Chapter 20: Ambush (4)
As the closest stronghold to Xiangtangpu, Lieutenant Kawada, the captain of the Dongyang Pass stronghold, is an officer from the Kwantung Army, who has accumulated rich combat experience in China because he has been fighting in the northeast for a long time and fighting against the Anti-Japanese Alliance. When he heard the first explosion, he could feel the tremor of the land as far away as Dongyang Pass. With his familiarity with explosives, it was easy to think that it was dozens of explosives that exploded in a row to achieve such an effect, and then contacted the transport brigade that had just passed by the stronghold, Kawada's first thought was that the baggage troops led by Captain Morita had been attacked.
Just as he was deciding whether to send troops, fierce explosions and gunshots rang out in the Xiangtangpu area ahead. "Yaga, it must be the supplies of the empire that have been attacked by the people of China," Lieutenant Kawada said angrily. "Order all the combatants to assemble at once, rescue the baggage squad, immediately" The squadron leader immediately made a decision.
Soon, a whole brigade was assembled in full armor, and looking at one of the elite brigade men in front of him, Kawada believed that if he suddenly launched an attack behind the Shina people who were fighting fiercely. With the combat effectiveness of his own squadron, he will definitely deal a fatal blow to the despicable Shina. Thinking of the battle exploits in front of him, the captain began to reverie, and at the same time, he was full of confidence in the battle he faced when he claimed the prize. "Departure" Kawada turned over and took a brigade of Japanese troops under his command to drive out of the Dongyang Pass stronghold and kill Xiangtangpu.
Just when the Kawada brigade was about to arrive at Majiawa, two speeding trucks had already rushed to the blocking position of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company, "Hurry, hurry up and unload the trucks, move the heavy machine guns and bullets down, and the Japanese reinforcements will be coming" A Browning heavy machine gun lined up in the trench dug by the 1st Company, the muzzle of the black hole hole has been aimed at the direction of Dongyang Pass, plus the mortars and Bazooka brought by the truck, even if the other companies of the 1st Battalion that are coming behind have no time to support the 1st Company, only with these heavy fire weapons, The 1st Company was also sure to leave all the Japanese troops who had rushed to ask for help here.
With the troops out of Dongyang Pass, Kawada sent the top soldiers to open the road in front of the early, from Dongyang Pass to the Senmu attacked Xiangtangpu It takes at most an hour, but Kawada they are halfway away, the front of the sharp soldiers have not found any danger, originally worried that it will be attacked, Kawada gradually settled down, and directly ordered the troops to speed up and rush to Xiangtangpu to rescue. Kawada's speed did not matter, but it shortened the distance between the brigade and the spearhead a lot, and the original interval of one mile became only 200 meters now, and the 1st Company, which was waiting for them to collide, was happy to see this situation.
Seeing the Japanese troops approaching at full speed, the Jewish soldiers lying in the trenches held their breath and clenched their weapons, and the machine gunners, who had already been loaded, stared at the steel helmets of the approaching Japanese troops in the distance. 300 meters, 200 meters, the Japanese soldiers in front of the top soldiers have reached the distance of the 1st company to block the defense line of only 100 meters, the commander of the 1st company still did not give the order to attack, he was still counting the number of Japanese soldiers with a telescope, counting several times, the commander couldn't help but hold his mouth, he wanted to put this guy closer and then fight, the first wave of heavy machine gun fire must kill at least one-third of the opponent.
300 against 1500, this is an ambush battle with unequal forces, the gunfire of Xiangtangpu has stopped, Zhao Zhi has a new order, only by defeating the Japanese reinforcements coming from the direction of Dongyang Pass, their 1st company can be withdrawn, otherwise everyone is disobeying the order. Heavy machine guns and mortars have arrived, and several other companies of the 1st Battalion are coming, which means that as long as their 1st Company withstands the first few waves of Japanese attacks, it can support the strength of the follow-up troops.
The Japanese army was getting closer and closer, and the Jewish soldiers in the trenches could even see the faces of the Japanese strikers clearly, and the company commander of the 1st Company of "Fire, Fire" preemptively put the Japanese soldier with a small flag with Garand. Majiawa, which had been stationary, boiled instantly, the turf vegetation covered on the trench was lifted one after another, a steel helmet and the muzzle of a black hole were exposed, the Browning heavy machine gun that had been waiting opened fire first, and the Japanese troops within 500 meters in front of the position were all drowned by bullets, screaming and howling could not save their lives, only death was their real relief.
"Yaga, how many machine guns does the China people have?" Kawada, who had flipped off his horse in embarrassment, was anxious, and the firepower of the people on the opposite side was too great, listening to the sound of gunfire, they had at least 50 machine guns, and they were all heavy machine guns. With such a strong firepower, only units above the level of a wing in the Japanese army are equipped with such firepower equipment, but if the people really have the strength of a wing, why don't they directly attack Dongyang Pass, but go to great lengths to ambush at Majiawa? Kawada's mind was thinking quickly, the forward troops had been beaten back, but he hadn't figured out what it meant.
Hetian suddenly laughed, "Yo Xi, there must not be too many people in the ambush force of the Shina people here, they are just relying on the firepower, and the other Shina people must be going to besiege the Senmu brigade, and order the troops to start attacking immediately, and they must rush over" Kawada is a guy with a lot of battlefield experience, and in a blink of an eye, he thought of the fact that the 1st Company was not strong enough to attack Majiawa, so Kawada ordered his artillery to take a stand and prepare to cover the troops to attack Majiawa.
"Whoa" Kawada jerked out his command knife and stood at the front of the line and shouted, "Imperial samurai, just in front of the ringing shop, the Imperial baggage brigade is suffering from the despicable ambush of the Shina people, in order not to lose the Imperial war materials, our mission is to rescue the Imperial soldiers who have been attacked." Now that there are not many troops in the blocking position of the Shina people in front, I will lead you to rush through the front position with the corpses of the Shina people. Warriors of the Empire, the time has come to make meritorious contributions to the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, all of them charge with me, rush through the blockade of the Shina people, rescue the Imperial soldiers who have been attacked, and the samurai of the Empire, rush with me."
I have to say that Kawada's agitation was still very effective, and the Japanese soldiers, who were still a little flustered, listened to Kawada's words, picked up their bayonet rifles one after another, and lined up under the leadership of their respective squad leaders. Some of the sturdy guys even took off their military uniforms and stood shirtless in formation. "Concealment, shelling, shelling" The guard post in charge of battlefield observation looked at the black dots rising from the rear of the Japanese army, and then shouted loudly at the top of his voice, and the machine gunners hurriedly picked up their Browning heavy machine guns and burrowed into the anti-artillery holes in the trenches.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" The shells fired by the artillery hidden in the rear of the Japanese army exploded as soon as they landed, blowing up the smoke of the trenches that the 1st Company had worked so hard to dig, and several Jewish soldiers who were a little slower screamed and crawled in the trenches, and with the drag and help of their companions, these wounded guys finally got into the anti-artillery hole smoothly before the next wave of shells fell. "Kill to give" Accompanied by the explosion of mortar shells, the Japanese troops who had already lined up began to charge, and the shot was the pig formation they relied on to become famous.
Looking at the Japanese troops rushing up, the commander of the 1st company just rolled his eyes, the Japanese army had artillery fire in their hands, and they also had it, but their American mortars had not yet shot. When the Japanese advance reached a position of 100 meters from the position of the 1st Company, the heavy machine guns that had been quietly transferred to the flank of the position finally opened fire, and the rain of bullets fired like a fierce wind fiercely pressed the fiercely charging Japanese troops to the ground. One of Kawada's forward squads was completely wiped out by the heavy machine gun fire, and before the Japanese mortars could fire it, the heavy machine gun that quickly ran out of a chain of bullets disappeared into the trench.
The American-style Browning heavy machine gun is indeed easier to handle than the Japanese-style heavy machine gun, which is why Zhao Zhi brought all the American heavy machine guns on this trip, the body of the Jewish soldiers is stronger than the national army, plus the trench of more than 2 meters wide in the 1st company, these Jewish machine gunners can move the Browning heavy machine gun to any place and fire at the Japanese army. "Yaga" was so angry that Kawada almost didn't throw away the binoculars, these people were so hateful that the artillery behind them couldn't find the exact position of their heavy machine guns, and they were blown off twice in a row, which was simply a cannon shell.
The first time it fought with the Japanese army, the 1st Company did not take it too lightly, and 300 fat and strong Jewish soldiers, led by the officer, dug three meniscus-shaped trenches, and with the connection of the communication trenches, the soldiers of the 1st Company could wander in the three trenches at will in a short time. The Japanese troops stationed at Dongyang Pass were the largest number of people in several nearby strongholds, and at the beginning of accepting the mission, the officers of the 1st Company were given a face-to-face lecture by Zhao Zhijiao, so the 1st Company worked the construction of defense facilities.
Attacking the enemy with one's own strengths is a shortcoming, this is what Zhao Zhi said personally before the departure of the 1st Company, the 1st Company is not comparable to the Japanese army from Dongyang Pass in terms of strength, but when it comes to weapons and equipment, the 1st Company, which is equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars, can throw the Kawada Brigade out of a few streets, even the Garand rifles issued by the Jewish soldiers are not comparable to the Japanese army's 38 rifles. "Kill it" The Japanese officers roared and ordered the troops to continue the charge, but the trenches of the 1st Company remained unmoved like a solid reef, but the Japanese offensive was smashed like a flower.
"Yaga, the people of China are cunning and cunning" Kawada's face was almost distorted, the battle situation in front of him was too weird, Kawada's brigade had already suffered more than a third of the casualties, although the opposite position had been flattened by the trenches, but who would have thought that they still had two trenches waiting for them. At this moment, Kawada, who was furious, regretted that when he set off, he didn't bring the two 75 mountain guns in Dongyang Pass, if he had the mountain guns in his hand, the opposite position might have been taken long ago.