Chapter Ninety-Six: Prelude to the Counteroffensive (2)

Jin Tian stood on the wall of Wubao, in the telescope, there was already a situation, the Chinese army was obviously ready to attack, in the distance of the Chinese army's advance position, noisy, the sound even Jin Tian could hear, he shook his head, such poor preparation, he had already exposed his intentions and the place of departure of the attack to the enemy.

For the imperial army, it is a good thing, to be honest, Kaneda admires those Chinese soldiers very much, pitiful and respectable, Kaneda has done to understand, most of the Chinese soldiers, except for the elite he met at the beginning.

A year ago, half a year ago, or even a few months ago, the peasants who were just holding hoes, enjoying the worst treatment, and being exploited by the commanders, in the face of the imperial army, they could still charge bravely, in addition to the objective factors of the warlords, the simplicity and simplicity of these soldiers also made him feel pitiful and respectable.

Chinese soldiers, not bad. Of course, their low average tactical literacy and unfair treatment were naturally good things for the imperial army.

"Get ready for battle! Withdraw the outpost detachment outside! "When the Japanese soldiers saw that the Chinese army was about to attack, they took out their weapons and stood on the city wall. The light machine guns used sandbags and laid temporary bunkers to prepare for shooting, and everyone was quietly waiting for the attack of the Chinese army, and the 92 infantry artillery detachment in the dock fort did not play a big role at this time, they played more of a flat firing role, of course curved firing was possible, but Kaneda felt that to repel the Chinese army in front of him, there was no need for infantry artillery support at all, and it was almost enough to use grenadiers.

Before the attack of the 23rd Regiment began, the guns in the area of Fengluo rang out first, and the 24th Regiment launched an attack on Fengluo first.

Kaneda shifted his attention and focused on dealing with the enemy in front of him. The officers and men of the 3rd Battalion of the 23rd Regiment had just finished making their final preparations in the forward position, and the commanders of the 3rd Battalion and the platoon of the company were conducting their final training on the battlefield.

"Brothers, let's make a feint, follow the commander, as soon as the commander shouts to retreat, hurry up, don't run around, don't rout, otherwise Lao Tzu's machine gun won't spare you, each squad and platoon leader has brought his own people, don't go wrong."

The commander of the third battalion whispered a few words to the deputy battalion commander who led the attack: "Don't fight too hard, let us feint and attack, just hook the devil, stop and fight with them when you get to the same place, don't touch too close, the regiment has equipped us with a door 82 force, wait a while to take it to maneuver, bombard him a few shots when shooting, in short, the happier the better!" "Understood, sir."

The deputy battalion commander has a bottom in his heart, playing a feint attack with a false head and brain, of course we have a good time, not to mention that there are mortars, anyway, just attract those damn devils.

The soldiers of the two companies that attacked were armed with guns in both hands, and the light machine gunners with light machine guns on their shoulders gathered together in the forward position, and bayonets were loaded on the guns.

"Charge!" The deputy battalion commander gave an order, more than 200 people rushed out of the trenches and began to spread out the formation, the recruits were really a little chaotic, they could only run blindly, the veterans and squad leaders charged while also organizing the team, the whole formation looked, ten twisted, but fortunately did not run away. Kaneda looked at the charging troops and shook his head.

"Get ready to fire." The Japanese soldiers, who had been preparing for a long time, quickly loaded their bombs, and the three grenadiers quickly found a suitable firing position and prepared to fire.

"Rush! Don't be too fast, spread out! "The commander of the third battalion charged while giving orders, followed by the mortar squad sent by the regiment, the mortar squad leader carried a heavy barrel, and the rest of the men carried shells, tripods and collimators. A volley of gunfire came from the top of the dock fort, the Japanese opened fire, and the advance of the attacking troops was only two hundred meters away from the dock fort, no more than no less, and after a burst of guns and light machine gun fire, seven or eight soldiers who rushed to the front fell.

And the screams of the wounded. "All stop, shoot!" Seeing the Japanese firing, the deputy battalion commander hurriedly ordered the troops to stop and switch to a state of fire. "Stop, don't rush."

"Class 3, you're going to die, hurry up and get down." In a slightly chaotic process, the attacking forces switched to firing on the spot.

The soldiers lay on the ground and fired at the Japanese soldiers in the distance. The sound of bullets breaking through the air came and went between the two armies, the accurate fire of the Japanese army, the intensive fire of the Chinese army, in the air on both sides, a symphony of death was played, many soldiers of the attacking force were knocked down, and the Japanese army was not spared, and the towering city walls made some unlucky people get shot.

"Ah" The scream reached Kaneda's ears, and a rifleman not far away was hit in the head by a flying stray bullet, and the body that lost its center of gravity fell forward, falling off the five-meter-high small city wall, and fell heavily to the ground.

"Grenadiers, suppress them." The grenadier group of the Japanese army on the city wall quickly launched a grenade, and the grenade was projected in front and in the middle of the Chinese army by means of height, but the distance was more than 200 meters.

The four or five grenades fired only killed and wounded five or six Chinese soldiers, but did not substantially repel the Chinese troops.

"Machine gun, shoot me!" The attacking troops also played with their lives, and the light machine guns were mounted on the ground, and they did not aim, but they fired in the direction of the general city wall. And the machine gunners and those squad leaders are also good enough, let the machine gun team all step back a little, the effective range of the light machine gun is 300 meters, and if you hit at this distance, you can hit it.

But it was difficult for the Japanese to take out the machine gun crew, the grenadiers couldn't play at all at this distance, the devils fought for a long time, and the casualties of the Chinese soldiers, most of whom were riflemen, had no great impact on the firepower of the attacking troops, but there were a few recruits who were on the front line, and saw the death of their comrades around them and the fresh brains like tofu brains.

I can't bear it anymore in my heart, and I have to shoot it back when I drop my weapon. The result was simple, without the need for a squad and squad leader, the Japanese bullets were able to deal with them. There are always people who feel that if they leave their butts to the enemy army, they will survive.

"See, this is the fate of the deserter, the devil will kill you. The deputy battalion commander saw that the battle line was basically stable, and it was time to go to artillery bombardment, which could attract the attention of the Japanese army even more.

"Mortars, guns!" Hearing the order of the deputy battalion commander, the mortar squad behind him quickly moved, and the artillery was very fast, because when the assault was made, the bottom plate and the gun carriage were carried as a whole.

Suppressive shooting, the requirements for accuracy are not high. Under the constant urging of the battalion commander, the mortar squad quickly got the cannon ready, and the squad leader roughly aimed and fired the first shell. Due to the problem of sighting and medicine pack, the first shot was a little missile, and the shell exploded more than ten meters in front of the dock fort, which only temporarily halted the Japanese firepower, but this was enough for attractive shooting!

On the other side, a group of ground rats were digging for their lives, and Zhang Wei spit out the soil in his mouth.

"Damn it, it tastes so bad."