Shulu County, the blocking position of the first division of Jizhong.

The sound of gunfire was deafening, and the Japanese were organizing troops to attack. Under the cover of infantry artillery and mortars, the skirmishers pounced on them in waves, and the rain of bullets from light and heavy machine guns was like a torrent. For the Japanese army, which had always conserved bullets, this was a very rare battle of wealth.

I have to admit that the Japanese army's ferocious style of play is still very powerful, and it was almost invincible in the early stage of World War II. Throughout the history of warfare, such a ferocious light infantry can only be compared with the volunteers on the Korean battlefield.

400m, 200m, 150m...... The Japanese attack line continued to advance, especially after reaching 150 meters, the grenadier was a special weapon, and the grenades continued to smash into the positions of the first division, blowing up accurately and ruthlessly. Smoke from the explosion quickly enveloped the entire position.

Soon, the Japanese army was already within a hundred meters. The commander shouted, pulled out his command knife and slashed forward, howling, "Kill it!" ”

The Japanese soldiers jumped up from their hiding places and shouted, "Onboard! ”

……

"Battalion commander, the little devil is here!"

"Hit!"

A row of guns suddenly appeared on the defensive position where there were only sporadic firepower points, and the crossfire composed of light and heavy machine guns quickly blocked the Japanese assault route, beating the Japanese army's charging momentum like a huge wave crashing on a reef, and suddenly retracted.

"Yaga! Don't retreat, meat bullet assault! ”

"Onboard!"

"Mom!"

……

In the face of the ferocious blow of the defending troops of the 1st Division, the ferocity of the Japanese army was brought out. With the commander under the order. A group of soldiers with grenades strapped to their bodies screamed and pounced.

The battalion commander observed it with a periscope and sneered: "The little devil really doesn't have any strength, it's still the same old, this is looking for death!" ”

A soldier next to him asked curiously: "Battalion commander, didn't the little devils all use to be called board loaded?" Now it's all too messy, and it's all about shouting! ”

"Yes, battalion commander. What are the little devils shouting? ”

The battalion commander said angrily: "I know the Tao, and I don't know Oriental dialect, so ask the instructor!" ”

The instructor was nervously staring at the battlefield and opened his mouth at the words. I was about to speak. Suddenly, there was a trumpet sound from the position. Immediately after that, there was a crackling crackle like fried beans, and an extremely dense burst of gunfire rang out. Although those Japanese "meat bullets" were extremely fierce and had a good way of dodging bullets, they were flesh and blood after all. Soon the fight was bloody and blurred. At the front of the position lay a large patch.

However, the Japanese troops behind still rushed forward wave after wave. And they are very good at shooting on the march. Every time you take a few steps forward, lie down or roll, and raise the gun is a point shot. There were also many casualties on the defenders. And this kind of deadly fighting style also caused a lot of pressure on the hearts of the fighters.

Seeing that the battle in front of him had reached a fever pitch, the Japanese commander immediately ordered: "Zoten-kun, order the tank squadron to attack immediately!" ”

"Hello!"

In fact, the Japanese armored forces have been on standby, and the reason why they have to wait until this time to attack is to crush the defenders' will to fight in one fell swoop. As expected, with the appearance of more than a dozen tanks, there was indeed vacillation and confusion on the defenders' positions.

After all, the First Division is a local army, and most of the soldiers have only been in the army for a short time, and many soldiers are still seeing blood for the first time, so it is inevitable that they will be a little uncomfortable. The frightened pee was relatively light, and some of the timid soldiers were so frightened that they threw down their guns and ran, and the veterans who couldn't laugh or cry had to kick them back again. This caused a loosening of the originally tight defensive line, and the Japanese troops who were "struggling" were keenly aware of this and immediately pounced fiercely.

"Kill, give! Imperial Army onboard! ”

"Onboard!"

……

The Japanese soldiers all shouted excitedly, like a wild beast seeing blood. For them, it is not that they have not seen opponents with more automatic firearms than them, the Northeast Army, the 29th Army, the Jinsui Army, and the Central Army all have a large number of submachine guns, but none of them can stop their offensive!

"Hit, hit me hard!"

"Don't retreat a step, who dares to withdraw from military law again!"

"Don't be blind with this good gun!"

"The little devil is not invulnerable, don't panic, aim and fight!"

……

Under the orders and pacification of officers and veterans of all ranks, the fighters finally stabilized their positions. Of course, they also owe this gun to them. This weapon is also a well-known weapon in World War II - the Soviet-made Bobosha submachine gun. The firepower is so fierce, 71 rounds of drumming, there is really nothing to say.

Originally, the Soviet Union did not attach much importance to submachine guns, which was somewhat similar to the Japanese view at that time, believing that this kind of weapon was useless because of its poor accuracy, short range, weak power, and waste of bullets. So despite the fact that the Soviets were armed with models such as the M-1934 7.62 mm Digtyaev submachine gun (i.e., PPD34), no one took it seriously.

At that time, many high-level leaders of the Soviet Union, such as Budyonny and others, even suggested that this weapon should be abolished and the Mosin Nagant rifle should be uniformly equipped. By 1939, the Soviet army really sealed the submachine gun, but in the Soviet-Finnish war, it was severely beaten by the Finns armed with Suomi submachine guns, and the losses admitted by Russia alone were as high as 800,000.

In the face of such heavy casualties, the Soviets learned from the pain and decided to create a weapon comparable to Suomy, which led to the famous Bobosha (PPSh41). It is worth mentioning that during the development of this gun, Zheng Huzi also put forward a lot of suggestions, so that this weapon was released earlier than in history.

After mass production began in the Soviet Union in 1940, Zheng Weiguo also ordered 100,000 pieces (this gun was cheap). However, most of them were sealed, mainly because the goods were too bullet-intensive. Originally, the major arsenals behind enemy lines could produce a lot of ammunition every year, but according to the current situation in North China, the first task was to ensure the supply of ammunition for rifle machine guns, that is, 7.92 mm Mauser rifle cartridges. As for the bombs used by Bobosha, for the time being, they can only choose to buy them from the Soviet Union. But after buying 10 million rounds, Zheng Weiguo found that the quality of these bullets was also very average. It was not even as good as the arsenal's own creation, so it stopped buying on a large scale. (Note: Soviet-made bullets are divided into several grades, such as machine guns and submachine guns, and the quality of bullets is relatively poor)

In addition to other reasons, only 10,000 submachine guns were allocated, each of the four military subdivisions in central Hebei received 1,500 submachine guns, and Suiyuan, Zhongtiaoshan, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and Shandong each received 1,000 submachine guns. In addition to increasing their firepower, Zheng Weiguo also hopes to find a way to use submachine guns correctly through heavy use. After all, the casualties of Soviet submachine gunners in history were too great, and the average battlefield life was only five days. With this kind of play at any cost, how can Zheng Huzi afford to play?

"Hit. No need to save bullets! ”

"Hit me hard!"

"Don't be afraid of tanks. Gun grenades, gun grenades, quick, beat it up bitch! ”

Da Da Da ...... In the midst of fierce battles. The recruits, who were still a little cowardly, finally inspired courage and blood. They all picked up Bobosha and swept at the charging Japanese soldiers.

The tanks that accompanied the infantry attack also suffered heavy losses under the counterattack of anti-tank grenades and Deshka large-caliber machine guns. One of the bean chariots narrowly rushed into the defenders' positions. But it was quickly blown up by the fighters with anti-tank grenades desperately for their lives.

"Mom!"

"Taro!"

In the face of such a ferocious counterattack, the Japanese army's will to fight finally began to waver. In fact, in 41, due to the lack of troops. Japan's pre-war reserves of veterans were no longer enough. Most of the troops had to recruit new recruits, although they had received a rigorous military education and had also conducted "courageous education" with the lives of innocent people. But a quick run is a quick run, and it's no match for veterans who have been training since they were 14 years old.

Seeing batch after batch of ignorant and fierce Japanese soldiers lying in a pool of blood, the instructor shook his head, turned around and said: "Alas, these guys have been poisoned too deeply by militarism, and they will not realize until they die, isn't it too late?" ”

The soldiers wondered: "Instructor, what are the little devils shouting?" ”

The instructor replied, "I don't understand some of them, but usually young soldiers are called by their mothers or other elders in the family, and bearded soldiers should call their own children's names." ”

The battalion commander stomped his feet and said angrily: "These fascist little devils are really evil! It's a good day, but if you have to come to our China to kill people and set fires, you will also die in a foreign country, which is really harmful to others and yourself. ”

The soldiers at the battalion headquarters all looked in the direction of the position, and one of the soldiers suddenly shouted excitedly: "Look, everyone, the little devil is running away!" ”

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers were fleeing west from the front of the position, leaving hundreds of corpses and the wreckage of four or five tanks on the position. Bang bang bang...... Two Maxim 37mm grenade machine guns suddenly opened fire, and a dense rain of bullets fell on the retreat route of the Japanese army.

When the Japanese army attacked before, these two treasures had been hidden and useless. Because the Japanese army's skirmisher attack line was very open, even if a grenade was hit, it could often only kill one or two devils. If fired in bursts, most of the grenades would even fall into the air. So the soldiers endured it all the time, and waited for the Japanese army to retreat before using it.

As expected, although the Japanese retreated with great attention to formation and spacing, they could not be compared with the attack. In particular, many recruits were stunned by the fright, only to run around after the veteran's buttocks. If this bullet chain goes down, it can kill more than a dozen of them, to say the least.

The Japanese troops, who were retreating in a hurry, suffered this blow, and they became even more panicked, and one by one they wished that their father and mother had two more legs and fled desperately towards their own positions.

At this time, the Japanese army had already run farther, except for snipers at all levels and a few soldiers who were extremely confident in their marksmanship, most of the soldiers put down their guns and began to cheer.

"Oh, win, win!"

"Little devil, don't run if you have the ability, let's fight for another three hundred rounds!"

……

Thundered...... Several Japanese planes suddenly swooped down from high altitude and dropped a large string of bombs. The anti-aircraft machine gun company that was tasked with air defense immediately opened fire, and the four Deshka large-caliber machine guns fiercely sprayed a rain of bullets, which frightened the Japanese troops into a hurry and fled.

"Well played, just like that!" The battalion commander patted the position vigorously and smiled happily.

"Report!" A correspondent hurriedly ran over, tired and sweaty, panting and puffing: "Battalion Commander Wang, my superiors asked me to convey the emergency order!" ”

The battalion commander said strangely: "Why don't you say it in the chatterbox if you have an order, look at you tired!" ”

The correspondent took out a sweat-soaked letter from his jacket pocket and handed it over, explaining: "The chief said that this order is highly classified. Fear of being listened to by the radio equipment of the little devils. ”

"Hmm!" The battalion commander nodded, glancing with some annoyance at the Japanese position. In the past, everyone was accustomed to shouting through the radio, especially at the regimental and battalion levels. When the Japanese army first began to use this equipment, it really made the troops suffer a lot. Fortunately, it was discovered early and did not cause much damage.

"What, retreat?" Battalion Commander Wang opened the secret document and took a look, and immediately exploded, and couldn't help shouting in annoyance: "Why do you want to retreat, didn't you see that we just drove the little devil back?" How much blood have we shed for this position, how can we explain it to the dead brothers if we throw it to the devil like this! ”

The instructor was directing the fighters to rush to the rear. Hearing the sound, he hurried over. "What's the matter, Wang?" he asked. ”

Battalion Commander Wang angrily stuffed the secret document into the instructor's hand and shouted, "Look at this order, it actually makes us retreat." Well played. Why do you want us to withdraw? ”

The instructor looked at the secret document with a solemn face. He asked the correspondent again: "Xiao Lizi, this secret order does not indicate that it is for that army, are you sure that it is for our battalion?" Could it be a mistake? ”

Xiao Lizi hurriedly said: "It can't be wrong!" He also explained: "It is not indicated that the troops receiving the order are afraid that the secret documents will be intercepted by the enemy's fake plainclothes on the way." ”

The instructor also emphasized: "This position is very important to us, and if the Japanese army is lost, it will drive straight into it and join the Japanese army on the Western Front. At that time, the hundreds of kilometers from Shijiazhuang to Dezhou will be controlled by the Japanese army, and central and southern Hebei will be completely cut in half. If you mispass the order, you will be killed! ”

Xiao Lizi looked a little nervous, but still replied affirmatively: "Please rest assured, Instructor Wu!" If I'm wrong, I'll be court-martialed. ”

The instructor thought for a while, and had no choice but to say to Battalion Commander Wang: "I'll use the radio to confirm again, you are ready to evacuate immediately, and once it is true, we will act immediately." ”

Camp Commander Wang was helpless, nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

It didn't take long for the instructor to come back with a gloomy look on his face and order: "It's confirmed, the order is correct, the regiment commander told us to evacuate immediately." ”

The military order is like a mountain!

Although the soldiers were unhappy in their hearts, they had to withdraw from their positions. According to the order, the troops were quietly transferred, without letting the Japanese troops on the opposite side notice. Worried that the Japanese army would follow and pursue, Battalion Commander Wang also deliberately left more than a dozen snipers to cover the position.

Back at the camp, Camp Commander Wang picked up a jar and drank it to the bottom, suddenly dropped his hat, pinched it in his hand, and said to the instructor as he walked out: "Old Wu, you watch at home, I'll go to the regiment headquarters." ”

Instructor Wu hurriedly took a few steps forward and asked, "Alas, Lao Wang, why are you going?" ”

Battalion Commander Wang stared at his eyes like a buffalo, and said angrily: "I have to ask the regiment commander to understand, why do you want to let our battalion withdraw from the position." ”

"You're messing around!" Instructor Wu hurriedly stopped and said, "This is a war, is it your place to play petty?" The superiors naturally have the considerations of the superiors, where is your turn to point fingers! ”

Camp Commander Wang said angrily: "I just can't figure it out, and I have to let me understand if I die!" ”

Instructor Wu had a headache and said, "Why are you so dead-eyed!" Before the words fell, Camp Commander Wang had already shook his hand and walked out of the courtyard. Instructor Wu complained again and again in his heart, why did he put such a tenacious partner as you? But after thinking about it, no matter what, I couldn't let him go to the regiment headquarters to make trouble, so I hurriedly pulled out my legs to chase after him.

Camp Commander Wang, who was walking in front, bumped into someone as soon as he came out of the yard. The person who came was Yu Quanshen, the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the main force of the 1st Division. The Third Regiment is also the most combat-effective unit of the First Army Division, and it is precisely because of this that the heavy responsibility of defending the West Gate falls on their shoulders.

Commander Yu was hit in the chest by Camp Commander Wang and felt pain, and he almost fell, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Hey, you king donkey, you walk without eyes!" ”

As the saying goes, one thing descends one thing. Seeing the regiment commander coming, Camp Commander Wang was suddenly angry, and hurriedly said: "Regiment, regiment commander, why are you here?" ”

Commander Yu's eyes widened and he said, "If I don't come, aren't you still going against the sky?" ”

Camp Commander Wang looked around and said angrily: "That is beating Lao Tzu's little report again!" ”

"You don't scold your mother!" Commander Yu reprimanded: "I heard you shouting two miles away." Tell me, what the hell is going on! ”

Battalion Commander Wang muttered and said, "Commander, I'm not convinced, I'm going to fight well." Why retreat? ”

Commander Yu said angrily: "I don't know what to do!" If your superiors have orders, you just need to carry them out, so how can there be so much to do? ”

"Well, but ......"

"But what? As a soldier, you have to obey orders. Do you have to explain every instruction from your superiors to you! Commander Yu said a few words in annoyance, and a burst of dense artillery fire suddenly came from the distance, startling everyone.

"What's going on?"

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

Everyone hurriedly walked to a ridge of high ground at the entrance of the village, and looked up in the direction where the cannon fire came. I saw that the smoke of gunpowder was filled in the distance, and it was the position that Battalion Commander Wang was defending. It's just that at this time it has been covered by heavy artillery bombing by the Japanese army. From time to time, heavy artillery fire lifted the fortifications of the positions into the air. What sacks, wood, wire nets or something, there are many stumps and broken arms in between, and even human torsos.

Commander Yu put down the binoculars violently and said angrily: "Why are there still people on the position!" Didn't you all get down? ”

Camp Commander Wang's face turned pale. Hurriedly found a herald and asked, "Have the snipers all withdrawn?" ”

The herald didn't have time to answer. There was already a squad of soldiers running in front. It was the team of snipers that Battalion Commander Wang had arranged before.

"Battalion commander, we have all withdrawn, and the position is full of little devils."

"Evil nature! Why did that little devil blast at his own people. And it blew up so hard! ”

Regiment Commander Yu coughed and analyzed: "The little devils must have planned to send troops to attack our army's position first, and then bombard it with heavy artillery, but they didn't expect that our army had withdrawn from the position, and as a result, the artillery was all bombarded on their own people." ”

Hahaha...... When the warriors heard this, they all laughed at the devil.

Battalion Commander Wang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "It turns out that the regiment commander means this, then let's hurry up and recapture the position, it's too late, but it will really be snatched away by the devil." ”

Commander Yu rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What to take!" There is an order from the higher-ups, let's abandon the Deshi Highway, get out of the way, and occupy both sides! ”

"What?" When everyone heard this, they were stunned.

……

Hengshui, the headquarters of the Second World War Zone is urgently moving. Chief of Staff Zhou said to Zheng Weiguo: "Commander-in-chief, this time to abandon the Deshi line, everyone's opinions are very big!" A lot of troops are in a mood! ”

Zheng Weiguo said helplessly: "No matter how big the opinion is, it must be implemented!" The guy who is in the mood is sent to the confinement room to calm down! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, the ammunition consumption is too great now, and the road leading to the Ping'an County Arsenal has been blocked by the Japanese army. However, supplies from the Japanese army were continuously sent from the northeast and the country, and they were fought every day without money. If we continue to fight like this, within half a month, we will face the dilemma of exhaustion of logistics. ”

Xiong Da, the head of the supply department, hurriedly bowed his head and said: "It's all to blame for our lack of preparation in the supply department, please punish the chief!" ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and comforted: "This is a strategic disadvantage, and the responsibility is not yours." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou also said: "The general seat is right, in fact, your work is already very good, there is no need to feel guilty. ”

Since 39 years, the supply department has been consciously transferring military equipment to Jizhong. Now the arsenals in Jizhong are able to reload bullets, and can also make grenades, mines, mortar shells, and even grenades for the Makqin Bang Bang gun. However, the military industry with higher technical content and larger production capacity is still placed in Ping'an County.

This is because Ping'an County is relatively close to the raw material production area, well-equipped and has high production efficiency. If all of them are moved to Jizhong, it will affect production capacity, and once the Japanese army finds out, there is no way to ensure safety.

Therefore, relying on the military industry in Jizhong, it is still possible to make small fights, and the logistics of such a large-scale, long-term, and high-intensity war as it is now going on will be somewhat inadequate. Not to mention anything else, the daily ammunition consumption of each heavy machine gun alone is more than 5,000 rounds, and the bullets fired by the various units in Jizhong in one day are as good as the two years of the Eighth Route Army in parallel space. No, it has only been more than half a month, and the munitions warehouses in the base areas have quickly collapsed in half.

Due to the initiative of the Jizhong side to give up, the Japanese army soon occupied the entire territory of the Deshi Highway. However, the appetite of the Japanese army was obviously more than that, and it was stimulated by a series of "victories", and the base camp ordered Okamura Ninji to take the Taira Highway as well. As mentioned before, from Beiping to Hebei Daming, it is equivalent to cutting central and southern Hebei into east and west again.

Anyway, there was strong support from Japan in logistics, and Okamura Ninji immediately took action. It's still the old way, pull Jizhong to fight consumption, and see who can consume whom!

Shenxian, Zheng Weiguo slapped the table angrily and shouted: "Okay, you Okamura, it's endless, right!" Hmph, the tiger is not powerful, you are a sick cat when you are Lao Tzu! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly asked, "General Seat, how are you going to fight?" We don't have enough ammunition! (To be continued......)