Chapter 156: The Tank Enters the Town
The tanks that appeared in Chengguan Town did not rush into the town, they were waiting for the arrival of the infantry.
At this time, the battle on the frontal position was becoming more and more intense, and the Japanese puppet army troops were all engaged in the battle, and they dispatched nearly 1,000 men to attack the position of the first company.
The 36 90mm mortars of the Japanese mortar brigade began to carry out fierce shelling of mountain artillery, infantry guns, light and heavy machine guns that exposed their positions.
The already dilapidated position has become scorched earth, and you can feel the scorching heat of the soil when you grab a handful of soil.
The air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke, but the soldiers remained in their positions, and they did not take a step back.
Several strong attacks by the Japanese puppet army were repulsed, and the sharpshooter Han Wei killed more than 20 Japanese puppet soldiers.
At the same time, the puppet soldier Yang Tiezhu also shot at the position under the coercion of his commander, but Yang Tiezhu shot up and did not bring casualties to the independent regiment.
However, his accurate shooting still attracted the attention of the first company commander Yin Jin, and Yin Jin immediately gave an order to the second platoon commander, asking the second platoon to deal with Yang Tiezhu, a sharpshooter.
The light and heavy machine gun fire did not cause any damage to Yang Tiezhu, and the commander of the second platoon immediately gave a combat order to Zhang Zhuojia, a well-known sharpshooter in the second platoon.
Zhang Zhuojia, who also shot more than 20 Japanese puppet soldiers, received the order, and he immediately shifted his position and aimed his gun at Yang Tiezhu in the distance.
Yang Tiezhu also knew that he must have been targeted, so he didn't show his head, but slowly shifted his position and delayed his shooting.
He didn't want to let himself have the blood debt of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, so he shot and did not kill the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and the transfer was very slow.
Seeing that the other party had never shown up, Zhang Jijia quickly turned the muzzle of his gun and aimed it directly at a Japanese second lieutenant holding a saber, and then he pulled the trigger.
The bullet was fired and hit the Japanese lieutenant in the head, and the Japanese lieutenant's body fell to the ground.
There are three outstanding sharpshooters in the first company, namely Han Wei in the first platoon, Zhang Zhuojia in the second platoon, and Kang Fei in the third platoon.
The three sharpshooters all have characteristics, Han Wei specializes in fighting Japanese machine gun shooters, Zhang Zhuojia is an officer who likes to fight Japanese soldiers, and Kang Fei specializes in fighting devil soldiers.
Zhang Jijia was born in Orion, his village was slaughtered by the Japanese army, Zhang Jijia, who went out hunting and escaped a catastrophe, ambushed the Japanese army alone afterwards, killed a Japanese Shaozuo staff officer and more than a dozen devil soldiers and escaped easily, and then he joined Sun Weiguo's troops.
Holding the Type 38 rifle in his hand, Zhang Zhuojia searched forward vigilantly, but he didn't see the puppet soldier with a sniper rifle.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Zhuojia quickly aimed his gun at a puppet army officer, who was hiding in a depression, and from time to time he shot at the position with a shell gun, and encouraged the puppet army to charge.
Zhang Jiaojia pointed the muzzle of the gun at the depression where the puppet army officer was, and when the puppet army officer showed his head, Zhang Zhuojia quickly pulled the trigger.
The trigger was pulled, and a bullet was fired quickly out of the chamber of the gun, and the bullet accurately hit the puppet officer in the forehead.
The puppet officer fell into the depression in response, bright red blood mixed with white Huahua's brain bleeding out of the wound on his forehead, looking very terrifying.
Yang Tiezhu had already changed places, and when he saw that his commander was killed by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, he felt a little annoyed in his heart, and he quickly aimed his gun at the position.
Zhang Jijia appeared in Yang Tiezhu's scope, Zhang Jijia also saw Yang Tiezhu, and he quickly turned his gun.
The two people spotted each other at the same time, and without the slightest hesitation, they directly pulled the trigger.
However, both sides dodged in a timely manner, and Zhang Zhuojia's bullet slashed past Yang Tiezhu's clothes, and did not pose a threat to Yang Tiezhu.
But Zhang Zhuojia was hit in the shoulder by a ghost soldier's bullet when he was dodging Yang Tiezhu's bullet attack, and the bullet pierced his shoulder.
When the second platoon commander saw that Zhang Jijia was injured, he hurriedly called a hygienist to bandage Zhang Jijia.
The fierce battle continued, and the Japanese puppet army was attacking wildly, and they seemed to have the idea of taking the position in one go.
After Yang Tiezhu fired a shot, his mind became clear, and he looked at the position of the Eighth Route Army opposite, and a guilty expression appeared on his face.
In Chengguan Town, Sun Weiguo was already standing on the roof, he held a telescope to observe the battle on the position, and his brows couldn't help frowning.
The 1st Company was now under a lot of pressure, and the artillery battalion and the Japanese mortar brigade had also begun an artillery battle, and the position seemed to be broken through at any moment.
Sun Weiguo also knew that he had to hold Chengguan Town by leading the third and sixth platoons, and once the Japanese tank armored vehicles appeared behind the soldiers, it would be annihilated, and the burden on Sun Weiguo's shoulders would be even heavier.
"Deputy regiment commander, Japanese tanks and armored vehicles have been assembled outside the town, and they are about to rush in."
At this time, Zhang Dajun, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon, came to the bottom of the house, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and said in an anxious tone.
"Let the people immediately take refuge in underground bunkers, and at the same time let the soldiers of the third and sixth platoons hide." Sun Weiguo immediately gave the order.
"Communication squad, immediately contact the commander of the first company, Yin Jin, if necessary, the first company can retreat to the second-line position, and guard the second-line position with the second company, and I will arrange an artillery battalion to cover their evacuation." Sun Weiguo knew that Yilian was under a lot of pressure, and he gave Yin Jin the authority to give up the front-line position.
The signal corps immediately ran towards the position and began to convey Sun Weiguo's orders.
At this time, the roar of Japanese tanks began to sound, and one by one the tanks had begun to enter Chengguan Town.
The 12 tanks outside the Japanese army were divided into four groups, and the front was three tanks that marched according to the inverted character, two tanks in the front, and one tank in the rear.
The two tanks in front were Japanese Type B tanks of the 89th type, with a total combat weight of 13. 6 TONS, CREW FOUR, ARMED WITH A 57MM TANK GUN, 7. THERE ARE TWO 7MM HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, AND ONE TANK BEHIND IS A JAPANESE 95 TANK, WITH A TOTAL COMBAT WEIGHT OF 7. 4 tons, crew of two, armed with a 37mm tank gun, 7. TWO 7MM HEAVY MACHINE GUNS.
This was the lead battle group of Japanese tanks, and behind them there were nine Type 95 tanks following.
The nine tanks were divided into three battle groups, each of which had three tanks in a zigzag formation, and the nine tanks in these three battle groups formed a huge zigzag formation.
The roar of the tank sounded, and the armored soldiers inside were full of excitement, and they felt that their time had come to show their skills.