Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Temptation of the Devil's Sword
"Kill!"
"Kill the devil!"
The shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and countless soldiers in blue uniforms rushed towards the position of the little devils with rifles and bright bayonets, like a tiger descending a mountain and a dragon going out to sea. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Han launched a general attack at this time, and Yekan, an old devil, was a little overwhelmed.
After the artillery side was dumbfounded, Yekan sent people to check on the artillery position, and at the same time sent people to notify the machine gun squadron to strengthen the fire. After receiving the news that the artillery positions had been attacked and all the personnel and artillery had been lost.
Before he could breathe a sigh, there was no movement on the side of the machine gun position, and after a loud bang, Shao Zuo suddenly felt like the world was spinning.
What's even worse is that the opposing Zhina Army actually launched a general offensive at this time, and at this time, even Yekan Shaozuo, who looked down on the Zhina Army anymore, realized that the defeat of this battle was certain. If you don't get it, even he may die at the hands of the Chinese army.
Nokan is not afraid of death, and it can be said that since the moment he put on his military uniform, he has entrusted his life to His Majesty the Emperor.
But Ye Kan was unwilling to die like this, and a large group of imperial warriors would be defeated by a battalion of the Chinese army. And it is also a little-known Northeast Army.
If it's like this, I believe that even if you go to Amaterasu, you won't be welcomed.
In order to save his useful body and continue to dedicate himself to the empire, in order to prove that it was not his own incompetence that caused the defeat of this battle, Nokan Shaosa had to be cheeky and sent a telegram to the co-captain asking for help.
At the same time, the remaining forces of the brigade were concentrated around the town government office building, and a defensive circle was arranged in an attempt to hold on and wait for reinforcements.
"Your Excellency Wing Commander, we have been ambushed by thousands of Chinese troops, and after fierce fighting, our troops have killed more than 2,000 enemies, and now we have moved to Niujiabao Town, requesting rapid reinforcements from Your Excellency Wing Commander."
Of course, even if you make up your mind to ask for help, it takes skill to send this telegram, and it took some deliberation to send the above telegram.
You can't directly say that you were defeated by a battalion of the Chinese army, otherwise, even if the reinforcements from His Excellency the Wing Commander arrived, it was estimated that there would be nothing wrong with him, and he might have been in the military court at that time.
When the battle was fought to this extent, both the Japanese army and the soldiers of the fourth battalion were basically in chaos, and when the battle started, they only recognized clothes and did not recognize people.
Although Yekan Shaozo ordered the concentration of troops, in the end he only gathered about 300 people, and the rest of the personnel either fell into the chaotic battlefield or were wiped out by the fourth battalion.
In other words, the Yekan Brigade is a field brigade of more than 1,100 people, and there are a little more than 300 people left at this moment. The rest of the scattered resistance in the town could no longer be counted on, and those people were being crushed by Wang Dazhu's cavalry like ducks, and it would probably not be long before they were completely wiped out.
The devils shrank their defenses, and Li Han took the opportunity to occupy the devils' positions and surrounded the last devils in the center of the town.
Immediately after that, the 4th Battalion launched a fierce attack, first with artillery bombardment, and after the shelling, the whole company launched an attack, and the heavy machine guns were responsible for suppressing the fire of the devils.
The devils fought back desperately with their grenadiers, and the light and heavy machine guns kept spitting flames for a moment.
However, the devil's machine gun squadron was seriously hit, not to mention the heavy casualties, and the performance of the Type 92 heavy machine gun itself was not as good as the Makqin heavy machine gun, so the devil in terms of heavy machine guns was completely suppressed by the fourth battalion.
The grenadiers of the devil have become the arms with the highest death rate, and each grenadier can basically only shoot two or three grenades, and they will be blown away by Xu Hu's artillery platoon with people and cannons.
Due to the capture of the two infantry guns by Wang Dazhu, the devil only had four 80 mortars left, but although they were also 80 mortars, the mortars made in Germany were much higher than those of the little devils, and the firing range was also longer than that of the Japanese mortars.
In addition, the artillery platoon had eight mortars, so as soon as the battle began, half of the devil's artillery was wiped out, and the remaining two mortars had to be fired in one place with one shot, and the casualties that could be brought to the fourth battalion were very limited.
The devils built a fortress with sandbags on the street, and Captain Yekan had already sent a telegram asking for help, so the goal of the Japanese army now was to drag Li Han, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and then wipe out the main force of the four battalions in one fell swoop.
The devil soldier under the command of Shinichi Nono cowered in the fortifications, preparing for a defensive battle wholeheartedly, which brought great trouble to the attack of the fourth battalion.
Because the devils firmly held the path of the fourth battalion, although the devils who were bombed by the shells jumped a lot, as soon as the shelling stopped, the devils braved huge casualties to make up for the collapsed barricades at the first time.
The devil's defense, regardless of casualties, caused the attack of each company and platoon of the fourth battalion to be blocked, and it was actually blocked on the periphery of the devil's first line of defense.
"Li Yong, you go!"
If we don't eliminate this Japanese army as soon as possible, and wait for the Japanese reinforcements to arrive, I am afraid that the situation will be reversed. Therefore, Li Han directly ordered Li Yong's general.
Li Yong and Li Hannai are childhood friends, one year younger than Li Han, don't look at Li Yong's age, but he has followed Li Han for the longest time, has quite rich combat experience, and is a fierce general under Li Han.
In addition, Li Yong's battlefield adaptability is also good, and his performance on local battlefields is still outstanding. In addition, the reconnaissance platoon itself is the most combat-effective platoon of the four battalions, and all 40 people in the platoon are composed of veterans of more than half a year.
In addition, the weapons of the reconnaissance platoon are all Mauser rifles, and they are also equipped with a squad of submachine guns, and their firepower is also relatively strong. For many reasons, Li Han finally decided to let Li Yong go.
"Yes!" Li Yong saluted cleanly, and rushed forward with the brothers of the reconnaissance platoon.
The devils were still firing non-stop, but because their artillery and machine guns had suffered major blows, they were being suppressed by the artillery platoon and machine gun company of the fourth battalion at the moment, and they could only rely on their past experience to release their guns indiscriminately outside the position, so Li Yong and the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon quickly touched the periphery of the devil's first line of defense.
Li Yong was able to become the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon, and he had a wealth of combat experience. He knew that the devils were suppressed by our artillery, and at the moment they were hiding in the trenches and dodging the attack of the shells in fear, and only a few old devils were resisting powerlessly.
Therefore, Li Yong pushed forward with a wide open and closed front, but secretly let a group of soldiers sneak up next to the devil's position. A squad, led by the squad leader, carried a large amount of explosives and began to approach the fortress of the devils.
The rest of the fighters kept throwing grenades behind the sandbag fort to cover the movement of the squad. In the absence of heavy weapons, to blast the enemy's strong fortifications, Li Han felt that the Eighth Route Army's method was good, that is, to use a large number of explosives bags to concentrate on blasting.
Li Han used this trick when he used to fight the small stronghold of the little devils, and the first squad leader, as a veteran of the fourth battalion, of course wanted to carry forward the glorious tradition of the battalion commander.
While the little devil didn't find out, the squad leader ordered more than a dozen explosives bags to be spread under the devil's fortifications with a diameter of less than two meters.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
As several deafening explosions sounded, I saw smoke rising from the ground where the devil was standing. Li Yong made a quick decision, and led the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon to brave the smoke and dust in the sky and kill the devil's fortifications.
Along the way, he did not encounter any resistance, Li Yong came directly to the front of the devil's position, only to see that the originally airtight position, at this moment there was a huge gap of more than ten meters, near the explosion point, more than a dozen devils lying on the ground beyond recognition.
In the distance, a large number of devils under the command of a second lieutenant were rushing to take over the position, obviously the devils also heard a violent explosion, and the devils, who had a premonition that something was not good, immediately sent troops to reinforce this section of the position.
Li Yong had long expected that the devil would have this reaction, so he preemptively occupied this gap before the aftermath of the explosion was dissipated.
His Excellency the Second Lieutenant saw that a gap of more than 10 meters suddenly appeared in the position, and he was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, and this level of damage must have been caused by heavy artillery of more than 200 millimeters in caliber. However, the task of the second lieutenant was to defend this position to the death.
For this reason, the second lieutenant also specially transported hundreds of sandbags by car in case of emergency, and in order to build the position stronger, the dozens of people brought by the second lieutenant each carried a sandbag on his body, and his purpose was to turn this place into a cemetery for the Chinese people.
If it weren't for the fact that the devils were carrying rifles and wearing military uniforms on their backs, maybe Li Yong would have thought that they were requisitioned coolies.
"Kill, give!"
Seeing that his position was occupied by the Chinese army, the second lieutenant did not say a word, and immediately commanded his subordinates to attack Li Yong. More than thirty devils howled with bayonets and pounced on the reconnaissance platoon.
Seeing this scene, a cold light flashed in Li Yong's eyes, and he pulled out his saber from his back, like Li Han, Li Yong's saber was also the command knife of the captured devil officer rather than the traditional Chinese broadsword.
Li Han always felt that the quality of the devil's officer's command knife was not bad, especially when fighting with a bayonet, if the strength was good enough, the devil could be cut off with a gun.
Not only that, in addition to the practical value, Li Han also has a little caution, considering that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, these sabers may become very valuable antiques. If you don't mix well by then, you can become a little rich by selling a few devils' command knives.
At present, all the company commanders of the fourth battalion have replaced their broadswords with Japanese command knives, and a few platoon commanders have also replaced them with Japanese command knives.
Li Han even thought that if he equipped the cadres above the squad with captured Japanese command knives, his fourth battalion was estimated to be able to make headlines!
Of course, if the Japanese knew Li Han's thoughts, it is estimated that they would kill Li Han as soon as possible. Otherwise, they may not be able to sleep at night when they are refining rubber.
When you think about it, it feels terrible, let the cadres above the squad leader be equipped with other people's commander's sabers, and the number of officers in the Imperial Japanese Army will have to be killed to count.
Besides, if Li Han is now the battalion commander, or if he becomes the regiment commander and division commander in the future, the officers of the imperial army will not have to die.
However, at present, the sabers captured by the four battalions are not of high grade, and most of them are at the rank of captain. Even the saber in Li Han's hand was nothing more than a Japanese command knife at the rank of captain.