When Wu Liang arrived at the intersection of Gansu Road and Qipu Road, Third Battalion Commander Yue Zhensheng was leading a company to build fortifications at the cemetery on the right side of Gansu Road.
The third battalion is mainly responsible for guarding three blocks, from left to right, North Tibet Road, Rehe Road and Gansu Road. North Tibet Road and Rehe Road are lined with rows of buildings on both sides, which can be used as ready-made defenses. However,
On the right side of Gansu Road is the cemetery, which was a mass grave before the concession was expanded here.
Because it is a mass grave, there are very few residential buildings on the left side of Gansu Road.
Therefore, in comparison, Gansu Road has the heaviest defensive pressure, so Yue Zhensheng placed the company with the largest number of troops and the strongest combat effectiveness on Gansu Road, and before the little devils launched a large-scale attack, he tried his best to destroy the Yizhong's troops.
Collect tombstones, stone slabs, etc., and build as many relatively solid stone fortifications as possible.
When Wu Liang came over with his company of guards, Yue Zhensheng and more than a dozen officers and soldiers had just knocked down the stone monument of a large tomb. This move might attract scolding. After all, if you leveled someone's ancestral tomb, how could they not scold you? But
For the sake of the country and the nation, I personally bear some infamy but I can’t care less about it.
A country, a country, must first have a country, and then it can have a home.
Seeing Wu Liang coming, Yue Zhensheng hurriedly came forward to greet him.
"Batalion Commander, why are you here?" Yue Zhensheng said.
"Zhensheng, just go about your business and don't worry about me." Wu Liang waved his hand and said.
Yue Zhensheng is also an old man from Gujun Camp. Wu Liang was the company commander of Gujun Camp at that time, and Yue Zhensheng was his platoon leader. Now Wu Liang has become the regimental commander, and Yue Zhensheng has also been promoted to battalion commander.
In fact, the battalion and company-level officers of a brigade are basically from the lone army battalion.
Yue Zhensheng did not walk away because of this, but said with a smile: "It's okay, the fortifications are almost completed."
Wu Liang hummed slightly and asked again: "I thought I heard gunshots here just now. Are the Japanese attacking?"
"It is true that an infantry group of more than a dozen little Japs came just now." Yue Zhensheng nodded and said, "However, we have been asked to push them back."
Wu Liang said: "This should be just a tentative attack by the little devil."
As soon as Wu Liang finished speaking, a short and sharp whistle of artillery shells sounded in the sky.
"Batalion Commander, danger!" Yue Zhensheng immediately rushed over and threw Wu Liang to the ground. Almost at the same time that the two fell to the ground, a shell had landed not far away from the two of them and exploded.
, the air wave generated by the explosion instantly stirred up a large amount of sand, which fell onto Yue Zhensheng and the two of them.
Immediately afterwards, the overwhelming screams of artillery shells rang out over the position.
The Japs began to prepare for the artillery fire before the attack, and they found the points very accurately. The several machine gun fire points just exposed were all accurately hit by the Japs' artillery fire. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the company were also veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles.
We had foreseen this, so we moved the heavy machine guns ahead of time.
All of them were veterans. Without Yue Zhensheng's orders, more than two hundred veterans in a company quickly dispersed and entered the preset shelter fortifications. Two veterans simply dug in because they had no time to run away.
In the tomb, I came face to face with the dead bones in the tomb.
After a while, the Japanese artillery shells rained down overwhelmingly.
Wu Liang and Yue Zhensheng silently counted the rounds of Japanese shells in their hearts.
After ten rounds of shelling, Wu Liang and Yue Zhensheng immediately sat up, almost as if they had agreed in advance that the Japanese shelling was indeed over. However, at this time, the defensive positions of the company had been shrouded in smoke from the explosion of shells, so they could not see clearly.
What is the situation at the front of the position?
But Wu Liang and Yue Zhensheng can still judge based on experience that the Japanese infantry must be coming!
Sure enough, after more than ten seconds, the smoke on the position gradually dispersed, and things could finally be seen. By the firelight, Yue Zhensheng, Wu Liang and more than two hundred officers and soldiers of the company could clearly see that more than two hundred Japanese soldiers had already
They opened up a wave-shaped skirmish line from Gansu Road to the right side of the cemetery, and then rushed towards the defensive position of the first company.
Seeing so many Japanese attacking, Wu Liang and Yue Zhensheng couldn't help but look at each other with concentration.
Yue Zhensheng said in a deep voice: "Batalion Commander, there must be a squadron here, right? The little devil is going to fight us desperately!"
As a veteran who had participated in the Battle of Songhu, Yue Zhensheng was very familiar with the offensive tactics of the Japs.
The little devil's offensive routine is basically like this. First, an infantry group is launched to launch a trial attack. After figuring out the firepower configuration of the defenders, precise artillery preparations are made, and then a small group is deployed to attack. If the attack fails,
Follow the route, conduct a second bombardment, and then circle around from the left and right.
The Japs' attack is basically this routine, with few new tricks.
However, now, the little devil has suddenly joined a squadron, which is a bit unusual!
Wu Liang also realized this and said in a deep voice: "It looks like there will be a fierce battle!"
After a pause, Wu Liang said again: "Give me the order, don't shoot in a hurry, get closer and then shoot!"
Putting them closer and then hitting them is a tactic often used by the National Army. However, in the past, they used to put the Japs closer and then hit them because they lacked ammunition, so they had to move closer and hit them again. This can increase the hit rate and save ammunition.
But now Wu Liang ordered to move closer and then attack, because he wanted to take advantage of his firepower.
The level of their equipment is now really different from what it used to be.
In the past, there was one machine gun per platoon, one heavy machine gun per company, and no submachine guns at all. But now, they have one Browning light machine gun per squad, one heavy machine gun per platoon, and the rest of the officers and soldiers are not equipped with either.
Then there are the Chinese-made or Hanyang-made submachine guns that require you to pull the bolt to fire a round, but they are all submachine guns.
However, the little devils from the Ninth Division opposite may not know this.
Therefore, using the Japanese's inertial thinking, when the little Japanese habitually think that their equipment level is still at the level of the Songhu Battle, the opportunity will come. They can use the Japanese's inertial thinking to bring the Japanese closer, and then rely on
The brutal submachine gun fire caught them off guard!
At that moment, Wu Liang asked: "Zhensheng, you didn't use a submachine gun just now, did you?"
"It has been used, but not many are unusable." Yue Zhensheng said, "Just now, we mainly used machine guns to fight the Japanese. We had to fight back the little Japanese before they got within a hundred meters."
"That's no problem." Wu Liang's lips immediately revealed a sinister smile.
While the two were talking, the Japs had already approached within 300 meters, which was the effective range of the rifle. The Japs soldiers bent down one after another, trying to reduce the area for reloading ammunition as much as possible, but their feet kept moving for a moment and continued.
Pressing forward, within two minutes, we were within 200 meters.
At this time, the Japanese suddenly began to charge.
Two hundred meters, for experienced veterans, they can hit the target almost with their eyes closed, so bending down is of no avail. What should be done at this time is to charge and rush to the fifty meter distance as fast as possible.
inside, and then threw grenades into the Chinese soldiers' trenches to destroy the Chinese soldiers' will to resist.
In an instant, more than two hundred Japanese soldiers held bright bayonets and began a silent charge.
Two hundred meters ahead, the patrol battalion's position was silent, and no one fired a shot to stop the attack.
Seeing this scene, the Japanese captain who led the charge immediately felt a chill. This was by no means unusual. The Chinese must be secretly preparing some terrible means! Unfortunately, they could no longer stop at this time.
, at this time, if he dares to give an order to retreat, he will definitely be shot!
Therefore, at this time, we can only keep our heads down and rush forward.
In the blink of an eye, there was only the last hundred meters away from the defender's position. The Japanese Captain could even clearly smell the cold and chilling atmosphere coming from the defender's position. However, the Japanese Captain's feet were not stopping for a moment.
Instead, he began to accelerate, and while running forward, the Japanese captain drew out his saber and raised it high.
Seeing the Japanese captain raising his saber, the more than 200 Japanese soldiers who followed accelerated their pace and began the final sprint. The two fire support teams responsible for fire support immediately found several commanding heights and quickly fired their machine guns.
It was set up, and the black muzzle was aimed at the garrison position in front.
However, the garrison position in front was still completely silent!
Seeing this, the Japanese Captain suddenly had an illusion in his consciousness. Could it be that the defenders had run away? But the next moment, the Japanese Captain's eyes immediately widened, because he suddenly saw that what originally seemed like
On the empty garrison position, hundreds of figures suddenly appeared.
Then, more than a hundred Chinese soldiers raised their firearms in unison.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than 80 meters, so the Japanese captain and the Japanese following behind him could vaguely see the weapon in the hands of the Chinese soldiers. The Baga turned out to be an Isshiki submachine gun!
How is this possible? How could the Chinese be equipped with so many submachine guns?
The next moment, more than a hundred Chinese soldiers on the front position were already firing fiercely. More than a hundred submachine guns and a dozen light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time. In an instant, they formed a terrifying fire net, which not only completely suppressed the enemy's
The supporting firepower completely enveloped the more than two hundred Japanese infantry charging with bayonets.
More than a hundred submachine guns and light and heavy machine guns violently spit out dazzling tongues of fire. Wherever the dazzling tongues of flames swept, the Japanese infantrymen who were charging forward with bayonets fell one by one, falling into a pool of blood. The Japanese soldiers
They were completely unprepared for this, and were caught off guard by the brutal firepower of the defenders, and were stunned.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the more than two hundred Japanese soldiers had fallen.
