Chapter 568: Infantry Attack (2)
After walking a distance, there is a large area of rice fields in front, the golden rice in the rice fields sway with the breeze, there is no one in the rice fields, the land is very dry, this is because it is going to be harvested, the farmers will dry the water in the fields, and then dry the fields, so that the yield will be larger, the particles will be fuller, and it is convenient to harvest.
Xu Zhisong stood still in front, raised his right fist and squatted down, and the soldiers behind also crouched down and aimed their guns at the rice fields in front.
After observing for a while, Xu Zhisong shouted: "Everyone pay attention, the rice fields on both sides of the road ahead, with the third group as the center, are scattered left and right in a straight formation, each with an interval of more than five meters!" ”
Although the rice in the rice field is not very deep, it can be hidden, and for the sake of insurance and to create a safe passage for the follow-up troops, it is necessary to carry out a search-type advance in the rice field.
After hearing Xu Zhisong's order, two soldiers from the third group followed him, and the other groups scattered to the left and right sides, and the soldiers walked down the rice field slowly with rifles five or six meters apart.
The terrain of the paddy fields is generally low, and the rice straw is limited in height and grows very densely, so it is easy to be spotted if people hide in it, and just looking at which rice has fallen may arouse suspicion, so the Japanese are not so stupid to ambush in the rice fields.
Xu Zhisong observed the situation on the left and right sides of the front while walking, and for the sake of safety, he still called a soldier to the back and called two sappers to follow behind, so as to prevent the Japanese from laying mines on their way forward, this situation is very likely, after all, the production of mines is not complicated, and simple mines are easier to make. This is war after all, and any caution is not to be overdone.
OK. After walking for about a kilometer, no anomalies were found, and at this time it was less than a kilometer away from the Japanese position. The front terrain opened fire, and there were no buildings or tall trees, plants, or crops blocking the view, and the shelling of their own side continued.
In front of it is a five or six meters wide canal, there is a wooden bridge on the canal, at this time there are other squads and platoons are passing through guò during the war, this horizontal canal has only such a wooden bridge for a long distance, in order not to be crowded together, many other squads and platoons go directly into the water to wade through the canal, Xu Zhisong also asked the soldiers not to take the small wooden bridge. After all, it's too narrow, you can only pass two people at a time, and you can't walk through the water, anyway, the water is only waist-deep.
After wading through the canal, there is a large pond of green floats, and there are a few wild ducks in the water looking for food, and despite the rumbling of cannons ahead, these water ducks on the water surface are not affected in the slightest.
The other platoons bypassed from the side of the pond, after all, the front of the pond was not the direction of their attack. This direction of attack was directed by Xu Zhisong and his platoon, and Xu Zhisong advanced forward with the dirt road in the middle of the Tongguò Pond, which was only a few hundred meters away from the position of the first line of defense of the Japanese army, and the Japanese bullets could come at any time. Therefore, when the passage of guò was passed, the soldiers of the whole platoon were far apart, and everyone was running fast without bending lightly. In order to do his best, he then crawled down on the edge of the dry field opposite the pond to avoid the bullets of the Japanese army.
Behind the dirt road in the middle of the pond, the entire platoon of soldiers crawled on the edge of the dry field in front of the pond. This is a large dry field with beans growing in the field. Legumes don't grow tall and only raise their knees, but they can still cover their bodies when they lie on the ground.
After a short break of two minutes, the platoon commander shouted: "Shock attack-".
After the order was issued, each squad quickly got up, and under the leadership of the squad leader, launched an assault attack on the Japanese position in front, the terrain here is too open, and there are very few offensive formations that can be selected, Xu Zhisong shouted: "Two hundred meters in front of the target, subject to the fourth group, the whole squad will spread out left and right in a line formation, and assault-".
The soldiers rushed forward at a very fast speed with their rifles in their hands, after the impact attack was launched, there was no movement on the Japanese defensive position, you must know that it was only 400 meters away from the Japanese position, and the defenders could fire at this distance, but there were no bullets fired on the Japanese position, and the Chinese officers quickly thought of the reason why the Japanese army did this, due to the long-term bombardment, the Japanese military industrial enterprises were almost all blown up, so the Japanese did not have much ammunition, The Japanese troops on the position wanted to let the Chinese soldiers get close and then fight.
After impacting a distance of 100 meters, Xu Zhisong and his soldiers prostrate down, and now it is only 200 meters away from the Japanese position, and the Japanese position has begun to shoot this way. The soldiers pressed their heads against each other, bullets whizzed past their ears, and many bullets made a dull sound in the dirt in front of them.
At this time, the two heavy machine guns of the gun squad were mounted on a small mound on the left and right sides of the offensive line of the whole platoon, and opened fire on the Japanese positions in front.
"Dadada??????" The continuous firing, the bullets hit the dirt in front of the Japanese position, splashing puffs of dust, and the powerful fire suppressed the Japanese soldiers so that they could not raise their heads, lest they would be shot in the head if they raised their heads.
Seeing this, Xu Zhisong immediately shouted: "The first two groups, based on the second group, advance one hundred meters ahead, and jump in groups from left to right, and the first group will start????? The second group ??????,light machine guns keep up".
Xu Zhisong commanded each group to leap forward one by one, this kind of offensive formation is mainly in the open area, and the enemy's firepower is tight, it needs to be used alternately to cover the advance, the reason for grouping, is to avoid the enemy's machine gun strafing, if all the collective charge, once the enemy's heavy machine gun fire, the casualties will undoubtedly be much greater, but the group leap will reduce the casualties to a minimum.
More than ten seconds later, the first two groups of six soldiers have arrived at a hundred meters in front and crawled down, quickly occupying the firing position and firing at the Japanese position, while the light gunner and ammunition collector also followed the flank and crawled down to quickly suppress the Japanese fire on the Japanese position, seeing this situation, Xu Zhisong immediately led the remaining two three-person groups to rush forward, there were six soldiers and light machine gun groups in front of them to suppress the fire, Xu Zhisong and the two groups behind were more trained in the impact, However, just as he was about to arrive, one of the soldiers was hit and fell to the ground.
"Suppress, fire suppress! Medic, go see the dogs! Xu Zhisong shouted. At this time, the artillery fire in the rear had stopped, after all, the attacking troops in the front were too close to the Japanese positions.
After the artillery fire stopped, at this time, two tongues of fire suddenly appeared on the Japanese position, these were two Japanese heavy machine guns, these two heavy machine guns rang out, and the other two squads that were charging were suddenly knocked down a few soldiers, the platoon commander with a messenger was in the rear of the second squad in the middle, seeing the strong firepower of the Japanese army, he immediately shouted: "Notify the mortar squad and the machine gun squad to suppress the fire, and hit Lao Tzu hard!" ”
"Yes, platoon commander!" The communicator agreed, and used the walkie-talkie on his back to inform the mortar squad and heavy machine gun squad in the rear.
Mortar fire began to ring, shells fell in the Japanese trenches, and soon, the two Japanese heavy machine guns were silent. Seeing this, Xu Zhisong wiped the beads of sweat from his face and shouted to the machine gunners: "Light machine gun fire suppression, medical soldiers take care of the wounded, and others rush with me with bayonets?????? Kill—".
"Kill-" The soldier got up with his bayonet loaded and rushed forward with his rifle in his hand.
Suddenly the shouting of killing shook the sky, and mortar shells continued to fall in the Japanese trenches in the sky, and the Japanese soldiers were killed one after another, but after the soldiers charged, the heavy machine guns on both wings had stopped firing, because the soldiers' charge gradually blocked the firing range of the heavy machine guns.
Infantry should make full use of the terrain in battle, and the main purpose of using the terrain is to conceal their bodies and develop their firepower. When using the terrain, it is necessary to achieve "three conveniences, three don'ts, and one avoidance". "Three conveniences": even for observation and shooting, it is convenient to conceal the body, and it is convenient to approach, use and change positions; "Three don'ts": that is, do not obstruct the command of the squad (group) leader and the shooting of firearms of neighboring soldiers, do not support several people together, so as to avoid successive heavy casualties, and do not stay in one place for too long; "One avoidance": that is, avoid independent, obvious, flammable, collapsing objects and difficult to pass areas during the day.
When using the terrain, it is necessary to take an appropriate posture according to the enemy's situation and the height of the shelter, approach quickly and covertly, occupy it from the bottom up, and observe it carefully and meticulously. When using the terrain, you can use ridges, mounds, pits, trenches, trees, tall seedlings, jungle land, walls, corners, doors and windows, and so on.
When advancing and moving under enemy fire, special attention should be paid to advancing quickly and covertly in accordance with the orders of the squad leader or group leader, taking advantage of the cover of our firepower or the moment when the enemy's fire is weakened, interrupted, or transferred. Sometimes, it is also possible to deceive and confuse the enemy by making a sudden advance.
Individual soldiers should choose the movement route and pause position before exercising; During the movement, it is necessary to constantly observe the enemy's situation, the terrain, the command of the squad (group) leader, and the actions of friendly neighbors, and maintain the direction of advance; After discovering the target, it should be fired according to the command of the squad (group) leader or on its own.
In advance and movement, special attention should be paid to posture, there are several main forward postures and methods, respectively, the first is to advance straight, mainly at a very far distance from the enemy, and the danger is very small; The second is to bend forward, which is usually applied when the shelter is slightly lower than the human body. Generally, the gun is held in the right hand, the upper body is leaned forward, the legs are bent, the body is bent dù, depending on the height of the shelter, the eyes are forward, and the stride or brisk step forward. The third is the leap forward, which is a method of movement often used when quickly navigating open ground under enemy fire. The essentials are: before leaping, you can move left and right (roll) to confuse the enemy, quickly collect the gun, bend the left foot under the right leg, hold the gun in the right hand, support the body with the strength of the left hand, left knee and left foot, take the right foot, and suddenly jump forward. The distance of the leap should not be too long. There are also creeping advances and rolls in, which are used when enemy fire is particularly intensive. (To be continued......)