Chapter 215: A Critical Moment
"Boom ......"
One after another, the Type 91 grenades thrown from the grenadiers fell on the positions, and the casualties of the defenders of the artillery positions began to increase.
With the frantic attack of the Japanese army, the infantry defensive positions around the artillery camp have long been destroyed, and the defense system and trenches of the entire position have completely changed. Blackened craters, dirt tossed by shells, crumbling trenches and burning logs, and support columns. Broken weapons, scattered ammo boxes, and blown barbed wire, this place has become a complete hellish appearance.
And against the backdrop of hell is corpses and blood everywhere. The soldiers' mutilated corpses and severed arms were scattered throughout the position, and there was hardly any intact open space on the position, and many of the dead soldiers were left with only charred limbs or severed arms with blurred flesh and blood. Many more were left with nothing, and they had completely disappeared under the intense artillery fire, with only a few pieces of cloth or a few stumps to prove that they had once been in this hell of iron and fire.
Due to the heavy casualties of the infantry company, even the gunners began to pick up their rifles and join the defense.
"Lao Liu, you tell me as soon as possible, can you hold here, if not, you can tell me as soon as possible, Lao Tzu is so prepared!" Next to Liu Ximing, a major gritted his teeth and yelled at Liu Ximing, he was Ji Jincheng, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion.
Liu Ximing understood what Ji Jincheng meant, as long as he said a word, Ji Jincheng would immediately lead people to blow up all the more than 20 artillery pieces behind, and these murderous weapons must not be left to the Japanese. But how could Liu Ximing be willing to let those precious artillery pieces be blown up like this, he gritted his teeth and said: "Chief Ji, please give me a little more time, if the reinforcements don't come in half an hour, will you blow up those artillery pieces again?" ”
Ji Jincheng nodded: "Okay, I'll give you another half hour, if the situation continues to deteriorate." Then I'll have to prepare for the worst! ”
"Yes!"
Liu Ximing also let go, at this time he was holding an MG34 machine gun, and was frantically strafing forward, and the dense firepower made the two Type 96 light machine guns and several grenadiers of the Japanese army in front of him unable to raise their heads. At this time, there were only three MG34 machine guns and one M2 Browning heavy machine gun left on the position, and if it weren't for these machine guns as support, their remaining thin position of less than 100 people would have been crushed by the Japanese army in front of them.
The dilemma of the artillery position was naturally also noticed by the Japanese commander on the opposite side, Nagai Yusaku Daisaku, and seeing that the firepower on the opposite side was getting weaker and weaker, he was also more and more excited, although he had lost more than 400 people in this attack, but he didn't care. In his opinion, as long as he can take this artillery position, even if he sacrifices more people, it is worth it. On the contrary, if this position cannot be taken in time, and when Major General Takuya Yoshii, who is still on another train, arrives, I am afraid that the credit for this time will not be his own.
"Rush up...... Everybody rush up and kill the Shina people! ”
Yusaku Nagai waved the command knife in his hand and yelled incessantly, and around him, the Marines in dark blue uniforms were also driven forward by their respective officers, holding their bayonet rifles.
In order to take this artillery position before his boss and enemy reinforcements arrived, Yusaku Nagai was already a little crazy, and he kept driving his soldiers to attack. Even if more than 1,000 people are sacrificed, they will not hesitate!
"Sneer...... "Sneer......"
The MG34 machine gun in Liu Ximing's arms poured out the fire snake frantically, and the rain of bullets tilted forward like raindrops, although the Japanese troops in front of them were constantly hit by the rain of bullets and fell, but it was no longer possible to organize the attack of these crazy marines. Driven by the officers, they were already rushing towards the position, which had been almost destroyed by artillery fire, for they had seen victory beckoning them, even though the fire on the position was getting weaker and weaker.
"Sir...... We can't stand it anymore, why haven't the reinforcements come yet? A soldier asked Liu Ximing in a loud voice as he shot forward.
"How do I know. The 143rd Division of the Dog Day, we are so close to them, but after so long, they can't even send a single reinforcement. Liu Ximing scolded as he replied. It had been almost an hour since the Japanese army launched the attack, but the 143rd Division, which was less than two kilometers away from them, was stunned that it could not break through the defense line formed by the Japanese.
Behind Liu Ximing, the communication soldier with the Motorola walkie-talkie on his back was still desperately shouting, "Hey, hey...... Brigade ...... Brigade ...... I am the 2nd Battalion of the Artillery Regiment...... We are under siege by Japanese troops, and the situation is urgent...... The situation is urgent...... Call for reinforcements...... Call for reinforcements ......"
"Whoosh ......"
Two stray bullets flew by, hit a nearby rock, and happened to hit the communications soldier.
"Call the brigade headquarters...... Ho...... Call ......"
The highly nervous communications soldier did not realize that he had been shot at first, but then he vomited blood from his mouth as he cried, and then let out a bellows-like hoc, and finally the whole person slowly collapsed.
"Damn bastards, Medic...... Medics ......"
Ji Jincheng, who was shooting with a Suomi submachine gun on the side, grabbed the armed belt of the communications soldier and dragged him to his side, and after laying him flat on the ground, he took the microphone in his hand and shouted: "Did you hear it from the other side?" I don't care who is on the other side, I just want to know if the reinforcements have arrived, if not, just say it as soon as possible, and blow up the big guys behind while Lao Tzu can still move! Hear no, damn it, still haven't been contacted! ”
There was still a rustling murmur in the microphone, and just when Ji Jincheng was angry and wanted to get rid of the microphone, a voice with a slight southern accent came from the microphone that had not been silent for a long time: "I am Su Jin, the commander of the Independent Brigade, and the person opposite will report your position and name immediately!" ”
"Su Jin? Traveler? ”
As soon as he heard this name, Ji Jincheng, who was originally angry, was stunned for a moment as if he had been poured a basin of cold water on his head, and then hurriedly shouted: "Brigade seat, I am Ji Jincheng, the commander of the first battalion of the artillery regiment." ”
"Camp Commander Ji? I'm Su Jin, what's going on with you now? How long will it last? There was a hint of anxiety in Su Jin's voice that could not be concealed, obviously he also knew that it was difficult for the guard force of the artillery battalion to resist the attack of a large number of Japanese troops.
"It's not very good." Ji Jincheng's voice carried a thick trace of choked throat that could not be concealed, "Sir, most of our infantry company has suffered casualties, and now even the gunners have gone up, if the reinforcements don't show up again, I can only order the bombing!" ”
"Ji Jincheng, listen to me, if you hold on for another ten minutes, reinforcements will arrive soon!" Su Jin also became nervous when he heard this, and his voice became louder: "I'm coming with reinforcements now, you have to hold on for another ten minutes no matter what, do you understand?" ”
"Understood, hold on for another ten minutes!" Ji Jincheng agreed, threw down the microphone and grabbed the submachine gun and shouted: "Brothers, hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon!" ”
"Da Da Da ......"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The intertwined gunfire continued to ring, and several Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front were knocked to the ground by the rain of bullets, but the marines behind still charged forward unrelentingly, because they knew that victory was less than fifty meters away from them, and as long as they rushed through this distance, they would be the heroes of the day.
On the position that can no longer be called a trench only a few dozen meters away from them, the fire snakes are still inclining, this is the remaining soldiers resisting, and the artillery battalion from the infantry to the gunners know that this is their last line of defense, and once they are lost, their lives will end.
At this time, Liu Ximing was holding an M43 rifle and was shooting, just a few minutes ago, a grenadier fell next to the machine gun, his secondary shooter was killed, the machine gun was also broken, after a machine gun was missing, the firepower on the position was further weakened, looking at the approaching Japanese army, Liu Ximing could no longer care about anything else, at this time the only year in his mind was to kill as many enemies as possible before he died.
Fighting, everything around him seemed to have nothing to do with him, Liu Ximing felt that the gunshots that were originally ringing in his ears could not be heard, he only saw the fire snakes flickering non-stop, and at this time both sides lost their minds, and the only time they had for each other was to kill each other at all costs.
At this moment, the sharp whistling sound sounded again, and the sky once again resounded with the piercing whistling sound of cannonballs piercing the sky. The Japanese Marines, who had already seen the goddess of victory beckoning to them again, were almost dumbfounded at the next heavy shelling.
"Day by day......
Another round of shelling began, as if the roar that pierced the sky passed through the roaring heaven and earth, and even the roaring cannon sound in the midst of the killing sound was still like a human eardrum that could pierce the eardrums of all people, and even Major General Yoshii Takuya, who had just gotten off the station a few miles away, could hear it.
"Boom ......"
A shell fell heavily in the formation of the Japanese attack, and the huge shock wave and dust smoke swallowed up the Japanese troops who were attacking in front of them, and when the smoke rose, the Japanese troops more than 100 meters away from them were surprised to find that this team and the people within a radius of tens of meters were all lost, and even the Japanese troops who were not directly affected around were also down.
A Japanese captain looked at the big pit on the ground that was more than ten meters wide, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and stammered: "Heavy...... Heavy artillery...... The heavy artillery of the people of China ......" (To be continued.) )