Chapter VII: Strangulation
With the volley of light and heavy firepower of the defenders, Rao is Japanese formation was scattered, and it was inevitable to be killed, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers who rushed in front were instantly knocked down, more people chose to lie down and shoot, the barbed wire and deer on the hillside also slowed down the Japanese charge, some Japanese soldiers tried to march hard in front of these bombed obstacles, a Japanese soldier got up from the ground, picked up the deer and a comrade in front of the road, and there was a group of crooked logs and barbed wire in front, he decided to gamble, and in an instant the fish jumped up, He wanted to jump over it, however, when he found out that he had a few more blood holes in his body, he knew that he had lost the bet. The bursts of the Type 24 heavy machine gun took his life.
Zhang Wei held the 79 rifle and knocked down a Japanese soldier who tried to rush up, and he found that it had become a stalemate again, at this time, many soldiers also understood that they should avoid sticking to the Japanese army and shooting at each other. Grenades were pulled out one after another, and bullets rained down and shrapnel flew everywhere.
The shrapnel of the grenade killed several unlucky eggs, and the smoke also reduced the shooting accuracy of the Japanese army, but the Japanese infantry guns and grenadiers became more and more violent, Zhang Wei shouted: Pay attention to the anti-artillery! Another round of artillery shells exploded on the position, and a soldier of the third squad who was aiming was blown to pulp, and the scattered shrapnel hit his comrades again, and he fell to the ground weakly, only to feel colder and colder. Two people were killed in this instant. Zhang Wei knew that this was inevitable, and he had no way to deal with infantry artillery now.
"Everyone, pay attention to the anti-artillery and machine gun crews, pay attention to maneuvering". The firepower of the Czech and 24 heavy machine guns pressed the Japanese army to raise its head, but the Japanese army's infantry artillery also began to capture the machine guns of the teaching corps, Zhang Wei knew in his previous life that the national army lacked the firepower of anti-aircraft guns during the Anti-Japanese War, and the battalion of the 24-type heavy machine gun company was the only firepower pillar, and the Japanese army was equipped with 70 mm infantry guns at the brigade level (equivalent to the battalion-level establishment of the Chinese army), so the heavy machine guns of the national army were often left after a battle, but fortunately, the heavy machine guns could be mass-produced during the Anti-Japanese War, and they could also be supplemented.
Gao Yigong, the third squad leader, put down the rifle in his hand, and saw that two soldiers were killed, plus the soldiers who were seriously injured and sent away before, the third squad lost a combat rifle group (Zhang Wei's pre-war regulations, a squad of 12 people, divided into four groups, each group of three, the squad leader with a machine gun group, and the remaining three groups for the rifle group),
Gao Yigong looked to the left and shouted to a sergeant, "You guys go over and fill in their openings." Without saying a word, the sergeant rushed forward with two soldiers, and there was another fierce firefight, and the Japanese also spotted the moving battle group, and the rifles and light machine guns immediately began to suppress it. The three were so crushed that they couldn't move, so they could only lie on their stomachs and return fire with their rifles. Suddenly, two 82 mortar shells came from behind the positions of a platoon, one fell near the suppressed Japanese machine gun crew, and the co-shooter, who was loading the crooked handle, was shot in the chest by shrapnel.
The other shot missed the clearing, but the flying shrapnel, smoke, and pause in machine-gun fire undoubtedly provided a valuable opportunity for the three men, who quickly got up, bent forward, and finally jumped into the cover where there was no one left.
Zhang Wei put down his rifle and took out a grenade, "Brothers, throw the grenade together and smash them down." The lack of artillery firepower made it necessary for him to make good use of all the resources at his disposal.
Thirty grenades exploded on the hillside, and the light and heavy machine guns of the entire platoon fired another round into the smoke, and screams continued to be heard from below. Company commander Wu Zhong also cooperated very well in commanding the 82 mortar, and gave a few rounds to the position of the platoon. For a time, the first platoon actually achieved a small climax of the battle, and the attacking Japanese troops were pressed and could not move, and they were constantly beaten.
Zhang Wei threw another grenade down, held back the soreness in his arm, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, work hard, they can't hold on." The Japanese troops on the hillside and at the foot of the hill did begin to show signs of retreat, and the fire of light and heavy machine guns and rifle guns was more vigorous, which was a precursor to the preparation of a cover retreat. Zhang Wei knocked down a machine gunner who was retreating with a crooked handle, and suddenly, a wave of air hit, a shell hit a place four or five meters away from him, and the rolling air wave knocked him to the ground, and a soldier was killed on the spot, this is a 75 mm wing gun.
Ignoring the blood flowing from his ears, Zhang Wei took out a row of bullets again, pressed them into the magazine, and loaded the bullets, this time he aimed at a corporal, the corporal of the Japanese army, which means the non-commissioned officer of China, and the non-commissioned officer of the Japanese army means the officer. The corporal officer plays a very important role in the Japanese army, and the daily management and wartime grassroots command must be completed by them, this corporal is holding a 95-style command knife, directing the retreat of the troops, and the machine gun rifle group of the Japanese infantry detachment takes this corporal officer as the center, and alternately covers the retreat, although on the way to retreat, people are constantly knocked down, but they still take a steady step to retreat down the mountain.
Kobayashi Nariyoshi is holding a command knife to lead the retreat, he has been in China for almost half a year, and today's battle is the most stubborn resistance he has encountered since the pursuit in Shanghai. Looking at the bullets and grenades flying on the mountain, he couldn't help but think of the nightmare in Shanghai, one by one the soldiers with old rifles, facing the fierce artillery fire to launch an attack on their own side again and again, although each time they can repel them, but the corpses all over the place, and the stubborn charge, really make him uncomfortable, chill from the bottom of his heart, today, he once again has this feeling, this group of enemy troops is completely different. Baga, speed up the retreat, and leave the dead alone.
Xiao Lin Chengyi brandished the command knife and shouted, but he didn't know that his head had been put in the crosshair of the 79 rifle by Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei pulled the trigger, and the bullet penetrated from Kobayashi Chengyi's mouth, and the rolling of the 79 bullet turned his face into a piece of rotten meat, and the body fell straight to the ground.
The Japanese artillery became more and more violent, as the distance between the Japanese army and the position of the three regiments continued to open, the 38th Field Artillery Wing of the 16th Division also joined the shooting to cover the retreat, one shell after another exploded craters on the position, the soldiers could only seize the gap to shoot at the retreating Japanese army, the accuracy was greatly reduced, the heavy machine gun had stopped firing, after the fierce battle just now, the cooling water had already been boiled, and the riflemen gradually stopped shooting.
The shelling continued, the Japanese infantry had withdrawn, and the teaching corps repelled the first enemy attack.
"Platoon commander, what are the devils going to do, why are you still bombing us with artillery", Gao Yigong, the third squad leader, asked.
"Don't you see, they don't want us to stop when they retreat, they don't want us to rest, and by the way, they can reduce our combat effectiveness."
Zhang Wei reminded the soldiers in the platoon: "Everyone should pay attention to the anti-artillery, enter the anti-artillery hole, count the casualties, and try to bring back the whole corpse of the dead, and leave it alone if it is blown up."
The non-stop shelling fell on the positions, and the first day of fighting came to an end.