Chapter 325: Positional Warfare
The fighting ceased, and this was almost the role of barbed wire, in such a battle, as long as the enemy did not break through the barbed wire, then it was impossible to inflict damage on the troops inside the fortifications. However, Hu Rongda knew that even if the devils suffered heavy losses in the first wave of battles, for the devils who had just arrived with reinforcements, hundreds of casualties were simply insignificant.
Looking at the dense devil soldiers, even Hu Rongda felt numb, after all, the enemy's strength was too much, and the gap between them was so big. Even if there are some casualties caused to the devil, the devil will not be afraid because of this, because of the existence of a large army, the devil's heart is full of confidence.
They believed that they would definitely be able to take this Chinese position, and because of the existence of confidence, the devil's troops were full of morale. "Order the first layer of fortifications to continue to replenish ammunition, and all troops must not save ammunition." Hu Rongda said loudly on the edge of the first layer of fortifications. This is not the time to save ammunition, and the ammunition in the position, even if more than a thousand of them keep firing with machine guns, it is enough for them to hold out for more than ten days, and he believes that the devil will not be able to stay here for that long.
The devil's troops are now insufficient, and the Wuhan battlefield is the main battlefield, and if the devil's troops are delayed here for a long time at this time, then it is likely that the battle of Wuhan will be delayed. Hu Rongda didn't believe that the devil had this guts, because the devil's strength in northern Anhui and Pengcheng in Henan was about two divisions, and he had to guard against the 150,000 troops of the squadron, and in this case, they couldn't send enough troops at all. The devils who fought here were the three remnants of the division. If the devil is delayed here, he will definitely suffer heavy losses, and even have the danger of being wiped out. But this premise is that Hu Rongda can hold the position, and only if he holds the position can he drag the devil here. At the same time, the devil must go crazy with his own head, otherwise the devil will retreat wisely, and then it will still not be able to cause too much damage to the devil.
However, in Hu Rongda's opinion, the devil will definitely choose to go crazy, because he has seen the figure of Ushijima Sadao in the telescope. He knew that the Devil's Eighteenth Division must hate the new First Division to the bone, and he wanted to dismantle his troops in his heart, and now that Hu Rongda was at a disadvantage, he knew that the Devil would definitely not let go of such an opportunity.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the devil's troops to start moving again, but this time the devil chose to dig trenches, and Hu Rongda frowned slightly when he saw the devil's movements. In the face of the devil, he really didn't have many means to counterattack, after all, even a heavy machine gun couldn't hit the soldiers hidden in the trench. "Master, what should I do if the devil is digging trenches again?" Ding Cheng was in charge of the defensive command of the first layer of trenches, and his face was slightly nervous when he saw the devil's movements, because he didn't know how to deal with such an attack.
Hu Rong waved his hand: "Don't care about the actions of the devils, they have killed the barbed wire that destroyed the first layer, and the second barbed wire is not so easy." "There is nothing Hu Rongda can do about the devil's actions, but the devil's advantage is only so little, the first layer of barbed wire is about two hundred meters away from the fortifications, and this distance makes Hu Rongda's other weapons useless at all.
But when the devils reach the second layer of barbed wire, it is not at that time that the devils can dig trenches if they want to. The short devil soldiers wielded their own advantages at this time, that is, when they were buried in digging, it was difficult for the machine gun fire of the squadron troops to hit their heads, so their digging progress was very fast. The devil began to dig the trench from a distance of 400 meters, and dug three or four at the same time, and the progress was very fast, and in less than half an hour, the four trenches had been dug under the barbed wire.
At this time, the devil's sappers were able to safely cut the barbed wire little by little, so that the devils in that part of the trench could move forward unhindered. However, the devil's troops did not stupidly continue to dig forward, but dug up the entire barbed wire vertically, and cut all the barbed wire little by little.
Seeing the actions of the devils, Hu Rong understood that the barbed wire fence that had been opened had actually lost its original function, and there was no need for the devils to destroy those remnants. You must know that it takes a long time to dig thousands of meters of trenches, but the devil was obviously frightened by the previous barbed wire fence's blocking effect, and did not dare to leave even a little bit of this kind of thing, which may be a snake bite for ten years and afraid of the well rope.
It took two hours for the devils to finally completely destroy and cut the first layer of barbed wire, and then the devil troops let out a long breath. In their opinion, they were much safer and could quickly attack the Chinese fortifications. So at two o'clock in the afternoon, the devils began to dig again at the fortifications where Hu Rongda and the others were, and at a distance of 100 meters from the devils was the second layer of barbed wire.
At this time, the devils felt as if they had found the secret to destroying the barbed wire, and they thought that the hidden way of using the trenches could easily remove all the barbed wire. However, they didn't think about it, how could Hu Rongda not think of such a simple truth. At the rear of the fortifications, rows of throwing cylinders were neatly arranged behind Hu Rongda. These were all prepared by Hu Rongda, and the firing range was only about 150 meters. However, Hu Rongda always believed that a certain level of quantity could break through the control of quality, so he prepared more than 300 throwing cylinders.
Although the damage of the explosion is limited, it relies on the shock wave at the time of the explosion, and if the number reaches a certain level, then its power is even less than that of heavy artillery bombardment. However, his flaws are obvious, and the range is short.
Whoop, whoop...... Hordes of devil soldiers dug desperately forward in the trenches, and the devils at this time had completely evolved into groundhogs. They were even prepared to use this trench digging method to fight all the way to the bottom of Hu Rongda's fortifications, so as to reduce their own casualties. Even at this time, the ground was still covered with cold snow, and it was frozen hard, but it did not stop the passion of the devil. For the devil's soldiers, they don't want to die either, even fools don't give up their lives easily, it's an instinct. Being able to hit the enemy's side without sacrificing their lives is naturally a good thing for the devil soldiers, so the devil soldiers dig extremely hard, and soon the distance of a hundred meters is pulled into more than thirty meters by them.
However, just when the devil soldiers were desperately digging and sweating. "Yaga, what's the situation?" As the squadron leader of the engineer unit, Ono Taro was responsible for the excavation of the left trench, and his more than 300 engineers were alternating the huge trench with a width of six meters. They believe that this is the time for their engineering unit to show their ambitions, and as long as they can be appreciated by the superiors, then they will also be able to soar. And the barbed wire, which was insurmountable for these fighting troops, was shattered like papier-mé� under their shovels, and he was extremely shocked. But at this time, he suddenly had a huge sense of crisis, this kind of oppression wanted to be when the storm came, that terrifying feeling, and black clouds suddenly flew out of the fortifications of the Chinese troops. All the devil soldiers were slightly stunned and didn't understand what this was, but when those shells were smashed on the ground and in the trenches, one by one the devils suddenly widened their eyes and showed a frightened look. {Melon seeds.*?small.*?said that the net hand hit the update faster]