The wind drove the clouds together, making the ground gray and low.
Northwest of the duck dock, in the headquarters of the Kurosawa Wing, Kurosawa wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked out of the headquarters!
It was too hot and stuffy. He wanted to come out for some air.
The neat military uniform is a pain in the body in this kind of weather. It is sticky, as if it has been smeared with a layer of clay, but for the sake of military appearance, he must be like this!
Standing at the entrance of the command department, he looked up at the sky and found that the clouds had become very low and it looked like it was going to rain.
Then, he took out the almanac he got from his pocket and murmured to himself: "According to the Chinese almanac, today is the 17th day of the fifth lunar month, which is a good time to get married, travel, move, and get together." Do not disturb or break ground during weddings, engagements, moving to a new house, opening a business, burial, seeking medical advice, or treatment."
Yamamoto, who was following him, glanced at his small notebook and said, "Is it taboo to break ground or break ground?"
"Yes! If we build fortifications today, we will get twice the result with half the effort." Kurosawa said, then looked up at the position of the duck dock.
"So, does Kurosawa Daizuo recommend this to General Shinozuka on this day?" Yamamoto asked curiously.
"I just said it casually, but I didn't expect the general to accept it." Kurosawa said calmly.
Yamamoto smiled but said nothing. There was one thing he didn't say. It was difficult for the Eighth Route Army to repair the fortifications. Is it easy for you to attack Kurosawa? Judging from the clouds, the rain will be heavy for a while. When the time comes, the low will hit the high. The mountain road will be muddy, and your charge will be more effective with half the effort.
Then he took out his telescope and looked in the direction of Yanziwu, "The Eighth Route Army has been inactive for a while, and it seems that it is also waiting for the rain." After saying that, Yamamoto turned to stare at Kurosawa, meaning what are you going to do?
Kurosawa looked at his watch and said, "Start the attack in advance!"
After Kurosawa's order was issued, his staff immediately notified the artillery positions by phone.
Then, the first round of exploratory artillery fire from the artillery began.
With the roar of artillery, the two positions of Yawu and Shangkanzi were baptized by artillery fire at the same time.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The artillery equipment of the Kurosaki Regiment is the 92 infantry gun and the 97 mortar, with a range of 2800 meters and 3800 meters respectively. Since it was an infantry regiment, it did not have many configurations, but even so, it made the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the position very uncomfortable. They had to move their machine gun positions while avoiding artillery fire.
Ten minutes later, Kurosaki picked up the telescope, looked at the smoke-filled position, and waved his hand.
The official attack began.
"Whoosh~boom~"
A mortar landed on the duck dock position and stirred up a piece of soil. Then the battalion commander Huang Liang stood up, spit out two mouthfuls of sand, then braved his waist and walked in the trench, rising high as he walked. He shouted: "Don't fire the machine gun! Don't fire the machine gun! Don't fire the machine gun! The person holding the 38-meter cover will fire tentatively first, while the others continue to hide and don't waste bullets."
After saying that, a row of bullets hit the sandbags. He ignored it, ran to a gap in the observation trench, exposed half of his head, took out his binoculars, and looked down the hillside.
In the telescope, the Japanese at the foot of the hillside had already set up their grenades, ready to strike at the firepower points on the position.
After getting the telescope, I estimated that the Japanese attacking this time probably had a squadron of more than 200 people.
After watching for a while, I saw a desperate Japanese who had rushed less than 200 meters away from the position.
"Bang~" A gunshot rang out, and the fastest Japanese was named by the Eighth Route Army soldiers. He swayed for a while and then fell to the ground.
Immediately, several more gunshots were fired, but not all of them hit the target.
The Japs continued to rush forward, and there was no time to worry about death in this battle to seize positions. To a certain extent, the Japs in this period were as brave as the Eighth Route Army.
However, the two of them are completely different. One relies on faith to move forward bravely, and the other relies on bloodthirsty and insensitivity.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Huang Liang muttered in a low voice. The current distance could not expose the firepower of the machine gun, because with the coordination of infantry and artillery like the Japs, the machine guns would be exposed too early and would not be able to effectively kill more Japs. .
Finally, the large wave of Japanese soldiers advanced to a position of 100 meters, and without Huang Liang's order, five light machine guns pulled the triggers.
After a period of suppression, the Japanese's grenade hit them.
After a wave of grenades hit, although there were casualties, the machine gun was not damaged, so the fire suppression continued.
At present, the battalion only has six light machine guns. Although the firepower is sufficient, the firepower is still a bit weak due to the lack of heavy machine guns. Fortunately, the regiment commander temporarily increased the ammunition ration, so this battle is not that intense. difficulty.
After withdrawing from the observation trench, Huang Liang crouched and moved quickly in the trench.
Run for a while and observe the enemy's situation.
In the blink of an eye, the enemy advanced to a place more than fifty meters away from the position. Huang Liang took out his pistol, shot down a Japanese soldier, and said, "Second company commander, immediately bring a platoon of two machine guns and outflank from the left!"
"Yes!" the second platoon leader responded, and immediately led his men to execute the order!
After Erlian Zhang left, Huang Liang shouted, "Don't save bullets, hit hard!"
With a burst of intense gunfire, the Japanese were once again suppressed and unable to move, but this time they were suppressed for only a few seconds before shells came over.
"MD, second company, hurry up!" Wang Liang shouted immediately after getting up from the ground.
When there was no reply, he knew that the second company commander had already touched it.
After sticking his head out and taking a look at the Japs' position, Huang Liang immediately retracted, "Slow down your shooting and prepare grenades."
The gunshots became slightly sparser, and then the Japs advanced a long distance. It was at this distance that the Japs entered the optimal firing range of a battalion of grenades.
Then, following Huang Liang's order, swarms of grenades flew out of the trenches like raindrops and hit the charging Japanese.
"Boom, boom, boom~" The explosions continued, and then Huang Liang stuck his head out again, firing and shouting: "Hit me hard!"
The Japanese fell in pieces, but even this could not slow down their determination to attack.
"Da da da~"
"Da da da~~"
The machine gun on the left wing of the position suddenly rang out, catching the Japanese by surprise. Immediately afterwards, another batch of grenades was thrown out of the trench.
"Boom~"
"Boom boom boom~"
As the explosion sounded, Huang Liang took the lead and rushed out of the trench, "Comrades, kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
The sound of killing was so loud that the 1st Battalion of the New Second Regiment only engaged in the first firefight on the first day of the positional battle and then directly entered hand-to-hand combat!
It can be said that Huang Liang chose the time to rush out of the trench very well, catching the Japanese by surprise.
After fighting with the Japs for a few seconds, Huang Liang discovered that the Japs attacking this time really had many new recruits.
Because only new recruits can withdraw bullets before hand-to-hand combat!
