Chapter 69: Putting the Platoon Guns in the Field

Yamashita Yoshio was shocked when he saw that there were still cavalry in the Chinese army, but he didn't expect that the troops of the Chinese army were also equipped with cavalry, which was still rare in the regimental scale of the Chinese army. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Looking at the battlefield again, there were only a few dozen soldiers left in a squadron of nearly two hundred imperial soldiers in the vanguard squadron at this time, compressed into a corner, and they could be destroyed at any time.

Yamashita Yoshio, who has always been arrogant, saw this scene and suddenly became angry that the first Buddha was born and the second Buddha ascended to heaven, and when he set off, he swore to his brother: not only to recover the county, but also to completely annihilate the army that attacked the county.

But until now, before he had made direct contact with the Chinese army, he had lost nearly a squadron of Imperial soldiers, which gave him the face to go back to face his brother.

"Yagaya deer! Rapid reinforcements passed. Yamashita yono shouted angrily.

More than 500 Japanese troops, under the cover of mortars, quickly rushed towards the position of the vanguard squadron in front.

Although there are only 500 people, these 500 people are not simple, and they are complete with cars, armored vehicles, and motorcycles, especially armored vehicles, which are born to be the nemesis of cavalry.

In addition to these mechanized equipment, there were also eight 90-caliber mortars firing at the cavalry, shells constantly exploding around the cavalry, shrapnel flying everywhere, constantly inserting into the body of the horse or cavalry.

In the encirclement, the devils, who were already about to despair, saw that the reinforcements were coming, and they also aroused an unprecedented desire to survive, and quickly formed a circle, continuing to resist stubbornly and waiting for the rescue of friendly troops.

"Brothers, the devil's reinforcements are coming, let's withdraw first!"

Wang Dazhu looked back at the remaining devil soldiers, his heart was very happy, and he finally let out a bad breath, the only thing that is regrettable is that he failed to kill the devil squadron leader.

Unlike Li Han, he did not have the kind of plot that strongly wanted to annihilate the Japanese army in a formation. In his opinion, the devil squadron has already killed more than a hundred people by himself, and it can be said that it has basically lost its combat effectiveness.

The purpose of fighting the devil has been achieved, and the reinforcements of the devil have arrived, and it is his own people who will suffer if he continues to fight, so Wang Dazhu quickly issued an order to retreat.

Wang Dazhu wants to run, the devil has lost so much, if Yamashita Yoshio will let him go like this, then it is estimated that he will have to change his name to Shimoyama Yoshio. The cavalry will not be able to catch up with Yoshio Yamashita for a while, but the hundreds of infantry will not be able to escape.

It's a pity that Wang Dazhu didn't know that Yamashita Yoshio was fighting this idea, he had a mission, so as not to let the devil follow, he also deliberately slowed down the cavalry a little.

In between, they chased and fled, and soon arrived at the place where Li Han dug a pit and buried mines. In fact, Li Han and the others had already heard the sound of gunfire, and the troops had already taken cover, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

What came into view was the infantry of Wang Dazhu's 3rd squadron, because the cavalry had already arrived and had now joined the ambush.

Wang Dazhu is his own man, Li Han left a mark when he laid the trap, and with his experience of following Li Han for many years, even if he walks with his eyes closed, he will not step on a mine or trap.

A few minutes later, the devil team also came, the rumbling machine sound came from far and near, and at the front was the motorcycle squad, with five three-seater three-wheeled motorcycles in front of the road, followed by three thin-skinned armored vehicles, and then behind the infantry of the brigade.

Because a battle might break out at any time, the devil's rifles were all loaded with bayonets, and rows of bayonets emitted a dazzling cold light under the reflection of the sun.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a series of explosions sounded, and the three motorcycles responsible for driving the road in front drove over unharmed, and the two behind suddenly exploded!

The fourth motorcycle was blown up into the sky, and then the fifth was also blown over, after the motorcycle was finished.

The military vehicle transporting infantry was also affected by the explosion, and a military vehicle driving in the front directly exploded, and most of the devils in the car were killed in the fire before they could get out of the car.

Some of the military vehicles behind were blown over, and after doing a few difficult rolls on the ground, they lay on the ground and did not move, and the body was seriously deformed.

The luckier ones were also blown up a few tires, and the military vehicles were forced to lie on their stomachs.

The fate of the armored car was slightly better, the skin was thick and rough, as long as it was not hit by a large number of mines at the same time, it could barely withstand some waves of explosions.

But he finally escaped the explosion, but he did not escape the pits dug by Li Han, according to our words: he survived the wind and waves, but capsized in the gutter.

Although the devils who drive armored cars don't know this reason, their mood at least at the moment is like this. None of the three armored vehicles were spared, and all of them fell into the trap that Li Han had prepared for them a long time ago.

"Hit!"

Beating the Reservoir Dogs was a favorite thing for everyone to do, and on both sides of the hillside of the road, nearly two thousand warriors simultaneously opened fire on the team of devils who were in chaos. Light and heavy machine guns and mortars rained down on the devils on the road.

Although the devils have always been on guard, they are on guard against the Chinese army that has been sneaking up on the imperial army, and they are unprepared for the sudden explosion from the underground and the enemy on both sides of the road.

The fierce gunfire rang out, and the devils were swept to the ground by a large area, and the formation of the devil infantry following the convoy was suddenly chaotic.

Some of the devils lay down on the spot and shot at our troops, some ran around until they found a place to hide, and some fought back while shouting loudly to gather their troops. Of course, this kind of person knows at a glance that it must be a devil officer, so they are also the focus of the soldiers.

In just such a short period of effort, the more than 200 devils who served as the opening troops almost fell by ninety percent, and the losses of our army in Chengdu were basically zero.

"Mortar squads, immediately suppress the enemy's fire, heavy machine-gun squadrons set up machine-gun positions as quickly as possible, and other units immediately attack the enemy. The communications corps was responsible for contacting the infantry artillery squadrons and mountain artillery squadrons, reporting the enemy's position and ordering them to immediately launch artillery fire on the enemy. ”

After the initial chaos, Yamashita Yoshio finally showed his talent as a commander, and although the troops were ambushed by the enemy, Yamashita Yoshio did not panic in the slightest, and issued several battle orders to the troops in an orderly manner.

Although he fell for the tricks of the Chinese army, he almost lost another squadron of troops, but the main force of the Chinese army has also been discovered by himself, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

Yamashita Yoshio finally knew that the Shina army had done so much in order to lead themselves to the position they had already laid in ambush.

It's a pity that I didn't find out about this conspiracy earlier, otherwise, I wouldn't have lost so many troops for no reason.

Of course, it's not too late to understand now, even if the opponent has achieved its goal, the combat effectiveness of the Thirteenth Brigade is still very strong. And now, he can finally engage the Shina army face to face.

According to common sense, with the combat effectiveness of the 13th Brigade, it can completely fight with the divisional and brigade-level troops of the National Army.

As for the situation of the troops of the Zhina Army that attacked the two counties of Fengning Enclosure, the special high-tech department of the empire had already put the documents about the Zhina Army on his desk long before he set out on the expedition.

The number of the Shina army will not exceed 2,000 people, and if there is a frontal field battle, Yamashita Yoshio believes that it is enough for him to send only two squadrons, and it is completely because Yamashita Yoshio Shaozo wants to take the opportunity to come out and relax.

It was with this strong self-confidence that Yamashita Yoshio calmly commanded the troops to fire back without the slightest panic after being ambushed.

Because he still has enough capital, there are more than 200 people in the heavy machine gun squadron, the mortar squad, and the infantry. In addition, he can call for artillery support at any time, so Yamashita Yoshio is confident that the balance of victory is still tilted in his side.

Under the orders of Yoshio Yamashita, the devil infantry lowered their heads and bent over, divided into small teams, alternately covering each other and firing, and slowly approached both sides of the road.

Due to the accurate marksmanship of the devils, even if the fighters of the anti-Japanese brigade occupy a favorable terrain, they are still not the opponents of the devils in this area, and some people are shot from time to time.

Although there are also many sharpshooters in our army, such as Li Han, don't look at him holding a 38 rifle, pulling the bolt, pulling the trigger, loading bullets and other mechanical operations, but basically every shot can kill a little devil.

There is also a soldier of the sniper squad, who is also a top sharpshooter. The sniper team was established when Li Han was still in Jianning County, and there are only twenty people until now, not how high the threshold for entering the sniper team is, but it is really not easy to find a soldier with good marksmanship.

Then there are Wang Dazhu, Lin Youzhi and most of the officers, as well as those veterans who followed them all the way from the northeast.

Veterans have been able to live until now, and the lowest ones are all squad deputies, and there is no need to say much about marksmanship, all of which are fed with bullets.

Of course, just some people's marksmanship is good, at most it can only cause a little psychological burden to the devil, and it still can't change the overall situation.

Fortunately, the devils didn't take much advantage, and after a few rounds of shooting, Li Han found that the casualties of his troops were far greater than those of the Japanese army, so he ordered not to shoot at the devils and replaced the guns.

Platoon gun is the earliest combat method used by infantry after the appearance of muskets, and in the era when rifles were still in front of the gun, the platoon gun once swept through an era and became the standard combat method of infantry. It's just that as the performance of the rifle gets better and better, this method of warfare has been eliminated by the general trend of history.

More than 2,000 guns were fired at the same time, what kind of scene was that, and the bullets were overwhelmingly hitting the oncoming enemy. The soldiers don't have to aim anymore, and it won't be wrong to shoot in one direction with everyone, just like casting a net to catch a fish, no matter how the fish run, it's always in that area.