Soldiers around the shell explosion site were not so lucky.
An infantry artillery emplacement and two machine gun groups were directly bombed. A total of seven or eight soldiers fell to this round of shelling.
Fortunately, Xiong Changhe reacted quickly. As soon as he got up from the ground, he shouted: "Retreat, retreat immediately!"
"Where are our mortars? Counterattack immediately and kill the Japanese mortars. At the very least, we can't let them continue to attack our infantry!"
Xiong Changhe, who finally retreated, found out painfully that he had lost two squads of troops in just a few minutes, accounting for a full 30% of the total troops at hand.
At this time, two platoon leaders came over.
The two people's faces no longer had the arrogance at the beginning, but looked serious.
Everyone looked at Xiong Changhe with a worried expression.
"Company commander, how should we fight next? Why can the commander defeat the Japanese with the same method, but we can't!"
Xiong Changhe finally calmed down at this time. Looking at the expressions of disappointment and loss on the faces of his subordinates around him, he felt very guilty in his heart.
After a long sigh, he replied: "That's because we don't understand our opponent, and the Japanese were also frightened. We will definitely not make the same mistake twice!"
"The leader is right, we are too arrogant! We just won a few battles and our tails are raised to the sky. We don't take the Japanese in our eyes at all!"
"Then how should we fight next?" The two platoon leaders also lowered their arrogant heads and asked with worried faces.
"The regiment leader should be arriving soon. I'll go to the regiment leader to admit my mistake. He will definitely have a way to deal with the Japanese in the stronghold!" Xiong Changhe said with determination, the initial arrogance no longer visible on his face.
Everyone needs to grow, especially generals.
Therefore, after Xiong Changhe admitted his mistake, Wang Ping did not say a word to him, but directly asked: "Can the troops continue to fight?"
"Yes! It's just that the little Japs are too cunning. No matter how hard we hit them, they won't be fooled. Moreover, they have such powerful firepower that they all huddle inside the turret, making the entire turret look like a fire hedgehog. We can't get close to them at all!"
"The fire hedgehog also has a way to deal with them!" Wang Ping answered with certainty.
"It just takes a little longer! Chen Dong, "You will command the mortars. Make sure that the mortars in the hands of the Japanese have no chance to fire on our infantry. You will have completed the mission!"
"I'll take command of the infantry artillery. I don't know if the light and heavy machine guns are within the range. I'll knock down the Japanese gun towers first!"
Then he reminded Xiong Changhe: "You were too impulsive just now. You let the infantry artillery mount from the beginning, and you also set the artillery directly under the noses of the Japanese. Wouldn't that invite Japanese artillery and heavy machine guns to attack!"
"One of the keys to defeating the Japs on the battlefield is to use our advantages to overcome the Japs' weaknesses as much as possible!"
"As long as the Japanese mortars are held back and the infantry artillery mounts are raised, the Japanese can only be beaten passively in the face of our infantry artillery attacks. At worst, a few more shells will be wasted. Also, when the Japanese are really cornered, they say
They may break out of the stronghold and hit us with a counterattack. So, you lead a company to set up defenses in front of the artillery position. If the Japanese really break out of the stronghold, just kill them with firepower. It's easy to let them out, but hard to get back!"
"Boom..." The infantry artillery fired again, and all two shells missed and exploded in the open space of the stronghold.
But even so, the powerful power still killed and injured several Japanese and puppet soldiers.
"Captain, Tubal Road moved the infantry artillery three to four hundred meters back. The machine guns in our hands cannot hit them!" A second lieutenant reported from a shooting hole on the third floor of the gun tower with a worried look on his face.
"Where are the mortars? Order the artillery squad to counterattack. Even if they can't destroy the infantry cannon, they will blow up the people who control the infantry cannon!" the squadron leader ordered with a stern face.
The deputy captain immediately stood up and reminded: "The mortar team is held back! There is no way to fight back!"
"The Eighth Route Army also has mortars, which have been keeping an eye on our artillery team. Now the two sides are shooting at each other, and there is no way they can reinforce us!"
"Boom boom..." At this time, two more explosions reached the squadron leader's ears.
This time, a shell directly hit the first floor of the turret and exploded near the ground.
The masonry structure could not withstand the explosion, and a half-meter-sized hole was directly blown out.
The squadron leader's face became even more serious, but before he could speak, the deputy captain had already shouted: "It's too dangerous here. The turret may be blown down at any time. Protect the squadron leader and leave here immediately!"
After saying that, without waiting for the squadron leader's refusal, he directed the two guards to carry the squadron leader outside.
As soon as their front legs left the turret, explosions sounded immediately behind them, along with the screams of soldiers.
"Captain, a big hole was blown up on the second floor, and one machine gun crew and three riflemen were lost!" As soon as the squadron leader stopped, a second lieutenant rushed over and reported, with blood still flowing from his forehead.
"We can't stay in the turret any longer!" the squadron leader made the decision immediately.
"Everyone leaves the turrets and enters the ground position to defend. Evacuate immediately, hurry up!"
From the beginning to the end, the squadron leader never thought of taking the initiative and using infantry to kill the two infantry guns of the new regiment.
Originally, he dismissed the strength of the New Regiment reported by the brigade headquarters, believing that the brigade headquarters had exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the New Regiment.
However, Xiong Changhe's strong attack made him realize that the brigade headquarters had not exaggerated at all.
When the new regiment has a large amount of machine gun firepower, a rash attack will not only fail to kill the two infantry cannons, but the attacking troops will also suffer heavy losses and may not be able to come back.
After the two infantry guns fired consecutive shells, the nearly ten-meter-high turret finally collapsed in the explosion and turned into a pile of ruins.
"Without the gun towers, the Japanese will have no height advantage when attacking us. As long as everyone hides well, the Japanese will not be able to do anything to us!" Wang Ping analyzed with a serious look on his face.
Then he ordered: "The troops press forward and surround the stronghold first!"
The Japanese and puppet troops, more than 500 people, arranged two lines of defense with the stronghold as the center, waiting for Wang Ping to attack.
As soon as they reached the stronghold two hundred meters away, the Japanese machine guns hidden in the defense line opened fire.
"Captain, the enemy's firepower is too strong, we can't rush through at all!" Xiong Changhe frowned and reminded.
"It seems that a strong attack is unavoidable tonight!" Wang Ping frowned and judged.
"Push the infantry artillery up to me, cover it with machine guns, and let me blast one firepower point after another. I want to see whether it is our artillery shells that are more powerful, or the Japanese flesh and blood!"
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