Chapter 223: The Trap of Friendly Forces (2)
The attack of the Japanese army on the first line was blocked, the light and heavy machine gun fire on the position of the second battalion was fired together, withstanding a new round of assault by the Japanese army, the two heavy machine guns fired one after another, the deputy shooter held the bullet chain, and the bullets were sent into the bolt and fired fiercely at the Japanese army in front of the position.
When the first-line Japanese army and the second battalion were entangled, the Japanese infantry artillery squad determined the location of the heavy machine gun fire point through the fierce fire of the second battalion, the main source of destruction on the battlefield was the light and heavy machine guns, the infantry squad fought around the light machine guns, and the heavy machine guns of the battalion were the firepower pillars of the infantry, and the lethality was much higher than the rifles in the hands of the riflemen. They also lacked the awareness of shifting their shots, and the two heavy machine guns were fighting hard in one piece.
"Aim at the enemy's left flank heavy machine gun!" Under the command of the Japanese squad leader, the two infantry guns stopped the suppressive firing of the light machine guns and the positions of the second battalion, turned the muzzles, aimed at the heavy machine guns on the left flank position, loaded the grenades, and aimed the two guns at the heavy machine gun positions at the same time.
"Fire!"
It was the detachment leaders of the various infantry artillery detachments who gave the order to open fire, and as the command flag of the detachment leader fell, orange flames flashed from the muzzles of the two Type 92 infantry guns in the improvised fortifications, and the two artillery shells were fired in the same direction.
The heavy machine gunners of the 2nd Battalion fired so hard that two shells fired straight at the heavy machine gun position, and one shell flew over the heavy machine gun position and smashed into the infantry trench next to it, killing several riflemen who were firing.
"Anti-artillery!"
As soon as the words fell, the second shell smashed straight over, and this time it hit the position directly, the shell exploded the pile of sandbags, and the shrapnel from the explosion killed a heavy machine gun group, and the heavy machine gun also stopped firing, the gun carriage was blown away, the gun body rolled in the trench, and the exploded cooling bucket flowed out of the steaming boiling water, mixed with the flesh and blood of the soldiers on the ground, and the soldier's loss touched the boiling water in the heavy machine gun cooling cylinder, making a tooth-souring sound.
The Japanese army knocked out a heavy machine gun in the first round of shooting, and the heavy machine gun team next to it realized that something was wrong, immediately stopped firing, and lifted the heavy machine gun down, and the Japanese infantry artillery corrected fire followed, but fortunately, the only remaining heavy machine gun had been withdrawn, and the shells of the second round of fire only blew up the position of the heavy machine gun.
The two heavy machine guns, one was knocked out, the other was withdrawn, the heavy machine gun fire of the entire second battalion was wiped out, only rifles and light machine guns were left on the position to barely support, after the infantry artillery sounded, the commander of the second battalion looked at the heavy machine gun position, only to see that there was already a mess.
The commander of the second battalion called someone, on the one hand sent people to inquire about the situation of the heavy machine gun platoon, on the other hand, he ordered the companies to strengthen the firepower, the Japanese troops in front of him after the heavy machine guns were knocked out, the pressure dropped sharply, as soon as the firepower of the second battalion position weakened, the opportunity for the Japanese to launch an attack came, the Japanese troops in the front jumped up, and rushed to win the position, this time, they were not hit by the heavy machine gun fire from the left, and the advance was easier, the infantry guns began to carry out suppressive fire on the second battalion position after the heavy machine guns were removed, Moreover, the Japanese army improvised, replacing the infantry guns with shotguns.
"Boom, boom, boom" The Japanese infantry guns with attacking infantry as the main target began to fire rapidly without precise aiming, and one after another shotguns hit the position of the second battalion, and the fragments and steel balls produced after the explosion of the shotguns flew everywhere, and the officers and men of the second battalion were covered in it, suffering heavy casualties, and the fire on the position was further reduced by the attack of light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers, and only rifles and machine guns that dared to open fire were left.
When the Japanese army advanced to within 30 meters, the position of the second battalion had reached the most critical moment, the second battalion threw grenades, and the Japanese army also threw grenades into the position of the second battalion. The fighting was extremely fierce.
"The first and second classes took guns to resist, and the third class blocked the mouth with reinforced brothers!"
At the fiercest part of the battle, Li Gen, a platoon commander of the 2nd Battalion, fired two shots with a shell gun and opened fire on the Japanese troops who were about to rush over. The assault Japanese army fought fiercely with the defenders 30 meters in front of the position, advancing step by step, Li Gen's platoon only fought for 20 minutes, and the whole platoon folded more than a dozen people into it, almost losing the position, the second battalion commander hurriedly ordered reinforcements, and other platoons of people came over one after another.
"Give me the gun!" The machine gunner next to Li Gen fired more than a dozen rounds before he knocked down a devil, and the angry Li Gen snatched the light machine gun, reloaded it himself, and fired two break shots, and the two Japanese soldiers who rushed in front were knocked down by the short light machine gun bullets, and Li Gen scolded while shooting. He was originally the squad leader of the teaching corps, and he was promoted to platoon commander after the Nanjing Breakout, and he could only describe the fighting quality of most of the soldiers under his command as invective.
Killed two Japanese soldiers, the assault Japanese first suppressed with light machine guns, plus heavy machine gun fire in the rear, and finally threw grenades, the soldiers of Li Gen's platoon also threw bombs to return fire, the two sides launched a grenade attack at close range, and the soldiers could not tell whether the explosion in the position was a grenade or a grenadier, only knew that after each explosion, someone fell.
The grenade battle was accompanied by a close exchange of fire between the two armies, rifle to rifle, and the dull sound of 79 rifles and the crisp sound of 38 guns were staggered.
There is no doubt that in this situation, it must be the Chinese army with poor shooting skills that suffers, Li Gen looked at the soldiers who kept falling in the position, his heart was angry and anxious, changed his position, loaded a new magazine, and continued to shoot, at this time, his command was of little use, the position was mixed with other platoons and even other companies of soldiers who came to reinforce him, and the machine gun shooter who had just operated the light machine gun had fallen beside Li Gen at this time, a rifle bullet directly pierced his forehead, and his brain flowed on the steel helmet.
Boom - several grenadiers hit the position, and blew down several soldiers, even though they resisted desperately, but the Japanese army still continued to advance with firepower and superior forces, and seeing that it was about to reach the nose, Li Gen pulled the trigger fiercely and shouted: "Bayonet!" ”
The soldiers carried out this order quite quickly, the Japanese army rushed closer and closer, and there were many troops, and they rushed again to the distance of hand-to-hand combat, and the discerning people could see that this position was difficult to protect.
"Concentrate grenadiers and fire at enemy positions with infantry artillery." The Japanese officer in command gave the order with great satisfaction, and the Japanese troops who completely ignored the assault risk being accidentally injured.
"Sir, the troops in front are about to rush to the enemy position, this is the ...... Infantry artillery and grenadiers have been seen hitting them, you see? ”
"Immediately give the order to fire!"
The grenadiers of the Japanese suppressed the fire were concentrated, and together with the two infantry guns, a salvo of fire came at the position of the Li Gen platoon, two infantry guns and a salvo of ten grenadiers, the position of one platoon was almost covered by artillery fire, and the nearest Japanese soldiers were hit by shrapnel and died under the shells of their own people.
"Assault!" The Japanese soldier Cao waved his saber, and the charging Japanese troops swarmed up, and before the smoke screen stirred up by the explosion dissipated, they rushed to the position of Li Gen's platoon.
After the explosion, there was a pile of flesh and blood on the position, rubbing the left arm that had been blown out of a big hole, Li Gen ran out of the remaining bullets in the magazine of the Czech light machine gun against the unclear smoke screen, and picked up a bayonet Zhongzheng rifle from the corpse next to him......