Chapter 241: All Dispatched
From the discovery of these little devils, the firing of flares, the fighters opened fire, to the large number of little devils rushing to the front of the fighters' positions, the whole time is very short, only a few minutes.
The Second Infantry Regiment has an anti-tank company, equipped with a total of 12 57-mm anti-war guns, and the battle has been going on from the day before yesterday to this evening, and the soldiers of the anti-tank company basically have nothing to do, and these 12 anti-tank guns have not fired.
The fighters of the anti-tank company saw the armored vehicles of the little devils, and immediately prepared for battle, the fighters were usually well-trained and kept in combat condition, and the armored vehicles of the little devils rushed up like this, and the soldiers were still ready to open fire in a short time.
One by one, the battle defense guns aimed at the devil armored vehicles that were only a few dozen meters away from the forward positions, and the soldiers were ready to open fire.
The charging little devil didn't find that he had been aimed at all, and the dark light provided a good cover for the soldiers, at this time, the little devil just charged, wanting to use the cover and firepower of the armored car to rush to the soldiers' positions in one go, and never expected that there were anti-aircraft guns aimed at him.
The intensive fire of many Browning heavy machine guns finally destroyed two or three devil armored vehicles in a short period of time, and the front of these armored vehicles was beaten to tatters, and the armored vehicles began to smoke, stalled, stopped, and could no longer drive.
Seeing that they were about to rush to the position of the fighters, the little devils on these armored vehicles were so angry that they couldn't move when they saw that their armored vehicles were being beaten at this time. He didn't get out of the car, but he was still in the car, using the machine gun of the armored car to shoot at the positions of the fighters.
"Boom!"
Suddenly. In the darkness, a 57-mm battle gun took the lead in firing, aiming at a moving armored car, which was driving while firing, only about 30 meters away from the forward position of the fighters.
Even a sturdy tank can be destroyed, and the power of the 57-mm anti-aircraft gun is huge, and this thin devil armored car was directly destroyed by a single shot. Turned into a pile of wreckage.
As this battle defense gun fired, the rest of the battle defense guns opened fire one after another, aiming at the armored vehicles of the little devils. Suddenly, bursts of artillery fire rang out, and in the darkness, the barrel fire of the battle defense gun flashed. Cannonballs whistled out.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The armored vehicles of the little devils were shot one after another. Armored vehicles were quickly destroyed and quickly turned into piles of wreckage, and the whole process was very fast, it was literally a matter of one or two minutes.
The little devils who followed the charge of these armored vehicles were simply stunned by this scene, and they were holding their command knives high, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. The devil Shaozuo, who ordered the little devil to charge, opened his mouth even wider.
Victory is in sight, at this critical juncture. The situation has taken a turn for the worse!
On the position, the fighters saw that their anti-combat vehicles were powerful in a row, and in a short time they destroyed all these armored vehicles of the little devils, and the soldiers immediately cheered, and the fighters fired more fiercely.
Without the shooting of the little devil armored car, the soldiers could be said to have no scruples in shooting, and the little devils who were holding a Type 38 rifle and shooting with a crooked machine gun were quickly suppressed by the soldiers' firepower, and a large piece fell down.
The light and heavy machine guns that were used as fire support no longer had to focus on dealing with the armored vehicles of the little devils, turned their guns, and the infantry aimed at the little devils fired fiercely, and the entire team of the little devils charged fell down like wheat.
The devil Shaozuo, who was stunned, was also hit by several thick heavy machine gun bullets, his chest was smashed, and he fell to the ground and died of exhaustion.
Under the blow of a large number of light and heavy machine guns, the little devils suffered heavy casualties, and the fighters also took Garand rifles, and Thomson submachine guns aimed at the little devils to shoot, without saving bullets in the slightest.
was hit so violently, there were such huge casualties, and the leader of the team, Shaozuo, was killed, the rout of the devils was inevitable, and many little devils turned around and ran.
The machine guns of the fighters chased the crowd of the little devils and shot all the way out. Of the more than 1,000 little devils who charged, only more than 100 people finally fled back, which was the largest casualty attack in the past two days.
The whole battle came and went quickly, from the sound of the guns to the gradual cessation of the guns, it was only ten minutes, in front of the soldiers' positions, a large area was full of the corpses of little devils, and the ten armored vehicles became piles of scrap metal, burning there.
On the small mound, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment had been paying close attention to the battle, and when he saw that the soldiers had won another great victory, the soldiers of the anti-tank company were full of might, and the commander of the 2nd Regiment was so happy that he laughed.
A lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment commander next to him also looked happy, and said with a smile: "Tuanzao, we used a 57-mm battle defense gun to deal with the armored vehicle of the little devil, and we used a knife to kill chickens." ”
Whether it is a small Japanese armored car or a tank, the armor is very thin, there is no thick armor like Germany, the Soviet Union and other countries, the most resource-poor small country, plus the main opponent Chinese army weapons and equipment is very backward, little Japan's armored vehicles and tanks are small tonnage, thin armor.
The infantry divisions under the new 6th Army are equipped with 57 mm anti-aircraft guns, and it is enough to use 37-mm anti-aircraft guns against small Japanese tanks.
However, Ye Feng has his own considerations, and his vision is also very long-term, the opponent at this stage is small Japan, and the opponent in the future can guarantee that it is not the United States, Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union and other powers, in addition, from the "Nuwa" system to exchange the war defense gun, the 57 mm caliber is not much more expensive than the 37 mm caliber, and the 57 mm caliber war defense gun seems to be more cost-effective.
The little devil who attacked suffered such a crushing defeat that he lost the ability to attack again, and could only wait for reinforcements, and for a few hours, the Hatian detachment reinforced an infantry brigade, and in the second half of the night, the little devil here launched a sneak attack again, which was also repelled by the fighters.
Until dawn the next day, these little devils failed to break through the defense line of the soldiers, and after two days and three nights of attack, the Potian detachment lost two or three thousand people here alone.
The rest of the little devil troops were also firmly blocked by the soldiers, and the three major infantry divisions built defensive positions with battalions and regiments as units to block the little devils from attacking Hangzhou. The fighters have fierce firepower, and with air control, they can call in air support.
In addition, coupled with the suppression of a large number of artillery, the attacking little devil units lacked the ability to attack, and the battle remained deadlocked.
As a force for mobility, the armored division attacked everywhere with battalions and regiments as units, often catching the little devils off guard, and even often copied into the back of the little devils to attack, and the little devils could not guard against it.
At night, although the Japanese troops attacked fiercely, none of the Japanese troops could break through the soldiers' defensive lines, and the defensive lines of the battalions and regiments of the three major infantry divisions were as stable as Mount Tai.
Xiaoshan Airport.
As soon as the sky was bright, the whole airport was busy, one by one planes took off from the runway, completed the formation in the air, and flew towards Ningbo.
Five "Flying Fortress" bomber squadrons, a total of 120 planes, were dispatched, and five "Messerschmitt" fighter squadrons, also 120 fighters, took off one after another, completed the formation in the air, and flew off in the distance on a huge scale and with great momentum.
This was the first time that the new 6th Army had engaged the powerful Japanese Navy, and Ye Feng attached great importance to it, and dispatched all the planes in one go, and the target was the small Japanese warship formation that was approaching.
This naval formation of small Japan was not small, including the aircraft carrier "Kaga" and the battleship "Fuso," in addition, there were two heavy cruisers, three cruisers, seven or eight destroyers, several frigates, and many other ships.
This fleet, not only warships, but also quite a few large transport ships, at least a few thousand small Japanese marines will land in Ningbo to reinforce the 18th Division and the 29th Division.
Although the Pacific War had not yet broken out, the size of Japan's navy had reached 300,000 or 400,000 men, and among these 300,000 or 400,000 were many marines.
The planes of Xiaoshan Airport took off one after another, covering the sky and flying into the distance, and soon disappeared in the blue sky.
At the time of the take-off of the planes of the 1st Air Division, the fleet of little Japan was only a few dozen nautical miles away from Ningbo, and on the bridge of the battleship "Fuso," Vice Admiral Kitajima Kazuyo personally led several young Japanese officers and looked at the blue sea in the distance with a smile on his face.
As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese fleet, Kitajima Kazura felt very satisfied, and the base camp transferred the "Kaga" and "Fuso" to his command this time, and Kitajima Kazura was even more happy in his heart.
This time, the Chinese fleet was dispatched almost entirely, and with the addition of the "Kaga" and "Fuso", Kitajima Kazura was confident that he would defeat the new 6th Army.
The task of the Chinese fleet this time was very simple: on the one hand, it was to dispatch planes to seize air supremacy in the vicinity of Ningbo and Hangzhou, and on the other hand, it was to cooperate with the troops that came by sea to land in Ningbo.
In order to strengthen the 18th Division, the 29th Division, Okamura Ninji planned to raise another part of the troops to land in Ningbo by sea, and these troops included a B Division and a chariot wing.
Okamura Ninji knew that there was a tank group of the new 6th Army in the north of Hangzhou, and in Shaoxing in the southeast, there were only armored vehicle units in the Shangyu area.
Kitajima Kazura was looking at the blue sea with great interest, and several small Japanese naval officers next to him were also talking and laughing, when suddenly a small Japanese officer shouted.
In the distance, a large black dot appeared in the sky, flying towards this direction.
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Today's three watches, the second one will be sent. (To be continued......)