Chapter 264: The Battle for the Heights
Just when Wang Deli was secretly proud, the second regiment had already transferred all the light and heavy firepower to the front line, 12 heavy machine guns were lined up, plus dozens of light machine guns, and 9 grenadiers were all carried over, just waiting for the regiment commander's order to eliminate the hundreds of devils in front of him.
"Alright, start attacking, grenadiers, and drain all the grenades we've brought. Machine gunner, don't save me bullets, give me a deadly fight, I want to annihilate this gang of two devils and avenge the soldiers we just died" Looking at the light and heavy weapons that slipped behind him, the regiment commander snorted coldly and ordered.
First of all, dozens of light and heavy machine guns behind him opened fire, and the dense tongue of fire immediately hit the puppet army on the position and couldn't raise its head. Just when these two devils were lying in the bunker, dodging the flying bullets. The nine grenadiers arranged behind the machine-gun positions opened fire, and as soon as this weapon of great lethality to the infantry appeared, the puppet army immediately cried wolf.
Due to the very small size of the position occupied by Wang Deli, he gathered about 500 soldiers in a circular formula with a length of less than 100 meters. With such a dense deployment of troops, a random grenade will take the lives of at least several puppet soldiers. This time the puppet army is miserable, lying on the ground, there are constantly falling grenades, so that they have nowhere to hide. Standing up straight and firing back, not to mention, as soon as the flying bullets show their heads, they will be immediately beaten into a hornet's nest In less than a few minutes, the puppet army of 500 people has dropped sharply to more than 300 people.
Looking at the soldiers who kept dying, I saw that these hardcore henchmen of mine were getting fewer and fewer under the attack of the Eighth Route Army. Division Commander Wang Deli couldn't help but regret it for a while, but it was too late at this time. Because of the nearly 100 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army that he had just killed, he was destined to have no choice today, and the only choice he could choose was to die in battle.
"Brothers, resist me, we all have blood debts in the Eighth Route Army, even if we are captured and captured by the Eighth Route Army, we will not be able to escape a dead son. It's better to fight with them today, fight for one person to be enough, fight for two people to earn a brother, kill me" Wang Deli finally used his last trick, threatening his brothers with death to sell their lives. At the same time, in order to show his determination to die, he took the lead in poking out his head and began to shoot back with his pistol. However, it is strange to say that Wang Deli finished shooting a shuttle of bullets, but he was not injured at all.
Maybe everyone thinks that the teacher's words are reasonable. Maybe I received the encouragement of the division commander to take the lead, in short. Seeing his division commander personally desperate. Those puppet soldiers who had been born and died with Wang Deli took up their weapons one after another, ignoring the flying bullets and the constantly falling grenades, and began to return fire.
Slowly, the machine gunners of the Eighth Route Army began to suffer casualties. However, due to the condescending position of the Eighth Route Army, it had a geographical advantage. The losses of the puppet army were obviously several times higher than those of the Eighth Route Army.
And while the machine gunners on both sides were firing at each other, the commander of the second regiment and the infantry lying on the ground were not idle. Under the cover of the intensive fire of the machine-gun grenadiers, the fighters lay on the ground and slowly touched the ring fortifications of the puppet army. In the few minutes that the two sides were firing at each other, the fighters, led by the regiment commander, had already climbed to a distance of less than 50 meters from the position of the puppet army.
"Comrades, grenades" Seeing that the puppet army had entered the range of attack of their own grenades, the regiment commander did not hesitate and ordered loudly. At the same time, from the waist of the guard behind him, he took out a grenade that captured the devil, pulled out the safety, slapped it on the butt of his gun, delayed it for three seconds, and threw it over the position defended by the puppet army.
The grenade, which was delayed by the regimental commander, exploded, undoubtedly, over the head of the position of the puppet army. The huge lethality of the grenade was so great that all the soldiers in a radius of nearly 5 meters were killed and injured in an instant.
"Boom, boom, boom" With the grenade of the regiment commander, the soldiers took out the grenades on their bodies and threw them at the position of the puppet army. More than 1,000 grenades were thrown into the fortifications of the puppet army, and the gunpowder smoke from the dense grenade explosion instantly covered up the position of the puppet army, and when the explosion sounded, the gunfire on the position of the puppet army almost stopped.
You know, more than a thousand grenades were thrown into a defensive ring less than 100 meters long and no more than 10 meters wide, that is, at least two or more grenades fell on almost every square meter of position. I think there are only a handful of soldiers who can survive such a dense grenade attack.
"Trumpeter, blow the trumpet, all of them, charge with bayonets" Seeing that the little devil's position was completely filled with gunsmoke, and there was hardly any gunfire to return fire, the second regiment commander decisively seized the opportunity and gave the order for the troops to attack.
"Rush and kill" The soldiers roared, got up from the ground, and rushed to the puppet army position filled with gunpowder smoke with red eyes one by one.
The outcome of the battle is beyond doubt. By the time the soldiers rushed into the puppet army position full of gunsmoke, there were only less than 50 remnants of the entire position left, except for the division commander Wang Deli, who were defeated, facing the charging team of the Eighth Route Army of nearly 1,000 people. Everyone finally put down their weapons, and even the arrogant Wang Deli put down the weapons and ammunition in his hands and surrendered to the Eighth Route Army.
In this way, the entire war of annihilation of the puppet army, from the first cannon sound, to the end of the last gunshot, the whole battle took less than an hour, one or two regiments of the puppet army were completely annihilated, of which more than 900 people were killed, 120 were seriously wounded, and the rest were all arrested.
And the three divisions, one or two regiments, as well as cavalry battalions. Among them, the cavalry battalion lost 34 people killed and 20 seriously wounded, and the loss of one regiment was not large, and the loss of troops was less than two platoons. The losses of the 2nd Regiment were great, but most of the soldiers lost were killed in front of Wang Deli's position. Of these, 124 were killed and 23 were seriously wounded, and a whole infantry company was lost.
Seeing the puppet soldiers who were captured one by one, they were escorted by the soldiers of one or two regiments to the place where the prisoners were held. Liu Hua, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Damn, little devil, now it's finally your turn," Liu Hua said to himself.
"Chief of Staff, immediately send a report to the political commissar Chen Revolution on the periphery of the ambush circle, and ask him to immediately organize the militia to enter the position, take care of the prisoners, and clean up the battlefield. The 122 regiments of the 3rd Division immediately assembled and prepared to reinforce the Rapid Reaction Brigade to eliminate the Sakata Wing of the Japanese Army. Liu Hua ordered loudly.
"Yes, division commander" After speaking, Chief of Staff Li Qing began to arrange.
Sure enough, in less than a few minutes, countless fellow villagers with various weapons poured out from the back of the Immortal Mountain. After a few minutes of changing guards, the two main regiments quickly replenished the ammunition lost in the battle, and then reinforced the position of the Sakata Wing, which was engaged in fierce fighting.
At this time, Sakata Dazuo was very depressed, and the strength of a wing was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, which had never been encountered since the empire invaded China. Just when Sakata Daisa ordered the chief of staff: order the first brigade of the four heights to open fire at once and cover the main forces to break out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army. The sound of an explosion that shook the mountains sounded, which frightened Captain Sakata into a cold sweat for the rest of his life, and he thought that the shells carried by his artillery brigade had been detonated by the Eighth Route Army.
"Ah, Your Excellency Wing Commander, our First Brigade is finished," the Chief of Staff, who was just about to turn around and order the radio to make an announcement, was also attracted by the violent explosion, and followed the sound of the explosion. I saw that the four heights occupied by the first brigade had a violent explosion almost at the same time, and the huge air wave generated by the explosion did not know how many soldiers of the empire were overturned.
And what happened next made Sakata Daisa know that the whole battle was a trap set by the Eighth Route Army. Because, at the moment when the four highlands had just exploded, heavy gunfire was heard from the four highlands. If you take a closer look, you can clearly see that the imperial army, which has fallen into chaos, is being swept away by the intensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army one by one, and is retreating one after another, and there is no room for counterattack at all, let alone reinforcing yourself?
"Baga, we have been fooled, the Eighth Route Army is trying to ambush our Baga" Seeing that the imperial troops on the four heights were submerged in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army in a short period of time, the face of Sakata Daisa, the wing commander who was holding a telescope to observe the enemy's situation, turned white, and the beans were so big that beads of sweat began to fall continuously. The strength of a brigade and the elite imperial army of a brigade were all shattered in the hands of the Eighth Route Army in less than ten minutes.
"Baga, I want to make the Eighth Route Army pay for the blood debt," Sakata Daisa clenched his fists and said with a pale face.
"Order the second brigade and the third brigade to immediately charge the four heights under the cover of the artillery brigade, and must recapture the heights and avenge the fallen imperial warriors," Sakata Daisa ordered loudly to several captains around him. But he didn't know that one bad news after another would reach his ears.
"Hi" The three captains who received the order immediately turned around and, under the cover of the guards, ran towards their own troops. However, the Sakata Wing was indeed the field wing of the Japanese Army, and in the face of the intensive artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, although it lost a lot of soldiers, there was no confusion in the formation of all the soldiers. Under the intensive machine-gun fire of the Eighth Route Army, the two brigade commanders quickly mobilized the counteroffensive forces of four squadrons.
A very heavy machine gun was set up by the army, and one grenadier after another began to fire grenades at the position of the Eighth Route Army in the hands of the army. The 12 mountain guns of the artillery brigade and the six mountain guns attached to it, a total of 18 mountain guns, were quickly lined up under the organization of the soldiers, and the preparations before the shelling were completed.
As the Eighth Route Army, which reoccupied the high ground, when it accepted the task, it knew that the position it was holding would definitely become the object of contention for the army, and when the time came, the army would definitely desperately occupy these four commanding heights, provide fire cover for its main force, and highlight the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, after the total annihilation of the Yue army on the high ground, the soldiers did not make any stops. began to use all kinds of tools, all kinds of things that could be used to build fortifications, and even the corpses of more than 100 devils who were killed on the position, the soldiers did not let go, and all of them were piled up on the edge of the trenches. In the words of the fighters, letting them block their bullets is their atonement for the crimes they committed in China. There is a more important reason for this, that is, after letting the Yue army see these corpses, they can let their artillery restrain a little.
Back to Xu Bin, who had just occupied the heights, after destroying all the troops on the heights. Xu Bin didn't have any melancholy, because he knew that as long as the Yue army knew that after the news of the loss of this highland, he would definitely fight back desperately, and the battle to meet himself was the real beginning.
"The first company commander, immediately build a position on the spot, dig along the original position of the little devil, and the second company commander will immediately count the results of the battle, report the losses, hurry up, the little devil will not have much time for us." Xu Bin anxiously ordered the two company commanders beside him.
Seeing the two company commanders leading the way, Xu Bin began to seriously observe his current situation and terrain. Raising the binoculars, although the machine guns and cannons of his own troops, he frantically fired at the positions of the Japanese army. But apart from the initial surprise attack, the effect is now minimal. Many soldiers of the Chinese army have been slowly assembled under the leadership of commanders at all levels. More importantly, the artillery brigade of the Chinese army is already slowly moving. It was clear that he and the two companies behind him were going to face a very fierce battle.
The results and losses were quickly counted, and the second company commander came to Xu Bin's side and said without saluting.
"Battalion commander, a reinforced squadron of devils was completely annihilated by us, we have a total of 42 soldiers killed and 12 seriously wounded, all of them have been carried down, and now there are still 310 people in two companies who can continue to fight. In addition, we captured 2 Imp heavy machine guns and 6 light machine guns. Also, the two mortars of the devil were not blown up, they were all captured by us, and a pit where the devil hid ammunition was found, and there were a lot of bullets and shells in it," replied the second company commander.
"It seems that the little devil is quite well prepared, since these things have been sent by the little devil, we have received them. Hand over the two mortars and all the shells to the artillery platoon. Heavy machine guns and light machine guns were all sent to the front-line positions, and when the time comes, we will rely on these things to fight devils, and we must not waste them. Hearing that there were mortars and heavy machine guns among the captured trophies, as well as a lot of ammunition, Xu Bin's frown finally relaxed. You know, with the addition of these weapons, this battle is much easier to fight.
"Yes, battalion commander, I'll do it right away" After speaking, the commander of the second company flew over to the first company that was building a position. At this moment, a squadron of Yue troops had been assembled under the high ground where Xu Bin was, and a total of six heavy machine guns were lined up and placed less than 400 meters away from the front line.
Suddenly, a whistling sound came, followed by a violent explosion 20 meters behind the high ground where Xu Bin was.
"It's not good, the devil is going to shell, this is the little devil's test firing comrades, retreat immediately, leave the guard post, and pull it all to the back of the high ground quickly" Hearing the explosion in the back mountain, Xu Bin, as the battalion commander, was the first to react and ordered loudly. Hearing the order, the platoon commanders at all levels also reacted immediately, and retreated with weapons one after another, leaving an empty high ground for the little devil artillery.
Sure enough, just as the last soldier withdrew from the high ground, another louder and longer whistling sound came, and four shells landed accurately on the position that the soldiers had just constructed, setting off a cloud of stumps, severed arms, and clods of earth. Of course, these stumps and severed arms are all on the corpses of the little devils. The soldiers hid in the trenches that had been dug in the back mountain, checked the weapons in their hands, and admired the fireworks that the army set off for the soldiers for free.
Maybe it was for the sake of taking the high ground at one time, or maybe it was because the devil disliked the fact that he was carrying too many shells, and the whole shelling lasted for more than ten minutes. In these ten minutes, more than 200 shells fell on this high ground with a radius of less than a kilometer, and almost every few square meters had to drop a shell.
Just when the little devil thought that the Eighth Route Army on the top of the hill had almost been wiped out by his own artillery, the soldiers of a squadron that had been assembled, under the command of the squadron leader and under the cover of six heavy machine guns, launched a charge from a position less than four hundred meters in front of the high ground.
"Battalion commander, battalion commander, the devil is coming" As soon as the devil's shelling stopped, the sound of the guard post was remembered on the top of the mountain.
"Comrades, immediately enter the position, the devils are on the attack. The artillery platoon formed an artillery position on the spot and provided fire support at any time. Xu Bin ordered loudly, and the first one rushed towards the position that had been blown into ruins.
However, when everyone rushed to the battlefield, the whole person was stunned by the scene in front of them. The entire position, including the trenches that the fighters had just dug out, had been completely destroyed by the artillery fire of the little devils, and only a trace of the lever digging trenches could be seen on the entire position. What's more, even the one guard squad that remained on the position now has only four people left. As for the remaining fighters, needless to say, they have all died in the fierce artillery fire of the little devils.
"What are you still doing in a daze, build a position immediately" Looking at the stunned soldiers, and then seeing that the little devils of a squadron in charge of the attack had advanced to a position 300 meters in front of the position, the battalion commander Xu Bin couldn't help but scolded loudly.
(To be continued)