The first to receive the order and assemble around Watanabe Heiji were the two duty squadrons responsible for security.
"Tanaka-kun, Amamiya-kun, you came at the right time," Watanabe Heiji saw Tanaka Kazunari and Amamiya Yuichi and began to direct without hesitation, "Tanaka Squadron is on the hill on the left, Amamiya Squadron is on the right A ring of fortifications was immediately built on the hill."
"In addition, we sent personnel to quickly rescue a batch of heavy machine guns, mortars, and ammunition from the cars. We will stay here and wait for help. The 110th Division will arrive in four or five hours at the latest."
The Shicheng 110th Division is 150 miles away from Gangnan. If trucks are concentrated to implement mechanized march resources, at least one regiment can arrive by car in 4 hours. Considering that the enemy may have some delay, Watanabe Heiji estimated that reinforcements would arrive in up to 5 hours.
"Hey!" The two squadron leaders, Tanaka Kazunari and Amamiya Yuichi, did not expect that one day they would be personally commanded by the general. They did not think much about it, and immediately followed the general's order and began to command the troops for defensive deployment. Worked hard to dig trenches and fortifications in the mountains.
He seemed to turn a blind eye to the continuous bombardment not far away.
It has to be said that the little devil's psychological quality is still strong enough. In this case, these soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding were not at all soft-hearted when their comrades were wailing and screaming in the firelight, and they began to dig profusely with sweat.
"円西, Ueno-kun, continue to gather the troops. We will launch a solid defense here. I need more troops." After gathering some strength, Watanabe Heiji finally felt a little more trustworthy.
At this time, Watanabe Heiji also planned to use defense as offense to delay the enemy.
Because in Shicheng, a full division of the Locust Army, the 110th Division, was stationed. Although Gao Jianwu played a trick in Shicheng last time and bombarded the headquarters, the division commander and the division chief of staff were with the North China Expeditionary Army Military Observation Group. Almost all of them.
But for little devils, the most indispensable thing is generals. The current 110th Division has completed the leadership team of division commanders and division chiefs of staff.
Watanabe Heiji believed that no matter how many enemies were attacked tonight, as long as the reinforcements from the 110th Division of Shicheng arrived, everything would be reversed again!
The little devil has fought a lot of tough battles, and Watanabe Heiji is not a loser of the national army who is about to collapse. At this moment, he is stuck here, gathering the remaining defeated soldiers and preparing to hold on until reinforcements arrive.
Come to a desperate turning center to bloom!
Heavy machine guns were brought over one after another. As an independent mixed brigade, this time it brought 16 heavy machine guns as the forward. They were all on the front cars at the moment. Gao Jianwu's shelling was aimed at the tent camp, and for the time being it was still Didn't take into account the kid's truck.
This gave the Imp an opportunity to mobilize the heavy equipment on the truck.
Heavy machine guns and mortars, and even the towed 92nd Infantry Artillery and four mountain guns were quickly mobilized, and a defensive position began to be deployed around Watanabe Heiji.
Although it was a hastily chosen location, the place chosen by Heiji Watanabe was pretty good. There was a flat land of several hundred square meters between two hills more than 100 meters high. Heiji Watanabe concentrated his infantry forces on the two hills to build a Machine gun position.
On the flat ground, the artillery was deployed and the artillery attack formation began.
However, Watanabe Heiji didn't know that everything he did today was destined to be in vain.
Today's time was not on his side. While he was still directing people to dig, the 5-minute bombardment time had just arrived.
Gao Jianwu observed that the enemy's camp and tents were almost gone, and a raging fire was lit. In the light of the fire, the little Japanese were still scurrying around or wailing. Although it was impossible to assess the final effect of the bombardment, in Gao Jianwu's view, after such a meal, it was almost comprehensive. After the land-washing bombardment, it was good to have half of the Japs remaining in the camp, and the organization of the Japs had already been disrupted by the shelling.
What's more important is that the soldiers who launched the attack have arrived! Gao Jianwu decisively commanded the artillery to stop the bombardment. He had no ability to command the artillery to carry out precise infantry and artillery coordination in a huge battlefield.
Especially now it’s a dark night!
The huge enemy camp was ignited by artillery fire. In the blazing flames, Gao Jianwu saw soldiers descending from the mountain like ferocious tigers, swarming like a tide from all directions towards the enemy camp. The nearest enemy was only two to three hundred meters away. !
Although most of these attacking troops have lost their battalion and company organization and arrived in squads, most of the little devils were even more panicked at this moment. Most of them got a handful of 38-meter caps in their hands, and even the company I didn't even get a few grenades, let alone crooked handles and heavy machine guns.
Looking at the Eighth Route Army soldiers rushing over, the little devil held up the Sanba Gai and began to fire back tremblingly.
The soldiers charging in front were caught off guard and were hit by the Japs' 38-gun. The bullets passed through their shoulders or arms, taking away a splatter of blood. However, the soldiers didn't even make a sound. They held the machine gun or submachine gun and pulled the trigger. Fight back with more intense firepower!
The little Japanese at the head was instantly beaten into pieces by the dense rain of bullets.
Almost every one of the charging attack group was carrying a leading machine gunner and a squad leader with a submachine gun. Although the deputy machine gunner was carrying a box of bullets on one side, he was carrying a box cannon in the other hand. He raised his hand. In a flash, facing the little Japanese holding a 38 cap and hurriedly pulling the bolt, the melee advantage of automatic fire was infinitely expanded.
When the attacking team faced the little devil, they showed a devastating and powerful attack power!
Gao Jianwu observed for a while and basically confirmed that this kind of wave battle was almost stable. The little Japanese who had lost their firepower advantage and whose momentum was suppressed to the extreme had basically no chance of making a comeback.
Gao Jianwu's telescope began to extend, looking for places on the battlefield that might cause infarction.
Soon, Gao Jianwu discovered something unusual about Watanabe Heiji.
It's not that Gao Jianwu discovered Heiji Watanabe, but that there, the light and heavy machine guns had formed a crossfire and began to carry out an orderly counterattack, and the firepower was very strong. Gao Jianwu did some calculations, good guy, there are a dozen heavy machine guns and ten Multiple light machine guns have formed a circular defense circle.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers who approached there were suppressed to the point where they could not even lift their heads.
"Call the third artillery position, bombard Zhu Yuan, turn 3 degrees to the southwest, secret position 1-5, distance 1690 meters, coverage area 50 meters * 50 meters, 3 rapid fire!"
Gao Jianwu turned on the walkie-talkie and began to call for artillery. The coordinates of the two hills appeared in his mind, and he immediately marked the precise coordinates. Gao Jianwu did not hesitate to pass the bombardment to the nearby third artillery position.
"Received from the third artillery position, rotated 3 degrees to the southwest, secret position 1-5, distance 1690, artillery fire preparation is complete, countdown to 5 seconds to start firing, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"
On the opposite side, the artillery position was very efficient. It almost completed the adjustment in less than a minute, and a three-shot burst was completed instantly.
"Nani?? This is so unscientific." Watanabe Heiji never dreamed that in such a dark night, the enemy's artillery fire could strike so quickly and accurately!
Hearing the sound of artillery shells roaring in the air, Watanabe Heiji went numb!
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