Chapter 177: Fire
"Around?" Zhang Wei raised the binoculars, a large number of Japanese troops rushed from the front, and Japanese troops also appeared on the left flank of the position, one part of the Japanese attacked head-on, and the other part detoured, and the Japanese troops who detoured to the left flank were completely exposed to the firing range of the left flank of the second line of defense. X
In an instant, 300 Japanese soldiers gradually appeared in the sight of the officers and soldiers of the preparatory battalion, and the defense of the first line of defense in front was handed over to the first company.
"Prepare for battle, transfer two more heavy machine guns to the position of the third company!"
Only two heavy machine guns were left on the position of the third company, and now the Japanese army was roundabout, and it was necessary to increase firepower, so it had to transfer two more heavy machine guns to assist in the defense, prepare the officers and soldiers in the two lines of defense of the battalion, clean up the damage caused by the shelling, repair the fortifications, the soldiers arrived at their respective battle positions, and were ready for battle, Zhang Wei, who was located in the second line of defense, wanted to grasp the overall situation, then Qiu Wei of the first line of defense had to cut off the timing of the first firing of the empty, and the Japanese army in front of a company could be seen to reach a squadron, and the Japanese army was dispersed, A full squadron charging at the position of an infantry battalion also looked quite dense.
The officers and men of the company are all veterans who fought step by step, of course they did not panic when they met the Japanese army, the Japanese artillery bombardment had just ended, all of them were armed on the position to prepare for battle, there was silence in the first line of defense, as the Japanese army approached, the fingers of the soldiers holding the guns slowly shifted to the trigger of the rifle, the light machine gunners of each squad leveled the machine guns, the deputy shooters prepared the prepared ammunition plates, and some soldiers who liked to use grenades all held three or five grenades with open covers.
In the center of the defense line of the first company, there was also a heavy machine gun that had been blown up and the tripod was blown up, it was the machine gun squad that volunteered to continue fighting, the machine gun squad leader simply dismantled the bulletproof plate, and dug a simple fortification on the trench to increase the stability of the shooting, so on the position of the first company, there was an extra "half" light machine gun that should not be arranged on the first-line position.
Qiu Wei stared at the approaching Japanese army, according to the previous rules, it must be placed within 100 meters to shoot, the number of Japanese troops facing today is different from the past, but the rules have to be guarded, the soldiers of the first company did not violate the shooting discipline as usual, and the distance between the Japanese army and the front-line position is getting closer little by little.
"Onboard!" In the roaring shouts of killing, the soldiers of the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 15th Wing of the Japanese Army launched a charge with the strength of the whole squadron, according to the general rules of the Japanese army, when the troops launched a large-scale night raid and white-knuckle charge, the commander of the unit, that is, the squadron leader or group leader, should personally lead the team, and the captain of the 2nd Squadron of the Japanese Army Captain Sakamoto faithfully implemented this guideline.
Behind the first line of skirmishes, there was Captain Sakamoto and his squadron headquarters soldiers, all of whom had bayonets on their guns, and even if they did not need to directly attack the enemy position, the grenadier and light machine gun groups that were responsible for covering the task were also required to break through to a super distance to suppress them.
"Fire!"
After a round of gunfire, nearly 20 Japanese soldiers were killed by the rifle directly, and the half heavy machine gun on the position was fired or, although it was affected by the loss of the gun carriage, the stability was greatly reduced, but the continuous fire of the heavy machine gun still harvested a string of Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese troops who had been in a state of shock suffered casualties, but they still failed to stop the frenzied footsteps, the Japanese troops rushed forward, shooting on the march, and the bullets flew to the positions of the company. Then the light machine gun group and the grenadier group, followed by the rifle group, prepared to advance to cover.
"The first and second squads continue to attack, and the third squad approaches to attack and cover!"
Captain Sakamoto waved his command knife and gave an order to the surrounding squadron headquarters, the first and second squads, the forces of each squad, still rushed forward unrelentingly, and the third squad was at the end, serving as a covering task.
"Fire!"
Zhang Wei decisively ordered the two heavy machine guns on the right flank of the third company's position to open fire, providing side fire to hit the Japanese army, and the rest of the light machine guns and rifles and heavy machine guns did not fire for the time being, leaving them to deal with the Japanese troops who were outflanked from the left flank.
"Zheng Yiqun, take care of the soldiers of your company, without my order, no one else on the position is allowed to open fire!" The Japanese troops outflanked by the left flank were not as fierce as the frontal Japanese troops, and their mouths were quick but not frizzy, and they had not yet reached the effective range of the left flank of the three-company position.
The two flanks fired at them, and the Japanese troops who were advancing within 100 meters of the company's position were caught off guard, and the pace of the attack finally slowed down.
"The third squad, cover, suppress, tell the infantry artillery to move forward and hit the enemy's heavy machine guns!" Squadron Leader Captain Sakamoto saw the two lines of fire sweeping over at this time, and knew that it was impossible to continue the attack and advance, so he could only order a halt to advance.
The two infantry squads on the front line stopped their massive advance and suppressed the position of the first company with rifles and a company of the reserve battalion firing at each other, and light machine gun grenadiers as cover. The Japanese rifle crew was in front, firing on one side and trying to advance.
A rifleman climbed forward a few steps, raised his rifle and fired a shot at the company's position, two Japanese soldiers in the same group behind him also pulled the trigger and fired, the bullets fired by the three people shot in almost the same direction, hitting the sandbags piled up on the company's position, and the other sideways the dirt on the upper side of the position, with the residual momentum of the bullet flying, got into the left arm of the soldiers of the company, the soldier who lost the ability to hold a gun fell backwards and fell into the trench, and the comrades around him stopped shooting and squatted down to help up the wounded soldier, There was a temporary gap in fire in this small area.
The Japanese rifle group took advantage of the situation and launched an assault on the position, the light machine gun group followed by the fire suppression, the three-person assault group rushed forward, a stray bullet from a heavy machine gun knocked down the first person, and the other two were hit in the chest by two seventy-nine bullets before they reached the trench, and the three-person rifle group was completely wiped out.
"Boom, boom." Two grenadiers fired by the Japanese grenadier group smashed into the position of a company, one hit the trench behind a light machine gun group, the sandbags and mud on the trench weakened the explosive power of the grenade, the scattered shrapnel hit several riflemen, the enemy was in front of the enemy, some of the wounded riflemen continued to resist with guns, some retreated to the side to wrap their wounds, waiting for evacuation, and the other grenade fell directly into the trench, killing a rifleman, fortunately the distance between the individual soldiers was not close when the company defended, Otherwise, it wouldn't have killed one person.
"Quick, 1st Squad, 2nd Squad, continue the assault, order the heavy machine guns to open fire for cover, and the infantry guns to attack the heavy machine guns behind the enemy's flank." Captain Sakamoto covered the wound on his left arm and tried to strengthen the covering fire, allowing the two squads that had fought hard with a company to launch a surprise attack.
A heavy machine-gun squad closed the firing distance on the forward path opened by the first squadron with corpses and whiskers, and joined the third squad to counter and suppress the company's position.
"Da Da Da, Da" The short and rapid two Type 92 heavy machine guns opened fire to suppress the position of the first company, and the surrounding grenadiers and the light machine guns in front strengthened the firepower, and the first and second squads of the assault,