Chapter 197: The Battle of Annihilation of the River Dam (4)
"At this time, after the Japanese were forced out of the firing corner by the brothers charging on both sides and the grenades in the front, everyone on the position, including the heavy machine guns, had to concentrate their fire and take this opportunity to kill them. οΌΈβ
Zhang Wei looked at the squad and platoon commanders of several heavy machine gun companies: "I haven't asked your heavy machine guns to fire before, one is to consider that the four heavy machine guns will not be too lethal to deal with the attacking Japanese troops, and I am in line with the intention of killing them all, that is, I want to leave you at a critical time, as long as the Japanese army shoots at a dead end, immediately fire at me." β
"After the Japanese army broke out of the shooting corner and was attacked by fire, it is very likely to retreat backwards, and your heavy machine guns will also play the role of blocking the retreat, trying not to let the devils cross the river and retreat to the starting position on the opposite side."
"Yes."
A battle plan was drawn up, and the first to launch a surprise attack was bound to be two platoons.
"The two platoons that attacked from both sides, who brought it and which one came out?" Zhang Wei did not decide on the two platoons to attack on his own, but gave the choice to the two company commanders below.
"Company Commander Zheng and I each take a platoon and rush from both sides." Mu Chao said.
Zhang Wei shook his head: "You two company commanders can't all go out, you must leave one in the position, and it's okay to ask the platoon commander below to lead the team." β
"I'll go, Company Commander Zheng will stay." Mu Chao nodded and said.
"Lian Commander Mu, this ......" As soon as Zheng Yiqun spoke, Zhang Wei interrupted him.
"It's so decided, Company Commander Mu is taking care of you, there will be your battle in the future, Mu Chao will take a platoon to copy from the left flank, who will lead the team from the right flank?"
"Sir, let me take the brethren there." Li Changgui came to Zhang Wei's side and looked at Zhang Wei expectantly.
"The remaining thirty or so people under my command are all able to fight, and the rest of the battalion is the only one who can fight, and the battalion commander and the company platoon commander are all dead, so you should give my brother a chance to take revenge."
Zhang Wei saw that Li Changgui's men were indeed able to fight, and in the battle just now, he put down a lot of devils, and Zhang Wei didn't want to refuse this simple man.
"Okay, the right flank will be copied by Li Platoon, draw two light machine guns for the brothers of the 106th Division, strengthen the firepower during the assault, and go and prepare."
"Yes!" On the left flank, Mu Chao led an elite platoon of the second company, and on the right flank, Li Changgui led by the platoon of the 106th Division and his brothers, bypassed the two flanks of the position, outflanked the Japanese army downward, forced the Japanese army out of the shooting corner, and then carried out a fire attack on the Japanese army, striving for total annihilation as much as possible.
After Zhang Wei finished arranging and the position was in a commotion of preparation, silence was restored again, the assault troops on the left and right flanks were ready, the soldiers in the position were prepared with a large number of grenades, the rifle machine guns were also loaded with bullets, and the heavy machine guns located behind the position opened the safety pins and were ready to open fire.
The soldiers who were ready to launch an assault loaded their bayonets, climbed along the position, climbed to the top of the embankment, hunched over, half-crouched, and slowly advanced.
"Up!" Mu Chao ordered a surprise attack, and dozens of soldiers half-squatting on the river embankment immediately jumped onto the embankment.
The Japanese soldiers hiding at the bottom of the embankment leaned against the embankment, but they saw a large number of Chinese soldiers on the embankment on the right, rushing down the embankment.
"There's an enemy army up there!" As soon as the Japanese army reacted, a round of bullets came along the embankment, from high to low, and the Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard fell one by one.
"Brothers, let's go up and avenge the dead brothers!" After Mu Chao rushed down, Li Changgui followed closely with more than 30 soldiers of the 106th Division and rushed down the embankment.
"There are enemy troops above the left flank!"
The Japanese army had just been attacked by Mu Chao on the right flank, and Li Changgui launched another attack on the left flank, and the soldiers opened fire while rushing down from the embankment.
"Everybody back off!" The Japanese troops were at the bottom of the embankment, unable to shoot effectively, and the Chinese soldiers who resisted rushing down, in order to open the distance and develop their firepower, all the scattered Japanese troops began to concentrate, and strode back, firing while exiting the shooting dead end of the preparatory battalion.
Li Changgui rushed to the forefront, squatting with a turntable light machine gun that Zhang Wei strengthened for them, fired several rounds of point fire at the Japanese army, and accurately knocked down four or five Japanese soldiers.
Mu Chao's men rushed down first, and with the advantage of the high momentum, they crashed into the ranks of the Japanese army and started a skirmish hand-to-hand combat.
"Kill!" Mu Chao stabbed a bayonet into the chest of a Japanese soldier, kicked the Japanese soldier down, and pulled out his gun. The surrounding soldiers also took advantage of the numerical advantage to solve the sporadic Japanese troops who fought with them hand-to-hand, and Mu Chao looked at the retreating Japanese brigade, which had already broken away from the distance of thirty meters in front of the position, and was organizing the firepower of the troops, preparing to return fire.
"Withdraw!" Mu Chao turned around and prepared to return the same way, Li Changgui saw that Mu Chao had stopped attacking, and he also took his own people to climb up the original position.
"Call me!" When the Japanese army was squeezed out of the shooting corner, all the soldiers on the embankment position were ready with grenades, as soon as the shock troops on both wings retreated, Zhang Wei ordered all to open fire, dozens of grenades flew out of the embankment, and exploded one after another in the exposed Japanese formation, killing and injuring the Japanese troops at the same time, but also to cover the return of the assault troops on both wings.
Li Changgui and Mu Chao led their respective men to climb up the embankment and returned to their original positions with all their might, although the Japanese were covered by the fire on the position as soon as they shot at the dead end, but there were still bullets fired at them, and several people were hit by stray bullets and rolled down the embankment.
"Heavy machine gun, hit me!" After the fire of grenades and rifle light machine guns, the heavy machine guns that had been silent for a long time finally began to roar, and the Japanese troops exposed in the prepared battalion firing area were strafed by the crossfire composed of light and heavy machine guns and grenades, and suffered heavy casualties for a while.
The only remaining light machine guns and grenadiers opened fire in the rain of bullets, killing several soldiers who were retreating into the position, and the grenades fired from the grenadiers on the embankment in front of the main position, blowing up puffs of dust.
Unfortunately, after only one round, they were hit by heavy machine guns, and the remnants of the Japanese army also lost the last pillar of fire, and could only rely on riflemen to resist. The mortar platoon at the rear of the battalion position heard the fierce gunfire in front and took the initiative to open fire to help the battle.
The mortar shells fell into the Japanese troops who lost their support firepower, shrapnel knocked down more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese riflemen who were still resisting suffered heavy losses.
The order given by Zhang Wei to the heavy machine gun company was to try not to let go of the Japanese troops, and the four heavy machine gun squads in the rear saw that the Japanese troops were retreating, slightly modified the distance of the ruler, and continued to fire fiercely. Riflemen who shot accurately from the positions also fired to aid in the battle.
The more than 30 Japanese troops who retreated were swept away by the pursuit fire, and a large number of them fell, and some of them turned back with their rifles while retreating, making useless return fire, as if they felt that they could cover their whole body by firing back rifle bullets to the opposite bank, obviously, in front of the heavy machine guns of the preparatory battalion, that was impossible.
The heavy machine gun continued to fire, the bullet chain shook repeatedly with the bolt, and the cooling water cylinder of the heavy machine gun began to smoke and boil, and the machine gun shooter still fired violently in order to defeat the Japanese army, regardless of changing the water.
The heavy machine guns and some riflemen fought fiercely for a while, and as the last Japanese soldier at the end of the line fell, the attacking Japanese troops except for the seventeen or eighteen who risked their lives and scattered across the river and fled back, the rest of the Japanese troops,