Chapter 510: Armed Heavy Soldiers
The light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army stopped firing, and these weapons that had just been concentrated for use were dispersed again.
Two companies of cavalry, two companies of infantry continued to dig tunnels, and as the fighters dug, the tunnels were getting closer and closer to the Japanese positions.
Meng Jiazhang Village, the wing headquarters of the 132nd Wing of the Japanese Army, Wing Commander Hai Lao Mingrong raised a telescope to observe the battle in Qianhuang'an Village at all times, and his face had begun to become solemn at this time.
A large number of armored units appeared near the former Huang'an village, and these armored units also carried a large number of artillery, and seeing this scene, Ebi Meieichi realized that the situation had become critical.
"Wing Commander, the Chinese troops are equipped with more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles, and they also have more than a dozen artillery pieces of different calibers, with these troops joining the operation, it may be difficult for the troops in the former Huang'an Village to support the third brigade."
The chief of staff of the wing immediately came to Eiichi Eiichi to make a report, and the expression on the face of the chief of staff of the young man became solemn.
Even if he didn't have to make a report from the Chief of Staff of Shaozuo, Eiichi could sense how critical the situation ahead was, and he also knew that the third brigade might be wiped out at any time.
"How many troops do we have left to fight now?" Ebi asked in a solemn tone.
"In addition to the third brigade that was enclosed on the periphery of Donghui Town, we have a total of seven infantry squadrons, there is currently an infantry squadron here in Dazhai Fushan and Woniu Mountain, there are four infantry squadrons in Qianhuang'an Village, there is an infantry squadron in our wing headquarters responsible for guarding, the wing artillery squadron, the infantry artillery squadron have been sent out to participate in the battle, and we now have four transport squadrons, but these baggage soldiers are very weak in combat effectiveness."
Captain Shaozo immediately made a report, and the 132nd Wing of the Japanese Army has obviously reached the point where there are no soldiers to send.
The Japanese wing has three infantry brigades, a wing artillery squadron, an infantry artillery squadron or a rapid-fire artillery squadron, a transport squadron, and a communications squadron, with a total strength of more than 3,800 people.
In the Japanese army, baggage soldiers are a very despised type of troops, and the Japanese Army has always spread the proverb that baggage soldiers are also soldiers, and dragonflies can be eagles, and these baggage soldiers are very weak in combat effectiveness.
But the baggage soldiers will also be trained to some extent, and they still have an advantage over most Chinese troops, at least they can aim and shoot.
"Immediately arm the four transport squadrons, send them to Woniu Mountain and Dazhai Anxing Mountain respectively to take over the infantry squadrons to contain the Chinese troops on the mountain, and assemble the two infantry squadrons, machine gun squadrons, and two artillery squads of the second brigade in Woniu Mountain, attack the Chinese troops from the flank, and cooperate with the troops of the former Huang'an Village, this time we must defeat the Chinese troops in one fell swoop."
Eiichi immediately began to give orders, and his face was full of solemn expressions.
He had the baggage troops replace the two infantry squadrons to contain the Chinese troops at Woniu Mountain and Dazhai Nu Mountain, respectively, and he gathered the main force to fight against the armored battalion and other troops in Huang'an Village before the attack.
At this time, the Chinese troops, with the armored battalion as the main force, began to attack the former Huang'an Village.
Two Type 89 tanks were the lead, three Type 95 tanks followed, and more than 300 infantry slowly followed behind the tanks.
Eight armored vehicles were deployed in the artillery position to protect the safety of the artillery position, this operation, the armored battalion troops suffered a lot of casualties, many tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed, Yin Jinshan left eight armored vehicles, but also to avoid the armored battalion equipment was all spelled out.
"Captain, the Chinese tank unit has begun to attack." The former Japanese second lieutenant from Huang'an Village immediately came to the Japanese captain.
The four infantry squadrons included the First Brigade and the Second Brigade, the two artillery squadrons all belonged to the Wing Headquarters, the four machine gun squadrons also had the First Brigade and the Second Brigade, and the commander of the First Brigade was the Shaozuo Brigade of the First Brigade.
When the captain heard the report, he immediately raised his binoculars and looked to the right.
Seeing the five tanks slowly moving towards the village, he immediately began to give orders.
"Quick, let the artillery squadron of the wing immediately carry out artillery shelling of the tanks, and they must not be allowed to get close to the position." Captain Shaozuo said in a solemn tone.
Tanks are devastating for infantry, and once the tanks rush to the top of the position, the consequences are unimaginable.
Captain Shaozuo's face became gloomy, and he held a telescope to observe the progress of the tank, his brows furrowed.
The five tanks were moving fast, and when they were three hundred meters from the village, the tanks began to stop, and the turrets of the tanks quickly turned.
The 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion and a brigade of the Yongxing Detachment attacked many times, and the Japanese firepower points were clear to them, and at this time Yin Jinshan had already learned from them the location of the Japanese firepower points.
One by one, the armor-piercing shells were loaded, and as Yin Jinshan gave the order, two Type 89 tank 57MM tank guns and three Type 95 tank 37MM tank guns began to fire armor-piercing shells one after another.
The armor-piercing shells quickly hit the Japanese firing point, and violent explosions began to sound.
A Type 92 heavy machine gun hidden in a house had no time to fire bullets when it was directly destroyed by an armor-piercing bullet.
"All of them!" THE MORTARS BEGAN TO FIRE, AND THREE 82MM MORTARS FIRED SHELLS ONE AFTER ANOTHER, AND THESE SHELLS WERE FIRED TOWARDS THE VILLAGE, AND THE TARGET OF THEIR ATTACK WAS NATURALLY THE JAPANESE ARTILLERY POSITION.
"All of them!" The infantrymen following behind the tank quickly began to set up grenadiers, and smoke grenades began to be fired.
In the blink of an eye, a cloud of smoke appeared between the tanks and the Japanese positions, and neither could see each other.
"Baga Ya Road, shoot quickly." Captain Shaozo shouted angrily.
The tank's shooting destroyed a Type 92 heavy machine gun, and also destroyed two crooked light machine guns, and before the artillery could shoot at the tank, the artillery on his side was hit by the opponent's artillery, which made Captain Shaozo not angry.
The four 41 mountain guns braved the mortar shells, and they quickly loaded the armor-piercing shells, and the artillerymen did not dare to hesitate after receiving the order of the commander of the brigade.
Even though the smoke obscured their vision, they immediately fired four armor-piercing shells from where the tank had stayed before.
"Boom, boom!" When the armor-piercing bullet hit the ground, the explosion began to sound.