Chapter 50: Supporting the Frontline

Before dawn the next day, the Japanese attack began, and the little devil was naturally unwilling to be beaten passively. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, there was a series of indiscriminate bombardment, which lasted for more than an hour until dawn, and then groups of planes appeared in the sky above the positions of the Chinese troops, wantonly diving and threatening. However, these groups of planes did not seem to be in a hurry to drop bombs, but dispersed, passing over the positions of the Chinese troops again and again, and even turning a blind eye to the anti-aircraft firing of the Chinese troops.

The soldiers of the 61st Army didn't know the intentions of the little devil, but Wei Qidong knew very well that the little devil wanted to find out the tornado, at this time, he naturally wouldn't use the tornado to retaliate, the little devil was in the sky, and when the tornado moved, it was too conspicuous.

After the shelling, the Japanese ground offensive began quickly.

Here, when the Japanese were shelling, Wei Qidong asked Dong Biao to assemble the soldiers of the entire company, and he explained in detail the tactics of infantry and tanks. General positional warfare, offensive and defensive warfare, etc., he Dong Biao is not afraid of no matter how powerful the opponent is, but the tank is too fresh, and he knows that he doesn't understand this tactic at all, so he is very cooperative.

Wei Qidong first asked Dong Biao to find the two most powerful machine gunners in the whole company, one is called Song Erkui and the other is called Wang Dazhu, both of whom are Northwest Hans.

"Erkui, Dazhu, follow me into the tank." Wei Qidong immediately said to the two.

Song Erkui and Wang Dazhu were shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect General Wei to choose them into the tank, and the other soldiers all showed envious eyes.

"Just come up empty-handed, put the machine gun down."

The two hurriedly complied, and after putting the gun down, their hands were empty and a little uncomfortable, and they kept rubbing their hands.

"Big man, the devils have killed a lot, a small tank, don't be nervous, I believe you can do it." Wei Qidong patted the two on the shoulder, and then with a gesture of his hand, he led them into M1A2.

The two entered M1A2, their hearts fluttering unconsciously, like a shy big boy seeing a beautiful little girl for the first time, and they couldn't let go.

"Hello two." Tang Xinyi, who was sitting in the driver's seat, took the initiative to turn around and greet them.

"Hello Chief Tang." The two hurriedly saluted.

"Don't be restrained, we will fight together in the future, we are all brothers and sisters." Tang Xinyi could see the nervousness of the two, so she said with relief.

"Yes, sir."

Tang Xinyi shook her head, it seemed that she couldn't reverse it for a while.

At this time, Wei Qidong also got into the tank, and the main purpose of letting the two of them enter the tank was to let the two of them control the two machine guns inside the tank, one of which was a 7.62 mm parallel machine gun mounted on the right side of the main gun, and the other was a 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun mounted on the commander's control tower.

The machine gun on the right side of the main gun is mainly used to deal with ground threats, while the large-caliber machine gun of the commander's conning tower can deal with both the ground and the air.

"Erkui, you're here." Wei Qidong took Er Kui to the machine gun position on the right side of the main gun, and then taught him how to operate and use it, this is not difficult, Er Kui himself is a machine gunner, after Wei Qidong's explanation, he is clear, and he also knows the role of this machine gun.

After teaching Erkui how to use it, Wei Qidong took Dazhu to the commander's command tower and taught him how to use the 12.7 mm caliber machine gun and what it could do.

The machine gun at the turret loader's hatch and the loader's responsibilities were all taken care of by Wei Qidong himself, and of course, the commander's command function. In this way, Wei Qidong has roughly perfected the configuration of the M1A2.

Immediately, Wei Qidong poked his head out of the turret and issued the next command to Dong Biao.

"Xinyi, drive." Wei Qidong closed the turret and immediately said to Tang Xinyi.

The "Rumble ......" tank was quickly activated.

Dong Biao quickly led the soldiers of the entire company to follow in military trucks.

Wei Qidong's side was twenty or thirty kilometers away from the forward position of Panshan, and when Wei Qidong and his men arrived at the back of Panshan, the Japanese artillery bombardment had not stopped. Wei Qidong immediately asked the team to stop, hiding the tanks and cars and avoiding the personnel.

Subsequently, the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped and the planes were dispatched, and Wei Qidong immediately asked Dong Biao to lead the team and lurk in the forward position on foot.

Wei Qidong stopped for a while, and then drove from the main road to the forward position.

Panshan is located about four kilometers south of Tianzhen County, high and dangerous, overlooking the Pingsui Railway, and is the natural barrier of Tianzhen County. It can be said that the gains and losses of Panshan are a matter of moving the whole body at once, and the Japanese army is also well aware of the strategic position of Panshan, and with absolute strength and firepower, it has launched encirclement and suppression attacks on Panshan again and again in the past few days.

Under such difficult circumstances, the 400th Regiment had already held out in Panshan for five days, and the whole regiment suffered heavy casualties, all the positions and fortifications were destroyed, and all the telephone lines were blown up.

Fortunately, Wei Qidong gave the Japanese army a hard blow yesterday, causing the Japanese army to postpone its attack for a day, otherwise, the remaining officers and soldiers of Panshan and the 400th Regiment would be in an extremely dangerous situation, because Li Fuying could not draw any resources.

The Japanese army suspended the offensive, and Li Fuying quickly seized the opportunity, sent people to take the risk to repair the telephone line, repair the fortifications, and urgently allocated half of the equipment and ammunition supported by Wei Qidong. Because of this, the 400 Regiment got a day of rest, which was very precious.

After Dong Biao led people to rush to the forward position in Panshan, he also told Li Shengrun, the commander of the 400th Regiment, the news that Wei Qidong had come to support, and Li Shengrun instinctively asked how many fresh troops there were, but was told that there were only two people and one tank.

"A tank? There are dozens or hundreds of tanks and combat vehicles of the little devils, so how can they fight? Li Shengrun sighed, obviously not holding out much hope, but he was still very grateful to Wei Qidong, he supported so many weapons and ammunition, he himself knew the situation of the 61st Army, and the commander did his best, he didn't blame anyone, but he was firm in his heart, and it was a big deal to live and die with the position.

"Company Commander Dong, you should send someone to let Brother Wei return to Tianzhen, it's too dangerous here, a tank really can't change the situation of the battle, we understand his kindness." Li Shengrun thought for a while and said.

"Commander Li, the order given to me by the army commander and our regiment commander is to absolutely obey the command of General Wei, he has already formulated a battle policy, and I can't change it. The little devil's attack is about to begin, and it's too late to persuade him. Dong Biao said honestly.

"Hey......" Li Shengrun sighed, "It's a man, it's a pity." ”

"Bang ......"

"Da Da Da ......"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The battle for the forward positions had already begun, and it was apparently the Japanese who had launched the attack.

"Buzzing ......" Suddenly, there was the sound of an airplane diving, and Li Shengrun immediately took a telescope to watch, but found that the direction of the Japanese plane's dive was not the Panshan position, but the road on the front of the Panshan.

"Da ......" The on-board machine gun fired frantically down, and it turned out that there was a car driving slowly.

"Why is there a car coming from over there?" Li Shengrun was shocked, isn't this a live target?

Dong Biao hurriedly checked and saw it clearly before saying, "That's the tank driven by General Wei." ”

"Tanks?" Li Shengrun was shocked, looked at it again, and saw the tank gun before he was convinced that it was a tank, but it was camouflaged. However, a tank is too dangerous under the escort of the Japanese aircraft.

The tank piloted by Wei Qidong was still moving, directly ignoring the low-altitude strafing of the Japanese fighters, and continued to drive in the direction of the forward position.