Chapter 151: Encirclement and Annihilation (2)
Seeing that there were only a few dozen devils left on the nearly 100-meter-wide road below to fight back sparsely, and there were no heavy weapons, Sun Xingbang immediately found that the time had come to attack.
"Trumpeter, blow the trumpet." Sun Xingbang shouted to the trumpeter behind him.
"Tick tock" The loud trumpet sounded, and then, I heard bursts of shouts of "Rush comrades, rush" I saw two teams rushing out of the hills on both sides of the road, all of which were nine light machine guns to open the way, the machine gunners in front fell, and the machine gunners in the back continued to make up for them, in short, the fire of the nine light machine guns has not been interrupted.
The dense rain of bullets swept towards the dozens of devils left on the road, and the devils lying on the ground just raised their heads and were about to fight back, but they were killed one after another and fell in a pool of blood.
"The first battalion and one company continue to charge forward, the second battalion and the fourth company are backward, the machine gun fire should not be interrupted, and the rest will immediately build trenches, quickly," the regiment commander Sun Xingbang shouted loudly to the two battalion commanders who rushed onto the road. In fact, there is no need for the regiment commander to order, because these tactics and tactics have been arranged before the battle.
After the troops of the two battalions converged, the nine light machine guns of each of the two battalions did not make any stop, and followed the devil soldiers who were retreating forward and backward on the road, and swept towards them frantically.
The shouts of the fighters and the roar of the machine guns almost covered everything on the position. Before the mortars could react, the formation was disrupted by dozens of devils who were carried back from both sides, and then a dense rain of bullets swept towards them.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack" Some of the devil squad leaders who reacted shouted loudly, trying to stop the chaotic army, but their shouts were completely muffled by the sound of nine light machine guns firing, and they looked so powerless. The formation continued to be chaotic, and some of the soldiers had even turned around and retreated again.
And the soldiers desperately pulled the trigger of the pistol, without any intention of saving ammunition, and frantically tilted the ammunition towards the devil. The infantry behind them was also not idle, constantly passing over the machine gunners and throwing grenades forward, providing the machine gunners with a smoke barrier. The rifleman kept using the bayonet in his hand to harvest the wounded soldiers who still had a breath left at his feet, and there was no ambiguity or mercy in the whole process.
"Baga." The team leader looked at the chaotic army, and finally couldn't help it, and suddenly pulled out his command knife and slashed at a devil in front of him who was about to retreat. "Baga, if you still retreat, you will die, you will immediately resist on the spot." The squad leader raised the bloodied katana in his hand and shouted at the chaotic soldiers around him.
Maybe it was because of the corpse on the ground, maybe it was frightened by the katana in the squad leader's hand In short, after the squad leader killed a retreating soldier, the chaotic formation of the army immediately began to be orderly, under the leadership of their respective military Cao, the soldiers lay on the ground one after another, and fired back, and then, light machine guns and grenadiers also rushed to help.
The nine machine gunners who were charging in front of the "Da Da Da" fell in half at once, and suddenly, the density of the fighters' firepower was reduced by half. "Stop moving forward and defend on the spot." The company commander shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him, "Machine gunners provide fire cover, quick" The company commander then shouted to the machine gunners at the front of the line, and immediately, several light machine guns of the ceasefire roared again after being replenished with a few alternate shooters.
As the smoke in front of the position slowly dissipated. The company commander found that the devils in front of him had increased to a full squadron of devils, and when he looked behind him, he had already run out of the position with a company of 200 meters.
"Boom" A grenade fired from a devil grenadier exploded among the fighters, and none of the fighters shouted, and they quietly lay on the ground and died. "Quick, grenade" The company commander shouted loudly to the soldiers behind her, she knew that with a company in her hand, although she could temporarily block the devil, she would also pay a heavy price.
A batch of grenades was thrown out by the fighters, and suddenly, the front of the position was again shrouded in smoke from grenade explosions. "Machine gun cover, a company retreats immediately," the company commander immediately ordered as grenade explosions rang out. Immediately, the fighters carried the wounded and began to retreat in an orderly manner, while the nine machine gunners retreated while suppressing the fire, and under the intensive fire suppression of the nine machine guns, the devils on the opposite side always kept a distance of 200 meters from the fighters and did not dare to advance.
Finally, the 1st Company retreated to its position, and by this time, the 1st Battalion had already dug a trench in the direction of the main wing of the devils, and further excavation was underway.
Looking at the two companies that were carrying the wounded back, regiment commander Sun Xingbang did not have time to inquire about the battle situation, and immediately ordered: "The first and second platoons of artillery carried out indiscriminate shelling of the area of 200 meters in front of the defense line of the main wing of the devils, and the third platoon carried out indiscriminate shelling of 200 meters in the direction of the devil's logistics. The first and fourth companies built fortifications on the spot to cover the main forces to continue digging trenches. ”
The mortar company that received the order immediately set up positions on the spot, and within a minute, 12 mortars roared. "Boom, boom, boom" 8 shells fell in the formation of devils who were preparing to attack. The two squads that had just been organized were once again crushed to the ground by eight mortars and could not move.
At this time, the squadron leader who organized the devil's attack listened to the shells that kept exploding around him, and suddenly couldn't help but scold. "Baga, when did the Chinese have such heavy artillery fire, quickly, quickly report to His Excellency the Wing Commander that the Chinese have cut off our contact with the logistics baggage team, and now the artillery fire of the Chinese is too fierce for us to stop the attack. Request the Wing Commander for artillery support and open up contact with the baggage team. The squadron leader yelled at the communicator next to him.
"Report to Your Excellency Wing Commander, our contact with the logistics baggage brigade has been cut off by the Chinese people, the Chinese people's artillery fire is very fierce, and the squadron leader requests artillery support." The communicator dodged the flying shells and came to Okamoto's side and said.
"Nani, Baga, the baggage brigade must have been attacked by the Zhina, hurry, the whole army retreats, we must rescue the baggage brigade." Hearing the news, Wing Commander Okamoto said angrily, and at the same time worried about his fate, you must know that all the ammunition reserves of his wing in this life are in the baggage brigade, if something happens to the baggage brigade, how to solve the ammunition of the entire wing.
The chief of staff next to "Hi" immediately replied, and was just about to go to deliver the order when a loud charge horn came.
The captain of the "Nani" wing looked at the place where the voice sounded, and saw that several heavy machine guns suddenly appeared on the several hills that the imperial soldiers were capturing, constantly spewing tongues of fire, and some of the imperial soldiers who could not reach the defense were swept away one after another, and then, under the cover of heavy machine guns, the three hills rushed out of countless Chinese soldiers.
"Baga, we have been tricked, quickly, let the soldiers retreat quickly, immediately shrink their forces, and hold on to help." Wing Commander Okamoto reacted immediately when he saw the Imperial soldiers who had been shot and fell.
The Imperial soldiers who had been ordered to retreat concentrated on their commanders, and no longer held back the Chinese soldiers rushing down the hill.
Taking advantage of the shrinking of the army's strength, the soldiers of the three battalions were like tigers descending from the mountain, and they were unstoppable. And the nine light machine guns at the front of each battalion are like reapers, reapers of life in front of their eyes. Three battalions and three sharp knives quickly plunged into the chaotic formation of the devils and quickly divided. When the devils had just concentrated and had not yet reacted, the entire army wing was cut into four large pieces by three battalions.
"Report to Your Excellency the Wing Commander, the main force of our wing was divided into four major parts by the Zhi Na people, the wing headquarters and the first brigade were in the front, the second brigade was sandwiched in the middle, and the third brigade also lost contact with the baggage brigade." The chief of staff told the wing commander about the situation of the troops in front of him in frustration.
"Baga, despicable Chinans, will only sneak attack. The order was that the 2nd Brigade immediately moved closer to the wing headquarters and must break through the defense line of the Shina people. The third brigade quickly reinforced the baggage brigade, we, ordered the vanguard squadron, immediately occupy the village in front, hold on to the reinforcements, the other reinforcements of the empire will soon surround the soldiers in front of us, when the time comes, our center will bloom, we will definitely be able to annihilate all the people, and also, send a report to the headquarters, ask for aircraft support. The co-captain immediately cleared his mind. Commanded.
At this time, the 3rd Brigade, which had been divided, had a battalion of the 2nd Regiment in front and a battalion of the 1st Regiment behind it, and was basically surrounded. The captain looked at the soldiers who were building positions in front and behind, and was very anxious, anxiously waiting for the order of the wing commander to break through in which direction.
Soon, the order of the wing commander arrived, and the rescue baggage brigade was carried out. "Yo Xi, the baggage brigade carries a large amount of supplies, and when the time comes, we will have enough ammunition to defend after the round with the baggage brigade. The baggage squadron must not fall into the hands of the Chinese people, and the mortar squadron was ordered to immediately build a position and shell the Chinese position, and then the first squadron immediately attacked, and the fourth squadron here blocked the Chinese soldiers behind the brigade. After reading the telegram sent by the co-captain in his hand, the captain ordered excitedly.
At this time, Sun Xingbang, the commander of the first regiment, was lying in the trench that had just been dug, counting the casualties caused by the assault of the troops just now. In the assault just now, each company basically lost nearly a squad of troops, and in particular, the machine gunners, almost every machine gun was replaced by at least two machine gunners.
"Before the battle started, the troops lost nearly two platoons of troops, and they had to hold on for at least an hour, this battle was really not easy to fight!" The head of the regiment sighed to the political commissar beside him.
(To be continued)