Chapter 276: Blocking
The artillery of the Kwantung Army hurried over from the rear and hurriedly arranged the artillery positions, and the commander of the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade, Kohei Kashii, was considering whether to increase the military forces of the attack, and at this time, the occupation of the front changed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The strength of a squadron of the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade during the attack had already rushed to a distance of less than 150 meters from the position.
Squadron Leader Kameda saw that the opponent's firepower was not very sufficient, and thought to himself that instead of advancing slowly like this and losing the lives of many soldiers, it would be better for all of them to charge and fight hard.
If you charge at this distance, it will only be a matter of minutes, and although there will be some casualties, the squadron leader of the Kwantung Army, who has lost his patience, still decides to launch a surprise attack.
At the commander's order, the Japanese soldiers jumped to their feet and shouted: "Onboard!" ā
The gathered soldiers shouted as they charged, setting off a small prestige.
The strength of a squadron was less than two hundred, and after a period of attack, twenty or thirty casualties were lost, and now it is only one hundred and seventy.
However, the number of people gathered together is not small.
Besides, the number of the other party is only more than 100 people, and there is no advantage in troops.
Moreover, the opposing side does not have heavy firepower.
Unfortunately, they were wrong.
It is true that the Northland Volunteer positions did not use machine guns, but this does not mean that they do not have machine guns, it is just that the opponent's attack formation is too scattered, and it is difficult for machine guns to give full play to their advantages.
If you want to attack slowly, I'll shoot slowly, so why use a machine gun?
The little devil is not tall, but the frequency of running with little short legs is still quite high, and he soon enters the range of 100 meters.
Company Commander Li Zengping of the Beidi Volunteer Army position paid close attention to the Japanese charge, and when he saw the Japanese army entering a distance of eighty or ninety meters, he felt that it was almost over, and immediately shouted: "Machine gun fire, hit hard!" ā
Fierce fire suddenly erupted from the position, which caught the Japanese troops off guard, and the Japanese soldiers who were charging were shot and fell to the ground in pieces.
Fortunately, these veterans were experienced, and the soldiers who did not die saw that the situation was not good, and quickly fell to the ground, dodging the dense bullets.
The intense firing during this period of time was so sudden that it caused at least forty or fifty casualties, and if the number of casualties in front was added, a small half of the squadron lost its combat effectiveness.
Strictly speaking, this one squadron was almost incapacitated.
The grenadier shooter, who had not yet found the target, immediately began to get busy as soon as he saw that the opponent's machine gun was firing.
The grenadier shooter pulls the firing lever first, and then the ammunition is loaded through the barrel mouth by the ammunition hand to complete the installation of the ammunition.
The shooter then holds the canister in his left hand and turns the handle according to the target distance until the adjustment lever reaches the corresponding length, and the shooter takes a rough aim through the line of sight.
Everything was going in order, just waiting for the grenade to be fired by pulling the belt on the firing machine.
However, the shooter suddenly sensed something abnormal, there was no machine gun fire in the direction of aim, and there was silence on the battlefield except for sporadic gunfire.
As for the sporadic gunshots, they were actually shots from soldiers of their own army after they lay down.
The grenadier shooter looked at the front in a daze, not knowing whether he was shooting or not.
Damn, no target, and shoot a fart!
Not only this grenadier shooter has encountered this problem, but many grenadier shooters are also stunned.
The Japanese army was equipped with a large number of grenadiers in the war of aggression against China, and each Japanese infantry squad, equivalent to a Chinese platoon, numbered between 50 and 70 people, was equipped with a machine gun group equipped with two light machine guns, and a grenadier group was equipped with two grenadier canisters and two rifle squads.
Each grenadier is generally composed of a grenadier launcher and an ammunition man, and for some elite Japanese troops, each group will add an additional ammunition hand to ensure that the ammunition is sufficient and to prevent possible attrition of the group during the battle.
The grenadier of the Japanese army was essentially a mortar, its main features were a large angle of fire, a curved trajectory and a short range.
The grenadier is mainly used to kill and injure enemies hiding behind fortifications and concealments, or to kill and injure enemy forces at a distance, especially the enemy's fire points. Moreover, the explosive power of the grenadier is not small, and the range of the explosion is about seven or eight meters.
It has a good killing effect, is easy to operate, and can be accompanied by individual soldiers to move with the front-line infantry to support the front-line infantry.
It is highly concealed due to its individual portability and the ability to launch behind obstacles.
It should be said that as a melee weapon, the grenadier did play a great role in the Japanese army's operations.
Whether it is a grenadier soldier or other soldiers, they are indeed a little confused by the sudden change. Although most of these Kwantung Army soldiers were retired veterans and had rich combat experience, they had never encountered this kind of tactics.
It was a bit strange that there was a fierce battle just now, and it suddenly became quiet.
The reason why this strange scene appeared on the battlefield was that when the company of the Northland Volunteer Army Garrison Brigade, which was tasked with blocking the Japanese army, was ordered to block the Japanese army, it received an order from its commander that the only assessment indicator for blocking the Kwantung Army's forward search team was that the casualty rate of the company must be minimized.
This order was given in a strange way, not calling for the elimination of the number of Japanese soldiers, but emphasizing the minimization of the casualty rate of his own company.
Company Commander Li Zengping muttered in his heart, how to fight this battle?
There is no problem in blocking the search team in front of the Kwantung Army. How to ensure that this battle can reduce the casualty rate of the company will require a lot of brains.
Company commander Li Zengping thought about it, and the only way was to carry out a surprise attack, and after killing and wounding the enemy, he would fight and run.
Therefore, under the fierce fire just now, after the blocking force killed and injured a large number of Japanese soldiers, the Japanese troops in front of the position were lying on the ground, and the company commander Li Zengping immediately ordered the heavy fire to retreat, and the remaining rifles fired three shots, and they also retreated together.
Therefore, the soldiers on the entire position, after firing the last three shots, bent down and quietly withdrew from the position.
After leaving their positions, the soldiers scattered their legs and ran wildly in the direction of the north.
Indeed, the strength of a company sniping at the enemy could not withstand the attack of a brigade at all, and the headquarters of the Eastern Front of the Northland Volunteer Army was only a show. If this request is not clearly made, I am afraid that the strength of this company will not return.
Soon after the gunfire stopped, Kameda, the leader of the Japanese squadron, carefully observed and made sure that there was no danger before standing up.
In the shortest possible time, he found that the Northland Volunteers had run a distance of more than 200 meters.
"Eight grids, coward, actually ran away."
Squadron Leader Kameda wants to issue an order to pursue, but finds himself a little overwhelmed.
Originally, the strength of a Kameda squadron was nearly 200 people, and now there are only about 100 soldiers left in his squadron who can fight. (To be continued.) )