Chapter 91: Mortar firing
The mortar company, under the command of the company commander Shishi, quickly hit the light bombs one after another over the trenches.
The dark night instantly seemed to be daylight, and the attacking devil soldiers couldn't help but stop, and they hid one after another.
The grenadier quickly sets up the grenadier, and the light machine gun shooter sets up the crooked light machine gun.
The first squadron at the front began to fire on the trenches, grenades and bullets were constantly coming towards the trenches.
After a frenzied burst of fire, three squads of the 1st Squadron dispersed to the front, while grenadiers and light machine guns took cover at a distance of 200 meters from the trenches.
"Hit me hard!" Sun Weiguo gave the order directly.
Three grenadier squads, nine 890 grenadier canisters quickly loaded grenades, and one grenade after another quickly attacked the Japanese army as the grenadier pulled the belt.
The two Type 92 heavy machine guns also began to shoot, and although the heavy machine gun shooters trained by Zhao Wei would not have the terrifying shooting accuracy of Zhao Wei, they were able to hit the target.
As the heavy machine guns and grenadiers began to fire, the three Japanese light machine guns immediately fell silent, and more than a dozen Japanese shooters died on the spot.
The six Japanese grenadiers were ineffective, as their grenadiers and ammunition men were hit by heavy machine gun bullets, and twelve ghost soldiers were smashed into sieves by bullets.
The devil soldiers were still moving forward with rifles, and more than 60 devil soldiers quickly approached the trench under the command of their squad leader.
As the mortars began to fire flares, the grenadiers began to fire grenades, and the heavy machine guns began to fire.
The location of these weapons was revealed, and the Japanese artillerymen, who were observing the position of the county brigade, immediately began to readjust their muzzles.
THE 12 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS ADJUSTED THEIR ANGLES AGAIN, AND THE JAPANESE ARTILLERY BEGAN TO FIRE ANTI-PERSONNEL GRENADES.
Shells hit the mortar positions in the village, and a full eight shells landed on the mortar positions.
The other four shells were shelled at exposed grenadiers and heavy machine guns, and the Japanese artillery supported the infantry.
THE MORTAR POSITIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN EVACUATED BY THE STONES, AND AFTER THE FLARES WERE FIRED, THE STONES HAD DISPERSED THE NINE 82MM MORTARS TO THE PRESET POSITIONS.
The positions of the grenadiers and heavy machine guns were also shifted, and they almost had to change places with one shot.
Otherwise, the Japanese shells would definitely hit them quickly.
After our blows from grenadiers and heavy machine guns, as well as infantry artillery, the fire of the Japanese grenadiers and light machine guns was significantly weakened.
The Japanese squadron leader probably felt that he was now more than 200 meters from the trench, and that he was hiding behind grenadiers and machine-gun shooters.
He felt that he would not be hit, and the Japanese squadron leader brandished his saber and shouted loudly: "Kill and give." ”
Three grenadiers and six light machine guns were not destroyed, and they continued to fire grenades and bullets into the trenches to cover the infantry's charge.
The three Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front had already approached the trench, and the Japanese squadron leader saw this scene, and he had a smug smile on his face.
But he didn't know that Sun Weiguo had already aimed the crosshair of the Type 38 rifle at the Japanese squadron leader.
Gap, crosshair, target, three points and one line, Sun Weiguo's right index finger pulled the trigger without hesitation.
The bullet quickly detached from the chamber, and the Japanese squadron leader felt a pain in his forehead.
Before he could let out a cry of pain, the saber in his hand fell to the ground, and his body fell limply to the ground.
The three ensign squad leaders saw their squadron leader being shot, and their faces showed exasperation.
"Kill and give, kill and give!" The three squad leaders drew their sabers, and they roared.
Not far from them, three grenadiers and six light machine guns fired even harder.
At the same time, under the orders of Kenji Suzuki, the machine gun squadron, which had already set up positions on a high ground 700 meters from the trenches, also began to join the battle.
Twelve Type 92 heavy machine guns fired at the position at the same time, and the bullets formed a network of crossfire, and one bullet after another swept over the heads of the soldiers.
The heavy machine gun fire was very violent, the bullets were like rain, and there was no dead end at all.
The soldiers in the trenches were overpowered, and if they looked up, they would be hit by bullets immediately.
In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the individual quality of the devil soldiers was very strong, whether it was a grenadier or a light and heavy machine gun shooter, they had a very accurate hit rate.
Seeing that the soldiers of the ninth platoon were suppressed, Sun Weiguo's brows furrowed tightly, even he didn't dare to raise his head easily now.
"Immediately notify the mortar company, suppress the Japanese heavy machine gun for me at all costs, and tell Shi that it doesn't matter if the heavy machine gun is blown up." Sun Weiguo immediately gave the order.
The mortar and grenadier shots of the county brigade were all aimed at killing the devil soldiers, and they did not dare to easily destroy the Japanese weapons.
You must know that the county brigade does not have any supplies, and they can only rely on seizing weapons from the devil soldiers to replenish themselves.
Sun Weiguo gave the order to blow up the weapon, which shows how much Sun Weiguo wants to wipe out this little devil in his heart.
The order was quickly conveyed to the mortar battery, and the nine scattered mortars immediately adjusted their muzzles to the positions of the Japanese machine-gun squadron.
After all nine mortars were prepared, the company commander Shi immediately gave the order: "Three shots, open the cannon!" ”
"Woo Woo ......"
The shells broke away from the chambers, and the curved shells streaked through the air, and one after another fell around the machine-gun positions.
After firing three shells from each mortar, two gunners immediately picked up the mortars and moved to them, while the ammunition operators followed them with the ammunition boxes.
Fifteen of the twenty-seven shells fell into the machine-gun position, killing more than a dozen devil soldiers and destroying three heavy machine guns.
The remaining twelve rounds landed near the machine-gun position, and the shells were missed, causing no casualties to the ghost soldiers.
The machine-gun position was attacked, and the squadron leader of the machine-gun squadron immediately ordered the troops to temporarily stop firing, and they immediately carried out the transfer.
Twelve mountain guns were once again in full swing, and they quickly fired shells into the village, retaliating against the mortar battery.
However, the mortar company had already shifted its position, and the blow of their shells had no effect other than destroying the houses.
At this time, more than 60 devil soldiers had approached the trench 100 meters under the command of the Japanese squad leader, while nine Japanese squad leaders and more than a dozen devil soldiers followed behind.
The mortar company suppressed the heavy machine-gun fire, the grenadiers and heavy machine guns suppressed the Japanese grenadier and light machine gun fire, and the soldiers of the nine platoons in the trenches could start firing.