Chapter Seventy-Nine: Stopping the Bloody Battle
On the main road, the Japanese puppet army continued to advance in the snow half a foot deep. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info looked tired one by one, and his steps became heavier and heavier.
The Imperial Allied Army was even more unbearable, embarrassed, and staggering. Carrying heavy equipment and wearing heavy spiked boots, the long-distance march in the cold wind and snow was simply a physical torture for the Japanese puppet army. The puppet army with poor physical fitness has soldiers falling one after another, but no one pays attention.
During these several hours of marching, the Imperial Allied Army was placed in front and on both sides, acting as a "meat screen" to shield the attack. The devils forced the Imperial Allies to advance in the middle. The harassing attacks did not stop completely, except for the occasional landmines, and groups of two or three attackers casting cold guns. But the devil didn't care about it, and urged forward vigorously.
Some of the wounded soldiers of the Imperial Association were lying on the ground screaming and crawling all over the ground, the seriously wounded or lying waiting to die, and the lightly wounded struggling to keep their lives and follow the advance. Dissatisfaction and weariness grew among the puppet army, and it was only because of the obscenity and ferocity of the Japanese devils that they continued to hurry numbly.
Shimada's mood was no more relaxed than that of his subordinates, and he was very irritable as he saw the strength of his troops weakening. He could naturally see the fatigue of the soldiers, and he also wanted to let the troops rest and reorganize for a while. But time is pressing, and if we can't get to safety before the failure of the rear blockade, and wait until the enemy is flooding in, and when the enemy is completely arranged, it will be a disaster.
There should be no mercy for the soldiers, they only exist as tools to fulfill the will of the commander. In the bottom of his heart, Shimada repeatedly ordered himself: stay calm, strengthen your faith, defeat the enemy in front of you, and open the way.
When the number of attacks from the front suddenly increased and the intensity suddenly increased, Shimada realized that a big war was coming. He frowned and looked around, his whole body shaking slightly. Including the locust army, the soldiers looked tired one by one, and the Imperial Alliance Army was even more frightened, and his eyes were sluggish and cloudy.
After pondering for a moment, Shimada ordered his troops to slow down and take the opportunity to regain their strength and adjust their combat posture. It is not possible to stop and rest, and once you relax in the wild in this cold winter, you will not be able to get up again for a while. He sensed that due to the cold and heavy snow, as well as the endless harassing attacks of the enemy, the sharpness and fighting spirit of the troops were drastically declining.
And his strong drive regardless of the life and death of his subordinates has made the soldiers tired and disgusted. After all, soldiers are also human beings and have the ability to think, and it is self-deception to close their eyes and not let them think. With such a depressed mood, dragging such a tired body, and colliding head-on with the enemy in front of you, what will be the result is indeed a very worrying thing.
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In front of the position, shouts of killing were accompanied by artillery fire and gunfire, and limbs, snow and dust, blood, and dirt continued to fly into the air......
The men and horses led by Yang Tianfeng waited for work, and patted the cleared snow into a simple horizontal trench to block the enemy strongly.
Whether it is physical strength or preparation, this has a relatively obvious advantage over the enemy who marches continuously! It was somewhat regrettable that although the detachment led by Chen Dalong met with Yang Tianfeng before the enemy, the physical strength of the officers and men was very great, and the original tactics of frontal blocking and flanking attack could only be adjusted and not carried out synchronously.
Under the cover of concentrated artillery fire, the Japanese devils supervised and coerced the Imperial Allied Army to launch charges again and again, and countless corpses fell, and finally broke through the first line of defense arranged by the three columns. In one fell swoop, the enemy continued to attack the second line of defense, only to be stopped by more dense and heavy fire.
With red eyes and howling with a command sword, Da Mu organized the defeated Imperial Alliance Army and attacked again in the rain of bullets.
Shimada held up the binoculars, his hands trembling slightly. The opponent's position was very tenacious, and in terms of light firepower, it was not weaker than theirs. In particular, the kind of weapons that sprayed one piece at a time, and the rain of grenades at a distance of thirty or forty meters, caused a lot of damage to their own side.
The offensive is killing the tired soldiers; Rest on the spot, and the enemy on all sides will surround more and more, and tighten the noose; asked for help, except for the locust army in the county seat, which was less than a small team, and the more than 200 imperial alliance troops who could not fight, there were no soldiers to save; Besides, it's too late!
"Report to Your Excellency." The artillery officer ran over and interrupted Shimada's thoughts, and his words were anxious, "Your Excellency, there are not many shells left......
"Yaga!" Shimada angrily interrupted the untimely and troubled subordinate, eager to shoot the bastard.
So far, only artillery is superior to the opponent and is the backbone and pillar of the covering offensive. Once there is no artillery support, the offensive will become more difficult.
Until now, Shimada still doesn't know how the locust cavalry squad, which was escorting supplies and supporting the battle, was defeated by the enemy, and did not escape from the news.
"Continue the bombardment and support the offensive." Shimada gritted his teeth and gave an order, where is there room for reservations now, taking advantage of the fierceness of breaking through a defensive line, and continuing to attack in one go, the only way to survive is to survive.
The second line of defense was broken through by the enemy half an hour later, and the heavy casualties almost collapsed the Imperial Army, and the overseer's Oki was also shot by the snipers of the Third Column. Who made him jump and jump and toss the most!
Facing the last line of defense, the Imperial Alliance army was repulsed after two consecutive attacks, and the devils who supervised the battle were also killed by snipers. Shimada found that the opponent's blocking fire was stronger, and the enemy on the flanks began to move and began to contain the attack.
Multiple lines of defense and echelon defense are not Yang Tianfeng's whims, but the tactics of the Soviet army in World War II that he borrowed. He remembered a military program he had watched in his previous life, talking about the Soviet Union's defensive tactics against the German army in World War II -- echelon defense. When one line of defense is breached or about to be lost, the defenders quickly retreat to the second line of defense, then to the third line.
In this way, the defenders of each line will become stronger and stronger, and the momentum of the enemy's attack will gradually weaken due to attrition. At the end of the day, the enemy will be faced with a formidable defensive force, and the enemy will be the last of the crossbows.
Yang Tianfeng remembers that this defensive pattern was shown on TV in an animated way, one after another black belts were broken by arrows, and then the broken black belts retreated, and the latter black belts converged and became thicker, and the cycle continued, and the final black belts were as thick as a wall.
"Brothers of the puppet army, our thousands of troops have surrounded you through the storm, you have no way to retreat, don't be cannon fodder for devils." Propaganda warfare began on the opposite position with loudspeakers, "Those who surrender with raised hands, we will not search their bodies, we will not kill prisoners, we will stay if we want, and we will leave if we want; If you fight back, if you kill a Japanese soldier, we will reward you with 20 oceans, and if you kill a devil officer, we will reward you with 50 oceans......"
āā¦ā¦ Don't miss the opportunity, don't miss it again, act quickly, there are only a few devils left, and you seven or eight can kill them by fighting one. Straighten your back, be a Chinese man, don't be a traitor, throw your life in this wilderness, it's not even worth a fart! Think of your relatives at home, they are all waiting for you to go back! Throw your life here, how will your family live......"
In normal times, Shimada and other Japanese would not take these psychological warfare propaganda and agitation seriously. However, the change in the situation now makes them have to bear their hearts.
The Imperial Army's will to fight is very weak, which is related to their hasty formation time and lack of training, but their biggest weakness is that they do not have a strong and unshakable faith. In order to eat, or there are many people who want to be opportunistic and fish in troubled waters, such troops can increase their momentum when they are successful, and they will also collapse and disturb the morale of the army when they fail.
Shimada and other Japanese officers glanced sharply at the several Imperial Allied Army officers in front of them, looking at their faces, several Imperial Allied Army officers were not stupid, although there were various thoughts in their hearts, they still immediately straightened their chests, put away their horror, and pretended to be brave and impassioned.
"Ladies and gentlemen." Shimada said majestically, "Although the attack is a small setback, do not lose confidence. The enemy is just deceiving our army to be tired, and they are also supporting to the limit. Reinforcements from the county town will soon arrive, and the front and rear flanking attacks will surely inflict heavy damage on the enemy. After a pause, Shimada glanced around and continued: "Each of them will go back and organize their troops, and relaunch the attack in half an hour." ā
It's not that Shimada doesn't want to scatter the Imperial soldiers in his hands and mix them with the Imperial Allied Army, guarding against and suppressing the sluggish battle of the Imperial Allied Army, as well as possible abnormal movements. But now he has very few combatable soldiers in his hands, this is his most reliable force, and those Imperial Allied troops can only be maintained by one or two Japanese soldiers.
"After two attacks, the imperial army is all pressed, and the death squad is selected, and the enemy on the opposite side must be defeated and a bloody road must be rushed." Shimada watched the officers of the Imperial Allied Army leave, and then gave an order to the Japanese officers in a deep voice, "Kobayashi-kun, you will be in command." ā
"Hello!" Kobayashi bowed his head and answered.
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"This is already the last line of defense, and the devil may have to fight hard!" Yang Tianfeng summoned the officers to make the final arrangements, "The Imperial Association Army will probably still be cannon fodder in front, and then all the devils may be dispatched, and there may be daredevils with grenades tied to rush into battle." Prepare all the weapons, all the personnel are ready, smash the enemy to pieces with a hammer, and the battle will be won! ā
"When the devils attack, hit hard, no need to save ammunition. White-knuckle combat can be unavoidable, and the combatants wear stab-proof vests. ā
"Once all the devils are on charge, Wang Guang, bombard them with mortars. Now it's time for the final battle, and there is no need to save shells. ā
A suicide* attack with a grenade strapped? Song Qingpu and the others really hadn't seen each other, looked at each other, and hurriedly gathered a group of dazzling eye organs, shell guns, and ******, and the capable personnel also gathered behind the defense line, ready to deal with the crazy devils.
As soon as the arrangement was completed, the puppet army launched another attack under the strict pressure of the devils, and this time there was no artillery cover, it was a contest of light weapons against light weapons.
The attacks of Chen's detachment on the flanks became more and more fierce, and although the Imperial Allied Army was supervised by Japanese advisers, it also showed signs of defeat and was about to collapse.
"Boom, boom, boom...... The mortars carried by Chen's detachment hurriedly bombarded and smashed more than a dozen shells into the area where the enemy was concentrated.
This round of artillery fire not only killed and injured a number of enemies, but also injured Shimada, and most importantly, blew up the devil's radio station, causing it to lose contact with the county seat.
The battle was still fierce, with machine guns, rifles, grenades, and blood thrown in the snow, making for a brutal battle scene.
Relying on simple fortifications, relying on personnel and firepower that were not inferior to the enemy, the defenders on the position were like a boulder and a nail, so that the two attacks of the Imperial Allied Army received heavy setbacks without exception! Before you know it, the front of the position is quickly filled with bloody corpses!
"Boom, boom, boom......" The ferocious nature of the Japanese erupted, and without waiting for the Imperial Allied army to retreat, they poured all the remaining shells onto the positions in front. Then, the wolf howled, and the devil broke out, launching a ferocious and frantic attack regardless of casualties.
The shells were quickly finished, and the Japanese sent out death squads with strips of cloth wrapped around their heads to open the way, and these human flesh* bombs covered with grenades screamed and charged, and launched a fierce attack on the positions of the three columns.
The mortars of the three columns began to bombard, and each shell fell, bringing with it a rush of snow, flesh, broken cloth, and gun parts.
Xiao Lin was bleeding from his face, his eyes were red, and he was howling with a command knife, although the puppet army on the flank had collapsed, and the troops of the three columns were blocking the attack, he did not admit defeat. The Imperial Army only needs to strike with all its strength to make a breakthrough.
"Rush up, stand up." Song Qingpu and Guo Songlin roared with their elites to greet them.
"Brothers, if there is a seed, I will pick out all the devils." Yang Tianfeng led the sixty-seven new forces to also shout forward, stabilizing the already shaky defensive line.
"Kill!" "Kill, kill!" Hundreds of angry men kept roaring.
"Kill the giggles!" Xiao Lin howled, brandished his command knife, and led the devils to collide head-on with a force of imperial alliances.
The bright bayonets, the blood-red eyes, and the crazy soldiers who have become beasts, the two sides are about to collide together. Xiao Lin was so angry that he rushed to his head, the imperial army's stabbing technique can fight three, four, and five ...... Moreover, the other party's formation was a little loose, it was really a layman and stupid, he showed a cruel smile.
Twenty or thirty bayonets in front of them suddenly stopped, and at a distance of more than 20 meters, from behind the soldiers holding bayonets flashed out with flower traps, ******, and box guns......
In Xiao Lin's suddenly stunned and frightened eyes, the opponent opened fire violently, and the dense bullets and sprayed iron sand stopped the devil who was rushing fiercely at once.
Xiao Lin was shot several times, his mouth was wide open, he fell to the ground with a thud, gurgling in his throat, and he didn't say the curse "despicable" in the end.
The sudden and violent attack was fatal, not only causing heavy casualties to the devils, but also extinguishing their burning fighting spirit and frenzied fighting spirit.
After the intensive firing, the two sides were already close to each other, and a series of screams and the clashing of knives and guns rang out, mixed with the sound of the rash man's bayonet entering the flesh.
After the battle, they were suddenly attacked at close range, and there were not many devil soldiers left, but these guys screamed and took out the last madness.
The course of the battle is bloody and fast, and bayonet fighting is different from martial arts competitions, many times it is to hedge each other with rifles with bayonets, and solve each other in a split second, or be solved by the other party.
With stab-proof vests, training is also effective, and the number of people is also superior, in the white-knuckle fighting, the capital that the Japanese devils have always been arrogant, they not only did not take advantage, but suffered a big loss.
Stabbing the opponent and being blocked by the stab-proof vest, the devil often has a short period of shock and stunned, but this momentary hesitation is also fatal in white-bladed combat. The people who can catch and fight are all powerful characters, and the two sides of the melee add up to only a few dozen people, but it will be unforgettable for the fighters who have experienced this battle.
Song Qingpu stabbed a devil fiercely, this was a feint, but he did it very realistically. This devil stared at the vicious eyes and pulled it out, and as soon as the weapon touched slightly, Song Qingpu suddenly retracted his momentum, and quickly stabbed out again, with great force.
The devil's strength has been used up, and he can barely pull out his gun again, but he can't shake this thunderous blow again. With a pop, coolness and severe pain came from his chest, and the black-eyed devil fell to the ground, with unwillingness, the old devil opened his eyes wide, looked at the sky, and stopped breathing.
Guo Songlin also faced a devil, this devil's body was short, and his arms were not as long as him, and he suffered a great loss in martial arts, and was forced to retreat step by step by Guo Songlin's several false thorns, his feet slipped, and he actually fell to the ground with his face on his back. With a forward sliding step, Guo Songlin nailed the devil to the ground, stabbing so hard that the bayonet was stuck.
A bayonet sneaked up on his side, Guo Songlin hurriedly dodged, fortunately there was a stab-proof vest, but he just tore his coat. A soldier of the special combat team shouted violently and pulled out the devil's bayonet to relieve Guo Songlin of danger.
Guo Songlin took advantage of the situation to stand firm, and the bayonet stood forward, forming a two-to-one situation. One defends, one attacks, only one shines on the face, Guo Songlin strides a horizontal gun, the butt of the gun slammed into the devil's face, blood spurted out from the devil's mouth and nose, and several broken teeth fell to the ground. The warrior thrust hard, stabbing the devil to the ground.
The gunfire rang out again, and this was the opportunistic tactic of taking advantage of the advantage of fighting more and fighting less. The bayonets were used to hold the enemy, while the soldiers behind reloaded their magazines and killed the enemy with box guns.
After the last devil was killed, fatigue, fear, and the cruelty of white-knuckle combat finally broke the will of the Imperial Army. Chen Dalong urged the troops and gave the enemy another hard blow on the flank, the enemy has fallen into the heavy encirclement of the enemy on both sides, and what awaits them will be total annihilation!
"It's over, and finally it's a failure." Shimada sighed and pulled out a small rib.
The Third Column launched a general attack, and the Imperial Allied Army completely collapsed, either scurrying east and west, or simply kneeling and surrendering. The Japanese devils were wiped out, and they were also sucked off their backbones and broke the dog's gall. (To be continued.) )