Chapter 697: Steel Torrent
"Fuck it!" Yao Menglin scolded, and threw down the machine gun stupidly, there was no gun mount, and the bullets that went out didn't know where to go, it was just a waste of bullets.
Seeing that the enemy's grenades and shells from the 92nd infantry artillery were smashing more and more on the position, and the enemy was getting closer and closer to the forward position, and the attack was becoming more and more fierce, the loss of a heavy machine gun meant that the firepower in this area was greatly reduced, and the enemy would immediately find out, and immediately see the needles and needles would pounce from here, Yao Menglin immediately howled.
"Herald!"
One of the soldiers next to him immediately stopped shooting, got up from the side of the trench, ran in front of him, and stepped forward to answer.
"Immediately order the artillery platoon to fire rapidly at one base!" Yao Menglin said.
"Yes!" The herald stepped forward and quickly turned to leave.
The artillery platoon has four 60 mortars, but the ammunition is only two bases in the standard configuration, Yao Menglin is reluctant to use it, originally expected to get some support from the regiment headquarters, but Tian Long did not buy his account, and now the situation is urgent, Yao Menglin had to take out the firepower at the bottom of the box.
The four shells quickly rose into the air, exploding four brilliant sparks on the enemy's position, and in the blazing firelight, it can be seen that there are people everywhere, and the density of the Japanese army is beyond Yao Menglin's imagination. Although the river beach is overgrown with weeds and there are a lot of burning weeds, after all, it is night, the visibility is not high, if there is no strong light at the far end, it is not clear at all, and a few shells may not be able to cause much damage to the Japanese army, but at least it is clear that the follow-up forces of the Japanese army are still advancing continuously, and it seems that they will not give up if they do not achieve their goal.
Taking advantage of the bombardment, Yao Menglin began to fiddle with the damaged Makqin heavy machine gun, but he didn't seem to find any suitable way, and a good machine gun became an ornament, which made him extremely annoyed.
The shells hitting the enemy's position soon stopped, and the number of shells on one base of four guns was four hundred, which sounded like a lot, but a good gunner could fire more than a dozen shells in a minute, and the battlefield area was so large that if the four guns were not fired rapidly, they would not have been able to suppress at all, so it was only a few minutes, and hundreds of shells were all smashed.
Not only was the artillery bombardment not enjoyable, as soon as Yao Menglin looked up and found that the shelling had stopped, he immediately howled: "What's the matter, this is the end?" ”
But there was no more time for him to scold, and he soon found that the Japanese troops had not been reduced by the artillery attack just now, but were advancing forward at a denser and faster speed, and in the rear of the Japanese army, a large number of Type 92 infantry guns immediately opened fire on their positions, and the intention of the Japanese to charge with shells was very obvious.
Yao Menglin only felt that his mouth was dry, and he unconsciously wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and quickly called all the way along the trench, reminding everyone to cheer up the spirit, the enemy's attack this time will be extremely fierce, and at the same time check the casualties of the troops, although the enemy's shells exploded around him from time to time, but he could always lie down in advance to dodge, and his tall figure did not affect his flexibility, and when he came back from a round, his throat was a little hoarse, but his physical strength was still extraordinary, while guiding the soldiers to shoot, From time to time, he also took the time to raise his pistol and shoot two shots on the edge of the trench, jumping up and down.
But the situation on the battlefield will not get better because he is full of energy, and as the attrition of the troops increases, the enemy's artillery fire becomes more and more intense, and the suppressive fire in the trenches becomes less and less, and the situation takes a sharp turn all the way.
At this time, there was still half an hour left before Tian Long's appointment, but the enemy's advance was less than 100 meters, Yao Menglin felt that the Japanese army could launch a charge at any time, and once the Japanese army rushed up, the situation could not be reversed, and now the whole battalion still had less than half of the strength left, and it was impossible to drive the Japanese army out by fighting stabs, this first line of defense was properly broken, and the first battalion should be completely annihilated.
"Order the artillery platoon to shoot all the shells, Lao Tzu can't do it!" Yao Menglin howled again.
Soon, the shells exploded again at the front, and the enemy crawled with the help of limited cover, and the offensive was temporarily relieved.
Yao Menglin immediately ordered everyone except the light and heavy machine gunners to prepare grenades, and he had a premonition that the next second when the shelling stopped would be when the Japanese army would charge.
Tian Long did not ignore the front line in the end, the artillery platoon shells had just finished, and the shells of the regimental artillery company also screamed, although there were only two more guns, but in the end it was the 75 mountain artillery, which was far more powerful than the 60 mortars.
Moreover, a platoon of soldiers carried ammunition boxes and sent the ammunition that Yao Menglin wanted, how hard and cruel the front line was fighting, Tian Long standing above could see it, and he could also estimate how long their ammunition could last, and of course they could not be left to fend for themselves at the critical moment. But Tian Long probably didn't estimate that Yao Menglin actually detained all the soldiers of the platoon that sent the ammunition.
Just when the artillery company joined the artillery attack, the Japanese small-caliber artillery was not idle, and the dense shells rained down on the positions of the national army, and for a time, the entire river beach was a terrifying scene of fire and earth shaking.
Yao Menglin's hunch was quite accurate, as soon as the artillery attack on both sides ended, the little devil wearing a kamikaze scarf rushed forward with a roar, and the strength of an infantry brigade in the first echelon was actually unable to take the first line of defense of the national army for almost an hour, which was a great shame in the eyes of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army couldn't wait at all, and decisively launched a decisive charge.
The machine guns on the position of the national army began to roar, but the Japanese army seemed to be an inexhaustible locust, rushing forward one after another, seeing a distance of fifty or sixty meters, grenades in the trenches of the national army flew out like raindrops, and the front line suddenly became a sea of fire, and in the rumbling explosion, the Japanese army was blown to pieces of flesh and blood.
It is obviously not wise to launch a decisive charge when the opponent's ammunition is still sufficient, and to hit the torrent of steel with flesh and blood, but the crazy Japanese army can no longer take care of it, and this round of intensive throwing of grenades has made the Japanese army suffer, with countless casualties.
Although the grenade does not have the power of the cannonball, but the close range of intensive throwing is simply no dead end, built into an impermeable wall of fire, the momentum of the decisive charge was contained, and it was difficult to launch a charge again, the Japanese army dropped a corpse on the front line, and began to crawl back fire, but the distance was closer, and it was also considered some achievements, with the help of the fast-stacked corpse wall, the temporary excavation of individual bunkers, the Japanese army also began to throw grenades.
Not only did the Japanese army kill the red eye, but the national army also entered a state of madness at this time, and everyone who had been on the battlefield knew that no one knew that the battle was like this, and they only knew how to spill the bullets in the guns and do everything possible to kill the enemy who came to attack, because they all knew that this was their only chance to survive.