Xu Rongfang is really anxious. They were able to get the first round of defensive tasks, which he had sworn in front of the regimental commander Ge Dabiao. At that time, he swore that if he couldn't kill his 200 devils, he would never take a step back even if he died in battle. And the problem now is that if you can't effectively restrain the opponent's medium-range firepower, maybe the little devil's infantry will be completely wiped out by the damn mortars and grenadiers before they can attack.

Gu Qiangping gritted his teeth hard, frowned and thought hard, and then finally came up with a solution. He took off his padded jacket and spread it on the ground, then put the mortar's supporting feet on it, grabbed the gun body and shook it vigorously, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Okay." Then he shouted to the brothers in the platoon: "Do it accordingly!" ”

The Japanese army was responsible for the first round of the attack by the brigade led by Shoji Hirano. Masaji Hirano is a graduate of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School with seven years of military experience. At the time of the September 18 Incident in 1931, he was only a staff officer of the brigade, and now he is a brigade commander. The little devils who have experienced the 918 incident, because they have seen the combat power of the Northeast Army, do not take the Chinese army in their eyes without exception. Although, the Cadet Army has played a majestic role this year, and there has been almost no defeat in the Battle of Fengri. But in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers of the Shaozhuang faction, it was just because they didn't touch themselves. Before this battle, Hirano Massaji boasted in front of his colleagues: "Kenji Dohihara and the Huabeitun garrison cannot represent our Imperial Japanese Army, if I, Hirano Massaji, have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, I will definitely let the people of China see the real martial arts of the Imperial Japanese Army." ”

Hirano Massaji did have a set of ways to lead troops to fight, and he attached great importance to the role of squad platoon support firepower. In his brigade, machine guns and mortars were used in a unified manner, and to fight a battle on the plains, it was a wave of combat methods that spared no effort, and never left reserve troops.

At this moment, Hirano was wielding his command sword, and surrounded by the officers and men of several brigade headquarters, walked at the very rear of the attack line, and his mouth let out various shouts from time to time to keep his soldiers in the best attack formation.

Finally placed the mortar, Gu Qiangping lay on the edge of the trench, stretched out the thumb of his right hand, and began to visually measure the distance between him and the Japanese mortar position. Later, he spoke: "At half past eleven o'clock, the inclination angle is 53 degrees, a corrective bullet, put!" ”

With a "no" sound, a grenade flew out of the air, and with a "boom" it exploded about 15 meters away from the Japanese mortar position. There were seven or eight devils in that place who were advancing with their guns, and at this time they fell to the ground one after another, and one of them was close to the explosion point, and flew directly into the air with his teeth and claws, screaming and falling down heavily.

Gu Qiangping waved his right hand vigorously and shouted: "55°, rapid fire!" Fast! ”

The sound of "empty, empty......" shells sounded, and in the sound of "shhhhh

This round of shelling is much more accurate. The Japanese mortar squad had just reacted, and the position had already been overwhelmed by the smoke and flames caused by the explosion.

In the Xifengkou front-line headquarters, Ouyang Yun happened to see this scene from the telescope, and he couldn't help grinning: "The fight is quite good, I will ask who did it later, let him write some experience, it is worth promoting in the whole army." ”

On the frontal battlefield, although the medium-range support firepower of the Hirano Brigade was suppressed, Hirano's strategic purpose was also achieved, and the front line of the little devils was only more than a hundred meters away from the first trench defended by Xu Rongfang. At this time, Hirano Masaoji commanded a wave of his sword and issued the order to charge.

Dense yellow figures surged like a tide, and the Japanese machine gunners began to move their positions forward. The young soldiers of the Cadet Corps lying on the edge of the trenches, especially those who went to the battlefield for the first time, couldn't help beating violently. Many people's faces were red, and sweat was faintly visible on their foreheads.

Xu Rongfang also came from the recruits little by little, and he clearly understood the psychological feelings of the recruits at the moment. And having received the education of the Cadet Military Officer Academy, he also knew what he should do at this time. He shuttled through the trenches with his waist bent, shouting loudly: "How familiar, legs tremble?" Are you still a gentleman? The little devil is also a human being, the same flesh and blood. If you look closely, the little devil is not as tall as us. Do you know the great victory of Wen'an and Tianjin? We can defeat the little devils with few people, not to mention, we are not less than each other now. Think about it, that's what you usually do when you train. Yes, yes, take a deep breath, relax, focus on your eyes, and aim, aren't the little devils on the opposite side just running targets? Who bragged that he could hit the birds, now the devils on the other side are much bigger than the birds, don't tell me you can hit the birds, you can't hit such a big devil......"

In the memory of many recruits, their company commander is not a verbose person. Of course, at this time, they didn't feel that Xu Rongfang was verbose, on the contrary, they felt that his voice was very amiable, even coke, and many people's mouths opened inadvertently, and the devil on the other side seemed to have really become a stupid bird that couldn't fly, and sent it to the door stupidly.

"Listen to my orders and shoot again, the little devil is far away from us. Attention blockers, the old rule, hit the machine gunners and officers first - 100 meters, 80 meters - hit! ”

According to the military academy, the optimal blocking distance for positional warfare is 50 meters. However, because there were too many recruits in the company, Xu Rongfang chose to fire at a distance of 80 meters. What he was afraid of was that if he couldn't stabilize at a distance of 50 meters, if he was suddenly intruded by the little devils, it was very likely that this group of recruits would show their cowardice in the white-knuckle battle because they had not tasted blood.

Seeing that the front line of the attack was only eighty meters away from the defenders, Hirano's eyes narrowed, and he hissed and roared: "Hurry, hurry!" Run, run! Run hard! "I've also increased the frequency of my runs.

Suddenly, a bean-like gunshot rang out. On the defenders' positions, which had been silent a moment ago, the roar of heavy machine guns rang out from the left and right sides near the ridges, and then the entire trench erupted in flames. The little devils were knocked down in pieces, and then, the successors rushed up again, and were knocked down again in pieces.

The Japanese army's charging array was too dense, and of course, this had something to do with Hirano's consistent strategy of managing the military. If the defenders on the opposite side were using medium-class rifles, it was really possible for such a dense array of collective charges to break through the trenches in a single shot. But what Hirano didn't expect was that the Chinese defenders on the opposite side, except for some of the snipers who were armed with single-shot rifles, the rest of them had assault rifles. The Weiqing assault rifle has a magazine of 20 rounds at a time, and its firepower is comparable to that of a light machine gun. Just imagine, hundreds of light machine guns roared at the same time, not to mention the strength of a brigade of thousands of people, even a wing, it is estimated that it will not be able to break through this dense fire network.