Amidst the rumbling gunfire, the adobe houses that the soldiers and civilians of Liu Town had worked so hard to build were blown into ruins one by one. Chu Xiong, who was a few kilometers away, was heartbroken. He smiled and said to the deputy battalion commander Zhong Guoliang next to him:
"Old Zhong, the Japanese are still rich. You didn't release anyone within three hundred meters of the front line, did you?"
"Battalion Commander, don't worry. We have been on guard against this move by the Japs for a long time. It is completely in accordance with your request. The troops are deployed with a light front and a heavy back, and the firepower is allocated with a heavy front and a light back!
The first line of defense was set up 400 meters away from the town entrance. There were two squads, one 92 heavy machine gun and two crooked machine guns, arranged in two echelons at the front and rear. The Japanese would put in a squad or even a squadron. You also have to chew it one by one. "
Upon hearing this, Chu Xiong smiled and said to Zhong Guoliang:
"Old Zhong, I can rest assured that you are doing the work! I'll leave it to you, I'll take a rest.
Remember, we only fight for two days. After two days, we will retreat to Shenxian Ridge in embarrassment! "
After Chu Xiong finished speaking, he left alone. The roads in Liuzhen were not straight. Their headquarters was set behind a curve, and the Japanese artillery could not hit them even if it had sufficient range.
Zhong Guoliang is not as idle as Chu Xiong. He has to keep an eye on the Japanese and make adjustments at any time. He also has a reserve team of the fifth company in hand, so he will not be under much pressure to defend for two days.
Just as Chu Xiong thought, the Japanese cannonballs were not shot with shotguns. Those mud houses were really not worth the price of a cannonball.
After more than a dozen rounds, the Japs began to feel physical pain. After the baggage train was bombed, the Japs' shells were very valuable.
After the artillery bombardment, it was the infantry's turn to charge. In the first round of attack, the Japanese only invested one small soldier. The first few hundred meters were almost reduced to rubble by the Japanese artillery. They just happened to help the first line a few hundred meters away. The Eighth Route Army on the defensive line cleared the firing range.
During the blocking battle at Chenjialing, the Fourth and Fifth Companies suffered more than 100 casualties. After rendezvousing with Zhong Guoliang, Chu Xiong simply added all three platoons in Zhong Guoliang's hands to the Fourth and Fifth Companies.
The troops of the garrison company were originally used to supplement the main company. After the supplement, the number of the fourth and fifth companies not only did not decrease, but increased a lot.
All the wounded from the two companies were sent to the old camp. Now the fourth company has 4 platoons, which is more than 320 people, and the fifth company has 3 platoons, and the number has also increased slightly.
The two squads of the fourth company and one platoon are responsible for the first line of defense. They are reinforced with a 92 heavy machine gun, with a total number of 36 people. The heavy machine gun is placed in the second echelon, about 100 meters away from the first echelon. In front of the machine gun Two followed by one, exactly in the shape of "pin" for deployment.
Shuanzi's machine gun is located on the left wing, and it is kept shiny by him. He has oiled every bullet to ensure that it will not jam at critical moments;
This machine gun is like his wife to him. He even sleeps with it in his arms. He is afraid of losing it while dreaming. Even the deputy shooter will not let him touch it easily.
More than two hundred meters in front of him, several rows of Japanese soldiers were holding guns and bending their waists, advancing step by step through the ruins...
The Japs commander is Second Lieutenant Yagi. His team is arranged in three echelons. The machine gun and grenade teams are in the second and third echelons, protected by riflemen in the middle;
Yagi is a fanatical militarist who comes from a family of miners in Kumamoto. His father died in a mining accident when he was three years old. He was raised by his mother as a butcher;
From the beginning of his memory, he watched countless miners enter his mother's room, leaving behind only two measly bills. His mother raised him with these bills.
Later, he was sent to Army Primary School, Army Middle School, and Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy. It was Jihad that gave him the opportunity to become an officer. His childhood memories made his heart very twisted. After entering China, he burned, killed, and looted, committing all kinds of evil. Only in this way can he feel the pleasure!
Not only does he not take other people's lives seriously, he doesn't even take his own life seriously. For him, war means either killing the enemy or the enemy killing him, so every time he fights, he The team rushed to the front and suffered the most casualties.
But I have to say that the devil is very lucky. His team has changed several times, and he has not even been injured once.
"Amaterasu, bless you!"
After Yagi prayed in his heart, he charged with his big head raised...
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Yagi's gesture of waving the command sword was very cool, which made Shuanzi, who had been aiming at him, very unhappy. He was waiting for the squad leader's order to fire.
150 meters
100 metres
80 meters
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Shuanzi began to wonder if the squad leader had fallen asleep. He had been listening to the expectant copper whistle with his ears pricked up.
A harsh copper whistle finally sounded...
Yagi reflexively rolled to the ground, and Shuanbo pulled the trigger almost at the same time.
Ta-ta-ta...
A long burst of seven or eight bullets mopped up the two Japs, and the slutty Japs commander escaped!
The crossfire of three machine guns knocked down more than a dozen Japs in an instant. Other Japs looked for bunkers to hide in, either in bomb craters or a section of broken wall. The Japs' tactical prowess was fully demonstrated at this moment.
In less than a minute, the Japanese machine gun also fired, and the flying bullets hit the bolt and raised a cloud of dust.
"boom!"
A grenade was shot from a hidden position and landed accurately on the head of the Japs' machine gun team. The fragments produced by the explosion instantly knocked down several Japs in the machine gun team. Playing with grenades, the Eighth Route Army was not much worse than the Japs.
As the Japanese counterattacked, the Fourth Company also suffered greater casualties. The battle was always back-and-forth.
Shuanzi fired a few bursts and quickly changed his shooting position. As soon as he left, a grenade hit his previous position, and Shuanzi, who was lucky, escaped another disaster.
Ma Biao, the sniper behind him who had been protecting him, gently pulled the trigger. The Japanese grenadier who had just exposed his position was hit between the eyebrows by a sniper bullet, and a smile was fixed on his face.
Liu Dazhuang, who is responsible for operating the only heavy machine gun, is now getting more and more skillful with his machine gun. The machine gun he used to have in the heavy machine gun platoon has been thrown away. Therefore, he has returned to the company and is still serving as a heavy machine gunner.
As long as the machine gun fires, he is satisfied and excited. In a short time, he has eliminated at least 5 Japanese soldiers. One of his heavy machine guns suppressed the Japanese soldiers and made them unable to lift their heads.
The Japanese tried several times to kill him with a grenade but failed because he was too far away and beyond the range of the grenade.
Under normal circumstances, the heavy machine gun position will be pushed back several hundred meters, so that the opponent's light weapons cannot reach it, unless the Japanese drag their Type 92 infantry cannon or 81mm Type 97 mortar.
Naturally, Yamu's team did not have such heavy firepower, so Liu Dazhuang became a nightmare for the Japanese. He could hit the Japanese, but the Japanese could not hit him.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, Yagi's team finally couldn't stand it anymore and withdrew, leaving more than thirty corpses behind.
The Japanese attack was only tentative, just to find out the firepower configuration of the Eighth Route Army.
As soon as the Japanese withdrew, so did the Eighth Route Army. Zhong Guoliang had already told them that all positions would only be defended for one round.
"Boom boom boom!"
The Japanese artillery fire arrived as expected, and the first shot hit Liu Dazhuang's previously exposed heavy machine gun position...
