Chapter 11: The Assault

Zhang Chi has only one choice, and that is to force the fear in his heart and the ** who ran away.

He had never felt that it was so difficult to walk, step by step was simply walking towards death, towards the ghost gate, and while walking Zhang Chi, he scolded in his heart: What the fuck is this fight?! Wouldn't it be good if the fists of both sides were decided to win or lose, why bother to die so many people, but what they got in the end was a result that had been set a long time ago.

However, these results may be known to Zhang Chi, but not to the people of this time and space, so they still have to fight with their lives and blood.

It felt like 10,000 years before the team finally lurked at the edge of the forest.

In front of it was an open field of more than 100 meters, where the Japanese army used the bulldozers of the airfield to flatten all the trees on this steep slope, and not even a single stump was left. (Note: Stumps can be used by enemies as cover for attacks.) )

This arrangement of the Japanese army was still very wise.

First of all, if there is no open space between the jungle and the airfield defense line as a buffer zone, then the squadron can use the trees to rush all the way to the front of the Japanese army.

Secondly, the firing range of the Japanese army's 38 Dagai is farther than that of the Hanyang in the hands of the engineer regiment, and the Japanese army is well-trained and accurate in marksmanship, so this arrangement can give full play to its advantages as much as possible.

As it is now, if the expeditionary force wants to launch a strong attack on the Japanese defense line, it must rush through the open field of more than 100 meters in front of it.

Needless to say, the difficulties and dangers involved in this are that although the expeditionary force is on high ground, because there are no trees and grass to cover up, this condescending advantage will turn the expeditionary force soldiers into targets.

When Zhang Chi lay down under the cover of an old tree, the surroundings quickly quieted down.

The evening breeze with gunpowder smoke rustled the treetops, and occasionally a few miserable hums could be heard from the open field...... They were the wounded left behind by the soldiers of the expeditionary force during their feint, and it was clear from the sound that they were very close to the devil's position.

From this point, we can see how vicious the Japanese army's methods are......

These wounded were so close to the Japanese positions that the Japanese were more than capable of killing or even taking them prisoner.

But the Japanese did not do this, they deliberately left the wounded in the open ground between the two armies.

As a half-military fan, Zhang Chi knows that this is another tactic of "encircling points and sending reinforcements".

At this time, the embarrassing thing is the expeditionary force.

To save or not to save?

Help, it was obviously a trap set by the Japanese army, and there must be devil firepower in ambush near those wounded, just waiting for the expeditionary force to go up and save people.

Don't save it...... Those wounded were all soldiers of the engineer regiment, and the screams and snorts were all heard in the hearts of the soldiers, and some soldiers even thought: When they attack later, if they are injured, will they lie on the open ground and wait for death like them?!

So, of course, this will greatly affect the morale of the troops.

Zhang Chi gasped and told himself, "It's okay, it's okay...... It's all a dream, and you'll wake up soon! ”

But the facts told him that this was not a dream, because he soon heard the company commander give the order: "The first and second platoons are ready for battle, and the third platoon is covered by fire!" ”

Hearing this order, Zhang Chi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fire Cover ...... That is, you don't have to rush forward to shoot in the back. It seems that the number is still a bit cheaper.

Before Zhang Chi could settle down, he saw three red signal flares slowly rising into the air.

"Boom ......" The first to start the battle was artillery.

ALTHOUGH THE CALIBER OF THE 76MM FIELD GUNS CARRIED BY THE 200TH DIVISION WAS ONLY HALF OF THE JAPANESE 150MM FIELD GUNS, Dai Anlan transferred all 20 artillery pieces of the artillery regiment plus several mortar companies and dozens of mortars to bombard the airfield intensively, and the power was still quite amazing.

At least for Zhang Chi, who had never seen the world, I saw that in the dark night, a cluster of flames broke out in the Japanese airfield, and the bombed fortifications and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers thrown into the air under the flames were clearly visible, which was like an expeditionary force roaring at the Japanese army.

At this time, Zhang Chi suddenly understood why there was a "fire preparation" like artillery bombardment before the war.

Of course, the main purpose was to blow up enemy fortifications and make it as easy as possible for the infantry to attack. But at the same time, it is also a psychological tactic...... The shells exploded in the enemy's position and the Japanese were powerless, which was to some extent emboldening the infantry.

At least this is very useful for Zhang Chi, seeing such a fierce artillery fire blowing up the airfield, Zhang Chi even felt that the Japanese army was almost blown up, and the rest was waiting for the infantry to clean up the mess.

But this is actually just Zhang Chi's wishful thinking, or it can also be said that Zhang Chi has never seen the world...... This was not intensive artillery fire and the bombing time was only three minutes (this was already the limit of the shells that the 200th Division could put in), and in the eyes of modern people like Zhang Chi, who had never seen artillery preparation, it felt that no one could survive in this situation.

However, as the saying goes, "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", it is better for soldiers to go to war to be ignorant, because this will give him the courage to fight.

Soon the cannon fire stopped, and then only the company commander shouted: "Brothers, charge! ”

"Rush!" Two platoons of troops jumped out of bunkers and rushed towards the Japanese line with guns in hand.

At this time, Zhang Chi knew that he was wrong...... Because under the bright light of the flares, a human head suddenly appeared in the originally empty airport, holding a gun, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the soldiers of the expeditionary force who rushed to the airport.

The dense gunfire soon rang out, and Zhang Chi watched in horror as his comrades who rushed to the airport fell down one by one like wooden stakes, and he even forgot to shoot.

However, the pace of the expeditionary force's soldiers attacking was not stopped by the bullets of the Japanese army, and the front ones fell, and the soldiers behind stepped over the corpses of their comrades and continued to rush forward...... As Wang Mazi said to the soldiers before the war, the engineer regiment has escaped once, and this life can be said to have been picked up, and now even if this life is fought to get back to the airport, it is worth it!

Maybe it was for the sake of dignity, or maybe they really thought that this life was picked up, and the soldiers rushed forward one after another, falling batch after batch, and blood and corpses soon covered the entire open field.

Ten minutes, only ten minutes before and after, two rows of seventy or eighty living lives disappeared without a trace in front of Zhang Chi in the blink of an eye.

But the attack did not stop, for another company of troops rushed forward......