7.109 Boiling Night

"Are the bottles full of kerosene? When it's full, plug the bottle with a strip of cloth, and remember, soak the strip in kerosene! It's so easy to ignite! Fast! Move fast! ”

While holding empty wine bottles and cloth strips to his subordinates to demonstrate, the battalion commander Ma explained loudly, and a platoon of officers and soldiers who were selected to take up the "arson mission" surrounded the battalion commander Ma, and took turns pouring kerosene from the iron barrel filled with kerosene to make Molotov cocktails.

"Now Xiao Dongyang is going to become a roast chicken......"

After the preparations were completed, the soldiers of the whole platoon lined up in the trench and waited for the commander of the horse battalion to give a lecture. Although the 187th Division is from the Sichuan Army, it also knows some façade skills, but it is not very skilled.

Ma Renyi's gaze swept over these familiar faces one by one, and he sighed in his heart, it has only been a few days since he joined the 25th Group Army, and these soldiers under him already have the appearance of some elite troops, but is there something wrong with the atmosphere in this trench?

"This time, we're going to set fire to the little devils, not to be a death squad! Let's be cheerful! Let's follow the old rules of our Sichuan army and ask for peace for the brothers! ”

As soon as Battalion Commander Ma said these words, the expressions on the faces of the officers and soldiers in the trench immediately became vivid, and some people began to exchange words. The reason why the officers and soldiers have such a reaction is because Hong Zaofa, the confused company commander, did not convey Ma Renyi's order clearly, and the officers and soldiers thought that they were going to blow up the devil's chariot when they saw the kerosene and glass bottles!

In the more than half a year since the Sichuan army went out of Sichuan to resist the war, it has suffered losses in front of the Japanese army's chariots, and the lessons of blood have taught these Sichuan soldiers how to deal with chariots. They no longer knew how to carry broadswords to chop the Japanese chariots, and Molotov cocktails, explosive packs and cluster grenades had become sharp weapons against the chariots in the hands of the Sichuan soldiers.

"What's the noise? When did Lao Tzu say that he wanted you guys to blow up the Iron King Eight of the little devils? Don't you know that being a daredevils has something to offer? ”

Ma Renyi, who listened to Hong Zao's "justification", frowned! What is this all about? Could it be that being a daredevils is just to take Guangyang? Battalion Commander Ma can be sure that most people will definitely not be rare for those few oceans of "severed money".

"We know! In case the company commander hides Guangyang, what can we big soldiers say? ”

Some bold Sichuan soldiers took the words of Company Commander Hong, and the soldiers in the company dared to make such a joke with the company commander, either they didn't look down on the company commander at all, or they had already regarded the company commander as a relative, and the battalion commander Ma knew that Hong Zaofa's position in the soldiers' minds was the latter.

"That's it! Don't put on a dragon gate formation again! When you return victorious, I will definitely ask the regiment headquarters for a reward for you! Commander Huang never treats his brothers badly! I heard that when the 188th Division issued a reward, the general manager sent a truck! The carriage is full of Koyo! ”

In order to improve the morale of the officers and soldiers, Battalion Commander Ma simply told the gossip he had heard. Although the treatment of the officers and men of the 25th Group was indeed very good, they were far from being rich enough to load silver dollars in trucks and pay rewards.

After checking and confirming the weapons again, the officers and men of this platoon, under the leadership of Hong Zaofa, quietly found the position of the 701st Regiment. Ma Renyi led the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion to stand by in the trenches, and when the commandos threw Molotov cocktails at the small temple, the battalion commander Ma would lead the main force of the battalion to launch a fierce attack on the small temple.

Company Commander Hong and the officers and men of a platoon who stepped out of the trench could only approach the Japanese position by crawling forward, and the devils in the small temple were also worried about being attacked at night, so from time to time they would use machine guns to shoot a few shuttles outside, and sometimes throw a few grenades out.

If the Molotov cocktails were detonated by the devil's bullets or grenades, the blazing flames would completely expose the entire platoon to the Japanese machine-gun fire.

"Protect the Molotov cocktail! Don't smash it on a rock! ”

Company Commander Hong whispered to his officers and soldiers that in order to protect the Molotov cocktails, some soldiers even took off their padded jackets and wrapped them around the Molotov cocktails.

There are 12 streets and tens of thousands of houses in Taierzhuang, all of which are built with stone barriers, and the foundation is very strong. When I first entered Taierzhuang. The commander of the 31st Division, Chi Feng Cheng, was very happy when he saw these sturdy stone houses, in the eyes of Chi Feng Cheng, these stone houses were all fortresses! He believed that these stone houses alone would be able to resist the Japanese army for several days. Unexpectedly, just one day later, the Isoya Division used a large number of shells to shatter Chi Fengcheng's original reverie.

During the daytime fighting on April 1, Japanese artillery shells destroyed almost a third of the stone houses in Taierzhuang. A single 150-heavy artillery shell fell, and the stone houses built of stone barricades were torn apart. Now, they are crawling among the rubble and corpses all over the ground.

In order to cooperate with the "arson operation" of the Ma Renyi battalion, Yu Wenyuan, the commander of the 701st Regiment, also sent two Type 92 infantry guns to help, and five minutes after Hong Zao sent them to leave, an artillery lieutenant ran to the commander of the Ma battalion with a platoon of artillery carrying parts of the Type 92 infantry gun.

"Cui Fugui, the platoon commander of the Type 92 infantry artillery platoon, led all the officers and soldiers of the artillery platoon to report to the battalion commander Ma! Ask the battalion commander to give a combat mission! ”

Platoon Commander Cui They can say that it is really time, Battalion Commander Ma pointed to the small temple in the night. Said to the platoon commander Cui: "Move the artillery forward, get as close to the small temple as possible, and when the commando finishes throwing the Molotov cocktail, you will give me a damn!" Better bang this little temple for me! And then transfer the fire to suppress the reinforced Japanese troops! ”

Platoon Commander Cui asked rhetorically, "Close to the small temple?" How close does it have to be to get closer? ”

"100 meters! Not preferably 50 meters! I would be very happy if you could put the cannon pipe against the gable of that little temple! ”

Battalion Commander Ma's words surprised Cui Fugui, the platoon commander of the infantry artillery platoon, and he landed on the gable of the small temple and fired? That's going to blow up, and Platoon Commander Cui understands the expectations of the infantry very well, but he can't do what Ma Renyi said.

The defense line of the defenders of Taierzhuang has long been mixed with the Japanese front, from Ma Renyi's battalion headquarters to the small temple opposite, the straight-line distance is not 150 meters!

"Battalion Commander Ma, the distance you said is too close, so I will be very embarrassed....."

Platoon Commander Cui was only halfway through his words, and Ma Renyi glared at him:

"What? Don't have the guts? So what kind of soldier is that? Go home and pick up the baby! ”

Platoon Commander Cui was choked by Battalion Commander Ma's words, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "100 meters!" Can't get any closer! I made it an infantry gun! Not a dynamite pack! ”

"I don't care how many meters you push forward! I just want you to knock that little temple down! It's easy to say anything! If I fail, I'll go to the group and sue you! ”

met the unreasonable Ma Renyi, Cui Fugui could only admit it. Platoon Commander Cui didn't say anything more, turned around and took his soldiers to find a suitable gun position.

Two Type 92 infantry guns were quickly assembled, the height of this kind of cannon is very low, very suitable for concealed firing, Cui Platoon Commander chose the gun position is located in the salient part of the defense line of Ma Renyi's battalion, about a hundred meters away from the small temple where the Japanese monarch is entrenched, and he fulfilled his promise.

Now I'm waiting for Company Commander Hong and them to do it!

Just as the infantry artillery was ready for battle, Company Commander Hong and his subordinates finally got close enough, and the entire small temple had become clearly visible, and Company Commander Hong decided to attack immediately!

"That's it! With less than twenty meters left, even a girl can throw a Molotov cocktail! Ignite now! Then I'll wait for my order to throw everyone together! ”

Hearing Company Commander Hong's order, the officers and men of the whole platoon wiped the fire one after another and lit improvised torches dipped in kerosene. These torches will be the spark that ignites the Molotov cocktail.

The sudden appearance of the fire made the Japanese sentry immediately blow the bamboo whistle in his mouth, of course, Company Commander Hong would not give the Japanese army time to react, he took off the Molotov cocktail hanging with a cloth belt from his neck, and then leaned on the torch and lit it!

"Burn the little devil of Dog Day! Throw it, brethren! ”

Company Commander Hong roared angrily, and the officers and soldiers of the whole platoon threw away the Molotov cocktails together, and the glass bottles filled with kerosene broke on the roof and walls of the small temple and caught fire immediately.

The Japanese troops who stayed in the small temple soon realized their dangerous situation, and under the command of the officer, a large number of devils tried to rush out of the fire through the temple gate or window, and at this time, the commando officers and soldiers who had already thrown away all the Molotov cocktails picked up the guns in their hands and played the role of blocking troops!

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The Type 92 infantry gun, which opened fire in time, broke one of the pillars of the small temple in the first round of fire. Platoon Commander Cui ordered several more shots to be made up at this point, and he saw that half of the small temple was crumbling!

Battalion Commander Ma rushed out of the trench with two companies of officers and soldiers to support Company Commander Hong's assault team, and the Type 92 infantry gun of Platoon Commander Cui provided artillery cover for the infantry company, and the infantry followed the explosive point of the shells and charged, and soon broke through the Japanese machine-gun fire network. Blocked around the small temple.

Seeing that the infantry had succeeded in one blow, the Cui platoon commander immediately ordered the infantry artillery to turn the muzzle again and bombard the burning small temple. At this time, the fire ignited by Company Commander Hong had an irrepressible trend, the wooden structure of the small temple was crackled, and the ghost soldiers in the temple realized that their end was near, so they launched the final desperate charge! Trying to break through!

In order to completely annihilate the Japanese army in the small temple, the battalion commander Ma ordered the infantry company to carry the Makqin and Type 92 heavy machine guns to the front line, and the Japanese troops who broke through were faced with a firepower network composed of two Makqin and three Type 92 heavy machine guns, like moths fighting fire, and they were wiped out in an instant!

After the platoon commander Cui on the position of the 701st Regiment fired more than a dozen shells at Xiaomiao, he found that the victory of the infantry was decided, so he transferred his firepower again, and bombarded the Japanese positions on both flanks of Xiaomiao, completely blocking the road to Xiaomiao for the devil reinforcements.

The Japanese soldiers who were in a desperate situation actually resorted to the trick of extinguishing the fire with grenades, and the devils in the small temple desperately injured themselves and threw seven or eight grenades in a row into the fire at the entrance of the temple.

After the explosion, the flames blocking the gate were dispersed by the air flow of the grenade explosion, and the ecstatic devils just wanted to swarm out, only to see the entire temple gate collapse with a bang! It turned out that the grenades of the Japanese army not only blew up the fire at the door, but also completely destroyed the entire temple gate.

And outside the window, there is a rain of bullets to greet them!

Kill! The actions of the 701st Regiment were like sending out a signal, and the night attack troops sent by the 31st and 30th Divisions also showed their fangs to the Japanese army, and the whole Taierzhuang soon became boiling, the 31st Division's death squad, the 30th Division's commando and the 187th Division's 701st Regiment's full-line counteroffensive came and went, and the Japanese advance troops who lost the stronghold of Xiaomiao were gradually pressed to the vicinity of the gap in the north city wall under the strong counterattack of the 187th Division, and Chifeng City, which received the report of the 701st Regiment, immediately responded to the adjustment. A mountain artillery company equipped by Sun Lianzhong for the defenders of Taierzhuang was put into the north of the city, and the death squad of the 31st Division also rushed towards the north of the city!

What Chi Feng Cheng wanted was simple, that is, to squeeze all the vanguard of the 63rd Wing out of Taierzhuang and drive them out of Zhuangzi, so that the battle form in the north of the city would return to before dawn on April 1.

The battle situation is critical! The counterattacks of the Chinese army are coming and going! Request Operational Guidance!

Snowflakes of emergency telegrams kept flying into Isoya Ryosuke's division headquarters, and the actions of the Chinese army in Taierzhuang tonight were like a slap in the face of Isoya Ryosuke! The order to fully occupy Taierzhuang before 12 noon tomorrow has just been issued to the headquarters of the wings, and it will be less than an hour! The Isogu division is about to be driven out of Taierzhuang by the Chinese army!

The order now looks like a low-level joke. As soon as he thought of this, Ryosuke Isoya felt his blood surge!

Honda Osa stood beside Ryosuke Isoya nervously watching Ryosuke Isoya's actions, he knew that his division commander, His Excellency, was about to go berserk!

"Yaga! Fukuei Zhenhei, this idiot! It will be shaken on all fronts in the face of the night attack of the Chinese army! Tell Fukuei Mahei and I'll give him two hours! The offensive of the Chinese army must be extinguished within two hours! ”

Ryosuke Isoya actually issued an order with a time limit, is it that until now, Ryosuke Isoya is not ready to withdraw the order to fully occupy Taierzhuang before 12 noon tomorrow? Honda Daisa's mood right now is simply complicated!

At this time, with the full cooperation of the 187th Division, the 701st Regiment and the 31st Division, the vanguard of the 63rd Wing that attacked the north of Taierzhuang Zhuangbei had all been driven to the outside of the city wall.

Just as Fukuei Shinpei Daisa was preparing to stop the troops from counterattacking, Ryosuke Isoya's telegram arrived!

The two-hour deadline is already very forgiving to His Excellency the Division Commander! Fukuei Shinpei Daisa knows this is his last chance!

Dozens of planes arrived overnight to help in the battle, and these Japanese bombers were like a flock of black crows in the air with a continuous strange cry, and then dropped a bunch of bombs, and Taierzhuang was suddenly shrouded in explosive fire.

The first wave of bombing was just over, and the second wave followed, because the defenders of the village had no anti-aircraft weapons, and the Japanese planes bombed almost unscrupulously, and the city bricks, rubble, roof tiles, and trees were swept away by a hurricane, blowing all the way, rolling into the air, and then falling and scattering in all directions......

As soon as the bombardment by the Japanese planes was over, the Japanese ground artillery began to bombard, and the Isoya Division concentrated more than 70 heavy guns. Rows of cannonballs were fired like arrows at the northern city wall of Taierzhuang, and the strong city wall could not withstand the steel explosives, and was blown to pieces. The whole earth seemed to tremble, groan, and roll incessantly.

The madness of the Japanese army lasted for forty minutes.

After that, the 63rd Wing began a frantic attack, and the main direction of attack was still the North Gate. The tactics of the 63rd Wing were the same as during the day, concentrating on the gaps in the walls and then covering the infantry charge with chariots. When the infantry of the 63rd Wing rushed to the gap in the wall, they rushed out from behind the chariot and burst into the gap like a howling tide.

The Japanese officers of the 63rd Wing stood at the gap in the north wall of Taierzhuangzhuang, frantically brandishing their command knives and screaming hysterically: "Rush in!" Warriors of the Empire! Kill every Shina you see! ”

The Japanese infantry gathered at the gap in the city wall let out a beastly howl, and behind them was the overseer team discharged by the wing commander Fukuei Shinpei Daisa, who had no regard for anything in order to fulfill the order of the division commander Ryosuke Isoya!

At this time, a broken cry suddenly came from above the city wall:

"Hit!"

Immediately afterward, a rain of grenades flew down from the city walls, exploding in and around the wall gaps. The Japanese army could not dodge, and a large area was immediately blown down, and guns, military uniforms, and flesh were scattered in all directions. The officers and soldiers of the 701st Regiment appeared on the city wall, the guns in their hands rang out, and rows of bullets were fired at the dense Japanese troops in the gap......

Yu Wenyuan, the commander of the 701st Regiment, saw that the Japanese army was temporarily in chaos, and immediately drew two infantry companies from the second battalion to carry out a counterattack!

More than 200 Sichuan soldiers rushed out of the gap in the city wall with bayonets. They rushed into the devil's infantry and started a white-knuckle battle with the devil!

After some fighting, the assault team of the 63rd Wing was repulsed.

Where would Fukuei Zhenpei Dazuo let his soldiers retreat and recuperate, he immediately ordered another attack, and a bloody battle was staged again at the gap in the city wall, the soldiers of both China and Japan were strangled together, and people died every second!

Ryosuke Isoya's order is like a hanging rope, and it tightens and tightens on Fukuei Shinpei Daisa's neck! As time passed, Fukuei Shinpei Daisa began to feel a little out of breath!

More than half of the two-hour deadline has passed! The current speed of progress is unacceptable to Fukuei Shinpei Daisa no matter what!

"Use special bombs! Shoot at the gap in the wall! Covered shooting! ”

Fukuei Zhenpei Daisa actually planned to fire poison gas bombs at the Chinese and Japanese troops in the melee! You must know that there are now more than 100 Japanese officers and soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese defenders at the city wall!

When Fukuei Shinpei Daisa shouted these words, the Japanese officers of the 63rd Wing knew that their wing commander had really gone crazy! (To be continued.) )