Thick gunshots resounded throughout the area, mixed with the roar of grenades and the explosions of grenades. For a time, the battlefield was filled with smoke and thick smoke.
The Japanese soldiers have pressed forward across the board, desperate to tear apart the defenders' line of defense, and the defenders have also relied on the favorable terrain to build layers of field fortifications to block the attack.
Although the Japanese charged with great ferocity, the complex terrain and unpredictable attacks still caused them to suffer a great deal.
Because this area is crisscrossed with ditches and large paddy fields are filled with water, although the Japs have spread across the board, they mostly attack along the dry field ridges instead of jumping into the muddy and slippery paddy fields.
If it's miles, it won't be able to run fast.
The guarding guerrilla officers and soldiers only need to take care of these extended field ridges. Sometimes a machine gun can block the advance of a Japanese infantry unit, forcing the Japanese to divide their troops and take circuitous routes.
The Japanese offensive front continued to expand on both wings, and the battle line became wider and wider. Although it brought pressure to the defending guerrillas, it also dispersed the Japanese attack power.
Although many small groups of Japs penetrated the guerrilla army's defense line through gaps, they soon encountered attacks from deep positions.
"Quick, quick, go around in a roundabout way!"
An infantry detachment of more than a dozen Japanese relied on the bombardment of the grenade group to eliminate a squad of guerrillas blocking them and broke into the defense line.
They rushed along a slope toward the battle site on the left wing, trying to pass from behind and cooperate with the friendly forces in the front to attack the defending guerrillas there, thereby expanding the results of the battle.
The Japanese soldiers had good ideas and used their tactics very skillfully, but they ignored the guerrillas who defended their brothers in depth.
The entire defense line is a full kilometer deep. Six infantry companies and one machine gun company are deployed on the front line for defense. There are two infantry companies and one machine gun company scattered throughout the depth. They exist as a reserve force.
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About 150 meters behind the guerrilla squad where the Japanese broke through, and covered by inconspicuous grass, was actually a bunker built.
Their original mission was to cover the movement of the guerrilla squad to the secondary defense position once the brothers in the front guerrilla squad were unable to hold on.
However, the Japanese charged too fiercely. With the cooperation of machine guns and grenade launchers, none of the brothers in the guerrilla class were able to withdraw. They were all killed. The machine gun crew hiding in the bunker could only panic.
The machine gun crew members in the bunker looked at the Japanese infantry detachment trotting from the front of the bunker, their eyes red and full of anger.
"beat!"
When the Japanese soldiers reached the slope, the leader of the machine gun team gave the order to attack without hesitation.
This group of Japanese soldiers who broke in had been staring at the fighting place not far away, trying to rush over to attack them. Who would have expected that they would be attacked so close to the position they had just conquered.
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
The machine gunner in the bunker was an experienced veteran, firing short bursts of fire with a very rhythmic feel.
The Japanese who were bending over the gentle slope were suddenly attacked from the flanks and were almost defenseless.
"Puff puff……"
"Well!"
"ah!"
The vengeful bullets swept into the Japs, and in the puffy blood mist, a series of screams rang out one after another. The Japs who had been shot lost their center of gravity and rolled down the gentle slope.
One magazine was exhausted, and there were only three Japs left in this infantry unit. They hid in panic and fell to the ground, fighting back in the direction of the bunker.
The whizzing bullets scattered grass near the bunker, but they did not pose the slightest threat to the guerrilla brothers in the bunker.
The machine gunner who had replaced the new magazine lowered the muzzle of the gun again and pulled the trigger. Fountains of blood flew up, and the three Japanese lying on the ground were beaten into sieves.
Along the entire defense line, the same massacre was taking place. After many Japanese soldiers conquered a defensive position with great effort, they were beaten to pieces by guerrilla brothers from nearby hidden fortifications before they could even cheer.
, the newly captured position changed hands again.
"Report, the Third Company's positions have been lost in two places, and the Third Company has retreated to the second defense!"
"All positions of the Eighth Company have been lost, and the brothers have retreated!"
"A Japanese team has broken through the second line of defense of the fifth company..."
"A Japanese infantry squadron has crossed the Xiaoling River on the right and is trying to outflank our retreat."
Wounded soldiers from the frontier were continuously sent down along the communication trenches, accompanied by news that the frontier was constantly being lost.
Although the guerrillas deployed many deep defenses, facing the Japanese forces pressing across the board, the battle only lasted less than two hours, and the guerrilla officers and soldiers had already been beaten back several lines of defense.
If it were not for the bunkers, machine gun forts and intricate field fortifications that delayed the Japanese offensive, the entire defense line would have collapsed by now.
Fortunately, the guerrillas are no longer the ragtag group with inferior weapons and equipment. Now the defense and movement are advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, covering each other. Although the Japanese have pressed forward across the board, they have not defeated the guerrillas. The guerrillas are still retreating.
Beat while playing.
"It seems that we have underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese. The full-line attack power of this brigade is too strong. If we had not prepared in advance, it would be hard to say whether we would win or lose." Shen Biao, the commander of the third battalion, listened to the reports gathered from various places.
The battle situation left me feeling frightened.
"A year ago, let alone a Japanese squadron, it would have been enough for us."
The blacksmith, commander of the first battalion, pointedly pointed out the fact that the Japanese combat effectiveness had seriously declined.
The large number of veterans in the early stage of the Japs have been almost exhausted in previous battles. Many of the Japs' troops now on the battlefield are newly recruited, and their combat effectiveness is naturally not as good as before.
A year ago, a squadron of Japanese soldiers dared to attack a regiment's squadron, and even dared to divide their forces boldly and make detours. At that time, the Japanese soldiers' arrogance was extremely arrogant.
However, at the cost of several times the losses, the Chinese Army annihilated more than 10,000 Japanese troops in Taierzhuang and another division in Wanjialing, finally suppressing the arrogance of the Japanese troops.
As the front stretched, the main force of the Japs faced off against the Chinese field troops. The occupied areas were occupied by security forces, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. This is why Yang Ling and the others won consecutive battles.
Because it is equivalent to them using all their combat soldiers to fight against the Japanese who are equivalent to the strength of the heavy supply troops. If they lose again, they might as well wipe their necks.
"After two hours of fighting, the enemy's energy has almost been exhausted. Our brothers from the reserve team have come over several times to ask for a fight. If we don't order a counterattack, those brothers may not be able to help themselves and will fight out."
Deputy battalion commander Luo Feng came over with a ghost head knife and said.
"Damn, you've rebelled against heaven. If anyone dares to act rashly without my order, I won't skin him!" Shen Biao, the commander of the third battalion, warned fiercely.
"Brothers are very enthusiastic about fighting. Deputy Battalion Commander Luo, go tell the brothers and ask them to be ready for battle. When the Japanese attack the enemy, they will fight back. Don't get diarrhea then."
"Yes!" Deputy Battalion Commander Luo Feng responded, then turned around and strode towards the reserve's hidden standby area.