The 24 bombers that took off from the Japanese aircraft carrier rushed towards the 254th Regiment's position like a swarm of locusts. A series of huge bombs roared down, creating a crater. The smoke and dust stirred up filled the entire position, and the fire was fierce. The position was burning, and sections of fortifications were blown up.
In the bomb-proof cave, Li Youtian's big head was buzzing from the explosion. He always felt that the next bomb would fall on top of his head and kill him;
He was no stranger to melodrama. He had also been bombed by Japanese large-caliber naval guns and aircraft when he was in Hongkou, so he knew how powerful the Japanese heavy bombs were.
It is said that the ignorant are fearless, because he knows the power of Japanese bombs, so he is afraid. He is not afraid of death, he is afraid that if he dies, the old Li family will be extinct. Yes, he is now the last member of the old Li family. A single seedling.
"Goddess Guanyin bless me, the bombs will avoid me..."
"Li Youtian, does it work if you think about it like this?"
"boom!"
Another huge bomb fell on the side of the bombproof cave where they were. The shock nearly pierced everyone's eardrums. A large amount of soil also fell from the roof of the cave, turning Zhang Yin and others into gray heads. gray face;
They have one air-raid shelter per class. Although Zhang Yin curses the most, their fortifications do not cut corners. As a veteran, although he does not know whether the bomb-proof hole tube works, he knows that something is better than nothing, so The second squad's anti-gun holes were not compromised at all.
Zhang Yin is a veteran. After being bombed, he finally discovered that this anti-bomb hole is really effective. It does not mean that he can block bombs, but that it can block all shrapnel;
On the battlefield, the most soldiers died from shrapnel!
At least until now, no one in their class has died from the large amount of shrapnel produced by the explosion. This is enough.
If you are hit directly, don't think about it. The whole class can just line up and report to the Lord of Hell...
I don’t know how long it took before the Japanese plane left with satisfaction. The experienced Zhang Yin knew that there would be an overwhelming amount of artillery shells behind it. This was an old trick of the Japanese. If the sky was bombed, it would be bombed at sea, and the sea would be bombed after the land. Shangzhao, before this, there were only a few people left in a company, let alone a class;
But now, he was pleasantly surprised to find that not a single ball in his class had missed a ball, and he couldn't help but vomit again:
"Damn it, I still blamed the groundhog a little bit wrongly!"
"Monitor, do you want to be a groundhog?"
Zhang Yin blushed for a rare moment, stared at Xiao Sichuan who was unable to get off the stage, and shouted:
"Rolling ball, didn't you hear the brass whistle outside? The Japs are coming. Go out and fight the Japs. You're addicted to being a groundhog!"
After yelling, he kicked Li Youtian on the butt again, waking him up from the chanting state. This guy was a machine gunner, and the whole class's firepower depended on him.
Even though Zhang Yin led the soldiers very rudely, such veterans were really needed on the battlefield. Soldiers were all lazy. Under his roar and kicks, the ten soldiers who were with him in the second squad all rushed out of the defense. In the artillery holes, the Japanese are coming, time is of the essence.
The Japs' infantry and artillery coordination was really good. They had just rushed out of the artillery hole, and the Japs' skirmisher line had already rushed forward. They were only a few dozen steps away from their first position. If they had been a little slower, they would have been charged by the Japs. Come up.
Captain Han was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and gave the order to fire without thinking. Li Youtian's machine gun took the lead in spitting out long tongues of flame, mowing down several Japanese soldiers who were rushing at the front.
Other machine guns also began to follow, spraying rainy bullets on the group of Japanese soldiers, knocking down a large number of Japanese soldiers who were rushing in front. Other Japanese soldiers also lay down one after another, hiding behind craters and obstacles and shooting at the Kuomintang troops.
In the distance, the twelve 92-heavy machine guns of the Japanese machine gun squadron were at full fire, suppressing the firepower of the first company;
People on the position continued to be shot and fell, and others were suppressed by the Japanese machine gun fire and could not lift their heads. The Japanese infantry took the opportunity to get up and pushed forward with difficulty under the cover of machine gun fire.
The number of casualties on both sides was rising sharply. Just because the 254th Regiment had complete civil fortifications, it still took a lot of advantage in the gun battle, and the casualty ratio was slightly lower than that of the Japanese.
The Japanese troops invested in this round of attack were a large group, and there was no exploratory attack at all. The idea was to capture the position of the first battalion of the 254th Regiment in one go;
The 1st Battalion's position was laid out in a Z-shaped layout, just blocking the entrance to the town. Han Gang's 1st Company was in the center, with the 2nd Company and 3rd Company on the left and right flanks, two in front and one in the back. The machine gun battery was hidden behind the 1st Company's position.
When the Japanese heavy machine gun position was exposed, the commander of the machine gun company immediately ordered the firing. Two mortar shells flew over the head of the first company and accurately hit the Japanese machine gun position, blowing up the two machine guns and killing several people at the same time. A member of the Japanese machine gun team;
Before the Japanese machine gun unit could react, another round of shells fell, once again destroying one of the Japanese machine guns.
The machine gun company commander was afraid of being targeted by Japanese artillery. They strictly followed the instructions, dismantled the cannon and left after two rounds;
Although the Japanese machine gun positions were very tempting, he did not dare to take risks. Cannons were too precious for the Kuomintang army. One battalion only had two guns. This was still the Central Army's German weapon division. For other Kuomintang troops, a regiment had four guns. That's right, it can't be transferred to the camp.
In the Kuomintang army, artillery is more important than human life. They have helped where they should, and the rest is up to the infantry brothers themselves.
Sure enough, as soon as they withdrew from their position, the shells fired by the two Japanese infantry guns hit the original position of the machine gun company, scaring the machine gun company commander into a cold sweat. The Japanese "dwarf cannon" fired too accurately. .
The Japanese infantry artillery thought it had eliminated the Chinese artillery, and then began to use the infantry artillery to call out the machine gun firepower of the first company. After a while, they blew up a Maxim heavy machine gun and a Czech light machine gun.
The Japanese's 92 Infantry Cannon was short, powerful, and had a long range. It suppressed the machine gun fire of the Kuomintang Army so well that Li Youtian was so frightened that he did not dare to take the lead;
Without the suppression of machine gun fire, the Japs gradually gained the upper hand in the exchange of fire, and waves of Japs rushed up.
Since they couldn't fight with all their firepower, the 1st Battalion could only move them closer to fight. After the continuous sound of brass whistles, the 2nd and 3rd companies that had been protecting the front wings retreated through the traffic trenches, leaving the 1st Battalion alone exposed to the enemy's firepower. under;
Han Gang knew that the first company could not withdraw at this time, because they still had to cover the safe retreat of the second and third companies. This was a tactic that had been practiced before.
After it was estimated that the Second Company and the Third Company had established a foothold in the second position, they gave up their positions and retreated.
As soon as the Japs saw that the Kuomintang troops had withdrawn, they immediately chased after them like chickens. Soon they occupied the first Chinese position, but there was nothing on it, just criss-crossed trenches, surrounded by the Japs' Planes and artillery had long been blown to pieces;
The Japanese infantry took the opportunity to launch an attack on the second position, trying to strike while the iron was hot and seize the Chinese second position in one fell swoop, but ended up kicking the iron plate.
The six Maxim heavy machine guns (machine guns of the machine gun battery) that had been ambushed on the second line of defense opened fire wildly on the Guan Japanese, knocking down hundreds of Japanese soldiers in an instant;
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other Japanese soldiers crawled and hid in the first trench, waiting for the artillery to eliminate the Chinese machine gun positions.
After the short-bodied Japanese jumped into the trench, they discovered that they had made a mistake. The Chinese trenches were dug too deep. When they jumped in, they found that they were taller than they were. Not to mention continuing to charge, it was difficult to climb out.
At this moment, a large number of grenades were thrown from the second position, blasting the unsteady Japanese soldiers in the trench to shrieks and causing heavy casualties;
When they retracted into the trench, they discovered the longitudinal communication trench inside. They followed the communication trench and bravely launched an attack on the second position of the 1st Battalion.
The First Battalion also responded tit-for-tat, sending a large number of troops to engage in chaotic battles with the Japanese in the communication trenches. Since the communication trenches in the position were connected in all directions, like a maze, the Japanese were not familiar with the terrain, and suffered a great disadvantage in the melee. From time to time, they were familiar with the inside. A battalion of officers and soldiers in the passage made a sneak attack and suffered heavy losses.
A group of Japs sneakily approached when a Kuomintang soldier appeared behind them. It was veteran Zhang Yin. He had been hiding in a bomb-proof cave, and the Japs didn't notice him at all when they passed by;
I saw a smoking grenade in his hand. With a cruel smile on his face, he lightly threw it towards the Japanese's back, and then quickly retracted into the anti-aircraft hole.
After an explosion, several Japs were all knocked down, either dead or injured;
Zhang Yin took the opportunity to rush out and refill their guns.
At the 44th Wing headquarters, the captain who was still proud just now realized that something was wrong. After one of his brigade rushed into the Chinese position, they did not come out. There were gunshots and grenade explosions everywhere. , the two sides were obviously fighting together, and heavy firepower could not help at all. Now it became a battle between infantry, and he finally got some taste.
His face turned deathly gray and he cursed:
"Bagya Road, the Chinese are cunning and cunning!"
He is not in a hurry now. With combat experience, he knows that at this time, it is even more difficult to withdraw the troops. They are already mixed together, and retreating means death.
When the front was blocked, the best way to open up the situation was to make a detour on the flanks, so he sent the first brigade to make a detour behind the 1st Battalion. The direction he chose was exactly the hillside where the Independent Battalion was located... ..
Luo Ying: Damn, I’m easy to bully, right?
