According to the establishment of the 202nd Division, each infantry battalion has a Spitfire squad and three Spitfire groups. They were armed with M2 flamethrowers from the U.S. military in another time and space. The flamethrower can shoot up to 50 meters, and the maximum spray distance can reach 55 to 60 meters if it is really downwind.

As a new branch of the army, the appearance of the Pyro was also questioned by many officers and soldiers at first. First of all, the flamethrower consisted of a spray gun, two oil cylinders with a total volume of about 16 liters, a pressure cylinder containing high-pressure air or compressed nitrogen, a steel frame, a canvas pad, and a strap with a slip buckle, with a total weight of more than 20 kilograms.

The weapon is too heavy to cause the soldier to move slowly, and he cannot lie down or make quick movements such as rolling at any time to avoid enemy bullets, in the eyes of many infantry, these flamethrowers are like a bulky target, and the oil bottle filled with napalm can be described as a powerful bomb, once hit by the enemy, not only the flamethrower will become a burning man, but also the surrounding soldiers will be affected.

Although many soldiers and officers complained, under Su Jin's strong orders, the Pyro still successfully became a new branch of the 202nd Division, and the battle of Xiaobaoshan in Jiujiang was also the first appearance of the Pyro.

And this appearance, the Pyro also gave the 348th Brigade a big surprise.

Although many fortifications and pillboxes were destroyed by the artillery fire of the artillery regiment, but as a member of the engineering department, Tsuchida Yongxiang Osa himself also has real materials, in addition to those fortifications built of soil and logs, some pillboxes are often made of several layers of wood, with sand in the middle, and even steel plates to increase the defensive effect. Such a pillbox could already withstand direct hits from mortars and infantry artillery. Due to careful calculations prior to construction, most of these pillboxes had an excellent range of fire, and a single light machine gun could suppress the strength of a squad to a platoon.

In yesterday's battle. Although the artillery regiment destroyed many Japanese pillboxes and positions, even the remaining bunkers and bunkers caused many casualties to the attacking troops. The officers and men of the 348th Brigade generally used machine gun fire to suppress the Japanese pillboxes, and then used infantry to climb nearby with grenades and explosives to blow them up, and this method of fighting was time-consuming and laborious, and often caused heavy casualties. Sometimes, even if a soldier climbed under the bunker and threw a few grenades, he could not blow up the Japanese fortified bunker, but instead caused himself to be killed and wounded by the Japanese army.

And at this time, the Pyro showed its immense power. The earliest was in yesterday's battle. At that time, a company of the 562nd Regiment was stopped by a Japanese pillbox, and the 562nd Regiment failed several times in several attacks, and dozens of casualties were also inflicted. Later, Li Wei personally ordered the use of flamethrowers, and as a result, a two-person flamethrower team climbed more than 30 meters near the pillbox under the cover of the rear machine guns, and then carried out three short flamethrows, which immediately knocked the Japanese machine guns dumb. The officers and men of the 562nd Regiment immediately rushed into the pillbox and found six burned Japanese corpses.

The officers and men of the 562nd Regiment, who discovered the power of the Spitfire, were overjoyed, and with the assistance of the subsequent combat strength Spitfire. The 562nd Regiment successively captured several Japanese forts and positions, and after a day of fierce fighting, the officers and men of the 348th Brigade finally understood the power of this kind of division seat forced into their troops, and the Pyro could not only destroy the enemy hiding in the strong bunkers. It can also bring unprecedented deterrence to enemy troops hiding behind fortifications, especially those who are burning and screaming after being hit by flamethrowers, this kind of psychological deterrence is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear.

With the strong attack of the 561st Regiment, Xiaobaoshan's position was also constantly lost, and by three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiaobaoshan was left with only three chain bunkers close to Jiujiang City. If these three bunker groups are also lost, then the entire Jiujiang will be in no danger to defend.

Tsuchida stood in a lookout hole on the top floor of the bunker in a military uniform that had long since become dim, stained with dust and gunpowder. Looking at the bursts of gunfire not far away, my heart was like a knife. The defensive position of Xiaobaoshan, which he had given high hopes for, was broken by the Huaxia people in this way, and the position that he thought would be able to support at least half a month and inflict heavy casualties on the Huaxia people could not hold on for even two days, which was a huge blow to him who was conceited.

At this time, a thin-faced Zhongzuo next to him persuaded: "Your Excellency Dazuo, you better withdraw to the city, the attack of the people of China is too fierce, there is also a large army in Jiujiang City, with these forces, you can also fight street battles with those people, as long as you can hold on until the reinforcements feel, we have hope!" ”

"Hmm......"

Although Tsuchida Yongxiang's heart moved at first, he thought about it and then shook his head: "It's not the last moment yet, with this bunker group, we have no problem holding out until dark, as long as it gets dark, the people will naturally retreat, so we can hold out for another day." ”

"But......" Nakasa wanted to say something, but was stopped by Yusho Tsuchida.

"Hashimoto-kun, you don't need to say any more, if I retreat, the morale here will drop, and it's hard to say whether I can hold out until dark then!"

"Alas......" Zhong Zuo sighed hatefully, not that they didn't work hard, but that the Chinese army in front of them was too despicable. Unexpectedly, a fire-breathing weapon was used, no matter how strong the bunker was, as long as it was approached by the soldiers carrying an outline bottle on their backs, a flame erupted, and the soldiers in the bunker would immediately turn into flames.

Moreover, the temperature of this flame is extremely high, and it can cause major burns to the human body in a very short time. And this kind of flame cannot be extinguished, if a person uses his hand to slap the fire more and more, if he rolls on the ground to extinguish the fire, the whole body will be on fire. Even if a Japanese soldier was burned by this kind of flame, the people next to him could not help him extinguish the fire, because the struggle of the burning person could easily throw the burning oil on the helper, and burn the person as well.

And this gasoline can be splashed and adhered along the fortifications, and even if the Japanese soldiers hide in the tortuous fortifications like sheep's intestines, they will be burned to death.

In addition, this flame burned for a long time, and it was difficult to extinguish a fire, so the Japanese army was forced to abandon its position once it was attacked by flamethrowers. There was no situation where the Japanese waited outside the fortifications for the fire to be extinguished and then returned to continue the battle.

In actual combat, it was shown that even if the Chinese army on the opposite side used heavy artillery and explosives packs to bombard the Japanese fortifications, many Japanese soldiers often held on, even if they were all killed. However, in the face of the flamethrowers and the terrifying fire dragons, most of the soldiers generally had a hard time holding on, and most of them threw away their weapons and jumped out of the bunkers to escape, because the flamethrowers caused more fear than they could bear. In the face of this tragic and capricious flame, even the strongest soldier will become a frightened rabbit. They also discovered that some Japanese soldiers would rush out with grenades and kill them whenever they found themselves approached by the flamethrowers. These soldiers would rather die in battle than suffer the fear of being burned alive.

It was slowly getting dark, and the 561st Regiment finally stopped the attack.

Huang Jianguo walked past the position with a few guards, looking at the corpses of Japanese officers and soldiers dug up from under the fortifications that had been turned into ruins, and he asked the deputy regiment commander who had just arrived: "How many casualties have we suffered?" ”

The deputy regiment commander replied in a deep voice: "Our regiment suffered more than 330 casualties, of which 98 were killed in battle, and more than 200 were lightly and seriously injured, of which about 90 will be disabled for life. ”

Huang Jianguo was silent, such a casualty rate meant that the strength of one and a half companies disappeared.

Looking at the charred corpses of Japanese soldiers under his feet, he smelled the smell of gunsmoke, gasoline, and a little smell of barbecued meat, and more of blood. After more than three hours of fighting, after the company tore open the breach, the 561st Regiment and the Japanese troops in Xiaobaoshan tore apart for more than three hours before they took most of the last bunker group, and finally there were two largest bunkers that were divided. Just as he wanted to take the last two large pillboxes overnight, the brigade headquarters came with an order to stop the attack.

The military order was like a mountain, Huang Jianguo had to order the troops to stop the attack, and when he came to a corner, he suddenly heard a burst of shouting and scolding.

"Get on your knees! Fucking kneel down for Lao Tzu! ”

Outside a fortification in Xiaobaoshan, a non-commissioned officer with a bloody face pointed a M1911A1 pistol at two Japanese soldiers in front of him, who had been stunned by a shell and taken prisoner.

At this time, they were looking at the non-commissioned officer, with a look of surprise and anger in their eyes, seeing that the two Japanese soldiers could not understand their words, the non-commissioned officer's eyes slowly became red, and he raised his foot and kicked the knees of the two Japanese soldiers with the military boots with steel on his feet, and the Japanese soldiers who were in pain howled loudly and fell to the ground, and the non-commissioned officer then held a pistol against the Japanese soldier kneeling on the ground and pulled the trigger, and the blood splashed everywhere, and the two Japanese soldiers fell to the ground without saying a word, although there were soldiers walking around from time to time, But no one stepped in to stop this, and almost everyone turned a blind eye to it.

The two-hour bloody battle caused the 561st Regiment to lose too much for the first time in the battle, and the desperate resistance of the Japanese army caused many soldiers who participated in the battle for the first time to lose their comrades or relatives, and at this time, after the battle, they could only vent their anger in this way, although this behavior was against military discipline.

Seeing such a situation, the staff officer on the side wanted to go over and scold the non-commissioned officer, but was stopped by Huang Jian*Guo, and watched the sunset, Captain Huang Jian* shook his head and sighed and walked away...... (To be continued.) )