Chapter 420: Guarding Labor [2]
The four Type 95 tanks of the Japanese army approached step by step, and from 300 meters away, they used their heavy machine guns to fire frantically at the defenders' positions, and the rainstorm of bullets made the defenders on the positions unable to lift their heads. It wasn't until he entered the 150 meters that Ma Xiaoyu shouted loudly: "Fire!" From the two armor-piercing shells of the 82 recoilless guns behind the position, they flew towards the two Type 95 chariots that rushed to the front.
In an instant, the cannonball easily penetrated the front armor of the two tanks, and with two explosions in succession, the two tanks exploded violently from the inside, and even the turret flew up more than a person high. The explosion of the two tanks brought the Japanese attack to a halt, and before the Japanese could react to what was going on, two armor-piercing shells from the 82 recoilless guns flew towards the remaining two Type 95 tanks.
There is no doubt that these two Type 95 tanks have also followed in the footsteps of the previous two tanks. The four chariots were easily destroyed by the defenders, which seriously affected the morale of the attacking Japanese infantry. At this time, the position was full of firepower, and a large number of automatic weapons suppressed the Japanese infantry from a distance of 150 meters. After firing at each other for a while, the Japanese commander saw that the casualties were increasing, so he had to retreat again.
The four chariots went up, which showed that the Japanese commander had attached great importance to the defenders, but he didn't expect to be destroyed all of a sudden, and he didn't even see what kind of weapons the defenders were using.
The chariots can no longer be dispatched, there are only a dozen chariots in total, and a third of them are destroyed in one fell swoop, but there is no chariot to assist, relying on the infantry alone, in the face of the dense firepower of the defenders, in addition to increasing casualties, it will not have too good results. Several people discussed and discussed, and in the end, the brigade commander Shuto Ikeda decided to increase the intensity of the artillery bombardment, allowing the infantry to charge forward with the landing point of the shells.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese artillery bombardment, which had been suspended for a long time, began again, this time the Japanese used all their artillery, and the dense shells made the whole city of Danglao tremble. Under the bombardment of the Japanese artillery, another section of the city wall of Danglao City could not withstand the shelling and collapsed. Dozens of warriors on this section of the wall were also buried in the rubble.
Not only that, but even a few of the anti-artillery holes could not withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery shells and collapsed, burying the soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery holes, and the officers and men of the first battalion braved the Japanese artillery fire to rescue them, but only a few comrades-in-arms were rescued, and most of them died in the anti-artillery holes. The Japanese attack for nearly an hour caused the first battalion to lose more than 100 officers and men.
Before Ma Xiaoyu could catch his breath, the guard post reported that the Japanese infantry had come up. Ma Xiaoyu immediately commanded the troops to rush to the position in the face of artillery fire. In a fortification, Ma Xiaoyu held a telescope and looked in the direction of the Japanese army, and more than 200 meters away, an infantry brigade of the Japanese army was opening up into a straggler formation and attacking his position. The Japanese shelling continued, and the shells continued to devour the lives of the soldiers, and the living soldiers were lying tightly in various bunkers, unable to even lift their heads.
Seeing that the Japanese army was approaching step by step, only one hundred and fifty meters away from the position, Ma Xiaoyu could only order to open fire. The soldiers knew that they must not let the little Japanese attack the position, so they resolutely braved the artillery fire and counterattacked the Japanese infantry. It's just that as long as the light and heavy machine guns are fired, they will be taken care of by the Japanese infantry artillery, and the effort is not great, and several machine guns in a row, along with the shooters, are destroyed under the fire of the Japanese artillery.
Seeing this scene, Ma Xiaoyu's eyes turned red, and he shouted to the people around him: "Go, let the heavy fire company suppress the Japanese infantry artillery!" After a while, several mortars of the heavy fire company began to counterattack, and the mortars attracted the Japanese Oita artillery fire at once, and the pressure on the position was relaxed. The soldiers took advantage of this opportunity to open fire with all their firepower, and a rain of bullets fired at the Japanese infantry.
At this time, the Japanese infantry was less than 100 meters away from the position of the city wall, and the Japanese captain pointed in the direction of the position with his command knife and shouted: "Kill it!" With the shout, the Japanese infantry began to charge forward in stride. At this time, the Japanese artillery bombardment began to extend backwards, and the soldiers on the position desperately shot at the Japanese army, but most of the casualties of a company on the position were too small. Ma Xiaoyu saw the Japanese army approaching 80 meters, 60 meters, and 40 meters, and when he was only 40 meters, Ma Xiaoyu shouted: "Hand grenade!" He grabbed a grenade and threw it out.
Throwing out the second-round grenade, Ma Xiaoyu shouted again: "Prepare for hand-to-hand combat!" More than 40 officers and soldiers on the position, including Ma Xiaoyu, either pulled out broadswords from behind or installed bayonets on the muzzles, just as the soldiers were about to rush out of the position, rumbling cannons sounded behind them, and some of the shells flew to the Japanese artillery positions, and the other part of the shells flew to the attacking Japanese infantry.
The sudden artillery bombardment disrupted the Japanese troops, and the charging Japanese infantry was separated in half by artillery fire, and there were 2 or 300 soldiers still rushing up a few dozen meters in front of the position, while the Japanese soldiers dozens of meters behind could not break through the death zone formed by the artillery fire, and they were in a hurry and could not pass. The officers and men on the position took advantage of the panic of the Japanese army to rush out of the position, and rushed towards the Japanese army in front of them like a gust of wind.
When the charging Japanese saw the defenders on the ground rushing to fight the bayonets, they hurriedly withdrew the bullets from their rifles and met them. The soldiers of the first company did not care so much, first strafed the Japanese soldiers, and after all the bullets in the guns were exhausted, they fought hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese soldiers. The more than 40 soldiers were all automatic and semi-automatic weapons in their hands, and dozens of Japanese soldiers were brought down with this single strafing shot.
After rushing together, you can see the kung fu of these veterans in the first battalion, there are big knives, and a set of eight swords to break the wind are used, which is really invincible. Without a broadsword, the power of the three-edged military stab is also extremely great, as long as it stabs the Japanese soldiers, the Japanese soldiers lose their combat effectiveness. Although the defenders only had more than 40 officers and soldiers, and they had to face more than 100 or dozens of Japanese troops, which was basically a pair of four, the defenders did not fall behind.
Five minutes later, reinforcements from the second battalion came up, and the advantage of the defenders was even more obvious, and in ten minutes, all the hundreds of Japanese troops were wiped out, and even the Japanese captain who commanded the attack died under the knife. Only about 200 remnants of an infantry brigade of the Japanese fled back, and a battalion on the position also lost two-thirds of its horses.
After the battle, the first battalion withdrew, and the second battalion took over from the first battalion to the front-line position. It was getting dark, and the Japanese army had no intention of attacking after this defeat. The second battalion was busy repairing the fortifications damaged during the day, and Mu Suzhong at the headquarters called the three regiment commanders together to discuss how to fight tomorrow's battle.
Li Chunshan, commander of the 568th Regiment, who had been guarding his position for a day today, opened his mouth first, and he said: "Brigade seat, little Japan is relying on their strong artillery fire, and tomorrow as long as he knocks out his artillery position, the remaining infantry will be easy to deal with." Li Chunshan's words were approved by the other two regiment commanders, and Mu Suzhong thought about it for a while and said: "Okay! Tomorrow we will have a hard-to-head artillery battle with Little Japan, I don't believe that with so many artillery pieces in our brigade, we will not be able to defeat Little Japan!"
Mu Suzhong's decision lifted the spirits of the three regiment commanders. Mu Suzhong continued: "Tomorrow, I will gather the artillery battalions of your three regiments together and have a good fight with Little Japan, you go back separately to prepare, and the position and command of the position will be handed over to Commander Wei Yongshou." Wei Yongshou served as the battalion commander of the artillery regiment for a year before serving as the commander of the 569th Regiment, and he was an expert in artillery warfare, and Mu Suzhong also knew this, so he gave this task to Wei Yongshou. Wei Yongshou naturally would not object to this.
In Wang Haitao's troops, there is no separate artillery unit at the brigade level, and after the 277th Brigade concentrated three field artillery battalions of three regiments, there are 54 75-caliber imitation German field guns, and 54 12O heavy mortars.
The 277th Brigade was planning artillery positions against the Japanese here, and the Japanese were also planning tomorrow's attack. Today, artillery and infantry coordinated the attack, giving hope to the Japanese commanders. Wing Commander Ichiro Koike Osa, Wing Commander of the 1st Wing, was reporting to Major General Shuto Ikeda on the last attack. In the end, Koike Ichiro said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, if it weren't for the dozen or so artillery pieces that suddenly appeared in the Shina army and disrupted the attacking infantry, those warriors under my command would have been able to attack the position of the Shina people, what a pity!"
Ikeda Shuto widened his goldfish eyes and asked, "Are you saying that with the cooperation of artillery fire, our soldiers can rush to the position of the Shina people?" After receiving Koikeichiro's affirmative answer, Ikeda Shuto touched his bare chin and thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow if you continue to attack like this, I will let the artillery stare at the artillery that came out of the Shina people, and tomorrow you must occupy the position of the Shina people and open the passage into the city of Danglao!"
Koike Ichiro stood up and replied, "Hey, Your Excellency Brigade Commander, tomorrow my wing will definitely capture the position of the Shina people." Under the satisfied gaze of Ikeda Shuto, Koike Ichiro took his leave and left the headquarters. Ichiro Ikeda was again busy giving orders to the artillery units to cooperate with the infantry attack and to pay attention to the artillery of the Shina people.
Both sides were nervously preparing for tomorrow's battle, and Li Yuanhong had already arrived at Nanlan City with the rest of the 93rd Division at this time. In Nanlan City, General Dai Anlan, the commander of the 200th Division, who had also just arrived, met with Li Yuanhong. Li Yuanhong was taken aback by the 200th Division's fierce fighting, and General Dai Anlan was also surprised by the sophistication of the 93rd Division's weapons and equipment.
The two sat together, and Li Yuanhong asked General Dai Anlan about the situation of the Taiwan brigade of the Japanese army. Through General Dai Anlan's description, Li Yuanhong basically understood the situation of this Taiwan brigade. In Li Yuanhong's heart, only one 277th Brigade was enough to block the attack of this Taiwan brigade, and now that all the 93rd Division has arrived here, it is not only to block the attack of this Taiwan brigade, but how to eat this Taiwan brigade, at least to inflict heavy damage on it.