Chapter 433: Artillery

readx; Glory turned around, crawled back quietly, and said to the company commander: "When the enemy begins to charge, you can take a squad of brothers to knock out the machine gun position for me, and if the enemy's motorboats do not leave, blow them all up for me!" Then he said to the soldiers: "When the attack begins, everyone must maintain their speed, attack the Japanese army while running, and try to fight them in close quarters, so that the warships dare not open fire!" We have an advantage in weapons, and we are wearing body armor, so we will not suffer! With that, he motioned for everyone to disperse and wait for the moment of attack. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A few minutes later, the army finally finished making preparations, and more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns on the machine gun positions began to fire at the same time, covering the charge of the troops, and the warships on the river also stopped shelling in due time.

After the enemy rushed past with a shout, the fighters quickly threw dozens of grenades, then jumped up from the grass and rushed towards the back of the soldiers. At the same time, a company commander with a dozen fighters rushed to the enemy's machine-gun positions while firing.

Semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns pulsed happily in the hands of the soldiers, and the bullets that erupted pierced through the formation of the soldiers from behind, knocking down the enemy piece by piece. Just as the army was about to turn around, a dense burst of gunfire rang out on the other side of the hillside, and dozens of Chinese soldiers rushed out.

Submachine guns, pistols, semi-automatic rifles and 38 large covers launched a tragic duel on the hillside, bullets flying in the middle of the crowd, constantly coming out of the sound of penetrating ** and the painful groans of the wounded.

Due to their excellent stabbing skills, the first reaction they made in the face of a sudden blow was to set up a position for hand-to-hand combat, but the [***] team vetoed their proposal with a dense number of bullets, so they had to pick up their rifles and attack. The length of the Type 38 rifle wasted precious time, and many soldiers were killed without even firing a single bullet.

The squadron leader of the squadron noticed that the situation was unfavorable, and hurriedly howled and ordered to distance himself from the other party, however, the squadron [***] team bit to the death, and bravely rushed through the enemy group, and the enemy fell to the ground one after another. Although the army tried their best to counterattack, the few bullets that had been fired sporadically could not penetrate the opponent's body armor, so they could only keep retreating.

At this moment, the defenders hidden in several other bunkers suddenly appeared from the side of the army, separated them with fierce strafing fire, and then joined the slaughter!

The battle came to an end after ten minutes, the soldiers chased the fleeing Japanese army in all directions, knocking them to the ground one by one with a dense barrage of bullets, and the battle on the riverside was over, and a dozen machine gunners and motorboats were all blown to pieces, leaving only blood stains on the ground.

Glory wiped the blood from his face, and was about to instruct the brothers to clean up the battlefield, when he suddenly found that the warship was moving, and he felt his heart sink sharply, and his face suddenly turned pale! He hurriedly turned around and shouted hoarsely at the fighters, who were immersed in the joy of victory: "Shelling! Hide! ”

A whistling cannonball dragged its long tail through the thick smoke over the battlefield and landed accurately more than 20 meters in front of the glory, and more than a dozen soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield were immediately engulfed in flames and thick smoke, and the fragments of weapons and human limbs were pushed out by the explosion of the air wave, flying in the air for a while and then falling. Before Glory could react, he was tossed to the ground by a wave of air, splattering blood all over his face, and then an arm slammed into his stomach, and his mutilated fingers still clutched the semi-automatic rifle.

At this time, Rongguang suddenly saw a foxhole a few meters away, his eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, quickly enter the foxhole!" Then he jumped in, and dragged the corpses of two soldiers over his head.

Although they heard the battalion commander's reminder, when the artillery fire of the army was covered by the school shooting, dozens of soldiers were still exposed to the position, and they did not find a hiding place in time, and they were blown up by the overwhelming shells that fell down from the sky. There were more than 100 foxholes dug at the front of the position, but after continuous attacks by bombers and naval guns, most of them were leveled, and only a few were still usable, resulting in these soldiers dying in vain under the guns of the Japanese army.

The Yue army, which had suffered a heavy loss, became angry and concentrated the artillery on half of the warships to bombard Changshan, and the shells fell like hailstones, and the position was instantly filled with gunsmoke and shrapnel flying sideways. In 10 minutes, the army fired more than 2,000 shells and plowed the hill again, and the bodies of the dead and the guns and ammunition scattered on the ground were blown to pieces, and it was no longer possible to distinguish the original appearance.

The violent explosion deafened Glory's ears, and he could only perceive the shelling of the Japanese army based on the vibration of the stone wall. After the stone wall stopped shaking, he shook his head vigorously, shook off the dust from the steel helmet, pushed away the corpse on his head and stood up.

The corpses that had filled the front line of the position were all gone, replaced by mountains of stumps and bloodstained fragments of military uniforms, blood soaking every inch of the land and showing a crimson color; Swarms of flies buzzed and crawled on the boneless limbs, greedily sucking every drop of blood; The smell of sweat, blood, and rotten flesh rushed along the hot wind, making people unable to suppress the urge to vomit.

Glory shouted loudly, "Is there anything still alive?" Then he carefully searched the ground, hoping to find his men.

"I'm not dead!" An arm was raised from a nearby foxhole, and then there was a violent cough that seemed to cough out the lungs, apparently inhaling an excessive amount of gunsmoke.

Immediately after that, arms were raised, and the soldiers stretched out their dusty heads and reported weakly to the battalion commander.

Only forty-six survived. Although the foxhole was able to withstand shrapnel and blasts, it was useless when directly hit by a shell, and many fighters lost their lives.

Glory looked around the battlefield and saw that there was no cover around, and if he wanted to withdraw to his position at this time, he would definitely be discovered by the soldiers on the warship and become a live target for artillery.

Thinking of this, he shouted to the soldiers around him: "The enemy must think that we are dead, and we should not fight again for the time being!" Stay in the pit and don't move, wait until it gets dark before withdrawing! ”

At this time, a soldier pointed to the river and shouted: "Battalion commander, the enemy is coming up again!" ”

Rongguang hurriedly turned his head to look over, only to see eight motorboats coming from the fleet again, full of soldiers with loaded guns. He briefly analyzed the situation and shouted to the soldiers: "The enemy's strength is several times ours, and the brothers on the top of the hill do not know what the situation is, if they are allowed to land, it will be difficult to stop them, so we must block them on the riverside!" When they began to disembark, everyone listened to my orders and opened fire together, this is only a few dozen meters away from Jiangbei, the enemy may not dare to open fire, as long as it is delayed until dark! ”

The motorboat stopped when it was more than ten meters away from the shore, and the soldiers on board raised their rifles above their heads, jumped into the river over their chests, and marched forward in vain. Heavy machine gunners on the foredeck of the motorboat closely monitored the defenders' positions, ready to provide fire support.

Rongguang waited until more than half of the army jumped into the water, and shouted: "Fight!" "Picking up a submachine gun is a burst of fire, knocking down a heavy machine gunner.

More than 40 soldiers opened fire at the same time, all kinds of guns kept spraying flames, and the soldiers in the water moved slowly, becoming a live target for the [***] team, and they were shot and fell down one after another, and the blood continued to spread with the ups and downs of the river.

The heavy machine guns on the motorboats immediately began to counterattack, and the continuous crackling of gunfire, the dense spray of bullets from the fiery muzzles, stirred up patches of smoke and dust on the slopes of the hill, which had been burned softly by incendiary shells, and the earth and gravel constantly jumped from the ground and flew and jumped in the sky, making it impossible for the fighters to aim at their targets.

Dozens of soldiers took the opportunity to rush to the shore, quickly adjusted their formation, and rushed up in echelons. However, more than a dozen grenades fell from the sky and exploded in the crowd, and hundreds of shrapnel sliced the surrounding ** unscrupulously, disintegrating the first offensive of the Japanese army.

Behind them, several Japanese soldiers quickly took out grenadiers, loaded miniature grenades and fired in the direction of the foxhole. The Type 89 grenadier did not have neither a bracket nor an aiming apparatus, and relied entirely on the visual inspection of the soldier to attack the target, with very poor accuracy, but nevertheless, it played a certain role: the smoke from the explosion condensed in front of the defenders and took a long time to disperse.

The soldiers of the two squadrons on board the motorboat took advantage of this opportunity to jump into the water and quickly rushed to the shore. After greatly increasing the strength and firepower, the army did not hesitate to charge, trying to crush the defenders with an overwhelming numerical advantage.

In the face of the frantic attack of the Yue army, Rong Guang commanded the soldiers to fight back. Although the straight-line distance between them and the army was less than 100 meters, there was a difference of more than 10 meters in height, and the soldiers could throw grenades dozens of meters away from the foxholes, and they just landed on the edge of the river, so the grenades became a sharp weapon to suppress the enemy.

One by one, the grenades unscrewed their lids and were neatly placed on top of the corpses of the soldiers in front of the pit, and the soldiers waved their arms and threw them incessantly, smashing the grenades into the enemy, making them pay a heavy price for every step forward. Rapidly falling grenades exploded in quick succession, sending hundreds of shrapnel that whizzed and scattered in all directions, mercilessly harvesting the lives around them.

The army showed no weakness, light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers continuously sprayed flames to suppress the fire of the defenders, and the infantry rushed forward with rifles and screams. Grenades continued to explode in the advancing ranks, but the soldiers did not care, and rushed forward with their heads buried in them, and finally rushed to the front of the foxhole after dozens of casualties.

Glory threw out a grenade, then went to get another one but felt empty, and looked down to see that there were only a dozen unscrewed caps left in front of him, and the grenades had been thrown away.

At this time, a ** soldier with his upper body howled and rushed over, and said that the blood as red as the spear stabbed him. Rongguang hurriedly picked up the submachine gun, pulled the trigger, and fired a beautiful short shot, and an extra eye immediately appeared between the opponent's two dark eyebrows, looking vacantly ahead, and then withered to the ground like an empty pocket.

Countless figures rushed over, their bright spears flickering with the cold air of the forest, and slashing towards the defenders like a tide. Who knew that at this juncture, all the grenades were actually exhausted, and the soldiers hurriedly shot with their guns, and seven or eight soldiers moved a little slower, and then they were stabbed down condescendingly by the soldiers who rushed to the edge of the pit. To Yue Jun's surprise, the spear stabbed into the opponent's body and slid past it, and before he could understand, the semi-automatic rifle fired several shots in the chest, and went to meet their Amaterasu with a full stomach.

Glory roared and jumped out of the foxhole, raised his hand and fired a burst of fire, the huge impact force knocked the current enemy more than two meters away before falling, and then rushed towards the densest place of the Japanese army. Seeing the battalion commander standing up to meet the enemy, the soldiers jumped out one after another, using the weapons in their hands to fight the army in close combat. Guns were ringing, knives were stabbing, and the two sides fought fiercely within a radius of several hundred meters, and people fell every minute and every second, but neither side retreated. Relying on the superiority of numbers, the cunning army detoured from the flanks to the back of the central [***] team, preparing to flank the front and rear, and in addition, after discovering that the [***] soldiers were equipped with protection on their chests, they immediately adjusted their tactics, using their limbs and abdomen as the target of the attack. At the same time, light and heavy machine guns on the motorboat fired from time to time to fill the gaps in the attacking troops.

The huge disparity in numbers made it impossible for the defenders to give full play to the superiority of their weapons, and the semi-automatic rifles did not even have a chance to reload after emptying the magazines, so they could only use bayonets against bayonets, and finally they were gradually compressed by the enemy to the left side of the hillside, forming an arc-shaped defensive circle of several tens of meters. In order to deal with the [***] team as soon as possible, dozens of soldiers quickly climbed to the top of the mountain, preparing to attack the defenders from behind.

At this moment, more than 100 figures came out of the middle of the ruined fortifications on the top of the mountain, and rushed down with a shout, the muzzles of semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns jumping non-stop, spraying fiery bullets into the enemy group!

Glory suddenly lifted his spirits and shouted: "Brothers, reinforcements are coming, kill!" After saying that, he threw the submachine gun that had run out of bullets on the ground, leaned over and picked up a 38 rifle, and smashed into the enemy. The fighters in the encirclement were demoralized and deftly jumped around the enemy, their sharp bayonets constantly approaching their opponents' bodies.

The situation on the battlefield suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse, and the Yue army, which was rushing upwards, bore the brunt of the oncoming rain of bullets and fell all of them on the hillside. The army behind was attacked by the enemy, and was quickly defeated, and rushed towards the place where the motorboat was anchored.

How could the defenders let go of this opportunity and chase after them, the soldiers on the motorboat were afraid of accidentally injuring their own people, so they could only watch the two sides strangle together again.

Before the troops on the motorboat could lift anchor, the battle on the riverside came to an end, and the remaining 20 or so soldiers jumped into the water and ran towards the motorboat, hoping that they would be able to escape.

Grenades were thrown on the deck continuously, the motorboat began to catch fire, and the soldiers, who had lost their last hope, stood in the water in a daze, staring blankly ahead. Glory commanded the soldiers to kill them one by one in the river.

The ship formation once again witnessed the annihilation of the attacking force, and turned the turrets one after another, ready to deal a fatal blow to the defenders of Changshan!

At this time, all the defenders of the Changshan position had already gathered on the riverside, and it was not only the machine gun company that stayed behind that rushed down from the top of the hill just now, but also the artillery company hidden behind the mountain. At the same time, the army was still shelling the fortresses of Zangshanji and Madang, covering the assault of the infantry, and firmly pinning down the defenders, unable to immediately support here.

Rongguang opened his mouth and was about to order the soldiers to disperse, when suddenly, a cannon sound that shook the heavens and the earth came from the direction of the military fleet, and then a column of water more than ten meters high rose on the surface of the river, and the destroyer next to it immediately shook violently. Strange to say, the enemy's artillery never stopped bombarding, but only this loud noise was clearly heard.

A cannon shot in front of him led to ten thousand thunders, and hundreds of cannons roared in unison at the same time, spraying angry flames at the invaders on the river! Suddenly, the sky shook, as if there had been a strong earthquake, and countless cannonballs dragged their long tails across the sky that began to fade, like brilliant meteors, and like fireworks that were set off every day, dyeing the sky crimson!

Dense shells continued to fall in the middle of the fleet, and some fell into the water, stirring up countless huge columns of water; The shells that fell on the battleship exploded in the depths of the hull through the thick steel plates, igniting a fire that hit the river as red as blood! The flash of the shell explosion in the middle of the fleet was as numerous as the stars in the sky, almost connected with the dim stars in the night sky. Fragments of soldiers' limbs and steel splattered out of the blazing flames and billowing smoke, thrown far into the boiling water. More soldiers struggled out of the flames and jumped off the deck with the flames all over them, screaming far and wide.

Seeing that the enemy, who had just flaunted his might, was suffering from blood and fire, the soldiers cheered in unison, and involuntarily stopped, stopping to watch this spectacle in the history of war!

When Rongguang found that most of our army's artillery shells flew from the south of the Xiangshan position of the Yue Army, he immediately understood what was going on, and couldn't help shouting: "Heavy artillery brigade!" It's our heavy artillery brigade! Brethren, reinforcements have arrived! ”

At this time, the Madang Fortress and the Zangshanji artillery, which had been suppressed by the Yue army for a whole day, also began to bombard, joining the ranks of beating the water dogs!

Countless shells flew out of several positions of the [***] squadron and fell into the fleet with the pleasure of revenge, slaughtering enemy soldiers and warships without mercy!

(To be continued)