Chapter 19: The Attack and Defense of Kodak Town (Part II)
If you look down at Kodak Town from a high altitude, you will find that the overall shape of Kodak Town is like a piece of fat, about five kilometers long from north to south, and more than three kilometers short from east to west, two roads divide Kodak Town into four pieces more evenly, Ouyang Yu's tactics are to defend with all their strength in the east and west directions, and put the Imperial Army in the north and south directions to fight, so far it seems that her tactics are still very successful, in order to make Colonel Elliot fooled, she also ordered her soldiers to implement flexible tactics in the north and south directions, the so-called flexible tactics are to first let the Imperial Army advance and occupy a part of the place, and then push back, and then let the Imperial Army fight back, and then fight back, creating the illusion of repeated seesawing, thus destroying the living forces of the Imperial Army.
Colonel Elliott was really fooled, after he found that Ouyang Yu's army in the east and west directions had strong firepower and was difficult to attack, but the north and south directions were successfully attacking Kodak Town, he ordered the main attack to be placed in the north and south, and the main forces were gathered in these two directions, preparing to divide Ouyang Yu's army from the north and south in one go.
Corporal Bancroft, the corporal of the second battalion of the 48th regiment, kicked open the door in front of him under the cover of his comrades and then hid to the side, he was so careful There was no way to do it, the soldiers of Ouyang Yujun placed a lot of tricks at the door of the house or at the corner, at first the soldiers of the imperial army didn't know or were not familiar with the mines, and they paid a heavy price when attacking, and after a lot of blood, the soldiers of the imperial army finally learned to deal with the fur of the mines.
Bancroft hid in the doorway and found that there was no explosion, so he waved his hand to signal Private 1st Class Adonis to take the lead, Private 1st Class Adonis stood in the doorway with his gun and looked left and right before stepping into the house, and Corporal Bancroft and several other Imperial soldiers also rushed in.
After all the Imperial soldiers of a squad entered the room, three grenades were suddenly thrown from the second floor, and when he saw these three grenades, Private Adonis screamed in surprise and fell to the ground, Corporal Bancroft also reacted quickly, and he had already fallen to the ground at the same time as he heard the exclamation, and the rest of the Imperial soldiers did not react as quickly as the two of them, and they only reacted after the grenade exploded, but it was too late.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
The three grenades gave full play to their power in the confined space, and half of the Imperial soldiers of a squad were killed on the spot, and three were seriously injured, only Corporal Bancroft and Private Adonis were lucky not to be injured, but even if the two of them escaped the grenade's kill, they could not escape the next blow.
As soon as the grenade exploded, two soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army rushed down from the second floor, each of them had a Suomi submachine gun, and after a burst of gunshots, whether the room was killed or the Imperial soldiers were alive, each of them left several bloody bullet holes on their bodies, and then left a few mines on the corpse and returned to the second floor.
A wolf-filled tank covered a group of soldiers of the Imperial Army was advancing, and an officer of the Imperial Army found signs of the activities of Ouyang Yu's soldiers in the house not far away, so the officer climbed on the tank and knocked on the top cover of the turret, and the commander of the tank opened the top cover and poked out half of his head and asked loudly, "What's wrong?"
"There are enemies in the red building in front of you, fire two cannons and drive them out!"
"Got it!"
The commander retracted his head, and the wolf-filled turret began to rotate, aiming at the house that the officer had spoken of.
"Boom...... Boom......!"
The two fire-based explosive bombs accurately hit the house, and the two soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army flew out of the windows on the second floor screaming, and were immediately killed by the soldiers of the imperial army.
"Well done, keep going!"
The wolf tank covered the group of Imperial soldiers to continue their advance, but within ten meters, several grenades were thrown out of the houses on both sides.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
"Ah......h
The officer of the Imperial Army who ordered the cannon just now was blown off a thigh, fell to the ground and covered the wound tightly with both hands to stop the bleeding, but the thigh artery was blown up and wanted to stop the bleeding with both hands is simply a fool's dream, a large amount of blood and water generally formed a pool of blood on the ground, this is not the end, although the Imperial soldiers in the wolf tank were not injured because of the protection of the tank, but they were also taken aback, they have all seen the accompanying infantry was killed, the scene of the lone tank being destroyed, so before the smoke and dust of the explosion dissipated, they forcibly reversed backwards。
The Imperial Army officer who fell to the ground crawled back desperately when he saw the wolf tank looking at him, "Save me, save me!"
Although the officer shouted loudly, none of the Imperial soldiers who were still alive around him paid attention to him, because after throwing the grenade, the soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army attacked, and the Suomi submachine gun beat them to the ground, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army all cowered behind the cover, for fear that they would be shot if they didn't dodge well, and no one was in the mood to save the officer.
The wolf tank crushed mercilessly from the officer's body, blood splattering in the crisp sound of bones shattering, but it didn't attract anyone's attention.
Such a battle took place at the four entrances of Kodak Town, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army and the soldiers of Ouyang Yu's Army fought fiercely over each house, but the result was that the soldiers of the Imperial Army, who were not adapted to street fighting, suffered heavy casualties, and the battle loss ratio of Ouyang Yu's army was as high as 5:1.
This is mainly because the soldiers of the Imperial Army mainly use longer magic crystal rifles, plus bayonets, the length of a rifle reaches one meter seven, which cannot be spread at all in a small house, and the bolt-activated magic crystal rifle needs to pull the bolt to shoot too slowly, on the other hand, the soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army, in their hands are either Suomi submachine guns or TT-33 pistols, with strong firepower at close range, and a large number of bullets can be fired in a very short time, and the soldiers of the imperial army usually fall under the blow like a storm as soon as they appear。
"Almost, all the soldiers slowly retreated. ”
The soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army were ready to retreat under Ouyang Yu's order, but they did not give the place to the soldiers of the imperial army in vain, after the soldiers of the imperial army fired two shots at them, the soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army threw out two grenades and then fired indiscriminately before retreating, and the soldiers of the imperial army had to pay the price of their lives every time they captured a house.
So Colonel Elliott received a report that the soldiers fought bravely and finally advanced how many meters he was very excited, but the adjutant of the report did not say the casualties, not intentionally but did not dare, as Colonel Elliot's adjutant is very aware of his boss's temper, once Colonel Elliott knows about the casualties, he will definitely shoot himself, after the lessons of his first two bloods, the current adjutant knows when to say what to say, those who can say what can not be said, he doesn't want to let himself become Colonel Elliot's punching bag。
"Well done, order the soldiers to work harder to destroy the current enemy in one go!"
Colonel Elliott put down the telescope that he had never put down in his hand and waved his fist excitedly, but his adjutant did not convey the order, Colonel Elliot turned his head suspiciously and asked, "Why are you still here?" Didn't you hear my orders?"
"Yes, I'll relay your order right away. ”
The adjutant hesitated for a moment and saluted and turned away, swallowing back the words he had tried to persuade Colonel Elliot to let the soldiers rest.
The soldiers of the Imperial Army in the north and south directions of Ouyang Yu's deliberate release of the water, although they advanced slowly but steadily, fought until the sun set and advanced only a distance of only one thousand meters, and the light gradually dimmed after the sun set, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army spontaneously stopped fighting, and Ouyang Yu immediately ordered the soldiers to stop shooting.
After dinner, Colonel Elliot entered the big tent specially prepared for him to rest with a good mood, and fell asleep with the idea that he could wipe out Ouyang Yu's army by fighting for another day tomorrow.
At half past three in the morning, Ouyang Yu, who had not rested for a day and a night, stood on the bell tower of the church in high spirits, all the mortars in her hands were aimed at the northern imperial army occupied area of Kodak Town, and the twelve mortars in her hands in the daytime battle had all the shells gone, and she had bought a large number of shells just now, and now it was the time for those shells to be powerful.
At the same time, in addition to the artillery company that did not fire a single shot at the beginning of the artillery battle, it was also ready for battle, and the eight field guns of the artillerymen aimed their guns at the regimental headquarters of the 48th Regiment, and according to Ouyang Yu's plan, when the battle began, the eight guns of the artillery company would knock out the regimental headquarters of the 48th Regiment of the Imperial Army, and even if it could not be defeated, it would be temporarily paralyzed.
Ouyang Yu looked at the time on his watch, at 3:40 in the morning, all the soldiers under her command had been prepared, four BT-2 tanks and twenty T-26 tanks had been launched, and these tanks would launch an attack on the west with Ouyang Yu's newly recruited third battalion, and after breaking through the position of the imperial army in the west as quickly as possible, this mechanized force would go straight to the enemy headquarters with empty troops, and then turn around and attack the imperial army in the west, and then circle around the periphery of Kodak Town, and cooperate with Ouyang Yu's first and second battalions to annihilate all the 48th Regiment of the Imperial Army。
Turning on the command system, under Ouyang Yu's order, all the mortars and field guns fired shells almost simultaneously, and the sound of artillery and explosions was endless, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army who were resting were awakened by the sound of explosions, and then picked up their guns and prepared for battle amid the loud shouts of their respective commanders.