Six anti-aircraft machine guns suddenly fired, and the powerful lethality instantly frightened the Japanese commander.
Wherever the bullet goes, death follows.
Especially for the soldiers at the front, when the bullet penetrated the body from the chest, the wound was as big as a fist, and the flesh and blood were blurred. When it flew out from the back, the wound increased to the size of a bowl.
The internal organs in the stomach have been smashed by the bullets, red and white things are mixed together, and gush out from the wounds like a fountain. It is too horrible to see...
In just a few seconds, a small group of imperial troops was defeated.
The captain was stunned, but he quickly reacted, waved his command knife, and roared with anger.
"The artillery immediately counterattacked and destroyed these anti-aircraft machine guns. They are so powerful that they are simply the nemesis of the infantry."
"The offensive troops continued to attack the mountains and captured Laohu Ridge."
As soon as the order came out, the sound of "dong dong..." that made him feel a little scared stopped. Immediately afterwards, the booming sound of artillery also sounded behind him. The artillery shells passed over the head and the battlefield, accurately hitting the empty position just now.
Seeing black smoke rising from the anti-aircraft machine gun position just now, the regiment leader's tense nerves relaxed a lot and he turned his attention to the battlefield again.
But the heavy expression on his face did not relax.
Although the anti-aircraft machine guns ceased firing, the lethality just exposed was too great.
In less than half a minute of rapid firepower, more than a hundred attacking troops fell.
The commander's right hand holding the command knife tightened, and then slowly began to tremble. He stared at the battlefield and continued to roar: "Attack, I will kill all the Eighth Route Army on Laohu Ridge and avenge the warriors who died just now...
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This time the attacking troops were not attacked again and rushed all the way to the position 40 meters in front of the formation.
The captain knew that the most critical moment of this attack had arrived.
He had fought against the Eighth Route Army more than once or twice, and he knew the opponent's fighting style very well.
Poor equipment and insufficient ammunition, the Eighth Route Army often made up for these disadvantages by fighting hand to hand.
Therefore, when fighting against the Eighth Route Army, most of the battles ended in hand-to-hand combat.
The commander of the regiment was not worried at all about the hand-to-hand combat that might break out today. In order to win this battle, he prepared four infantry squadrons.
Although the rapid firepower of the anti-aircraft machine guns killed more than a hundred people, there were still more than three squadrons on the battlefield. Even if the Eighth Route Army dispatched a regiment to fight the attacking troops with bayonets, they would not suffer a loss.
Moreover, there is a fully-equipped infantry brigade behind him, which can reinforce the battlefield at any time and become the most fatal blow to kill the Eighth Route Army.
"Boom boom boom..."
Hundreds of grenades and hand grenades flew out from the mountains, landed among the attacking troops and exploded. The rising black smoke quickly enveloped more than a hundred soldiers.
The explosions were too dense, and there were many grenades exploding in the air. They were definitely in danger.
The captain had a serious face and a calm expression.
This loss must be paid by the attacking troops. Only by rushing through the grenade rain to intercept, the attacking troops without terrain advantages can smash the grenades into the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, retaliate in kind, and then engage the remaining Eighth Route Army in close combat and end the battle with bayonets.
Of course, when breaking through the rain of grenades, the Japanese were not completely passive.
The grenade launcher half-crouched on the ground and fired grenades towards the mountains at the fastest rate of fire to reduce the pressure on the attacking troops.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers broke through the rain of grenades and fought their way to a position thirty meters in front of the position. They used all their strength to throw out the grenades they had been holding.
Explosions soon sounded on the battlefield, and more and more grenades were smashed into the trenches by the Japanese. In the violent explosion, one soldier after another was blown out of the trenches.
"Kill... follow me to kill the Japanese..." Huang Quan, the first battalion commander, shouted with a rifle in his hand.
No longer hiding, he climbed up from the trench, raised his rifle and launched a counterattack against the Japanese.
"Kill me..." The little devil was not willing to lag behind, he screamed and rushed forward to meet him.
When many little Japs saw the Eighth Route Army rushing out of their positions to fight them with bayonets, a smile appeared on their lips.
In their eyes, they have never encountered a Chinese army on the Chinese battlefield that can defeat them with bayonets.
Therefore, if you fight with a bayonet, you will win.
When the Japanese army attacked the position, the corners of the captain's mouth slightly raised, revealing a long-lost smile.
There were still more than 500 imperial troops on the position, and the Eighth Route Army that rushed out only had more than 600 people, so they did not have much strength advantage.
As long as the Eighth Route Army has no troops to enter the battlefield again, this hand-to-hand battle will be won by itself. This is the judgment made by the commander based on the combat effectiveness displayed by the Eighth Route Army in the past few days.
He did not expect that the Eighth Route Army he encountered in the past few days were all newly expanded units in the base area. Although the equipment levels were similar, there were too few veterans and their combat effectiveness was obviously weak.
The Eighth Route Army we met today are all old troops from the base area, with strong combat effectiveness and tough style.
Coupled with the cooperation of a large number of automatic pistols equipped by the mobile battalion of the garrison, on the chaotic battlefield, not only were they not suppressed and beaten by the Japanese with the bayonet formations they were good at, but they were also able to suppress the Japanese and fight...
Because the hand-to-hand combat had just begun, it was too chaotic for more than a thousand people to fight together, and the commander of the unit had not yet noticed these subtle changes.
Of course, he had no chance to see these changes.
Two kilometers away, Commander Chen saw the enemy and our troops fighting together at Laohuling and began to issue orders: "Chief of Staff, give the signal and the troops will begin to attack..."
"Woo woo woo... bang bang bang..."
Three signal bombs took off and exploded, visible for several kilometers.
The captain also saw it and raised his head with a look of doubt on his face.
Before he had time to speak, "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... (Hide, protect the captain..." a series of voices rang in my ears.
The two nearest personal guards rushed towards him and pressed him to the ground like a stack of arhats.
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosion sounded at the same time, and a shell was very close to them. The hot air wave swept towards them like wind. The exposed face felt as if it had been roasted on the fire. It was hot and very uncomfortable.
Then came the shock wave, which made the commander's ears buzz.
My stomach was churning and I felt uncomfortable, my head was dizzy, and I almost fainted.
"It's a heavy mortar. The Eighth Route Army has assembled at least twenty heavy mortars to attack us. It's too dangerous here and we must move immediately!" the artillery staff shouted with fear.
"The protection captain is transferred..." the guard captain shouted anxiously.
There were too many artillery shells, raining down on them. It was not easy to move amid such fierce artillery fire.
"There is a ravine ahead. Protect the captain there first!" The guard captain pointed to a ravine dozens of meters away and shouted, as if he had discovered a new world.
After finally settling down, the troop assembly area was completely shrouded in smoke, and fireballs kept rising in the smoke.
