Chapter 40: Reinforcements Arrive
At this time, Zhang Weidong and the remaining soldiers of the second platoon were lying on the ground to avoid the fierce fire of the Japanese army, and even if they raised their guns to shoot back, they could only lie on the ground and shoot blindly from the grass, and every time they fired a shot, they quickly rolled away from their original positions, and as soon as the muzzle flame came up, there would be bullets from devils immediately, and if the head was raised a little higher, it would become a live target for the Japanese army.
The marksmanship and combat quality of the Japanese soldiers are indeed much higher than those of Zhang Weidong and their side, so if you want to survive the fierce battle, you must learn to be smart, as long as the movement is a little slower, then it will be either dead or wounded immediately.
When the Japanese found Zhang Weidong and others who were rushing, they turned all the light and heavy machine guns in the squadron, and suppressed Zhang Weidong and them with only one round of strafing, so that they could not cross the firing line of the machine guns one step further.
Although Zhang Weidong and the others advanced to a distance of less than 80 meters from the Japanese position, they could not move forward any further, and in the just round of charge, seven or eight soldiers were shot and fell, and such casualties were that Zhang Weidong had to order to lie down on the spot and hide.
The third platoon, which was originally going to advance alternately under the cover of the second platoon, was shot down six soldiers in the moment they were together, and they had no choice but to continue to advance by crawling forward, and in this way, four or five soldiers were shot and wounded or killed.
At this time, the artillery position not far from the Japanese position also began to launch a fierce artillery bombardment of Tang Jie's row of machine gun positions, the shells of two 70mm 92 infantry guns fell rapidly on the top of Tang Jie's head, and violent explosions sounded one after another, and the ground was soon blown out of craters with a diameter of more than one meter by shells, and some big trees the thickness of buckets were directly blown off after being directly hit, and sawdust mixed with shrapnel of shells flew sideways in the woods, as long as a soldier was swept up, he was either dead or disabled......
"Fuck it, the Japanese army's marksmanship is too accurate, tell the brothers not to show their heads, spread out, spread out and fight." Zhang Weidong was helpless in the face of such a situation, watching his soldiers fall down one by one, his eyes were about to burst into flames, but no matter how much anger he had, he couldn't change the embarrassing situation at the moment.
"Company commander, our grenadiers are out of ammunition!" At this time, the soldiers in charge of suppressing the attack with grenadiers quickly crawled over and shouted to Zhang Weidong.
"Grass, at this time...... Fall back...... Inform everyone to prepare to retreat, and take the brethren who can still breathe. Zhang Weidong scolded in annoyance, and then gave the order to prepare to retreat.
"Yes, company commander." A few soldiers said yes and then split up and climbed away to inform the soldiers who were farther away that they were ready to begin their retreat.
Then the soldiers who received the order began to rescue their comrades who were shot, as long as they were not seriously injured, they were dragged back and slowly retreated.
"Prepare grenades to cover ......," Zhang Weidong shouted and continued to order.
Just when Zhang Weidong and the others were about to throw grenades, suddenly a huge explosion sounded from the direction of the Japanese position, and the chaotic sound of Mauser military pistol shooting was also mixed in, and several Japanese machine guns that were originally firing at them were also muted one after another.
"Company commander, it seems that reinforcements are coming to support us, you listen, it's the sound of a shell gun." A soldier lay beside Zhang Weidong and shouted excitedly.
......At this time, a large number of soldiers wearing national uniforms suddenly poured out from the edge of the woods in the distance, and rushed to the Japanese position with bayonets on their 79-type Zhongzheng rifles.
Behind the team, there was also a dense burst of machine-gun fire in the woods, covering the charge of their own troops, while frantically pouring angry bullets on the Japanese position.
"Brothers, kill!" "Kill, ......" Tang Jie also rushed out with a rifle and eight or nine soldiers at this time, and rushed away with a head of dirt foam.
"Da da da ......" Tang Jie was in the woods at this time there was a crisp sound of light machine gun shooting, and all the fire was fired at the Japanese soldiers who were raising their guns to shoot, doing their best to cover the charge of their companions, but it can be heard from the sound of gunfire that there are only seven or eight light machine guns that are firing now, and more than half of the light machine guns can no longer continue to shoot......
"Fuck it, it's time for the brothers to take revenge, and the arms and legs can still move and rush up with Lao Tzu...... Kill! Zhang Weidong didn't throw away the grenade in his hand, jumped up with a shout, held the Mauser military pistol in one hand, and rushed forward with the grenade in the other.
The soldiers who ......were lying around Zhang Weidong also jumped up at the same time, and rushed forward with rifles that were too late to load their bayonets......
"Bagaya Road...... Where did this sneak attack of the Chinese army come from? Order the troops to resist me! "At this time, the commander of the Japanese army was on the verge of madness.
He watched as the artillery position not far behind the defense line was blown up by the Chinese army, and the two 92 infantry guns that he relied on the most had been completely destroyed, and the wheels of one of the 92 infantry guns were still rolling in the air and slowly falling, and this power was not something that one or two shells could do by exploding.
"Report to the captain, the Chinese army suddenly launched an attack from our back, the artillery positions have been blown up, and the remaining artillery units have suffered casualties." A Japanese scout ran in in a hurry and reported it, and then ran out again with a gun to continue the investigation, and did not even leave time for Nakasa to ask questions, which shows the urgency of the battle situation.
"Eight...... Eight Ga Ya Road! Ah......h
"Report to Your Excellency, Captain, the Chinese army is charging us from all sides, and we ...... It's already surrounded. The Japanese scout ran back and reported that it had not been around for less than a minute.
"Immediately inform Sakai and Takeuchi to immediately shrink the defensive line, and concentrate the firepower of heavy weapons to destroy the main force of the enemy on the right flank." Commander Nakasa took two deep breaths and ordered in a deep voice.
"Just one." The scout said yes and hurried out.
Now under this circumstance, Commander Nakasa no longer cares about the dignity of the army, and the sooner the order is delivered, the better, as for the so-called dignity of the Great Japanese Empire that he said, he can only wait until he can return alive.
"Report to the captain, General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, the commander of the 10th Brigade, called back." At this time, a Japanese communications soldier threw away the communication headset he was carrying, grabbed a piece of telecommunications paper, and hurriedly walked over and reported immediately.
"Hurry up, when will our reinforcements arrive?" Commander Nakasa immediately asked the signal soldier urgently.
"The telegram says Black Rock...... Commander of the Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu Brigade...... Ordered us to hold our positions, saying that attacking us was just a small decoy of the Chinese army, and that our large forces were engaged in an encirclement operation, and could not spare troops to support us......" the signal soldier stammered as he looked at the telegraph paper.
"Nani? Baga ...... My army is under heavy attack from the Chinese army, but he told me that he will not send reinforcements, this bastard Kuroiwa is really a moth of the Great Japanese Empire......" Commander Nakasa was completely crazy at this moment.
His troops have only fought for about ten minutes of fierce fighting so far, and the casualties of the troops are almost close to two squads, and now they are facing the unfavorable situation of being besieged by the Chinese army, and there are an unknown number of Chinese troops behind him who are stabbing towards him like a sharp knife, if there is no reinforcement support at this time, he really can't say how bad the situation will become, if the troops have major casualties, then he, the captain, will be responsible for the unshirkable responsibility, I'm afraid that the demotion is all about burning high incense.
To say that this lieutenant commander is really not incompetent, the main reason is that he was suppressed by Zhang Weidong's offensive firepower at the beginning, eighteen light machine guns fired together, he can even concentrate the light and heavy machine guns of the two squadrons to fight half a catty to eight taels, not to mention that the combat quality of these Chinese soldiers is not much different from the excellent Japanese soldiers under him, especially the marksmanship of the light infantry is very accurate, otherwise his troops would not have suffered such large casualties.
Originally, I wanted to rely on the unique artillery superiority to suppress the enemy's machine-gun position firepower, but now that it is good, it has been blown up into the sky by others for some reason, and if this battle continues, it will be really difficult to judge victory or defeat.
Just when Commander Nakasa was extremely angry, suddenly a dense sound ......of Mauser military pistol gunfire came from behind the command post.
"Captain! The Chinese army is attacking us, give the order, hey...... Your Excellency, Captain, give your order! At this time, a staff officer at the command post shouted to Commander Nakasa while pulling out his pistol to guard the outside.
"Sakai and Takeuchi's squadron don't move, all the combat personnel of the command will follow me to block the enemy." Commander Nakasa immediately drew his gun and shouted.
"Captain! You can't go, so let me lead someone to stop them. The staff officer hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
"Yaga! If I lose my position or let the Chinese army rush out, do you know that I will apologize for my seppuku! Yes? Hayouku...... "Commander Nakasa waved his hand without waiting for the staff officer to say anything more, and the guards with the command post rushed out.
"Quick! Give me ...... now" "Poof...... Poof...... "Just as Commander Nakasa drew his command knife and was about to order the Japanese soldiers guarding the command post to step forward and stop several Chinese soldiers who were rushing towards his temporary command post, he was hit by two bullets in the chest and temple almost at the same time.
"Captain! Your Excellency, Captain, please cheer up a little...... Medical officer! Go call the medical officer! You useless bastards......" At the moment when Commander Nakasa was shot and fell to the ground, several Japanese officers around him immediately surrounded him, shouting loudly in shock while preventing anyone from shooting black guns, and the rest of the dozen or so soldiers were also panicked, but they still dutifully protected all the officers with their bodies, and searched the location of the attacker with their guns......
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