With the volleys of mortars and continuous shelling, the Japanese casualties continued to increase.
At the same time, machine guns were also firing.
Each company is equipped with a machine gun platoon of six Maxim heavy machine guns.
In addition, each squad is equipped with a ZQ35 light machine gun.
This kind of firepower configuration is considered good, not bad compared to the little devil's.
A Japanese squadron only has six Taisho 11-type light machine guns with crooked handles.
If it were the previous Sichuan Army, then one company would only have one Czech light machine gun as the mainstay of firepower.
He is definitely no match for the little devil.
There are at least six grenades in a squadron of little devils. It is easy for veterans to destroy a light machine gun.
And the 37-year-old Little Devils are really all veterans.
Although the firepower is powerful, the Sichuan soldiers are obviously no match when it comes to gunfights.
The Japs are all trained for at least half a year by consuming thousands of bullets.
On the other hand, the Sichuan soldiers who newly joined the New Seventh Army, their marksmanship is all based on chance.
There is no systematic training at all. Many people who come to serve as soldiers and carry guns have never even fired three bullets.
Let me ask you, under such a situation, how can we annihilate the Japanese on a large scale?
In movies and TV shows, it seems that just recruiting seven to eight hundred people can kill a large area.
The actual situation is that if 800 people can kill a small team of little devils, it is already considered a great victory.
First of all, 800 people are easy to find, but you may not even have 80 firearms.
What about the other bullets?
Even if I give you three hundred guns, what about the bullets?
Not everyone is born a sharpshooter.
In many movies and TV dramas, hunters become sharpshooters in just a few days.
Are you kidding? First of all, the guns in the hands of hunters are blunderbuss or muskets.
This kind of gun has no rifling at all, and hits are basically based on proficiency in figuring out the likely offset position.
To put it bluntly, practice makes perfect. I really thought that I could become a sharpshooter by holding a blunderbuss and closing one eye.
It didn't even have rifling, and the musket itself didn't know where it was going.
You can hit a distant target with just a half-grown boy.
Then he clapped his hands and became a sharpshooter in the guerrillas three days later.
So are all those veterans working for a living?
Every soldier of the Japanese army is systematically trained.
We cannot destroy our own prestige and enhance the ambition of others, but we must also look at the problem based on the facts.
We must not underestimate our opponents, but we must also correctly understand our enemies.
Excessive exaggeration and belittling our enemies can only allow people who do not know the truth to live in self-aggrandizement.
Why can the little Japanese dare to chase a division with a brigade?
That's because the only thing an unknown division can use is a dozen light and heavy machine guns, and the artillery is just a few old-fashioned mortars.
Under the direct sight of the Type 92 infantry cannon of the little Japanese, one heavy machine gun after another was blown into parts.
Mortar shells are limited, and they will be gone after the firing.
Where to get supplies? The whole country is on the run, who will give you supplies?
When they came out, each person had less than thirty rounds of ammunition, and they were able to fight for a day and a night without even knowing how much hand-to-hand combat they had experienced.
The Japanese believe in frugality and strive to kill one with one shot.
Each of them carries at least nearly a hundred rounds of ammunition, and can also call for air support.
Even if they are trapped, they can organize a mechanized force to rescue them and they can fish them out.
Against guns, the Japs can hit you at any position from 100 meters away, and most Japs can hit you in the head at 60 meters.
Under such circumstances, if one hundred little devils VS one hundred national troops, the national army will lose more than a dozen people in the first round.
Because shooting guns is not something that poor people can afford.
Ninety-nine percent of a sharpshooter's talent comes from practice.
An average soldier would consume more than a thousand rounds of ammunition to feed a little devil in half a year.
This is something that the national army cannot compare to. Even the teaching corps does not have such luxury.
Therefore, although the Sichuan Army Company on the forward position fought very hard.
However, the shooting skills of both sides could not keep up, and they could only be continuously killed and wounded by the little devils.
The Japanese are not idiots either, after facing such powerful firepower.
They began shooting from behind barbed wire fences in craters.
They all lie down on the ground and attack you secretly. When you can't see him, he will definitely not hold back if he sees you.
Continuous shooting caused many casualties, and the wounded were being moved back.
Nan Beichen frowned when he saw this. It would definitely not work if this went on. Don't kill 200 Japs. It would be impossible for him to bring in 70 or 80 people.
"Gao Daxiang, take your sniper team to support the forward position. This little devil dares to fight so close with his marksmanship!"
Nan Beichen ordered with some displeasure after seeing several soldiers being headshot.
"Yes! Military seat!"
A lieutenant sitting in the corner stood up and responded.
Then he went out carrying a Mauser 98K rifle equipped with a quadruple scope.
Following him were twelve snipers who also held quadruple scope Mauser 98K rifles.
After thirteen snipers entered the forward position, they began to hunt the little devils continuously.
There is still a big gap between a professional sniper and a soldier with good marksmanship.
The devil couldn't keep changing his position because he was lying down.
The sniper team started to change positions after firing a shot.
This is also a compulsory course for snipers. If conditions permit, do not shoot at the same position for the second shot.
If the opponent has a sniper, the second shot will most likely be your fatal moment.
And if you change positions, the sniper on the opposite side cannot predict your position when shooting.
Thirteen people were on the position, shooting while switching positions.
The casualties of the Japs are constantly increasing, and they are being killed visibly to the naked eye.
After seeing this, the Japs' sergeants also began to call on the little Japs to retreat.
Because the opponent's masters have entered the field, everyone on your side will die if the fight continues.
We need to readjust our tactics.
"Back off! Back off!"
The Japanese began to retreat, but the snipers would not let them go.
Shoot quickly and kill the little devil accurately.
Even if he doesn't kill him, he will still be severely injured. The little devil who can't go back will eventually bleed to death.
After a lot of hunting, the number of little Japanese squadrons that could be returned was less than forty.
A company on the forward position also lost more than thirty people.
This is only the first battle, and there are still many more battles needed later.
This number of casualties is really too high.
We can only urgently conduct some training for everyone, at least let them know how to avoid being shot by the little devil at the minimum.
Don't show up at the same location, as the risk of being killed is too great.
In addition, each of them is equipped with a helmet. Although it doesn't have much effect, what if someone's life is saved and it cuts through the bullet?
If it is a cloth hat, it will definitely be dead, so there is still hope.
