However, the explosion point of the Japanese grenade is getting closer and closer. This is a situation that will not give up until these damn Chinese artillery are eliminated.
You must know that the Japanese army is at a high place. They have already known the position of the mortars through flares before, and can basically judge the retreat position of these Chinese artillery. Moreover, the two Japanese grenade launchers are also very experienced, and they can use it just like plowing a field.
Grenades were used to check the position of the opponent's artillery.
At this time, the Japanese flares were also deliberately fired towards the position of Lao Cannon and the others. Lao Cannon and the others all hid behind the fairly wide stone wall and did not dare to move any further. Who knows how many there were in this direction?
A gun is aimed.
They could only pray that the Japs' grenades would not fall directly behind the stone wall. With their current state of being huddled together, just one grenade could kill them all.
Seeing that the explosion point of the little devil's grenade was getting closer and closer to the stone wall, the flames of the explosion had continuously illuminated the figures of several people, and the Japanese bullets also began to greet them, hitting the stone wall with a popping sound. The old gun barrel knew that they were
It has been discovered by the Japanese army.
At this moment, a grenade landed on the other side of the stone wall. The shock of the explosion made a soldier hiding on the outermost edge unsteady and fall backwards. In just such a moment, his back was accidentally exposed.
He was hit by a few bullets, and he lay on the ground without even making a sound, seeing that he was hopeless.
The old gun barrel looked calm at this time. He couldn't escape anyway. At least he killed a few little Japs today, which was enough for him.
So he didn't show much sadness when he saw his men being hit by bullets. Although the gunner was his favorite disciple, he knew that they would meet soon, and it would be a matter of time before the kid's grenade hit the stone wall.
On the other side, the soldiers of the 1st company attacking the mountain and the 2nd company coming up as reinforcements had taken advantage of the minute when the Japanese heavy machine guns stopped firing and quickly advanced more than ten meters. They were only sixty or seventy meters away from the top of the mountain.
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They all know that now is the most critical moment, and it is also the best opportunity for the old gun barrel to risk his life for them.
The soldiers are all red-eyed now. Seeing that the top of the mountain is right in front of them, everyone has only one belief, that is, to climb up. As long as they advance another 20 meters, they will reach the throwing distance of grenades.
The only four Czech-style light machine guns in the two companies continued to spray bullets towards the top of the mountain without hesitation. They did not want to kill many enemies, but only wanted to suppress part of the Japanese firepower so that the comrades who were rushing forward without hesitation could take another step forward.
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However, this short distance of 20 meters turned into an out-and-out death passage. Chinese soldiers fell down one by one in the light of the fire, and others kept climbing up. Blood continued to spatter on the surrounding stones.
flowing on the bodies and feet of the soldiers.
At this time, the frontline troops had thrown away all their grenades. Even if they reached a suitable distance, they had no grenades to launch an attack, but still no one retreated.
At this time, the stubbornness and bloody spirit of the man from the northwest were completely inspired by the falling comrades and the nearby mountaintop.
Now I have to fill this short distance even if I take my own life, use my flesh and blood to break out a way, and let the brothers behind me finish the battle.
At this time, Captain Ozawa Yushi's life was not easy. Although the two shells from the old cannon did not hit the heavy machine gun position, the damage caused was still fatal.
Just because the caliber of the mortars equipped by the Chinese is 82 mm, that is to say, the power of the 3.7 kg shell is far more powerful than the 0.7 kg grenade of the Japanese grenade.
I don't need to hit it too accurately, as long as it's not too far off.
Two 82mm mortar shells with a killing radius of 15 meters, even if they exploded a few meters away from the heavy machine guns, they still completely disabled the Japanese heavy machine guns.
One of the Maxim heavy machine guns not only suffered serious injuries to the gunner and deputy, but also had a fragment less than 1 centimeter long cut into the barrel. If it was fired again, the barrel would explode, making it completely useless.
Some people would say, wouldn’t it be enough to just replace the barrel?
Please remember that the Maxim heavy machine gun is water-cooled, and cooling relies on a thick water-filled cooling cylinder, which is generally not equipped with a barrel.
The situation of the other 92 heavy machine gun was not much better. Three Japanese soldiers on the position were directly killed, and the machine gun mount was damaged by the shell. It could not be repaired without spending dozens of minutes.
In other words, the old artillery barrel destroyed three Japanese heavy machine guns with four rounds. This achievement belongs to the ranks of master artillerymen even if placed in the second detachment of the mercenary regiment. Of course, compared to a perverted artillery king like Xu Dacheng,
That's even worse.
Now Yushi Ozawa really regrets his reckless move of sending Yuya Katase's team, because after his three heavy machine guns lost their combat effectiveness, his shortcomings of insufficient firepower were completely exposed.
When the Chinese army desperately attacked upwards, the only two light machine guns and dozens of rifles were unable to block all the mountain passes. Seeing that the Chinese army was getting closer and closer to the top of the mountain, he had to use the last shot he had been holding back.
A heavy machine gun, that is, a Maxim heavy machine gun placed on the last line of defense.
The Maxim heavy machine guns on the Heizui Mountain position benefited from the gifts from the deserters of the Northeast Army. Even if they decided to abandon such a dangerous position and escape, they did not think of destroying the weapons left behind, and they also left thousands of them behind.
7.9mm bullets.
At the same time, Yushi Ozawa also made the two grenade launchers that had been staring at the old gun barrels change their targets and began to bombard the Chinese attacking infantry, which was a greater threat.
It was this decision that allowed the old gun barrels and the others, who had closed their eyes and waited for death, to escape.
However, when the last heavy machine gun of the Japanese army fired, the situation of the mountain attacking troops was not good.
The closer the distance, the larger the blockage area of the heavy machine gun, especially the water-cooled heavy machine gun. As long as there is enough cooling water, the shooting of the heavy machine gun will not stop.
In just one minute after the heavy machine gun opened fire, more than 10 soldiers from the 1st company and 1st platoon, who had advanced to a distance of 40 meters from the top of the mountain, fell, including their platoon leader Scar.
Battalion Commander Liu, who was standing at the foot of the mountain and commanding, saw that victory was in sight, but he was poured a basin of ice water on his head by the flames of the Japanese heavy machine gun, and he was so anxious that he was sweating.
Looking at the attacking troops who were once again suppressed by the Japanese and unable to move on the mountainside, he could only place all his hopes on the old gun barrel, because he saw with his own eyes how accurate the old gun barrel's artillery skills were today. He only needed to kill the Japanese
After the last heavy machine gun is destroyed, it won't be a problem to capture Heizui Mountain.