Chapter 617 - Grasping the Initiative

THE THREE TYPE 92 INFANTRY GUNS, THREE TYPE 92 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS OF THE FIRST BATTALION MACHINE GUN COMPANY, SIX MAKQIN HEAVY MACHINE GUNS AND SIX 82MM MORTARS OF THE FIRST REGIMENT MACHINE GUN BATTALION BEGAN TO FIRE SUPPRESSIVELY AT XIANZHANG VILLAGE, LIJIAZHUANG TOWN, AND LIZHUANG VILLAGE.

THREE INFANTRY COMPANIES WITH THREE 60MM MORTARS, TWENTY-SEVEN LIGHT MACHINE GUNS, AND TWENTY-SEVEN GRENADIERS WERE ALSO ATTACKING THE EXPOSED FIRING POINTS OF THE JAPANESE TROOPS.

Huang Gang, commander of the first battalion, gave a death order to all units, and he demanded that the three companies should attack Xianzhang Village, Lijiazhuang Town, and Lizhuang Village within half an hour.

The three company commanders began to direct the troops to launch a fierce attack, and the soldiers took each other's cover, gradually approaching the Japanese position.

The first round of Japanese fire strikes really stopped the troops of the first company, and the devil soldiers were very excited, they felt that the Chinese troops would not conquer their positions.

However, the first round of firepower strikes by the devil soldiers completely exposed the immediate firepower point, and at this time, the heavy weapons of the new second brigade troops had not yet begun to fire.

The devil soldiers exposed their firepower, and the heavy weapons began to be in place, and when the order of the regimental headquarters of the first regiment was issued, the heavy weapons fired at the exposed fire points of the Japanese troops, and the light and heavy machine guns and mortars of the Japanese army were knocked out one after another.

The form of the battlefield is changing, and the Japanese troops still have the advantage one second ago, and they have no ability to change hands at all in the first company.

But now, with the 1st Battalion of the 1st Pre-1st Regiment and the Machine Gun Battalion firing, the Japanese troops were completely in a situation of being passively beaten.

Officers and men of the Chinese and Japanese sides began to shoot at each other, and two squads on the outskirts of Lijiazhuang Town that had not started shooting before also began to shoot.

The devil soldiers in Xianzhang Village, Lijiazhuang Town, and Lizhuang Village once again organized a light and heavy machine gun fire network, but at this time there were only two Japanese heavy machine guns, and only five crooked light machine guns of the six infantry squads.

"Bang bang." "Da-da-da-da."

Czech light machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns began to fire suppressively, and snipers in various platoons began to shoot in concealment.

Infantry artillery, mortars constantly fired shells, the fire organized by the Japanese was suppressed, the Japanese began to stop firing, they were able to rely only on riflemen to continue firing.

In the town of Lijiazhuang, Captain Shaozuo's face became gloomy, and he lay on the ground, holding a telescope to look at the battle outside.

Looking at the powerful firepower network organized by light and heavy machine guns, and watching the three infantry guns and six mortars constantly firing shells, Captain Shaozo felt that this was an illusion.

He didn't understand when the Chinese troops, who had always been backward in equipment, would have such powerful firepower, even if it was the troops of the New Second Brigade, they could not have such firepower.

"Captain, there is only one heavy machine gun left, the infantry artillery of the Chinese army poses a great threat to our fire point, this heavy machine gun has no way to shoot at all, and four of the other eight mortars have also been destroyed, and the remaining four mortars have begun to scatter fire, four of the six heavy machine guns of the second and third squads of the first squadron have been destroyed, and the 60MM mortars of the Chinese army have a relatively large killing range, and often when our light machine guns fire, they will immediately start firing."

A Japanese captain hurriedly came to the Shaozuo captain, looked at the Shaozuo captain in front of him, and the Japanese captain said in a panic.

The Japanese suffered heavy casualties at this time, and they took the lead in exposing their firepower points, and after their firepower points were exposed, they just provided firing positions for the heavy weapons of the New Second Brigade.

Although the Kangfei artillery company was transferred away, at this time, there were still the first battalion and the machine gun company on the front of Lijiazhuang Town.

THE 1ST BATTALION WAS ARMED WITH THREE TYPE 92 70MM INFANTRY GUNS, THREE TYPE 92 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, THREE MAXIN HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, THREE 60MM MORTARS, 27 CZECH LIGHT MACHINE GUNS, 27 GRENADIERS, NINE MAUSER SNIPER RIFLES, AND MORE THAN 300 TYPE 38 RIFLES.

THE MACHINE GUN BATTALION WAS EQUIPPED WITH SIX 82MM MORTARS AND SIX MAXIN HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, COMPARED WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY'S EIGHT 90MM MORTARS, FOUR HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, 18 LIGHT MACHINE GUNS, 18 GRENADIERS, AND MORE THAN 200 Type 38 RIFLES.

"What happened to the third and fourth squadrons in Huanglong Village and Yangjiayu Village, and can they send troops to reinforce them?"

Captain Shaozuo knew that the position here was likely to be lost, and he wanted to transfer Japanese troops from Huanglong Village and Yangjiayu Village to reinforce it.

But after he finished speaking, Captain Shaozuo was silent, in the previous battle, the Japanese troops in Yangjiayu Village and Huanglong Village did not provide any fire support here at all, and there were constantly fierce gunfire in these two villages, it was obvious that the Japanese troops in these two villages were also in danger.

If they had troops to reinforce, the Japanese would have provided fire support in these two villages a long time ago.

The two Japanese squadrons stationed in Yangjiayu Village and Huanglong Village were reinforced with two mortars, one infantry gun, and four heavy machine guns, but they had to face the attack of one battalion each, and their pressure can be imagined.

Their situation is even more dangerous, after all, they are too far behind the Chinese forces.

With a "snap", the captain next to Captain Shaozo just moved backwards, but then a bullet hit him in the heart.

The Japanese captain fell to the ground, and the bright red blood soon stained his clothes, and the Japanese captain's eyes widened, as if he had too much unwillingness.

The town began to be attacked, and by this time Yan Jiaming's first company had begun to seize part of the outlying positions.

More than 30 of the more than 100 devil soldiers of the two squads stationed outside the town were killed, and the remaining 50 or so devil soldiers shot while retreating towards the town.

The training of the devil soldiers was excellent, and if the Chinese troops had encountered such an impact, the Chinese troops would have been defeated long ago, but the Japanese troops were still able to organize a counterattack.

A soldier took control of a Czech light machine gun and fired at the Devil Soldiers, seven or eight bullets were fired, and three of the evacuated Devil Soldiers were knocked down.

With a "boom", a miniature grenade was fired at the light machine gun, killing the shooter instantly.

The evacuated devil soldiers have not lost their sense of resistance, and they are still using the weapons in their hands to counterattack the Chinese troops.

Although the devil soldiers have a strong sense of battle, and they have excellent individual ability, their defeat is already doomed.

With a "snap", a soldier in the first row pulled the trigger, and a bullet was fired, and a Japanese grenadier hidden behind the wall was just about to put the grenadier on the ground, and the bullet pierced his head directly.

The Japanese grenadier fell to the ground, and the miniature grenade he wanted to fire rolled on the ground.