Chapter 842: A short and brutal battle

It was the outpost that shot at the outlet, and although there was only one person, he bravely shot after discovering that the sentry had been killed, and if the shot did not go off, the consequences would be unimaginable. Because it was on the march, and it was in Egypt, the camp was somewhat lax. In this sense, Harry's plan succeeded, and the Japanese 14th Division did not have any difficulties along the way, and it was possible to be tense for a day, and it was like this for a few days, so it was naturally a little looser.

Despite this, no one dared to cross the alert mode of a barbed wire fence and a light and dark whistle. As soon as the guns rang out, the dark sentry was afraid from the sand pit where he was hiding, and he blew vigorously with the whistle, and the sharp whistle tore through the silent night sky, and he had just run out less than ten paces, and behind a fortification piled up with sandbags, the platoon gun of an infantry squad hiding in the fire support post here also rang out.

At this time, the camel brigade began a decisive attack, and the dust rolled up could not be seen clearly in the night, until the dark sentry stopped without hesitation, took out an iron bucket from the ditch, poured bubbling kerosene on the prepared dry firewood, and a ten-meter-long wall of fire appeared in the night. At this time, the camel cavalry had approached less than fifty meters, and the sentry soldier did not choose to escape, but tied the ropes of the four grenades together, and pulled hard before he was tied into a hedgehog by the javelin, and in an instant the soldier of low stature was drowned by the smoke and dust rolled up by the camel cavalry.

The loud sound of "boom" was so deafening in the night sky, and the smoke and dust kicked up by the explosion looked so brilliant under the light of the fire in the trench. An infantry squad on duty to support fire, determined that there was not enough time in the camp to react, and in order to avoid greater sacrifices, after firing bullets from the platoon of guns. Instead of retreating behind the barbed wire, he made the same choice, the grenade cables tied together, leaping out of the fortifications and tumbling forward to meet the torrent that was crushing forward. The grenade was drawn. One, two, three, four......, thirteen, and the last one in the trenches was the squad leader Kobayashi Koji, a small surname from a samurai family in Dongying Kumamoto, if it weren't for the appearance of Chen Xie, the new king of Dongying, he wouldn't have had too many opportunities. Earn more than 100 acres of land for his parents and siblings as a place to live.

Thinking that his parents would be treated favorably because of his death, Kobayashi pulled the trigger and knocked down an enemy who rushed five meters away, decisively pulled the grenade, jumped out of the fortifications, and pounced on an enemy who was rushing in.

......Booming, continuous explosions, shook the attacking camel cavalry. If only it was powerful. Not enough to make these faith fanatics rush to fear, but the madness of these invaders. But it achieved the purpose of deterrence.

The soldiers who were waiting for the rest of the day kept rushing out of the tents, and when they entered the position, they saw the sentries moving frantically one after another. Nobuo Fujisawa, one of the few Japanese company commanders, bit his lip with his teeth fiercely, and his eyes widened with anger.

"Kill, kill them all!" The revolver was shot into the air. The soldiers who entered the position pulled the trigger, and the platoon of guns rained down. Three minutes later, the four mortars (mortars) of the regimental artillery platoon also sounded, this new type of artillery, which was not produced much, was in the expeditionary force sequence. Only units at the regimental level have a platoon formation.

The rate of fire of the four mortar cannons was best reflected, and the raindrops of explosions came and went, and the camel cavalry was constantly blown away, and the camel cavalry was constantly falling on the way to the charge. At the critical moment, the Montini machine gun, which was only equipped at the regimental level, also rang out, and the sound of gunfire was like a big scythe for mowing the grass, and a rain of bullets splashed over it could tear a small hole in the cavalry's formation. Although it was quickly filled up by the follow-up madmen, its powerful firepower was still effective in curbing the momentum of the cavalry's approach.

Only a barbed wire fence was the biggest mistake the infantry regiment had made tonight. The dense camel cavalry slammed into the barbed wire, and although it was effectively stopped, after only half a minute, the barbed wire was knocked down by the continuous impact. With a bang, there was a flat river ahead.

In the face of the cavalry armed with scimitars, not a single Japanese soldier took half a step back, and the company commander Nobuo Kobayashi shouted: "Grenade! At a distance of about 20 meters, while grenades rained down, Nobuo Kobayashi pulled out the katana at his waist, jumped out of the trench with both hands, and shouted heroically: "For the sake of Daming!" For the sake of King Dongying! Assault to the death! ”

Before the words fell, a figure rushed out, facing the billowing smoke and dust, and hit it headlong. Xiao Lin convinced that the back was the life instructor Lao Meng, this Ming officer who usually looked a little arrogant, and his back was so tall at the moment. After a loud bang, the rapid momentum was fiercely curbed and paused, and Lao Meng's explosion point was on the edge of the gap in the barbed wire.

"Ahh As if they had been beaten, more than a dozen soldiers rushed out of the trench, and pounced on the enemy who was continuing to pass through the gap, and the moment the high-speed enemy slashed with a scimitar, the roaring explosion turned an area at the front of the trench into a hell of death. Bombing points rose one after another, and in each explosion place, there was the sacrifice of a soldier, and at least five or six undertakers, although Kobayashi Nobuo's heart was bleeding, but his choice was to look for grenades everywhere, ready to do the same at the last moment. Unfortunately, his thoughts were shattered, a sharp whistling sound fell from the sky, and the divisional artillery regiment opened fire.

Despite Kobayashi's shrewd response, he was brutally carried back into the trench by the blast wave at the last moment. The body that fell hit the ground hard, and his internal organs felt loose from the pain. Timely artillery fire interrupted the madness of the camel cavalry, and the dense volley of guns told Nobuo Kobayashi that reinforcements had arrived.

"Kill, avenge the instructor! Kill them all! Nobuo Kobayashi let out a hoarse roar and shot quickly with the rifle in his hand, ignoring the two bloody streaks in the corners of his eyes.

"This is the direction of the 42nd regiment." Liu Jishi, who put down the binoculars, had a grim face, and Zhou Guodong looked at it uneasily for a while: "You stay, I'll take a look." "Liu Jishi is not hypocritical, when the battle really starts, the chief of staff can leave the command post, but he, the division commander, cannot leave. Don't look at how much the chief of staff has restrictions on his power in peacetime, once he is on the battlefield, under normal circumstances, the chief of staff has a greater chance of taking risks. "Well, go ahead, take the pistol of the division headquarters with a platoon."

The divisional pistol company is a special formation, the real name is the divisional reconnaissance company, the cavalry of a water, everyone is a lethal weapon with two revolvers, and a saber.

This is a battalion-level unit's camp, and in the eyes of Harry, who sneaked up, there are no more than a thousand people in such a large camp. As long as the cavalry enters and bites hard, even if the nearby enemy reinforcements come over, they can calmly defeat the reinforcements or retreat. This is a night battle, and the enemy, who is not familiar with the terrain, will definitely not dare to attack easily.

Unfortunately, Harry has a very limited understanding of the strength of his opponents. The firing range of the mortar was 1500 meters, and the location of the regimental headquarters was no more than a kilometer from the positions of the three battalions. Almost at the moment when the gunfire of the secret sentry sounded, the sentries at the regimental headquarters also blew the whistle, and when the fire prepared in advance outside the camp was ignited, the artillery had a target. Without hesitation, he opened fire on a target near the fire, and the rapid rate of fire hit Harry with heavy casualties.

Mortars alone were not enough to suppress the camel cavalry, and then there were the sacrifices of those soldiers who went forward one after another, and under the inspiration of the instructor, more than a dozen soldiers bravely gaged the mouth. When the artillery of the division was relieved, there was no suspense in this battle, and the ignited wall of fire was undoubtedly the best guide.

The attack of a thousand cavalry consumed seventy-seven eighty-eight in a battle of less than an hour, and when it could no longer support it to retreat, Harry decisively decided to turn forward, and this battle could not be fought like this again. In fact, when the soldiers rushed into the enemy group with grenades in their arms, Harry knew that the battle was doomed.

When Chief of Staff Zhou Guodong arrived at the battlefield with a platoon of cavalry, the sneak attackers had already disappeared into the night, and they were running into the desert from a distance. Even if the infantry wanted to chase it, it was impossible, and the infantry with bayonets were venting their anger and stabbing to death the enemies who were still in ** state one by one.

The enemy fled far away, Nobuo Kobayashi's eyes were still red, holding a rifle, looking for a target in a pool of blood, a guy wearing a turban was struggling to crawl on the ground, Nobuo Kobayashi did not hesitate to catch up, the bayonet stabbed into the back fiercely, stirred a few times, and then pulled out the bayonet, regardless of the blood splashed on the body, and continued to look for the next target.

Similar scenes, scene after scene, Zhou Guodong had the intention to stop it, but he saw Lei Jinbiao, the commander of the 42nd Regiment, who arrived first, come forward. "Chief of Staff, he is incompetent, and he has involved many brothers, please punish him." After saluting, Lei Jinbiao looked ashamed. Before setting up camp today, if he hadn't urged everyone to hurry up, there would not have been a situation where there was only one barbed wire, and it was such a small negligence that led to serious consequences.

"Tell me about it." Zhou Guodong chuckled in his heart, but he still asked the situation very calmly first. Lei Jinbiao explained slowly: "It was about one o'clock in the morning, the sneak attack was discovered by the secret sentinel, and the warning ...... was shot." After briefly recounting the battle, Zhou Guodong asked the most relevant question: "What about the casualties?" ”

"The fourth company of the second battalion in charge of the garrison suffered the greatest casualties, and at the critical moment when the barbed wire was knocked down, instructor Meng Siyuan rushed to the gap with a cluster grenade, and then eighteen soldiers and three non-commissioned officers followed suit, effectively curbing the enemy's momentum. At present, the specific casualty figure has not been counted, and it is estimated that the casualties of the fourth company are about one platoon. (To be continued......)