Chapter 496: Fierce Battle at the Crossroads
readx; Changsha, Hunan, the lively streets have been empty, scattered rubble fragments everywhere, the streets are piled up with a large number of sandbag fortifications and barbed wire fences built up by wooden frames, some of these fortifications are wearing brown and green military uniforms of the National Army soldiers, and some are gray military uniforms of the protection [***] soldiers, on both sides of the confrontation on both sides of the building has been shelled into rubble, many wooden houses are still on fire and billowing smoke, the air is filled with a thick smell of gunsmoke. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The sound of rifles rang out in the streets from time to time, and the crisp sound of rifles was accompanied by the sound of dense 'click' and 'click' machine guns, and occasionally dull or deafening explosions could be heard.
The sound of gunfire and the smoke in the air indicate that the city of Changsha is experiencing war!
In a certain cross-street, in a circular sandbag fortification, more than a dozen soldiers of the National Army curled up inside, lowered their bodies, and constantly fired bullets from the south and west, some of which hit the sandbags, and some flew over the heads of many National Army soldiers.
"Damn, these Dian soldiers have all eaten guns and medicine, and they all rush here with their lives!" A Nationalist corporal cursed loudly as his hands continued to chain the heavy machine gun next to him.
Next to him is the heavy machine gun shooter, this person is very strong, the hands of the heavy machine gun have bulging muscles, just a glance can see the surging power contained in the hands, the heavy machine gun shooter did not respond to the scolding of the deputy shooter next to him, he did not have that time, now he is following the instructions of the heavy machine gun commander next to him, that is, his immediate boss is constantly shooting bullets outward.
"Three hundred meters in the direction of twelve o'clock, long point shot!" The heavy machine gun commander calmly gave the order to fire while observing the charge of the Dian army not far away with a telescope.
With the rapid firing of the MG08 heavy machine gun, a series of bullets went out, and a group of more than ten charging Dian troops hundreds of meters away fell two or three people, and the charging Dian troops quickly either lay on the ground or retracted into the corners on both sides of the street.
After a long burst of fire, the sergeant heavy machine gun commander once again ordered the heavy machine gun to turn the muzzle and fire in the other direction, the MG08 heavy machine gun continued to fire and at the same time continued to spray out many yellow bullet casings, and the water used to cool the heavy machine gun was also rapidly evaporating.
On the other side of the heavy machine-gun fortress, a group of more than 30 nationalists was lying behind the rubble. At this time, a young lieutenant got up from the ground, and shook his head to shake off a lot of dust on his head, and then lay on the back of the sandbag, at this time, he happened to see a group of more than 30 people on the west side of the guard [***] is secretly advancing here by the corner of the rubble on both sides of the street, he opened his mouth and spat fiercely, and the 1911-style **** in his hand (the first year-style, the United States M1911) fired a shot at the enemy dozens of meters away and shouted: "The third shift pays attention to the west side!" ”
As his words fell, seven or eight rifles quickly turned to the muzzle of their guns and began to shoot at the guards [***] who were advancing on the western front, although this burst of fire did not hit the enemy, but they also suppressed the advance of the guards [***].
Seeing that it was suppressed, the lieutenant quickly watched the situation on the battlefield, this is a crossroads, due to the important position, from the beginning of the war has become a key point of contention between the national army and the protector [***], and in just half a day has changed hands three times, this time he led a platoon to recapture this area two hours ago, but immediately faced a fierce counterattack by the protector [***].
The lieutenant quickly analyzed the situation, looked up at the two-story small building next to it, the small building is a blue brick wooden structure, most of it has fallen but there is still a one-story high broken wall, the broken wall is still a blue brick structure, and the lieutenant immediately said to a few soldiers behind him: "Sergeant Li, you take three people to rush to that small building for me, and then give me a fierce suppression of the enemy troops on the west side!" I'll organize fire cover for you here! ”
Sergeant Lee was obviously older than the lieutenant, and looked to be nearly thirty years old, and he said, "Yes! Then he looked at the people behind him, and immediately said, "Kunzi, Dashan, and preserved eggs come with me!" ”
As the fire cover organized by the lieutenant officer unfolded, a Madsen light machine gun began to shoot at a clatter, Sergeant Li had already led the three soldiers to run quickly on the waist, but just when the four of them were about to reach the bottom of the ruined building, one of the soldiers in the team suddenly fell to the ground, and then looked closely, I saw that a large amount of blood had come out of his chest, and he couldn't even moan, but his body was twitching, when Sergeant Li was about to take the risk to rescue him, Kunzi next to him grabbed him:" Brother Li doesn't have to work in vain, he has already ...... the mountain"
Sergeant Li took a closer look at Dashan, who was only five or six meters away from them, and from his perspective, he could clearly see that Dashan's body had been stained red with blood, and the blood was still flowing out in large quantities, and Dashan only twitched slightly, no more moaning, no more struggling.
Sergeant Li didn't show any grief or crying, since he joined the army, he has seen too many dead people, at first he would be disgusted and want to vomit when he saw a broken hand or leg, and he would be sad and indignant when he saw his comrades alive when he was facing being killed, but he vomited more, and he was indifferent when he was sad, and from the time he could face the death of his comrades calmly, he became a qualified veteran and was promoted to a non-commissioned officer at the same time.
Not only did he not show any grief and indignation, but even the two first-class soldiers who followed him did not pay the slightest attention, but focused on the enemy not far away. The battle has changed hands three times since the raid on Changsha in the early hours of this morning, and the Nationalist Army captured this area at six o'clock in the morning, but before it could gain a foothold, it was counterattacked by the Escort [***] with an absolute superiority, and at ten o'clock in the morning, the Nationalist Army made a comeback with two platoons of troops, and was reinforced by a heavy machine gun and two 60-mm mortars. In addition to the reinforcement of the weapons directly under the division, even an artillery company of the division's artillery was ordered to provide artillery support for this area, and when the entire Changsha was under fire, the entire front was asking for artillery support, and this area was able to get the support of an artillery company, which shows that the important surname of this area, if it were not for the terrain restrictions and the inability to deploy more troops, the national army might have to deploy more than two companies of troops here at the same time, instead of the current one company.
The fierce battle led to heavy casualties on both sides, in order to fight for this important crossroads, the two sides fought repeatedly, the Nationalist Army invested more than a company here, but the first platoon casualties half of the casualties were completely disabled, and the two platoons that were later invested have now combined more than 20 casualties. The vast majority of these casualties occurred during the offensive. The casualties of the national army were so heavy, and the casualties of the other side were even more terrifying.
The streets on the west and south sides were covered with dense corpses, and at a glance, there were at least dozens of corpses, and if you add the number of those who were injured, the casualties of the guards [***] were nearly a hundred, to say the least.
With so many corpses in their eyes, even the recruits, after the initial panic, were enough to turn a blind eye to the blood and corpses. Most of those who can't get used to it have become one of those corpses.
Private Kunzi quickly climbed the broken wall, and then he took out a scope wrapped in oilcloth from behind his back, and the scope imported from abroad was quickly mounted on the 1912-style rifle in his hand, and a few seconds later he fired the first bullet, and with the crisp sound of gunfire, a soldier fell in the guard [***] who was sneaking along the rubble of the broken wall on the west side, and in about ten seconds, Kunzi shot again, and another soldier fell down in the guard. Sergeant Li, who was providing cover for Kunzi next to him, looked at this result and laughed: "Kunzi is really a sharpshooter, you used to say that it only took three days to be promoted from a private to a private, and I still don't believe it, but now it seems that your kid is really not lying!" With your marksmanship, it won't take you a few years to become an officer! ”
Two gunshots in a row, two people fell in a row, and the guards on the opposite side knew that they were suppressed by the sharpshooters of the national army, no matter how sluggish they were, so the group of guards [***] stopped advancing, but each found cover, and after not finding the target from the scope, Kunzi slid down from the broken wall, and he also laughed while holding the gun: "I was lucky just now, they didn't react after a shot, but now it's not good!" ”
Sergeant Li said disapprerovingly: "What are you afraid of, we just need to suppress them and complete the task!" ”
Indeed, if they can block the attack of more than 30 enemy troops with a few people, it is indeed a successful completion of the task, but the guard [***] on the opposite side is not stupid, a bearded captain [***] took a telescope and looked at the gap in the bunker for a long time, and then quickly said to a herald behind him: "Go and ask the battalion headquarters for a mortar to support!" I'm going to destroy that sharpshooter! ”
After fighting with the Nationalist Army for most of the day, the captain and company commander of this escort [***] obviously knew that there were a certain number of sharpshooters in the Nationalist Army, although the number of those sharpshooters was not much, but one by one the marksmanship was extremely accurate, and the soldiers might be able to charge in the face of machine gun fire, or they could charge in the coverage of the shells, but if it was clear that the other party had a sharpshooter who killed with one shot on a small battlefield, then no one wanted to take the initiative to rush out and die. Although this casualty ratio is far less than that of a strafing charge with heavy machine guns, the psychological pressure is beyond the reach of ordinary soldiers. Therefore, in this case, it often happens that a soldier with extremely accurate marksmanship can intercept the charge of twenty or thirty enemy soldiers on a battlefield with relatively reading power.
In the two street battles in Chaohu and Hefei, the national army found this law and gathered some soldiers with good marksmanship for training, and each platoon could also be divided into one or two in wartime, and these soldiers with excellent marksmanship often achieved extremely good results in the shooting between the two sides, and there were not a few sharpshooters who had the record of hunting and killing dozens of people.
And the sharpshooters in the national army are not the snipers and special forces in those action movies. The sharpshooters in the Nationalist Army were armed with standard rifles but had undergone extensive rifle shooting training and accompanied ordinary infantry in combat, and their main task was to hunt and kill enemy personnel with precision in counter-fire, also known as precision marksmen!