Chapter 418: When the Anti-Sweep Goes Burning (5)
"Zheng Zhicai, your second company immediately went around behind the devil for me to cut off the devil's retreat. The www.biquge.info saw three red flares and immediately attacked the devil. Xie Pingcai picked up the phone and ordered Zheng Zhicai, who was guarding behind.
After the death of Li Tianyi, the former commander of the fifth company, Zheng Zhicai took over as the commander of the fifth company, and after the 16th regiment formed the fourth battalion, the companies of the whole regiment were not uniformly sorted, so the original fifth company was numbered as the second battalion and the second company.
"Yes, battalion commander, guarantee to complete the mission." Zheng Zhicai heard the battalion commander order his second company to go around behind the enemy's buttocks, and he immediately blossomed with joy.
After the 2nd Battalion arrived at Jinzhutang, Xie Pingcai only arranged the 1st Company on the hill of Jinzhutang, and the 2nd and 3rd Companies were placed behind the flank, that is, the machine gun company, and only one platoon cooperated with the 1st Company to guard the position.
Just to block the enemy, Xie Ping naturally would not let the whole battalion go up, in his opinion, even a company can block the enemy in two hours to complete the task.
The regiment commander asked his second battalion to Jinzhutang to block the attack, which was completely a knife to kill chickens.
Besides, his second battalion also had an artillery platoon, equipped with four mortars, and the artillery battalion transferred two infantry guns to cooperate with the operation.
With such a large amount of firepower, it would have been easy to hold off enemy reinforcements for two hours.
I have to say that the officers and men of the 16th Regiment, since Liu Tianshu became the commander of the regiment, have fought countless battles with the devils in a row, and the weapons and equipment are getting better and better.
It's just this arrogance, and I don't know whether it's good or bad.
However, when Xie Ping realized that there were only two squadrons of the enemy reinforced, and that he had lost about 100 men in his first round of unexpected strikes, he naturally began to plan to leave this group of enemies behind.
Of course, this will be if the enemy in Maowan Town does not come to reinforce again.
This is also the reason why he kept the main forces of the third company and the machine gun company in his hands.
When Yoshida Matsuhide saw the attacking squad rushing to less than a hundred meters from the mountain, his nerves couldn't help but tighten.
He didn't believe that the New Fourth Army had left, after all, the combat effectiveness displayed by the New Fourth Army that had just blocked it was indeed very strong.
The attacking squad finally reached less than sixty meters from the hill in front of it under the nervous gaze of Yoshida Matsuhide, and all the soldiers began to howl like beasts, preparing for the final charge.
At this moment, a burst of gunpowder smoke suddenly rose from the top of the mountain, and then the sound of gunfire like firecrackers was heard, including the roar of two Type 92 heavy machine guns.
As the gunshots rang out, the soldiers running in front fell one by one, and the soldiers in the back saw the New Fourth Army firing on the hill in front of them, and immediately fell to the ground and shot forward desperately.
Seeing the firepower of the New Fourth Army rising, Yoshida hurriedly shouted at the artillerymen: "Open the artillery, open the artillery, bomb me." ”
As his angry voice sounded, two prepared 92 infantry guns began to bombard the hill, and the shells burst out and flew straight towards the opposite hill, immediately raising a few clouds of smoke on the hill.
Seeing the opposite hill buried in the smoke of the explosion, Yoshida Matsuhide couldn't help but smile.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of shells whistling in the sky, and the artillerymen who were nervously firing their guns heard something different, and when they looked up, they immediately recognized that the shells were flying towards their positions, and they were immediately frightened, and immediately threw down the infantry guns and turned around and ran.
As soon as they ran a few meters, the shells fired by the artillery battalion of the 16th Regiment fell straight down, and as several explosions rang out, Yoshida Matsuhide's two infantry guns were directly blown into parts, and those artillery also lost a third.
If it weren't for the artillery that dodged quickly and cooperated with Yoshida Matsuhide's operation, I am afraid that the entire army would have been wiped out.
Seeing that his artillery was destroyed in the blink of an eye, Yoshida Matsuhide was stunned.
Xie Ping saw that the enemy's artillery position was shrouded in the smoke of the explosion, and he couldn't help but smile excitedly on his face, and shouted that he had fought well.
When the artillery that cooperated with the operation saw that the enemy's infantry artillery had been knocked out, they immediately turned their guns and began to bombard the group of devils gathered in the distance, and at the same time, the New Fourth Army began to shoot flares into the sky.
Those devils who were lying on the ground and were about to wait until the shelling stopped and began to charge, when they heard a violent explosion behind them, they couldn't help but look back and see smoke rising from the artillery positions behind them, and at the same time, the troops that were preparing to enter the battle also began to raise columns of smoke one after another, and the artillery of their own troops did not make a sound again.
The leader of the devil squad immediately knew that the situation was not good, and if he didn't retreat, when the New Fourth Army in front launched a counter-charge, his squad would be more than lucky.
As soon as he withdrew, the remaining thirty or so soldiers immediately got up from the ground, turned around and ran backwards.
When Zuo Guanglong saw that the devil was about to run, he immediately waved his gun, shouted to rush, and quickly charged with a company.
The devil heard the loud shouts of the New Fourth Army behind him, and he smeared oil under his feet, but unfortunately Zuo Guanglong thought of his company of comrades who died in the bombardment of the devil just now, and he was already furious, and he took a company to pursue while shooting, and chased for 300 meters, and saw the dozen or so devils who had fled to meet with their main force, so he ordered to stop the pursuit.
However, he did not let the fighters return to their positions, but immediately looked for cover on the spot and fought fiercely with the receiving troops of the devils.
At this time, the New Fourth Army had artillery support, and the devil's 92 infantry gun had been destroyed, even its heavy machine gun, as long as it showed its head, it would also be hit by artillery.
Xie Ping saw that the devil had begun to fall into confusion under the blow of the artillery, and immediately ordered the third company to kill from the side, and at the same time let the trumpeter blow the trumpet.
Yoshida Matsuhide heard the New Fourth Army's charge horn sounding in the night sky, and couldn't help but glance at it in a panic, and saw that the New Fourth Army was rushing out while shooting on the side. After his own troops were shelled by the New Fourth Army, the casualties of the troops increased rapidly, and if they did not retreat, the remaining more than 100 people would probably have to be confessed here.
Yoshida Matsuhide ordered the communications corps to report to the wing commander in an emergency, while desperately shrinking his troops and preparing to flee in a car.
It's a pity that at this moment, Xie Ping had already come to his senses and ordered the artillery to concentrate artillery fire on the devil's car.
Mortars and infantry guns continued to fire, and in the blink of an eye, all the cars parked on the road were blown up, and the poor wounded soldiers who were ordered by Yoshida Matsuhide to send them to the cars saw the shells flying, and they were directly blown up in horror.
Yoshida Matsuhide saw that his car was all blown up, and he couldn't help but shout no angrily, and then two tears rained down and he knelt on the ground at once.
If he hadn't ordered the wounded soldiers to get into the car first, the wounded soldiers would not have suffered this fate. It was he who sent them to hell with his own hands.
Seeing that the retreating transport had been destroyed, Yoshida Matsuhide stood in front of the communications corps, anxiously waiting for the wing commander's call back.
After a while, the wing commander's call back arrived, and he told Yoshida Matsuhide that Xiongba Village had been lost, and asked him to withdraw to Maowan Town immediately, and the wing had sent troops to meet him.
Matsuhide Yoshida looked at the message, and his heart was miserable.
When waiting for the order of the wing just now, the soldiers guarding the periphery had already fought fiercely with the rushing New Fourth Army, and the imperial soldiers who had lost artillery support were not opponents of the New Fourth Army at all under the impact of the other side's raining shells.
Fortunately, after the New Fourth Army and its own troops fought fiercely, the shells of the New Fourth Army may have been afraid of accidentally injuring their own people, so they no longer fired at them, but the light and heavy machine guns of the grenadiers on both sides were in a ball.
It's a pity that this is the face-to-face, it seems that his own troops don't have the upper hand, he sees that the New Fourth Army is constantly approaching, and there are fewer and fewer soldiers around him.
After taking a deep breath, Yoshida Matsuhide drew his command knife, swung it violently towards the south, shouted to kill Gege, and quickly ran south along the road with more than eighty soldiers.
As for the soldiers who were entangled with the New Fourth Army on the flanks and behind, they could no longer care about it at this time. Because if he hadn't broken through before the New Fourth Army had been encircled, I was afraid that his brigade would have to be handed over here.
Xie Ping saw that Yoshida Matsuhide began to break through, and a triumphant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Zheng Zhicai saw that the devils began to flee, and even commanded the whole company to rush forward desperately, and the third company, under the command of the company commander Ling Yixuan, also began to charge, leaving the devils who were entangled in the New Fourth Army, where could they resist, in less than five minutes, they were eaten clean by the two companies.
Seeing that the enemy in front of him had been eliminated, Zheng Zhicai and Ling Yixuan glanced at each other from a distance, and then Zheng Zhicai commanded the troops to clean up the battlefield, and Ling Yixuan commanded three companies to chase after them.
The devils who escaped had no fighting spirit, and there were only about eighty people, and there were two companies in front of them to intercept them, Ling Yixuan knew that this group of devils would be in a catastrophe.
Sure enough, Yoshida Matsuhide saw the New Fourth Army chasing after him, and immediately ordered the troops to run forward desperately, and at this moment, three red signal flares rose in the sky.
The second company, which was preparing to intercept in front, suddenly appeared, and a rain of bullets swooped down on it, knocking down a large number of devils who were desperately running forward, and the remaining devils raised their heads in panic to see that countless New Fourth Army had been killed, and their ears were full of fierce gunfire, the explosion of grenades, and the explosion of shells from grenadiers in the crowd.
Yoshida saw this scene, his face turned pale, he knew that he had encountered the main force of the 16th Regiment, and glanced at the soldiers around him who were full of frightened colors, he was like a beast, shouted to kill Gege, and took the remaining twenty or so devils, quickly retreated the bullets, and rushed towards the second company without fear.
Zheng Zhicai saw that the devil wanted to play white-knuckle warfare, and couldn't help but smile contemptuously, but the regiment commander said that the emphasis on the battlefield is to use the most agile method to destroy the enemy, and there is no need to talk about the spirit of bushido, let alone show what kind of face and other vain things, there are bullets and don't need to compare bayonets with devils.
"Machine gun preparation." As Zheng Zhicai's cold voice sounded, the three light machine gunners suddenly flashed out, and their cold muzzles were aimed at the ghost soldiers who were getting closer and closer.
When Yoshida Matsuhide saw that the New Fourth Army on the opposite side did not put on the bayonet at all, but jumped out of three machine gunners with crooked handles, and suddenly fell into an ice cellar.
He never dreamed that the New Fourth Army he was facing would be so unmartial and not give himself a chance to fight a fair duel at all.
It's just that at this time, he was already riding a tiger, so he had to shout to kill Gege, and rushed forward quickly with his command knife.
With the crisp sound of gunshots, all the dust fell to the ground, and only Yoshida Matsuhide's thin coward's voice quickly drifted away in the night sky. (To be continued.) )