Chapter Thirty-Eight: Heavy Machine Gun Strikes
After receiving the order from Suzuki Seiichi, twenty grenadier groups set up positions on the spot, one devil was responsible for fixing the grenadiers, and the other was responsible for loading and aiming. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The devil's skill in using grenadiers was among the best throughout World War II, and experienced grenadiers were basically able to point and hit wherever they wanted.
The grenadiers equipped by these devils are all 89-type grenadiers, which are an improved version of the 10th year of Taisho, with a caliber of 50 mm, a total gun weight of 2.7 kg, a maximum range of 700 meters, and an effective range of 500 meters. In terms of mobile super, the ammunition is not taboo, and it can fire both ordinary grenades and grenades for grenades.
At this moment, they were less than a hundred meters away from Jianping City, and it was basically no difficulty for experienced devil grenadiers to hit the target.
Boom! Boom! Boom! ……
The scream of the grenade piercing the sky had just sounded, and a violent explosion sounded at the head of Jianping City. The first round of twenty grenades had just been fired, and the second round of grenades had also risen into the air, and in this way, wave after wave, the sky at the north gate of the entire Jianping City was densely covered with black grenades, almost all of which hit the heavy machine gun fortress.
This kind of accuracy frightened Li Handu, who had been observing the battlefield, because the grenadier had no sight, and the trajectory of the grenade flight was a parabola, and the accuracy of the hit depended on the soldier's personal ability.
At the level of devils, if there is no cover, they can suppress the light and heavy machine gun fire of our army with only grenadiers, and it is difficult for them to play a role no matter how many heavy machine guns there are.
Li Han was even considering whether to form a special grenadier unit to knock out the devil's heavy machine gun. Of course, all this is an afterthought, and the most important thing at the moment is to block the devil's attack on Jianping County.
When grenades whizz one after another, the grenades hit the heavy machine-gun fortress with a thickness of 1.5 meters in the concrete layer, as if they were peeling the shell of an egg, removing a layer of shell from the thick concrete layer.
Of course, the explosive power of the grenade was able to do this step with all its might, except for the momentum and the explosion of flying sand and rocks in the sky, it did not cause substantial damage to the machine gun fortress.
The only result of the battle was that several soldiers not far from the heavy machine-gun fort were wounded by the concrete fragments stirred up by the explosion. You must know that Li Han built these forts with field artillery of less than 100 millimeters as the standard, and the lethality of grenades is just an itch in his boots.
Although the heavy machine gun was not damaged, Gao Jian still ordered the heavy machine gun to stop firing, creating the illusion that the heavy machine gun had been destroyed to show the devil. When it comes to the critical moment, use these heavy machine guns to inflict heavy damage on the devils.
In the face of the current terrible situation, whether it is Li Han or other officers, they are thinking about how to deal a major blow to the Japanese army, so as long as there is a slight opportunity, they will not let it go.
"Whether you can repel this round of attacks by the devils, just look at it once, all units will immediately enter the position to block the Japanese army, and the heavy machine gunners will definitely not be able to shoot without my order."
Without the fire suppression of heavy machine guns, it was difficult to block the attack of the devils with rifles alone, and the devils soon approached Jianping City under the cover of their heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenadiers.
Bang! Bang!
Gao Jian fired two shots in a row, and the two little devils fell in response, one of which was still the devil's officer. For this result, Gao Jian's expression did not change in the slightest, and he was still very confident in his marksmanship.
Quickly find a target, aim the gun at a devil, and pull the trigger......
However, the form on the battlefield was not good for the volunteers, although the soldiers were not afraid of sacrifice and fought back bravely, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army attacking.
However, the devils are not only much stronger than the volunteers in combat, but also equal in number to them, and in addition to the blows of their various heavy weapons, even if the volunteers suffer heavy casualties, they still cannot stop the devil's advance.
Eighty meters!
Fifty meters!
Forty meters!
At this time, many of the bullet devils who were bending over and constantly dodging the volunteers began to become excited. At such a close distance, they could kill under Jianping City with a single charge.
Although the gate of Jianping City was five meters high, and Li Han was reinforced with iron sheets, it was still blown to pieces by Japanese artillery at the first time, and Li Han had no choice but to build a simple fortification at the city gate with sandbags to block the Japanese army.
If the devils rush to the city, then the two armies will almost face to face.
At a distance of forty meters, the soldiers defending the city could already clearly see the face of the devil. Gao Jian's expressionless face finally changed a little.
"Heavy machine gun fire!"
"The soldiers of the whole battalion are ready, as long as the devil's firepower is attracted by the heavy machine gun, immediately give me a fierce counterattack!"
Gao Jian looked at the Japanese troops swarming under the city, sneered, and ordered.
Da! Da! Da! ……
The heavy machine gunner, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately threw off his arms and picked up the heavy machine gun, and four thick tongues of fire flew out of the firing holes of the fortress.
Since the four heavy machine guns were all fired from a high position, even if the Devil's attacking troops were lying on the ground, their entire bodies were still exposed to the muzzle of the heavy machine guns.
Four heavy machine guns fired cross-fired, and where the tongue of fire passed, the devils lying on the ground were all spared, all of them turned into corpses, and they could always lie on the ground without getting up.
In the blink of an eye, another squad of devils fell under the muzzle of the heavy machine gun. And there are more devils who are going to die one after another.
Of course, the devil's heavy machine guns would not watch their comrades being slaughtered like this, and ten heavy machine guns immediately turned their guns and suppressed fire on several fortresses.
However, all this was obviously in vain, and the fortress, which could not even be helpless with shells and grenades, could not be penetrated by the bullets of the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
But the devil didn't believe in evil, and when he saw that there was no reaction from the ten heavy machine guns, he added ten more heavy machine guns to join the camp of shooting fortresses, but unfortunately the effect was still not great, and finally all thirty heavy machine guns joined in.
The dense mass of heavy machine gun bullets swept towards a machine gun fortress like a locust, and the surface of each fortress was like a hornet's nest, covered with bullet holes of various sizes.
However, no matter how many machine guns of the Japanese army joined the fire suppression, the machine gunners of the volunteers still went their own way, and the bullets swept frantically towards the Japanese troops under the city like rain.
Not only that, but the soldiers of the Volunteer Army, who had been overwhelmed by the devil's heavy machine gun just now, also took the opportunity to join the counterattack team at this time, picked up their rifles, and shot deadly bullets at the devil's attacking troops.
As a result, the casualties of the Japanese army continued to increase, and soon increased from one squad to two squads, and this number continued to increase, and some clever Japanese soldiers even began to pile up the corpses of their comrades as bunkers to resist the bullets of our soldiers.
At this time, Suzuki Seiichi Shaozo was in a dilemma. Continuing the attack, it is not known how many people will be lost, and if the heavy machine guns of the are not resolved, even if the two squadrons led by him are all killed, it may not be possible to take the city gates.
However, even retreating is also extremely risky, except for the trenches that the Chinese army has just given up not far away, the surroundings are empty, if they retreat like this, under the crazy blow of the heavy machine guns of the Chinese army, I am afraid that the two squadrons will also be greatly damaged.
"The heavy machine guns of the Shina Army must be suppressed, otherwise, none of the two squadrons of Imperial Army soldiers led by Suzuki Shaoza will be able to escape!"
Yoshio Nagano, who has been paying attention to every move on the battlefield, is like an enraged lion, constantly roaring, obviously he also sees the crisis of Suzuki Shaosa.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, with artillery, we can blow up those machine-gun forts with shells." At this time, the chief of staff of the wing, Yokosan Yuichi, suggested.
"Of course, I know that artillery shells can destroy these forts, but our attacking troops are too close to the forts, and now they fire at the forts, and the soldiers who are still on the positions in China will also suffer casualties."
Yoshio Nagano frowned and said, Yokosan Yuichi's idea, he didn't think about it, but considering the distance between the two armies, he has always been worried.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, fire the artillery now, and the remaining soldiers on the position can at least retreat, if it drags on any longer, they are likely to be wiped out." Yokosan Yuichi was not discouraged, but continued to suggest to Yoshio Nagano from a different angle.
Looking at the more and more warriors in the distance being slaughtered by the heavy machine guns of the Shina people, Yoshio Nagano suddenly felt that Yokoyama Yuichi's words were very reasonable. Although it is possible to accidentally injure their own people by firing artillery, as long as they can destroy the machine gun fortress of the China, their sacrifice is worthwhile.
When he took this county seat, he would naturally use the blood and heads of the people of China to comfort the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire who sacrificed their lives.
Thinking of this, Yoshio Nagano's expression became firm, and his clenched fist slammed on the long table in the headquarters.
"Heng Sanjun, immediately order the artillery squadron to open fire, let them hit as accurately as possible, and don't accidentally injure the warriors of the empire."
"Order Suzuki Shaosa to retreat immediately, and tell him that I will cover their retreat with artillery fire!"
After giving this order, Yoshio Nagano sighed, and the whole person instantly withered a lot. He knew in his heart that even if Suzuki Shaoza could withdraw, I was afraid that the loss would not be small. He didn't expect that he would plant such a big heel in front of an unknown Chinese army.
"Woo Woo ......"
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ……
With Yoshio Nagano's order, the devil's artillery began to roar again, and countless shells rained down on the city walls, and ten cannons inflicted indiscriminate and covering blows on the castle head.
A lot of shells went directly over the city wall and hit the houses of the residents in the city, but fortunately, Li Han evacuated all the people here before the battle, otherwise this time I don't know how many civilians would have suffered.
I didn't expect the devils to open fire at this time, the soldiers were beating the water dogs, and there was no time to dodge the devils' shells, and the devils were shelled this time, and the soldiers of the volunteers suffered at least two platoons of casualties.
Of course, there were also a lot of shells that fell on their own people, whether it was a Type 92 infantry gun or a 75-mm mountain gun, each shell could take away at least five or six devils, and the casualties were no less than those of the volunteers.
"Devils of the dog day, are they crazy, they even blow up their own people!"
Gao Jian scolded with a gloomy face, losing two platoons of soldiers at once, which was simply worse for the volunteers who already suffered a lot of casualties.
Of course, at the level of the devil's artillery, more shells fell on the fortress of the heavy machine gun, and the continuous explosion was like peeling an apple, cutting the fortress thinner and thinner.
Fortunately, it is not enough to destroy the fortress. Even so, the machine gunners hiding in the fortress were terrified to see the large pieces of concrete debris falling from the fortress, and once the fortress collapsed, none of them would survive.