Heyuan County, outside Nancheng Gate.
As Wang Gensheng's artillery knocked down the turret of the Little Japanese, and then fired more than a dozen shells and landed at the city gate, blowing open the Little Japanese's gate, the soldiers of the Third Company and the Guard Company began to charge.
The 14 Type 92 heavy machine guns roared "aggressively", and the 14 tongues of flame suppressed the little Japs on the tower to the point where they could not even raise their heads.
As soon as their heavy machine guns fired, they would be silenced within 10 seconds. The machine gunners and ammunition handlers were killed one after another. It was extremely miserable!
…
Seeing that the situation was looking great, Yang Yuanshan immediately moved his temporary headquarters forward.
Arriving at a low slope less than 1.5 kilometers outside the city gate, I used a telescope to observe the situation ahead.
Zhou Xianpei next to him was very worried and couldn't help but remind him:
"Battalion Commander, this place is too close to the battlefield. Stray bullets from heavy machine guns can hit here. It's very dangerous!"
"It's okay! Do you think the kid's heavy machine gun still dares to show its head?"
Yang Yuanshan waved his hand.
In fact, of course he was afraid of death. If the war started during the day, he would not come so close to command even if he was killed.
But isn't it night now?
The sky was dark, and he specifically ordered that no torches be lit around the headquarters, so in theory it should be very safe.
Seeing his persistence, Zhou Xianpei couldn't say anything more. Seeing Yang Yuanshan holding a telescope to observe the direction of the city gate, he followed suit and picked up the telescope around his neck to look.
With the help of the flares fired by the little devils and the muzzle fire of the soldiers, they observed the fierce fighting in the city gate——
At this moment, dozens of little Japs were relying on the chest-high sandbag fortifications behind the city gate, shooting at the charging soldiers from the secret service battalion.
This group was different from the poor marksmen on the city wall before. They were all accurate in their marksmanship. From time to time, they used the light of flares to shoot vicious bullets, knocking down the soldiers from the secret service battalion who rushed in.
The soldiers of the special agent battalion entered the city gate and could no longer use heavy machine guns to suppress the little Japanese with fire.
Although on average each squad has one light machine gun, and the squad leaders and platoon leaders also have box guns, so the firepower is not weak, it is still very difficult to eliminate the little Japs hiding behind the fortifications.
For a moment, the battle situation became tense. Dozens of soldiers from the special agent battalion were blocked at the gate of the city and could not advance.
Seeing this situation, Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but mention Zhou Xianpei next to him:
"Lao Zhou, what do you think we should do now?"
“Let the soldiers use grenades?
Or a grenade?
Now that the enemy and we are in close combat, the concentrated use of grenades and grenade launchers should be effective. "
Zhou Xianpei thought.
“Well, these are all good methods, but I think it’s too slow.
And we can throw grenades, and so can the little devils.
We have grenade launchers, and the Japs' grenade launchers are more accurate than ours.
Once they react, we will also suffer heavy casualties.
When I sent a correspondent to report to the regiment leader just now, I had already boasted that it would take 20 minutes to capture the south gate of Haikou, and now we must do it quickly. "
Yang Yuanshan rejected his idea.
Zhou Xianpei couldn't help but be very curious and thought: Apart from grenades and grenade launchers, what other good methods are there now?
He racked his brains and thought for a while, but couldn't think of any good ideas, so he had to ask:
"Battal Commander, what are you going to do?"
"Hehe, of course you solved the problem with firepower!"
Yang Yuanshan showed an eight-tooth smile.
Then, without waiting for Zhou Xianpei to ask questions, he immediately ordered Zhang Xiaohe to deliver the order:
"Xiaohe, go to the artillery position and order Wang Gensheng to move the 40mm anti-aircraft gun 800 meters in front of the city gate entrance!
The little Japs like to put bayonets on artillery, let’s put bayonets on anti-aircraft guns too!
Just shoot at full speed for 3 minutes!
Let these sons of bitches know what pain is! "
"yes!"
Zhang Xiaohe obeyed the order and left.
"Correspondent, order Li Dahe and Wang Ye to slow down the offensive slightly and allow the front of the city gate to shoot to prevent accidental damage from our anti-aircraft guns."
"yes!"
…
After hearing him issue two such orders, Zhou Xianpei immediately understood what he was thinking, but he still said hesitantly:
"Battalion Commander, we only have one anti-aircraft gun. The power of a 40mm caliber shell is not much greater, right?
Why not bring in our 4 mountain cannons and use them to bombard the little Japs behind the city gate? The mountain cannons can also shoot directly, right? "
A Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun shell weighs only 5 kilograms. If used to bombard ground targets, it is much less powerful than a 75mm mountain gun shell weighing more than ten kilograms.
That's why Zhou Xianpei said this.
Yang Yuanshan shook his head and explained:
"Old Zhou, although the caliber of a cannon is large, it means it is powerful.
But in special situations, there are still specialties in the art.
For example, if you want to fight Japanese infantry, the power of mountain guns is certainly good, but if you want to fight Japanese tanks, it is better to use a 37mm rapid-fire gun with armor-piercing projectiles.
But now, to deal with the Japs hiding in simple fortifications, the mountain cannon has a slow rate of fire and average direct fire power. Instead, the 40mm anti-aircraft cannon will be miraculous. "
"Yeah?"
Zhou Xianpei was dubious.
"Haha, just wait and see."
Yang Yuanshan stopped talking nonsense to him and continued to pick up the telescope to observe the situation carefully.
On the battlefield, Li Dahe, the third company commander, and Wang Ye, the guard company commander, heard the order from the correspondent. Although they were a little confused, they still resolutely carried out the order and asked the soldiers to retreat a little, hid on both sides of the city gate, and fired a shot. Dodge for a while and fight with the little devil.
…
As a result, the little devils clearly felt the weakness of our army's attack. They had been suffocated by our army's ferocious offensive and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
The squadron leader who led the team suddenly felt that there was hope for him to hold the city gate, and he quickly yelled:
“There are not many bullets left on Tubal Road!
Victory is at hand!
Come on, get the grenades ready.
Order the cowards who almost fled just now to carry sandbags and block the city gate!
Send someone to check the machine gun firepower points again to see if they can find two usable heavy machine guns! "
This squadron leader had fought against our army many times before. In his impression, our soldiers often only had a few bullets in total, and they would often run out of bullets after fighting for a while.
So now that he saw the soldiers of the secret service battalion retreating, he immediately thought that this was the case.
I can only say that habitual thinking kills people!
After listening to his order, the little devils immediately took action and were very busy for a while.
However, the good times did not last long. After only 5 minutes at most, a little Japanese soldier who was carrying sandbags was suddenly interrupted. Blood spattered all over the face of the comrade next to him.
The little devil couldn't even utter a scream, so he went to see the Lord of Hell.
And a few seconds later, there was a loud noise——
"boom!"
The sandbag fortification behind the little devil was penetrated, and countless sand and soil were blown away. The shrapnel injured all the few little devils hiding behind the fortification, causing them to howl miserably——
"Ah! I've been shot! Medic! Help!"
"Ah - I can't see!"
"My head hurts, it hurts!"
…
Seeing such a terrible scene, the uninjured little devils suddenly burst into an uproar and shouted in horror:
"Nani?
What kind of evil method is Tubalu using? "
"Mom, I want to go home!
Tubal Road is terrible! "
"idiot!
Why are the weapons of Tubal Road more advanced than our Locust Army? "
…
The little devil squadron leader was an elite veteran after all. When he saw this situation, he immediately roared:
"idiot!
Come on, get down, be careful of Tubalu's cannons! "
Although he did not see that this was the firing effect of the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun when it was leveled, he still instinctively realized that this was definitely not some magic trick, but was obviously an extremely powerful direct-fire artillery!
After giving this order, he quickly rushed to the room where the telephone was installed and called the wing headquarters frantically:
"Reporting to Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, Your Excellency, Captain of the Wing, was hit by a heavy machine gun from Tubal Road just on the city wall. His jade was shattered on the spot!
Gong Zexianzhang, a lowly official, temporarily commanded the locust army at the south gate to guard the city gate.
But now Tubal Road is using an unknown powerful direct artillery fire at us. We will soon be unable to withstand it. We are asking for tactical guidance. It is urgent! "
And within the few dozen seconds he was on the phone, the sound of "boom-boom-boom-" shells exploded continuously, and the little devil was blown up so much that he cried for his father and mother!
The Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun has a maximum rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute. When leveled, it can hit ground targets. One gun can be used as 10 guns!
You know, the rate of fire of the Type 41 75mm mountain gun is only 10 rounds per minute!
So now, faced with the heavy raindrops of anti-aircraft artillery strikes, the little devils instantly became a mess and were unable to withstand them at all.
Even if they hide behind sandbag fortifications, or even several layers of sandbag fortifications, it will not help!
The powerful penetrating power of the anti-aircraft guns made their fortifications look like paper and useless.
Only those clever guys who lay on the ground could barely escape!
But when the squadron leader Miyazawa Kensho finished the phone call and rushed out of the room, he saw his squadron of more than a hundred elite warriors, and the more than 200 ronin recruits that he had just sent down to carry sandbags. Now There were less than a hundred people left lying on the ground screaming.
But the other people and the sandbag fortifications were all destroyed to pieces, it was too horrible to look at!
The tantalizing smell of blood made him feel dizzy despite having experienced many battles.
Seeing such a tragic situation, his legs even began to weaken. He quickly stretched out his hands to hold the wall next to him, and barely shouted:
"Hurry up!
Move to both sides and avoid the front!
This is a direct-fire artillery! "
Although his mind was frightened by the ferocity of the enemy, he still made the correct command.
Following his order, the little devils lying on the ground suddenly felt as if they had been granted amnesty and hurriedly crawled to both sides.
But at this time, the ground was covered with blood and broken limbs. These little devils were crawling while braving the shells that kept passing over their heads. Many of them couldn't control themselves and vomited on the spot.
For a moment, the smell on this battlefield was comparable to hell!
(End of chapter)
