Chapter 1088: Fierce Battle across the River

Wang Erbao quietly observed, because the Japanese army on the other side also had camouflage bunkers and fortifications, and the river bank was overgrown with all kinds of trees and wild grasses, so he couldn't find the location of the devil sharpshooter who shot the cold gun just now.

Seeing that Wang Erbao failed to find an opponent.

The second lieutenant platoon commander immediately gave a combat order to the fighters around him, in groups of three, scattered in the communication trenches, and at the same time stood up, holding general-purpose machine guns and semi-automatic rifles and firing fiercely at the opposite bank.

For a time, bullets rained down, and the deafening sound of gunfire resounded throughout the Yalu River, and the dense bullets hit the opposite bank with dust and smoke, and grass and trees flew wildly.

However, soon the devil sharpshooter lurking in a bunker on the opposite bank opened fire again, and one of the fighters was hit again and fell to the ground wounded.

However, his injuries were not worthless, on the other side, Wang Erbao, who had been closely monitoring the movements of the Japanese army, finally discovered this cunning opponent, and immediately raised the Sun-Destroying Semi-Automatic Rifle (an improved version of the American Garand M1 Semi-Automatic Rifle) in his hand, holding his breath, Wang Erbao's right index finger gently pressed against the trigger.

When the target appeared in the muzzle crosshairs, he decisively pulled the trigger.

Syllable! A shot rang out, and a hot rifle bullet whizzed out, and in less than half a second, it flew across the Yalu River, which was hundreds of meters wide, and shot into the bunker where the devil sharpshooter was hiding.

Poof! A thud hits the target's head.

The caliber of the Garand-style semi-automatic rifle was 7.62, but the arsenal of the Dragon's Tooth Corps later changed it to a 7.92mm caliber at the request of Qiao Youhua, in order to be able to unify the caliber with the German-style MG34 general-purpose machine gun widely equipped by the Dragon's Tooth Corps at that time.

to reduce the pressure on the logistics department.

As a result, this semi-automatic rifle, known as the Sunbreaker, gained more powerful lethality.

The 7.92mm bullet hit the devil's head, leaving a bloody hole as big as a baby's fist in his forehead, which was very shocking.

The warhead almost tumbled into the skull of the ghost soldier, instantly stirring up the brain tissue inside.

Wang Erbao struck a successful blow, quickly lowered his head and bent down and ran along the trench to the other side, and quickly changed his firing position, and soon, the devil's retaliatory firepower came as promised, and the debris splashed at the position he had just hit.

The so-called tea difference between semi-automatic rifles and manual rifles, the latter is that you need to pull the bolt with one shot to push the bullet from the magazine into the chamber and prepare for fire, while the semi-automatic rifle only needs to pull the bolt once, and then you can shoot continuously until all the bullets in the magazine are exhausted.

The improved Garand M1 semi-automatic rifle has a capacity of eight rounds, and its caliber is much larger than that of the Japanese 38 cap, so both the rate of fire and the power are far superior to the manual 38 cap.

Not long after the retaliatory firepower on the devil's side was fought, the semi-automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns in the hands of the second lieutenant platoon commander and other soldiers on this side opened fire one after another.

Dengshi suppressed the devil's firepower.

The general-purpose machine gun was a nightmare existence for the Japanese army, coupled with dozens of semi-automatic rifles with a rate of fire far more powerful than their own rifles, the devil only had to be beaten, and he didn't even have a chance to fight back.

In fact, the sustained firepower of two semi-automatic rifles is almost comparable to that of a crooked-handled light machine gun, while the accuracy of the latter is not comparable to that of the former.

Therefore, the fire was fired indiscriminately, and the devil soldiers began to have casualties one after another.

Annoyed and angry, the Japanese front-line commander immediately ordered the originally hidden heavy machine gun fire points to open fire one after another to suppress the opposite bank.

Although the fire duration and rate of fire of the Devil's Type 92 heavy machine gun are not as good as those of the general-purpose machine gun, the firing range is much more, and they fire intensively at a distance of about two thousand meters, which is beyond the effective range of the MG34 general-purpose machine gun.

Coupled with the many firepower points of the devils, the firepower of Wang Erbao's patrol platoon was quickly suppressed, and in the battle, three other soldiers were injured and died.

Today's Longya First Column is mainly formed from the original First Division, and its subordinate First Division is also expanded from the original First Division and a regiment, so the commander of the First Division is also Liu Yidao, the deputy commander of the column.

When he learned that there were patrol troops on the front line and the Japanese army exchanged fire, Liu Yidao quickly ordered Wang Erbao's regiment by phone to immediately organize a fire return, and must not let the little devils take advantage of the momentum.

Wang Erbao's regiment commander sent people to understand the situation at the lower front in time, and then sent the artillery battalion directly under the regiment out, and the artillerymen carried out accurate artillery bombardment of the Japanese heavy machine gun fire points according to the coordinates and directions provided by Wang Erbao and his comrades.

Dozens of high-explosive shells hit them, destroying more than a dozen heavy machine gun fire points of the devils on the spot, and nearly 100 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded.

For a time, the light of fire and gunpowder enveloped the Japanese positions on the opposite bank.

Wang Erbao saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, finally avenging his sacrificed comrades.

However, when the smoke cleared, the other bank, which had already stopped, suddenly rang out a few more rifle shots.

Soon, there were people who said that another comrade-in-arms was injured and killed.

Wang Erbao was furious when he heard this, and immediately raised his gun and began to continue sniping at the devils on the north bank. Sniped one devil rifleman after another, and the devil's light and heavy machine gun fire points suffered a big loss, and the remaining fire points were no longer easily exposed, and there was not even retaliatory artillery fire.

Because the devil knows that in today's artillery and air power, they do not have an advantage.

Wang Erbao's regimental commander soon sent a group of sharpshooters to fight side by side with Wang Erbao, and launched a long-distance sniper with the Japanese army across the Yalu River.

Sniping and shooting at a distance of hundreds of meters is no longer a battle that ordinary soldiers can achieve.

After a day of fighting, Wang Erbao achieved great results, and sniped twenty-one devils, including eleven devil sharpshooters.

The rest are some individual or light machine gunners, grenadiers of the devils.

Night gradually came, and a day of sniper fire was carried out across the Yalu River, and finally a ceasefire was stopped because all the devils disappeared.

Liu Yidao took advantage of the night, surrounded by the guards, to personally come to the front line of the battle trench and comfort Wang Erbao and other soldiers who participated in the battle.

"Brothers, the guns are good, I will definitely ask my superiors for credit when I turn around." After listening to a company commander's report on the results, Liu Yidao couldn't help but happily give verbal encouragement to Wang Erbao and them.

"Thank you, Chief!" Wang Erbao and other sharpshooters responded happily in unison.

After Liu Yidao made a round, he returned from the forward position to the rear command post, which was also the former enemy headquarters of the first column, which was about ten kilometers away from the front line and was located in a border town.

It was garrisoned by the strength of a guard battalion, and around the headquarters were stationed several main regiments of the other two divisions of the column and some units directly under the column.

The one who really confronted the Japanese army across the river was the First Division, which was regarded as a trump card by Liu Yidao.