The Japanese artillery support came quickly. Four 75mm mountain guns fired at Yu Yang's position. A total of forty shells fell on the seventh company's front less than 500 meters long.
"Count the casualties, all squads prepare to fight!" Yu Yang pulled his head out of the soil, shook his head, and shook the sand out of his ears.
The 75mm mountain cannon was much smaller than the 105 and 155 caliber howitzers of later generations, but it still caused huge casualties to the Seventh Company, and it was the type that could only be beaten and could not fight back.
Passively beaten.
"You stupid little devil!" Yu Yang's mouth was full of mud. He looked around and saw wounded soldiers everywhere. The simple fortifications dug by the Seventh Company could block mortar shells, but in front of the mountain artillery, they were like paper.
It was so mushy that it was directly blasted through, and all the soldiers hiding in the crater were killed.
"Two people in one squadron were killed and three were injured!"
"Four people from the second squad were killed and one was injured!"
"..."
"Third Platoon and Nine Squadrons, one person died and six were injured!"
The Seventh Company had a total of twenty-one killed and thirty wounded, four of whom were seriously injured, and the rest were not seriously injured. But even so, the Seventh Company lost a quarter of its troops.
"Everyone entered the position, the Japanese came up, and the health workers went to bandage the injured brothers and prepare to continue fighting!"
As Yu Yang spoke, he took out his rifle, grabbed a handful of 38 caps, handed them to Liu Youcai, and kicked him on the butt: "You go up too, don't hide in the headquarters,
Be careful, the Japanese will blow you up with one shell!"
Liu Youcai had been hiding in the headquarters just now. It was a big miracle that such a large headquarters was not hit by a shell, otherwise Liu Youcai might have been blown away.
"Yes, yes, yes, company commander, I'm going right away. I have a gun, not a rifle!"
"Hold on, the pistol is useless. Wait until the little Japanese gets in front of you and then you shoot. If you dare to give me any more f*cks, I will kill you with one shot!"
After Yu Yang finished speaking, he quickly lay down on the edge of the position, using a telescope to carefully observe the attacking Japanese on the other side of the river. There were many people, obviously much more than before. At a glance, they were all densely packed in khaki military uniforms.
"Wang Hao, fire a few shots at the Japanese center. Are there any incendiary bombs? Disconnect the little Japanese charge formation!"
"Got it!" Wang Hao immediately took out the incendiary bombs from his backpack. There were only three incendiary bombs in total. Once they were all fired, there would be no more in stock. However, the Japanese could not allow the Japanese to unleash this offensive momentum.
Charges are something that can be done in one go, then weaken again, and finally become exhausted. This is not only applicable on ancient battlefields, it is also applicable in modern times.
As long as the first few waves of Japanese attacks are blocked, Yu Yang is confident that he can defend until dark. However, if the Japanese attack him and establish a position on the other side of the bridge, Yu Yang may not be able to defend it this afternoon.
An incendiary bomb was hit by Wang Hao about 2,780 meters away from the Japanese advance route. The fuel used by modern incendiary bombs is not comparable to that of World War II. After the shell hit the ground, there were about 30 people around.
The fire in the rice area burned rapidly.
August is the height of summer, and the vegetation is very lush, giving incendiary bombs a lot of room to use. In a short time, an area is on fire.
"ah……"
Screams rang out, and a dozen little Japanese in the incendiary bomb burning area were ignited with fire. Crazy screamers and Japanese soldiers in pain were rolling back and forth on the ground, trying to put out the fire, and some were approaching.
The soldier tried to stamp out the flames with his feet. Through the telescope, Yu Yang seemed to see a classic scene from one of Xing Ye's movies.
These soldiers who put out the fire were not stamped out, but instead set themselves on fire. More than a dozen Japanese soldiers were set on fire. Some of them rushed forward crazily, trying to jump into the Panjing River not far away.
"beat!"
Following Yu Yang's orders, the soldiers of the Seventh Company showed up one after another and started shooting. The two machine guns once again became reapers of death. The Japanese soldiers' charging formation was disrupted by the flame warriors who rushed up from behind and set fire to them. All the Japanese soldiers
Knowing that there was something strange about the fire, all the soldiers avoided the charging firemen.
Without the formation, the Japanese soldiers were like targets. They were called out one by one by the soldiers of the Seventh Company. In the first round of fire, thirty or forty Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and were trampled under their feet by the soldiers behind them, turning into spring mud.
"Be careful of the enemy's grenade, John, it's a grenade designed to fight the enemy!"
A shell landed next to a squadron of machine gun positions. The machine gunner was hit in the head by shrapnel and fell to the ground. After Yu Yang saw it, he pushed the machine gunner's body aside and began to operate the heavy machine gun himself.
"Don't be stunned, load the bullets, and get some Japanese grenade soldiers for me, and shoot more accurately! After firing one shot, squat down and shoot again!"
As Yu Yang spoke, he pulled the trigger crazily and kept turning the muzzle of the gun, pointing at one Japanese soldier after another.
"boom!"
Another shell landed not far from Yu Yang. Yu Yang buried his head under the machine gun. After the explosion, he shook his head and stretched out his hand: "Give me the bullet chain!"
"Huzi, are you deaf? Give me the bullet chain!" After waiting for a second and no bullet chain was delivered to his hand, Yu Yang could not help but curse the bomb supplyer, but when he turned around, he found that Huzi had died.
There was also a piece of shrapnel stuck in his head.
"Fuck, you bastard little devil, John, are you really dead? Knock out the grenade launcher from that little devil!"
Yu Yang yelled again, pushed Huzi's body away, and reached out to pull the ammunition box. At this time, another artillery shell fell around the machine gun position.
"boom!"
"Company commander!"
After Wang Hainiu saw it, he immediately rushed over: "Company Commander, are you okay?"
The shell landed on the edge of the trench, blowing up the soil next to it. Yu Yang was directly covered by the soil. After Wang Hainiu dug twice with his hands, he dug out Yu Yang again. Huh? Why use it?
So what?
"Company commander, are you okay?" Wang Hainiu pulled Yu Yang up and asked loudly.
Yu Yang felt his head buzzing, shook his head, shook the dirt off his head, and stood up unsteadily: "I'm fine, don't worry about me, you damn little devil.
The grenade hits really accurately!”
Now Yu Yang finally understood why Captain Li liked to curse people. It was so frustrating.
After Yu Yang finished speaking, he once again crawled to the machine gun on his hands and knees, reached to the ammunition box, took out a bullet chain, mounted it directly on the machine gun, turned the muzzle again, and poured ammunition at the Japanese soldiers.
