Chapter 1254 - Outer Japanese Airfield
A section of barbed wire was torn off the perimeter of the airport, and officers and men rushed through it under the cover of shells and heavy machine-gun bullets.
It was less than 700 meters away from the outer perimeter of the airport, and it was quiet all around, and even the officers and men could see the planes parked inside the airport from a distance.
One plane after another was taking off rapidly, and this time, in order to save bombs, the little devils did not throw bombs, but began to use aviation machine guns and cannons to strafe.
A TYPE 92 INFANTRY GUN WAS STILL FIRING, BUT THE ALTITUDE OF THE LITTLE DEVIL FIGHTER WAS REDUCED, AND ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS BEGAN TO SHOOT OUT OF THE 20MM CANNON.
More than a dozen artillerymen were killed on the spot, the infantry artillery began to stop firing, they began to hide, and the fighters were still strafing.
From time to time, there will be casualties among the soldiers, but the Chinese troops have nothing to do with the arrogant little devil planes, they have no ability to fight.
However, fortunately, at this time, the soldiers were less than 500 meters away from the outskirts of the airport, and the officers and men of the first company marched quickly to the front, and more than 100 people were almost rushing to the airport.
But at this time, tongues of fire began to be sprayed in many places, and light and heavy machine gun bullets formed a network of crossfire.
More than 30 officers and men who did not react at all were killed on the spot, and 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns and 36 crooked light machine guns of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Guards Wing of the Japanese Army were fired from different locations, and the bullets formed a network of crossfire, and the 1st Company, which was caught off guard, was completely intercepted.
"Da-da-da-da." Six Type 92 heavy machine guns of the machine gun company covering the operation in the rear immediately began firing.
With a "boom", an armor-piercing bullet hit, and a Type 92 heavy machine gun was destroyed on the spot.
THE AIRFIELD WAS GARRISONED BY THE 1ST BRIGADE OF THE 1ST GUARDS WING, WHICH WAS ARMED WITH TWENTY 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS.
Because there was no threat from the Chinese Air Force, the 3rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Group had already fired all the anti-aircraft guns flat.
"Boom, boom."
Armor-piercing shells were quickly fired, and the six Type 92 heavy machine guns were directly destroyed, and dozens of shooters and secondary shooters paid for casualties.
The covering fire was lost, and the fire of dozens of light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese began to fire accurately, and the casualties of the first company began to increase.
When the commander of the 11th Provisional Regiment saw this scene, he immediately dispatched mountain artillery to shoot, and at the same time, he began to put the only 38MM battle defense gun in the whole regiment into battle.
The Provisional Fifth Division and the Provisional Sixth Division were different from the Honorary Division's units in that they did not have a weapons support company, and they were all equipped with Japanese-style weapons.
At present, the regimental level units of the honorary division have received two 47mm battle defense guns, but the provisional division units have only received one.
This is not Sun Weiguo's intention, but his inventory has bottomed out, and he can only give priority to the troops with the strongest combat effectiveness.
The troops of the Honorary Third Division in the New Seventh Army have always been the main attackers, and Qin Xianliang is still preparing to attack Guangzhou this time, but Deputy Army Commander Fu Tao took into account the situation of the Honorary Third Division, and he took the initiative to ask Ying to come to the main attack task, and the Fifth Division was temporarily assigned as the main attack, the Honorary Third Division was to rest, and the Honorary Seventh Division was the reserve.
But no one expected that they would encounter such heavy fire from the Japanese army here.
The firepower of the troops of the 11th Provisional Regiment was completely suppressed, three of the six mountain guns of the mountain artillery company were destroyed, and the remaining three had to be transferred.
The six infantry guns of the first battalion of the machine gun company and the six Type 92 heavy machine guns were completely destroyed, and the machine gun company was almost completely wiped out.
The grenadiers and light machine guns were fired, but the miniature grenades fired from the grenadiers hit the point of fire of the little devils, and they had no effect at all.
Only those light machine gun shooters with excellent marksmanship will stop firing when they have punched the bullet through the shooting hole and killed the little devil shooter.
But these firing points only stop firing for a while, and after a while, their firing points will resume firing.
More than 100 people of the 1st Company suffered more than 50 casualties, and the remaining dozens had to begin to retreat.
The officers and men continued to shoot at the Japanese firing points, and then slowly retreated.
However, in the process of retreating, people will be hit constantly, and the ground will be covered with blood.
"Boom, boom." Sixteen Type 94 mountain artillery guns of the mountain artillery battalion directly under the Fifth Division of the provisional division began to fire, and one shell after another quickly hit the firing points of the devil soldiers.
The shells landed on the fire point of the devil soldiers, and a huge explosion sounded, but the fire point was not damaged in any way, and the light and heavy machine guns inside were still firing.
One after another Japanese bombers roared in, and one aerial bomb after another quickly landed near the mountain artillery battalion, and a huge explosion sounded, and the mountain artillery battalion suffered heavy casualties.
"Deputy commander, mountain artillery and infantry artillery can't cause damage to the little devil's firepower point, and now we have to use battle defense artillery."
A staff officer of the Provisional Fifth Division immediately came to the military headquarters, and he saluted Fu Tao, the deputy commander of the army, in a panic.
Fu Tao's brows furrowed tightly, and he looked at the army commander Dai Jitao.
"Immediately transfer the Honorary Seventh Division, and the Honorary Third Division to reinforce the battle defense artillery." Dai Jitao did not hesitate, he quickly gave the battle order and said.
Sun Weiguo had already begun to come outside at this time, and he raised his binoculars and looked ahead.
Seeing that the Japanese firepower points continued to shoot, bullets kept coming, and the soldiers were beaten without the power to fight back, Sun Weiguo's brows furrowed tightly.
"The little devil planes are very close, they can take off at any time to support the operation, and the artillery and heavy weapons fire must be hidden. The front-line troops were ordered to immediately fire smoke grenades to cover the infantry's withdrawal. Sun Weiguo put down the binoculars, and he gave an order to Dai Jitao to the side.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." After Dai Jitao received Sun Weiguo's order, he immediately agreed.
As orders began to reach the front line, grenadiers began to be erected, and smoke grenades began to be fired at the front.
Smoke grenades began to fall in front, a large cloud of smoke appeared, the little devil shooters' vision was disturbed, they could not continue to shoot, the first company of the main attack immediately began to retreat, but at this time, the little devil plane was still in the air to strafe, which also brought casualties to the soldiers.
The 11th Provisional Regiment's attack on the airfield was temporarily stopped, and the first company that served as the main attack suffered more than 70 casualties, and the entire 1st Battalion suffered 100 casualties, which was almost the number of a company.
Fu Tao, the commander of the provisional Fifth Division, and Liang Weifeng, the deputy commander of the Fifth Division, also came to the military headquarters, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Sun Weiguo's gaze.
"Why don't you conduct reconnaissance first, don't you know how dangerous it is to rush into combat like this?" Sun Weiguo's face was very annoyed.