Chapter 509: Redeploy
The operation in the former Huang'an Village was not very smooth, the third battalion and the ninth company and the Yongxing detachment and a brigade were not in any advantage, and the Japanese army had an advantage in terms of strength and weapons, which was also the reason why the Japanese army was able to hold on to the former Huang'an Village.
Captain Zeng of the Yongxing detachment sent a brigade of more than 700 people to join the battle, but this brigade has already suffered more than 100 casualties, and at present, only more than 500 people in this infantry brigade can fight, plus the troops of three battalions and nine companies, the number of troops invested here is only more than 600 people.
And in Woniu Mountain and Dazhai Nu Mountain, the troops of the 10th and 11th companies were pinning down part of the strength of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army.
The 12th Company of the 3rd Battalion, which was supposed to participate in the encirclement and annihilation operation in Donghui Town, has now returned the 3rd Battalion to its establishment, and three 82MM mortars and three Makqin heavy machine guns have been deployed on the flanks by Liu Jingnuma, the commander of the 3rd Battalion.
"Battalion Commander Liu, Captain Pan, how is the situation now?"
When Captain Pan of the Yongxing detachment asked Liu Jingnuma to send artillery for technical instruction, Yin Jinshan of the armored battalion had already arrived quickly.
After coming to Liu Jingnuma and Captain Pan, Yin Jinshan immediately asked, with a somewhat anxious expression on his face.
Sun Weiguo's order to Yin Jinshan was to kill the Japanese artillery at all costs, Yin Jinshan attached great importance to this order, and he couldn't wait to organize an attack and kill the Japanese artillery.
"Camp Commander Yin, why are you here?" After Liu Jingnuma saw Yin Jinshan, he had a shocked expression on his face.
The New Second Brigade has many directly subordinate units, but everyone knows that the armored battalion and the cavalry battalion are the trump cards of the new Second Brigade and the elite of the elite.
Liu Jingnuma knew that the armored battalion was encircling and annihilating the Japanese army on the periphery of Donghui Town, but he did not expect that the armored battalion would come to Qianhuang'an Village to participate in the battle.
Thinking of the several orders Sun Weiguo gave him before, Liu Jingnuan couldn't help but show a very unnatural feeling on his face.
"Battalion Commander Yin, the Japanese artillery unit has set up an artillery position in the village, the devil infantry has set up a position outside the village, and the light and heavy machine guns are deployed in the houses, and we have been repelled several strong attacks, this is mainly due to our lack of weapons to attack the fortifications, although we have two infantry guns here, but the hit rate is very poor."
Captain Zeng didn't think much about it, and after seeing Yin Jinshan appear, he immediately introduced the situation.
Yin Jinshan held the binoculars and glanced at Qianhuang'an Village, he nodded, and a contemplative expression appeared on his face.
"Captain Zeng, temporarily merge your infantry artillery into our artillery unit, and we will set up an artillery position on the right side of Qianhuang'an Village." Yin Jinshan said immediately.
Captain Zeng did not have any objection to Yin Jinshan's request, he nodded directly and agreed.
Liu Jingnuma began to express his opinion, and the three of them began to discuss.
The main fire support of the Chinese troops in the former Huang'an Village is the 82MM mortar and the Type 92 infantry gun, the mortar has a great ability to strike at the charging devil soldiers, but in terms of attacking the fortifications, the 82MM mortar capability is a little worse, and the Type 92 infantry guns that can threaten the Japanese fortifications can not be mastered by the soldiers of the Yongxing detachment, which has caused the advantage of the Japanese army.
It was only with the appearance of Yin Jinshan with armored troops that the advantage maintained by the Japanese army gradually began to disappear.
IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF THE ARMORED BATTALION, SUN WEIGUO'S ARMORED BATTALION ARTILLERY COMPANY IS COMPLETELY MECHANIZED, AND THIS ARTILLERY COMPANY HAS FOUR TYPE 92 INFANTRY GUNS, FOUR 20MM MACHINE GUNS, THREE 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS, AND HAS NOW STRENGTHENED THE CAVALRY BATTALION'S FIVE MAKQIN HEAVY MACHINE GUNS AND TWO 20MM MACHINE GUNS.
As the armored battalion troops arrived in the former Huang'an village, the Chinese troops quickly began to readjust again.
On the right side of the former Huang'an village, six infantry guns, three mortars, six machine guns, three anti-tank guns set up artillery positions, and in front of the artillery positions, eight heavy machine guns set up heavy machine gun positions.
Five tanks and eight armored vehicles began to assemble on the right side of the former Huang'an Village, while Liu Jingnuma and Captain Zeng sent more than 300 infantry to deploy behind the tanks and armored bodies.
"All of them!"
At the same time as the Chinese troops were deployed, the Japanese artillery units in the former Huang'an village began to shoot, and shells began to be fired.
The shells quickly hit the perimeter of the position of the Japanese 3rd Brigade, and the Japanese artillery units fired at Huang Gang's 2nd Battalion and Ge Haifeng's cavalry battalion troops.
But even with the fire of the Japanese artillery, the 5th and 6th companies of the 2nd Battalion were still digging trenches at a rapid pace, and two companies of the cavalry battalion began to dismount and dig trenches.
After Ge Haifeng gave Sun Weiguo's order, he knew Sun Weiguo's thoughts, and then he gathered the company commanders of the cavalry battalion together, and he made a decision.
Sun Weiguo planned to use a tunnel operation to get close to the Japanese position, so as to shorten the distance of the charge, the tunnel can allow the infantry to pass, but there is enough space, the cavalry can still pass, Ge Haifeng asked the soldiers to dig a tunnel that can allow the cavalry to pass, so as to shorten the distance of the cavalry charge.
The infantry and cavalry began to get busy, new patches of soil were dug up, and the Japanese shelling did nothing.
On the outskirts of the town, on the position of the 3rd Brigade of the 132nd Wing of the Japanese Army, Captain Shaozo concentrated all the light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers.
At the same time as the Japanese artillery unit in the former Huang'an Village was carrying out artillery cover, the captain of the Shaozuo Brigade also began to roar, he drew his saber, and roared loudly: "Kill it!" ”
Light and heavy machine guns began to fire wildly at the tunnel, and the bullets rained down on the soldiers, and the fighters who were digging the tunnel immediately stopped moving, and they crouched in the tunnel.
Bullets flew over the heads of the soldiers, but they did not cause any damage to the soldiers.
However, the Japanese grenadiers fired some casualties to the soldiers, and occasionally a few miniature grenades fell accurately into the trenches.
"Artillery units fire, suppressing Japanese fire." Sun Weiguo, who commanded the operation, saw that all the Japanese firepower was exposed, and he immediately began to give orders.
SEVEN 82MM MORTARS AND FOUR TYPE 92 INFANTRY GUNS BEGAN TO FIRE, AND ONE SHELL AFTER ANOTHER QUICKLY FIRED AT THE EXPOSED FIRE OF THE JAPANESE ARMY.
With the explosion of the shells, the Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns began to be blown up, and four grenadiers, which were already small, were also destroyed.
At the same time, under the command of company commander Zhang Wenbin, the nine grenadiers of the 7th Company of the 2nd Battalion quickly moved forward to shoot, and one after another miniature grenades fired at the Japanese light and heavy machine guns, inflicting a great blow on the Japanese troops.
When Captain Shaozo saw this, he immediately ordered his troops to conceal light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers.