Chapter 310 An Insurmountable Minefield
Lao Zhao and Junzi's attacks could not be launched, and the situation was the same. Lao Zhao was the same, when the anti-United Nations fighters sneaked into the vicinity of the barbed wire fence after the shelling, they were also blown up by mines.
The previous shelling also failed to open a path, and the opposite side also returned fire with mortars, so that the artillery had to retreat after losing a few mortars.
One of Lao Zhao's regiment commanders carefully observed the effect of the artillery bombardment just now, and found that even if the other side did not intercept it, the effect of the shelling was not great, at most it would blow up the barbed wire into a mess, and it would still not be able to charge, unless large-caliber artillery could completely tear the barbed wire into pieces.
Junko's team hid on the ground, and the scope carefully searched for the figure of the opposite position. Eight hundred meters away, once they were aimed, even if they hid in cover, unless they didn't show their heads, as long as they showed their heads, they didn't run. There is no threat of firepower, so it is possible to demine and cut the barbed wire.
But what made them strange was that the opposite position was already a bunker-style bunker, and it was strange that the gun holes in the bunker were all made of iron plates, only one gun barrel was exposed, and even the body of the machine gunner could not be seen, which was tight.
How do they observe?
All the fighters came up with such an idea.
Junzi had already followed, he held the binoculars to observe, turned around and said: "Send electricity to the Descending Mountain Tiger, let him detour along the right side, find a breakthrough, and send electricity to the Drill Mountain Tiger, let him detour along the left side." ”
Soon, Liu Zhong on the right received the telegram, and he quickly discharged several reconnaissance teams and made a detour to the right side of the city, looking for a breakthrough.
The same is true for Huzi, who sent a reconnaissance team to the left in a detour to the left, looking for a breakthrough.
Waiting for the message to be sent, Junko ordered the team to try to get close to the mine and cut the barbed wire.
Small groups crawled close to the barbed wire. Guns were raised, daggers were pierced in the dirt, and demining was carried out.
At this moment, a machine gun rang out four or five hundred meters away, and the dust where the bullets hit was flying, and several fighters were unfortunately hit by grenades. was quickly dragged down by his comrades.
At the moment when the three machine guns fired tongues of fire, several sniper rifles were aimed there.
But they were depressed to find that there was nowhere to start, and the iron plate they had seen before actually followed the swing and rotation of the machine gun, and it was one with the machine gun.
"! Got a king eight shells!! ”
A soldier frustrated himself and hammered off the ground and gave up sniping.
"How the hell did you aim at this? I can't even see a pee eye! ”
The other fighter next to him vomited blood in the same depression.
In the telescope, Junko could clearly see that the machine gun was constantly turning, and the iron plate was also moving back and forth, but he couldn't see how the machine gunner was observing and aiming.
"What kind of routine is this, little devil?"
Junko frowned.
It is not possible to get close to the barbed wire, only to bring in the artillery. Otherwise, there is no way to break through.
Mortars and grenades were not yet able to reach the machine guns, and they were blocked by cover, making it difficult to hit them directly. From this point of view, the Japanese switched to the defense and did not intend to attack anymore.
Shunzi was depressed here, and Lao Zhao was the same, after sacrificing hundreds of soldiers one after another, he couldn't get close to the base of the barbed wire in the open field. Mortars shelled at long distances, and the effect was not great. They were just blocked.
Unable to attack. Unable to hold the enemy's main force, Junko looked at the front of him and rubbed his hands in a hurry. But he can't let the fighters die in vain, he can't solve the machine guns on the opposite side, don't think about demining at all, and don't think about cutting the barbed wire.
Dong Ku received a telegram from Junzi. Although he was not at the scene, he immediately understood that the Japanese army had been planning for a long time, and they would no longer attack and defend. But this method of shrinking is very effective. Without aircraft bombing, without large-caliber artillery bombardment, don't worry about easily crossing a minefield.
There were planes at that airport in Raohe, but Dong Ku knew very well that those planes were not the opponents of the Zero at all, and one or two hundred planes were not enough for five Zeros, and within half an hour, all of them would be shot down.
The loss of the plane did not matter to him, but the pilot he could not afford to be injured, he did not have so much pilot attrition.
Is it blocked and watching the Japanese army wreak havoc over there?
Dong Ku hated it so much that the root of his teeth itched. But the bearded man must not be put in, otherwise the disaster will be even worse, and there will be no chance to even turn the tables. The ferocity of Tsarist Russia is no worse than that of little devils, and letting them in is really a big army three feet high.
After pondering it, he sent a telegram to Junko, asking him to transport ten guns from the bunker out of the position, clear the obstacles with effective fire, and pay attention to preventing the enemy from destroying the artillery positions.
Pressing Shunzi's anxious delivery of artillery, Liu Zhong and Huzi's reconnaissance team went around more than ten kilometers and still didn't see the edge of the minefield, and tested it with guns and grenades, and it was really able to detonate the mine.
Liu Zhong looked at the column of dust and smoke rising in the distance, and he ordered: "The third squad follows me, close to two hundred meters, fire grenades, clear the mines, and then find a way!" ”
With his order, the grenades flew towards the minefield in pieces, and the roaring explosion of the sugar burst into flames appeared frequently, and the loud noises were repeated.
As soon as the grenade rained, the ground within a few hundred meters was like it had been turned over, and the barbed wire fence was messed up and entangled together, and the ground was full of craters, but it still could not be passed, and the barbed wire still needed to be cut.
"Smoke bombs!"
Liu Zhong calmly ordered. Under the cover of smoke, as long as the barbed wire is cut, then the charge, even the machine guns on the opposite side, will not be able to stop their progress.
But at this moment, a whistling came.
"Shelling!! Be hidden!! ”
In the roar, the gods of war fell down one after another, ready to defend against artillery bombardment.
As the screams swept in, the loud bangs continued to sound.
"Get out of here!! Fast! ”
At the moment when the shells fell, Liu Zhong shouted and gave the order to retreat.
The hundreds of people who approached retreated backwards in the violent explosion of the mud and crater by crater, throwing dozens of lives along the way before they withdrew from the shelling position with the buzzing of their ears.
The shelling lasted for more than ten minutes before it stopped, and in the smoke of gunfire, this area was full of huge craters and a mess.
At the moment when the shelling ended, Liu Zhong ordered: "Rescue the wounded, take back the weapons!" ”
When the bodies and the wounded were all transported down, Liu Zhong's distressed eyes were red. These are all elites! In front of the artillery, they had nothing to do, losing more than thirty fighters at one time and seriously wounding a dozen.
"him!!"
A warrior spat out the dirt from his mouth and cursed, but there was nothing he could do.
Liu Zhong hadn't figured out a way to torture him, and Dong Ku's telegram arrived.
After he sent a telegram to Junzi, he suddenly remembered Liu Zhong's Huya and Huzi's Flying Tigers. These two elites are not suitable for this kind of battle, not because they are afraid of sacrifice, but in terms of attack and annihilation, their combat effectiveness is one of the best, but in terms of attack, they are no different from ordinary soldiers. This kind of battle is not what they should be involved in.
After reading the message, Liu Zhong exhaled helplessly. He understood what Dong Ku meant, if he came like this, most of the elites he had worked so hard to cultivate would be consumed by charging a few times, and it was really not worth it.
Dong Ku's message was very simple, telling them to withdraw to Harbin and wait for further orders.
Lao Zhao also received a telegram from Dong Ku, and he also realized that he would not be able to launch a charge without artillery, and the enemy's position stretched for dozens of kilometers, and he didn't know how long the road was.
Anyway, I ran on both sides of the horse for half an hour without seeing my head.
After Dong Ku understood the intentions of the Japanese army, he carefully analyzed it, and he found that there was no better way than to bombard, as long as the effective shooting cleared a way, there would be no problem in charging.
But before his thoughts fell, there was a big trouble here.
The roar of a motor came into Lao Zhao's ears.
"Not good, enemy planes!!"
With the shouting one after another, the large troops lying on the ground quickly looked for concealment, and all the machine guns were set up and aimed at the direction where the plane was flying.
However, they soon discovered that the faint sound of the motor was not the distance of the plane, but the plane flying high and clinging to the clouds.
Immediately afterward, a seeping scream came from the sky, and patches of aerial bombs fell.
"! Can't hit that high!! ”
The anti-United Nations fighters with machine guns put away their guns one by one in frustration and hid on the spot to avoid the bombing.
But most of the people were able to escape, but the dozen or so mountain cannons on the way could not escape the doom, and in the loud noise, they turned into piles of scrap metal, and the horses that dragged them were also blown into minced meat and flew all over the sky.
"Withdraw!!"
Lao Zhao did not hesitate to give a secret order to retreat. In this way, they will not be able to take advantage of it at all, and when the anti-aircraft artillery escort is ready, the artillery will be in position to attack, or it will be a worthless sacrifice.
After Shunzi received the news that Lao Zhao had been bombed, he followed Lao Zhao's advice and evacuated the battlefield less than ten minutes after Liu Zhong and Huzi retreated.
This was the first defeat he had suffered since following Dong Ku, and although the loss was not large, it was a complete defeat, and he was beaten without even touching the Japanese army.
Dong Ku was on pins and needles in Mongolia, constantly walking back and forth in the headquarters. Lao Maozi's attack lasted for an hour, and he was stunned, more than 300 tanks were destroyed, and the battlefield was full of raging fires and thick black smoke, and they were still constantly impacting like a tide.
Dong Ku had already understood one thing in his anxiety, he couldn't let the army leave Mongolia, otherwise, he planned to attack directly from Mongolia, attack the Japanese occupied Rehe, directly cut off the Shanhaiguan, and concentrate on eating the Japanese troops in the pass. But he couldn't get out, it was useless to go to fewer troops, it was difficult to fight large-scale battles, and if he went too much, the backyard would catch fire again.
After Shunzi and Lao Zhao withdrew, the two of them bumped their heads and decided to place the cannon in place at night, clear the passage at once, and attack the enemy's position overnight, so that it would not work until the plane flew again. In addition, in the dark of night, it is difficult for enemy aircraft to find the location of the artillery that has stopped firing, so there is no need to worry about the enemy destroying the artillery. (To be continued......)