Under the dense gunfire, groups of Japanese troops rushed forward alertly under the cover of Conglin.

It should be said that the Japanese charge was not so vulnerable, mainly because the Japanese had a large number of grenadiers in their hands, and they could throw grenades at the positions of the Chinese army at about 200 meters, and the Japanese army rushed towards the Chinese army under the cover of these grenadiers and machine guns.

In previous wars, their tactics were very effective, and even once the national army was so helpless by this tactic of the Japanese army that they had to imitate the Japanese army's grenadiers, hoping to treat them in the same way, which was the 27-type grenadier equipped by the national army. However, first, the grenadiers imitated by China's limited industrial capacity are inferior to the Japanese army in terms of quality and quantity, and second, the Chinese grenadier shooters are not as well-trained as the Japanese army, so they are always not pleasing on the battlefield.

But now it is different, although the grenadier can throw a grenade at the position of the Chinese army, its range is only more than 200 meters after all (note: the range of the grenadier is 300 meters when using special shells, and 200 meters when using grenades, while the Japanese army often only carries grenades and only a small number of special shells in order to be able to use grenades more conveniently).

The firing range of more than 200 meters meant that the Japanese grenadier shooter had to rush to a fairly close position before he could fire, which determined that it could only hit the enemy's infantry and could be said to be helpless against the mortar behind the infantry.

At this time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was a group of "American-style troops" that had learned to coordinate with infantry and artillery, and each platoon had a wireless walkie-talkie, so one by one the orders were reported, and the shells of the mortar unit went straight to the Japanese grenadiers as if they had eyes, and after a while, the Japanese grenadiers were scattered. There were also a few grenadier shooters who were very clever and fired quickly while charging...... This method was effective in avoiding staying in the same place for too long and being locked by enemy mortars, but the distance of 200 meters was already within range of the Garand rifle, so the Japanese grenadiers were quickly pressed down after a burst of gunfire.

But the Japanese were not to be outdone, and they howled and rushed forward even though they knew that they had lost the cover of the grenadiers......

In a way, they were quite sensible in this way: the grenadiers were pressed down, and the enemy was still under such fire. This means that long-range combat is likely to suffer, which means that only by entering the enemy line and strangling the enemy can the enemy's mortar and firepower superiority be unable to be used.

For example, now, the Japanese army only rushed into a distance of about 50 meters from the Chinese army's defense line at the moment just now, and the mortars in the hands of the Chinese army are basically useless. At this moment, the Japanese army once again threw a volley of grenades in the direction of the Chinese army, and then took advantage of the smoke of the grenades and the cry of the aftermath to try to break into the Chinese army's defensive line.

In the past, the Japanese army would have been able to break through into the enemy's ranks...... The distance between us and the enemy, coupled with the smoke from the grenade explosion, the enemy's rifle bullets simply did not have time to stop the Japanese troops rushing forward in droves, and there were always a few Japanese soldiers who slipped through the net and rushed in. And these Japanese soldiers who broke into the enemy line will soon cause a series of chain reactions...... The chaos they create will cover more and more Japanese troops into enemy lines.

But this time the Japanese found that they did not go so well, because just as they were about to storm the enemy position. Behind the smoke of the grenades came a "click" sound, which was followed by a dense array of fan-shaped bullets, and they were knocked to the ground one by one before they could react to what was going on......

This is the Thomson submachine gun, its range is not far, only two hundred meters, in real combat it can hit the target at a distance of more than a hundred meters is quite good.

It has the advantage of a large bullet capacity, a fast rate of fire, a magazine of 30 rounds, and a very fast change, so it is very suitable for close combat.

(Note: The Thomson submachine gun has a 20-round magazine, a 30-round magazine, a 50-round drum, and a 100-round drum.) However, the capacity of the 20-round magazine is too small, the drum is too heavy, the replacement time is long, and it is easy to jam, so the American standard Thomson submachine gun generally uses a 30-round magazine)

This Thomson submachine gun makes a "click" sound like a typewriter when fired. So it was called the Chicago typewriter by the U.S. military. The soldiers of the expeditionary force called it "hand-held machine guns...... At this time, the soldiers of the expeditionary force did not have the idea of submachine guns at all, only knew that the rate of fire of this thing was as fast as a machine gun, and it could be fired in the hand, so it was named "portable machine gun".

At this time, the squad leader of each squad of the new regiment was equipped with a Thomson submachine gun. It was able to form a good complement to the Garand rifle: the Garand rifle had a long range but not a fast rate of fire, while the Thomson submachine gun had a fast range...... These two weapons are considered by the U.S. military to be the most scientific combination for a squad.

At this time, under the indiscriminate attack of submachine guns, Garand and grenades, the Japanese troops fell in front of the soldiers' positions in pieces...... Some of them were only a step away from the warriors' lines, and the blood that flew from their bullets even splattered on the warriors' faces. But even if it was a step away, it was also unable to penetrate the soldiers' defensive line, which means that the soldiers' firepower could withstand the impact of the Japanese army.

This made Zhang Chi also feel a burst of shock, because he didn't think that the Japanese army would rush to such a close distance. You must know that at this time, the soldiers were holding "big eight grains" in their hands, which were semi-automatic rifles, which should have been enough to wipe out the Japanese army on the way to the charge with a submachine gun.

But when you think about it, it's not surprising.

This was not only because they were facing the Japanese army, which was known to be a tough 18th Division, but also because it was a jungle ...... There are many trees, vegetation and Gerten in the jungle, and the existence of these things greatly weakens the advantages of the "Big Eight" with a long range, so instead the Thomson submachine gun with a short range and fast rate of fire shines!

In the end, the Japanese charge was defeated.

Although the casualties on both sides were completely disproportionate: the Japanese suffered 60 or 70 casualties, while the Chinese had only a dozen minor casualties from grenadiers and stray bullets. But Zhang Chi felt that the fact that the Japanese army could fight like this under such circumstances was enough to prove that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in front of him was not weak.

So when the Japanese army dragged the wounded down in embarrassment, Zhang Chi also ordered the troops to retreat. (To be continued.) )