Chapter 15: Bombing the Bunker
When the sky was bright, Zhao Dahu's troops had been fighting for 20 hours in a row, and they were extremely tired! So Zhao Dahu ordered a two-hour rest: the machine gun team and the sharpgun team were on alert, and the earthwork team built a machine gun position and a guard position.
News came from the special task force that Zhao Dahu's troops had highlighted the ** attack front for more than 3,000 meters, and the friendly forces on the left flank were making difficult progress. Zhao Dahu is even more relieved to rest!
On the position of Zhao Dahu's department, most of the personnel were sleeping and resting at this time; The mortar company, small artillery company, and machine gun company of each battalion directly under Zhao Dahu were mixed with the crossbow team of Tuesday Dog, and the captured 5 Type 92 infantry guns were increased, and the focus was on assault training flat-fire anti-tank, and the captured 15 Type 92 heavy machine guns were increased, and the focus was on assault training anti-aircraft air defense.
In the morning, Zhou Dagou brought people breakfast - roasted cakes with meat and buckets of egg soup, and the soldiers flocked to devour them before they had time to wipe off their eyes. In addition, Zhou Dagou also sent a batch of strange-looking equipment that Tuesday Dog wanted: the same is an iron pipe filled with explosives more than one meter long, which is an earthen blasting canister; It's the same sawn bucket with a screw at the bottom.
On Tuesday, the dog asked Zhao Dahu to gather the blasters and explain the use of the blaster, which is very simple and convenient; The iron drum is to transform the shell into an anti-tank mine - the shell is loaded into the iron drum, the screw at the bottom of the barrel is against the bottom fire of the shell, buried in the ground, and the cartridge and warhead explode at the same time after the tank is rolled. It is also equipped with the Luoyang shovel designed by Wang Laodun -- this is a special tool for tomb robbery, and the hole dug out is just to bury anti-tank mines.
When the air raid sirens sounded, the positions were busy: eating, digging trenches, setting up machine guns, artillery training......
Although they were in a hurry, Zhao Dahu's troops were still quickly ready for battle. A few days ago, they had already suffered a lot of losses from Japanese planes and tanks.
Six Japanese planes rushed to the ** position with great momentum, but the dense machine gun bullets rushed towards them, and 2 were destroyed and 2 wounded in an instant, and the Japanese pilot decisively pulled up the nose of the plane and turned around without hesitation.
Zhao Dahu They know that the Japanese army will definitely retaliate! So the troops had no choice but to continue the attack and advance. But all heavy machine guns, including anti-aircraft machine guns, were fixed on modified rickshaws, which were both light and dexterous.
Zhao Dahu's troops attacked directly at the Wusong railway dock, and he was determined to relieve the pressure on his allies with his strong attack. On Tuesday, the dog left the heavy machine guns and artillery and personnel to Zhao Dahu, and Zhao Dahu's firepower increased greatly: the original 1 mortar company with 6 83mm mortars, 1 small artillery company with 6 20mm machine guns, 3 machine gun batteries (6 heavy machine guns and 2 82mm mortars per company), plus 1 captured 75mm mountain gun, 5 Type 92 infantry guns, 15 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 4 60mm mortars and 1 Type 92 heavy machine gun donated by Tuesday Dog, a total of 28 artillery pieces, 34 heavy machine guns, 77 light machine guns, The 43 grenadier canisters, trucks, and carts have greatly increased the combat efficiency of the troops, and their combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of an integrated division.
On Tuesday, Gou took Liu Mao'er, Lu Ao, Wan Zixiong, and Liu Qinghe and each led a team of 100 people composed of shell guns, flower machine guns, light machine guns, grenadiers, and sharpshooters to attack the flank and rear of the Japanese army on the left flank, focusing on the Japanese command post, artillery position, and supply base, and Zhou Dagou was responsible for driving 15 trucks and 150 people and the fast gun horse team to contact and respond.
On Tuesday, the dog divided his squad into 3 groups and covered each other's advance. Each group consisted of 3 sharpshooters, 3 short gunners, 3 fast gunners, 3 Czech light machine guns, and 3 grenadiers of 21 people.
Along the way, the Japanese skirmishers were killed by sharpshooters, and the sporadic gunfire did not disturb the Japanese troops, and on Tuesday the dogs followed the sound of the artillery until they rushed behind a Japanese artillery position.
On Tuesday the dog arranged one group to monitor the command of the Japanese army, and two groups to attack the artillery positions. The sharpshooters occupied a high place to prevent the Japanese from destroying the artillery, and the rest of the personnel rushed straight to the Japanese artillery positions...
In 3 minutes, the already poorly defended artillery positions were easily taken. Other Japanese units counterattacked in an attempt to recapture artillery positions; Liu Mao'er, Zhou Dagou and others also came to reinforce, and the battlefield was a mess again, so naturally the dog's automatic weapons had the upper hand on Tuesday!
On Tuesday, Gou unhurriedly adjusted the range of the 12 105mm field guns to the minimum, fired shells one by one, bombarded the Japanese troops in front, and then asked Zhou Dagou to pull the cannons away in a truck, of course, with the shells.
Zhou Dagou truck had 1 light machine gun on the front and 1 light machine gun on the left and right, and easily rushed out of the encirclement and left. Tuesday's dog's troops then rushed out, their firepower eclipsing the Japanese warrior's bushido spirit, and they moved out of the way, and then symbolically tailed in pursuit.
On Tuesday, while using light machine gun fire to stop the Japanese pursuit, the dog arranged short gunners, fast gunners, sharpshooters, and grenadiers to establish second-line fire; The second-line firepower was placed, and the light machine guns retreated while fighting, and retreated to 300 meters behind the second-line firepower.
Because the range of shell guns, flower machine guns, and grenadiers is only 100 to 200 meters, while the range of light machine guns is more than 1,500 meters, the two-line firepower can be combined and can also cover each other.
The Japanese army transferred two more infantry guns, and Tuesday Dog had no artillery and no soldiers and fell into passivity, Tuesday Dog had to arrange for Zhou Dagou to pull the artillery to withdraw first and ask Zhao Dahu's mortar company for help.
Just as the dog was struggling to support on Tuesday, the friendly 61st Division on the left flank took the opportunity to attack, and the Japanese could not take care of each other and retreated to the dock yard.
A group of Japanese troops relied on the beachhead of buildings, equipment, and cargo piles on the wharf to cover the landing of follow-up troops.
Zhao Dahu commanded the troops to capture the periphery of the freight yard and was attacking the freight yard, the troops charged along the road of the wharf, but were suppressed by the Japanese fire, the Japanese terrain was favorable, and Zhao Dahu's troops could not be effectively deployed.
At this time, other ** units also began to participate in the attack.
The Japanese firepower was very fierce, the rear naval guns, mountain artillery, infantry guns, mortars, and the front-line light and heavy machine guns relied on stone houses, buildings, and cargo piles to build crossfire, and the grenadiers hit the most advanced firepower points. On Tuesday, Gou, Xiang Qingyun and others were observing with binoculars behind the fence of the freight yard, they were in reserve, and they were in a hurry.
After discussing it, several leaders did not wait for Zhao Dahu's arrangement, and first used the advantage of being familiar with the terrain to kill the Japanese.
Wang Laodun's earthwork team first chiseled a number of shooting holes in the wall, and the sharpshooter team fired cold guns from the Japanese firepower point to cover Zhao Dahu's men.
Liu Qinghe commanded the placement of explosives and prepared to blow up a large section of the courtyard wall and expand the attack area.
After the Japanese firepower was suppressed, Zhao Dahu's troops rushed up, but they were quickly suppressed again, and at the same time, the Japanese army also found the cold gunners behind the wall, and the grenadiers bombarded them, but the effect was not obvious.
The "Tongtongtong" wall was blown up several gaps, and the fast gun horse team rushed up first, and then the fast gun team followed, and the Japanese defense line was finally torn open. Other troops also swarmed up, and the Japanese army was defeated and retreated more than 200 meters at once.
Suddenly, the second-line fire of the Japanese army opened fire. Several stone houses were converted into bunkers that spewed out more than a dozen tongues of fire, and the soldiers were knocked down in a row. **'s offensive was quickly contained.
When the two sides were at a stalemate, Liu Qinghe asked for battle. He told Zhao Dahu and Tuesday Dog about the plan, and the two applauded again and again.
Liu Qinghe ordered the crossbow team to tie the arrows to a cotton ball dipped in kerosene, then dipped it in damp flour, ignited it and shot at the Japanese pillbox, and immediately the smoke surrounded the Japanese pillbox, and the demoman quickly approached the Japanese pillbox with a blaster in his hand under the cover of the smoke. With two explosions, two Japanese pillboxes flew into the sky.
Zhao Dahu ordered his troops to quickly advance into the depths of the Japanese army on the one hand, and on the other hand, continue to blow up the Japanese pillboxes to open the way for friendly forces.
Several liaison officers from friendly forces came to Zhao Dahu and asked for a battle method to break the bunker. Zhao Dahu donated more than 40 of Tuesday dog's blasting canisters to friendly troops, and explained the method of smoke screen coordination. For a time, all walks of life broke through the Japanese firepower blockade.
On Tuesday, as soon as the dog saw that the actual combat effect of the blasting canister was remarkable, he immediately ordered Liu Qinghe to rush back to the repair shop and supervise the manufacture of a large number of blasting canisters, strong bows and crossbows, and smoke-emitting long arrows overnight.
In the evening, ** attacked the whole line of a railway embankment, and was blocked by more than a dozen Japanese tanks.
The Japanese tanks, relying on their invulnerable iron armor, recklessly rampage towards the **. Fortunately, when the tank crossed the railway embankment, the angle of fire of the artillery and machine guns was limited, and the two tanks were blown up by **, and a large number of infantry behind the tanks were killed, and the Japanese had to retreat temporarily. It was getting dark, too.
The generals of all walks of life also understand that it is impossible to always have this kind of good luck, and they don't know how to fight tomorrow's battle!
At 9 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese tanks turned on their headlights and fired a large number of flares, and the night battle began violently. Zhao Dahu immediately sent a platoon of troops, in groups of three, each group of one blasting canister, using the dead angle of the tank lights to crawl towards the Japanese tank. The soldiers exposed to the light became a live target for the Japanese army, and other soldiers still attacked desperately, and some soldiers even simply stood up and charged, and the blood and flesh flew in front of the position, which was as tragic as purgatory on earth!
Other ** troops followed suit, and ** soldiers were like moths to a fire, holding explosive packs, blasting canisters, and cluster grenades one after another......
The Japanese army was frightened under this desperate style of fighting, and began to retreat after being blown up two tanks, and three more were blown up by the unrelenting ** soldiers. The Japanese finally gave up the idea of fighting at night and withdrew their tanks to a distance of 200 meters.
Flesh and blood have finally defeated steel with great difficulty!
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