Chapter 151: Heavy damage to the 12th Division

On the position of the 701st Regiment of the "Tutu Tu Tu ......", Niu Erzhu personally held a general-purpose machine gun and launched a frantic strafing fire on the surging Japanese army.

Wherever the bullets went, the soldiers fell one after another like mustard.

The army launched a general attack, the situation was critical, and Liu Jianguo also transferred the last reserve battalion, and at the same time in order to deal with the devil's cavalry.

Sabuli was also informed to lead a cavalry regiment to quickly come to reinforcements.

"Kill!" Sabuli raised his saber, raised his arms and shouted, and led more than 3,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the attacking cavalry.

Nearly 1,500 devil cavalry of the 12th Cavalry Wing of the Japanese Army also swung their swords to meet them under the command of their wing commanders.

A fierce cavalry melee immediately ensued between the two sides.

At the same time, Li Zhenyuan commanded the armored company and engaged in a fierce battle with the tank wing of the Japanese army.

Although the tank wing of the army has an absolute advantage in numbers, its firepower, mobility, and armor protection capabilities are completely inferior to the No. 3 tank of the Reading Division.

In particular, the 3.5-ton Type 94 Bean Fighting Vehicle, the main tank of the devil, is so weak that even the large-caliber machine gun mounted on the armored vehicle of the armored company can easily penetrate it.

The 50mm tank gun of Tank No. 3 was even more one cannon at a time, and it was directly blasted into scrap metal.

The devil's tanks and armored vehicles also desperately fired back, but the shells and bullets hit the frontal armor of the No. 3 tank, which was more than 20 mm thick and close to 30 mm, and only tickled the No. 3 tank.

At most, the 37mm tank gun could punch it into a little depression, but it couldn't penetrate the defensive armor of the No. 3 tank at all.

As for the 7.7mm vehicle-mounted machine gun equipped with the Devil's Type 97 armored car, the power is not even as good as the general-purpose machine gun of the infantry of the Reading Division, and it is useless against the heavy defensive armor of the No. 3 tank except for a series of sparks.

Because of the distance, some No. 3 tanks could not open fire and directly rampage, and they were able to knock over the devil's Type 94 tank and Type 97 light armored vehicles.

This completely asymmetrical tank and armor battle was staged again from the beginning with a one-sided slaughter.

The only thing that can pose some threat to the armored company is the ** medium tank with a small number of devils.

However, the threat posed by the Type ** tank is only to the armored vehicles of the armored company, which are relatively weakly armored.

For the remaining eighteen No. 3 tanks, they were still helpless.

Compared with the battle of armored tank vehicles, the battle of the cavalry on both sides was more bloody and more tragic.

The saber was swung, the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the head and severed arm kept flying.

Sabuli's cavalry regiment had an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and some cavalry were very alert in the battle, using the submachine guns equipped with Zhang Xinghan to sweep away, causing a large number of casualties to the devil cavalry.

As the fierce battle progressed, the gap between the two sides' strength became more and more obvious, and in terms of the personal quality of the cavalry, Sabuli and his subordinates were almost born on horseback and were born with cavalry stronger than the devil cavalry.

Coupled with the superiority in numbers, the battle quickly became less suspenseful.

Sabuli was like a mad lion, his war horse under his crotch was rampant, and the saber in his hand slashed left and right, and there were no less than a dozen devil cavalry who fell to him.

It wasn't until he led the cavalry out of the battle that Sabuli raised his head to the sky and roared, and at this moment the belligerent factor and blood of Genghis Khan's descendants in his body were completely stimulated.

With his subordinates quickly reining in the reins and turning the horse's head, Sabuli swung his blood-stained saber forward, and thousands of cavalry behind him immediately shouted in response, holding their sabers high and shouting to kill the sky, and once again launched a charge towards the cavalry of the Yue Army.

Compared with the high morale of the cavalry regiment of the Reading Division, the morale of the 12th Cavalry Wing, which had already suffered more than half of the casualties, was a little low.

However, the devil cavalry, who had been deeply poisoned by bushido, did not flee, but still rushed forward with their swords under the command of their wing commanders.

The two sides collided head-on again like two incompatible torrents of steel.

The sound of gold and iron from the swords clashing, the sound of sharp blades entering flesh, and the sound of bones shattering are intertwined into a song of death.

Although the army was inferior in cavalry, the infantry had an absolute advantage.

Although the firepower of the 701st Regiment was very fierce, the army still continued to charge wave after wave like a tide.

On the sortie position of the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army, the brigade commander Yutaro Tengpei had already taken off his military coat and tied a white cloth with loyalty and courage written on his forehead.

With a "swish", he pulled out his general's sword, and Teng Ping Yutaro slammed it forward and roared hoarsely: "Attack!" Attack! His Majesty the Emperor is a long live Emperor! ”

The more than 1,000 devils behind him suddenly rushed out as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, holding a 38 rifle with a bayonet on it, shouting Long live the emperor and long live the empire.

Yutaro Tengpei also brandished his saber and joined the charge with his subordinates.

The brigade commander personally charged with his sword, which greatly boosted the morale of the Yue army, who were hindered in the attack, and continued to charge one after another without fear of death!

In the forward trench of the 701st Regiment, the general-purpose machine gun in Niu Erzhu's hand was still roaring, and there were already bullets piled up at his feet.

In the weather of more than 20 degrees below zero, the barrel of the general-purpose machine gun he used was already red and hot again, and some snow and mud blocks that had been blown by the explosion fell on it, and green smoke suddenly came out.

"Ammunition man, change the barrel, quick!" Niu Erzhu suddenly stopped firing, skillfully broke the barrel circlip, and the hot barrel fell off immediately.

The ammunition man on the side hurriedly picked up a barrel buried in the snowdrift and cooled down, and was about to step forward to reload.

Suddenly, a bullet from nowhere hit the ammunitionman's forehead, and the ammunitionman's body was stunned, and he fell straight back, the barrel of the gun in his hand still clutched.

Niu Erzhu didn't care about his sadness, he picked up the barrel of the gun and quickly loaded it, and while continuing to strafe, he turned his head and shouted: "Ammunition man!" Give me another ammunition man! ”

Suddenly, a majestic figure came up and helped him pick up the bullet chain, Niu Erzhu didn't care and continued to pull the trigger to shoot.

"Da da da ......" The dense bullets suddenly knocked down a large number of devils.

"Third battalion commander, quick, over there, suppress that heavy machine gun!" The ammunition hand next to him suddenly pointed ahead and reminded loudly.

Niu Erzhu felt that the voice was a little familiar, and suddenly turned around, only to see the head of the regiment, Liu Jianguo, wearing a steel helmet and helping him hold the bullet chain.

"Tuanza ......!"

"Hurry up and fire, don't fucking bullshit."

"Yes!" Only then did Niu Erzhu realize that there had been a group of comrades-in-arms from the regimental guard company around him, and they were using the submachine guns in their hands or replacing the machine gunners who had died to re-start the general-purpose machine guns and fire fiercely.

"Come on, little devils!" The characteristic chainsaw sound of the general-purpose machine gun was accompanied by the sound of Niu Erzhu.

The officers and men of the entire 701st Regiment relied on their powerful rapid-fire firepower to resist desperately, and even though the Japanese army had almost rushed to the front, they did not jump out to fight with the devils with bayonets.

It's not that they don't have the guts, but Liu Jianguo knows that their task is only to withstand the onslaught of the Yue army and wait for the cavalry and armored troops to win.

Comparing where the difference in the number of infantry on both sides is, the bayonet is completely based on its own short and long to attack the enemy.

Under the leadership and encouragement of Yutaro Tengpei, thousands of devils braved the rain of bullets and charged desperately.

It was about to break through the fire resistance of the 701st Regiment and successfully rush into their trenches to start a white-knuckle battle.

There was a sudden chaos in the rear of Yutaro Tengpei, and when he looked back, he saw that his cavalry and tank armored forces had been completely wiped out.

The cavalry of the Chinese army was slashing at their own attacking troops, and tanks and armored vehicles were constantly spitting tongues of fire and crushing them.

Yutaro Tenghei was immediately disheartened, and knowing that the defeat was decided, he led the guards around him to launch a suicidal charge towards the position of the 701st Regiment.

It wasn't long before he and his guards were sieveed by the bullets and fell to the ground.

At this time, Liu Jianguo jumped up from the trench with an MP18 submachine gun in one hand, and roared angrily while firing and strafing: "Brothers, rush! ”

Niu Erzhu also put away the tripod of the general-purpose machine gun, wrapped the bullet chain around his neck, and rushed out with the general-purpose machine gun in his arms, pulling the trigger while rushing, pouring a dense rain of bullets into the crowd of devils who were already in a rout.

The officers and men of the 701st Regiment immediately jumped out of the trenches and began a counter-assault with machine guns and submachine guns.

Cooperate with your cavalry and armored forces to flank on both sides.

Under the attack of the Reading Division, the 24th Brigade of the Yue Army, which had lost its commander, was routed on all fronts.

Zhang Xinghan led his troops to take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and the devil soldiers were shot and fell to the ground one after another, suffering heavy casualties.

By the end of the battle, the sky was already slightly bright, and in the pursuit, the cavalry regiment and the armored company had the most victories, and more than half of the devils were killed by the swords of the cavalry and the machine guns and shells of the armored company.

In this battle, the main force of the 12th Division, the 24th Brigade, all the tank wings and cavalry wings directly under the division headquarters were wiped out, and no more than one squadron escaped by luck.

Together with the 12th Infantry Wing of the 14th Brigade Regiment, which had previously been defeated by the Reading Division, the entire 12th Division had lost more than two-thirds of its division.

While his subordinates were cleaning up the battlefield, Zhang Xinghan immediately ordered the signal corps to call the air force.

Half an hour later, Gao Zhihang personally led more than a dozen bombers to arrive and launched a devastating bombing campaign against the remnants of the heavy artillery brigade of the Yue Army, which was paralyzed on the lighthouse-Sujiatun railway.

Twenty minutes later, all the artillery of the heavy artillery brigade of the 12th Division was turned into scrap metal, and the entire railway from the lighthouse to Sujiatun was also destroyed.

(To be continued)