Chapter 167: Bloody Battle to Stop the Enemy (5)
The assault of the Japanese rifle group was blocked, quickly stopped advancing, and turned to the cover of machine gun fire, throwing grenades at the ** position, several grenades fell in front of the position of the second company, blowing up a burst of smoke, the Japanese took the opportunity to rush forward, trying to get close with the help of smoke and machine gun fire, the veterans of the second company who mastered the machine guns saw that the situation was not good, and immediately aimed at the front and pulled the trigger, and a string of machine gun bullets flew out and shot into the bodies of the Japanese soldiers along the smoke. X
The two groups of Japanese heavy machine gun groups entered the firing distance, and after completing the construction of improvised firing fortifications, they took suppressive fire on the defenders' positions, and the machine gun shells hit the trenches of the second company's position, and several soldiers had no time to dodge, and were shot in the head and fell.
The Japanese fire gradually unfolded, and in addition to the heavy machine guns, grenadiers also began to fire, and 50-mm grenades hit the machine guns of the second company's position, and at the same time tried to suppress the second company's position with grenadiers.
The suppressive fire composed of explosions and bullets covered the head of the second company, and the casualties on the position began to increase, and a machine gun crew ran out of ammunition discs, and just as it was about to move the position, two five-zero grenades smashed over, destroying the machine gun group.
Mu Chao kept swimming on the position to command, stabilize the troops, at this time on the entire position, only the second company was firing, Zhang Wei's heavy machine guns and mortars were all on standby, Mu Chao knew that Zhang Wei had his own reasons for doing this, he could only resist the Japanese attack as much as possible, with the increase in the Japanese covering firepower, the casualties of the second company and the distance of the Japanese advance were increasing.
The three Japanese rifle groups of the assault moved forward with the covering firepower, Mu Chao raised the Zhongzheng rifle in his hand, aimed at the most central Japanese army, three points and one line, pulled the trigger, the bullet flew out in a straight line, and it was about to hit the Japanese army, the Japanese assault group suddenly moved laterally to avoid the bullet, the bullet only hit the arm of the Japanese army, the wounded Japanese army still continued to attack, touching forward, in the process of lateral movement, two people were killed by the stray bullets of the second company, and the rest of the Japanese army continued to avoid bullets and advance, and continued to attack forward.
"Machine guns, shoot them out for me. Concentrate your fire! Mu Chao shouted at the light machine gun group closest to him, and the machine gunner who got the order turned the muzzle of the gun, aimed at the advancing Japanese army, and began to fire in the general direction.
Orange-yellow eggshells were thrown from the turntable machine gun, and the Japanese soldiers were knocked down several people, but they also advanced a considerable distance, and a few people who were not hit fell to the ground, and the machine gunners fired at this time, but they may not be able to hit them, and the bullets pierced the front of the creeping Japanese soldiers, burrowing into the dirt and kicking up the slag. The Japanese soldiers lying on the ground took out grenades from their bodies, and the veterans in the second company's position also took out grenades in order to deal with the nearest Japanese soldiers.
After a grenade exploded in front of the position of the second company, the Japanese jumped up, rushed forward and threw the grenade at the same time, the soldiers of the second company also threw the grenade at the same time, a soldier was hit by the bullet of the 38 rifle when throwing, the grenade that pulled the string flew out of seven or eight meters and fell to the ground weakly, the impact of the explosion shook the position of the second company, the grenade of the Japanese army flew in, the grenade flew away, and the battlefield situation once evolved into a grenade thrown by both sides.
The battle situation began to be unfavorable to the preparatory battalion, the Japanese grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns were constantly suppressed, the position of the second company was full of explosions and flying bullets, and there were already quite a lot of wounded soldiers and corpses in the trenches, the soldiers could only resist hard, and fought against the rain of bullets, and the Japanese pressed more and more troops, and under the suppression of strong firepower, more rifle groups rushed forward, little by little approaching the position of the second company, and the defense line of the second company was in danger.
Zhang Wei witnessed everything in the position of the third company, the Japanese army and the second company fired at each other, attacked, the Japanese army tried to suppress the second company with fire cover, and took the position of the second company, the assault force pressed forward little by little, and the fire of light machine guns and grenadiers never stopped.
"Battalion commander, let's fight!" The heavy machine gun platoon commander next to him couldn't hold his breath and asked Zhang Wei, the defense line of the second company and the third company, the second company is in the front, the third company is in the rear, part of the right flank and the position of the second company are staggered, and the left flank is inclined outward, that is to say, Zhang Wei Their firing angle is extremely large, covering almost all of the front line of the second company from the side, and now the Japanese assault force is more and more, and it is getting closer and closer.
"It's not time yet." Zhang Wei raised the binoculars, the Japanese pressed forward little by little, a military Cao carrying a saber commanded the light machine gun to suppress the fire in the rear of the assault group, and continued to move forward, the light machine gun hit very accurately, the grenadier on the side and the heavy machine gun in the distance cooperated with each other, jointly suppressing the position of the second company, every time the light machine gun in the forefront of the suppressive fire fired, the rhythm of the second company's return fire was about to be interrupted, the fire organization would be chaotic, the rifle group of the Japanese assault would make progress, the Japanese army at the front, It was with this light machine gun as the center that it moved forward, and now, it has not yet reached the 100% range of the heavy machine gun.
"Shoot!" The Japanese soldier Cao put away the command knife, and the crooked light machine gun next to him fired a group of light machine guns on the position of the second company, and the light machine gun team of the second company that was shooting stopped, and all the bullets hit the piled sandbags, and no one was killed, but they had to change their firing positions.
Seeing that the suppression was effective, several infantry groups in the front assault continued to move forward after paying the price of one person killed, Jun Cao put away his command knife, took out a pistol and a grenade, and patted the machine gunner next to him.
After several times, after the heavy machine guns and grenadiers were suppressed, the suppressive fire at the forefront was suppressed and advanced, driving the attack progress of the entire Japanese army, constantly interfering with the second company's return fire.
In Zhang Wei's sight, Jun Cao's figure has gradually become clear, he patted the heavy machine gun platoon commander next to him, the heavy machine gun platoon commander ordered the heavy machine gun squad leader to prepare to fire, and the squad leader, as a shooter, aimed the muzzle of the gun at the Japanese army in front.
"Aim at that light machine gun first!"
After Zhang Wei's order, the muzzle of the heavy machine gun was gradually turned to the direction of Jun Cao, at this time, the battle between the second company and the Japanese army was the most intense, the second company saw that the Japanese assault was getting closer and closer, and opened fire desperately, and the Japanese firepower became more and more fierce, and the Japanese riflemen who assaulted in front shot the officers and soldiers of the second company with rifles, and even more almost threw grenades into the trench, and the sound of explosions and the howl of the Japanese charge became louder and louder.
In the eyes of Zhang Wei and the heavy machine gunners, the number and figure of the Japanese army were also larger and larger.
"Ready." Zhang Wei raised his hand, and the nervous machine gun squad leader pulled the trigger, and tightened the shooting handle with all his strength.
The Japanese Cao Chang lay on the ground, the saber in his hand was replaced by a pistol and a grenade, the pistol was not a matching southern pistol, but a Browning pistol that he had just picked up when he joined the Chinese battlefield, for him, this thing was too easy to use, but the bullets were not too easy to find, he thought, for a while, this gun should play its role again.
Jun Cao pulled the grenade tab and slammed it on the ground. At the same time, he got up and made a throwing gesture, and the assault group in front and the soldiers behind him also made preparations for the final charge.
"Assault, onboard!" The Japanese soldier Cao shouted loudly.
"Fire!"