Chapter 219: Jinguan Bridge (10)
The assault force led by the wing commander of the 145th Wing, Ichikawa Yozo Nakasa, waited for the end of the shelling on the path southeast of Jinqiao Village, from here it was only a short 500 meters to Jinqiao Village behind the Jinguan Bridge, and the position of the defending Shina Army could be seen when turning the corner in front, for Ichikawa Yozo Nakasa, who had nine chariots to support, it was very simple to pass through this last 500 meters, as long as he broke through the village of Jinqiao at the end of this path with a chariot;
Ichikawa looked at his watch, it was less than five minutes before the end of the artillery support of the 111th Brigade, and the power of 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery shelling was not as high as that of aerial bombs and heavy artillery, and the accuracy of shelling was still very high;
"The 1st and 3rd squadrons of the 1st Brigade are ready and follow the chariots; Kill give! Ichikawa ordered,
In the rumbling cannon, the devil took the head of a chariot, followed by about less than 400 devil infantry, bent over, wearing helmets, along the mountain path, the chariot traveled very slowly, the mountain path was only enough for one chariot to pass, the roadside was bumpy, the chariot observer had to poke out his head and look carefully at the route ahead, from time to time shouting loudly to signal the driver to pay attention to the direction......
The artillery bombardment finally ended, and the Japanese raiding troops led by the chariots had reached a distance of less than 300 meters behind Jinqiao Village, but the smoke and smoke that filled the position still made the officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 15th Regiment on the position unable to see the situation in front of the position;
The "boom" tank was already within 300 meters, and the huge sound and the vibration of the ground during the march had already made the officers and men on the positions lying on their stomachs to avoid the shelling feel abnormal......
"What's the situation? What is this movement? A soldier lying in the crater looked at the falling corpses and dirt on the crater wall, and asked the battalion commander next to him,
"Get on your stomach and look ahead! I'll check it out! The commander of the first battalion who did not retreat into the anti-artillery hole immediately rolled and jumped out of the trench, rushed forward a few steps, lay down in a bomb crater, and looked forward with the telescope hanging under his neck......
"Signal! Devil Tank! The mournful screams of a battalion suddenly sounded on the position of Jinqiao Village, which was completely destroyed by artillery fire, and there was not a single intact house left in Jinqiao Village, and the remaining broken walls and broken corpses and rubble were piled together, and the ruined positions were full of gunsmoke......
In the headquarters of the 15th Regiment, which was digging against the mountain, Pan Zhen was anxiously waiting for the guards to bring back the reserve troops......
"Didi, Didi......" The mournful whistle sounded, which was a code for the danger of the position!
"What kind of reputation is the commander of the first battalion? The devil is coming? I won't be able to resist a wave, will I!" Pan Zhen has not yet paid attention to how much pressure there is from the rear;
Hearing the whistle, the officers and men of the battalion came out of the anti-artillery holes one after another, quickly looking for cover, and setting up machine guns.
The sound of "click, click" kept ringing,
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The burning ruins of the village can already be seen, and the on-board machine guns of the devil tanks begin to test their firepower; Heavy machine gun bullets hit craters, trenches, and dirt and gravel flew everywhere......
"Ready, the devil will enter two hundred meters and then fire! A company commander, drag out the battle defense artillery! Aim at the devil's tank! "The commander of a battalion jumped back into the crater, and the brethren who constantly commanded the men who entered the position,
"Fire! Suppress the speed of the devil infantry and not let them enter two hundred meters! The battalion commander gasped, with the butt of his rifle resting on his shoulder, aiming at a devilish infantryman who poked his head out from time to time behind the tank.
"Bang!"
With a shock to the shoulder, the bullet had already rushed out of the muzzle of the gun, passing through the 200 meters filled with gunsmoke, and shattering the heads of the devil infantry who poked their heads out to check the situation......
"Kill and give!" The position of the people of China finally opened fire, and the devil army Cao shouted for the infantry to open fire......
The sound of guns and artillery on the position of Jinqiao Village suddenly became fierce, bullets and shells continued to shuttle above the position, once someone dared to leave the bunker, I am afraid that the bullets that would immediately whistle into a hornet's nest, in this kind of trench warfare and positional warfare, the marksmanship of the elite devil infantry is really not covered, the brothers of the first battalion kept screaming and being shot, and the brothers who died in the battle fell weakly in the trenches and craters.
"Kill and give!"
Since the loss of two squads of chariots at the Confucian Temple, the Devil's infantry no longer dared to let the chariots attack unscrupulously on the position, and under the order of the Devil's Army Cao, the Devil's infantry crossed the chariots one after another, lying on the ground and shooting at the defenders among the ruins;
"Da Da Da ......"
Under the cover of the chariot, the devil machine gunner lay on the ground, and the crooked sub-machine gun with a tongue of fire began to strafe, suppressing the fire of the brethren of the 15th Regiment and covering the attack of the riflemen;
"Knock, knock, knock"
The grenadiers of the devils also began to fire at the craters and trenches where bullets were ejected, and the grenades crossed a distance of 200 meters and landed accurately in the craters and trenches, causing the brothers of the 1st Battalion of the 15th Regiment defending the position to be killed in the continuous explosions......
"Company commander, let the anti-aircraft guns fire! Reinforcements from behind the devil came; If you don't suppress this wave, you won't have a chance! Hurry up! The commander of the first battalion roared anxiously,
A dozen brothers next to the two anti-aircraft guns in the trench were pushing the anti-aircraft guns hard, pushing the anti-aircraft guns to the gap in the trenches, and the muzzles of the guns slowly rotated, trying to aim at the devil tank 200 meters away......
"Boom, boom......"
At a distance of 200 meters, the devil's tank continued to bombard the defenders' firepower points on the position with 37mm tank guns, and the tank guns that fired at the front of the position were accurate and terrifying, and the light machine guns on the position only hit a magazine to change the firing position, but even this shooting also caused heavy casualties to the brothers of the first battalion, and it has only been less than 20 minutes since the firing has been fired, more than half of the casualties have been lost, and the remaining brothers are less than 400 people;
"Cannonballs!" The commander of a company shouted,
"Ding Dong"
The sound of the door closing of the battle defense gun was so pleasant, a company commander looked nervously at the devil tank in front of him, waiting for the devil's tank to stop and fire, the devil's tank has been moving sideways at a distance of 200 meters, and the two battle defense guns must wait for the opportunity, otherwise the exposed battle defense guns will be blown into parts by the devil's tank guns......
The devil's tank was very happy, and from time to time it stopped to shell the machine-gun fire points on the position, and the roar of the on-board machine gun did not stop, and the heavy machine gun kept suppressing the fire of the brothers on the position......
"Boom!" The devil's tank stopped again, and the commander of the company quickly fired the battle defense gun, and the armor-piercing shell roared over a distance of 200 meters and hit the side of the devil's tank......
"Boom" "Boom! ”
The weak armor of the devil tank could not resist the armor-piercing shells of the war defense guns at all, and the armor-piercing shells that hit the side armor of the devil made the ammunition of the devil tank detonate with one shot, and the violent explosion made the infantry around the tank be smashed by the falling tank turret, and directly became a meatloaf......
"You guys, get this baby to the back of the aisle right away! Fast! "The commander of the first company did not care about the cartridge casings, and immediately ordered the brothers next to him;