At the end of Zhongshan Village, everything was peaceful.
Seeing that the first two squadrons did not encounter any obstruction, they successfully entered Zhongshan Village.
The Japanese captain Matsuda, who had been always on tenterhooks, let out a long sigh of relief.
The war was urgent and Matsuda was not allowed to think too much.
If it were normal, he should be able to think of it.
Since the Eighth Route Army had ambushes on both wings in advance, how could they leave this village that could be used as a fortification to their little devils?
The battle at the head of the village started suddenly, just after the leading two squadrons of the Japanese army entered the village.
Chen Quan's deployment tactics are very simple.
The soldiers relied on the houses, courtyard walls, tunnels, and tunnels in the villages to fight curtain and tunnel battles with the Japanese.
At the head of the village, Shenquan had already set a trap.
Half of the second battalion was lurking in the tunnels, tunnels, houses, and ditches hidden in the village head area.
The soldiers' fighting method was very simple. After getting close, they would attack with firepower from a distance, and use covert and light weapons to completely entangle the Japs from the first two squadrons in the village head area.
Warriors are specially equipped with weapons that can burst out in close combat.
For example, Jin made submachine guns.
For example, there are shotguns originally produced by the Independent Regiment Armory, and there are also pump-action shotguns obtained from John.
Shell guns, concealed light and heavy machine guns, rifle grenades, etc.
With these equipment, which are especially suitable for close combat, in hand, when the battle suddenly broke out, the Japs from the first two squadrons who entered immediately felt the pain.
One after another, bullets hidden in the dark suddenly shot over like raindrops, and the little devil who was caught off guard had no time to dodge.
The sneak attacks from several shotguns were like splashing ink, and there was no way to dodge them within twenty meters.
The gunfire at the head of the village suddenly became one, erupting from various local areas.
The lives of the two squadrons of Japanese soldiers who entered the village were being harvested like leeks.
As for the Japanese troops outside the village who had not yet entered the village and were retreating while fighting back, they were obscured by the buildings at the head of the village. They did not know the specific situation inside. They only heard fierce gunfire in the area at the head of the village.
Matsuda's face looked horribly ugly, and he knew he had been fooled again.
There is indeed a trap set in advance by the cunning Eighth Route Army in this village.
This area of the terrain is open, and except for the Zhongshan Village in front of you, there is no other place that can be used as a solid fortification.
The firepower of the Eighth Route Army troops fighting in the tunnels on both wings was too fierce.
Matsuda had no choice. After realizing that there was an ambush by the Eighth Route Army at the end of the village, Matsuda immediately gave an order:
"Attack the village with all your strength and occupy the village quickly!"
Matsuda had a good idea, since the Eighth Route Army had troops setting up an ambush at the head of the village in advance.
All he had to do was use his strategy to seize the position at the head of the village, and then rely on the village to fight back against the Eighth Route Army troops outside the village.
"fire!"
Boom——
In the process of retreating in a hurry, the Japanese army still did not give up sharp weapons like artillery.
These artillery pieces are not only a drag during evacuation, they are also the most powerful firepower during combat.
In the area at the head of the village, the two Japanese squadrons that entered first were entangled with the Eighth Route Army troops.
The Japanese soldier Matsuda was so angry that he was afraid of accidental injury, but he could not order the shelling of the area at the head of the village.
Therefore, we could only point the muzzle at the Eighth Route Army troops in the tunnels on both sides of the village.
The power of more than a dozen artillery pieces was quite astonishing, and the tunnels on the left and right wings were suddenly plunged into a sea of cannons.
Fortunately, the soldiers were well prepared and had completed the tunnels on both wings.
In order to avoid shock wave damage caused by the explosion of artillery shells falling into the tunnel, fortifications composed of multiple V-shaped trenches were dug as much as possible.
There is a simple anti-gun fortification in the tunnel - Maoer hole.
This is a required course for the independent regiment to train soldiers on how to dig trench fortifications since the end of the Lijiapo battle.
Kong Jie clearly stipulates this:
Whenever there is sufficient time, trench fortifications should be built in advance.
The combat performance that the fortifications constructed must be diversified. It must not only be able to defend against the enemy's frontal fire assault, but also must have certain anti-artillery capabilities.
Just like the tunnel fortifications on both sides.
A round of Japanese artillery fire came down. Because of the tunnel defense, the casualties caused to the Eighth Route Army on both wings were extremely limited.
Matsuda, who ordered the artillery fire from the opposite side, also discovered the situation and a round of artillery shells fell.
In the tunnels on both wings, the Eighth Route Army's firepower only stagnated slightly.
After the smoke from the artillery shells dissipated, the Eighth Route Army's firepower poured in again, without any intention of weakening it.
Matsuda was confused and ordered to continue firing.
At this moment, the most powerful counterattack he could do against the Eighth Route Army was the dozen or so artillery pieces in front of him.
He intended to use the artillery squadron's artillery attack to suppress the firepower of the Eighth Route Army in the tunnels on both wings, thereby covering the main force of the brigade to quickly enter Zhongshan Village and seize the front fortifications of Zhongshan Village.
But how can the truth be so simple?
Just after Matsuda gave the order, more than a dozen Japanese artillery pieces were preparing for a new round of bombardment.
The ten M2-60 mortars ordered by Shen Quan finally showed their edge.
With the help of the previous Japanese artillery strikes, the Japanese artillery positions had been completely exposed. In addition, they stayed in place and carried out fire strikes on the fortifications on both wings.
The Japanese artillery position is not in a moving state, which is a perfect target.
The forward artillery observation post relayed news from the Japanese artillery positions.
Ten 60 mortars quickly calibrated their shooting at Zhu Yuan and then opened fire on Shen Quan's order.
Boom——
Ten 60 mortars showed considerable power, and the shells exploded in the artillery position area behind the Japanese.
Shen Quan, who directed the artillery fire, saw the results of this round of artillery fire through the telescope. While applauding, he felt distressed in his heart:
What a good artillery. It will be destroyed soon, but be sure not to cause too much damage!
If conditions didn't allow it, Shen Quan would have even wanted to disarm the dozens of artillery pieces without firing them.
Of course, the actual situation is that that is basically impossible.
The little devil is not stupid. If you don't blow up his artillery, he will use his artillery to blast you.
In order to prevent the artillery from being captured by the Eighth Route Army, the little devils would even concentrate on blowing up the artillery at the last moment.
Therefore, it is not that difficult to completely seize an undamaged artillery piece from a Japanese pistol.
What Shen Quan has to do now is to challenge this difficulty.
After one round of bombardment by ten 60 mortars, the Japanese artillery position suffered a heavy blow.
The Japanese artillerymen who were firing at the Eighth Route Army positions on both wings were blown to pieces.
At this point, if you look down from God’s perspective.
Due to the artillery of the Japanese squadron, it was previously covering the main force's attack on Zhongshan Village.
At this moment, the dozen artillery pieces were slightly separated from the main force of the Japanese army.
There is a distance of more than two hundred meters.
There were less than one squadron of Japanese soldiers left around the dozen or so artillery pieces.
The previous round of artillery bombardment commanded by Shen Quan temporarily paralyzed the Japanese artillery position.
Taking advantage of this short gap, in the tunnels on both sides, the soldiers who were closer to the Japanese artillery positions, under the command of the commander, suddenly rushed out of the tunnels and launched a strong attack on the Japanese artillery positions.
I saw the second part - the plan to seize artillery positions.
Chen Quan ordered the soldiers in the village head area to stop holding back and attack with all their strength to suppress the Japanese firepower.
Six heavy machine guns that had been buried in hidden places suddenly appeared.
The main theme of the battle no longer revolves around those 60-hand mortars.
The large number of 50 cannons equipped by the soldiers also showed unparalleled lethality.
The rifle grenades fired by the rifle grenade team also showed their style on this battlefield.
It is often possible to quickly and accurately knock out the Japanese machine gun fire covering the infantry charge.
As for the Japs from the two squadrons who were the first to enter the village, after the soldiers used the firepower of powerful melee weapons to attack them, their casualties had already exceeded 70%.
The old devil Matsuda did not expect this.
He believed that his vanguard troops were fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army.
You can take advantage of the Eighth Route Army being entangled and lead the main force to capture Zhongshan Village in one fell swoop.
So when the main force of Matsuda Brigade charged towards the village fortifications, they were running halfway down the road.
Shen Quan arranged six heavy machine guns at the head of the village.
Plus more than thirty light machine guns.
There is also the firepower of 50 small artillery and 60 mortars.
Together they poured down towards the oncoming Japanese.
Don't be too happy with this kind of vivid combat.
At a glance, a large number of Japanese soldiers were rushing over.
Due to the fire suppression of the Eighth Route Army on both wings, the area in front of us was limited and the terrain was open.
The Japanese had no time to open up the skirmisher line, and there was no bunker to rely on.
A confrontation broke out between the two sides.
It can be said that it was a unilateral firepower massacre by the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese army.
The soldiers of the second battalion who set up light machine guns mostly used continuous long bursts of fire in daily operations in order to seek a higher hit rate and eliminate the enemy.
How can you care about so much at this moment?
Seeing the Japs coming like a tide, they directly mounted their light machine guns and fired continuously and rapidly.
The machine gun was spitting out tongues of fire at a rate of nearly two hundred rounds per minute.
The bullets in the magazine kept emptying.
Constantly changing magazines, the ammunition refiller was so busy that he was sweating.
The second ammunition hand counted the time by counting the time. Every two minutes, he quickly took out the spare barrel and replaced the barrel of the light machine gun that had been hot.
Ensure that the machine gun can continue to be used in combat.
The flying bullets poured down as much as possible on the group of Japanese soldiers.
Under such firepower, the fortifications set up by the soldiers at the entrance of the village were like a bottomless abyss. No matter how many Japs there were, they all took their lives.
Seeing the rapid and tragic casualties of the Japanese troops, Matsuda, the Japanese battalion commander commanding from the rear, had his eyes cracked.
He immediately realized that the soldiers from the two squadrons who entered the village first were in danger.
Turning around, he noticed the attack of the Eighth Route Army troops on both sides of the tunnel, trying to seize the Imperial Squadron's artillery.
Matsuda urgently adjusted his deployment and ordered the rearguard troops to return quickly to support the artillery positions.
After seizing the artillery, use the artillery to bombard the area at the head of the mountain village.
All the powerful firepower fortifications deployed by the Eighth Route Army at the head of the village were destroyed.
Judging from the appearance before them, the two vanguard squadrons that entered the village had been eaten by the Eighth Route Army.
Matsuda no longer has to worry about accidental injuries under artillery bombardment.
...Crying on a roof and observing the situation of the Japanese troops, Shen Quan immediately noticed the reinforcements from the Japanese rearguard troops to the artillery position.
Considering that the Japanese rearguard was still seven or eight hundred meters away from the village fortifications.
Chen Quan immediately shouted: "Heavy machine gunners, ignore the Japs in front of you for now. Suppress the Japs' rearguard, spread out in depth, and fire overlapping shots!"
This is a unique combat tactic for heavy machine guns proposed by Kong Jie.
It is different from the previous method of shooting at targets visible to the naked eye, which is close range and almost straight shooting.
This unique heavy machine gun tactic is designed to attack long-distance target groups that are even invisible to the naked eye.
The method is simple.
During operation, the heavy machine gunner tilts the muzzle slightly upward.
Used to shoot areas far beyond the range of the rifle and even invisible to the naked eye.
When shooting upward, affected by the shooting recoil and barrel vibration, the bullet group fired by the heavy machine gun will actually form a conical strike surface with a longitudinal cross-section, and an elliptical strike area will be formed after landing.
This area is known as the "deep dispersion fire area."
The deep dispersion shooting areas of multiple heavy machine guns overlap to increase the lethality and ensure that under the impact of almost raindrop bullets, even from a considerable shooting distance, they can still cause large casualties to the enemy.
To put it figuratively, it's like holding a basin and splashing water on a farther area. The areas of scattered raindrops continue to overlap to ensure that there is almost no surface in the area where the water droplets can escape.
The soldiers received the order and quickly raised the muzzle of the heavy machine gun. After the bullets poured down, the Japanese rearguard troops who were preparing to support the artillery position were mopped down one after another by the heavy machine gun bullets fired from the back.
Shen Quan commanded several 60 mortars to bombard the area between the Japanese artillery position and the rearguard troops supporting the past.
To block the Japanese rearguard troops from approaching the artillery positions.
This confrontation lasted less than two minutes.
The soldiers in the tunnels on both sides used the 50 small artillery to suppress the firepower of the Japanese artillery positions.
With the firepower of the heavy machine gun at the village head and the firepower of the 60 mortar, they quickly captured the Japanese artillery position...
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