Chapter 1055: Weixian Siege (1)

The temporary headquarters of the 3rd Division was located in a col less than five kilometers away from the front line, not far from the Jiaoji railway line, after getting the report of the front-line attack troops, Wu Ming frowned and said: "I didn't expect to think that the little devil also started to use mines!" ”

"As far as I know, the Japanese army would have used mines, but they have been fighting in China smoothly and basically on the offensive, so they rarely have the opportunity to use minefields. Now that we have beaten the flowers and water, and even suffered defeats, I remembered to use landmines! Chief of Staff Li Wen analyzed.

"Well, the chief of staff is right, but our entire division is not equipped with demining tools, what should we use for demining?" Deputy division commander Zhao Youde said: "In addition, we have captured some demining equipment from the Japanese army, but they are all in the general warehouse of the logistics office of the Pingshan base area, and it is too late to transfer them now." ”

After speaking, he and Li Wendu set their eyes on the division commander Wu Ming, and at this time they had no good way but to pin their hopes on their division commander.

Wu Ming groaned for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Order the forward troops to use artillery fire to clear mines!" ”

"Artillery demining? Will this work? Li Wen and Zhao Youde glanced at each other and spoke one after another.

"If the devil's minefield is set up in the jungle or mountain forest, of course not, but at the moment their minefield is set up on the plains and wilderness on both sides of the railway, it is definitely okay to use artillery fire to clear mines, tell the forward troops, don't be reluctant to shell, I will supplement them as much as they want, the premise is that the minimum casualty price must be given to break through the Japanese positions outside Weixian as soon as possible." Wu Ming said.

Li Wen nodded, and immediately turned around to convey Wu Ming's order to the communication company.

At this time, the communication company had already established telephone communication with all the regiments below the division headquarters, so it only took one phone call for Wu Ming's order to be transmitted to the front.

In the next moment, the attacking troops pulled out the Type 92 infantry guns and 75mm Krupp guns of the artillery battalion directly under their regiment, as well as the mortars equipped with the battalions below, and opened fire fiercely at the Japanese troops.

For a time, the minefield in front of the Japanese position was in the area, red light was everywhere, and the sound of artillery was rumbling, and it was soon shrouded in thick gunsmoke.

The first round of shelling did not have much effect, only to blow up the devil's minefield to the ground, and the craters were all over, but when the second and third rounds of shells fell in rows, the Japanese minefield finally produced wave after wave of violent explosions.

The explosion of the shells detonated some mines, and the entire Japanese position was filled with flames and smoke, and the fingers could not be seen.

This lasted for about half an hour, and the attacking troops ordered the artillery to extend the artillery fire in the direction of the Japanese positions, and then continue the shelling.

On the Japanese position, a devil soldier was stretching his neck to look at the firelight in front of his position, the fierce minefield, suddenly a sharp whistling sound resounded in the sky, he looked up suddenly, only to see a scarlet fire cutting through the sky at a very fast speed, towards the place where he was viciously flying towards the place where he was.

The devil soldier knew that it was a cannonball, but he didn't have time to dodge at all, only to hear him let out a terrible scream, and the cannonball fell fiercely, first a dazzling red light rose to the ground, and then a rumbling explosion resounded in all directions, and the scorching shock wave instantly submerged him and exploded into pieces.

Countless shrapnel went with the shock wave in all directions. Shells fell one after another, and the devils were blown up to cry and cry for their mothers, with heavy casualties.

At this time, nearly 1,000 officers and men of a Class A infantry battalion, under the leadership of a battalion commander, quietly dispatched and rushed towards the Japanese position at an accelerated pace by taking advantage of the favorable situation that the Japanese minefields and positions were covered with thick gunpowder smoke and their own artillery fire was constantly extending and bombarding.

When more than 1,000 officers and men of Longya were about to rush to the front of the Japanese position, their own artillery units stopped the artillery bombardment in time.

The lieutenant colonel battalion commander who led the charge was armed with an MP38 submachine gun and roared: "Brothers, rush with me!" ”

"Rush! Kill! More than 1,000 officers and soldiers responded with a roar in unison, holding various weapons, and followed their battalion commander to speed up the pace and rush towards the enemy's position.

Some grenadiers stopped one after another and fired small grenades at the Japanese positions less than 200 meters away, and the Japanese positions, which were already shrouded in thick smoke, once again exploded, and clusters of flames rose one after another.

Some of the devil soldiers who had just wanted to get up from the trenches to block the attack were caught off guard, and they were injured one after another, killed, and fell.

In this way, the attacking troops successfully reached within 100 meters of the Japanese position, and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the remnants of the Japanese troops who had come back to their senses at this time and opened fire to stop them.

The other two infantry battalions of the Eighth Route Army, together numbering more than 1,000 people, were bypassing the destroyed minefields of the Japanese army and carrying out a roundabout attack on the Japanese defense line from the left and right.

It happened that a reinforcement of more than 1,000 people arrived in the rear of the Japanese army in time, and the Japanese commander found that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered the support army to divide his troops to block the attack, and the two roundabout Eighth Route Army also launched a fierce exchange of fire.

The devils did not have enough troops and did not dare to leave the trenches to fight with the bayonets of the Eighth Route Army, which made it impossible for the Eighth Route Army to give full play to its numerical advantage, and in terms of marksmanship and firepower alone, they did not have an advantage over the well-trained Japanese army.

As a result, the offensive suffered a setback and failed to make a successful detour in time to provide effective countermeasures and support for the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment attacking frontally.

As a result, the attack of the 1st Battalion became more and more difficult, but the officers and men of the 1st Battalion were much better equipped, and before they came into close contact with the Japanese army, they caused great casualties to the Japanese army by relying on a powerful firepower network composed of general-purpose machine guns and submachine guns.

As the fighting between the two sides progressed, the casualties of the Japanese army, which was not superior in numbers, became more and more heavy, and the entire front of the defense line was also precarious.

In the city of Weixian, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

A devil major general couldn't help but be taken aback when he learned that the front line was in an emergency, "Nani? The dirt road actually destroyed our minefield? Or was it destroyed with shells? Major General Devil took a breath of cold air, when did this branch become so wealthy.

So he hurriedly dispatched two infantry brigade-sized reinforcements to rush to the front-line field positions, just when the Japanese army was about to collapse, the Japanese reinforcements arrived in time, with the addition of more than 2,000 new troops, the Japanese army suddenly regained morale, and stubbornly withstood the onslaught of the 1st battalion, and broke the disadvantage back little by little.

At the same time, the two battalions attacking in a roundabout way on the left and right flanks were hit by heavy artillery fire from the Japanese mortar group, suffering heavy casualties, and the roundabout attack was actually a failure.

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