army. In usual battles,
With superior firepower, they used artillery and aircraft to bombard the Japanese positions, but now the situation was reversed. Their aircraft had not arrived yet, and the only dozen or so artillery pieces they had were consumed in the two days of artillery battles.
At the end of the day, he could only rely on the infantry to support him. Facing the Japanese army, which had an advantage in terms of heavy firepower and military strength, Liu Yi felt that this battle was particularly useless. There was no air support, no artillery support, and no reinforcements.
There is nothing, it is simply a desperate battle.
His lungs were filled with hot and pungent chemical gases and fine ash. Liu Yi struggled to gasp for air like a fish lacking oxygen. The huge explosion was destroying his hearing and vision, and the toxic chemicals formed by the explosives filled the mountains and plains.
The gas gnawed at his respiratory system. Feelings of thirst and dizziness came in waves. Looking at the Japanese troops in front of him who were still rushing in like moths to a flame, Liu Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of despair in his heart.
, "Fuck, if the reinforcements don't come, the 998th Regiment will be completely wiped out."
"Head! Sorry, we have lost contact with a row of positions, and we can no longer hear the sound of machine guns there." Just when Liu Yi was drowsy, monkeys rang in his ears.
"What, a platoon lost contact!"
Liu Yi's expression changed a little. For a commander, losing contact with his subordinates during battle is not a good thing. This often means that unpredictable things will happen. He caught him as soon as he could
The monkey's arm said: "Monkey, you command here, I will take a squad to a row of positions to have a look!"
"Yes!" Monkey also knew that the matter was urgent, nodded aside and turned his attention to the front again.
Liu Yi looked to the right and shouted: "Follow me, second platoon, second class!" After saying that, Liu Yi immediately bent over and ran over.
"Come on!" After running for more than ten meters, the monkey began to shout loudly to attract the firepower of the Japanese army.
Liu Yi took the lead in running in the trench full of floating soil. Due to the Japanese artillery bombardment, the trench had become very low. The chirps passed over his head. The soil clods and wooden boards in the trench were chopped up by the sweeping rain. The sky was filled with
The mud thrown up by the explosions of small-caliber mortars and tank guns fell all over his body. Under the heavy firepower of the enemy, Liu Yi tried his best to shrink his body and stick it to the trench.
Another soldier fell not far from him. This was caused by the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. The soldier's body fell on his back on the ground, with several holes the size of wine cups on his chest. His eyes were still open.
His dark pupils stared at the sky filled with gunpowder smoke. After Liu Yi ran for a few minutes, he discovered that there was no road ahead, and a section of the trench had been destroyed by Japanese artillery.
Liu Yi grabbed an M24 long-handled grenade from his waist with trembling hands, pulled the fuse and threw it upwards, then he threw himself towards the trench closest to him with his rifle in his arms.
His strength was almost exhausted. The grenade was not thrown very far, but exploded not far from him. Liu Yi himself was almost injured by the exploding fragments of the M24 grenade.
"Fuck... fight!"
Liu Yi rolled into this trench with all his strength, panting heavily, and his lungs injured by gunpowder smoke made a terrible sound as they heaved violently, just like a torn cowhide bag being stepped on.
After a while, five or six soldiers followed him and ran into the trench.
"Brothers, this is a platoon's position. Everyone, please be careful and see if any of the brothers in the platoon are still alive."
Liu Yi struggled to stand up, carefully bent down, and began to search for living soldiers in the trench.
After groping for dozens of meters along the trench, Liu Yi finally came to a row of positions and found seven or eight soldiers. This was a zigzag resistance point, and the Japanese army was pouring firepower towards it.
Seeing these soldiers, Liu Yi asked in a hoarse voice: "How many more of you are there, and where is your platoon leader?"
A sergeant whose face was covered with black dust and whose appearance was unrecognizable pointed around bitterly and said: "Sir, our platoon leader is honored, and the rest of us are here."
Looking at these soldiers, Liu Yi felt unspeakable bitterness in his heart. It is estimated that the remaining members of his seventh company may not be able to form two platoons. The corner of his mouth squirmed, and Liu Yi swallowed the words in his stomach.
, and finally just said: "Everyone enter the combat position. Let's fight to the death here today!" After saying that, he lay down behind a section of parapet and saw that the Japanese army at this time had approached to a distance of only fifty meters away from him.
distance.
Liu Yi took out a grenade and was about to throw it with the ring. He thought it was not safe enough, so he took out another one. He held two grenades at the same time. After a few seconds, he flew to the ground and threw the grenade.
Two grenades were thrown towards the approximate location where the enemy was approaching. There was no time to see the explosion of the grenades, and he disappeared along the trench to the other end of the position like a hastily escaping fish.
Two miles away in front of Liu Yi's position, a lieutenant general was taking his eyes away from the telescope. He was Lieutenant General Sue Teng Chifumi, the commander of the 93rd Division of the Japanese Army who was responsible for the attack on Shicheng County.
I saw Suedou Chifumi with a gloomy face and said to the Chief of Staff Hattori Soichiro next to him: "Go and tell the captain of the 256th Regiment, Colonel Hanyu, I will give him another two hours. If he returns before two o'clock in the afternoon,
If the Chinese position cannot be conquered, he will not come back!"
Colonel Hattori Zong hesitated before saying: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the counterattack firepower of the Chinese is very fierce. Colonel Hanyu and the others have been fighting for three days, with heavy casualties. If you issue such an order again, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."
The morale of the military is unstable."
"The morale of the army is unstable. If we can't take the position in China, I'm afraid my head will be unstable!" Sue Teng Chifumi was furious. This time they used a division of more than 10,000 troops to fight in dozens of vehicles.
It took three days to attack with the cooperation of tanks and more than a dozen aircraft, but they couldn't even capture a small county town. This was already very embarrassing. Now the chief of staff is reminding himself to be careful about military morale problems. This is not adding fuel to the fire.
Oil?
"But you have to know that the 256th Alliance is a big alliance!" Hattori Soichi still said.
"Big Board Alliance." When Sue Teng Chifumi heard this, he was immediately stunned.
It should be noted here that Japan’s military recruitment system is different from that of China and Western countries. They recruit according to region. For example, most of the soldiers in a regiment will be from the same place. The advantage of this is
It is easier to generate cohesion and combat effectiveness. Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, the soldiers below can easily stick together because they come from the same place.
Japan's Daban is a place with a strong business atmosphere. The soldiers here are not very effective in combat. They are very concerned about gains and losses in battle. If there are too many casualties, the morale of the soldiers will easily decline. If the officers above
If the soldiers are forced too much, they will often arouse the soldiers' counter-emotions. Therefore, serving as the commander of such a unit will test a commander's command level.
Sue Teng Chifumi murmured bitterly: "Damn Daban Alliance, such a small vendor who only sells things, how can there be such a damn alliance below me?"
Suedou Chifumi saw the battles in the past few days clearly. There were three infantry regiments under his command. The other two regiments were very willing to fight. It was the 256th regiment that held back the entire division.
If the 256th Regiment had been braver, they would have captured the stone city on the opposite side. However, despite this, Sue Teng Chifumi also knew that the Chinese army on the opposite side was already at the end of its strength. As long as he worked harder, he could defeat the opponent.
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After walking around in circles twice, Suedou Chifumi took a breath and then said: "Hattori-kun, go and tell Colonel Hanyu that I will give him three more hours, as long as he can capture the southern side of China within three hours."
position, I will ask Commander Gangcun for credit on his behalf!"
"Hai!"
After receiving orders from Suedou Chifumi, the Japanese army began to increase their attack intensity...
Fire, load, then fire again.
Liu Yi didn't know if he had killed the enemy now. At this time, he only felt that his body was working more and more non-stop, and only a will was left to support him.
"boom!"
There was a violent explosion in front of him, and Liu Yi knew that it was definitely a masterpiece of more than 100 kilograms.
"Well done!"
Liu Yi stood up excitedly and stuck his head out of the trench.
This moment of negligence brought him a disastrous ending. A hurling barrel exploded on the trench where he was hiding, and the flying fragments instantly knocked his helmet off, and his temples seemed to have been hit by a huge iron.
Hit hard.
Liu Yi felt dizzy as soon as he cracked. The bright and dim scenery in front of him was shaking in front of his eyes. The blood blocked his sight. In a daze, he seemed to feel the roar of airplane engines coming from the sky.
, followed by bursts of violent explosions in front of him.
Liu Yi raised his head with difficulty and wiped the blood from his eyes with his hands, but he still couldn't see anything, and soon he didn't know anything anymore... (To be continued)