Chapter 437 Blocked at the gate of the city
In order to better deal with the Japanese counterattack, Hu Biao specially sent a batch of weapons and ammunition, and seconded a guard regiment from the 26th Group Army. Its purpose was to hope that in Shucheng, it could deal with the counterattacking Japanese army.
Judging from the strength and weaponry, Hu Biao has a guard regiment and a prisoner of war camp at this moment, and both the strength and weapons and equipment are less than the Japanese infantry brigades and regiments that came to help. But Hu Biao still feels that they are not without a chance of winning.
Fighting big with small is itself Hu Biao's combat characteristic. Winning more with less is already a common thing for the officers and men of the task force. Now seeing that there is an opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the infantry brigades that come to help, Hu Biao naturally will not miss this opportunity.
In Hu Biao's expectation, planting a large amount of explosives would only cause chaos for the little devils who came to help. Judging by the results of the explosion so far, it seems that the effect is better than expected. The little devils who came to help were not as well-trained as they imagined.
Think about it from another perspective, if the troops attacked in the middle of the night at this moment were replaced by other anti-Japanese war troops, Hu Biao felt that their performance would not be better than that of the little devil. This also shows that the effect of night raids and explosions is indeed very good!
Looking at the little devils who evacuated from the long street to the city gate, as well as the raging fire behind him, and the explosions that sounded from time to time, Hu Biao, who was standing on the hillside outside the city, still felt that this big scene of burning the city was indeed very refreshing.
Considering that the nearest reinforcements were far away, it would take at least an hour or so to arrive after receiving the order, and Hu Biao was not in a hurry to do it. looked at the situation in the city, and then said: "Old Qin, you go to the north of the city to copy the back road of the little devil!" ”
"Yes, detachment leader! And what about this side? ”
"Leave two combat platoons, and the rest of the troops are all pulled over. Remember, you just need to harass and put more pressure on the little devils in the city. Don't get entangled with the little devils, if you really want the little devils to get entangled, it will be very troublesome. ”
"Understood!"
With Hu Biao's instructions, Qin Tianyou took the remaining combat troops without saying a word and began to make a detour to the north of the city. At this moment, the city gate, which was heavily guarded, was quickly opened from the inside, and a large number of little devils began to gather outside the city.
Seeing this scene, Hu Biao sneered: "Come and assemble outside the city, these little devils are really arrogant." Do you really think it's safe outside the city? Come on, notify the pillars, cover the gate area as fast as possible, and blow up these dogs! ”
"Yes, detachment leader!"
The combat team members who stayed by Hu Biao's side also knew that the little devils were assembled at the city gate, and they also hoped to gather troops. Such a mess is indeed no different from a rabble. The city gates, on the other hand, look safe now.
After receiving the artillery instructions conveyed by Hu Biao, Tian Tiezhu also smiled and said: "All of them, give me a hard beating later." As long as the little devil doesn't break through the forward defensive position, let's run out of shells around us! ”
"Yes!"
Seeing that the little devils began to assemble at the gate of the city, Tian Tiezhu and the others temporarily adjusted the muzzle of the cannon. From the point of view, the fired shells will definitely fall on the open space of the city gate. It doesn't matter where it falls.
The reason is very simple, as the little devils who entered the city withdrew one after another, a large number of devils had gathered at the gate of the city at this moment. Once the shelling begins, it is believed that these shells can also reap the lives of countless little devils.
"Listen to my command, three, two, one, release!"
The gunner, who was holding a mortar shell, put the shell into the barrel at almost the same time as Tian Tiezhu's command. When these shells were fired and rushed out of the barrel, the gunner had already picked up the second shell and stuffed it into the barrel again.
The officers and men of the guard battalion who were staying in the forward defensive position also looked extremely excited when they heard the sound of 'tom tom' coming from behind them: "Okay! This cannonball smashed down, and the little devil didn't explode the pot immediately. This battle is so cool! ”
Seeing the shells flying straight towards the city gate, the officers and men of the guard battalion lying on the defensive position quickly turned their eyes to the city gate. The little devil officer, who was assembling troops, also quickly discovered the abnormality not far from the city gate.
Looking at the unknown flames flying quickly, the experienced little devil officer immediately shouted in horror: "Shelling! Get down! ”
In the process, there were also some little devil officers who shouted the command of 'disperse and hide', and the surviving little devils who had begun to calm down instantly rushed around like an explosion, and the city gate instantly became a sea of fire.
Batch after batch of shells kept falling, so that the Japanese troops who retreated to the city gate and assembled became the targets of random slaughter again. The commander of the infantry brigade, who was protected by the guards, looked at the soldiers who were killed by the bombing, and suddenly felt a kind of anger dripping blood.
yelled: "Organize the troops, take out those damn artillerymen!" Rush over and kill them! ”
Hearing the shouting of the commander of the infantry brigade, a little devil officer soon said: "Rush to the hillside ahead!" ”
Realizing that these shells were fired from mortars, and their artillery positions were not too far away from them, many of the little devils who ran out of the shelling area began to speed up their pace and charge in the direction where the artillery positions were.
Looking at these little devils who began to rush over, Hu Biao said very calmly: "Sniper team, attack!" ”
With the help of the fire generated by the explosion of the shells, the sniper team can also effectively aim and snipe from a distance. Considering that there were officers and soldiers of the guard battalion in front of them to block the attack, the sniper team focused on picking the officers of the little devils to fight with the military Cao.
When the little devils began to enter the range of sniper rifles, the snipers lurking behind the guard battalion began to hunt freely. There was still a range of nearly 500 meters from the blocking position, but the snipers began to shoot aim.
Listening to the gunshots coming from behind them, many officers and soldiers of the guard battalion were a little stunned: "How can you fight so far?" ”
Just when they were puzzled, looking at the team of little devils who were charging towards them, some little devils were soon knocked to the ground. Seeing this scene, not only the officers and soldiers of the first battalion of guards were stunned, but even the little devils who charged were also stunned.
"Yaga! How can it be? How did they do it? How can you shoot so accurately at such a long distance? ”
Puzzled, in the face of the artillery positions that were still firing shells, the little devil naturally couldn't stop, so he could only continue to rush. When there were still about 300 meters away from the position, Lin Jian also said in a timely manner: "Grenadier, prepare!" ”
During the daytime break, Hu Biao specially asked Lin Jian to select a group of soldiers who had fought grenadiers in the whole regiment and temporarily formed a grenadier team. In Hu Biao's opinion, grenadiers are much better than grenades.
The most important thing is that in the face of the little devils who are good at using grenadiers, they can also form effective countermeasures. It was a rare opportunity to test the effect, Lin Jian naturally would not miss this opportunity, and began to give the order to prepare for battle.
"Put!"
When the grenades were fired one by one, looking at the several grenades that were thrown in, the little devil who had slowed down and was about to shoot was stunned again, and many military caucus immediately shouted: "Grenadiers, disperse!" Take cover! ”
As the grenades fell, the little devil who rushed to the front was once again shrouded in the flames generated by the explosion. Looking at the soldiers who were constantly being hit and falling, many of the little devil officers in command also felt angry and surprised.
There were several confrontations with the anti-Japanese forces, and the Japanese army also encountered the situation where the national army used grenadiers to counterattack. But more often, the anti-Japanese troops were good at using grenades or mortars, and formed grenadiers, but they rarely encountered them.
But today, they discovered that the enemy lurking in the shadows actually had a large number of grenadiers. The grenadiers that were used in a concentrated manner quickly inflicted great damage on them, and groups of fighters were hit by shrapnel and fell screaming.
Seeing this scene, Lin Jian also felt very excited, and said loudly: "Good fight!" Go on! Fight where there are a lot of devils! ”
In the face of the sudden grenade interception, there was soon a humane in the team of little devils who followed behind: "Grenadier!" Quickly, immediately go forward and set up grenadiers to destroy the enemy positions on the opposite side. Hurry, hurry up! ”
If you want to deal with this kind of grenadier three or four hundred meters away, in addition to using artillery to suppress it, the only way to use the grenadier is to use the grenadier. At the level of the use of grenadiers, the Japanese still felt that they would not lose to anyone.
Hu Biao, who was staying in the rear to watch the battle, also quickly saw the little devil setting up a grenadier in front, and then said: "Notify the sniper detachment, focus on sniping the grenadiers of the little devil, and provide cover for the guard battalion!" ”
"Yes, detachment leader!"
The herald immediately rushed to the area where the sniper detachment was located and conveyed Hu Biao's order. At this time, the grenadiers of the little devils also began to counterattack, and the guns and grenades they carried were opened on the positions of the grenadier group of the guard battalion.
Looking at the grenadiers around him who were killed and wounded, Lin Jian couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "Spread out and shell freely!" ”
Knowing that if they were gathered together, it would be easy to be targeted by the grenadiers of the little devils, so Lin Jian could only separate the grenadier group. In that case, it will be more difficult for the little devil to carry out counterattack and suppression.
Seeing that the guns and grenades in the dark on the hillside instantly decreased a lot, the little devils who were suppressed on the offensive road came with the order to 'charge' again, and many little devils who were lying on the ground to avoid the blow got up from the ground again to attack.
The machine gunners of the 1st Battalion of Guards, who were hiding in defensive positions, soon heard the orders of their respective platoon commanders: "Ready!" Put the little devil into one hundred and fifty meters and hit again! Listen to my command at any time, three, two, one, hit! ”
Several light and heavy machine guns were erected on the position, and under the orders of their respective commanders, the shooter instantly pulled the trigger in his hand. The tongues of fire that demanded their lives immediately flew towards the little devils who charged over.
Listening to the screams of the little devils and looking at the countless little devils who were knocked to the ground, these machine gunners said excitedly: "Little devils, come on!" Grandpa has enough bullets, come one to kill one, come two to kill a pair! Kill! ”
Looking at the groups of fallen soldiers, the little devils who quickly lay down to avoid shooting also began to set up guns and aim and shoot. For a time, the forward positions also became extremely lively, and the troops of the two sides began to play and shoot at each other.
From time to time, little devils were killed or blown up, and from time to time there were screams from the position of the first battalion of guards responsible for defending and blocking the attack. The tragic side of the battlefield is undoubtedly revealed at this moment. But this is the truest and most cruel embodiment of war!