Chapter 339: Storm the Kouquan River Railway Bridge!
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
The artillery battalion of the Independent Brigade once again concentrated half of its artillery fire on both sides of the southern port of the Quanhe railway bridge and the main position at the southern end of the railway bridge, which the Japanese army was heavily defending.
The Japanese blocking positions on the south bank, which were several hundred meters deep, had been blown up by the artillery fire of the Independent Brigade.
However, the remnants of Ichiro Okuda's infantry brigade were still stubbornly defending, and there was no intention of retreating north at all.
At this time, the two battalions of Shen Qun's 2nd and 3rd Regiments were responsible for attacking the Japanese blocking position of the railway bridge on the south bank, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the independent brigade were gradually encroaching on Okuda Ichiro's blocking position under the cover of Wang Chengzhu's artillery battalion.
The night attack operation is still the same. Fortunately, the strength of the independent brigade was five or six times superior to the remnants of the devils on the south bank of the Kouquan River, and it had already crushed Ichiro Okuda's infantry brigade.
"Brigade commander, Zhang Dabiao, who has recovered Xiamizhuang, reports that he has concentrated all the artillery fire of a regiment, as well as light and heavy machine gun fire, and flanked the defensive position on the right side of the south end of the railway bridge on the south bank of the devil!" While Li Yunlong was watching intently as the Second Regiment and the First Division of the Third Regiment stormed the main position of the remnants of Ichiro Okuda, a staff officer of the brigade headquarters took a field phone and turned his head to report to Li Yunlong.
When Li Yunlong heard this, he didn't look back, and said directly: "Order Zhang Dabiao to concentrate firepower with all his might, flank the second regiment of the main attack, and the third regiment and one of them!" ”。
"Understood! Brigade! The staff officer of the brigade headquarters immediately put the field telephone headset close to his ear and muttered.
At this time, Li Yunlong's eyes had already turned to the command post of Shen Qun and others, who were storming the main position defended by the remnants of the Devil Brigade commanded by Ichiro Okuda.
In the early hours of the morning, the cold was still very pressing.
It's just that for the fighters in the assault of the Separate Brigade, the enthusiasm continued. And the devil soldiers of the Okuda Brigade, who were struggling to support, were very uncomfortable.
Originally, although the devil infantry of the 313th Wing was elite, its ability to fight positional warfare at night was far inferior to that of the Independent Brigade. You must know that when Li Yunlong's independent brigade was a new regiment, it was already very good at night operations, which was also the operational advantage of most of the Eighth Route Army troops.
Relying on night operations, the units of the Eighth Route Army had a great advantage over the Japanese army.
At this time, the devil soldiers of the remnants of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 313th Wing of the Devil Wing commanded by Ichiro Okuda were very uncomfortable.
"Eight grid tooth road, I can't stand it!"
"If you can't stand it, you have to resist it, the captain ordered to hold the position and kill it!"
"The left, the left is lost!"
.........
"Order Wang Chengzhu, concentrate artillery fire, give me a fierce attack on his first-line defensive position, and cover the infantry approach!" Seeing that there were still scattered devil artillery fire and light and heavy machine gun fire deployed at the front of his defensive position, Li Yunlong sneered, and then waved his hand to signal a staff officer of the brigade headquarters on the side to give an order to Wang Chengzhu of the artillery battalion.
"Understood, Brigadier Commander!" After the staff officer of the brigade headquarters responded, he hurriedly picked up the field phone and sent it to Wang Chengzhu, commander of the artillery battalion.
In less than a minute, Li Yunlong soon saw in the telescope that part of the artillery battalion's artillery fire had suppressed several frontal fire points that suddenly appeared on the devil's line. The soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the Independent Brigade and the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Regiment in the attack took advantage of the situation to storm and once again captured several defensive trenches in the forward positions of the devils.
And the independent brigade is fighting steadily, but Ichiro Okuda is in a hurry! Worry-free Chinese network
"Captain, the situation is not good! The forward position has been lost, and we are less than fifty meters deep! Seeing that the situation was not optimistic, Ichiro Okuda's chief of staff and third squadron leader Okujiro Ikeda laughed miserably.
At this time, the artillery fire of the Independent Brigade suddenly launched a fierce artillery fire into the middle of the railway bridge over the Kouquan River, breaking a wall of fire. From this glance, it is clear that the independent brigade blocked the survival route of the remnants of the Okuda Brigade retreating to the north bank of the Kouquan River through the railway bridge with artillery fire.
Therefore, at this time, Ikeda Okujiro was already pale, and the time to die in battle was already counting down!
"Regardless of the depth, fight to the death! How many more people do we have? ”
Ichiro Okuda was already expressionless at this time, waved his hand and said quietly.
Ikeda Okujiro quickly responded: "Captain, the remnants of the brigade, there are less than two hundred people left!" Most of the heavy weapons have been destroyed by the Independent Brigade, and the remaining Imperial warriors only have Type 38 rifles in their hands, and each bullet is less than three! The grenade has been thrown and consumed! ”。
"Command!"
After being silent for a minute, seeing the large number of soldiers of the Independent Brigade approaching in front, Ichiro Okuda's expression was a little deadly, and he shouted firmly: "All the soldiers, shoot the last bullet, load the bayonet, and prepare for the final pig assault!" Soldiers of the Empire, at the last moment, will die on the way to charge and kill the enemy! The great god of heaven will bless us! ”。
"Yes, Captain!"
At this time, the bullets of the independent brigade had already hit the sandbags built on the periphery of Okuda Ichiro's headquarters, and after receiving the order, Ikeda Okujiro immediately hurriedly left with a devil guard to give orders to the remnants of the Japanese army.
And Okuda Ichiro waved his hand and said to the last devil staff officer who was still waiting in the bunker of the headquarters: "Report to the North Shore Wing Headquarters, the 1st Infantry Brigade will hold on until the last moment, Imperial Squad Load, Your Majesty Squad Load!" ”。
"Hairy, Captain!" The devil's staff officer paused heavily.
Then, Ichiro Okuda walked out of the bunker of the headquarters, and after most of the remnants of the devil had run out of bullets, he drew his katana and took a small number of remnants of the devil to launch an assault on the attacking independent brigade soldiers with a 38-type rifle with bayonets.
It's just that Shen Qun, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Independent Brigade who commanded the front line, laughed and said: "A group of devils with bad pens! Submachine guns, machine guns, hit hard! Labor and management are stupid enough to fight bayonet battles with you at close range! ”。
After Li Yunlong broke through the first battle of Cangyunling, the commanders and fighters of all departments under the jurisdiction of the Independent Brigade knew what the brigade commander meant, and if they could use bullets to solve the devils, they should not fight with the devils in hand-to-hand combat. Because this is because there is no ammunition to support it, it is forced to fight hand-to-hand combat with the devil at close range.
And with a large number of weapons and equipment, the consumption of bullets regardless of the loss, in the face of the suicidal attack of the devils, the bullets are the highest "honor" greetings to them.
Sure enough, Jiro Okuda launched an assault on the Independent Brigade with the last remnants of the brigade, but what was met was the submachine guns in the hands of the soldiers of the Independent Brigade, and the dense rain of bullets and machine guns baptized.
In less than two minutes, the remnants of the devils of the Okuda Brigade who were the last to charge, and even a single devil soldier finally did not rush to the heels of the soldiers of the Independent Brigade before they were swept and killed on the way by a dense rain of bullets.
Corpses are everywhere, and the devils in the night are staggered everywhere under the light of the explosion.
After the battlefield was silent, Masuda Kentai from the temporary headquarters of the 313th Wing of the Devil on the north bank of the Kouquan River silently put down the binoculars in his hand, and there was no gunfire at the south port of the railway bridge.
"The Independent Brigade has completely captured our defensive position in the area of the south port of the Kouquanhe Railway Bridge, or it won't be long before Li Yunlong will lead the army to attack the Kouquanhe Railway Bridge to the north! Order the rest of the wing, our test has truly come! Soon, Masuda Kentai broke the silence and waved his hand to Kotaro Kusunoki, the chief of staff of the wing on the side, and said in a condensed voice!
"Hay, Your Excellency Osa! Humble duty understands! Kotaro Kusunoki paused with a solemn face.
At this time, Li Yunlong, who was on the south bank of the Kouquan River, gathered the commanders of various regiments and several other commanders and fighters together, and said sonorously: "Without further ado, the artillery battalion is covering the artillery fire, and preparing to cover the troops to storm the Kouquanhe railway bridge!" We don't have much time. ”。