Chapter 32: Fierce Battle
May 27, the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935).
With the support of the Heavy Artillery Brigade, Koiso Kuniaki officially launched an attack on Ryumonsho. As soon as the battle began, the two sides were red-eyed, and the battle was extremely tragic.
"Third battalion commander, how are you fighting there?"
"Tuanza, the little devil is like crazy, and he has been attacking desperately since early in the morning. Regimental seats, can you ask the howitzer regiment to give us some artillery support, even if it's for ten minutes. ”
"Without artillery support, not even for a minute, the artillery regiment is now fighting with the devil's heavy artillery brigade, there will be no time to support us, you can only rely on yourself now."
"Snap" put down the phone, Zeng Li'an sighed and asked the staff officer beside him, "How is the situation of the Fifth Regiment?" ”
"Like us, not so good." The young staff officer shook his head, "Since this morning, Koiso Kuniaki has been like a madman, sending two wings to launch an indiscriminate attack on our two regiments, and we are under a lot of pressure." ”
"Any new instructions from the command? When will the reinforcements arrive? ”
"No, the commander-in-chief just told us to be patient."
The position of the first battalion and the second company of the fifth regiment
Zhao Quanyou was holding a Suomi submachine gun leaning against the trench and panting heavily, they had just repelled the third charge of the Yue army.
Picked up the kettle and shook it, "Pillar, do you still have water?" ”
"Company commander, give" a kettle was handed over, Zhao Quanyou took the kettle and drank a big sip before burping with satisfaction.
"The second dog will be fighting the devil with the grenadier in a while, the grenadier of the fucking little devil is too annoying." Speaking of the grenadiers of the army, Zhao Quanyou gritted his teeth with hatred, and the grenadier can be said to be a major feature of the army. Its main features are a large angle of fire, a curved trajectory and a short range. It is mainly used to kill and injure the enemy hiding behind fortifications and concealments or to kill and injure the enemy's living force at a long distance. Due to its individual man-carrying and the ability to fire behind obstacles, it has a strong stealth surname.
An experienced veteran can achieve an astonishing result of more than 85 percent in a distance of 400 meters. This morning, more than 20 brothers in Zhao Quanyou's company were killed and wounded by the devil's grenadiers.
However, the little devil didn't take advantage of anything, and even the four MG34 machine guns in it were not vegetarians, and the rain of bullets splashed down on the little devil so much that he couldn't even lift his head.
The 46th Wing Headquarters of the Army
Wing Commander Ken Fujii was staring at the map in a daze, and this morning his wing had launched three attacks on the opposite position of the Shina Army, but each time he was repulsed by the other side. The infantry of the opposing Shina Army was so powerful that the warriors of the empire couldn't even rush within a hundred meters of the other side. The soldiers called that distance the call of death, and once the Imperial army entered that distance, it was met with frantic fire from the opposing side with hand-held machine guns (Suomi submachine guns). If the soldiers can't even lift their heads, they will find themselves in a dilemma, and this morning the wing lost more than 200 excellent soldiers.
Fujii Kendasa is also a veteran who participated in the Manchurian Incident (the army's collective name for the 918 Incident) and the Battle of the Great Wall, and has also fought a lot of battles with the central army and local army of the Chinese political axe, and has never seen an army with such powerful firepower. The chief of staff of the division had already called twice to inquire about the situation of the battle, which made Fujii Kendasa's face gloomy, and he had ordered the 1st Infantry Brigade to attack again in the afternoon, and it was necessary to take down the small hill opposite.
Koiso Kuniaki stood in a hidden observation point and coldly told the chief of staff: "Order the 46th Wing to take down the No. 3 Heights (the position of the 5th Regiment) this afternoon, and I will order the Heavy Artillery Wing to cooperate with them to attack, if you can't take the position today, I don't mind letting the 49th Wing attack on their place." ”
"Hi" the chief of staff bowed and turned to leave.
After receiving the call from the chief of staff, Fujii Kendasa was anxious, and just now on the phone, this fellow from Hokkaido, who was the chief of staff, kindly reminded Fujii Kendasa that the division commander had doubts about the combat effectiveness of the 46th Wing and planned to let the 49th Wing take his place to launch an attack. This is something that Kendasa Fujii, who is about to sprint to the throne of brigade commander, cannot tolerate.
"Kill to give", Fujii Kendasa, who was furious, began to disregard the casualties of the troops and went to the front line to personally supervise the battle.
In the face of the frantic attack of the Yue army, regardless of casualties, the pressure on the Fifth Regiment became more and more intense. Faced with calls asking for artillery support everywhere, the artillery battalion of the Fifth Regiment was also a little busy.
"No, the reserves can't move, let me tell you Gao Heizi If you dare to lose an inch of position today, don't blame Lao Tzu for not turning his face and recognizing people."
"How's the situation with the first battalion?" Wang Li put down the call for help from the second battalion and turned back to ask the chief of staff next to him.
"The first battalion is in good shape, so far they have repelled five charges from the Japanese army today."
"It's going to be dark in another three hours, and we'll adjust the deployment then."
"The third battalion is very tight, do you want to send a reserve to support them?" The chief of staff hesitated and asked.
"The reserves can't be sent, today is only the first day to send the reserves, so how can we fight the rest of the battle?"
4:30 p.m
"Company commander, the little devil is coming up again." The pillar, covered in mud, pointed ahead and shouted.
"What are you yelling about, Lao Tzu can see it." Spit out the grass roots in his mouth, Zhao Quanyou glared at the pillar, "Brothers, the devils are coming up, ready to the guys." ”
"Xiao Shandong, your machine gun is responsible for suppressing the devil's Type 92, Qian Xiaoxiao, your machine gun should pay attention to the devil's grenadier canister. Cheer up Lao Tzu, it's going to be dark in a few hours, everyone, don't drop the chain for Lao Tzu at this time, "Now there are only two machine guns left in the company, and the suppression firepower has been greatly weakened, but you can't be careless, if you let the devils take the opportunity to rush up, with the level of the little devils fighting bayonets, they all have to explain here."
"Hit!" With Zhao Quanyou's order, tongues of fire began to pour out on the position of the second company again.
It was getting dark, and both exhausted sides ceased fire, except for the occasional flares fired by the defenders illuminating the positions in the middle.
After dinner, Wang Li called Zeng Li'an to discuss the defense of the junction between the two sides, and then sat on a rock and smoked.
To tell the truth, at present, the various units of the Longmen Institute are not subordinate to each other, and there is no unified command structure, and the operation depends entirely on mutual consultation. Wang Li believed that the commander-in-chief would not fail to see this, but he had not sent anyone to command the troops in the Longmen area so far? This can't help but make people think about it.
Suddenly, Wang Li, who was pondering, noticed countless flashing lights shooting out in front of him, and a long dragon-like convoy with no tail in sight drove from behind. There were bursts of cheers on the position of the Black Tiger Army, and Wang Li, who was thinking wildly, threw away his cigarette butt and smiled self-deprecatingly, it seemed that he didn't have to think about this problem anymore.
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