"General, the bombardment has been going on for ten minutes. Thirty artillery pieces have fired nearly a thousand rounds. Can we stop it?" the chief of staff standing next to Major General Kawaguchi reminded.
Kawaguchi hesitated and decided: "The artillery stopped firing, and the two mortar squadrons that were on standby just now continued to fire, directly covering the first line of defense of the fortification group with artillery fire! Chief of Staff, you deploy one squadron of the Imperial Army and two squadrons of the Imperial Association Army.
The company will launch an attack together, and a heavy machine gun squadron will be deployed to provide fire cover. The mortar squadron will start the attack after five minutes of rapid artillery fire, striving to win the first line of defense of the fortification group in one attack!"
"Hi!"
The new regiment was in front of the enemy headquarters, and not a single move of the Japanese escaped Zhong Chenggong's eyes.
As soon as the attacking troops deployed, they reminded: "Commander, the mountain artillery that the Japanese are firing has been replaced by mortars!"
"They are definitely going to start an attack. Contact Xiao Yunshan. I want to have a phone call with him!" Wang Ping ordered with a frown.
After taking the microphone handed over by the staff officer, Wang Ping ordered before Xiao Yunshan could speak.
"Xiao Yunshan, the Japanese are about to attack. Time is running out. All you need to do is listen to my next order: for the next battle, you must follow my requirements at the combat meeting. Firepower should be allocated more heavily in the front and lighter in the rear, and troops should be allocated.
Be light on the front and heavy on the back, send the troops in your hand up in platoons to fight in turns!"
"Also, our firepower and troop strength cannot match the Japs, but I have equipped you with a sufficient number of grenades. During the battle, try to get the Japs as close as possible and use grenades and hand grenades to greet them!"
"We have trench cover, but the Japs don't. If we throw grenades at each other, ten of their grenades should be able to kill one of us. However, the Japs are completely exposed in front of the position. Even if they lie down, four or five of our grenades can still kill them.
At least one of them is our advantage!"
"Finally, I want to encourage you! The Japanese have artillery, and so do we! In addition to the ones you brought, there are now a total of eighteen mortars facing the battlefield. I will keep an eye on you and provide you with artillery support at critical moments. So.
, don’t be afraid, give me a good fight, and achieve the training goal I mentioned at the meeting!”
At this moment, Zhong Chenggong next to him suddenly reminded: "Captain, the Japanese have begun to attack!"
Wang Ping did not hesitate to speak into the microphone and directly ordered: "The Japanese attack has begun, prepare to fight!"
"Da da da……"
The Japanese and puppet troops, nearly 300 people, rushed to the front of the formation a hundred meters before the three heavy machine guns equipped by the second battalion opened fire!
"Yo Xi, we must have encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army this time. Even the heavy machine guns were used. Chief of Staff, concentrate your firepower and kill the exposed heavy machine gun fire points of the Eighth Route Army!" Major General Jizi Kawaguchi smiled instead of angry and ordered with great confidence.
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“Boom, boom, boom… da da da…”
Mortars and heavy machine guns were agreed upon, and they were to shoot at the three firepower points of the Second Battalion.
Within a few seconds, three heavy machine guns misfired one after another.
But not long after, the three heavy machine guns fired again, and the positions of the heavy machine guns were also moved. Five or six light machine guns also fired together!
A sudden hail of bullets wiped out more than twenty Japanese and puppet troops in an instant.
The remaining Japanese and puppet troops were not afraid. The one holding the machine gun asked the machine gunner to lie down on the ground, put the machine gun on the ground and set fire to the battlefield.
Under the cover of machine guns, the Japanese with rifles were not afraid and continued to rush forward. However, when charging, they became more vigilant and bent deeper, constantly changing various tactical movements to avoid incoming bullets.
The enemy's offensive firepower was so intense that even though the machine guns hidden in the fortifications kept changing their positions, in just one minute of exchange of fire, the machine gunners still fired nearly two rounds.
Bodies and wounded were constantly being carried off the positions by the logistics troops and sent to the rear through the communication trenches.
"On the second row, take down the first row. Up there is a team of machine gunners!" Xiao Yunshan, who was half-crouching in the trench, ordered decisively.
After replacing three infantry platoons in succession, the Japanese and puppet troops finally reached a position thirty or forty meters in front of the position!
Without Xiao Yunshan's orders, more than thirty grenades with white smoke were thrown out of the trench. Before the explosion sounded, the second round of grenades flew out.
After hitting three rounds of grenades in a row, switch to grenades and continue hitting the front of the position!
The Japanese who rushed here certainly didn't want to be blocked by the rain of grenades, staring at the bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army and being beaten passively.
As long as they rush forward a few meters, they can smash the grenades into the Eighth Route Army's blocking position.
Therefore, even though grenades kept exploding in front of them, sending up large amounts of black smoke, fireballs, and gravel, the Japanese still rushed forward desperately, and then threw the grenades in their hands.
Grenades and hand grenades came and went, constantly exploding in the opponent's position.
Xiao Yunshan's eyes were fixed on the battlefield from beginning to end.
Even though I had been mentally prepared, the battlefield was still more brutal than I imagined.
On the battlefield, troops not only had to face bullets fired by Japanese attacking troops and grenades thrown over them, but they also had to guard against artillery shells falling from the sky and special grenades from grenades.
Almost every minute, several soldiers would fall on the position.
Seeing that there were already Japanese soldiers on the battlefield who were intercepting grenades, Xiao Yunshan gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision.
"The guard platoon is ready, and the entire battalion's cadres equipped with pistols and submachine guns are also ready. Once the Japanese rush up, get them all and kill them with submachine guns and pistols!"
"After such a long period of consumption, their troops must be running out. They must pay the price for killing so many soldiers of our Second Battalion!"
After saying that, Xiao Yunshan picked up a submachine gun from his side, loaded the bullets, and prepared to rush to the position!
"Warriors, there are not many Eighth Route Army troops in the position anymore. Kill them, occupy the position, and kill them!" The squadron leader who followed the troops in the attack was also frightened by the heavy casualties of his men, and was very heartbroken.
However, facing the Eighth Route Army positions so close at hand, the heartache expression on his face turned into hatred.
He waved his command sword forward and rushed forward along with dozens of subordinates.
"Kill..." Seventy or eighty Japanese soldiers, some holding rifles and some holding submachine guns, rushed towards the trench like crazy.
"Da da da……"
When they saw that they could jump into the trench with a single leap, and planned to stab the remaining Eighth Route Army soldiers in the trench to end their opponents' lives, a series of gunshots suddenly reached their ears.
Several Japs who were ready to stab were stunned for a moment, and several bloody holes appeared in their chests. Then they fell to the ground with unwilling expressions on their faces and died at the last moment.
