More than a dozen artillery shells fell from the sky, only taking away the lives of less than twenty Japanese and puppet soldiers.
However, the violent explosion suppressed the offensive of the Japanese and puppet troops. Coupled with the crazy fire from four light and heavy machine guns in the machine gun bunker, more than half of the Japanese and puppet troops in the second echelon suffered casualties in a short period of time.
Finally, Ma Qingyun used a second machine gun bunker to block the third echelon of Japanese and puppet troops.
Seeing that an attack could not break through the fourth line of defense of the independent regiment, the chief of staff decisively issued a retreat order, and then transferred another battalion from the newly reinforced Imperial Army to prepare for a new round of attack. Anyway, the Imperial Army would die again.
He doesn't feel any heartache at all, as long as he doesn't die from the Imperial Army, nothing can be said about him.
Although the first round of three echelon attacks by the Japanese and puppet troops were repelled, company commander Ma Qingyun was not happy at all.
Two machine gun bunkers were destroyed, half of the light and heavy machine guns were blown up, the artillery platoon was almost wiped out, and more than half of the more than 300 soldiers were killed or injured. This was the heavy price paid by the independent regiment in less than 20 minutes of bloody battle on the fourth line of defense.
Fortunately, the Japanese army fired artillery fire on the position as soon as the attack was over, giving Ma Qingyun a lot of time to relax.
"We will definitely not be able to stop the next round of Japanese and puppet attacks. Instructor, immediately contact the garrison company behind us and try to repel this round of Japanese attacks before we retreat. If this is not possible, we can only retreat midway, but this requires the battalion commander to give us
Provide some artillery support and cover our retreat!" Ma Qingyun frowned and analyzed.
As soon as he finished speaking, the communications soldier came over holding a telephone.
As soon as he put the microphone to his ear, before Ma Qingyun could speak, Yan Song's satisfied praise came from the receiver.
"Ma Qingyun, you fought well just now. Although the casualties were heavy, you bought a lot of time."
"When the Japanese attack in the next round, if you really can't hold it, retreat. Remember to contact me in time. The regiment commander has transferred the infantry artillery company to us. With artillery support, it will be much easier to retreat. Of course, I still hope you can do it again.
If you repel the Japanese attack once, in addition to troops, I can give you all the other support!"
Hearing that the battalion commander had even made arrangements for his own retreat, Zhang Qingyun sighed and immediately replied: "Grenade and grenades, battalion commander, I need a lot of grenades and grenades. The enemy's firepower is fierce, and only by fighting them in close combat can we have a chance to defend our position."
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Soon, nearly a thousand grenades and hand grenades were delivered to the position.
A battalion of the Imperial Army was also supervised by a Japanese infantry squadron, divided into three echelons, and charged towards the position in a mighty manner.
Although the attack just now did not achieve the goal, neither Ono nor the chief of staff had any change in their expressions.
Because the troops retreated in time, only half of a squadron of the Imperial Army was lost, and the rest were all Imperial Army troops.
Neither of them cared about the lives of the Imperial Army, so the bombardment lasted less than ten minutes before the Chief of Staff started a new round of attacks. The Imperial Army also took the lead, blocking bullets for the Japanese troops behind them and serving as cannon fodder!
"Fire from the right wing machine gun bunker. Everyone fight back and kill the first echelon of Japanese and puppet troops!" Ma Qingyun ordered loudly as soon as the Japanese and puppet troops approached.
Nearly half of the 200-day puppet troops were killed when an aerial bomb fell and the machine gun bunker went silent.
Then the powerful offensive firepower of the Japanese army began to ravage the Eighth Route Army on the defense line.
After losing nearly a hundred people, the first echelon of Japanese and puppet troops were finally almost killed.
"Mount your bayonets, prepare grenades and hand grenades, and prepare to kill the second echelon of Japanese and puppet troops!" Before he could take a breath, the second echelon of Japanese and puppet troops rushed up. Although Ma Qingyun was very tired, he still shouted
shouted, placing three grenades next to him!
After successively capturing the three lines of defense of the Independent Regiment, the Japanese army also figured out the fighting style of the Independent Regiment.
In the eyes of the Japanese army, the bunker is the trump card for the independent regiment to defend the line of defense. As long as the bunker is lost, the independent regiment will lose its trump card to defend the line of defense, and then give up and rest assured.
Therefore, the second echelon of Japanese and puppet troops thought that the Eighth Route Army on the defensive line had retreated, and then they rushed forward with guns in hand and howling, hoping to be the first to rush into position.
"Throw grenades!" Nearly two hundred grenades were thrown out under Ma Qingyun's order.
The Japanese and puppet troops, who had been so confident just now, suddenly panicked.
Those who reacted quickly fell to the ground, while those who reacted slowly watched the grenade explode next to them.
The violent explosion suddenly enveloped the second echelon of puppet troops for nearly half a day.
"Bagya Road, the Eighth Route Army has not retreated yet! Where are the grenade launchers? Counterattack immediately and blow them all up with grenades!" the squad leader supervising the formation behind ordered with gritted teeth.
Grenades and grenades continued to fly out of the defense line, and then exploded among the Japanese and puppet troops.
More than a dozen grenade launchers specially reinforced by the Japanese and puppet troops were also lined up in a row, continuously firing grenades at the defense line.
Coupled with the constant rain of mortar shells on the defense line, thick smoke enveloped the defense line in less than half a minute.
Of course, the hundred or so Japanese and puppet troops who were covered by the rain of grenades also suffered heavy losses. Some people were killed and injured constantly with screams.
"Company Commander, the Japanese grenades were fired too accurately. The troops suffered heavy casualties, and they are almost running out of grenades and hand grenades!" the instructor rushed to Ma Qingyun's side with smoke in his face to remind him.
"It seems that it is impossible to repel this round of attacks!" Ma Qingyun said sadly.
Then he ordered: "Contact the battalion commander, we are about to retreat and request artillery support. As long as the infantry artillery battery fires, we will retreat!"
The third battalion headquarters had a panoramic view of the entire battlefield. In fact, Ma Qingyun didn't need to call Yan Song to realize that the company could not hold on.
Although he felt a little disappointed in his heart, he knew that Yilian had tried his best.
He frowned and ordered: "Let the infantry artillery companies disperse! Order them to fire according to the predetermined plan. One gun will fire three shells. After firing, they will retreat covertly. The speed must be fast. The Japanese plane above us is not a vegetarian.
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"Boooooooo...boom, boom, boom..." As soon as the screams of artillery shells streaking across the sky reached the ears of the Japanese army, six artillery shells hit the third echelon of Japanese and puppet troops and exploded.
Many Japanese and puppet troops who were caught off guard were blown up or killed.
"Retreat!" Ma Qingyun gave the order decisively while the Japanese army fell into temporary chaos due to the shelling.
At the same time, the Japanese Chief of Staff also issued a new combat order: "Even heavy weapons such as infantry artillery have begun to be used. General, as expected, our opponent, the Independent Regiment, has no other trump card!"
Ono nodded slightly and ordered: "Order the artillery and bombers to kill these infantry artillery!"
Because the six infantry cannons were completely dispersed and surrounded by dense forests, a few artillerymen would disappear into the woods in ten seconds at most after dragging the cannons.
In the end, only two infantry guns were blown up because they were targeted by bombers from the beginning, and the other four infantry guns were preserved.
Of course, Ma Qingyun and more than a hundred remaining soldiers also safely exited the position.
In less than five minutes, the Japanese and puppet troops who lost more than half of the second echelon rushed to the position and captured the fourth line of defense of the independent regiment.
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