Chapter 344: The Loss of the Heights (Part II)
Wang Zhaohua was afraid that the devil would rush too fast, and his regiment would not be satisfied with the compilation; did not dare to put the devil into 200 meters, in the first round of long-distance firefight, the 13th Regiment and the 113th Wing Yokoyama Brigade were evenly matched, the defenders lost more than 100 people, and the two squadrons of devils who attacked were not good there, and the casualties were nearly 100;
"Machine gun squadrons, close fire suppression; Kill give! Yokoyama Jiro roared and urged the Japanese machine-gun squadron at 400 meters to move on, and an infantry squadron behind it was already advancing forward, and the position of the machine-gun squadron had to be ceded to the infantry squadron;
According to Iino Kentensa's plan, the infantry advanced, the machine gun squadron followed, and the infantry ran forward...... These attacks are linked one by one, knowing to occupy the high ground on the opposite side, otherwise the infantry behind will continue to pour up the high ground like a tide, and on the starting position 500 meters from the high ground behind, a squadron of devils is already changing gas masks, if two infantry squadrons and a machine gun squadron are all killed, then the infantry running squadron behind will fire special ammunition......
"Kill and give!"
The squadron leader of the heavy machine gun squadron brandished a command knife and ordered the machine gun squadron to open fire, which had reached nearly 300 meters, and the bullets on the position of the people here could easily hit the machine gunners, but the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army were fearless......
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The twelve Type 92 heavy machine guns of the devils continued to fire, and in the trenches of the 1st Battalion of the 13th Regiment, as long as the brothers who dared to shoot with a probe would definitely insist on not more than a minute, they would be hit by heavy machine gun bullets, and they would fall into the trench and convulse in a miserable cry;
"Boom, boom, boom......"
An even more terrible thing appeared, the Yokoyama brigade concentrated all the nearly thirty grenadiers, and just in front of the machine gun squadron began to bombard the defenders' positions violently, and the grenades fell into the trenches of the battalion from time to time, and the brethren who did not show their heads were not spared, and the grenades of the devils exploded in the trenches, and a large number of brothers fell to the positions with a miserable howl......
"Regiment commander, the first battalion is finished, I'm afraid half of them are gone! Let's get on! The commander of the second battalion, who had built a trench on the second line, shouted that the trench had not yet been dug and that the brothers had only dug a pit where they could barely hide;
"Damn, the devil is ready to fight hard when he comes up! Labor and management are not muddy! Wait a little longer, when the devils enter two hundred meters, your second battalion will immediately support the first battalion! Wang Zhaohua roared,
"Yes, Captain!" The second battalion commander stared at the movements of the devil with beads in his eyes,
"Guard, pass my order, the devil enters two hundred meters, and the heavy machine gun fires! The infantry who specializes in fighting devils, there are too many heavy machine guns of devils, I am afraid that they will not be able to suppress it, and they can only exchange their lives for their lives! Wang Zhaohua roared,
"Yes, Captain!" The guards climbed out of the trenches, stumbled to dodge the bullets and shells of the devils, and headed for the heavy machine guns on the rear flanks;
"Brothers, prepare!" The commander of the second battalion watched the gunfire on the position of the first battalion becoming more and more rare, and the speed of the devil infantry getting faster and faster, and roared and ordered,
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The devil's heavy machine gun position continued to be suppressed, and in addition to the veterans' occasional outcropping of machine guns on the position of the 1st Battalion of the 13th Regiment, there were only sporadic Czech guns left to shoot in a constantly shifting position, often firing half a magazine to bury their heads in search of a new firing position, the devil's heavy machine guns were too many, and the asymmetry in firepower made the defenders miserable;
The attacking two devil infantry squadrons, with the support of fire from behind, successfully approached 200 meters, and then went up to enter the attack distance of the Chinese grenade, the defenders were condescending, and the grenade relied on gravity, and the attack distance more than doubled......
And the distance of 200 meters is also the favorite shooting distance of the devil's infantry, as long as the cover is found, at this distance, the accurate marksmanship of the devil's infantry can suppress several times the defenders, after all, China's elite in the Songhu War is almost lost, and now the veterans who are often said to have just fought a few battles to the death did not die, and the marksmanship is still much worse than that of the devil;
"Kill and give!"
The squadron commander who commanded the devil's attack understood what the advantage of the Japanese army was, and the two infantry squadrons relied on stones and the corpses of their comrades as shelters on the spot, lying on the ground and the defenders on the position to watch the counterfire, and now when they still charge from time to time, as long as the machine gun of the person dares to fire in the counterfire, the infantry running behind will immediately destroy the defenders' firepower point;
"Boom, boom"
The four infantry men who followed up ran and began to open fire, wantonly bombarding the trenches of the first battalion, the brothers lying on the trenches were constantly hit, their flesh was torn to pieces, the bodies of the dead were lifted to the outside of the trenches, and the entire trench was cut into several sections by the artillery fire of the devils;
"Commander, what should I do? Can't get on? The commander of the second battalion asked, the devil did not advance 200 meters away, and began to use marksmanship and infantry artillery to attack the living forces of the first battalion, which made Wang Zhaohua uncomfortable;
"No, if you have the ability, lie on the ground and pin up, let the first battalion hold on to the last person!" Wang Zhaohua gritted his teeth and said, there is no way, if you don't find a chance to fight the living force of the devil, the second battalion will also be consumed;
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
"Bang, bang, bang......"
On the high ground in the northwest of Hezhou, the gunfire of the 1st Battalion of the 13th Regiment became more and more sparse, and the position was basically full of gunfire and artillery shelling from devils, and the situation on the battlefield gradually poured into the Japanese army......
In the trenches of the first battalion, there is less than a company of brothers alive, more than 100 people are scattered in the trenches, there are still many wounded in the middle, the trenches are full of corpses, the steel helmet of the battalion commander is gone, and the head is wrapped around the brothers next to him and does not know the strip of cloth torn from the corpse, the blood is still oozing out, the battalion commander looked at the desperate eyes of the brothers around him, and also understood the intention of the regiment commander, which is to exchange the lives of the brothers in the first battalion for the charge of the devil infantry;
"Brothers, grenades are ready, don't show your head, wait for the devils to come up and fight with them!" The commander of the first battalion shouted,
The remaining brethren in the trench collected grenades nearby, although the grenades had not yet been used, but once they started throwing grenades, the four grenades in the cloth pocket behind them were not enough at all, and they could be finished in just one minute.
The brothers of the first battalion completely gave up probe shooting, and the devil could naturally feel it, the infantry cannon fired a few more shells, and the defenders' position was still quiet, and the devil who was shooting on the ground crawled forward while shooting, and now it was only less than 180 meters away from the position, and the squadron leader who was lying on the ground and shooting roared,
"The cowardly Shina have given up resistance; Warriors, rush to the battlefield and reap the rewards of the army! Kill give! The devils got up, their rifles loaded with bayonets, and stooped towards the defenders' trenches......