For a moment, artillery fire was flying on the position.
Caught off guard, although the volunteers were well hidden under Liu Lang's request and not many were exposed, many people were still hit by the dense stream of bullets and flying shrapnel, and fell screaming in the trenches.
Inside, several light machine guns that were spitting out flames just now were also filled with puffs of smoke and violent explosions.
The sound of gunfire from the position suddenly became sparse.
Seeing that the firepower of the Chinese rebels was suppressed, the remaining Japanese troops who were pinned to the ground in front of the position were ready to move. While organizing people to drag their wounded soldiers to some natural bunkers such as earthbags, some Japanese troops actually began to wave their engineers.
The shovel worked hard to dig up a field bunker for individual soldiers on the position.
Looking at them like this, not only did they have no intention of retreating, they even planned to wait for their reinforcements to arrive before attacking. In terms of this kind of fighting will alone, this fourth division was more useless than the wimps ridiculed in the history.
I don't know how strong it is.
"Order them to continue suppressing fire while ensuring their own safety in the frontal position, and do not let the Japanese troops get closer to 200 meters from the two flanks at any cost." Liu Lang looked at the battlefield 700 meters away, his expression unchanged, and continued to order.
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As a result, the gunfire on both wings of position No. 1 suddenly became fierce, and the Japanese offensive on both wings was also embarrassed. However, the gunfire on the front position was no longer as fierce as before, and several light machine guns were also hit by grenades and bombs.
The infantry was so heavy that they dared not show their heads.
"Brothers, hide from me before I attack you, and keep your heads low for me." The commander of the third battalion stared at bloodshot eyes and walked through the trench while hunched over, his heart dripping with blood and roaring as he confessed.
My soldiers.
How could he not feel distressed? Even though he had killed at least thirty Japs in the previous offensive, which was a great record, the losses suffered by his third battalion were also considerable.
In the crazy revenge of the Japanese army just now, two eager-to-do light machine guns were directly hit by grenade grenades. While the shooter and sub-shooter were killed by the explosion, the light machine gun was also twisted and transformed into a ball of scrap metal. It is necessary to
Unless the other two machine guns can hide quickly, the third battalion only has rifles. Anyway, the last two light machine guns of the third battalion will not be taken out until the last moment.
The casualties were also considered heavy. At this moment, at least a dozen people were hit by heavy machine gun bullets. The consequences of being hit by 7.7mm caliber bullets from the Type 92 heavy machine gun. In this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine,
It basically means death. There are also 17 or 18 soldiers injured by flying grenades and infantry artillery shrapnel. In this first wave of Japanese offensive alone, he has lost almost a platoon of troops, and the casualties are even higher than that of the Japanese army.
It's a bit more tragic.
Seeing the situation on the battlefield, the expression of the Japanese infantry captain in the distance finally softened greatly, "Hey, the Chinese are at the end of their rope. Order the Yanagawa Squadron to continue to advance at a faster pace, and concentrate all light and heavy machine guns to continue to suppress the Chinese positions.
, tell them that whoever can plant the imperial flag on the Chinese position, His Excellency Colonel Nagumo will personally wear the Golden Eagle Medal on him."
Yes, after seeing that the Chinese position was firmly suppressed by our own firepower, the ambition in the heart of the Japanese infantry captain was growing like weeds in spring, and he began to dream of a successful victory in the First World War again.
After previous fire reconnaissance, he had seen that there were no heavy weapons on the Chinese position except for four light machine guns and one heavy machine gun that never appeared again. As for the massive amount of grenades just thrown like raindrops, in his opinion
It was more like a desperate fight by the Chinese peasant rebels. He did not believe that the Chinese could still carry out as fierce a grenade offensive as before. Only a dozen grenades were occasionally thrown out now, which showed the weakness of their ammunition storage.
The Fourth Division, which has just been included in the Kwantung Army sequence, is unlike other Kwantung Army divisions that participated in the Battle of Jehol two years ago. They have not fought since the Russo-Japanese War, especially not with the Chinese army.
The 20th Infantry Regiment had fought in the Northeast and China's Anti-Japanese War, but for those poor guys who only owned some pistols and rifles, the 20th Infantry Regiment was too lazy to bother.
Come to think of it, even if these Chinese farmers in Jehol have better equipment than them, they are not much better.
The hawkers of the Fourth Division, who are regarded as "alien" by other divisions of the Kwantung Army, may not know that the Chinese army's favorite thing is grenades due to its lack of heavy weapons. Whether it is the elite Central Army or the poor
The motley crew of scumbag warlords, including the "beggar" Sichuan troops who will wear straw sandals and carry rifles with polished rifle bolts and tied with straw ropes in the future, each of them must have at least four grenades inserted in their body.
The most important close-range "heavy weapon".
That's not to mention Sun Yongqin's department, which has sufficient gunpowder and cannot produce other weapons. When they have nothing to do, they produce grenades. In order to respond to the Japanese attack, on the position, whether it is position 1 or five hundred meters away
In the second position, every soldier placed at least ten grenades in the individual artillery-proof holes dug around him. He was definitely a rich man with grenades.
With the captain's military order, two squads had just been dispatched to prepare to cover the attack. The infantry squadron that had withdrawn when their colleagues were frustrated suddenly felt like they were in a rush. Not only did the two infantry squads start to speed up, but also an infantry squad that was following behind and responsible for covering.
It also started to accelerate.
Three infantry squads with nearly 200 people fiercely rushed towards Position No. 1, plus nearly 20 Japanese invaders who were still digging forty or fifty meters in front of the position to dig individual field bunkers. This wave of attacking Japanese invaders
Up to 200 people or more.
At the same time, two infantry squadrons with a total of twelve grenades and twelve light machine guns, plus four heavy machine guns from a heavy machine gun squad of the infantry brigade, launched a comprehensive fire suppression on the front of position No. 1. Look at that posture.
Position No. 1 was in danger instantly and was teetering on the edge of the Japanese offensive wave.
Sun Yongqin, who had been holding the telescope in the distance, looked increasingly grim. He did not expect that the Japanese army would become even crazier after suffering such heavy losses, and directly dispatched an entire infantry squadron to charge. This was what Liu Tuanzuo was teasing.
What about the hawker division?
In his opinion, this was no less fierce than the ferocious counterattack by the remnants of the Eighth Division he encountered two years ago. If Deng Wen's cavalry had not launched a timely attack back then, I am afraid that the army under his command would have disappeared long ago. Although
He has been fighting the Japanese invaders, but he has never underestimated the powerful fighting power of the Japanese invaders. Even if he wants to sneak attack a Japanese invaders transport team at the squad level, he will never dispatch less than a battalion. If he encounters
He even dispatched a regiment of over a thousand soldiers to besiege a Japanese infantry squadron, but even then, he never had the record of annihilating a Japanese infantry squadron. A Japanese infantry squadron of nearly 200 people could often hold out for five or six times.
They waited for hours for their reinforcements to come to the rescue.
"Order Yanagawa Squadron to pay attention to the Chinese mortars, but don't worry too much, our mountain artillery will give them enough support." Looking at our own soldiers who had approached the Chinese position within 150 meters, a smile appeared on the face of the Japanese infantry captain.
, continued to speak to the messenger.
"Hi." The Japanese army messenger took the order and went to deliver the order.
Yes, everyone from the Japanese army to the Chinese defenders themselves are waiting for the emergence of mortars. The several 82 mortars supported by Liu Lang are considered the biggest killer weapons of Sun Yongqin's department, and they have played an extremely difficult role in many battles with the Rehe garrison.
The role of imagination. If it were not for the presence of mortars, the First Mixed Brigade stationed in Rehe would not have been so distressed by being harassed by Sun Yongqin's peasant resistance army and would have turned to the Kwantung Army headquarters for help.
You know, it was the first time for all the Kwantung Army troops in Rehe outside the three northeastern provinces to be harassed to tears by a group of peasant rebels.
The key is that this mortar is small in size and light in weight but very powerful. The Japanese infantry who only carry grenade launchers are really no match for the mortar unless they are carrying mountain cannons. Several times the force was as high as an infantry squadron.
The transport team was sneak attacked by the Chinese and beaten with mortars. If it were not for their relatively strong combat effectiveness, I am afraid they would not have been able to wait for reinforcements to arrive for less than five hours.
But now, with mountain artillery having a longer range and more power, the Japanese army will not be afraid of mortars. They are waiting for the emergence of Chinese mortars to destroy them in one fell swoop.
By then, the rapid-fire artillery squadron of their 20th Regiment will be ready to take the stage. The six 37mm rapid-fire cannons can tear into pieces any firepower that dares to resist on the Chinese position.
To use the Japanese favorite way of saying, little devil, in fact, he is very cunning.