Chapter 428: Artillery Company Crisis

On the north bank of the Zhujiachuan River, there are only the Japanese Araki Brigade and the Okamoto Brigade, these two brigades are still lost brigades, before the two brigades have been attacking, pinning down the troops of the first reserve regiment, but with the counterattack of the first reserve regiment, their strength is obviously insufficient, the most serious situation is the Okamoto brigade, his troops are directly threatened by the third battalion, and as the first battalion of Yin Jin advances, Okamoto Hideaki finds that he has no troops to draw.

The Okamoto Brigade was pinned down by Qin Xianliang's 3rd Battalion, the Araki Brigade was pinned down by Wang Kunyao's 4th Battalion, and after Yin Jin's 1st Battalion and Fu Tao's 2nd Battalion attacked, they were marching all the way, and the troops were approaching the 13th Wing Headquarters in Yuanzhuang Town, and the two Shaozuo Brigade Captains hurriedly sent a telegram to Kuno Village Momoyo for help.

"Boom, boom." On a high ground, four Japanese infantry guns continued to shell to cover the operation of an infantry squad in front.

Fu Tao, the commander of the second battalion, held a telescope to observe the situation for a while, and he immediately summoned the four company commanders together.

In the previous battle, due to the command error of the deputy battalion commander Wang Tieniu, the second battalion paid some casualties, becoming the battalion with the largest casualties after the first reserve regiment entered Baode County.

Wang Tieniu, the deputy battalion commander, was currently sent to Lan County for treatment, and the regimental headquarters did not have the responsibility to pursue him, let alone reprimand Fu Tao.

But in Fu Tao's heart, he regarded this matter as a shame for the second battalion, and after getting Sun Ziyuan's counteroffensive order, Fu Tao issued a death order, each company and platoon must manage the troops well, and no greed is allowed to advance, and at the same time, Fu Tao also emphasized that the second battalion should rely on this operation to wash away the previous shame.

"The main defensive force of the Japanese army is four infantry guns, and our machine gun company will suppress their firepower, the fifth company will send two platoons to feint from the front, the sixth company will attract fire from both sides, and the seventh company will attack from the flank and rear to take the Japanese artillery position for me. Note that the troops should disperse and be careful of Japanese shells. ”

Fu Tao immediately issued a combat order, the seventh company currently has only more than 80 people participating in the battle, but Fu Tao still handed over the task of the main attack to them, he knew that from the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River was almost wiped out by the Japanese puppet army, the seventh company was holding back a wave of anger, if this roar is not let out of them, the morale of the troops will be affected.

"Battalion commander, it's a quarter past two, and the battle will be resolved before half past two." The commander of the seventh company looked at Fu Tao, and he said in a firm tone.

Fu Tao nodded, he hit the seventh company commander on the chest heavily, and the departments of the second battalion began to take action.

THREE 82MM MORTARS BEGAN TO FIRE, AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER BLASTING SHELLS FIRED AT THE JAPANESE ARTILLERY POSITIONS ON THE HIGH GROUND, AND THE THREE COMPANIES SCATTERED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND BEGAN TO ACT.

Two companies pinned down Japanese squads to attract Japanese artillery fire, and one company attacked from the flanks and rear.

The commander of the seventh company held a Czech light machine gun, and unexpectedly appeared behind the Japanese artillery position, and the Japanese artillerymen who were still firing shells were completely stunned, and they looked back, only to find that the Chinese troops had begun to come to the high ground along the ladder.

The Japanese artillerymen had not yet hardened, but the commander of the seventh company had already taken the lead in pulling the trigger, and one bullet after another shot at the Japanese army.

In less than 15 minutes, the 7th Company successfully occupied the Japanese artillery position, captured four Type 92 infantry guns, and then the 7th Company began to strike at the Japanese squad on the high ground.

Under the blows of three companies of the 2nd Battalion, an infantry artillery squadron and an infantry squad of the Japanese army were completely annihilated.

At half past two in the afternoon, Sun Ziyuan began to give a total order, and the four battalions began to attack according to the route set by Sun Weiguo.

Thousands of fighters began to attack from east to west, and the various battalions were in charge of communication with each other, and they were completely able to support each other.

For a time, the Japanese troops were facing a great threat, and they did not have an advantage in strength, so the Japanese Okamoto Brigade and Araki Brigade immediately began to shrink their forces, and they abandoned the first-line garrison and began to focus on guarding a few villages, in a vain attempt to contain the attack of the first regiment in reserve.

At the same time, on the south bank of the Zhujiachuan River, Zheng Jingjing's artillery position.

EIGHT NINETY-FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS HAVE BEGUN TO TURN THEIR MUZZLES, AND THE ANGLE OF THE MOUNTAIN GUNS HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO THE LOWEST, AND ONE MOUNTAIN GUN CAN ALMOST BE USED AS A FLAT-FIRE GUN.

Six Czech light machine guns were deployed on the commanding heights around the artillery positions, and more than 70 officers and men of the guard company began to hide in foxholes.

Zheng Guanzilin's sniper squad rushed over quickly, and more than a hundred sharpshooters began to group up for concealment, and they were also ready for battle.

The recontained independent first detachment is still on the periphery of the regimental headquarters for pre-war mobilization, after all, the troops have been routed by the Japanese army, and their morale will be somewhat affected, and it will take time for them to get here.

But the Japanese army would not give time to the first detachment of independence, at this time the Japanese Saito brigade had already rushed towards the artillery position with great momentum, and thousands of devil soldiers began to form a battle formation, and they quickly approached the artillery position.

The Saito Brigade belongs to the 13th Wing, Saito Shaosa is a professional soldier, but he only graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, although Saito Shaosa has little experience in military schools, but he has a lot of actual combat experience, and he himself is also a murderer.

The number of Chinese who died at the hands of Saito Shaosa has exceeded double digits, and the number of Chinese prisoners of war who died at the hands of Saito's brigade exceeded 1,000, and it can be said that Saito's hands were stained with the blood of Chinese soldiers and civilians.

"The artillery squad took cover, and the troops attacked quickly to recapture our artillery." Saito raised his saber, and he shouted loudly.

The Type 94 mountain artillery equipped by the artillery company of the first regiment was captured by the Japanese troops, and Saito Shaosa looked at the Nissan mountain guns, but he couldn't say anything in his heart.

The humble ants of the Chinese army dared to use artillery produced by the Imperial Japanese Empire against the Imperial Japanese Army, which made Saito Shaosa very angry.

Two Type 92 infantry guns began to be erected, and anti-personnel grenades began to fire at the artillery positions.

Two infantry squadrons began to march forward, twelve heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron were erected, and bullets rained down on the artillery positions.

More than a dozen artillerymen were beaten into a sieve on the spot by heavy machine gun bullets, and their bodies fell to the ground limply, and they were killed directly.

"Eight hundred and fifty meters away, one o'clock in the direction, loading anti-personnel grenades."

"Nine hundred and sixty meters away, twelve o'clock in the direction, loading anti-personnel grenades."

The artillery squad leaders began to shout, and the gunners quickly adjusted their firing schedules, and one by one the anti-personnel grenades were loaded by the artillerymen.

"Shoot." As the company commander Zheng Jingjing gave the order to shoot, the gunners began to pull the firing cord, and one shell after another was fired