Chapter 197: Assault and Defense

With the independent regiment withdrawing from its position ahead of schedule, it will serve as a forward station for the whole division, and prepare for the more arduous guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in the future. Du Liren looked at the order sent by Xu Bin and asked him to nail here for another day. No matter how many reinforcements from the little devils come, as long as the volunteers still have the strength, they can't let the little devils pass through their positions safely.

It was clear that the officers and soldiers who had fought for a day and a night were a little tired, but Du Liren still showed the courage of a general and ordered these soldiers to take advantage of the fact that the little devil was still waiting for reinforcements. Together with the additional reinforcements of the Jizhou Army, they repaired the damaged fortifications on the position. At the same time, let the rear zuihou a batch of weapons and ammunition be distributed to each blocking position.

Although all they had to do was to be here, blocking the attack of the three divisions of the little devils for a day, although the officers and men of the Volunteer Division were confident. But Du Liren also knows that this kind of resistance is based on the fact that they must preserve their strength and suffer heavy losses. In order to delay the implied position, he asked the Jizhou army to bury all the mines in the inventory at the front of the position overnight, forming a minefield that stretched several hundred meters in front of the blocking position.

These blocking minefields alone will make the attacking troops of the little devils pay a heavy price, and they can also buy time for them. At the same time, in every place suitable for assault, Du Liren also asked the officers and soldiers to throw all the broken barbed wire onto the way of the attack, so as to slow down the attack of the little devils. As long as the little devils still know the pain, in the face of this dense remnant barbed wire array, they must go around or directly fill in with human lives.

In this kind of battle in which the two sides are almost either dead or alive, there is no such thing as benevolence or righteousness, in the tactics that Xu Bin taught to these generals. As long as the tactics that can kill the little devils are good tactics, there is no need to pay attention to any morality or immorality.

The volunteers, who had been given a precious rest in the morning, soon heard the sound of shelling from the rear of the little devils. The officers and men who hid in the anti-artillery hole for the first time extended behind them after hearing the sound of artillery. Re-cushion the blown sandbag to the front of the trench. I saw that the little devils in front of me appeared again in the dark, and they were striding towards their position.

Looking at these attacks of almost thousands of people, the officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Division, who were accustomed to the tactics of sending the little devil to death, also felt that the machine guns would be hot again. Although it was a pleasure to kill the little devil, I felt a little bored with killing too much, and I felt that the troops of this little devil seemed to be endless.

The soldiers of the Volunteer Division, who had fought countless battles with the little devils, began to accelerate towards the position when these little devils were a few hundred meters away. He said very relaxedly: "Little devil." You run slowly, Lao Tzu smokes a cigarette and then plays with you. ”

I all know that the sappers in the division last night, and the sappers of the Jizhou Army, were busy all night. A few hundred meters in front of this position, countless mines were laid. This little devil wants to rush up. It is indispensable to waste a lot of effort.

Sure enough, I thought it was the front line of these blocking positions. It's no different from yesterday's attack. After running into a minefield. I was dizzy by the mines that were planted at random, and the officers and men of the Volunteer Division on the blocking position were also filled with joy. After all, it is undoubtedly a pleasure to make the little devil cry wolf and dance in front of him without wasting bullets.

Look at the troops that rushed to the opposing blocking position. Not a single one of them was cared for by mines, two new division commanders. Undoubtedly, I blame the surviving division commander for not being afraid of being watched last night. It turned out to be one night. Just let the other side plant so many mines. At such a close distance, it is unlikely that they want to send sappers over to clear the mines. If these mines are not removed, who knows how many lives will be lost?

The commanders of the three divisions had no choice but to send their artillery again, focusing on the minefields at the front of these positions for artillery bombardment, hoping to clear some mines and reduce the casualties of the attacking troops. But such an artillery bombardment wasted the shells they had so hard to pull, not to mention the delay of nearly two hours.

Seeing that the forward positions were almost ploughed by shells, the three division commanders who received orders to break through the blocking positions of the Volunteer Division in the early hours of tomorrow morning, no matter what. I felt that if I delayed any longer, the battle would be even more difficult to fight at night. Therefore, one gritted his teeth and sent two brigades to take charge of the size of a blocking position. Trying to use this crowd tactic to play a decisive role in World War I.

In the face of these little devils who don't know whether they are alive or dead, they know that there should not be much left of the mines at the front of the position. The officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Division, who could only scare the little devils for them, began to load the bullets, and the boxes of grenades were all unscrewed and put aside for later use. Otherwise, when so many little devils rush up, wouldn't it be a delay to screw the cap again?

With the grenadiers and mortars of the little devils, the troops who began to cover the attack, and the mortar battalions and companies on the positions all unceremoniously counterattacked. Large-caliber howitzers, they have no shells available. But this kind of mortar shells, the Northern Yi Army can reserve a lot. As long as the barrels are not broken, they don't have to worry about running out of shells to fight.

The melee artillery of both sides once again staged an artillery battle in front of the infantry of the two armies. The infantry on both sides finally engaged in this kind of artillery fire. With the light and heavy machine guns on the blocking position, there was another roar, and the little devils who ran uphill swept away a large field like a cut of wheat.

But the little devil in the back still rushed up like he was not afraid of death, stepped on the corpse of the fallen little devil, and continued to sacrifice his life and forget his life to rush to the blocking position of the Volunteer Division. For this kind of little devil who has been taught repeatedly, the officer in charge of the command calmly ordered the rifle submachine gun team to join the battle.

Seeing that there are many little devils in that place, countless grenades will greet there. Send these little devils, who seem to be only a few steps away from the blocking position, to the underground and really become ghosts.

It wasn't until the division commander behind the little devil saw that the attacking troops had finally all fallen on the position of the volunteer division again, and he was angry and ordered the artillery to launch an artillery bombardment. In addition to killing a few officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Division who had no time to dodge, and the officers and soldiers of Jizhou who cooperated in the battle, there was still no way to blow up the officers and soldiers who hid in the anti-artillery holes.

By the time the little devil's artillery had regained its composure, and had told the three division commanders that their shells were only enough for one more round. The three division commanders were a little frustrated, and sent a wing of troops to attack one after another. The volunteer soldiers on the battlefield did not have time to take a breath, and there were some soft and mechanical actions of reloading and firing, reloading and firing.

With this outlaw-like attack of the little devil, progress was finally made on the right side. A brigade of nearly 1,000 little devils rushed to the position of the Volunteer Division, which was defended by only one battalion. Du Liren, who knew that this position could not be lost, immediately shouted: "The division headquarters guards the battalion, go with Lao Tzu to kill the little devil." ”

Du Liren, who had already sent all the reserves in his hands to the position, could think of the guard battalion responsible for protecting the divisional organs. It stands to reason that the officers and men of these guard battalions should discourage Du Liren's act of risking his life.

Looking at Du Liren, who had already rushed out of the headquarters with two barge guns, the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion who had long been ready to show their skills were still sitting there, and naturally they all opened their legs and chased after Du Liren. In any case, they understand that protecting the safety of the division commander is their greatest responsibility.

Therefore, when they arrived at the small position defended by the regiment and battalion of the Volunteer Division, the officers and soldiers of the battalion on the position were engaged in a hand-to-hand battle with the little devils.

Although white-knuckle warfare is not advocated in the Xu family's army, in this kind of enemy has already rushed to the front, there is no time to shoot and can only rely on fighting with bayonets. These officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Division, who are also proficient in white-knuckle warfare, still make the little devils clearly aware of it. This is an elite division of Longhua that fights bayonets and does not lose to them!

Looking at the officers and soldiers of almost every position, they had to deal with the encirclement of two or three little devils, and none of these officers and soldiers would escape. On the contrary, they all took the initiative to attack, even if Zuihou was stabbed by the little devil, they would also show a resolute daxiao. Pull out the glorious bullets that every soldier of the Xu family army will prepare for themselves, and pull these little devils around them to compensate for the funeral.

Looking at the officers and soldiers of these volunteer divisions, their wills were so hard that the little devil officers who had always felt that the Longhua soldiers were weak also felt a little frightened. If they encounter more such troops in their next invasion, is it still possible for them to occupy Longhua?

Soon after this confusion existed, a battalion of guards armed with two long and short guns arrived, looking at the fallen brothers on the battlefield. The officers and men of the guard battalion did not need Du Liren's orders at all, and joined the battle with long and short guns. Even if the little devil can't be solved with a gun, under the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion who are proficient in firearms and hand-to-hand combat, no little devil can go on two rounds.

Looking at the brief breakthrough achieved, with the arrival of the guard battalion in vain, the Japanese captain who was surrounded among several little devils was also going to say a few words of heroism before dying. As a result, Du Liren, who rushed up and saw that there were almost no people left in the first battalion, grabbed the guard's submachine gun and snapped it up, breaking through these little devils in the encirclement.

After killing these little devils who rushed to the battlefield, Du Liren shouted: "What are you talking about with these little devils? Didn't you hear what I said before the war, don't want a little devil to take prisoners? Hurry up and save people, as long as there is still a breath of brother, carry me to the back. ”

As the Du Liren guard battalion stabilized the situation, the first regiment again sent a reinforced company to cooperate with a reserve battalion of the Jizhou army to rush over.

Looking at the officers and soldiers of the battalion who had accumulated together with the corpse of the little devil. In addition to the soldiers who buried their heads in tears to repair the fortifications, the others accompanied the guard battalion to search for the surviving officers and soldiers under the corpses of the little devils. Because they know that as long as these brothers have a breath, Xu Jiajun will not leave them alone! (To be continued......)