Chapter 246: Artillery Blockade
Nie Qi, the commander of the second company of the first battalion of the new regiment, was holding a telescope at this time, and with difficulty he saw the Japanese puppet army of Ikemoto Chengyi who was marching in the northwest direction with difficulty, and immediately waved his hand with a sneer and beckoned the deputy company commander Lu Tu and said: "Continue to blow it up for me with a grenadier!" Immediately send an urgent telegram to the regiment commander to report that the enemy reinforcements in Shenchi have appeared, and our company is blocking it!! ”。
"Yes, company commander!" Lu Tu nodded, then turned around and left, and asked the soldiers with the radio station to immediately send a report to Li Yunlong in Ningwu City to report the situation of the blockade at this time!
At this time, Nie Qi was using ten Japanese-made 89-style grenadiers captured from previous battles to line up and carry out fierce artillery bombardment among the ranks of the Japanese puppet army of Ikemoto Seichi who were marching on foot in more than 580 places.
Although the power of the Japanese-made Type 89 grenadier is not as long as the firing range of the mortar, the power is greater. However, it is light to carry, and a soldier can easily carry one ammunition with eight shells. The total weight of the shells, including the grenadier itself, did not exceed seven kilograms, which was much lighter than a Czech light machine gun.
Therefore, although Nie Qizheng's department only had the strength of a company, it carried ten grenadiers, and the ammunition base was basically two or three, and the ammunition was completely sufficient, enough to cover the Japanese army in one round.
"Target, northwest mountain road, five hundred and thirty meters away, continue to fire at me!" Nie Qizheng himself will also command the artillery battle, and personally command the soldiers carrying grenadiers to adjust the artillery coordinates, and at this time Ikemoto Seiichi has already commanded the Japanese puppet army troops to start rushing towards their own positions.
"Boom, boom!" A violent explosion exploded in the ranks of Seiichi Ikemoto, and the fireworks from the shells directly illuminated the mountain road, and the muddy mountain road was full of puddles, and the blood of the Japanese puppet soldiers who were badly blown up was flowing everywhere, and it was miserable.
The Japanese-made Type 89 grenadier shells can hit a killing range of more than 10 meters, and the special grenades can reach a killing radius of more than 20 meters, and their power is not weaker than that of ultra-light mortars of the same caliber equipped by other countries.
At this time, the widest part of the mountain road was only seven or eight meters, and Nie Qi was using the ten captured Japanese 89-type grenadiers to shell all the way to the rear of his team in a clear layer, and the Japanese puppet soldiers who were bombed all the way suffered heavy casualties, and they scattered to both sides of the mountain road to hide.
After two minutes of shelling, the scattered Japanese puppet soldiers, under the command of squadron leader Seiichi Ikemoto and squadron adjutant Tomohito Koike, began to attack and advance along both sides of the mountain road towards Nie Qi's headquarters in the opposite direction of the shelling.
The grenadier units directly under the squadron ordered by Seiichi Ikemoto also gathered the grenadiers carried by their subordinates and set them up to counterattack. And the grenadier that Seiichi Ikemoto belonged to was also a Japanese-made eight-nine grenadier, and he quickly countered Nie Qizheng's shelling.
"Grenadiers retreat, hidden! Shell cover at any time, heavy machine guns, give me fire to stop the enemy soldiers attacking, kill! Nie Qi was commanding the only Makqin heavy machine gun carried by the second company, and began to fire a rapid attack on the original Japanese puppet soldiers more than 500 meters away.
"Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! ”
The blazing Makqin heavy machine gun bullets were like glowing bullets that fired fiercely at the Japanese puppet soldiers of Ikemoto Seiko, and the second company itself also had three Czech light machine guns, and the firepower was also fierce, forming a firepower network to hit the Japanese puppet soldiers attacking on both sides of the mountain road.
"Bagaya Road, Makqin heavy machine gun!! Damn it! The Chinese army actually has a Makqin heavy machine gun! Give me artillery bombardment, blow up the machine-gun fire points of the Chinese army, and kill the twitter! As soon as Ikemoto Seiko saw the fierce Makqin heavy machine gun appear and fire, he immediately suppressed his own attacking troops, and immediately the muscles on his face squirmed, and he ordered angrily.
The squadron adjutant Koike Tomohito, who was not far away, was also frightened at this time, the firepower of the Chinese army that was blocking the attack was too strong! It's just a counter-killing squadron!
"Hayi, squadron leader!" Tomohito Koike shouted loudly, beckoning the devil soldiers with grenadiers to fight back immediately.
But Nie Qizheng's gunners were already experienced fighters, and as soon as the little devil's artillery counterattack came, he immediately picked up the grenadier and moved away even after losing a few soldiers. After all, grenadiers can be quickly transferred, and it is not a problem for an infantryman to easily pick up a grenadier and run.
Therefore, Koike Tomohito ordered the grenadier team directly under the squadron to counterattack Nie Qizheng's artillery bombardment, which had no effect at all, but Nie Qizheng seized the opportunity and ordered the grenadier veteran to kill a few grenadiers of Seiichi Ikemoto with a few cannons!
However, the total strength of Ikemoto Seiichi's Japanese puppet army was more than 500 people, especially the Japanese soldiers of Ikemoto Seiichi had rich combat experience, and often dealt with the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, and local guerrillas.
Therefore, he had rich combat experience, and quickly sent people to make a detour, preparing to cut off Nie Qizheng's back road. The mountain road is surrounded by mountains and forests on both sides, which can be detoured.
However, Seiichi Chimoto's small actions have long fallen into Nie Qizheng's eyes.
"Made, the leader of the devil squadron in Shenchi is really a veteran of encounters, and he is very skilled in using roundabout tactics! It's a pity that labor and management are not the national army, the Jin Sui army. Order the grenadier team, shoot all the shells, cover the phone with the Makqin heavy machine gun, and blow it up if you can't take it away at the last moment! The first row of halls, the second row, and the third row will be withdrawn immediately! Nie Qizheng was looking at the time, and Nie Qizheng, who had already received a call back from Li Yunlong during the battle, already felt that the time had come, and immediately ordered.
Deputy Company Commander Lu Tu smiled at this time and conveyed Nie Qizheng's order to the whole company!
Soon, Nie Qi of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the New Regiment was directing the troops to retreat in an orderly manner, and the Makqin heavy machine gun continued to strafe the Japanese puppet army, and a heavy machine gun was enough to block the offensive side of the mountain road, forcing the Japanese puppet army not to attack strongly.
"Boom, boom!!"
According to Nie Qizheng's order, all ten grenadiers ran out of shells, so many shells bombarded together, and the Japanese puppet soldiers in the attack had to lie down and hide one by one.
And Seiichi Ikemoto, who commanded the attack, looked at the opposite side with piercing eyes and was about to attack Nie Qi's blocking position less than 200 meters, and he couldn't rush over, and suddenly vomited blood in his heart.
"Baga Ya Road, kill the twitter, kill the branch army that is blocked!" Ikemoto Seiichi was in an impetuous mood at this time, and shouted angrily that the Japanese army and the puppet army continued to attack Nie Qizheng's position, but in the dark night, the night battle of the Japanese puppet army was not the opponent of the new group of soldiers at all.
And the troops that Ikemoto Seiichi ordered to make a detour were also shelled on both sides by the soldiers armed with grenadiers ordered by Nie Qizheng, temporarily blocking the roundabout attack of Ikemoto Seiichi, forcing the roundabout devils to suffer heavy casualties.
After about fifteen minutes of fierce fighting, the gunfire of the fierce battle suddenly stopped on the mountain road.
Seiichi Ikemoto couldn't believe that the enemy's artillery blockade was so skillful! It's a loss!