Chapter 231: Chai Lou (2)
The 74th Army and the 27th Army were responsible for attacks in different directions, the purpose was to simultaneously besiege the core position of the Japanese army in Sanyiji, the 302nd Regiment failed in the first attack, and only more than 100 people were left when the attack of more than 200 people retreated to the starting position, and the specific garrison strength of the Japanese army could not be determined before the attack, and the failure of the first attack was expected, the commander of the 302nd Regiment Ji Hongru was just distressed about the soldiers who died, and the three chariots of the chariot platoon, the three chariots were just attached to the hand, and all of them were beaten in one attack, The next attack will have to rely entirely on the infantry.
After the failure of the 302 regiment attack, the 51st Division ordered the 305th Regiment of the 153rd Brigade to join the attack sequence on the Japanese Chailou position, and the 305th Regiment immediately launched an attack after the attack force of the 302nd Regiment withdrew, and at the same time the 51st Division ordered Ji Hongru's 302nd Regiment to continue the attack, with the strength of two regiments to conquer the Japanese Chailou position, and ordered the divisional artillery to bombard the main position of the Japanese army, the artillery battalion of the 51st Division only had a few Japanese-style 38 field guns, and even half of the battalion could not be made up, despite this. In order to cover the attack, division commander Wang Yaowu still ordered to bombard the Japanese positions with all his might.
When the 305th Regiment attacked, the 51st Division carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese Chailou position and depth in the direction of the 302nd Regiment, and the 82 mortars belonging to the regiment also followed the bombardment, and the Japanese troops who were fighting with the 305th Regiment were shelled, and suffered many casualties, the 302nd Regiment reorganized its troops, and launched another attack after the shelling.
The 302nd Regiment and the 305th Regiment launched a joint attack, and the Japanese defenders near the Chailou launched a large-scale melee, the battlefield was very fierce, the sound of guns and shouts of killing were intertwined, a regiment commander personally led the attack, the morale of the junior officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and with the experience of the first attack, the second attack of the 302nd Regiment made great progress, officers at all levels fought bravely, the 305th Regiment and the 302nd Regiment cooperated with each other, and the Japanese troops guarding the position felt great pressure.
In order to avoid shelling, the 92nd infantry guns withdrew and fired in a curved manner, and there were two Type 94 rapid-fire guns in the low-lying positions that were constantly firing, firing grenades to attack the infantry of the 51st Division.
The 92 Infantry Artillery fired howitzer shotguns in a curved manner, and the 51st Division's progress was carried out at the cost of relatively heavy casualties, and as soon as the Japanese shrapnel exploded, more than a dozen infantry were hit, and the direct rifle machine gun fire and rapid-fire gun grenade fire were even more fierce.
"Light machine gun cover, organize a brave team to throw grenades." Ji Hongru shouted an order to the officers behind him, the battle was the most fierce at the 302nd Regiment of the main attack, especially after the distance was shortened, the artillery cover in the rear stopped, and the pressure of the infantry rose sharply.
The casualties of the charging troops gradually increased, especially with the closing of the distance, the lethality of the Japanese artillery shells almost became greater and greater, Ji Hongru ordered the light machine gun to suppress the Japanese position, while organizing the veterans to rush forward, throwing grenades into the Japanese position, blocked by the Japanese fire, it was difficult to advance after attacking a hundred meters away from the Japanese army, the people of the 302nd Regiment scattered and fired at the Japanese army in the same place, and the light machine gun and rifle platoon fire suppressed the Japanese position, and the brave team rushed up with grenades to throw grenades.
In front of the 302nd Regiment, the most serious casualties were Japanese rapid-fire guns and infantry firearms in low-lying positions, and then heavy machine guns deployed on higher ground, the dense fire blockade within a hundred meters meant that they could not advance too far at all, and could only be gnawed by the infantry.
As soon as more than a dozen veterans rushed out, the Japanese army's 92 heavy machine guns knocked out four or five people, and the rest of the veterans scattered while trying to evade the Japanese machine-gun fire, and when they rushed to a distance of 60 meters, the remaining members of the brave team threw grenades with all their strength, and more than 20 grenades were thrown into the Japanese position, and the shrapnel produced by the grenade explosion killed and injured the Japanese troops in the low-lying position, and the 37 rapid-fire guns in the fire also stopped firing because of the grenades.
The Braves used grenades to cover the attack, and at the same time, none of the Braves survived.
"Rush!" The soldiers of the 302nd Regiment jumped up and rushed to the Japanese position, the main position of the Japanese army was relatively low-lying, more than 20 grenades were thrown into it, the Japanese were also confused, and the 305th Regiment of the auxiliary attack on the other side also took advantage of the situation to launch a charge, the Japanese position began to panic, 100 meters is not far for the charging infantry, against the fire of the Japanese army, the 302nd Regiment finally attacked the Japanese position, the two armies were close to each other, the Japanese infantry artillery ceased fire in order to avoid accidental injury, and the heavy machine gun could only shoot at the national army that had not yet rushed in.
After all, the garrison of the Japanese army is a strengthened brigade of troops, although the 302 regiment in the 305 regiment with the cooperation of the enterprising, but to really capture the position, it is still quite difficult, when the two sides are involved in close combat, the two armies are extremely tragic, the Japanese army has a lot of strength and the stabbing technique is relatively good, although the 302 regiment attack force has many new soldiers, but led by the regiment commander himself, junior officers and veterans can take the lead, so the team is also inspired to be brave.
When the Japanese army continues to stab the Chinese soldiers, there will be more people rushing up to fight them, in the case of quality and equipment are not as good as people, the best weapon of the Chinese soldiers is their flesh and blood and life.
Ji Hongru ran out of bullets in the shell gun, snatched a 38 rifle from the Japanese army, and ordinary soldiers, fought with the Japanese army, and the surrounding guards also killed with the Japanese army, Ji Hongru stabbed left and right, as a commander, his fight was also inspiring the soldiers in the position, the Japanese army who approached Ji Hongru was either blocked by the guards, or killed in the fight with Ji Hongru, and the battle situation in the position was extremely tragic.
Seeing that the 302nd Regiment had entered the Japanese position, the 305th Regiment assisting the attack immediately stepped up its attack, and part of the attacking force of the 305th Regiment surrounded the Japanese heavy machine gun position, and the other part directly followed the attack path of the 302nd Regiment to reinforce the 302nd Regiment troops in hand-to-hand combat in the position.
The Japanese heavy machine guns were not in the low-lying main position, and were not involved in hand-to-hand combat, the 305th Regiment attack troops maneuvered to attack the Japanese position, these heavy machine guns just had a target, turned the muzzle, and fired at the 305th Regiment that was attacking around, the 305th Regiment was also led by officers, and the hard top heavy machine gun fire rushed up, and the Japanese had no time to deal with the 305th Regiment troops divided into two parts, plus the main position was in hand-to-hand combat, so the heavy machine guns only left dozens of corpses along the road, but did not stop the attack of the 305th Regiment.
The 305th Regiment became the last straw that overwhelmed the Japanese army, and after rushing into the main position of the Japanese army, the Japanese army was unable to hold on under the offensive of the 302nd and 305th regiments, and lost the position near the firewood building.
After seizing the position, Ji Hongru, the commander of the 302nd Regiment, fell on the position after hand-to-hand combat, surrounded by the guards and officers who had survived the bloody battle, covered in blood and without any breath. Thick smoke billowed out, and the heroic officers and soldiers exchanged their flesh and blood for their lives for the firewood building position under their feet, and Ji Hongru said the last words to the officers and soldiers around him with all his strength when he was dying.
"Don't think of me as death, brothers, try to kill the enemy!"