Chapter 136: Changsha Heroes (1)
The train traveled to Jinxian, and the railway was cut off by the devils in Nanchang. On the one hand, He Laifu sent a reconnaissance company and a communications company of the brigade directly under him to reconnoiter and liaise with the troops of the Ninth Theater, and on the other hand, he arranged for the personnel of the engineer brigade accompanying the brigade to survey the terrain and prepare for the mechanized troops to open the road behind, and set up a temporary headquarters at the railway station.
Jing Yukun led the follow-up troops to follow up quickly, and He Laifu immediately convened an operational meeting above the captain and above, and ordered the troops to feint and attack Nanchang nearby, creating a situation of encircling Wei to save Zhao and containing the westward advance of the Japanese army in Nanchang.
At this time, the devil had already taken control of the Fuhe Railway Bridge and blocked the way of Wu Mujun. After reconnaissance, the devils had strong fortifications on the east bank of the Fuhe railway bridge, and also laid a large number of mines.
He Laifu ordered Ouyang Cheng to draw up a battle plan and let the troops rehearse a multi-arm attack.
In the early morning of the next day, Liu Qinghe commanded the first infantry battalion to go out to the edge of the minefield and deploy, and then one platoon sent by the engineer battalion used six attack vehicles to wade through the mines on the devil's road.
Six attack vehicles lined up along the road, 12 sappers pushed the attack vehicles with long poles with 6 sappers, and 6 sappers covered with Qiguang submachine guns.
Two squads on the side of the Devil's Highway immediately fired at the sappers in order to obstruct the sappers from clearing mines. At the same time, the snipers of the Wumu army quickly destroyed the 2 light machine guns of the devil, and more than 10 rifles almost posed no threat to the Wumu army engineers, and soon advanced to the devil's position, and then the follow-up Wumu army infantry used guns and grenades to bombard the devil's position and fortifications.
Seeing that the attacking Wumu saber was invulnerable, the devil had long been frightened and hastily retreated to the second-line position far away from the road.
The infantry of the Wumu Army continued to pursue, and the sappers used the original fortifications of the devils to cover the infantry attack.
The second-line positions on both sides of the Devil's Highway each had 1 squad, each equipped with 1 heavy machine gun, which quickly suppressed the attack of the Wumu army.
The attacking troops of the Wumu Army were not in a hurry to attack, set up multi-purpose vehicles, and fired at the devils from a distance, waiting for the snipers to eliminate the devils' machine gun fire.
After being killed by several machine gunners, the devils could not hold it anymore and retreated to the bridgehead. The heavy machine gun behind Wu Mujun seized the opportunity and killed another group of devils.
Liu Qinghe saw that the devils on the east side of the bridge had no gold content, only 1 reinforced squadron equipped with a few heavy machine guns, but they could be used to practice their hands.
One hundred and ten devils gathered at the bridgehead, plus 3 heavy machine guns, the density of fire suddenly became dense, and at the same time, 1 heavy machine gun blocked the road road where the mines were discharged, so that the follow-up troops of the Wumu Army could not come up, and the 2 platoons of the Wumu Army participating in the attack could only fight along the route of the devils' retreat, and there were mines in other areas.
Liu Qinghe is not worried, he still has a lot of means that he has not used, and he wants to demonstrate them one by one.
"Flat-fire guns!" The commander of the first battalion ordered that three 37mm flat-fire snipers simultaneously killed three heavy machine guns of the devils, and the infantry snipers also killed three light machine guns, and the infantry of the Wumu Army pressed up.
The artillery on the west side of the Devil's Bridge opened fire, and two Type 92 infantry guns and two 90mm mortars bombarded the front of the bridgehead.
The infantry of the Wumu army had no choice but to withdraw.
The commander of the first battalion was caught off guard, the three flat-firing guns were concentrated in the front of the bridgehead position, and the artillery could not shoot directly at the devil's artillery, and the mortar had no time to set up to shoot Zhuyuan, the flat-fire gun had already exposed the position of the position, and the artillery position had to be transferred to prevent the devil from shelling the artillery position, and the pressure on the infantry of the Wumu Army increased suddenly.
The commander of the first battalion hurriedly ordered the mortars to bombard the Devil's bridgehead position to cover the infantry to launch a charge.
The devils on the east side of the bridge couldn't hold it and retreated to the position west of the bridge.
First arrange for sappers to clear the minefield east of the bridge, clear the road for the follow-up troops, and then personally rush to the position east of the bridge.
To occupy the position east of the bridge, the Wumu Army used 2 infantry platoons, 1 engineer platoon, and 1 artillery company to defeat 1 reinforced squadron of devils at the cost of 6 killed, 9 seriously wounded, and 8 lightly wounded, killing and wounding more than 100 devils, which took 67 minutes.
The devil relied on the bridgehead position west of the bridge to continue the confrontation with the Wu Mu army.
Faced with an attack distance of more than 1,000 meters and a bridge deck attack route less than 10 meters wide, the first battalion commander was assessed: "How are you going to fight?" ”
The commander of the first battalion did not answer, and shouted: "Second company, give it to me!" ”
The second company pushed up 10 multi-purpose vehicles, 9 carts with steel shields, and 3 attack vehicles, plus the light machine guns of the whole company, all of which were allocated to a platoon.
10 traveling vehicles covered 20 infantry to the west of the bridge, followed by 9 armored vehicles, each with 1 light machine gun, 2 infantry carts, and 3 assault vehicles.
Because of the fear of damaging the railway bridge, it was forbidden to use mortars with too strong explosive power, and the commander of the first battalion arranged one flat-firing sniper on each side and in the middle of the bridge.
The anti-aircraft guns on the front of the bridge first shelled the Devil's bridgehead position to cover the creeping advance of the infantry.
In the face of Wu Mujun's mobile bunker, the devil was really worried, so he had to bite the bullet and block it with grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns.
When the infantry of the Wumu Army approached the Qiaozi bridgehead position more than 100 meters, the flat-fire guns stopped firing to avoid accidental injury, and the infantry immediately bombarded with guns and grenades to make up for the gap in firepower.
Wu Mujun ignited the thunder launch unit on the attack vehicle, and the attack vehicle rushed to the devil fortification with a grenade. When the devils saw the attack trucks full of grenades rushing straight over, many devils were so frightened that they ran away.
Only 1 of the 3 attack vehicles rushed to the devil's position, and the other 2 crashed into the bridge railing and exploded, and the infantry of the Wumu Army took advantage of the smoke of the explosion to abandon various mobile bunkers and rush up, and the follow-up troops covered up and captured the railway bridge.
The devil was unwilling to lose the railway bridge, and while bombarding the bridge deck with infantry artillery and mortars to block the follow-up troops of the Wumu Army, the troops on both sides of the bridgehead were transferred to counterattack.
Wu Mujun's 2 flat-firing guns were waiting for the devil artillery to expose the target, and immediately hit the devil artillery with direct fire.
The devil all 3 infantry squadrons, heavy machine gun squadrons went crazy and counterattacked. The Wu Mu army blocked the devil's attack with an unimaginable dense artillery bombardment of the devils, and launched a counterattack.
In fact, in addition to the three mortars of the first battalion, the real main force was a large number of guns and grenades of the first battalion and the second company.
The devils suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to the direction of Nanchang. The large army of Wu Mu successfully passed the Fuhe Bridge.
He Laifu knew that the troops were now in the 3 or 40 miles of water network between the Gan River and the Fu River, and they were very vulnerable to the devil's troops taking advantage of the terrain to flank them, so he ordered the first infantry battalion to continue to pursue the devils without giving them a chance to breathe, and the light anti-tank brigade then provided fire support; Jing Yukun commanded the special operations brigade to march west to the Ganjiang River, looking for bridges and occupying them, ensuring the westward passage of the large troops, and the engineer brigade following the westward advance of the special operations brigade to ensure that the roads of the large troops were unblocked, and the sailor brigade arrived close to the east bank of the Ganjiang River to stand by; The joint logistics brigade and the ambulance brigade marched westward, giving priority to crossing the Ganjiang River, with the special operations brigade, sailor brigade, and engineer brigade providing cover; He commanded the artillery brigade and armored brigade to advance between the Fuhe River and the Ganjiang River, and responded to the various units in the center, and the directly subordinate brigade, air defense brigade, second and third infantry battalions were on standby, waiting for the opportunity to move and waiting for the **100th Division to take over the Fuhe railway bridge.
Without waiting for the troops deployed by He Laifu to arrive, the devils have already launched a counterattack.
The repaired Nanchang Airport took off, and 8 bombers went straight to the Wumu Army near the Fuhe Railway Bridge to bomb, and the devils of 1 wing rushed to the aid by train.
When the devil's plane came, He Laifu ordered the air defense brigade to save ammunition to block the devil's plane, because there were still many battles to be fought in the future, and it was not easy to replenish the Buddha's light and thunder. Liang Ruxiang of the Air Defense Brigade had covered the first infantry battalion with the Anti-Tank Brigade, so the Air Defense Brigade was directly commanded by Ouyang Cheng. Ouyang Cheng ordered to mainly cover the smoke and launch a small number of Buddha light flying thunder to interfere with the devil bombing, mainly to protect the Fuhe Railway Bridge.
Unexpectedly, the devil's plane dropped bombs indiscriminately and returned. Because the devil's plane came very suddenly, the air defense brigade did not have time to deploy a counterattack, and the devil's plane returned, and because the Wumu army had already dispersed and had a relatively strong sense of air defense, they concealed it in time and released thick smoke, so they did not suffer much loss. The devil planes did not seriously bomb either, their purpose was only to attack and harass, to buy time for reinforcements and counterattacks of ground troops.
The ground forces of the devils also reacted quickly, and encountered the 1st Infantry Battalion on the east side of Huangjiashan in the afternoon. The commander of the first battalion was in full swing, and commanded the first battalion to press the attack with all his might, and at the same time reported to Liu Qinghe and He Laifu.
The commander of the first battalion launched an attack with a sharp formation, the 1st company attacked the locomotive to block the advance of the devils, and the 2nd and 3rd companies attacked the train after the devil's train stopped.
The devil also reacted very quickly, using the heavy machine gun on the roof of the carriage and the light machine gun at the door of the carriage to block the attack of the Wu Mu army.
Under the cover of light machine guns, the infantry company of the Wumu Army attacked with grenades and grenades, and the dense firepower caused a large number of casualties to the devils.
The devil did not get off the train, but reversed and withdrew from the encirclement of the Wu Mu army, and the whole battle lasted less than 15 minutes.
After the devils withdrew from the encirclement of the first battalion, they formed a formation and began to attack. The two brigades of infantry attacked and advanced along both sides of the railway embankment in the form of columns, and the train provided cover with heavy machine guns and grenadiers. The commander of the first battalion was in a hurry.
At this time, the heavy machine gun company of the first battalion caught up, and the intensive shooting caused heavy casualties to the devil's infantry, and the artillery also began to bombard the train carriage, and the devil had to reverse the train again and retreated, at this time a mortar shell exploded on the locomotive, and the train could only slowly rely on the slope to retreat.
Wu Mujun relentlessly pursued closely, the retreating train became faster and faster, and the formation of Wu Mujun was gradually pulled into disarray, and the commander of the first battalion hurriedly collected his troops and sorted out the formation when he saw the situation.
At this time, Liang Ruxiang rushed up with the anti-chariot brigade, brought He Laifu's order, continued the pursuit, and attacked Nanchang County. Liang Ruxiang asked the first battalion commander to rest for a while, sorted out the team, and led the men and horses to chase after him.
Seeing that Wu Mu's army was pursuing again, the devil immediately used the distance to arrange his troops and prepare to counterattack. All 24 heavy machine guns were lined up to block the incoming enemy, the infantry covered the infantry with light machine guns to form up the formation, and then 2 brigades and 6 squadrons launched a counterattack in two directions in a wave formation. The devils took the squad as a unit, formed two 9-layer skirmisher lines, and rushed up to Liang Ruxiang's pursuing troops.
The riflemen of each squad of devils were in the center, placing light machine guns and grenadiers on the flanks of the infantry squad, and pressing up violently.
Liang Ruxiang did not wait for the devils to approach, and 27 anti-aircraft guns were scattered and arranged, leveling the muzzles, and firing at the devil's train, heavy machine gun positions, light machine guns and grenadiers on the straggler line.
Anti-aircraft guns are not powerful enough to hit devil trains, but they can deter the command system and fire system behind the devils, as for hitting light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers, it is a hand pinch, especially heavy machine gun bunkers, 3 or 2 shells can solve one! It's just that the range of the firepower of the bullying devil is not enough!
However, the heroes were difficult to defeat with four hands, and the devil infantry soon swarmed up, and all the personnel outside Liang Ruxiang's gun position operated the strange light style, preparing to block the devil infantry.
At this time, the first infantry battalion caught up after a short rest, and directly crossed Liang Ruxiang's blocking line and rushed towards the devil.
There are more than 1,000 infantry on the two sides of the devil's army, but most of the devil's machine guns and grenadiers in front of the wave array have been knocked out by anti-aircraft guns, and the frontal fire is only 100 rifles, while the first infantry battalion is mostly light machine guns, odd light type, and short shotguns fire a piece of gun grenades, although the first infantry battalion has only more than 400 people, but the dense firepower quickly crushed the devil's wave array.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the charge of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Liang Ruxiang concentrated anti-aircraft artillery to launch a barrage fire attack on the Devil's heavy machine gun position and artillery position.
The devil finally couldn't stand it anymore, and alternately covered the retreat, and after crossing a railway bridge, he faced Wu Mujun across the river.
The commander of the first battalion discussed with Liang Ruxiang whether to continue the attack, and Liang Ruxiang saw that the sky was about to get dark, and decided to ask He Laifu before making a decision.
He Laifu replied: Stay put, pay attention to air defense, save ammunition, and house the wounded.
After dinner, Ouyang Cheng led Niu Daojia's armored brigade, Wu Zhen's cavalry brigade and the third infantry battalion to catch up.
On the train carriage discarded by the devils, the military doctors and ambulances accompanying the team treated the wounded, and then pulled them by trucks overnight to move closer to the ambulance brigade, and the first battalion of infantry, which suffered considerable casualties, also moved to the east bank of the Ganjiang River.
Before dawn, Niu Daojia launched an attack, rushed across the railway bridge with 3 tanks, and attacked the Qiaozi bridgehead position. The bright headlights illuminated the devils, and the tongues of fire from the rapid-fire guns and heavy machine guns devoured the lives of a large number of devils.
This was followed by Wu Zhen's 1 cavalry company, which rushed up to widen the gap after the tanks tore open the gap in the devil's position, and then the other troops passed the railway bridge in turn.
The devil once again retreated to the north, relying on the original stronghold and turret in Xiangtang to wait for reinforcements.
At dawn, the armored brigade, the cavalry brigade, and the anti-tank brigade quickly set up camouflage nets to guard against the devil's air attack, and the third infantry battalion launched an attack on the devil's defenders.
The devil has never been so cowardly, he has always used a brigade to deal with a division of the Chinese army, and a wing to deal with an army of the Chinese army, but this time the Chinese people first retreated twice with a reinforced battalion, and then were beaten back to the river bank by the anti-aircraft guns of the Chinese people, plus a reinforced battalion, and then the railway bridge was broken by the chariots of the Chinese people, and they were defeated again and again, with more than 1,000 casualties.
4 bombers came with a swagger, because the people did not have many planes, so they were even exempted from fighter escort. Looking at the infantry and cavalry scattered below and storming around 1 stronghold and 4 turrets of the imperial army, the pilot was a little pity, the expensive aerial bombs were too worthless to deal with such a sparse infantry.
After hesitating, the devil plane didn't even have a chance to drop bombs. Smoke was billowing on the ground, fires were lit by straw and reeds everywhere, and it was impossible to distinguish between friend and foe on the plane. The devil pilot had to lower his altitude in order to observe, and finally descended to less than 200 meters above the ground, and finally saw a tongue of fire erupting from the ground, and then he didn't know anything.
Liang Ruxiang killed all 4 planes of the devil in one fell swoop!
The stronghold of the devil is only the size of a squadron and cannot accommodate so many people, so only the seriously wounded, mountain artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns retreat into the stronghold and artillery tower, condescendingly blocking the attack of the Wumu army, and most of the troops can only rely on the stronghold and artillery tower to build positions on the periphery.
The third battalion of infantry also came up with a magic weapon: carrying traveling vehicles and steel shields to concentrate on attacking the outermost turret of the devils, dozens of mobile bunkers approached the outer positions of the devils, 4 heavy machine guns suppressed the fire, 3 flat-fire guns cleared the light and heavy machine gun fire points of the devils, and the mortars bombarded the turret, quickly tearing up this defensive position, and the cavalry came to chase and kill the remnants of the enemy, and the infantry continued to attack the next turret.
There were 4 75mm mountain guns, 3 Type 92 infantry guns, and 4 mortars in the central stronghold of the devils, and they also carried out continuous fire attacks, causing casualties to the third infantry battalion.
The commander of the third battalion fired three mortars at the stronghold compound in 10 bursts, and the rapid-fire guns fired at the mortars and heavy machine guns on the roof of the turret.
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