Chapter 66: The Dilemma
"Sir, Kessler is coming over with someone" Yan Wudao's words made Zhao Zhi, who was lying on the ground, come to his senses, how could he forget Kessler who was cleaning the back road, this kid has a huge number of light and heavy machine guns in his hands, didn't the Japanese rely on their machine guns and grenadiers, then I would have a machine gun duel with him to see whose machine gunner was more powerful.
Kessler, who ambushed the Japanese search team and suffered a big loss, looked decadent, if Zhao Zhi hadn't given him another team of scouts, I am afraid that he would not have been able to raise the spirit to fight below. Kessler's ambush arrangement was still very good, but he didn't make good use of the snipers that Zhao Zhi gave him, and he also mistakenly underestimated the combat power of the Japanese army, so that when luring the Japanese army into the ambush circle, he was chased too closely by the Japanese army, and the position of the machine gun group was prematurely exposed, and he was hit by the Japanese artillery fire.
If he had scattered the snipers as soon as possible, used himself to attract the attention of the Japanese army, and used the ultra-long range of the sniper rifle to knock out the Japanese army's long-range firepower first, then his ambush plan would have been successful, and his machine gunners would not have suffered so many casualties. After being led by Zhao Zhi to withdraw from the battle, Zhao Zhi did not blame him, but ordered him to take the uninjured machine gunners around the rear of the Japanese army to clear the rear road, and be sure to sweep away the scattered stragglers in the rear of the Japanese army, paving the way for the next battle plan to be implemented.
"Sir, I'm back, everything you explained is done" Kessler They just cleaned up some of the wounded Japanese soldiers who stayed in the rear, if Yan Wudao hadn't called them with a walkie-talkie, this guy would have rushed to Chekov with a machine gunner to help.
"How many heavy machine guns do you still have on hand? How much ammunition is left? ”
"There are 6 more heavy machine guns, 2 bases of ammunition"
After receiving Kessler's affirmative answer, Zhao Zhi squatted on the ground and drew a sketch with a short knife in his hand, marking several places near the Japanese defense line, "You go to these places with heavy machine guns for a while, after the snipers fire, the Japanese will use machine guns and grenadiers to counterattack." Your mission is to suppress the Japanese with firepower, use the strong fire of heavy machine guns to destroy these long-range firepower of the Japanese army, and open the way for the sniper's action."
Kessler squatted on the ground and looked at the sketch, and then looked at the terrain with a telescope, and then nodded at Zhao Zhi, Kessler was originally an impatient guy, after the failure of the ambush of the Japanese search team, he was like a different person, and his temperament became a lot calmer, even if it was an order given by Zhao Zhi himself, he also responded after repeatedly confirming it. Fortunately, Zhao Zhi was not angry at Catherine's caution, but seemed a little happy, if Kessler had always been a fiery person, then Zhao Zhi would not give him more command from now on.
The "bang" motor pulled the trigger, and before he had time to see his results, he held a sniper rifle and changed the firing position along the earthen ditch, and if he withdrew slowly, the Japanese grenadier would definitely fall on his head. Sure enough, as soon as the motor left his firing position, the Japanese grenade grenade smashed over, and a plume of smoke rose from the firing position he had just fired earlier, and the bullets fired from the Japanese machine gun plowed the firing position that had become a ruin again. "Fire" With Kessler's roar, the three heavy machine guns concentrated here all opened fire, and the bullets sprayed from the muzzles instantly drowned the Japanese light machine guns and grenadiers.
"Don't stop, keep fighting" Kessler's machine gunners tried to stop after half a bullet chain, but Kessler blackened his face and asked them to continue, and the bullets fired from the heavy machine guns shattered the Japanese defense line, until Kessler watched through the telescope as the light machine gun that the Japanese had just fired was a part, and then called a ceasefire. When Zhao Zhi delivered the task, he explained that Kessler wanted to destroy the Japanese army's long-range firepower, and Kessler, who carried out the order to the letter, had to watch the Japanese machine gun being smashed into parts.
The heavy machine guns that replaced the firing position destroyed the Japanese machine guns one by one, and it was not the personality of the mercenaries to take advantage of the cheapness, Kessler carried out Zhao Zhi's orders to the extreme, in order to destroy the Japanese machine guns, he used heavy machine guns regardless of consumption and quantity, and at most used 5 heavy machine guns against a light machine gun of the Sato brigade. Kessler, who had the advantage in the number of machine guns and firepower, with the help of the snipers, had destroyed more than half of the Japanese machine guns in just an hour, and the Japanese machine guns no longer dared to make rash moves, even if the snipers lurked within 300 meters of them, they still did not dare to shoot, and the Japanese machine gunners were afraid that they would provoke a volley of heavy machine guns to deal with.
Zhao Zhi's fixed-point strike had an effect, and under the cover of Kessler's heavy machine guns, the snipers lurked within 300 meters of Sato's brigade again, and used the range of sniper rifles to press the Japanese soldiers to death. After Sato Beiwei adopted the turtle shrinkage tactic, he just felt a little better, and in the blink of an eye, he was completely destroyed by Kessler's heavy machine gun volley, if he continued like this, then his Sato brigade would become meat on the chopping board, and Zhao Zhi would cut it casually. Now it is not a matter of Sato Bingwei annihilating the besieged Eighth Route Army, but if he is not careful, his Sato brigade will fall into the siege of the other party, and the opponent with superior firepower will never let himself go so easily.
"Send a report to the Wing Commander, our department found that the main force of the China Army, the current battle situation is in our hands, I hope the Wing Captain will consider using the Sato Brigade as a bait to annihilate the main force of the China Army" After thinking left and right, Sato Bingwei gave up the idea of retreating back to the county seat, the besieged Eighth Route Army on the hill was almost out of ammunition, and victory was at hand, at this time to withdraw and join the other two brigades, the Sato Brigade has since become a laughing stock in the 225th Wing. Sato's brigade was only 4 or 5 miles away from most of the wing assembled outside the county, and it could be rushed over in half an hour on a normal march.
Sato's abacus is a good fight, but he doesn't know that the main force of the wing 4 or 5 miles away is being overwhelmed by Chekov, and he dares to divide his troops to save him, as long as the Japanese army outside the county dares to divide his troops, Chekov will immediately command the tank armored car and cooperate with the infantry to launch a charge, just the non-stop shelling, the Japanese army without heavy weapons will be a little unbearable, if these iron guys rush over again, only rely on a few hastily dug trenches, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop the other party's fortifications, and the current Takeda Dingsan is also a lawsuit, a frowning brow can trap flies alive.