Chapter 452: Battle Curtain (2)
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
Dense shells rained down on the forward positions of the 13th Division, shells exploded in all directions, and mud, sand and gravel flew everywhere.
The Chinese defenders on the position, suppressed by the enemy's artillery fire, could only retreat into the bunkers and take refuge.
Some shells landed under the trenches, and the defenders flew to the position with guns, causing many casualties among the soldiers.
The shells of the little devils, wave after wave, did not give the defenders a respite at all.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
These shells, which then fell, were not high-explosive anti-personnel shells, but poison gas bombs.
Poison gas bombs kept flying, and there were nearly 100 of them.
After a while, the gas bomb released a strong stream of poisonous gas.
Poisonous gas and thick gunpowder smoke mixed together, and gradually, the smoke drifted away with the wind, covering every corner of the forward position.
The poison gas bomb is a weapon different from ordinary anti-personnel bombs, although the poison gas bomb will not blow people to pieces, but the poisonous smoke can penetrate everywhere.
Even if the soldiers were hiding in the strong fortifications, the poisonous smoke could penetrate through the air, making the defenders on the position defenseless.
"Uh, uh, uh......"
Many defenders on the position inhaled poisonous gases, and I saw that the soldiers were foaming at the mouth, their bodies were spasming and convulsing, and their expressions were very miserable.
The soldiers of the security regiment were all equipped with gas masks, and their casualties were not large.
Most of the defenders of the 13th Division did not have gas masks, and more than 100 soldiers could only die tragically under the gas bombs.
In fact, the weapon of poison gas bombs on the battlefield is not the most terrible, and the most terrible thing is that most soldiers do not know how to prevent poison smoke.
On battlefields all over the country, many Chinese soldiers just lacked battlefield knowledge to die in vain.
Of course, there are many ways to protect against gas bombs, and even if you don't have a gas mask, you can use other ways to protect against gas intrusion.
"Be careful, be careful, it's a gas bomb, quickly cover your mouth and nose with a damp cloth!!"
The soldiers, who did not have gas masks, untied the towels around their necks, soaked them in water from the kettle, and then covered their mouths and noses.
It is true that using wet towels can effectively reduce the casualties caused by poison gas, but how can soldiers fight with guns covered with their mouths and noses covered?
The ultimate goal of the poison gas bomb is to make the opponent lose its combat effectiveness, and the goal of the vicious little devil has been achieved.
On the forward positions, the defenders basically lost their combat effectiveness, and only the soldiers of the security regiment and a small number of soldiers could still fight.
After more than ten minutes, the Japanese army had already gathered its forces.
This time, the Japanese invested a large number of troops, the 5th Division and the 10th Division each sent a wing, and the two disorganized divisions launched a joint attack.
The Japanese army was the 63rd Wing under the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division, and the 42nd Wing of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army responded to the attack of the 10th Wing from the flank.
In the previous battle, the 42nd Wing of the 5th Division suffered more than 1,000 casualties.
However, the elite backbone of the 42nd Wing is still there, and there are more than 2,500 combat soldiers, and the overall combat effectiveness of the 42nd Wing is still very strong.
The 63rd and 42nd Wings were a strong combination this time, with a total of more than 6,000 enemy troops.
Because the terrain outside the south of Taierzhuang was not suitable for a large army to attack, the 63rd Wing of the Devil first sent more than 2,000 people to attack, and the 42nd Wing sent more than 1,000 people to assist.
This time the enemy came prepared and prepared for the attack.
The devil's artillery fire has not stopped, and the devil's artillery fired a wave of smoke bombs on the offensive road to block the view of the Chinese soldiers.
When the smoke screen cleared, the devil infantry took advantage of this opportunity and immediately launched a charge.
"Imperial soldiers, occupy the positions in front, ducks and chickens give !!"
"Imperial armored squadron, occupy the positions in front, duck and chicken give !!"
As soon as the order to attack was given, the devil chariot took the lead.
Thousands of devil infantry in the back took up arms and wore gas masks, and the enemy pounced on the forward positions of the 13th Division like a group of demons.
"Da Da Da-"
"Tom-tom-"
More than a dozen devil chariots were driving and advancing while carrying out artillery suppression.
The Chinese defenders on the forward positions, only the soldiers of the security regiment were still fighting power.
"Brothers, the little devil is attacking, quickly enter the position and prepare for battle!!"
As soon as the devils attacked, the soldiers of the security regiment put on gas masks, withstood the enemy's artillery fire, immediately entered their respective combat positions, and began to defend and counterattack.
"Da !!"
"Sudden !!"
The machine gunners of the security regiment moved the machine gunners in their hands and fired fiercely at the ghost soldiers rushing through the smoke screen.
The sound of rifles and machine guns on the forward positions rang out, and thousands of rounds of ammunition flew out of the forward positions.
The battle on the battlefield in front was fierce, and countless bullets flew in the smoke screen with the line of fire.
Because the enemy was in a smoke screen, covered by a smoke screen and a chariot, the rain of bullets did not cause many casualties to the devil troops.
The soldiers of the security regiment on the position could not see the enemy clearly, so they could only keep strafing everywhere in order to suppress the enemy's attacking troops.
The devil commander thought that he could cover the infantry attack with a smoke screen, but the enemy was a little mistaken.
As soon as the thick smoke screen is dispersed, it can also provide cover for the artillery of the Chinese troops on the opposite side and avoid exposing the artillery positions.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
Behind the position, the artillery of the security regiment, as well as the artillery of the 13th division, carried out shelling at the same time.
Various artillery pieces continued to bombard the smoke-covered positions, and the ammunition men kept reloading.
The artillery of the Security Regiment was responsible for shelling the enemy on the frontal battlefield, and the artillery of the 13th Division was responsible for shelling the enemy attacking from the flank.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
The artillery shells on the position exploded one after another, and the devil soldiers and chariots charging in front were hit by artillery fire.
Several Devil Chariots were torn apart by shells, and their bodies became a pile of steel parts.
The devil soldiers near the explosion site killed and wounded more than 100 people.
"Ahh......h
The ghost soldiers in the smoke screen screamed one after another.
Some of the devils' bodies were blown into several pieces, some of the devil soldiers were killed and wounded by shrapnel, and some of them were killed by bullets.
The little devil is not stupid, in the face of such dense artillery fire, the devil commander immediately changed the offensive formation.
"Disperse, disperse quickly, ducks and chickens give !!"
The attacking devil troops scattered in an orderly manner, and the devil soldiers bent over and moved forward quickly, avoiding the falling shells around them.
The offensive tactics of the devils were very flexible, and the shells flying in the distance quickly lost their maximum lethality to the enemy.
The Chinese artillery shelled for more than ten minutes, and gradually, the shells were not as dense as before.
The 13th Division was very short of bullets and shells, and the reinforcements of the security regiment came in a hurry, and the ammunition was not very sufficient, so the artillery could only intermittently suppress the enemy.