Chapter 62: Heavy Fire Cover
Regarding Shen Wei's proposal, Sun Weiguo shook his head and refused, he would not go to the headquarters.
Sun Weiguo's position and in the command headquarters have completely different meanings.
As long as Sun Weiguo was in the position, the soldiers realized that Sun Weiguo was fighting with him, which would greatly boost the morale of the soldiers.
After standardizing the map, Sun Weiguo returned to the trench again, stepped on a small chair, and directly raised the telescope to observe the situation of the Japanese army.
More than 20 devil soldiers were approaching the trenches, and the soldiers were also ready to shoot, but Sun Weiguo did not watch this situation.
He was looking behind the devil soldiers, and seeing that there were five echelons behind the more than twenty devil soldiers, Sun Weiguo's brows furrowed slightly.
The Japanese army adopted a wave tactic, which was to divide the troops into several echelons and attack the positions back and forth.
If the Japanese army in the first echelon is repulsed, then the Japanese army in the second echelon will immediately rush over, and at the same time, the first echelon that has withdrawn will immediately rest and re-enter the battle.
This tactic puts a lot of stress on the defenders, who will feel that the enemy is constant and will never be able to destroy them all.
Looking at the Japanese echelon in the frontal position, Sun Weiguo frowned, and at the same time he began to ponder.
Putting away his binoculars, Sun Weiguo held a Type 38 rifle, and he aimed his crosshair at a Japanese squad leader.
Twenty-six devil soldiers approached the trench, and two light machine guns began to be erected, and Hong Zhiqiang began to give the order to shoot when the Japanese troops were more than 100 meters away from the trench.
Thirty rifles fired at the same time, and a volley of guns rang out, and six of the attacking devil soldiers fell.
One of them was the squad leader, and this squad leader was naturally shot by Sun Weiguo.
The devil soldiers learned the lesson of the previous infantry squad annihilation, and they were very careful when attacking, so the effect of this platoon was not very good.
As the fighters were exposed, two light machine guns began to fire at the trenches, and the two fighters did not hide their bodies well and were directly killed by light machine gun bullets.
Hong Zhiqiang wanted to conceal the firepower of the three crooked light machine guns in the trenches, but his approach weakened the firepower of the trenches and gave the Japanese army an opportunity.
Three grenadiers continuously fired grenades, firing at the exposed fighters, two grenades fell in front of the trench and one grenade fell into the trench.
The first echelon of the Japanese squad was killed by the county brigade more than a dozen people, but the remaining dozen devil soldiers gradually approached the trench under the cover of light machine guns and grenadiers.
The second echelon of the Japanese squad had already arrived at a distance of 300 meters from the trench, and more than 50 devil soldiers began to prepare for the charge.
Hong Zhiqiang saw that the devil soldiers of the first echelon had not been repulsed, and the devil soldiers of the second echelon were about to come, so he hurriedly let the light machine guns of the fourth platoon fire.
Three crooked light machine guns set up at the firing points in the trenches began to fire, and together with the platoon guns of the four platoons of soldiers, seven or eight of the attacking devil soldiers were killed.
The remaining devil soldiers began to pause, and light machine guns and grenadiers fired at the trenches.
Three grenadiers struck at the exposed light machine gun firing point, and one grenade after another landed accurately on the firing point.
Fortunately, these firing points were reinforced with concrete rails, and the grenades fired from the grenadiers could not be destroyed for the time being.
But after all, these three light machine guns were exposed, and the grenadiers could not be destroyed, which did not mean that the Japanese army had no other way.
"Light machine gun transfer, sharpshooter pressure light machine gun fire." Sun Weiguo immediately intervened in command.
Hong Zhiqiang's command ability was lacking, and Sun Weiguo couldn't let him continue to command, otherwise it would be difficult for the fourth platoon to hold the position.
Three light machine guns were immediately transferred, and they came to another point of fire in the trenches.
The sharpshooters of the fourth platoon began to sneak out and shoot at light machine gun shooters at a distance of a hundred meters.
Rifle bullets were fired at the two LMG shooters, both of whom were killed, and the LMG guns were also dumbfounded.
Several devil soldiers, lying sixty meters from the trench, began to shoot, and one sharpshooter was hit in the forehead by a bullet and died instantly.
"Light machine gun, kill these devil soldiers for me!" Sun Weiguo shouted loudly.
Three light machine guns fired, and a string of bullets hit the devil soldiers, and seven or eight devil soldiers were easily hit.
The Japanese squad leader of the first echelon stared at his eyes wide, and in the blink of an eye, his two infantry squads were wiped out again!
Looking at the grenadier squad around him and the five or six soldiers in charge of light machine guns in front, the squad leader immediately gave the order to retreat.
......At this time, the twelve Type 92 heavy machine guns of the Japanese machine gun squadron had already set up machine gun positions.
Heavy machine guns began to fire, bullets rushing towards the trench.
The exposed light machine gun fire point was attacked by key points, and one bullet after another hit the concrete, and the three light machine guns were firmly suppressed.
At the same time, two infantry guns also began to shell the light machine gun fire point, and one shell after another exploded on the fire point.
The light machine gun shooters had already left the point of fire, and with the continuous shelling of the Japanese troops, six exposed points of fire were completely blown up.
More than fifty devil soldiers of the second echelon, under the cover of heavy machine guns and infantry guns, began to charge, and they opened fire on the trenches.
When Kakuei Ueda found that the defenders' firepower did not seem to be weak, he immediately changed his strategy.
The second echelon stayed to cover, and the forces of a squadron were quickly assembled, and this time Kakuei Ueda gathered the strength of a squadron and launched a fierce attack on the frontal position.
He found that the firepower in the trenches was not weak, but the number was small, so he concentrated an infantry squadron and wanted to win with the advantage of numbers.
With two infantry guns and twelve heavy machine guns in cover, Kakuei Ueda, who was watching the battle with a telescope, felt that he would definitely win.
The attack from the front was launched by the 1st and 2nd squadrons, and the 1st echelon of the Japanese troops who were hit was subordinate to the 1st squadron.
At this time, the second squadron of the Japanese army assembled to attack, and the first squadron provided fire support.
More than a hundred devil soldiers began to approach the trenches, but at this moment, the soldiers felt the pressure.
Light and heavy machine gun bullets flew overhead like a rain of bullets, and the devil soldiers attacked calmly under the cover of machine gun fire.
These devil soldiers are holding rifles and looking at the trenches, as long as they are outcropping soldiers, they will be accurately shot by the devil soldiers.
Sun Weiguo just wanted to raise his head to watch the situation, but a bullet directly knocked off his steel helmet.
Sun Weiguo, who almost fell into the trench, had a self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth, and he came to the bombed-out firepower point to carefully observe the situation of the Japanese army.
"Signal soldier, bring me the three platoon commanders of the machine gun squadron." Sun Weiguo looked at the ghost soldiers who were charging intensively, and he shouted loudly.