Chapter 977: Didn't take advantage of it
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"Woohoo!" Flares were fired into the sky through guò mortars, illuminating the previously dark earth as if it were day. The figure of the attacking American troops appeared, and some alert American soldiers immediately rushed to the ground, but many more American soldiers were just stunned for a moment, and then continued to charge forward.
"Da Da Da! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! "The sound of dense heavy machine gun fire mingled with the sound of mortars and infantry running to fire at maximum rate of fire. The American soldiers who were charging down with their heads buried in the dense firepower were hit by dense firepower, and their bodies bloomed with blood flowers, and then they fell to the ground, unable to run again. Shells exploded in the dense queue of American troops, leaving stumps and severed arms all over the place.
"Kill! Kill all these white ghosts! The commander of the Japanese mercenary force, waving the command knife in his hand, shouted with an excited expression. Under the light of the fire, their expressions looked so hideous.
The U.S. troops continued to attack the positions controlled by the squadron, and then were hit by dense fire. They didn't know that what they were facing at the moment was not the Chinese army, but the more ferocious Japanese mercenaries. After Admiral Yoshimasa Oshima obtained 30 heavy machine guns and 30 mortars from Admiral Gao Chang, they were all used in the positions on the front line, and the heavy machine guns and mortars equipped by the Japanese mercenaries made their firepower completely higher. If it weren't for the lack of large-caliber artillery, the combat power of these Japanese mercenaries would definitely be able to increase by one level.
"Heavy machine gun cover! Damn it! The fire of these Chinese is too fierce! An American second lieutenant officer lay on the cold ground and yelled heartbreakingly. His platoon, with a total of more than 30 troops, suffered most casualties in just a few minutes. Such a loss filled his heart with fear.
The heavy machine gunners of the American army had just set up the heavy machine guns when a mortar shell landed next to them. After the explosion of the shell. Several of the heavy machine gunners were gone, and the heavy machine gun was blown to parts.
The killing continued, and flares continued to rise from the positions defended by the Japanese mercenaries, illuminating the positions as if they were daylight. Then the soldiers of the Japanese mercenaries hid in the trenches and harvested the lives of these American soldiers with weapons in their hands. Although the attack of the US army was very fierce, in the face of strong firepower, it was still unable to break through under the strong attack.
"Lie down! Lie down! Mortars, knock out the enemy's heavy machine gun fire points! An American captain officer shouted. His company was completely pinned down there, unable to lift its head. Not to mention the offense. Under the attack, he was still full of confidence, full of confidence that he could achieve victory. But now he realized that this attack was a complete disaster for them.
Several U.S. mortar gunners scrambled to set up the mortars. The mortar was erected under the dense fire of the enemy, and the pressure they were under was indeed very high.
"Boom!" After the mortars were finally erected, they began to fire at the enemy's heavy machine gun fire. A shell blasted through, blasting the heavy machine gun into the sky. But before the officers and men of the American army had time to cheer, a volley of bullets hit a few, and several mortar gunners were hit and fell next to the mortars.
"Son of a bitch!" The captain officer of the American army cursed secretly.
The battle was fierce. The Japanese mercenaries frantically killed the attacking American officers and soldiers with dense firepower. Under the blow of intensive firepower, the American troops suffered heavy losses, and their morale also fell rapidly.
"Rush! Kill all these Yankees! "Thousands of mercenary soldiers jumped out of the trenches, rifles with bayonets on them, and rushed towards the American troops. The bright bayonet shone with a cold glow in the light of the flares that kept falling in the sky.
A short and stout Japanese mercenary with a rainbow of morale. On the other hand, the U.S. military was under the blow of Japanese mercenaries. They almost collapsed. When the mercenaries launched a counter-charge, they were powerless to resist and could only retreat. The Japanese mercenaries took the opportunity to kill the American troops and slaughtered them with bayonets in their hands.
"Oh God! It is not the Chinese who are fighting with us, but these little dwarfs! They are even more fierce than the Chinese! Only then did many US officers and soldiers discover that it was the Japanese mercenaries who attacked them. It's just that after understanding it, they don't have the courage to continue fighting. Countless previous battles have proved that the tall American GIs are no match for the diminutive Japanese mercenaries in fighting bayonets. On the battlefield, thousands of mercenaries chased more than 20,000 American troops.
"Those bitch guys, they have lost the face of us Americans!" Seeing this, Admiral Pershing almost didn't get angry. has an absolute superiority in strength, but he was defeated by those little dwarfs, which makes his old face go where to go! If he had been defeated by the Chinese Army, General Pershing might have felt that this was excusable. However, they were actually defeated at the hands of the Japanese mercenaries, which made him very devastated!
The pursuit of the Japanese mercenaries did not stop until they reached the front of the American defensive line, not because they did not want to continue the pursuit, but because the heavy machine guns and mortars of the American army, as well as mountain artillery, opened fire. The dense artillery shells fell, and the offensive of the Japanese mercenaries was immediately contained. After reacting, the Japanese mercenary soldiers immediately turned around and ran away, fleeing to their own positions.
It's just that the response of the mercenaries these days is still slow. In a fit of rage, General Pershing gave the artillery an order to open fire, directly asking the artillery to prepare for 30 minutes of artillery fire and directly wipe out those Japanese mercenaries!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! The dense shells once again fell on the positions defended by the Japanese mercenaries, and the Japanese mercenary soldiers who had not yet fled back to their positions were the targets of the attack. Many Japanese mercenary soldiers were torn to pieces directly in the explosion of the shells!
"Idiot! The Japanese really don't use their brains to fight! The commander of the 6th Army, General Gao Chang, scolded secretly. Obviously, the US offensive will not end so lightly, and the Japanese mercenaries must also be prepared for a long battle. Mobilize thousands of soldiers to launch a countercharge, do you think that you can defeat the US army with these thousands of people? After the loss of a few thousand people, there will definitely be problems with the front-line defense of the Japanese mercenaries.
"Order the artillery, launch an attack on the American troops!" Despite this scolding, Admiral Gao Chang still ordered the artillery to counterattack. In any case, now these Japanese people are also working for the Chinese, and they can't see death without saving!
However, although the artillery of the Chinese army launched a fierce counterattack against the shelling of the American army. However, because in the dark of night, the position can only be judged by the fire emitted by the enemy's artillery during the shelling, which will cause a large error. In addition, the artillery positions of the US army are also scattered and relatively open, so that the hit rate of the artillery of the Chinese army is very low, and the impact on the artillery of the US army is not great.
On the other hand, the positions defended by the Japanese mercenaries were completely caught in a sea of fire at this moment. The heavy shelling of the US military put the Japanese mercenaries under great pressure. Fortifications were constantly being destroyed, trenches were blown up, and soldiers were suffering heavy casualties.
By the time the half-hour shelling was over, the Japanese defensive positions were already in shambles. Many heavy machine gun fire points were destroyed, and some mortars and infantry guns that the US troops had time to hide were also blown up, which had a great adverse impact on the next stage of the Japanese mercenaries' defensive operations.
After the shelling ended, the American forces attacked again. Admiral Pershing issued a very stern order to the commander of the 37th Army of the United States, demanding that they must take the positions occupied by the Japanese mercenaries, and if they could not do so, he would be dealt with severely.
Under the orders of General Pershing, the American army had to fight desperately. The commander of the U.S. 37th Army even organized a Warlord, and if the troops on the front line retreated without receiving an order, they would be punished as deserters, and the heavy machine guns of the Warlords would attack them.
Under such circumstances, the US military broke out with a strong will to fight. Although the Japanese mercenaries were also very tenacious, they suffered heavy losses in the artillery bombardment of the US troops, and there were big holes in the defense line. So much so that the U.S. military broke through the defense line several times, and if General Oshima Yoshimasa hadn't sent reserves in time, I'm afraid they would have been defeated by the U.S. army.
The battle was very fierce, and the two sides fought fiercely on the battlefield to seize the position. The U.S. troops attacked the Japanese positions several times, but they were all driven out, and the casualties on both sides were very heavy.
By three o'clock in the morning, General Pershing ordered the U.S. 38th Army to join the battle. In less than three hours, it will be dawn. When the time comes, the Chinese Air Force will definitely join the fight. However, the artillery of the US army had to be concealed, and it was even more impossible for the US army to defeat the Japanese mercenaries.
After the addition of a new force of the army, the American attack was greatly strengthened, and after a hard battle, the second line of defense defended by the Japanese mercenaries was captured at 4 a.m.
General Yoshimasa Oshima was furious, and after scolding the commander of the front, he threw more reserves into the first line of defense. If he loses 1 line of defense, he can still explain to Admiral Gao Chang, but if both lines of defense are lost, then he has no choice. Therefore, General Yoshimasa Oshima also gave a death order to the front-line generals that they must hold the defensive line.
After a hard battle, the Japanese mercenaries lost tens of thousands of troops, but finally held out until dawn. Moreover, the losses of the American army are not smaller than theirs!