Chapter 389: The Test of Life and Death (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything!) ）

Although Sukegawa Shizuji was also startled by the powerful bullets fired from the position of the Eighth Route Army, through the binoculars he could clearly see that there were several more machine gun positions on the positions of the people on the opposite side, and the one that was firing was actually the Type 93 anti-aircraft machine gun made in the empire.

The people of China actually used anti-aircraft machine guns to hit the infantry, no wonder it was so powerful. If it had been put on hold, Sukegawa Shizuji would definitely have ordered the troops to retreat as soon as possible, but now that he was ready to fly, he could only attack hard.

There is no way to do this, the order of the superior is one thing, and more importantly, Sukegawa Shizuji has been in the Imperial Special Heavy Machine Gun Unit before, so he himself is extremely familiar with the Type 93 anti-aircraft machine gun. Knowing that this cold-blooded weapon is mainly used against aircraft, its range is as high as 6,000 meters, which means that even if they retreat now, it is impossible to withdraw the range of anti-aircraft machine guns.

Secondly, it is on a gentle slope, and the Chinese set up a machine-gun position halfway up the mountain, with an extremely wide field of vision. Suffice it to say, within a radius of five kilometers are within the range of these anti-aircraft machine guns, so it is simply not feasible to retreat, and the more you retreat, the more dangerous it becomes. Rushing forward is the most feasible, after all, you only need to charge 500 meters forward.

In addition, Sukegawa Shizuji could see clearly that the Eighth Route Army did not seem to have many such special machine guns, and there were only about 20 of them in a two-kilometer-long position. So they still have a chance, as long as they seize this opportunity, anyway, today he is mentally prepared for heavy casualties.

But it's useless for Shizuji Sukegawa to figure it out by himself, and all the people in the Japanese puppet army have to figure it out. Obviously, not many people in this era knew about anti-aircraft machine guns, and after seeing such a terrible sight, the puppet army inevitably collapsed.

Sukegawa Shizuji could see that if these hateful Imperial Allies were allowed to withdraw, it would be a devastating blow to the morale of the troops. Immediately, Sukegawa Shizuji ordered the gendarmerie to immediately enforce battlefield discipline, and all those who stagnated or even turned around and fled, whether they were the Imperial Allied Army or the Japanese army, were all shot.

Soon, hundreds of people were killed because they retreated and fled, and the speed of the Japanese puppet army's charge increased again under the suppression of Sukegawa Jing's second strong. However, the Eighth Route Army would not stop attacking because of their courage, and the soldiers would only pull the trigger more frantically and fire the last bullet in the chain.

The Japanese army charged for three minutes at a distance of 200 meters, and the Japanese puppet army suffered heavy casualties on the 200-meter charge, and at least a quarter of the troops fell on the road. After all, the rate of fire and power of anti-aircraft machine guns are really terrifying, although the rate of fire of 450 rounds a minute is not as good as ordinary machine guns, but often a bullet can kill and injure several soldiers, and the effect is surprisingly good against the infantry groups that charge intensively.

It was easy to enter the range of 300 meters, and the Japanese finally began to return fire, but at this time the regiment of the 275th Brigade, which had already been prepared, also opened fire. Compared with the sparse anti-aircraft machine guns, the firepower of the 275 Brigade Regiment is undoubtedly more powerful.

The charge continued, and the Japanese artillery had apparently noticed the anti-aircraft machine gun positions, and as the Japanese artillery aimed their guns at the anti-aircraft machine gun positions, the anti-aircraft battalions suffered casualties.

When an anti-aircraft machine gun was blown into a pile of scrap metal by several consecutive shells of the Japanese army, Xue Dabiao also understood the Japanese army's intentions, and immediately ordered the anti-aircraft machine gun to do a good job of concealment, and then simply lifted out several heavy machine guns arranged in the only remaining pillboxes in the last battle, and let the anti-aircraft machine gun group be stationed in the bunker group, so that although the role of anti-aircraft machine gun air defense was lost, it ensured that the anti-aircraft machine gun was not destroyed by ground artillery fire.

The Japanese charge lasted for nearly an hour, and the Japanese once tore a hole more than 100 meters wide in the first-line position, but in the end it was pressed down by the reinforcements who arrived at the second-line position, and after the troops paid an extremely heavy price, Sukegawa Shizuji had to give the order to retreat, and at this time the more than 4,000 Japanese puppet troops who launched the charge were left with less than 1,000 people.

Of course, the madness of the Japanese army also caused an extremely heavy price to the first regiment, with more than 1,000 casualties in the regiment, and there were less than 800 people who could still move the front-line position, and all the rest were carried out of the position, including Lin Zhijian, the commander of the first regiment, which is also the highest officer in the Suicha Military Region who has sacrificed his position so far.

After the Japanese troops withdrew at half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, the front line of Nanguan finally fell into a rare calm. The Japanese army was unable to attack, and the defenders' two defensive lines plus the air defense battalion, the total strength was only more than 1,500 people, and the total number of dead and wounded exceeded 2,500.

Although the battle of Nanguan is over for the time being, the battle in Houhe continues.

"Boom Boom"

Shells kept falling on the defenders' positions, but Huang Yuhu and the others were not afraid in the slightest. This was already the sixth Japanese attack in the morning, and both sides were exhausted and were holding on by will.

Whether it is Huang Yuhu or Fukugen Hyotaro, they are very clear about their mission, and one side is eager to make a breakthrough in order to win back a game in this big battle. One side is ordered to defend to the death, and even if there is the last person left, the red flag must fly on the position. Both sides received orders to die, and spears and shields fought to the death in Houhe, a palm-sized place.

Compared with the Japanese army, Huang Yuhu's second battalion took advantage of the time and place, and also had a certain advantage in firepower, but the strength was only more than 600 people, which was one-sixth of the Japanese puppet army, and more importantly, the first battalion lacked strong artillery support, and the whole battalion only had 8 mortars and more than 20 grenadiers in an artillery company directly under the second regiment, while the Japanese army on the opposite side had four Type 92 infantry guns and more than 20 mortars.

Not only did the number of artillery far exceed Huang Yuhu's headquarters, but the Japanese also had an obvious advantage in quality. Therefore, after the battle began, Huang Yuhu wisely ordered the artillery to be concealed and standby, and the target must not be exposed without an order.

Huang Yuhu is not in a hurry at all, although several Japanese attacks have caused a lot of casualties, according to the data reported by the four company commanders just now, a total of 72 people were killed, another 118 were wounded, and 190 soldiers were lost, including 2 officers and 3 non-commissioned officers, accounting for almost one-third of the soldiers of the second battalion.

But seeing the corpses of the Japanese puppet army all over the field before the position, the number of dead will definitely not be less than 600 people, counting the wounded soldiers, the loss of the Japanese puppet army should be between 1,000 people, and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us is 5:1.

Huang Yuhu was born in the Northeast Army, and the number of times he dealt with the Japanese army was not once or twice. He knew very well how amazing this ratio was, and at the same time he had a clearer understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.

To be honest, he was originally a little dissatisfied with his current position, knowing that when he came to join the Eighth Route Army, he came with more than 1,600 brothers. Although the weapons and equipment are not good, they can also achieve one gun per person, which is only stronger than many newly formed regiments of the Eighth Route Army, not to mention that although his brothers are bandits, they are all trained by him in the training methods of the regular army.

So according to the original prediction, Ma Zheng should at least give him a regiment leader. Moreover, he Huang Yuhu was already a captain company commander when he was in the Northeast Army in 31 years, if he didn't leave the Northeast Army, he should be at least a lieutenant colonel regiment deputy or colonel regiment commander now, it is said that one of his iron buddies has now become a major general brigade commander.

But he didn't expect Ma Zheng to only give him a battalion commander, but fortunately, the atmosphere of the Eighth Route Army was good, and he was the commander of the main battalion, so Huang Yuhu finally accepted it. However, after several battles, Huang Yuhu became more and more fond of the battalion in his hand, although this battalion only had 600 people, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it was only stronger than his previous team of 1,600 people.

Not to mention commanding a battalion with such a strong force, even if it is worth being a company commander, grandma's, this battle is really enjoyable, and it is much more relieving than staying in the Northeast Army. But what Huang Yuhu didn't know was that there would be a life-and-death test waiting for him next. (To be continued.) )