Chapter 445: Secret Mission
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Realizing that the target had been exposed and that it was impossible to further touch the Japanese position, the special operations detachments stopped one after another to operate suppressive fire on the Japanese troops.
Because the time was too short, the Japanese army had no time to build any defensive positions, and each squad of the special operations detachment was equipped with three light machine guns, and each infantry company of the fifth regiment was equipped with two heavy machine guns and three light machine guns.
The rest of the Japanese soldiers lay on the ground one after another, unable to lift their heads under the pressure of light and heavy machine guns. The sharpshooters of each special operations squad fired.
For these riflemen who are both talented and fed with a lot of bullets. Shooting at a fixed target at more than 100 meters, even if it does not reach 100 shots, the hit rate can exceed 90 percent.
In the dense machine-gun fire, almost every bullet fired by the rifleman, a Japanese soldier lying on the ground was hit, lying on the ground motionless with a muffled grunt.
In the blink of an eye, the tide of battle was turned upside down.
The officers and men of the Fifth Regiment, who had lost a lot of people at the beginning, were like divine help at this time, and under the cover of the special operations detachment, they almost did not pay much loss, and they easily rushed in front of the Japanese army.
After dozens of grenades flew into the Japanese positions and exploded, the ten infantry squads of the Japanese army that were attacked were dealt devastating blows one after another.
Because the whole attack started very abruptly and ended very quickly.
Gunners, who did not have much combat power, perhaps thought that the infantry would ensure that they could safely repel the sneak attackers. Busy, they were still on the position to set up artillery shells and carry shells.
When the Liaodong army wiped out the infantry with lightning speed and surrounded them.
Armed with only a handful of rifles, they had no way to fight back.
As soon as they made any abnormal move, especially the Japanese artillery armed with rifles, they would immediately be attacked by a fatal bullet from the special operations detachment.
Under the coercion and lure of the Fifth Regiment and the Special Operations Detachment, the Japanese artillery with less than 2,000 men left finally surrendered to the Liaodong Army in pieces.
"Captain Zhang, we won, so many heavy artillery and field artillery, it will be ours in the future!" Looking at the rows of artillery in front of him, the commander of the fifth regiment said with excitement and satisfaction.
Because, he has joined the Liaodong Army for so long and has never fought such a smooth battle.
Except for the beginning, in the subsequent attack, the Japanese army was completely suppressed and could not move.
An offensive in this case, in the opinion of the regiment commander, was not an attack at all, but a march of arms.
Zhang Shanlin first nodded, then shook his head, and finally replied under the puzzled gaze of the fifth regiment leader.
"The battle is over, but our mission is not over......"
"Isn't the task to capture all the artillery of the two artillery wings of the Japanese army? What other tasks? The fifth regiment leader asked with a puzzled expression.
Zhang Shanlin shook his head and replied: "This is just the beginning, the next is the key to the task...... Whether we can completely annihilate the more than 10,000 Japanese troops outside Liaoyang depends on whether we can complete our next tasks well. ”
After finishing speaking, Zhang Shanlin didn't explain, and directly ordered: "Commander Xu, next, we will definitely be counterattacked by the Japanese army here, and I will send two brigades to defend around the artillery position." ”
"Our task is that no matter how many troops the Japanese send to snatch two artillery wings, we will defeat them and kill and wound them in large numbers......"
"In order to strengthen your defensive firepower, use all the light and heavy machine guns captured by the Japanese army around, don't waste them."
"What about you, Captain Zhang?" Head Xu subconsciously asked.
Zhang Shanlin no longer concealed it, and replied directly: "After a while, the artillery shelled more than 10,000 of them outside Liaoyang City with more than 100 artillery pieces captured by the Japanese army, forcing them to attack us and rob these two artillery wings.
The head of the fifth regiment, Xu Tuan, finally showed a sudden realization expression on his face.
"I understand that our secret mission is to be a decoy to attract Japanese troops to attack and kill and injure them in large numbers."
"When the battle is almost over, the main force will attack the Japanese from the periphery and destroy them in one fell swoop......"
Speaking of this, Commander Xu already showed a wry smile on his face, and said to Zhang Shanlin: "I originally thought that following your special operations detachment out must be a cheap task. I didn't expect there to be a hard battle, it seems that I have to prepare for more than half of the casualties of the troops? ”
Zhang Shanlin replied calmly: "When did you see the task performed by the special operations detachment simple?" ”
"That's right......" Regiment Commander Xu's face slowly became serious, and he said to Zhang Shanlin: "The task is difficult, and the losses that the troops may face will be very large, but I like it." ”
"Captain Zhang, after all, there are more than a hundred heavy artillery pieces here, and you only have a brigade of 300 people left, can you let all these cannons fire? Do you want to leave some more people, I just need all the machine guns and machine gunners that the special operations detachment is equipped with! ”
"It takes three gunners for a field gun to fire properly, and a howitzer needs at least five people to fire. I have a brigade of 300 people, and not everyone in it can fire, so it is definitely not enough. Zhang Shanlin replied without thinking about it.
"However, I don't plan on letting the three hundred team members go straight to the gunners. Otherwise, what are we doing with so many Japanese artillerymen? ”
Commander Xu was shocked, and said with a worried face: "Let the Japanese artillery shell your own infantry, Captain Zhang, you can really think of it." However, I was afraid that the Japanese artillery would not follow orders. ”
Zhang Shanlin said with a nonchalant face: "Being able to surrender to us shows that these Japanese are afraid of death." As long as they're scared of death, I can get them to fire. ”
"Just do as I said. You have only half an hour to repair the position, and after half an hour, the artillery opens fire on time. ”
At first, the captured Japanese artillerymen refused to fire at their colleagues outside the city.
Zhang Shanlin did not hesitate at all, and directly stabbed several Japanese officers with the strongest opposition with bayonets, and the remaining Japanese soldiers immediately became honest with fearful expressions.
Subsequently, two to three special combat personnel were responsible for monitoring the Japanese artillery on one gun position, urging them to continue to set up the artillery and readjust the angle of the artillery firing.
In Liaoyang City, the Japanese army had retreated for more than two hours.
At the head of the city, thousands of soldiers of the Liaodong Army took advantage of this time that could end at any time to rest and replenish their strength.
Yang Xingguo came to the head of the city again and climbed the city wall.
"Commander, why are you here, it's dangerous here, don't you trust me Yuan Lei, come to supervise the battle......" As soon as Yang Xingguo appeared, Yuan Lei, who was startled, said with a worried face.
Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "I know what you are worried about, with you Yuan Lei staying here, I have nothing to worry about." The reason why I came here now is to tell you that I am going to fight a counterattack and destroy the Japanese army outside the city! (To be continued.) )