Chapter 475: A Fateful Duel

In the city of Kobe, more than a dozen Chinese infantry carefully bent down and advanced along the ruins of the street, a Leopard tank in the middle of the narrow street, and an equal number of Chinese soldiers on the other side. No one would take lightly the Japanese soldiers who were armed with rear-pull bolt rifles, and the enemy had become cunning and mature after many battles with the Chinese army, and could inflict casualties on Chinese soldiers even with their thin weapons. Moreover, the enemy was familiar with the terrain of the city of Kobe, and they shuttled through the ruins like rats and launched a sneak attack on the Chinese soldiers. Or take advantage of the superiority in strength to launch an offensive to recapture the lost streets and building ruins, and the fearless Japanese army and the Chinese army are engaged in repeated tug-of-war in Kobe.

On the third day of the battle, the Chinese army surrounded Kobe, and the Japanese army took the initiative to abandon a large area of the outlying positions, gathered more than 400,000 soldiers around Kobe and in the city, and used the ammunition and food collected before to resist stubbornly. In fact, this place has been bombed into ruins, the bombs of the air force and the artillery clusters of the army drop a lot of ammunition on this place every day, and even the naval guns of the naval fleet have joined the ranks of shelling Kobe, but the enemy just can't completely disappear, and the resistance never stops.

The casualties of more than 2,000 Chinese soldiers made the top brass furious, but there was no way, this is a transportation hub to the eastern core area, and it must be completely controlled by the Chinese army.

"Whoosh!" The sound of bullets breaking through the air sounded, and the Chinese soldiers immediately looked for cover, and then looked for enemy fire points.

"Two o'clock, the ruins!" Bai Jiansheng shouted loudly.

"Yan Baichuan, set up the machine gun!" In fact, without Fu Yisheng's order, Yan Baichuan found a machine gun position, and after a few seconds, MG42 fired countless bullets in the direction of the ruins where the enemy was hiding.

The tracer bullet pointed the way for the Leopard tank, and the huge barrel slowly turned, but just as it was about to complete aiming, a pile of rubble in front of it was suddenly lifted, and a Japanese soldier pounced on the Leopard tank with an explosive bag. The distance was too close, and even Fu Yisheng had to admire the courage of the Japanese, if the Leopard tank continued to advance, the rubble would be crushed under the tracks.

"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded, the front shutter of the Leopard tank fell off, the right track also fell, and the infantry not far away were affected, and the rubble and fragments were not much less powerful than bullets.

Machine gunner Yan Baichuan was hit by a stone on his eyebrow bone, blood covered his cheeks, and more seriously, he was shocked by a strong shock and fainted, not knowing if his internal organs and brain were damaged. Zhang Hanchen, who was slightly injured, dragged Yan Baichuan behind and shouted at the medics, but unfortunately the medics were not nearby at this time.

"The enemy is coming!" The Japanese soldiers behind the ruins rushed over under the cover of smoke and dust, lacking continuous firepower, machine gun ammunition, and more often placing their hopes on hand-to-hand combat.

After a few simple glances, Fu Yisheng had three soldiers in his squad who were injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and now it was too late to send them to the rear, so he could only wait until after repelling the enemy. At the same time, Fu Yisheng's submachine gun and the Garand rifle in the hands of Li Delin and others opened fire together, and the seven Japanese soldiers who ran in the front fell to the ground in pain, and the Japanese soldiers behind saw that the Chinese army's firepower was still fierce and retreated.

Seven of the 23 infantry were injured in the blast, and the squad lost the ability to attack as they had to take care of the wounded and prevent a Japanese attack. But Fu Yisheng couldn't give the order to retreat, the life and death of the crew in the Leopard tank around him were unknown, it should be because of the shock injury, he had to rescue those tank soldiers.

Matsui Ishine clubbed his katana on the ground and viciously pressed the Chinese soldier a few hundred meters away, his right leg was hit by a bullet, but fortunately he did not hit the artery, and he could continue to fight after a simple bandage. Itakami Seishiro used a suicide sneak attack to kill the Chinese army's Leopard tanks, but those infantry were not affected too much, and the firepower was still not something that the more than 40 people around him could resist.

Su Lin Zhongdao, who was armed with a rifle, bent over and said in a low voice: "The Chinese army has no sign of retreating, but their tank has been destroyed, and the infantry only has one machine gun to fire, and we still have a chance." ”

"But we don't have enough ammunition, I only have five bullets, and I only have one grenade left." Another soldier, Yoshio Shinozuka, said.

"Even if we only use bayonets, we don't have enough people like this to strafe the Chinese army." Matsui Ishine was a little helpless, but after a few minutes, the situation changed, and the squadron leader came to support with more than 300 people.

The increase in troops was a good thing for Matsui Ishine, but when Suzuki Sosaku explained the reason for suddenly sending so many soldiers to fight back, Matsui Ishine was silent for a long time. The Japanese counterattack is not limited to here, and on all fronts in Kobe, the Japanese army will carry out large-scale counterattacks. More than 200,000 soldiers are about to rush towards the Chinese army, because they have no food, no ammunition supplies, and even fresh water is desperately scarce.

Taking advantage of the cover of the night, the Japanese army completed the transfer of troops, and all the generals and officers were on the front line to participate in the charge with the soldiers. Most of this army are die-hard militarist loyalists and one of the main forces of the resolute resistance faction, so the Chinese army must wipe them all out and leave no trace of militaristic soil to survive.

The tank crew was dragged out by the infantrymen, they had no hope of survival, lost the cover of the tank, and with seven wounded themselves, Fu Yisheng decided to retreat. But the retreat did not go well, and before they could move, the howls of the Japanese like pigs were heard all around, and the attack began again.

Hiding behind a stone pillar, Li Delin pointed his gun at a Japanese soldier who was shaking in the ruins, and his accurate marksmanship kept the bullets from being wasted. The continuous firepower of the semi-automatic rifle is very good, but the amount of ammunition carried by Li Delin is limited, more than half of the previous battle has been consumed, and there are too many enemies in front of him, and there are more than 200 people in a conservative estimate.

"Old man, it's not a way to go on like this, let's withdraw!"

"I can't withdraw, there are little devils in the back, I'll lead people to block the back, pay attention to saving ammunition!" They are elite people who have been trained for a long time and have been tested by war, and of course know how to save ammunition. As a co-shooter, Zhang Benyao also has rich experience in machine gun operation, and he did not pull the trigger and not let go in this dangerous situation.

The amount of training of the Chinese army was the largest in the world, and even the German Army, which swept through France, could not match it. A field infantry of the Chinese army consumes 3,000 rounds of ammunition training in a year, and the consumption will increase when encountering exercises. This figure of bullet consumption cannot be achieved without a strong industrial base, and even if there is such an industrial base, it is not necessarily as important as Huaguo is to the training of soldiers. (Xiao Baijun is very curious about the training bullet consumption of soldiers in his country, some people say that safety is the first in the army, and officers don't want to cause trouble, so the bullet consumption of soldiers is very strict, and the bullet consumption in a year is only ten rounds!) It shouldn't be true, but we are very disappointed that we don't know the truth. )

Yan Baichuan tried hard to open his eyes, and the sound in his ears proved that this was still a fierce battlefield, and the fainting caused by the explosion was not as serious as Fu Yisheng imagined. Yan Baichuan pondered for a few seconds, and a bullet that hit him finally brought him back to normal, and he crawled in front of Zhang Benyao to continue his work as a machine gunner.

The numerical superiority smoothed out the firepower gap, and the enemy finally came within range of the grenades, which caused a sudden increase in the casualties of the Chinese soldiers. When the last bullet chain of MG42 was gone, only six Chinese soldiers survived: Fu Yisheng, Li Delin, Zhang Hanchen, Zhang Benyao, Yan Baichuan, and Bai Jiansheng. They were saved by a Leopard tank, a Leopard double-barreled self-propelled anti-aircraft machine gun, fifty-five elite grenadiers.

The Chinese army made arrangements at the first moment of the Japanese counterattack, and the soldiers on the front line withstood the onslaught of the Japanese army, and the battle line did not collapse. After that, a large number of Chinese planes landed on the heads of the Japanese, taking the lead in delaying the pace of the Japanese attack with bombs, machine guns and machine guns, and then a large number of armored vehicles and infantry joined the battlefield to repel the Japanese army and surround it.

Among the classmates of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Yoshio Shinozuka was hit in the abdomen by a machine gun bullet during the attack, and died instantly, Itakami Seishiro and the enemy's tank died together, Awabayashi Tadamichi was blown away by a grenade, one arm was missing, and finally died of blood, squadron leader Suzuki Sosaku died even worse, he held on to the last moment, and was about to annihilate the enemy, but was beaten into pieces by a large-caliber bullet.

After the Leopard self-propelled anti-aircraft machine gun joined the active service of the Chinese army, it did not play a great role in air defense operations, because the enemy did not threaten the sky of the armored forces for the time being, and the Chinese air force dominated the airspace of the battlefield. But in land combat, this weapon can be of great use, especially in street fighting, and infantry prefer this weapon to Leopard tanks. As long as the enemy is hit by a large-caliber bullet, or even grazed, there will be no corpse. (To be continued.) )