Chapter Forty-Seven: The Battle of Yedianji (2)
Time is of the essence! The bloody facts of war powerfully illustrate this truth.
Fighters are fleeting, and every moment of delay will pay a terrible price!
When Lu Tuan hurried to the Xin'an Bridge with sappers, the little devil's reinforcements had already gone up the bridge and rushed over...... When we meet on a narrow road, what else do you say? Both sides picked up their guns and rushed to kill.
"Bang bang ......", bullets like flying locusts, rushed head-on, burrowed into the body, blood soared, and people kept falling to the ground.
Lu Tuan was stunned, and a bullet entered his chest, piercing his back...... He fell limply, still roaring, "Blow up the bridge......"
One of the soldiers hurriedly dragged him to the back, but his eyes were wide and he was silent.
This support army of the little devil is the Sakamoto detachment that came from Laiwu.
Where could this engineer unit of the Fourth Regiment stop the Sakamoto detachment, it was scattered in an instant...... The bridge was no longer able to be blown up.
When the gunshot rang out, Head Xie suddenly looked in the direction of Xin'an Bridge, and his heart sank to the bottom! It's late, it's late!
At the order of Major General Saito, the sappers in the front quickly jumped into the water filled with gasoline and began to erect a pontoon bridge.
Huang Hua on the other side of the river hid behind the rocks, watching this scene quietly, he didn't move...... He's waiting for a signal!
The sappers were engaged in the work of opening roads and building bridges in the mountains and rivers, and after a while, more than 10 pontoon bridges were erected on the river more than 200 meters wide.
"Shh......h
The sound of air friction sounded, and on the artillery position of the Saito detachment, the shells rose into the sky like flying locusts, drew arcs, and flew towards the wild shop.
At the same time, the infantry of the front team took their spears, ran down to the shore, stepped on the pontoon bridge, and rushed to the opposite bank.
Huanghua still didn't move, the signal hadn't appeared yet, his hand holding the match trembled so badly that beads of sweat ran out of his forehead, dense!
The defenders of the wild shop set dodged, and this time, there was no time to dig the cat's ear hole, everything ...... You can only leave it to fate!
Cannonballs rained down and "bang...... Boom ......", the earth shook, the smoke rose, the houses were reduced to ruins, the scorched earth and shrapnel flew horizontally, and the wild shop was on fire!
Wails rang out, and someone was hit by shrapnel, bleeding profusely; There are also people who are engulfed by artillery fire and turned into burning men; There are even ...... who were directly hit There are no bones left!
Li Siwei lay behind the wall, clenched his fists, staring at the other side of the river, his eyes were red, and in his heart, a vicious aura was stirring!
Liao Heiniu hid behind a pile of bricks and soil, looking at the little devil who had washed ashore, his eyes were about to split!
Ji Kui hid in a hidden place, holding a telescope with an expressionless face, staring at the opposite shore and the direction in which the shells were rising...... The bomb fell not far away, shrapnel flew sideways, scorched earth was everywhere, but Ji Kui was like a statue, standing silently in place!
Finally, his expression moved, and he roared, "The elevation angle is thirty-five degrees, and the ruler is two thousand three hundred ......."
He quickly reported a bunch of data, and several gunners hurriedly adjusted the two mountain guns......
The yellowed forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, and the promised signal had not appeared for a long time...... He didn't know if the brothers would be able to hold out under such intensive artillery fire!
The Saito Detachment, as the elite of the 5th Division of the North China Dispatch Army, brought an artillery brigade with this operation! For them, the first task is to break through the wild shop fair, and what will become of the wild shop fair...... They don't care!
The striker of the little devil had already rushed ashore and rushed towards the wild shop market, five hundred meters away...... 400 meters...... 300 meters...... Wildfire was flying everywhere, and the defenders were so suppressed by the artillery fire that they could not raise their heads, and there was no room for counterattack.
Li Siwei looked at the little devil who was getting closer and closer, and his clenched fists trembled slightly...... In this battle, he handed over the power to give orders to Ji Kui, the cannon sounded, the fire started, and the counterattack began!
However, Ji Kui's cannon never sounded! At this moment, Li Siwei was worried, he didn't know if this platoon commander of the Cantonese Army, who was born as an artilleryman, had the ability to control the fighters!
The advance of the little devil was already less than a hundred meters away from the position, and the shelling of the little devil finally stopped, but the follow-up troops had already landed on the shore in a steady stream!
At the moment when the cannon stopped, Ji Kui's palm slashed down from his chest, "Put!" ”
"Bang bang", two mountain cannons rang out almost at the same time!
The "Shhh......" cannonball pierced the void, let out a long roar, and flew to the opposite shore!
"Bang bang...... Boom ......", a ball of fire rose into the sky......
"Keep shooting!" Ji Kui looked at the direction where the fire was rising and smiled, "The devil's artillery position is there!" ”
Huang Hua looked at the smoke rising from the other side, struck a match, and leaned on the gasoline-soaked torch in front of him, and the "boom" torch lit...... Huang Hua slammed out with a torch and went straight to the river.
A few sharp-eyed little devils had already seen Huang Hua and raised their guns to shoot, but Huang Hua had already reached the river, threw the torch on the surface of the river with a cat body, turned around and ran...... Bullets were fired around him, and dust was splattered.
"Boom ......" floated on the surface of the river with a layer of gasoline, and the flames rose into the sky, and thick smoke billowed...... The No. 100 little devil who was crossing the river and more than a dozen pontoon bridges were set on fire in an instant, and for a while, the quiet river turned into a raging sea of fire.
In the sea of fire, the little devils covered in flames jumped into the water in a panic, but they forgot that it was the gasoline floating on the surface of the river that caused the fire, and this jump seemed to burn even more.
The little devil on the west bank of the river hurriedly paused, with a look of fear; On the east bank of the river, the little devil who was rushing to the wild shop market heard the screams behind him, and he couldn't help but pause, and many people looked back, and a chill suddenly rose in their hearts...... The back road is broken! It's a trap!
Sure enough, at the moment when the fireworks went off, the defenders of Yedianji began to counterattack one after another.
"Bang bang bang ......" "Da da ......"
Bullets flew everywhere, and the little devils who were already close at hand fell to the ground in rows like harvested crops!
"Kill!" Liao Heiniu roared excitedly, "Don't let me go!" ”
Half-crossed! The seven or eight hundred little devils who rushed ashore instantly became lonely...... The retreat was blocked by the sea of fire, and there was no artillery support, and the little devils on the west bank were blocked by the fireworks and did not dare to act rashly!
The defenders suddenly counterattacked, with full firepower, and the little devils who couldn't dodge suffered heavy casualties! The survivors are rushing on both sides!
But will there be a way to survive there? The answer is clearly no! To the north, Liu Heishui's three battalions moved northwest; To the south, Lu Quanyou's battalion moved southwest...... At this point, this lonely army of the little devil has no life!
On the west bank, Major General Saito was furious, and he couldn't figure out why things suddenly turned out like this!
First, the artillery positions were shelled, and two mountain guns were blown into scrap metal; Immediately afterwards, the river turned into a sea of fire, the pontoon bridge was destroyed, and the more than 100 warriors who were crossing the river were seriously injured if they did not die; Even more infuriating are the warriors who have already crossed the river...... When the fire goes out, they'll all be shattered!
Rao is Major General Saito, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has never seen such a tactic! The other party actually turned the tide of the battle in an instant with a fire, and he ...... There is a detachment of troops, but it is helpless!
"Major General, let's take a roundabout reinforcement!" Infantry Wing Commander Yoshida Daisa gritted his teeth and looked at the opposite bank, which was obscured by fire and smoke, but the gunfire shook the sky, and it was clear that the people of China were besieging the warriors of the Empire...... Those who crossed the river first were none other than the Domoto Brigade under Yoshida United! A brigade is almost all gone!
Major General Saito raised his head sharply and stared at him like a falcon, "Yoshida-kun, calm down first!" ”
Yoshida Osa was stunned, "Hi! "He knew that Domoto's brigade had been abandoned!
Sure enough, Major General Saito pulled out his saber violently, "Nagasawa-kun, continue to fire artillery and carry out indiscriminate attacks on the east bank!" I'm going to use the wild store set to bury the Domoto brigade! ”
"Hey!" Nagasawa Dasa paused, turned around and carried out the order.
All the officials were chilled in their hearts, not because of Major General Saito's order, but because of the fire, the fire that made Major General Saito have to break his wrist.
Nagasawa Osa's artillery brigade lost two mountain guns in the battle just now, which made him also very angry, in the artillery battle with the national army, how could he have suffered such a loss? At this time, I got the order, and I gritted my teeth, wanting to take revenge and hate quickly! Rear Admiral Saito's meaning is clear: indiscriminate attacks...... Nagasawa Osa showed a cruel smile!
On the east bank, the siege and annihilation battle of the Yedianji garrison against the Tangmoto brigade was nearing the end, and the defenders were cheerful. At this moment, a piercing grinding sound was heard in the air, "Shhh......hh
Li Siwei was shocked in his heart, and roared hoarsely, "Hide, hide quickly......"
"Bang...... Boom", only a loud bang was heard, Li Siwei was shaken, fell to the ground, and a shrapnel flew over his shoulder......
In fact, where is the need to greet Li Siwei, all the soldiers can't hide when they hear that voice!
The veterans had all participated in the Battle of Guangmingling, and they kept Li Siwei's "Wang Ba tactics" firmly in mind...... When will you not hide now?
After the previous round of shelling, the recruits naturally knew the power of this artillery fire, and they had already had a little fear in their hearts, and they were reminded by the veterans that they couldn't run and win!
"What a vicious little devil!" Li Siwei used all four limbs together, hiding behind a pile of remnants of bricks and wasteland, but the shock in his heart was indescribable!
Thick smoke billowed on the river, and the little devil's artillery couldn't see the situation outside the wild shop market at all! Under normal circumstances, the little devils will not fire, because there are still seven or eight hundred little devils on this side of the river, and they can't hurt their own people! However, the reality is just the opposite, in order to fight the enemy, they chose to attack indiscriminately, and did not hesitate to sacrifice their robe brothers!
When the smoke rose, Ji Kui stopped shooting, and with such a thick smoke barrier, it was impossible to observe the target, let alone the hit rate...... He hurried to move to a new position, which was already exposed, and it was not appropriate to stay for long!
When he moved to a new hiding point, the guns were burning on the battlefield on the east coast. He raised his binoculars and took a closer look, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Chief Li's move was really ruthless enough, and the little devil who crossed the river had already been killed and injured!
But at this moment, the familiar sound of breaking the air sounded, and the little devil actually fired! Shells rained down, and the battlefield on the east bank, regardless of enemy and us, was attacked by the dense artillery fire......
Ji Kui was stunned by the situation in front of him...... The little devil actually took an indiscriminate attack!
The little devil is clearly going to kill them all, although the brothers are desperately trying to dodge, but how can the hastily built simple fortifications withstand such a dense artillery fire?
"Company commander, what should we do?" A ** soldier is indignant!
"What to do? In one word, dry! Ji Kui gritted his teeth.
"Does that work?" The platoon leader was a little apprehensive.
"I can't care so much," Ji Kui waved his hand, "at least you can attract the little devil's artillery fire!" Buy time for the brothers! ”
"Bang bang", two mountain cannons roared at the same time, and two shells streaked through the void and flew towards the position of the Saito detachment.
Can you hit the artillery of the little devils through the billowing smoke? Ji Kui doesn't know! However, he can be sure that once the shells are fired, his new position will be exposed!
A mushroom cloud rose from the position of the Sato detachment of the "Boom ......", another mountain gun was hit along with a box of ammunition, and more than a dozen artillery pieces were lifted into the air......
Nagasawa Dazuo was furious, "Kill it, kill it...... This is destined to be a contest between artillery!
The remaining five mountain guns of the Nagasawa brigade stopped firing, and the gunners were adjusting the parameters!
As soon as the blow was successful, Ji Kui also stopped shooting and hurriedly shifted his position...... The two mountain guns, one on the left and one on the right, moved 15 meters from their original positions to both sides.
"Boom", as soon as Ji Kui and the others moved away, a shell had already fallen on the original position, and the scorched earth was splashed everywhere!
"Bang", Ji Kui waved his hand, the mountain artillery on the right rang out, "shhh", a shell passed through the thick smoke and hit the position of the Changze brigade, "boom", another mountain cannon was bombarded into iron, and five or six artillery pieces were shot to the ground by shrapnel.
"Bang bang bang", three shells flew out from the position of the Nagasawa brigade almost at the same time, "Shhh......h Boom", the mountain artillery, which had not had time to transfer, was hit...... The mountain artillery was lifted into the air along with a ** soldier.
Ji Kui trembled, his right hand paused, and he swung it down heavily, and the mountain cannon on the left side of the "bang" sounded......
This is a duel between artillerymen!