Section 261 The devil is unwilling

The troops of the 13th Division were also the first units to enter China to participate in the war, and this unit participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Nanjing Massacre, but they never fought with the 74th Army, and they felt strange to each other. However, after six years of fighting, especially the astonishing losses in the Battle of Wuhan, the veterans in the army have already been killed and wounded, and the army at this moment is full of a large number of personnel who have been replaced, and the combat effectiveness has also been greatly reduced. Just like facing the defensive line built by the corpses of their comrades at this moment, these soldiers felt very strange in their hearts, and their will to fight was also greatly affected.

After all, they are not the first batch of soldiers who have undergone rigorous training, and compared to those troops that almost annihilate humanity, although these soldiers have fought a lot of battles, they are still more or less like individuals. For a while, their advance was very reluctant, but fortunately, the machine guns behind them provided them with great help, and the enemy troops in front seemed to have been suppressed by the machine guns and could not move, so that their way forward was temporarily cleared.

Soon, the Japanese advanced to a distance of about eighty paces in front of the position. Knowing that the enemy was "habitual" to concentrating their fire on a distance of twenty or thirty paces, their habitual thinking that they were still a relatively safe place at this time made their advance seem to be very smooth.

However, at this time, an astonishing burst of fire suddenly burst out from the position of the three companies. More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns opened fire in vain, enveloping the advancing Japanese troops in front of them with an almost insane and powerful attack. Although the Japanese machine guns in the distance were also suppressing, this kind of hard-fought battle was about whose firepower was stronger. Although the attack of the third company was not assisted by the battalion's machine gun company, their own firepower was too powerful and amazing. Their firepower configuration far exceeds that of ordinary national army units, and it can even be said that it is quite amazing.

Since Shi became the commander of the third company, the seizure of this company has been extremely amazing, and the family background is extremely rich, although Shi has given many of the weapons in their hands to the brothers in other companies, but they will at least give themselves more matches, right? In the case that each squad was equipped with machine guns, in terms of firepower configuration, even the elite units of the Japanese army could not compare, and at this moment they fired in vain, and the more than ten machine guns fired cross-fired, including all the gaps in front of the position, and for a time not only greatly increased the losses of the infantry in the attack, but also the suppressed ones could not move there, and even the machine gun positions that the Japanese army hastily established were instantly dumb.

Nagaoka Ikuzo couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this situation, and the person who was also taken aback was the captain Tanaka Tatsuzo, who couldn't help but turn his head to look at Haraguchi River on the side. I saw that the squadron leader who was in charge of the advance was bowing his head with shame at the moment, and he didn't dare to say a word.

Shame on you! Only now did they realize that the enemy's firepower in front of them was so strong, and the losses of the previous squad were not worth mentioning compared to the situation at this moment. The 3rd Squadron, which was caught off guard, suffered heavy losses under this sudden blow, and at this moment, let alone rushing forward, it was impossible to withdraw even if it wanted to.

Tanaka Tatsuzo's face was pale, and his previous deployment and all the encouragement looked extremely pale in the face of this battle situation. Seeing that the enemy's firepower is so strong, it is not at all what they can face at this moment, for him, it is no longer a question of whether he can take the enemy's position, but whether the third squadron can withdraw safely.

"Order the artillery platoon to open fire immediately and immediately suppress the enemy's firepower." Tanaka Chensan shouted loudly, as if to vent the depression in his heart.

A cannon sound appeared on the battlefield, and with the sound of artillery, an astonishing flame rose into the air on the position of the three companies, and the blazing fire wave swept out, like a scorching sun, where is there still the slightest cold breath?

"Hide, watch out for the devil's artillery!" Cheng Chong saw the devil's artillery appear, and immediately roared, and then immediately retreated into the trench.

In fact, where do you need to be reminded by him? The guys of the Third Company, all of them are better than ghosts, which of them didn't survive the countless artillery fire? The tenacity of the vitality of these people, and the wealth of experience in dealing with the enemy's aircraft and artillery, far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people, and as soon as the artillery rang out, they had already dodged and retreated into the bulletproof crater prepared in advance.

"Boom ......" The two guns of the Japanese artillery platoon opened fire at each other, and although the attack was not fierce, each shell could kick up a large area of dirt and smash a hole in the position of the third company. Not to mention anything else, it was just the attack of a few shells, and the powerful firepower in the distance stopped, which finally made Tanaka Tatsuzo breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, he hesitated a little. The early use of artillery certainly made his previous arrangement not play any role, but in any case, the powerful power of the artillery still allowed the enemy to only parry and not fight back. This is not the first time he has encountered this situation, he has fought so many battles with the Chinese army, and he already knows the strengths and weaknesses of the two armies. The enemy's infantry certainly has a powerful army, but no matter how powerful it is, it is not comparable to their aircraft and artillery, not to mention anything else, as soon as the air force appears, the enemy can only shrink its head and be beaten.

In this situation, is it possible to use the cover of artillery to carry out coordinated infantry and artillery operations and kill the enemy's positions? Judging from the strength of the enemy army, the battle in front of them is not easy to fight, although the number of enemy troops is not large, but it may be more difficult than the battle of Shimen. But if they don't defeat the enemy forces in front of them, they will have to stop, so how can he explain to His Excellency the Wing Commander?

Although an officer of his level did not know the specific strategic deployment, they rushed all the way from Shimen to kill here, not only to pursue the enemy's rout, but also to capture the enemy's next position.

"Order Nagaoka-kun to attack immediately, and before dark, take down the enemy position in front of you at any cost." Tanaka Tatsusan saw that the enemy troops in front of him were silent under the blow of artillery, and there was no longer the previous bravery, so he couldn't help but grit his teeth and said in a deep voice.

"Hey" The herald on the side shouted loudly, and then ran forward quickly.

The attack of the second artillery piece, in fact, could not have caused any fatal blow to the position of the third company. In the past, in wars, there were not a few cases where more than a dozen planes circled over their heads and bombed them, but they couldn't protect them, and now it's just two artillery pieces firing repeatedly, how powerful can they be?

The brothers of the Third Company only died down because there was no need to counterattack against artillery attacks. In the interval between the artillery attacks, Cheng Chong looked at the enemy troops in front of him and saw that they did not take the opportunity to retreat, but regrouped and killed, and couldn't help sneering and scolding: "Looking for death." ”

Just as the 3rd Squadron of the Japanese Army continued to attack the position of the 3rd Company with the coordination of artillery, the 2nd Squadron of the Japanese Army also launched a tentative attack on the position of the 2nd Company on the hill at the foot of Akamatsu Mountain in the south.

At this moment, Tian Dazhuang and the brothers who had withdrawn from the 5th Division had already come to the top of the mountain, they looked at the stones in front of them with awe, and the dense enemy troops appeared in front, but the commander of the major general beside him did not take these devils in his eyes at all, but spread out the map and discussed with the lieutenant colonel battalion commander how to attack the devils behind the scenes, which made them can't help but be shocked. However, none of them made any noise at all, and they all stood still, as if they were extremely afraid to disturb their conversation.

"Stone, do we need to take such a risk and launch a night attack? If these brothers of the 5th Pre-5th Division are not wrong, the strength of the devils in front of us should be about two or three divisions, and the main force of about 50,000 devils will be a little difficult to deal with our independent regiment. Moreover, in this battle, the task of our regiment is only to delay the advance of the devils and buy time for the 51st Division to arrange a defensive line in Cili, and it seems that there is no need to take such a big risk. Liu Wenfeng seemed to have some doubts about the idea of the stone, and couldn't help but say after a deep sigh.

Shi pointed to the map and said: "Crazy, under the nest, there are no eggs, as long as we resist the attack of the devils here, the 51st Division can hold its position in Cili." If Cili is not lost here, we can open up contact with the 10th Group Army to the north, and we can form a joint counterattack on Shimen and other places, so that the 57th Division will be stationed on the Yuanshui line, and the main force of our army and the friendly troops of the 10th Group Army will be here in Yanshui, and even if the devil breaks through the Yangtze River defense line, it will not be able to stand here. On the other hand, if we fail to gain a firm foothold here in Cili, then the whole battle situation will be passive. ”

Seeing that Liu Wenfeng was still frowning, Shi Shi couldn't help but continue: "Sneak attack on the enemy, there is a more important point, that is, to reduce the losses of our regiment. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Wenfeng couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Is there really such a reason?" ”

Shi nodded and said: "The devils in front of you are just the forward troops of the devils, this wave, we have hurt the devils, they will definitely not dare to attack again before dark today." But if you don't attack today, it doesn't mean that the devils won't attack tomorrow, on the contrary, if you lose the battle today, with the personality of the devils, you will definitely do your best to attack tomorrow, so that when the devils' planes and artillery gather, even if we don't scare the devils, the losses will definitely not be small. Unlike in northern Jiangxi and northern Hunan provinces, there are no strong fortifications, and with only some field stragglers, I am afraid that it will be difficult to withstand the onslaught of aircraft and artillery, and if you want to disrupt the rhythm of the devil's attack, you can only attack instead of defend and take the initiative to attack. ”