Chapter 84, Hand-to-Hand/Combat
The attack was thwarted, and the commander was broken in two by a 14.5mm bullet on the way back, and at the same time they received a telegram from the major general telling them to gather with all their might to him at all costs. It was really a rain leak, and the Japanese soldiers, who were already very tired, were frustrated physically and mentally by the attack just now, and their morale was low for a while, and now let them immediately assault the mountain, which is undoubtedly looking for death.
But there was an order from above, and after a few minutes of rest, the Japanese army launched the offensive again, because the commander was killed, so the commander was replaced by an adjutant, which was much calmer than the madness of the previous one.
"What about the chariot? Let them rush. "Compared to the brainless, this commander is much more steady, the first thing is to let the tank charge, he expected that there were no anti-tank weapons in the place.
But is there really none? The 14.5 quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun alone was enough for them to eat a pot.
"The devil's Iron King Eight is here." The soldiers of the Fourth Army who were on guard jumped into the trench from above, and said nervously, it seems that they have suffered the loss of the devil's tank.
"We have anti-tank weapons, don't be nervous." The head of the regiment saw that this person was nervous, so he comforted him.
Anti-tank weapons, Lu Qiang supported 82 recoilless guns, which was more than enough to deal with the Japanese Douding tank, and even the anti-aircraft machine guns could be penetrated.
Two slender tracks, pressed on the floating soil, grinding out two deep marks, the engine rumbled, driving the tank forward, the load-bearing wheels went up and down with the uneven ground of the highlands, the Type 97 50mm short-barreled gun slammed from time to time, and the Type 94 Douding's 7.7mm machine gun was also spitting tongues of fire, and the bullets sneered on the sandbags on the ground.
The Japanese are not as aggressive as before, and they are all moving behind the tanks.
The speed of the Type 94 is faster than other tanks, the fastest is 40km/h, although it is ultralight, but the speed is not as fast as the T-34.
"Bring that cannon up or something." The regiment commander waved his hand and said, he couldn't call out the name of the recoilless gun, so he could only replace it with the name of that or something.
A tube with an inner diameter of 82mm was erected on the tripod, and the barrels were in the bunker, one end was facing the Japanese army, the other end was loaded, and one shell was stuffed in and out.
The operator aimed at a tank through a simple scope, and then pulled the trigger, and the tail of the "tom" recoilless gun spewed out a string of flames, instantly scorching the eyebrows and hair of a approaching warrior. The shell, under reverse thrust, flew towards the aimed tank.
At a distance of less than two hundred meters, the shells ran out in an instant, and then got into a tank and lit this tank into a flare.
Kill a tank, the regiment commander is happy, the tank that has been bothering them in the past, I didn't expect it to be solved so easily, "Okay, quickly, continue to fight." The regiment commander urged, let the recoilless guns continue to fire, and wiped out all the dozen tanks in front of him.
Suffering a sudden blow, the deputy commander of the Japanese army was shocked, and he couldn't care about the coordination of the infantry and Tan, so he hurriedly ordered all the tanks to increase their horsepower, attack at full speed, and break through the opponent's defense line as quickly as possible.
More than 100 meters, although it was uphill, but the slope ratio was not steep, the tank received the order, the driver immediately stepped on the accelerator to the end, the engine ran rapidly, began to spit black smoke, and rushed towards the position in front.
"Hurry up, hurry, that cannon, hurry up, the little devil's Iron King Eight is speeding up." The regiment commander saw the Japanese tanks rushing over and hurriedly called out.
There were only five recoilless guns, but against sixteen tanks, it was obviously very difficult.
"Tom." Another shell was fired, but it was deflected, and the shell grazed the tank and flew towards the Japanese troops behind, killing several of them.
As the tanks got closer and closer, several of the launchers became more and more anxious, and several times they shot out, only ten tanks were knocked out, and six of them still rushed to the position.
As soon as the tank rushed to the position, the devils behind were excited and rushed to the position with a roar, while the fighters in the position had a bitter face.
"Quick, blow up the tank." The regimental commander roared.
"No need, push out those anti-aircraft machine guns, the devil's iron can't block the 14.5mm bullets." Xu Jia opened his mouth and said that he had been assigned to this regiment to teach them how to use some weapons.
"Really?" The head of the regiment is happy, so that no one has to work hard.
Several anti-aircraft machine guns were pushed out again, and by this time the front half of the Japanese tanks had already poked out of the trench.
"Bang Bang Bang !!" The four barrels of the guns spewed fire in unison, and the huge bullets hit the Japanese tanks, and the thin iron sheet could not stop the bullets from the anti-aircraft machine guns at all.
Although the tank was knocked out, the Japanese army had already rushed up, holding the 38 big cover that had been inserted with bayonets, ready to fight with them in hand-to-hand combat.
"Kill !!"
The Japanese rushed up, and they also picked up the sapper shovels, or inserted three edges/army/thorns on the five and a half halfs, and rushed out of the position with a roar.
A hand-to-hand / hand-to-hand combat began, rushing to the front with a sapper shovel, as soon as the two sides touched, the soldier with the sapper shovel dodged the bayonet stabbed by the devil, and at the same time the sapper shovel in his hand split Huashan with force, and smashed it on the head of the little devil, "Bell! The thin steel helmet was suddenly deformed, and a cluster of bright red blood flowed down its head, and the first one to solve it continued to kill the devil.
Melee combat is extremely tragic, either you die or I forget. A shovel went down, the skull opened the brain, Mitsubishi/Army/Thorn is also a bloodletting artifact, inserted in, pulled out, blood swayed from the wound at will, spurting out a few meters away, quite a momentum that does not let go of drying.
The chaotic hand-to-hand army was interspersed with gunfire from time to time, on both sides. It is said that the Japanese army will return the bullets in the magazine when fighting bayonets, but it is just a false rumor.
Due to rifles, the Japanese army required that they should not shoot when fighting bayonets in dense conditions to prevent injury to their own side, but they did not require that the bullets must be returned. According to the memories of veterans who fought with the Japanese army with bayonets, they did not find that the Japanese soldiers returned the bullets, and the Japanese soldiers in World War II also said that there were no such tactical requirements. In the battle for islands in the Pacific Ocean, there are often Japanese soldiers who are trapped and fighting when they run out of ammunition and food, launch a suicidal charge, and are finally killed by a single shot, which is the main reason why there is no bullet in the gun.
Moreover, according to the review of the "Infantry Drill Code" promulgated by the Japanese Army in 1898, 1932, and 1940, there is no provision for returning bullets at all, and the most detailed description of Japan's 1932 edition of the "Infantry Drill Code" is an example, and it is only mentioned when talking about the "assault" of individual soldiers: when the assault is launched, if you hear the order to prepare to shoot, you must open the safety and then shoot according to the shooting order. This means that before an assault is launched, the rifle safety should be turned off instead of requiring the cartridge to be withdrawn.
If you are using a Type 38 rifle to "fight bayonets" and are worried that the rifle safety will be fired after being accidentally touched, then you don't need to use the trick of retracting bullets to solve the problem, just shoot the bullet in the chamber before the white-knuckle battle. At this time, there is still a cartridge case in the chamber, so there is no need to worry about "misfire".
Therefore, the rumor that "the Japanese retreat their bullets when fighting bayonets" is purely a fabrication by some writers and screenwriters. So why is the story of the bullet return mentioned in many memoirs? This is related to the unique structure of the Type 38 rifle.
The Japanese Type 38 rifle is a rotary rear-pull non-automatic magazine type rifle. The recoil is the smallest of the rifles, and the lethality is no different. If Japan had any weapons that could come up with them in World War II, it would be their advanced torpedoes, and the other was the Type 38 rifles in their hands. The safety device of the rifle is a circular bulge located in the tail of the bolt. After opening the bolt and pressing the 5-round magazine from above, it must be locked, and the safety is in a raised vertical position, that is, ready to fire. To close the fuse, simply press down and turn the right 45° on the bump to lock the bolt and firing pin into the fuse. This operation is not complicated, but the misunderstanding about the return of the bullet comes from this link. Since the "38 big cover" needs to press and hold the safety cover with the lower part of the palm of the right hand when closing the fuse, and then rotate it 45° to the right. This action is indeed very similar to the action of rejecting the bullet from a long distance, and it is easy to confuse. Therefore, there were rumors that the Japanese had to return the bullets before fighting the bayonets.
"Smack!" A devil fired a shot, and a blood splashed on the back of a soldier of the Fourth Army, and then weakly let go of the hand that was holding the Japanese soldier's neck. Then this devil was shot in the head with a shovel by a soldier who rushed up from behind, and passed out.
Shooting this devil to death, the warrior was happy, but soon the smile on his face froze, and the warrior was stabbed to death by two days of front and back attacks. The battlefield is so cruel, one second you are still complacent about killing an enemy, but the next second, you go to the underworld to report, uh, the devil is to meet their Aunt Amaterasu.
Pulling out the sapper shovel from the neck of a Japanese soldier who had been cut half by the sapper shovel, he was a little nostalgic for the big knife he used to use, and it was very cool to cut the devil, one by one, and now he used the sapper shovel, which felt not very comfortable.
I looked at the wooden handle that was already stained with blood, my hands were slimy, but they were also a little slippery, and if I cut someone, I would get stuck in the bones, and it would be difficult to pull them out, and my hands would be too slippery. While he was stunned, a bayonet had already been sent into the back of his heart, a gurgle of bright red blood came out of the corner of his mouth, and his brain crashed for a few seconds, and then he fell weakly.
The number of Japanese troops is relatively large, and they are ruthless in fighting bayonets, and the Fourth Army is not bad here, they have eaten and slept well in the past two days, and they are full of energy, plus artifacts such as sapper shovels, and evil spirits such as triangular / army / thorns, plus a breath of energy in the chest, which is on par with the little devils.
But after all, the Japanese army is a large number of people, 38 big cover plus bayonet is about 1 meter 4, compared to the sapper shovel and the three-edged / army / thorn, occupy the advantage of length, so it is not bad, therefore, the people here gradually fell into the mortal, the original one-to-one became a pair of two, one to three, and morale is slowly declining.