Chapter 46: The Role of the Sharpshooter
The reconnaissance battalion is the unit with the largest number of sharpshooters and snipers in the 500 Division, and more than one-third of the soldiers in this unit, which has a total number of more than 1,000 people, can meet the standard of sharpshooters, which is more than any of the three brigades of the 500 Division has sharpshooters.
Among the soldiers who followed Liu Qi to set up an ambush here to block the attack, the ratio of sharpshooters was even higher. Knowing that Gao Quan is here, today's battle is likely to be a tough battle, how could Liu Qi not take out all his family resources? Of the 400 people in the reconnaissance battalion with the best marksmanship, more than 300 came with him.
There is a brigade of devils, and how many officers are there? Even if Cao Chang and Jun Cao are all added, it will not be enough for these more than 300 people! Originally, the fighters fought in moderation. Killing a devil officer is considered a meritorious service. This is a credit, everyone comes in turns, sits in rows, eats fruits, and everyone has a share. Besides, the devil officer is not stupid and standing a few times, waiting for you to fight, people will also leave, and they will hide. After aiming, before the shot, the devil officer suddenly moved, and this shot was crooked, which is also normal.
Battalion Commander Liu suddenly gave an order to snipe with all his might, and the sharpshooters of the reconnaissance battalion were able to pick up their strength. The battalion commander is asking everyone to put down their burdens, fight as soon as possible, and fight to the death! So what else is there to say? Hit!
At this time, the soldiers found that there were more officers in the open space between the highway and the high ground than the Japanese troops they had encountered before! This is just right, killing an officer is definitely more cost-effective than killing a soldier, and at the very least, the psychological satisfaction of everyone is much stronger.
The soldiers were full of gratitude for the sudden appearance of a large number of devil officers on the battlefield, this is to fulfill themselves! Everyone knew in their hearts that there were many people with good marksmanship in the team, but they were afraid of being preempted by their comrades, so all the sharpshooters quickly found the target and immediately fired the bullets in the guns.
Since there are too many sharpshooters and too few devil officers, it is inevitable that there will be an accident in which a certain devil officer is hit by several bullets. Gao Quan aimed at a devil officer and wanted to shoot, but was preempted, which was what happened after Liu Qi's order was issued.
Well, since that's the case, let's see the situation first. After Gao Quan realized that the situation seemed to be a little wrong, he stopped trying to show his marksmanship, holding the gun, crawling to the edge of the crater, squinting his eyes and carefully observing the situation on the battlefield. Looking at it, the weird feeling in Gao Quan's heart became stronger and stronger. In just a few minutes, there was not a single devil officer who could still stand on the battlefield.
On the battlefield, whenever a devil officer tries to command the troops to attack, this unlucky boy will inevitably be shot and killed halfway through when he raises his command knife! One two, ten eight. After a certain number of devil officers in wet mud-colored military uniforms died, no one was stupid enough to hold a knife and stand up and command. Those who wield the command knife always die very quickly, and the devil's brain is rigid, and when countless bloody examples appear in front of him, there will be no more devil officers with command knives in his hand.
If you don't take the command knife, there is still a way. The devil officer also has the king eight box. The saber was gone, so a devil officer with a pistol appeared on the battlefield. Although the pistol-wielding devil officer looked rather weird, our soldiers were magnanimous and sympathetic to the devil's difficulties, and we didn't blame them for changing the props without permission. Since the devil officers who changed the props are still recognized by our soldiers, the result of these people is naturally the same as their kind with command knives.
One by one, the devil officers in wet mud-colored military uniforms holding pistols fell again, and the devil soldiers wearing dry mud-colored military uniforms on the battlefield once again fell into a state of no officer command.
There were a few clever devil officers hiding behind trees or rocks, shouting at the soldiers to attack, but they themselves did not show their heads. These people themselves are timid and afraid of death, and their orders, of course, are not carried out by the soldiers so thoroughly. The devils began to dodge, and their attacks were not very sharp.
There are no more devil officers to be found on the battlefield. Since the sharpshooters couldn't find officers, they had to lower their ranks and put out the fire on the devil soldiers in dry mud uniforms. The battalion commander's order was to snipe the devil with all his might, but he didn't say whether it was an officer or a devil soldier. Since the devil officer can't see it, let's fight the devil soldiers.
The number of devil soldiers is still a lot, enough for everyone to have a share in these sharpshooters, and everyone will not fall short.
In fact, on the battlefield, there are sharpshooters not only in the reconnaissance battalion, but also in the guard company and the special service battalion.
Like Cai Feng, who has followed Gao Quan for many years, his marksmanship has long been masterful. The guard company follows Gao Quan all day long, and is the personal guard of the division, plus there is such a commander with outstanding marksmanship, and the company has trained dozens of sharpshooters, isn't it reasonable? Since Sun Yuanqing joined the 500 Division so early, he privately cultivated dozens of die-hard friends with outstanding marksmanship, of course, he should be.
The sharpshooters of the reconnaissance battalion were exerting their might, and the sharpshooters in the special battalion of the guard company were greedy, and of course they joined the ranks of sniping the devil officers. With so many people interested in Japanese officers, it is not surprising that Japanese officers died on the battlefield at such a fast rate.
When there were no Japanese officers on the battlefield who dared to openly stand up and command the troops, and the sharpshooters shifted their targets to the Japanese machine gunners and grenadiers, the Japanese troops on the battlefield could not resist their strength. On the battlefield, there were not many officers, and there were also not many grenadiers and machine gunners. The sharpshooters of the 500 Division shot at these Japanese firing points one by one, and the frequency of firing was not much slower than when they shot the devil officer just now. These firepower points are distributed to each of so many sharpshooters, and it is also a situation where there are more monks and less meat.
The rapid reduction of heavy firepower points made the devils understand that they might not be able to please today! The large number of officers killed also made the devil soldiers on the battlefield lack effective restraint. So, this battle, which was regarded as a decisive attack before departure, ended like this.
As for the captain of the Shaosa Brigade who was given the death order by Ito Daisa, he died along with his loyal Japanese officers when a large number of officers were killed in battle. As the supreme commander on the battlefield, it is impossible for Shaozo to hide behind a certain cover. In order to boost morale, of course, His Excellency Shao Zuo waved his command knife to urge the devils to rush forward.
Shao Zuo was surrounded by a few staff officers, such an obvious target, which was obviously very popular with the sharpshooters. At the same time that Shao Zuo was killed by several bullets, the staff officers who were with him also joined hands with their captain, His Excellency, to become gods.
Without a commander and with a large number of officers killed, the Japanese army finally began to rout after most of the important firepower points were eliminated.
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