At the Independent Battalion position, Captain Matsuo and dozens of Japanese soldiers had already chased him deep into the Third Company, while Li Zhao and his platoon chased them into a three-story warehouse;
This warehouse used to be a transshipment warehouse for a foreign company. The upper structure is made of reinforced concrete. It is one of the few buildings nearby that has not been destroyed by Japanese artillery fire. The windows on the upper floor have been transformed into shooting positions by the Third Company.
Almost all the surrounding houses were destroyed, and the shooting range was good. When Captain Matsuo led the main force of the squadron to catch up here, he understood the intention of the Chinese;
Naturally, the Japanese will not be blocked by a building from attacking. In his opinion, as long as the infantry artillery behind them can catch up, there is no problem in taking down the building in front of them.
When the third company commander Li Zhao saw the Japs chasing after him, a smile appeared on his face, and he ordered the machine gunners to fire at the ruins where the Japs were hiding to provoke the Japs;
Sure enough, the Japanese fought back, and the two sides fought around the building, causing casualties on both sides.
Ning Tieniu found an excellent sniper position on the roof of the building. It was the commanding height within a few hundred meters. The effect of one of his rifles was no weaker than that of a Japanese heavy machine gun.
Captain Matsuo was not in a hurry to launch an attack on his warehouse building. He was waiting for the arrival of the powerful infantry cannon;
Ten minutes later, the Japanese infantry artillery arrived, and Captain Matsuo could finally feel proud. He pointed at a Chinese machine gun fire point and ordered loudly:
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
With the "boom" of the Japanese infantry cannon, a 70mm shell came from the Chinese machine gun fire, and the shell accurately hit the position of the machine gun;
This shell was fired very accurately. It hit immediately after the first launch. The main and secondary gunners of the machine gun were shot and fell in a pool of blood. The machine gun fire was misfired.
Li Zhao saw that the Japanese infantry artillery was too powerful, so he ordered the machine gun fire to temporarily stop firing, let the Japanese infantry get closer, and then used grenades to kill the Japanese;
As soon as Li Zhao gave the order, the firepower in the warehouse weakened instantly, inducing the Japanese to attack the building and eliminate the Japanese in close combat and melee.
Seeing that his own firepower had suppressed the defenders, Matsuo waved his hand and ordered the infantry to charge. Machine guns and infantry artillery provided fire support from a distance.
Under the leadership of the Japanese squad leader, more than 40 Japanese soldiers formed a skirmish formation and moved toward the warehouse door;
At the beginning, the Japs were still cautious, and as they were about to rush downstairs, the team leader excitedly waved his command knife and ordered everyone to speed up and rush into the warehouse.
Seeing that victory was in sight, the Japanese screamed and rushed inside. Suddenly, the team leader found a large number of stone-like objects thrown from upstairs. He turned pale with fright and shouted:
"Enemy attack!"
More than thirty grenades fell from the sky and exploded among the Japs. The flying shrapnel instantly knocked down the dozen Japs rushing in front;
Others were so frightened that they lay on the ground. Before they could catch their breath, another round of grenades rained down from the sky...
Although the effect of this round of explosions was not as good as the first round, it still killed and injured seven or eight Japanese soldiers. Half of the more than 40 Japanese soldiers were killed or injured at once, and the rest were also rolled back after being blown up. run.
As soon as the Japanese second lieutenant got up from the ground, a bullet flew from the roof and accurately hit the back of his head, cutting off half of his big head.
After Ning Tieniu killed the Jaap squad leader, he immediately changed his sniper position. As soon as he retracted his head, a 6.5mm bullet hit his position;
Ning Tieniu's first reaction was that he met his colleagues. There were also sharpshooters among the Japanese, which made him even more cautious.
The Japanese's machine guns and infantry artillery fired again. Since the soldiers of the third company and one platoon huddled under the windows when throwing grenades, the Japanese's retaliatory shooting did not cause many casualties to the first platoon.
It was just that the Japanese infantry artillery shells exploded after being shot into the window, and the shrapnel injured two soldiers. There was really no good way for the third company to take the Japanese infantry artillery, as it was too far away and could not be reached.
After the Japanese infantry retreated a hundred meters away, Captain Matsuo looked at his soldiers who were missing more than half and cursed angrily:
"Bagya Road, the Chinese are cunning and cunning!"
He roughly counted the remaining people, and his face became very ugly. In addition, there were only 35 people left in the squadron headquarters;
Even the high-altitude team that had detoured had only about 80 people left at most. The key high-altitude team was also fighting fiercely with the Chinese, and there was no way there would be no casualties.
The more Captain Matsuo thought about it, the more frightened he became. Most of his squadron had suffered casualties, and their results were limited. The Chinese relied on the favorable terrain of the building, and the 35 people around him simply could not attack the building guarded by the Chinese;
He found that he had made an unforgivable mistake and should not have allowed the Gaoshan team to take a detour. Now that the troops were scattered, they were likely to be defeated by the Chinese.
After understanding this, he asked the bugler to blow the rally call and notify the Alpine team to move closer to them. They should unite their forces first and then make a long-term plan;
They attacked too deep and lost contact with the friendly forces on both flanks. Now they were a lonely force and very dangerous.
What Matsuo didn't know was that the Alpine Team was not in good condition either. During their roundabout, they were blocked by three companies and two platoons, and suffered more than a dozen casualties;
Later, we fought with the second platoon several times. Although there were only three or five casualties in one battle, the cumulative number of casualties increased, and now the casualties were nearly half.
When Second Lieutenant Gao Shan heard the sound of the squadron's assembly call, he took turns covering the battle with the second platoon and quickly moved closer to the main force of the squadron. At this time, he did not know that the main force of the squadron was not much better.
The second platoon saw the Japanese taking cover alternately and retreated, and also pursued them, but they kept a certain distance and only bit them from a distance.
The Alpine Squadron moved closer to the main force of the squadron while fighting, and it took nearly half an hour to finally meet up with Captain Matsuo.
When Captain Matsuo saw that there were only about thirty people left in the Alpine team, his face became even more ugly.
After attacking for half a day, his 180-man squadron plus an infantry artillery detachment consisted of nearly 200 men, leaving only 68 men, and there were also many lightly wounded;
The troops were severely weakened and thought of retreating.
But he was not willing to retreat like this. He judged that there were only thirty or forty Chinese in the building opposite. They still had 68 people. Their strength and firepower were superior. There was no chance of taking them down in one go.
He still sought Second Lieutenant Gao Shan’s opinion and said:
"Gao Shanjun, I judge that there are still many Chinese troops around. If we turn in now, we may be pursued by the Chinese from multiple directions. When we retreat, there will not be a few left;
It's better to capture the building opposite in one go, then hold on to this building to attract the Chinese troops, and implement the central bloom tactic, what do you think? "
Second Lieutenant Gao Shan thought for a moment and then said:
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, I agree with your opinion. The Chinese people we are fighting against are around us;
They are familiar with the terrain. Once we retreat, they will definitely pursue us, which will cause a lot of casualties to the imperial army.
As long as we capture the building opposite, we can turn from passive to active, and we can hold on until reinforcements arrive. "
Seeing that Lieutenant Takayama agreed with him, Captain Matsuo made up his mind and left a detachment to guard the flanks. The main force continued to attack the building occupied by the Chinese. This time they were much more cautious;
Machine gun fire kept suppressing the Chinese's window shooting position, while the infantry launched attacks from the front and left, trying to capture the building guarded by the Second Company in one fell swoop.
The fierce battle around the building continued, and at the independent battalion headquarters, Luo Ying finally issued the order to attack. The first and second companies, which had been recuperating before, began to implement tactical insertion missions, leaving little time for the Matsuo Squadron. .
Captain Matsuo seemed to be aware of this, so they launched a very determined attack, and the grenades of Li Zhao and others were almost exhausted, and they could only hit the enemy's attack.
"Warriors, His Majesty the Emperor needs your loyalty and bravery. Rush over and kill all the Chinese people. Kill the chickens and give them to you!"
After simple preparations, Captain Matsuo issued the general attack order.
