Chapter 292: Decadent Sakai
"Boom" "Boom" Sakai finally couldn't bear it and started the shelling, although there were only 2 mortars, but they also forced Zhao Zhi and them to hide in the anti-artillery hole. The battalion now also has mortars, but without Zhao Zhi's order, the old artillery did not dare to use the mortar to return fire, "Wait, now is not the time, ask your people to figure out the location of the Japanese mortars, wait and kill their mortars first, if you can't hit, you will roll Lao Tzu and carry the shells" Zhao Zhi squatted viciously in the anti-artillery hole and looked at the old artillery.
has been pursued by the Japanese army, and no matter how good-tempered people are, they are a little irritable, let alone people like Zhao Zhi. Even if this battle could not defeat the opposing Japanese army, it would have to destroy their heavy firepower, forcing them not to dare to pursue too close. Therefore, Zhao Zhi can't reveal that he has heavy weapons like mortars and bazooka now, he is waiting, waiting until the moment when the Japanese army loses patience to launch an attack, and uses all the heavy firepower of the battalion directly under him to teach these arrogant Japanese soldiers a hard lesson.
As the sky became brighter and brighter, the grenadiers in Sakai's troops also joined the bombardment, although they did not know the exact location of Zhao Zhi's trenches, but the shrapnel that flew after the shells exploded had forced Zhao Zhi's men to huddle in the trenches, and no one dared to probe from the trenches at will, and three submachine gunners had already been hit by shrapnel and injured. "Don't worry, wait, don't worry" Zhao Zhi held a cigarette in his mouth, counting the number of times the Japanese bombardment was carried out, and it was not yet time to dispatch mortars.
Finally, Zhao Zhi heard the voice of the Japanese soldiers shouting long live, and the observers on the slopes on both sides also used walkie-talkies to send back the news that the Japanese troops had begun to charge. "It's now" Listening to the Japanese bombardment, Zhao Zhi dragged the footman beside him, "Inform the brothers on the slope, no matter how we fight head-on, as long as we haven't retreated, they are not allowed to shoot" Sending the foottalkers, Zhao Zhi began to roar the old cannon again, "Old artillery, tell your brothers to prepare the cannon for Lao Tzu, and shoot at will after three rounds of rapid fire to kill the Japanese mortars"
The old cannon has been nesting in the anti-artillery hole, waiting for Zhao Zhi to order the use of mortars, and listening to Zhao Zhi's order, he turned his head and drilled out of the anti-artillery hole and went straight to the two American mortars under his command. There were Zhao Zhi's observers on the slopes on both sides of the trench, so Zhao Zhi knew the speed of the Japanese charge even if he was hiding in the trench, and waited until the Japanese advance was only 100 meters away from the trench, Zhao Zhi shouted and urged the soldiers to drill out of the anti-artillery hole and prepare for a counterattack. "Wait for our mortars to fire before shooting, if any kid shoots first, Lao Tzu will ask him to clean the toilet for a year" Zhao Zhi's words caused the soldiers to laugh in the trenches, and the mood that had been nervous seemed to have relaxed.
When the Japanese army was still about 70 meters away from the trench, Zhao Zhi waved his arm down, and the old cannon immediately ordered his gunners to start bombarding the Japanese artillery positions, striving to kill their mortars in the first round of shelling. "Boom" and "Boom" The six shells fired from three rounds of two mortars at a rapid rate blew up Sai's artillery position into a sea of fire, and the shells that exploded even swallowed all of Sai's artillery into the sea of fire, and none of them escaped. "Fight well, from now on, you can fight casually, you have to keep an eye on the opponent's machine guns and grenadiers, if you fight well, Lao Tzu will reward you with a pack of cigarettes" The old cannon proudly threw a pack of cigarettes to the artillerymen, and ran to Zhao Zhi's side.
"The submachine gun is hidden, the machine gun and the rifleman fire" Zhao Zhi snatched a Garand from a rifleman next to him, and hit a bullet bridge lying on the trench, the Japanese advance was already less than 60 meters away from the trench, and it was best to shoot with the Garand at such a distance. When the Garand in Zhao Zhi's hand started, the machine gunners in the trenches suddenly put several light machine guns on the trenches, and then pulled the trigger on the Japanese soldiers in the charge, and several tongues of fire suddenly pounced on the vanguard of the Japanese attacking troops, catching the Japanese soldiers by surprise and lying on the ground.
The Japanese army crouched on the ground and began to shoot at Zhao Zhi's riflemen, knowing that the Japanese army's marksmanship was stronger than his own, Zhao Zhi shouted again, "Long hair, gasoline bottles, throw gasoline bottles" Several gasoline bottles were thrown out of the trench in the hands of the grenadiers, and after flying out diagonally, they fell into the lying area of the Japanese striker and burst, and the gasoline in the bottle splashed the Japanese soldiers. "Get out of the way, get out of the way" The old cannon carried a bazooka and pulled aside the rifleman who was blocking him, and the bazooka rocket fired by the old cannon exploded at the place where the gasoline bottle exploded just now.
The fire ball formed by the explosion of the "boom" rocket ignited the gasoline that had just been spilled, and the Japanese soldiers who were ignited began to cry and flee, and the soldiers next to them began to take off their military uniforms to extinguish the fire for their companions, but there were still a large number of riflemen waiting on Zhao Zhi's side. It's just a volley of guns, and those who dare to stand up and help others have been shot and fell to the ground, the fire is still burning, and it means that it is getting stronger and stronger. Changmao, who has always been good at adding fuel to the fire, can let go of such an opportunity, beckoning those grenadiers to throw out the remaining gasoline bottles in the trenches, and the gasoline bottles with ropes can be thrown 70 meters away from the trenches, and the front team of the Japanese army has been isolated by the flames, and they have lost contact with the Japanese troops in the rear.
"Yaga" Sakai's face kept twitching, this damn Chinese army, the search team was put down by the gasoline bottle, and now his own forward team is still poured under the opponent's gasoline bottle, do they have a lot of fuel? Ignoring the fact that reinforcements had not yet arrived and his own troops were less than 200 people left, Sakai actually sent an infantry squad again and began to set off again under the cover of machine guns.
"Refueling tactics" Zhao Zhi smiled, laughing a little arrogantly, at this time the Japanese army would actually use refueling tactics, did their commander think that they could use the soldier's body to resist the strong firepower of the expeditionary force? "The rifleman shoots 100 meters, the mortar and grenadier canisters fire at will, Yan Shijun commands on the spot" Zhao Zhi turned over and squatted in the trench, and what came over was just a Japanese infantry squad, this kind of thing should be handed over to Yan Shijun for training, and he should smoke a cigarette. I don't know when Zhao Zhi's addiction to smoking began to grow, and even when he was fighting, he liked to hold a cigarette in his mouth.
"Sir, give me a cigarette" When a short rifleman reloaded, he happened to see Zhao Zhi squatting in the trench smoking, so he had the courage to ask Zhao Zhi for a cigarette. Zhao Zhi stopped the steamed bun that was staring at him, and looked at the rifleman's yellow teeth and was happy, "You *** are also a smoker, look at your yellow teeth, it will definitely not work to give you cigarettes for nothing." Lao Tzu is counting for you here, if you kill 5 Japanese soldiers, Lao Tzu will reward you with a pack of cigarettes, what's the matter? Do you dare to do it? As Zhao Zhi spoke, he didn't forget to take a puff of cigarette and look at the rifleman leisurely.
"You come here and count, don't say I'm Laipi" The short rifleman was not pretentious, just pointed at the steamed bun with his hand, but he had already turned around and lay on the trench. After the steamed bun lay beside him under Zhao Zhi's urging, the little man pulled the trigger again and again and fired five shots, "Sir, I have overturned 5, this kid's gun is good, and he is about to catch up with the big bull" The steamed bun looked back at Zhao Zhi excitedly, and the round eyes that were still staring just now had turned into a crescent moon at this time. Young officers like Mantou, Gouzi and Yan Shijun, who have been following Zhao Zhi, although they are all arrogant guys, they admire those who have the ability, and it seems that this rifleman has won the respect of Mantou.
"Then, Lao Tzu rewarded you" Zhao Zhi was also refreshed, took a pack of cigarettes from the dog and threw it to the short rifleman. "Give Lao Tzu a good fight today, and report to my uncle tomorrow, just say that I let you go" Zhao Zhi walked around and went to the submachine gunner, and there was only one pack of cigarettes left in the dog's place, and if you stay here for a while, I'm afraid that this last pack of cigarettes will not be saved. The riflemen, who were supported by machine guns and mortar grenadiers, did not seem to panic, but slowly fired the bullets from the chambers, suppressing the infantry squad sent by Sakai again within seventy or eighty meters of the trenches.
"Sir, our mortars are gone, and only a few grenadiers are not enough for the other side to see, so let's withdraw the soldiers first and wait for reinforcements. The casualties of the assault are too great, and we can't afford such casualties now, so please think twice" Sakai's adjutant is begging Sakai to withdraw his troops temporarily. The battle situation is now clear, the other party with long-range strong firepower such as mortar grenadiers and Bazooka just wants to kill the Sakai squadron here little by little, they have suppressed the only few grenadiers left in Sakai's hand, and the soldiers who rushed forward could not get fire support at all, and if they continued like this, the only thing waiting for Sakai's squadron was to be defeated or completely annihilated.
"Withdraw, withdraw all the soldiers" The current situation was indeed unfavorable to his troops, and Sakai had no choice but to agree to the adjutant's suggestion, agreeing to withdraw his own soldiers and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Although he agreed to withdraw the troops, the fire in Sakai's heart was still churning in his chest, making Sakai fidget, hoping that reinforcements would arrive soon, and he captured the opponent's position with a single charge and cut off the head of the commander of Shina to celebrate the victory.
"Uncle, the Japanese army is going to withdraw, it's your people, you can't put any of them back" Zhao Zhi's voice in the walkie-talkie was a little cold, but Uncle Guo had long been used to Zhao Zhi talking like this, so he didn't think so. Uncle Guo's snipers are lurking on the slopes on both sides of the trenches, the terrain is much higher than the riflemen, and with the sniper's super long range, it is perfect to fight these reservoir dogs. The dull sound of sniper rifles sounded on the hillside, and the retreating Japanese soldiers fell to the ground one by one, but the distance of 100 meters was as simple as playing for the snipers, and after the Japanese lost the curved fire of mortars and grenadiers, the snipers did not even need to change their firing positions.
"Scholar, you kid take half of the submachine gunners and riflemen back to the camp to help the rich man and them retreat into the woods, and establish a defensive line at the edge of the woods, what do you need to do, you have your own ideas" Zhao Zhi took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and ordered Yan Shijun to take people to withdraw immediately. Looking at the appearance of the Japanese army, it is difficult to attack again in a short time, and it is a bit of a waste to put so many people in the trenches, so it is better to rush back and help the rich man carry the supplies. Regardless of whether Yan Shijun agreed or not, Zhao Zhi drove him back, the trench was only a few hundred meters away from the camp, and it was extremely convenient to recruit them to come back for reinforcements, not to mention that now the Japanese army had no spare strength to attack again.
"Anni? All of them died in the battle and didn't withdraw any of them? Sai's head was bruised, and he grabbed the adjutant by the collar and asked loudly in disbelief. They had a lot of sharpshooters, and when the soldiers retreated, they suddenly concentrated their shots, and our soldiers didn't have time to guard at all, so they were used as targets" The adjutant closed his eyes tightly, and tears the size of beans had already slid down his face. In just two attacks, the Sakai squadron lost the strength of the general force, and also put mortars and all the grenadiers in it, and the Sakai squadron had lost the strength to attack again.
"Sir, the reinforcements are coming soon, there are still 3 miles from our nearest squadron on the island, and the Guanglian squadron is a little slower, and we are still 10 miles away" A Cao commander informed Sakai of the telegram he had just received from the reinforcements. "Order the troops to shrink the front, just entangle the other side, and wait for the reinforcements to arrive" Sakai seemed to suddenly get a lot older, and his straight back suddenly became a little rickety, and after listening to the message, he thought deeply for a while, and then turned his back and gave a few orders, and waved his hand to let the adjutant and the chief Cao go down.
Sakai is also a senior officer, who has participated in many battles in China and achieved good results, but he capsized in places like northern Burma. After several days of continuous pursuit of the other party, not only did they not capture prisoners, but they were also defeated again and again, it seemed that their own troops had been pursuing the other party, but in fact, the biggest casualties were their own troops, and there were only about a hundred people left when they set off. The Burmese who were sent to guide were also killed and wounded, and even if Sakai defeated the Shina on the opposite side this time, he also lost the capital to enter the jungle to pursue, and Sakai now hopes that there will be some Burmese who are familiar with the mountains and forests in the reinforcements, otherwise, all this effort will be in vain.
At this time, Sakai was very disappointed, he felt that he was too much of a failure, and he couldn't even take down the small group of people who had fled for several days on the other side. One defeat was enough to ruin all the glory, and Sakai could never bear such humiliation, but he could only wait, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Only when he has enough troops in his hands can he attack again and have a chance to wash away his humiliation. ~