Chapter 73: Assault on Artillery Positions (Part I)
Almost not long after Lin Rui gave the order, a large number of devils with rifles and shouting special slogans such as Long Live His Majesty the Emperor, under the cover of their own artillery fire and nightfall, rushed towards the forward position of the Lion Forest where the third battalion was stationed.
Lin Rui spotted them and immediately held a Mauser 98K rifle and opened fire.
Bang! A gunshot rang out, and a running ghost soldier fell down.
The sound of gunfire was an order, and the officers and men of the three battalions on the forward position opened fire one after another.
It is worth mentioning that Sun Liren not only left all the original death squads to Lin Rui, but also left all the reinforced automatic weapons such as the previous 100 submachine guns and 20 light machine guns to the third battalion.
Therefore, Lin Rui's army, although the strength of the army is only more than 400 people, has hundreds of submachine guns, more than 30 light and heavy machine guns, and a large number of automatic weapons such as pistols.
Therefore, all the officers and men opened fire, and an extremely dense firepower network was suddenly formed.
The devil soldiers who swarmed in front of the position didn't even have a chance to dodge or fire back.
was hit by the dense rain of steel bullets, and suddenly crying father and mother were shot one after another and fell.
Looking at the dazzling tongues of fire on the position of the national army, they rushed out one after another, and the firepower was so dense that it was terrifying, and some of the devil officers who led the charge were all shocked: "Baga Yalu, how can the people of China still have such dense firepower?" ”
"Those idiots in the artillery wing have not been able to knock out the light and heavy firepower points of the Zhi Na Army at all!"
However, complaining is complaining, and they continue to direct the troops to charge constantly.
Under the command of these grassroots officers, although the devil soldiers were killed and wounded by the dense firepower of the three battalions, they still rushed forward one after another.
It is often the first ghost soldier in front of him to fall, and immediately three ghost soldiers will scream and step over the corpse of their companion and continue to charge forward.
Moreover, the night provided an excellent cover for these junior officers of the Japanese army who commanded the troops.
As a result, Lin Rui couldn't do it if he wanted to snipe them accurately, and as a result, Lin Rui's personal ability was greatly weakened.
After discovering this situation, Lin Rui quickly fired a few shots with a Mauser rifle, and saw that the devil had already rushed closer and closer, so he directly changed to a flower trap.
In such a close-range firefight, this MP18 submachine gun, which can fire continuously, has an unknown number of times stronger lethal effect than a manual rifle that can only shoot a single shot.
With a submachine gun in hand, Lin Rui followed the direction with the loudest and densest shouting and killing, which was a fierce strafing shot.
Da-da-da-da! Da-da-da-da! A dazzling tongue of fire erupted from the muzzle of his gun, turning into a dense rain of bullets and pouring down on the devil soldiers.
Puff puff! Ahhh At least six or seven devils were shot one after another and fell down screaming.
Led by Lin Rui, all the soldiers of the third battalion tried their best to resist, and with an astonishing number of automatic weapons, they repelled this wave of attacks from the devils.
Thousands of devils left more than 200 corpses behind and retreated like a tidal wave.
Not long after the infantry retreated, the artillery fire came again.
On the position of the third battalion, some officers and soldiers who were cooperating with the stretcher team to rescue their wounded comrades-in-arms and had not had time to dodge caused great casualties.
Lin Rui witnessed all this, gritted his teeth with hatred, kept shuttling in the trenches with his waist bent, and shouted loudly: "Don't care about the dead, or the advanced anti-artillery hole, pay attention to the anti-artillery!" ”
Although Lin Rui tried his best to stop it, in the end, more than a platoon of soldiers died under the retaliatory artillery attack of the devil.
Seeing this, Lin Rui immediately summoned a soldier and instructed him: "You go and report to the regiment, and say that I plan to lead another death squad to take the initiative to find and kill the Japanese artillery position, and ask him to send Yu Weiguo to accept the forward defense." ”
After the previous night raid counterattack, Yu Weiguo led his subordinates and retreated to rest.
Only Lin Rui's three battalions were strengthened and stayed in the forward position to guard the whole army.
The fighters immediately stood up and saluted, then quickly turned around and ran towards the regimental headquarters at the rear of the position.
In the general headquarters, after listening to the report of the soldiers of the third battalion, Sun Liren said with some surprise: "What? Lin Rui is going to attack the enemy's artillery position? ”
"Yes, that's what we say." The warrior nodded truthfully.
One of Sun Liren's adjutants said, "The third battalion commander can't be carried away by the previous victory, right?" The enemy's artillery positions are all large rear areas under heavy protection.
Not to mention that he only has a battalion, even if he pulls up our whole regiment, he may not be able to kill them. ”
The adjutant's words caused the other officers present to nod their heads in agreement, and Sun Liren was also moved, muttered for a while, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the three battalions: "You go back immediately and tell your battalion commander that if you want to implement the plan of attacking the artillery position, you must have a feasible plan, otherwise I will not agree with his reckless action." ”
"Yes! Tuanza! The soldiers of the third battalion suddenly agreed, and after saluting Sun Liren and the others, they quickly turned around and ran out.
When he ran back to the forward position, Lin Rui was also assembling his team to form a new death squad.
In the end, he selected three hundred people from the three battalions, in addition to the wounded soldiers, to form a new death squad.
The previous 100 MP18 submachine guns and dozens of Czech light machine guns and Mauser pistols were all requisitioned and equipped with this death squad.
The soldier ran behind Lin Rui and said breathlessly: "The camp seat, the regimental seat has recovered." ”
When he relayed Sun Liren's words to Lin Rui as they were, Zhang Xinghan, the commander of the 7th Company, couldn't help but persuade Lin Rui: "Yingzuo, I know you hate the artillery of the little devils, but what Tuanzuo said also makes sense, we have to have a perfect plan, otherwise we rush out like this, which is no different from sending us to death."
It's not that you're afraid of death, it's that you don't want to die and have no value. ”
Lin Rui said: "Company Commander Zhang, please rest assured, Lin Rui is not a reckless man, and of course he will not risk the lives of his subordinates to die in vain." ”
After saying that, he turned to the soldier and re-instructed: "You go and tell the regiment again, and say that we will change into Japanese uniforms, pretend to be Japanese soldiers and sneak into their rear, find their artillery positions and launch an attack."
What's more, the enemy's artillery fire is too threatening to us, and if we don't kill them, this lion forest will not be able to hold it in the end! ”
"Yes!" The soldiers of the three battalions stood up again and gladly took the order.
Zhang Xinghan looked at Lin Rui with some surprise and said, "Yingzuo, you just said that you want to change into the military uniform of a devil and sneak in disguise?" ”