Chapter 18: The Attack and Defense of Kodak Town (Part II)
The 1st Battalion of the 48th Regiment of the Imperial Army, under the cover of ten heavy tanks nicknamed Earth Turtles by the soldiers and equipped with the number FT-2, launched a tentative attack on the outlying positions of Ouyang Yu in Kodak Town.
"Whew...... Boom!"
The mortars of Ouyang Yu's army, which were hidden in the town, began to fire, and twelve mortars poured shells at a steady rate of ten rounds per minute towards the first battalion of the attacking 48th Regiment.
Ten turtle tanks lost their role as bunkers in front of high-trajectory mortars, and one shot fell from the air into the middle of the soldiers of the first battalion of the 48th regiment, each shell could take away several young lives, and the seriously wounded and not dead lay on the ground and howled loudly, if there were good comrades-in-arms around them, they could still be saved, if not, they could only lie on the ground and watch the blood in their bodies drain and die.
Because the artillery battalion of the 48th Regiment temporarily lost its combat effectiveness and was unable to provide fire support for the 1st Battalion and suppress the mortars of Ouyang Yu's army, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 48th Regiment could only continue to advance under artillery fire, and finally approached a distance of 400 meters after paying a certain price.
After approaching 400 meters, a battalion equipped with several machine guns began to be erected, and the servant army's otherworldly version of the Grimm machine gun machine gun is different, the machine gun equipped by the imperial army is much more advanced, a long thick barrel, the middle of the barrel is a piece of round heat sink next to each other and the gun body is closely connected, the triangular bracket can firmly support the machine gun in hundreds of catties, the theoretical rate of fire is as high as 600 rounds per minute, and because of the use of 20 rounds of ammunition plate feeding, so in theory it can also be infinitely fed, the appearance looks very similar to the 92 type heavy machine gun of the Japanese army in World War II。
However, this heavy machine gun numbered 13 years is very different from the Japanese army's 92 heavy machine guns, the Imperial Army's 13 year heavy machine gun does not use the principle of fire and self-propulsion, a small runner is installed inside the gun body, and the magic crystal bullet in the gun body provides energy, the runner drives the bullet plate to move to the right while pushing the magic crystal bullet on the bullet board into the gun chamber and locking, and after firing, the shell hook is pulled out to launch the cartridge case, and the runner rolls the bullet plate to the right to fill the new magic crystal bullet into the chamber and fire, its basic principle is similar to the revolver on the earth, except that the 13-year heavy machine gun uses not a nest but a bullet plate。
The 1st Battalion of the 48th Regiment of the Imperial Army had six 13-year heavy machine guns, and after they were quickly erected, they immediately began to suppress fire, and the magic crystal bullets fired hit Ouyang Yu's position, splashing a large amount of dirt.
Not to be outdone, several MG-08 heavy machine guns on the position of Ouyang Yujun launched a counterattack, and fired at the 13-year-type heavy machine guns of the 1st Battalion of the 48th Regiment of the Imperial Army, the 13-year-old heavy machine guns of the Imperial Army were equipped with bulletproof plates, and the bullets fired by MG08 could not penetrate, and they should be used as sparks when they hit the bulletproof plates, while the MG08 of Ouyang Yu's Army had a relatively complete shooting position, and the light bullets fired by the 13-year-old heavy machine guns hit the sandbags and could not do anything about the heavy machine guns and personnel behind, and no one on either side could help anyone for the time being。
However, the war is a confrontation between systems rather than a battle between one or two weapons, the heavy machine gun position on Ouyang Yujun's side is extremely vulnerable under the muzzle of the earth turtle, a earth turtle turned the muzzle and aimed at the firing position of an MG08 heavy machine gun, and with a bang, a fire-based burst magic crystal bullet sent this heavy machine gun into the sky along with the firing team.
"Damn, all heavy machine guns temporarily stopped firing, released smoke bombs to divert positions. ”
Ouyang Yu's order was directly transmitted to the brains of all the soldiers of the machine gun team through the command system, and the soldiers of the system carried out her order without any hesitation, throwing out smoke grenades and then quickly shifting positions with dense white smoke.
Without the containment of Ouyang Yu's heavy machine guns, a battalion of one-year-old heavy machine guns turned their muzzles and fired at ordinary soldiers, suppressing the Ouyang Yu's soldiers who were defending in the west and couldn't raise their heads, but the good luck of the imperial machine gunners ended here, under Ouyang Yu's order, six mortars launched retaliatory fire at them, and soon three one-year-old heavy machine guns and machine gun groups were wiped out under the mortar attack, and the rest had to move their positions.
Having lost the suppression of the machine guns, and the mortars were divided in half to attack the machine guns of the Imperial Army, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 48th Regiment, who were attacking, felt the pressure light, and immediately got up from the ground and followed the turtle tanks to speed up the attack.
The soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army on the periphery of Kodak Town, after receiving Ouyang Yu's order, abandoned their positions and retreated into the town, ambushed on both sides of the road to prepare for street fighting, which was also the plan that Ouyang Yu had prepared at the beginning.
Colonel Elliott saw the battle situation clearly in his glasses, according to the previous report and what he saw, he was mentally prepared to seize the outlying positions after heavy casualties, but after paying a certain price, his troops captured the outlying positions of the town relatively lightly, which made Colonel Elliot feel puzzled, the enemy army on the opposite side should not be so weak, right, is there a conspiracy?
Just as Colonel Elliot was hesitating, a herald ran up to him and saluted, "My lord, the commander of the first battalion has captured the enemy's outlying positions, and sent me to ask if you want to continue the attack?"
Colonel Elliott thought for a moment and ordered: "Let the commander of the first battalion continue the attack, but if he finds that the situation is not right, allow him to retreat at any time." ”
"Yes. The herald saluted, then turned and ran away, bringing the order to the ears of the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 48th Regiment.
The 1st Battalion of the 48th Regiment of the Imperial Army sorted out the formation that was somewhat chaotic due to the attack, and then still followed up with ten Tortoise tanks as the leading infantry, and launched an attack along three roads towards the interior of Kodak Town.
The soldiers of the Imperial Army hid behind the tank of the earth turtle, and scanned the houses on the left and right of the road with their guns, once they found that the place where they might hide the soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army was a row of guns, but after advancing for more than two hundred meters, there was no trace of Ouyang Yu's soldiers.
Just when the soldiers of the Imperial Army were wondering, Ouyang Yu gave the order to attack in the command system, and the bombs that had been planted on both sides of the three roads in advance were detonated under her order.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
The continuous fierce explosions blew up the infantry around and behind the Earth Turtle Tank, causing the tank to be disconnected from the infantry, and then hundreds of Ouyang Yu soldiers threw rain-like grenades from the houses on both sides of the street to clean up the Imperial soldiers who survived the bomb explosion just now, and then while the smoke from the explosion had not yet fallen, several Ouyang Yu soldiers rushed out of the house and approached the Earth Turtle Tank, and stuffed the cluster grenades trapped together with several grenades under the tank.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
There were several explosions in a row, the cluster grenades successfully destroyed three turtle tanks, two were blown up and the tracks were destroyed, and the remaining five were intact, but they also had no intention of fighting and immediately retreated backwards, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army in the back immediately came up to answer and fired fiercely at the houses on both sides, temporarily suppressing the soldiers of Ouyang Yu's army, taking advantage of this opportunity, the remaining five turtle tanks successfully retreated in embarrassment under the cover of the infantry, and the first attack of the first battalion of the 48th Regiment also ended here.
After learning of the loss of a battalion, Colonel Elliot understood Ouyang Yu's tactics, and his brows were tightly wrinkled together, generally speaking, whether it is the Imperial Army or the Alliance of Nations or a mercenary group, they rarely fight in the town, and they all arrange positions on the periphery of the town, once they enter the town, it means that the battle is about to end, so the damage to the town in the war is very small, and the casualties of the residents are not large, this is because the Imperial Army does not want a town that has been destroyed, and the coalition army of all countries is because the town is its own property, and it needs to be rebuilt if it is broken, so the battle between the two sides still has a certain gentlemanly demeanor。
But today, Colonel Elliot was unlucky enough to run into Ouyang Yu, who did not follow the rules, and the outer position was easily given up, and after driving the residents away, he concentrated on fighting in the streets of the town, which made Colonel Elliot feel extremely headache.
After thinking about it for a long time, Colonel Elliot finally decided to continue the attack, he wanted to see how far Ouyang Yu's army in Kodak Town could fight, and this time it was a full-scale attack, he sent all three battalions under his command to surround Kodak Town, and launched an attack from four sides at the same time, this time he ordered his soldiers not to require the speed of the attack, to occupy the past house by house, to fight steadily, and slowly drive Ouyang Yu's army to the center of the town and then annihilate them all.
Ouyang Yu, who had seen the entire battlefield through the command system, sneered, her Ouyang Yu's soldiers were distributed a large number of Suomi submachine guns and grenades and TT-33 Tokarev pistols before the battle, and she was very confident that the soldiers of the Imperial Army would understand some of what brutal street fighting was in the town.
The 7.62mm TT-33 pistol is the first self-loading pistol equipped by the Soviet Army, designed by the famous Soviet firearms designer Tokarev in 1930 and produced at the Tula Arsenal, so the gun is named after the first letter of the name of the designer and manufacturer, that is, the TT pistol. The gun is 196 mm long, weighs 854 grams, holds eight rounds, has a combat rate of fire of twenty-five rounds per minute, and has an effective range of no meters. Because of its great power, high precision, high penetration, simple and compact structure, reliable action, and easy use, it was called a loyal partner by Soviet officers and soldiers. In the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, Tokarev's pistol made a lot of "war exploits".