Chapter 1096: The Bazooka's First Practical Opportunity
Bullets rained down like raindrops, pinning more than 30 Japanese soldiers in the wilderness with almost no cover, and there was almost no decent counterattack.
The reason why Qigen Village has a superior geographical location compared to other mountain villages is that although it is surrounded by mountains, it has enough flat land. Just like here at the mouth of the valley, after leaving the canyon, there is an open land. The large wheat fields are the most important thing in Qigen Village.
It is a granary for barley, an important crop. But for the more than thirty Japanese soldiers who lay there and endured countless bullets, this terrain was life-threatening.
In fact, they also have two light machine guns, two grenade launchers and 26 38 guns. But the reason why they have no decent counterattack is because anyone who dares to raise his head and raise his body higher than 20 centimeters will be caught in the hail of bullets.
Lost life.
The dust in the sky rolled up by the air waves covered the eyes of both sides, and all precision had lost its effect. What the Panshi Battalion used to deal with the Japanese army was firepower, completely superior firepower, and used a large number of bullets to pile up the enemy.
Ten minutes later, when the mountain wind blew away the dust bit by bit and the smoke was no longer enough to block the sight, what appeared in front of the officers and soldiers of Panshi Camp was a river of blood.
The more than 30 Japanese soldiers more than 40 meters in front of the front position facing the valley entrance were already dead and could not die anymore. No one could fire at least ten machine guns, dozens of semi-automatic rifles and more than ten submachine guns at close range.
Survived ten minutes of horrific bullets.
No matter how low you lie down and avoid bullets, at least forty long-handled grenades thrown from a distance can still kill them.
Those who are close are dead, and those who are far away are not much better.
Perhaps, the Japanese soldiers who were further away hoped that they would be the leading soldiers and die more quickly. This was a blessing for them who had been in a state of suffering.
If they were just beaten by the Panshi Camp's firepower, which was far superior to theirs, they would be dead. There was no need to think so much. However, the dust in the sky rolled up by the air waves provided them with a barrier, and the exaggerated firepower was only diffuse.
For the Japanese troops at Taniguchi, the lethality was reduced by at least two-thirds.
In order to avoid the terrifying air waves erupting from the valley mouth, the Japanese who dug temporary field trenches under the command of the squadron commander basically hid in the small trenches they had just dug on both sides of the valley mouth with pale faces. There may also be some natural stones there.
Build a bunker, but for the number of nearly 300 people, it is really too few.
Most of the Japanese soldiers, when the bullets came, could only choose to crawl to the ground and try their best to get lower and lower.
This is the quality that the elite veterans of the Japanese army should have. In this way, even if there is no bunker, it can be enough for them to avoid the torrent of bullets whizzing past their heads for a moment. No one can be so precise that their eyes are completely black.
Shooting a human body lying on the ground 300 meters away, with its body not exposed to the ground and 20 centimeters high. For the officers and soldiers of the Panshi Battalion who had poor sight and could only rely on memory to shoot at their location, hitting them was completely dependent on luck.
However, Panshi Camp does not only have machine guns, rifles and submachine guns!
The reason for their prodigal firepower is that in addition to firing at least a hundred thousand bullets in ten minutes, 12 60-gun guns and 6 80-gun guns also poured at least 400 rounds of artillery shells on both sides of the valley mouth in ten minutes.
There was no target, and all the gunners were ordered to bombard the two flanks of the valley mouth indiscriminately.
This time, the Japanese army was in bad luck. They could hide from bullets by lying on the ground, but there was nothing they could do against the shells falling from the sky.
Seeing that my companion who was only five meters away and was also hugging Mother Earth tightly was blown up several meters high, and then screamed and fell without making any sound. Moreover, such stories continued to be played out, 400 rounds of artillery shells
It almost covers an area of tens of thousands of square meters near the entrance of the valley.
The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough not to be hit by the shells had actually forgotten their sorrow at that time. They were mainly afraid. No one knew whether it would be their turn to die at the next moment. Those were all the thoughts that occupied their minds.
It's almost like being on the execution ground waiting to be shot.
Waiting, witnessing with your own eyes your fellow comrades leaving helplessly one by one. Perhaps, in the next second it will be your turn to be blown to pieces by a mortar bomb.
This is unbearable suffering for any normal person, even if he is a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles. The tenacity of his nerves cannot withstand the fear of death after all.
After suffering for several minutes, the Japanese soldiers who had completely lost their mentality and dared to risk their lives and raised their heads and even heroically held their guns and fired bullets at the enemy positions to express their resistance to fate were basically killed by bullets flying in the sky and no longer lay down.
Very few Japanese soldiers who waited to be blown into pieces by artillery shells falling from the sky but ran or crawled desperately to move to the safest position in their memory survived in the end.
The Japanese soldiers who survived were either extremely lucky, or they occupied a good position from the beginning, which not only could withstand bullets, but also had enough bunkers to block the flying shrapnel.
But this is only twenty-three out of ten.
In other words, when the dust clears, there will be less than a hundred Japanese soldiers alive and fighting back desperately on the entire battlefield, at most two squads.
What is called a beating? This is called a beating. Using machine gun fire and close combat mortars as the main force, supplemented by rifles and submachine guns, the Japanese army, which claimed to be able to defeat a battalion of the Chinese army with one infantry squadron, was defeated without any chance of fighting back.
Power.
Facts have proved that without the support of artillery and aircraft, they do not have two extra hands than the Chinese, and they will still be beaten to tears, especially when the Chinese army still has the advantage in firepower.
Of course, even if the situation is so difficult, as soldiers of a permanent division, the powerful Japanese army did not try to counterattack. They also had seven or eight light machine guns and eight grenade launchers and they also attacked the Panshi Camp position.
Their unyielding and anger poured out.
However, the firepower was too weak, and it was also aimless.
God is fair. The Panshi Battalion could not see them clearly, and the dust also blinded their eyes. The Japanese army could not see the target and their slightly weak firepower was not a great threat to the Panshi Battalion, which was located on three sides and was in a three-dimensional position.
That is to say, a dozen unlucky officers and soldiers of the Panshi Battalion were hit by shrapnel from grenades or stray bullets. Six people died and 14 were injured. This loss was not small, but compared to the more than 200 casualties of the Japanese army.
, which can be completely ignored.
Of course, these losses were not caused by the Japanese infantry who were stunned by the torrent of bullets and fierce shells.
But two Type 94 Xiaoduding tanks.
Yes, the reason why Yoshio dared to let two infantry brigades enter the canyon without hesitation last month was because of the two 94 reconnaissance tanks seconded from the division's tank brigade.
The mountain road in Taihang Mountain is very narrow, but after investigation, it was found that a carriage with a width of 2 meters can pass through this road. The reconnaissance type 94 tank with a length of only 3.2 meters and a width of 1.6 meters will naturally have no problem.
There are two "invulnerable" level armored vehicles stationed there. Not to mention the army major generals, even the Japanese troops entering the canyon feel very peaceful. The 94 tank equipped with two 7.7 mm machine guns can completely stop and kill the gods here.
Seeing the Buddha and destroying the Buddha is definitely not a murderous weapon that the Chinese can withstand.
In fact, the 94 small bean sprouts with the left and right wings spread out are really awesome. When the bullets are like pouring, they can't penetrate the 16 mm thick turtle shell. Even the mortar can't penetrate two or three meters.
The local explosion did not cause any substantial damage. The three tank crew members were safe sitting inside, and they also protected a group of Japanese soldiers huddled behind the tank.
They didn't dare to move around. There were friendly troops lying on the ground dodging the bullets. If they drove a few meters, the tracks were bound to be covered with blood and flesh. They could only hold on and fire at them from three sides with the two machine guns attached to the vehicle.
The Chinese positions were shot indiscriminately.
Even if the four 7.7mm machine guns fire randomly, they are still lethal. At least four of the six soldiers who died were killed in the head and chest by machine gun bullets.
It can be said that the Japanese army still has two squads left, and these two little Doudins have contributed a lot.
However, as their vision became clearer, their good days came to an end.
Two minutes ago, Ling Hong ordered the rocket launcher teams of four infantry squads to leave their positions and crawl toward the Japanese positions.
The Xiaoduding tank is about 300 meters away from the position. With the 150-meter range of the rocket launcher, it can kill them as long as it lurks and advances 150 meters.
All the attention of the remaining Japanese troops was focused on the gradually visible three-sided terraced position encircling them. They were either looking for bunkers to hide in panic, or they mustered up the courage to attack the rock under the screams of the sergeant or squad leader.
Battalion position shooting.
As for the captain with the highest position, he was killed at the beginning of the battle before there was a big explosion in the canyon.
Wearing white gloves and holding a command knife, the Japanese captain stood proudly at the mouth of the valley and looked at the mountain village 1,000 meters away. His pretense was so conspicuous that at least five precision shooters were aiming at him.
As soon as the signal flare rose into the sky, three bullets took away the life of the Japanese captain.
On the battlefield, you can pretend to be a grandson, but you must not pretend to be cool. Once you pretend to be a grandchild, you will be reborn as a girl in the next life, and you may have that thing for the rest of your life without having to pretend anymore.