Chapter 66: The trench is two meters deep
The sky was already bright, the fiery red sun was rising from the east, and the Japanese puppet army was ready to attack.
They didn't eat the breakfast they carried, and after Kakuei Ueda drew his saber and shouted to annihilate the prefectural brigade, he watched the corpses of the soldiers of the prefectural brigade eating breakfast.
More than 500 puppet cavalry were ready, and behind them were nearly 300 Japanese infantry.
Twelve heavy machine guns did not move their positions, they were set up seven hundred meters from the trenches, ready to cover the attack of the infantry.
THE TWO 70MM INFANTRY GUNS SET UP AN ARTILLERY POSITION AT A DISTANCE OF 600 METERS FROM THE TRENCH, AND THE MUZZLES OF THE BLACK HOLES WERE AIMED AT THE TRENCHES.
"Kill and give." Kakuei Ueda waved his saber vigorously, and he roared loudly.
When more than 500 puppet cavalry heard the order, they began to charge towards the trenches, and the infantry following them also began to advance slowly.
Sun Weiguo, who was hiding in the foxhole, saw the puppet cavalry attacking from the front, and he had a stunned expression on his face.
Everything he had prepared was to deal with the Japanese infantry, but now that the cavalry had run over first, Sun Weiguo was a little depressed.
Glancing at the puppet cavalry, Sun Weiguo immediately sent a signal corps to get in touch with the mortar platoon behind.
AFTER A WHILE, TWO 82MM MORTARS BEGAN TO FIRE SHELLS, AND TWO SHELLS FELL INTO THE PUPPET CAVALRY, AND MORE THAN A DOZEN PUPPET CAVALRY WERE KILLED ON THE SPOT.
The Japanese Type 92 infantry guns were not willing to be lonely to fight back, and their shells began to explode in houses near mortar positions.
One of the mortars in the mortar platoon was blown up by the Japanese infantry guns, and when Shi saw the Japanese infantry guns firing again, he immediately ordered the mortars to turn their muzzles.
Two mortars began firing at the Japanese infantry guns, and a skirmish ensued.
After losing more than a dozen cavalry, although the puppet cavalry wanted to retreat, there were Japanese infantry behind them, and they did not dare to retreat.
Under the command of the division commander Zhang Jiannan, more than 500 cavalry continued to advance.
After a confrontation between mortars and infantry artillery, more than a dozen devil soldier artillery were killed, and the Japanese infantry artillery was immediately transferred.
Mortars are in the village, and they are fired in a curved manner, although the infantry artillery can also be fired in a curved fire, but there is no cover around them, so naturally they will suffer.
"Grenadiers, mortars to stop the Japanese cavalry." Sun Weiguo gave the order again.
Two mortars and four grenadiers fired at the same time, and the puppet cavalry suffered heavy casualties in an instant.
Dozens of cavalrymen fell from their horses, grenades and shells kept smashing towards the cavalry.
The grenadiers and mortars were concealed near the fortifications, and after the Japanese infantry guns withdrew, the Japanese heavy machine guns were simply unable to suppress the grenadiers and mortars.
The casualties of the puppet army's cavalry continued to increase, and seeing that there were only four or five hundred cavalry left in one of his division's 1,000 cavalry, Zhang Jiannan's heart was dripping blood.
If it was ordinary, without the Japanese army behind him, Zhang Jiannan would definitely give the order to retreat, but now he doesn't have the guts.
The puppet cavalry continued to rush towards the trench regardless of casualties, and after Sun Weiguo saw this scene, he couldn't help but show an annoyed expression on his face.
"Heavy machine gun fire, stop this group of cavalry for me." Sun Weiguo yelled.
Receiving Sun Weiguo's order, three heavy machine guns quickly launched fire interception.
The Maxim heavy machine gun is equipped with a 250-round chain, which can ensure continuous firepower.
As Sun Weiguo's order was conveyed to Zhao Wei, Zhao Wei personally controlled a heavy machine gun, and he ordered the heavy machine gun platoon to fire.
Three heavy machine guns fired at the same time, and a series of bullets quickly struck at the puppet cavalry.
Heavy machine guns formed a network of firepower, and the puppet cavalry fell to the ground in rows.
As the bullets rained down, the puppet army immediately lost hundreds of cavalry.
Zhao Wei and other heavy machine gun shooters are elite veterans, and their shooting skills are very powerful.
The puppet army continued to charge, but as the heavy machine guns continued to spew flames, the casualties of the puppet cavalry began to increase to more than 200.
Seeing that there were only more than 300 cavalry around him, Zhang Jiannan's face turned pale.
Even though he knew that there were still Japanese troops behind, Zhang Jiannan still gave the order to retreat.
The cavalry quickly dispersed and withdrew, but they exposed the Japanese troops behind them directly to heavy machine gun fire.
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers were caught off guard and killed on the spot, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers quickly lay on the ground.
The transferred two infantry guns and the machine gun squadron were immediately suppressed, and after Sun Weiguo saw the cavalry retreating, he immediately ordered the heavy machine gun platoon to move its position.
Japanese infantry guns and heavy machine guns continued to fire, and more than 200 Japanese soldiers moved quickly to the front.
The fighters, under Sun Weiguo's orders, did not counterattack, but let the Japanese continue to advance.
Shen Wei and Fan Shuming were already hiding in the fortifications behind, and Shen Wei picked up a Type 38 rifle and prepared for battle.
Fan Shuming's face was slightly hidden, but he still pretended to pick up the pistol and make a battle look.
"What is his purpose in arranging this?" Shen Wei said with a puzzled face.
Fan Shuming opened his mouth, he seemed to want to say something, but hesitated, and in the end he didn't say anything.
More than 200 Japanese infantry quickly approached the trench, and when they were a hundred meters from the trench, the Japanese began to charge.
What puzzled these Japanese soldiers was that the soldiers of the county brigade in the trenches never counterattacked, which made the Japanese soldiers very puzzled.
Using skillful tactics, they quickly approached the trench, and when they were less than ten meters away from the trench, the Japanese began to run wildly.
The Japanese quickly jumped into the trenches, rifles with bayonets installed, ready to fight the soldiers.
But when they came to the trench, the devil soldiers were surprised to find that there were no soldiers from the county brigade in the trench at all.
The devil soldiers immediately wanted to jump out of the trench, but once again they found that they were not big enough to jump out of the trench.
The Japanese soldiers of this era were generally short, and the height of 1.6 meters was already very tall among them.
The trench is two meters deep, and it is not a simple matter for the devil soldiers to jump out of the trench.
More than a hundred devil soldiers were trapped in the trenches, and they could only move along the communication trenches.
The light machine gun shooters and grenadiers in the back did not know the truth, and they quickly moved into the trenches.
When they reached the trench, they realized that it was two meters deep.
"Comrades, the little devil is in the trap, throw grenades, the fastest to throw all the grenades, two post-war commendation cigarettes, two bottles of sake, and a horse leg."
Sun Weiguo saw more than 200 devil soldiers entering the trench one after another, he pulled out the grenade safety and gave an order at the same time.