readx;? As soon as the Japanese army came up this time, they sent a large brigade to attack, making it clear that they were relying on the strength of the crowd and wanted to take the position as soon as possible. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The bombardment of the heavy artillery stopped, but the mountain artillery, Type 92 infantry guns, and mortars covering the attack were still bombarding the positions in Yangliu Town. It was almost the first time that the fighters of the first battalion of the positions had faced an attack of this magnitude, and panic was inevitable.

It's just that their behavior of dodging shells in a panic exposed them to the position, and the shrapnel flying around took away more lives, and the first battalion commander Wu Yuan shook off the soil that fell on his body and asked the second company commander next to him: "Second company commander, the artillery of the little Japanese is too fierce, we also have artillery, can we fight back?"

The commander of the second company stretched out his head from the trench to take a look and replied: "Battalion Commander Wu, the little Japanese have a lot of artillery, and I am afraid that we will suffer a loss if we do it directly. Wu Yuan knew that these veterans of the 568th Regiment had crawled out of the pile of dead people, and their experience was much stronger than his own, so he didn't say anything more.

At this time, the Japanese infantry began to attack forward, and a brigade of more than 1,000 Japanese troops lined up in attack formation, and looked yellow from the position. Not to mention the soldiers of the first battalion at this time, even the veterans of the second company felt the pressure. The Japanese troops, two hundred meters before entering the position, began to shoot at the position, grenadiers and heavy machine guns replaced the shelling, and without shelling, the fighters of the first battalion breathed a sigh of relief.

Because there were too many recruits on the position, when the Japanese army entered within one hundred and fifty meters, the commander of the second company asked Wu Yuan to give the order to open fire. The light and heavy machine guns on the wall and in the gap in the wall were fired in full force, and the Japanese troops were suppressed 100 meters away at once. The rifles in the hands of the soldiers of the first battalion were shooting at the Japanese with platoon guns, while the veterans of the second company were aiming at the grenadiers, machine gunners and commanders in the Japanese ranks.

At this distance, the hit rate of the defenders' shots on the position increased markedly, and the large number of light and heavy machine guns, like a few heavy machine guns mounted on the wall, was indeed quite lethal to the Japanese troops, and this brigade of Japanese troops retreated after suffering hundreds of casualties.

As soon as the Japanese retreated, the defenders retreated into the anti-artillery holes, and the Japanese shells fell on the positions with the heels of the soldiers. In the anti-artillery hole, Wu Yuan counted the number of people, but in the first blockade, more than 20 people were killed in the first battalion, and more than 30 people were wounded. After a while, the shelling of the Japanese troops on the position had not yet ended, and the observation post on the position gave a signal to enter the position.

The commander of the second company, who heard the signal, was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that the Japanese artillery bombardment had not yet ended, so how could the observation post give the signal to enter the position? Just as the commander of the second company was standing at the door of the anti-artillery shelter in confusion and looking at the position, a running figure appeared amid the sound of explosions and the smoke and light of gunpowder. The commander of the second company noticed that it was a soldier who had stayed on the position to serve as an observation post.

After the soldier threw himself into the anti-artillery hole, he shouted to the commander of the second company: "Second company commander, little Japan is stepping on the artillery point, enter the position quickly!" After shouting, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground. At this time, the commander of the second company discovered that a piece of shrapnel had been inserted into the soldier's back, and the blood had stained his back. The commander of the second company first shouted into the anti-artillery hole: "Medic, save people!"

Then he shouted: "Second Company, follow me!" After shouting, he took the lead and rushed out of the anti-artillery hole and into the smoke and fire. The actions of the soldiers of the second company shook the officers and men of the first battalion. Wu Yuan, the commander of the first battalion, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Brothers, the brothers of the second company rushed up, and our first battalion is not a bad seed, everyone rush with me!" After shouting, he also rushed into the smoke of gunpowder.

There is only a distance of less than 100 meters from the anti-artillery hole to the front line, and it usually only takes more than ten seconds to run away, but now the position is full of explosions, and the smoke and fire fill the entire position, and in the hearts of the officers and men of the first battalion, this short 100 meters is so long, and there are soldiers on the road who fall down in the shrapnel flying in the four flights, and there are unfortunate shells that explode around them, and they fly directly into the air.

By the time the officers and men of the 1st battalion rushed to the front-line positions, the fighters of the 2nd company had already gone up to the wall and opened fire with light and heavy machine guns. Wu Yuan looked out from the gap in the wall, and a Japanese army in yellow clothes was only about a hundred meters away from the wall. The commander of the first battalion hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the first battalion to set up light and heavy weapons and open fire.

The Japanese artillery bombardment finally stopped, but this time the Japanese infantry attacked with four 37 mm rapid-fire guns. The four rapid-fire guns were pushed by the Japanese to less than 300 meters from the wall, and they were specifically fired at the heavy machine guns on the wall. The walls of Yangliu Town were not wide and firm enough to build bunkers on the walls, so the heavy machine gun fortifications were piled up with sandbags, which was okay to defend against bullets, but the defense capability against the rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army was insufficient.

After the fire points of the three heavy machine guns were destroyed in a row, the pressure of the Japanese troops was relaxed, and they all rushed up with bullets fearlessly. The second company commander looked at it and scolded: "Fuck the little Japan, what kind of crazy thing is this, if I don't give you a little bit of power, you don't know the master's methods." After scolding, the commander of the second company dragged the platoon commander of the fire platoon to the front and shouted: "You take the fire platoon to the artillery position of the first battalion, and command all the mortars to kill the rapid-fire guns of the little Japanese first, and then immediately transfer the position after firing three rapid fire at the infantry." ”

The commander of the fire platoon replied loudly, "Yes, company commander!" and then shouted to the ground, "The fire platoon will follow me!" The fire company of the first battalion had six 60 mortars, while the 2nd company had four 60 mortars and one 82 recoilless gun. The artillery pieces were all concentrated in an open field in the town of Willow. When the commander of the fire platoon rushed into the artillery position with the soldiers of the fire platoon, the artillerymen who remained on the artillery position were turning around in a hurry.

The platoon commander of the fire platoon shouted: "All artillery is in position, the target is in the direction ***, ***, three rapid fire." "As early as before the Japanese attack, the artillerymen measured the azimuth coordinates of the open space outside Yangliu Town, so the platoon commander of the fire platoon before the next position only glanced at the place where the Japanese army was located a few times, and the azimuth coordinates were already clear in his mind.

The soldiers of the fire platoon were worried that the gunners of the first battalion would not be able to aim accurately, so they double-checked the six mortars of the first battalion before they began to fire shells. Ten mortars and thirty shells were enough to completely cover the Japanese position where the rapid-fire guns were placed, and even the mortar positions next to the rapid-fire guns were also affected, not only four rapid-fire guns, but also several mortars at the same time.

After the 10 mortars fired three rapid fires, the platoon commander of the fire platoon re-reported the coordinates, and the 10 guns fired three more rapid fires. This time, the shells accurately landed in the ranks of the Japanese attacking infantry, blowing up one of the Japanese infantry. After three more rapid fires, the platoon commander of the fire platoon ordered to immediately shift the position, and as soon as the fighters moved the mortars away, the Japanese retaliatory artillery fire fell on the artillery position.

This artillery counterattack greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, and the soldiers worked together to defeat the Japanese and retreat. With what happened last time, Wu Yuan didn't dare to let the soldiers withdraw to the anti-artillery hole, and the second company commander saw that there were so many soldiers on the position, so when the Japanese shelled it, the casualties would be too great, so he hurriedly said to Wu Yuan: "Battalion Commander Wu, I will take a platoon to stay in the position, and you take other soldiers to withdraw, otherwise there are too many people on the position, and the casualties will be large if the Japanese are under artillery fire." ”

As soon as Wu Yuan wanted to fight for himself to stay, the second company commander said: "Battalion Commander Wu, don't fight with me, we people know how to dodge the shelling, there is no time, you quickly lead people to retreat!" As soon as Wu Yuan heard what the second company commander said, he stopped fighting and shouted: "The second company and one platoon will stay with the second company commander, and the rest of the people will withdraw to the anti-artillery hole, quick!"

As soon as Wu Yuan led the soldiers into the anti-artillery hole, the Japanese shells fell again. This time the shelling was denser and longer, and it took half an hour for the artillery fire to weaken. After Wu Yuan and the soldiers rushed to the position again, they found that this time the Japanese army had come up with four chariots. What came up was the Japanese-made Type 97 light tank, also known as the "Bean Chariot".

This kind of "bean chariot" with a total weight of just over four tons is nothing in the eyes of the soldiers of the second company, but for the soldiers of the first battalion who saw the weapon of the chariot for the first time, this is a behemoth made of iron. Wu Yuan, the commander of the first battalion, hurriedly came to the side of the second company commander and asked nervously: "What kind of weapon did little Japan come up with, and how to deal with it?"

The second company commander glanced at the "bean chariot" and said contemptuously: "It's just a few 'bean chariots', you just watch how I deal with it." After speaking, he turned his head to the commander of the fire platoon and said, "Go and send your platoon's 82 recoilless guns, remember to bring a few armor-piercing shells." The commander of the fire platoon agreed, turned around and ran away with a few fighters.

Here, the commander of the second company instructed several machine gun shooters under his command: "You guys look at the point, and greet the infantry behind the little Japanese chariot more, don't let the little Japanese infantry come up." Several machine-gun shooters replied: "Don't worry, company commander." It's not the first time, so you'll see. Wu Yuan, the commander of the first battalion, saw that the commander of the second company was so calm and no longer nervous, and turned his head to the soldiers of the first battalion and shouted: "You all watch carefully how the brothers of the second company deal with the little Japanese chariots, and learn a little." ”

The platoon commander of the fire platoon quickly carried the 82 recoilless gun, and together with two soldiers, he set up the gun behind the sandbag, and personally aimed at the chariot in front of the Japanese army. At this time, the tank had entered about 100 meters in front of the position, and the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns and vehicle-mounted artillery on the vehicle were firing at the position, and the Japanese infantry behind them also relied on the tank to advance while firing.

After the platoon commander of the fire platoon took aim, a soldier loaded armor-piercing shells, and the fire platoon commander shouted to the commander of the second company: "Company commander, the artillery fire is ready." The commander of the second company replied: "Fire!" The commander of the fire platoon pulled the firing mechanism, and with a "tom", an armor-piercing projectile rushed out of the gun chamber and flew straight towards the Japanese tank, hitting the tank in the blink of an eye.