Chapter 70: This Time It's Really Breaking My Bones
In front of Li Ziyuan, the fourth squad leader and a soldier beside him, a Jinzao submachine gun temporarily transferred from the fifth squad leader was constantly using jumping cross-fire. The cross-firing of the two submachine guns will find that after this Tubalu actually dares to fight back, the Japanese puppet army that rushed up to the front will continue to knock down.
As soon as the magazines in their hands were empty, the flower trap behind the two of them immediately opened fire, filling the gap in fire and covering them to change magazines. This tactic was specially researched by Li Ziyuan and used to charge in close combat. And the original veterans were all trained in the use of submachine guns.
It's just that it is difficult to replenish ammunition, especially for Jinzao submachine guns. The submachine gun with a fast rate of fire consumes far more ammunition than the rifle, and this tactic is rarely used. No way, once the ammunition is exhausted, in the absence of replenishment, these submachine guns become a pile of scrap metal.
However, at this time, Li Ziyuan didn't care about the consumption of ammunition. The three submachine guns and the shell guns that were constantly swept in Li Ziyuan's hands, under the cover of the two crooked handles behind them that constantly covered them with long point shots, forcibly opened a gap in the Japanese puppet army under the mountain.
In this kind of mountain melee combat, a submachine gun with a short range but dense firepower is still cheaper than a rifle in any case. The cross-coordination of the three submachine guns, coupled with the shell gun in Li Ziyuan's hand and the grenades that were constantly thrown out, took a great advantage in close combat, and killed and wounded the Japanese puppet troops who rushed up.
After the gap was opened, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate at all, and ordered the fifth squad to add all two crooked machine guns, and immediately spread out a rain of grenades to the north to cover the fourth squad to continue to attack the Japanese machine gun position. He was holding a shell gun attached to the holster, and constantly cleaned up the scattered Japanese puppet army with point firing to congratulate the medallion.
And the three cross-firing submachine guns of the four squads around him also continued to tilt the rain of bullets. cooperated with the platoon guns of other fighters, covering He Huizhang to the death. Guo Xiaoshan, who had to rush out with Li Ziyuan, fired at the Japanese troops in depth with accurate shots.
According to Li Ziyuan's deployment, the 44-type cavalry gun in his hand was specially designed to fight the Japanese army. And this little guy is also very smart, although Li Ziyuan didn't say it directly, but the 44-type cavalry gun in his hand took advantage of the range advantage to specialize in fighting the guys with sabers and pistols in the Japanese army.
Guo Xiaoshan's marksmanship is obviously the true inheritance of his Lao Tzu. After a few shots, several military officers under the front-line command of the Japanese army were either knocked on the head by him, or they were beaten by him and did not dare to show their heads. With this little guy by his side, the pressure of Li Ziyuan's counter-assault suddenly decreased a lot.
Although Li Ziyuan did not want to fight a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army, in order to avoid the Japanese army's 92 infantry cannon, Li Ziyuan could only lead his troops to fight as close as possible to the Japanese puppet army. Otherwise, the infantry cannon that would shift the firing range at any time, the distance of a hundred meters would also cost him dearly.
The quality of the Japanese artillery at its peak, although only one cannon was enough for Li Ziyuan's troops to drink a pot. The infantry artillery, a light artillery, although less powerful, is also mobile and flexible enough to fight in this mountainous area. At the same time, it is enough to deal with the eight roads that lack heavy firepower.
The surrounding Japanese puppet army desperately counterattacked after the gap was opened, but the five squads desperately covered and kept the passage to the death. And Li Ziyuan's requirements are not high, a distance of a hundred meters is enough. Under the full cover of one-third of the casualties of the four squads, Li Ziyuan finally rushed to a sufficient distance with He Huizhang.
After reaching the effective firing range, He Huizhang did not use Li Ziyuan's urging to quickly use two cross-rounds to blow up the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun that was about to rush under his nose and was busy turning the muzzle, and casually knocked out a puppet army Jinzao machine gun that was preparing to transfer positions.
Seeing that the heavy machine guns of the Japanese army had been knocked out, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate at all to concentrate the remaining strength of four or five or two squads, and turned around to the Japanese infantry artillery position. tried to knock out even the Japanese army's Type 92 infantry gun. At this time, the water rifle in the hand of Guo Laosan, who had already rushed to the mountain pass, also continued to knock out the surrounding Japanese puppet army to cover Li Ziyuan's actions with accurate long-range shots.
But at this time, there is not much time left for Li Ziyuan. Just when he wanted to completely defeat an infantry squad, an infantry artillery squad, and a squadron of puppet troops in front of him in one go. In the southwest direction of the battlefield, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly rang out, which was the direction of the six squads that had remained behind to act as cover.
Hearing the gunshots in the southwest, Li Ziyuan, who suddenly came to his senses, immediately knew that he had been delayed here for too long, and he almost forgot that he was in the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army. did not continue to entangle with the Japanese puppet army here, and immediately ordered a retreat. If you are bitten by the devil, the whole situation will be irreparable.
At this time, the two Czech light machine guns deployed by Li Ziyuan in depth also fired, constantly covering their retreat with short shots. He Huizhang also knocked out several light machine guns that posed the greatest threat to them, and the covering troops quickly got rid of contact with the Japanese and withdrew to the mountain pass. Supervise the troops, especially the recruit squadron, to evade the Japanese artillery fire and quickly rush through the mountain pass.
But after Li Ziyuan withdrew to the mountain pass, he found that although he fought fast, the price he paid was still unbearable. Of the two squads that participated in the battle, the fourth squad had eleven people and six people, and the fifth squad had only half of the men left. Of the two crooked machine guns that followed the four and five squads forward, there was only one machine gun left.
Although he only advanced a distance of 100 meters, Li Ziyuan paid a heavy price. If it weren't for the gunfire behind him that reminded him that the troops who attacked under the delay, there would probably be fewer people left. Grandma's, this battle has to hurt your own troops.
Li Ziyuan, who understood that now was not the time to grieve, could only look at the corpse of the martyr lying not far away. Gritting his teeth, he personally commanded two Czech machine guns to cross fire, and before the remaining Type 89 grenades in He Huizhang's hands were exhausted, he led his troops to brave the fire of Japanese infantry artillery at the fastest speed, and continued to penetrate northeast through the mountain pass.
Li Ziyuan led his troops towards the deep mountainous area of Taihang Mountain, and rushed out more than ten kilometers in one go. Looking at the surrounding reckless mountains, he knew that by this time, the troops could be regarded as Li Ziyuan, who had rushed out of danger. Only then did the exhausted troops be ordered to immediately rest.
He took out his map and compass, and first determined where he was. This rapid retreat, where he is now, Li Ziyuan is also a little unclear. He could only take out the compass and add a map to determine the direction by himself.
When he determined his location, he was already at the junction of Ludong and Hubei, which was equivalent to a three-way zone. When he arrived here, he completely jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army, and his heart was completely put down. Looking at the terrain around him that was completely different from Qiaokou's, Li Ziyuan shook his head, he didn't expect that he would rush so far in one go.
But Li Ziyuan, who had just put his mind at ease, was quite sad in the face of the number of people after the counting. Under his full protection, the recruits were basically brought out one by one, but the veterans sacrificed half of them. The veterans who had suffered a lot of losses in the first battle of Pingchuan were left after this battle. At present, there is only a small team of Liu Lianming, which is relatively complete.
Looking at the few veterans left, Li Ziyuan was quite remorseful and painful. If you can judge it earlier, the Japanese puppet army is abnormal in this operation. A little earlier in the retreat from Qiaokou, the troops did not suffer such large losses. When people sent their sons to their own troops, they didn't let themselves be killed so hastily.
According to this casualty ratio, there are basically very few veterans left when he took over this basic guerrilla force by himself. What is the most precious on the battlefield is those veterans who have completed training and have already had actual combat experience are the most noble. This loss is irreparable by Zone 2 alone.
And according to this casualty rate, I'm afraid that no father or mother in the entire second district will dare to let their son be a soldier. was already left with few veterans, and Li Ziyuan, who was distressed after losing half of this battle, trembled. I can't wait to give myself a few big mouths and make myself sober.
The successive victories some time ago made me say that I should pay attention to the Japanese army. But in his bones, it still affected his mentality, and he was too light on the enemy in this battle. always thought that his little tricks could deceive the Japanese army. But they ignore that the Japanese army has the best junior officers of this era, as well as the highest quality soldiers.
This battle has taught myself a lesson. In the frontal battlefield, the Japanese army was able to defeat a division of the Chinese army with a single brigade, and it was not only because their firepower far exceeded that of the Chinese army. Rather, in terms of tactical formulation and application, they are far from being able to compare with the Chinese army.
If you want to fulfill your promise to the old chief, you can't just have relatively sophisticated equipment in your hands. This road is still very long for me. Battles, you can't fight like this in the future. He said that he should get used to guerrilla warfare, but in his bones he still did not let go of the routine of regular warfare.
If you don't think about adjusting your mentality from the root, you will run out of money sooner or later. Although he was an out-and-out military blind in his previous life, he has matured in the flames of war since he joined the Red Army in this life. He clearly knows what it means for veterans who have survived a hundred battles to inherit the spirit and combat effectiveness of the army.
Looking at Li Ziyuan, who seemed very silent, Guan Li on his side hesitated, but still said, "Captain, I know you're in a bad mood." But there is one thing I should say or say. The instructor fell behind and didn't make it out. Lao Shi was covering her, but he was not able to rush out. ”
"What, the instructor and Lao Shi didn't rush out?" Hearing that Chang Juan didn't rush out, Li Ziyuan's head couldn't help but feel a little bigger. If Chang Juan has any accidents, how should she explain to her superiors? The most critical group of big men didn't protect a woman, and they couldn't get by here.
Without the slightest hesitation, he took the flower mechanism in the hands of the fourth team, and said to Guan Li: "You take the troops, turn to the southeast and retreat twenty miles." I took a small team to find the instructor and the old history, and as long as they lived, I had to rescue them. ”