Chapter 1259: The Ranger is the vanguard
"Ranger, be a pioneer!"
This is a sentence uttered by Sun Weiguo when the First Ranger Brigade was established, and this sentence became the combat spirit of the First Ranger Brigade.
What other units cannot do, the 1st Ranger Brigade must be able to do, and when other units are blocked and cannot continue to advance, the 1st Ranger Brigade must attack and advance.
Even though the 10th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Rangers had only one company of troops, they did not forget their mission.
The two platoons of soldiers began to rapidly advance along the communication trenches, and they continued to advance, and the devil soldiers they encountered were also constantly eliminated by them.
By about six o'clock in the evening, the 10th Ranger Company had expanded the occupied area and had also eliminated two Japanese light machine gun fire points.
The 11th Company of the Ranger and the 12th Company of the Ranger began to follow up, and at half past six in the evening, the troops of the 3rd Battalion of the Ranger had begun to enter the position of the 4th Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Guards Wing, and the 4th Squadron of the Little Devils was also killed by the 3rd Battalion of the Rangers, and they had to begin to shrink their forces and stick to the point of fire.
The night became dark, the fourth battalion of the rangers began to advance quietly, Huang Yongsheng had begun to get in touch with Chen Zhengwei, at half past seven in the evening, the third battalion of the rangers would quickly capture the left position of the Japanese army, and after opening the gap from here, the fourth battalion of the rangers would quickly penetrate into the depth of the Japanese army, disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army, and cover the operation of the Honor Seventh Division.
"Brigade commander, these little devils are not simple, I just killed a second lieutenant squad leader, and this squad leader has a different ID on the other devil officers."
Hao Jie, the commander of the third battalion of the rangers, came to the brigade commander Huang Yongsheng, and he reported directly to Huang Yongsheng.
Huang Yongsheng took the second lieutenant squad leader's ID card and looked at it, he couldn't read Japanese either, so he directly asked the herald to send this document to the military headquarters.
"It's all the same little devil, nothing different, even if it's different. Today, the little Japanese Emperor's Guard is here, and we still have to take the airport. You go back and get ready immediately, you've seen all of this, and you'll have to deal with all the devil soldiers here in a while. ”
Huang Yongsheng said with a serious face, he didn't know that what he said nonsense was right, at this time, the guards division formed a mixed brigade from the guards division.
At present, it is the devil soldiers who are responsible for protecting the security of the Emperor's palace against the Chinese troops.
Inside the airport, the Wing Department of the First Guards Wing, the captain of the Ozuo Wing was currently full of anger, and he looked at the map viciously.
Although his troops resisted most of the Chinese troops, the gap was still opened in the 4th Squadron of the 1st Brigade, and there were currently many Chinese troops here, which made Captain Dazuo extremely angry.
"Wing Commander, according to the report of the First Squadron, there are seven or eight hundred troops on the position of the Fourth Squadron of the First Squadron, and they have not taken any action for the time being, but according to their combat effectiveness, they are likely to continue to attack the position of the Third Squadron, and at present, the Fourth Squadron has almost been wiped out, and we must send reinforcements."
The chief of staff of the 1st Guards Wing came to the captain of the Wing of the Great Zuo, and after saluting the captain of the Wing of the Wing, he quickly reported the situation.
The captain of the Dazuo Wing had an angry expression on his face, he really didn't expect that there would be Chinese troops who would be able to attack the position.
What Captain Dazuo didn't expect was that instead of solving the Chinese troops that had entered the position, the Fourth Squadron of the First Brigade had allowed them to continue to increase their strength.
"Immediately contact the artillery unit, carry out a covered artillery bombardment of the fourth squadron, be sure to blow this place to the ground, order the second brigade, let them draw out two infantry squadrons, a machine gun squadron, and a mountain artillery squadron to counterattack, and be sure to take back the position of the fourth squadron."
With a gloomy expression on his face, the captain of the Great Zuo Wing quickly gave the battle order and said.
"Hey, Co-Captain." The Chief of Staff of Shaozo immediately saluted and said.
The 20th Brigade of the Independent Mountain Artillery and the 21st Brigade of the Independent Mountain Artillery began to shell according to the order of the commander of the 1st Guards Wing, and one after another shells began to hit the positions of the 4th Squadron, the shells fell on the positions, explosions sounded, and shrapnel flew everywhere.
After the officers and men of the 3rd Rangers Battalion were shelled, they quickly began to hide, and after capturing the Japanese trenches, the soldiers began to dig anti-artillery holes.
With the firing of 24 mountain guns of the two independent mountain artillery brigades of the Japanese army, the mountain artillery battalion of the 7th Division of Honor began to counterattack, and 16 75MM 94 mountain guns were fired, and at the same time, the eighteen 75MM infantry guns directly under the three regiments also began to counterattack, and the artillery of both sides launched a counterfire, because it was shelled by the little devils, the third battalion of the rangers had to start attacking in advance.
"Da-da-da-da." "Boom, boom."
The machine guns of the 5th Battalion of the Rangers, the Browning heavy machine guns, and the defensive guns of the 6th Battalion of the Rangers began to fire one after another, covering the attack of the 3rd Battalion of the Rangers.
Fierce fighting began, and under the cover of machine guns and other weapons, the units of the 3rd Battalion of the Rangers began to attack the positions of the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army.
The soldiers with explosive bags continued to blow up the Japanese firepower points, and at the same time, the soldiers also paid a certain price for casualties.
The 4th Ranger Battalion began to attack the Japanese positions in depth, and the troops that the little devils wanted to counterattack were pinned, and the 2nd Brigade had to be put into battle to block the attack of the 4th Cavalry Battalion.
"Da-da-da-da." A Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun hid in the firing point and fired, and more than a dozen fighters did not notice it and were directly hit by bullets.
But as the Devil Soldiers' heavy machine guns began to be exposed, the anti-aircraft guns began to fire at the firing points.
THE SIXTH BATTALION OF THE RANGERS IS EQUIPPED WITH TWELVE 57MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND FOUR 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, BUT THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS HAVE NOT YET BEEN PUT INTO OPERATION.
The 57MM battle defense gun has become the best weapon to attack the Japanese army's firepower points, and many little devil firepower points have been eliminated by the battle defense guns.
"Boom", an armor-piercing bullet hit the Japanese firepower point, the little devil firepower point was directly destroyed, before the devil soldiers inside continued to start shooting, an explosive bag was thrown into the destruction of the firepower point, with the sound of a huge explosion, the little devil firepower point was completely solved.
The 1st Brigade of the Ranger has become the absolute main force, and the four Ranger battalions rushed to the front, and they verified what Sun Weiguo said: Rangers, be the vanguard.
The two sides fought fiercely until eight o'clock in the evening, and the Rangers captured the positions of the 3rd and 4th Squadrons of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Guards Wing of the Japanese Army, where they opened a gap.
With a gap in the area, the 1st Ranger Brigade temporarily ceased operations, and the troops of the Honorable 7th Division began to attack.