Section 142 The last line of defense of the Japanese army

Braving the heavy rain on the muddy mountain road, everyone walked with one foot high and one foot low, but to Tian Zhuang's surprise, there was almost no noise coming out of the marching team of more than 100 people. The whole army, more than a hundred people, rushed together, and none of them were left behind, and this kind of discipline and strong action alone made him unable to close his mouth in surprise. After all, he was born as a scout, and he can be a squad leader, and he has been in the reconnaissance company for a long time, and he has long been used to such a rush and trek, and every soldier in this army actually has such a ability? It's incredible.

"Lao Tian, where is your hometown?" Li Wenguang has been following Tian Zhuang's side, but his slightly thin body seems to be hiding endless strength, and he has never been pulled down by this reconnaissance squad leader.

Tian Zhuang couldn't help but smile bitterly, this army is really strange, one is younger than the other, but the official status is bigger than the other. The young officer who opened his mouth looked to be only twenty-four or five years old, and he was already a lieutenant colonel. An official at the level of a lieutenant colonel battalion commander, who would usually look at him? This young chief called him Lao Tian so kindly, which made him feel warm in his heart, but his mouth responded: "Don't dare to be a chief, a little Xuzhou person." ”

Xiao Shandong on the side couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "What dare not be, don't look at him as a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, not just like us." ”

The people who were busy hurrying couldn't help but burst into laughter when they heard this, and Cheng Yong, the commander of the guard company, even coaxed: "Xiao Shandong, how do you know that there are two eggs under the monkey?" What if it's three? ”

Xiao Shandong was furious when he heard this: "Little white face, you are looking for death, Xiao Shandong is also called by you?" ”

"Hahaha...... "Which of these soldiers in the guard company is not a veteran who has fought countless battles behind the stones?" The time they spent in the independent group may not be as long as that of Xiaoshan, but after so many battles, they all know the same as their own brothers, where can they not know the temper of a few of them, and immediately laughed one by one, and you made fun of me every word.

This situation couldn't help but make Tian Zhuang surprised, and he was very surprised in his heart, how could these people be so bold and talk to their own chief so lightly? That's not a good idea, is it?

After Li Wenguang said a sentence at the beginning, he just listened to them with a smile and stopped interjecting, seeing that the team had already bypassed the small hill on the flank, preparing to go around Niubei Mountain, he couldn't help but make a silent gesture. The whole force fell silent in vain, and the laughter that had been heard before disappeared into the night as if it had never been seen again.

An explosion of "boom" came from a distance, Li Wenguang looked at the faintly visible flames in the distance, and couldn't help but say coldly: "The second battalion has started, let's go, let's hurry up." ”

Tian Zhuang did not dare to hesitate at this time, and immediately accelerated the pace of advancement, and more than 100 people shuttled through the muddy mountain road in the dark, like a black arrow, rushing straight to the belly of the Japanese army.

At the same time, Iwanaga, the infantry commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, stood on the top of the hill and looked gloomily at the darkness ahead. The rain kept lapping on his cheeks, and the cold and biting feeling made him shiver involuntarily. He and the soldiers who stayed behind had been here for a whole day, and according to the orders of His Excellency the division commander, they could break through at this moment. However, how could the reality be so, Iwanaga knew that it was impossible to break through, they were not the elite of the division to take advantage of the darkness to tear through the enemy's defensive line, and the continuous rain caused them a devastating blow after a day.

The troops stationed on the mountain ridge were okay, they were on the high ground to block the enemy troops at the bottom of the mountain, but they had the advantage of time and place. However, the troops who remained in the north-west direction of the Guanqiao Gongwei were in a very bad situation, and the trench they were in was almost filled with continuous heavy rain. With the enemy in front, they could not abandon their positions here and leave, so they could only soak in the water and hold on. There was no problem in the short term, but after a long time, these Japanese troops could not bear it. In addition, most of these soldiers were wounded, and after being soaked in water for a long time, many of them could not hold on and fell directly. Seeing that the attrition was increasing, Iwanaga finally had no choice but to order the troops outside the town to abandon the defensive line outside the official bridge and withdraw to the town to hold on.

But just like that, he gave up the depth of defense, and Iwanaga was also very unwilling in his heart, and now he retreated into the town, once he couldn't withstand it, it would be all over.

After a day's rest, the Chinese troops attacked at dark break. Originally, he wanted to use the layers of the outer positions to consume the enemy with a "suicide attack", but in the current situation that the outer positions have been abandoned, such an attack can only be carried out in the town, but compared to the attack on the position, the effect after retreating to the town is really much weakened. What's even worse is that the Chinese army's attack was really sharp, they waded through a series of trench positions filled with water, advanced all the way to the periphery of the town, and then machine gun positions were established everywhere, suppressing the town with dense firepower, and under the dense bullet strafing, the Japanese troops whose combat strength had been greatly reduced could not organize an effective counterattack at all, and could only watch the Chinese troops penetrate the heavy rain curtain and quickly break into the town.

Seeing this, Iwanaga was also shocked, and he personally rushed to the town below the mountain with more than 100 selected "elite soldiers" to reinforce him, and at the same time ordered the artillery squadron on the mountain to cover the artillery fire. Although the number of shells is running out at the moment, it is already a critical moment for the survival of these people, and it is a moment to delay for a moment.

The "boom" artillery shot out the shells in the barrel with amazing momentum, and the huge shock wave formed after the explosion of the 75mm shell set off a monstrous splash around it, and the high temperature generated by the explosion instantly evaporated a large amount of rainwater, forming a thick white fog, so that the already dark surroundings could not see anything clearly. Under this kind of attack, the attacking troops of the Independent Regiment could not help but slow down their advance, and even several machine gun positions stopped firing one after another!

This pause also made the Japanese army finally breathe a sigh of relief, and it was only at this time that the Japanese army found an opportunity to attack and began to organize counterattacks and suppression. Guanqiao Town itself is just a small place, built on the mountain, at the junction of Yifeng and Shanggao. Now that the Japanese army has shrunk its defensive line, thousands of people are crowded in several streets and alleys, and it is directly filled here. Almost every house and every yard had more than one squad of Japanese troops, and the density was too amazing. If the Independence Regiment still had artillery shells, a few rounds of shelling alone would have been enough to inflict a devastating blow on the Japanese army. It's a pity that after fighting all the way, their shells have been completely consumed, and in the face of the Japanese army's almost three-dimensional defense system, they can only advance step by step, using their rich combat experience and intensive firepower advantage to continuously consume the enemy.

Zhang Lingfu and Shi didn't know when they had rushed to the front of the battlefield with a few guards at a distance of more than 100 steps, observing the battle in front of them so closely, they could know all aspects of the situation well. And this is also the first time Zhang Lingfu watched the battle of the independent regiment, and at the beginning of the fight, he was taken aback by the amazing momentum of the stone gang.

The main attacking force chosen by the stone is the second battalion, although in the battle a day ago, the second battalion and the second company were ambushed and counterattacked by the devils, and lost more than half of the troops, and now the second battalion only has one company and three companies left and still has combat effectiveness, and the strength is far behind the third battalion, but in this case, the stone still believes in the ability of the high sledgehammer. Compared with the third battalion, the second battalion has more veterans and stronger combat effectiveness, and in the face of complex situations, they can exert stronger combat effectiveness than others. Not to mention anything else, there is a huge difference between the level of commanders at all levels and the command decisions made by the enemy in battle.

In fact, if you change to three battalions, you may feel nowhere to start in the face of such a dense turtle defense of the Japanese army. Because in terms of troops, their attacking side is far behind the defending side, especially when the battlefield is narrow and they can't put in too many troops at one time, that kind of problem is more and more prominent. However, these things were not a problem at all in front of the tall sledgehammer, and without the slightest hesitation, he ordered a company to be the first to attack, and constantly rushed towards Guanqiao Town in platoons. Using the cover of night, the distance between the two armies was constantly shortened.

In response to the suppression of enemy fire, the high sledgehammer was based on the battalion's machine gun platoon and transferred the machine guns of the second company to attack together, in the case of several machine guns constantly suppressed, the other machine guns slowly advanced, closer to the front of the enemy to establish a machine gun position again and cover with the fire behind the enemy, constantly pressing the Japanese army forward.

What makes Zhang Lingfu feel incredible is this, the machine gun's anti-suppression of the enemy to create the conditions for the attack of the side, this is a very common thing, the infantry charge, the most difficult point is the distance of about 20 to 50 steps in front of the enemy's position, how to successfully break through this "death zone", will determine whether the attack will be successful, and to ensure that the soldiers of the side reduce losses in the process of impact, the machine gun anti-suppression is more and more important. The independent regiment's offensive method is far more effective than ordinary machine gun suppression, their step-by-step advance firepower almost uninterrupted attack, is not just suppression, but constantly destroying the enemy's defense line, destroying the enemy's will to fight, when the sound of bullets tearing the air in the ears at any time and anywhere, there will be a sense of powerless fear in people's hearts, this negative emotion is enough to drive people crazy.