Chapter 172: Beacon Mountains (4)

As the most outstanding company commander under Du Kaishan, Sima Feng did not disappoint him. Taking advantage of the attention of the Japanese army to be attracted by the 2nd Battalion, which launched a frontal assault, Sima Feng led his two platoons of subordinates from the flank of the 2nd Battalion, using the advantage of automatic firearms, to tear a gap in the second line of defense of the Japanese army and go straight to the headquarters of the 44th Wing.

At this time, the second battalion that took over the attack from the first battalion had been mixed together, and its strength had been used to the extreme, even if a small squad of troops was withdrawn, the defense line was in danger of collapsing.

It's just that this small unit, which the Japanese army did not expect, did not cooperate with the troops that launched the charge head-on after rushing into their positions, but used automatic firearms and a large number of grenades all the way to open the way and directly kill their own rear. After a brief moment of stunnedness, it immediately became clear that these guys were heading for their own headquarters. People don't take a fancy to themselves here.

In the absence of troops, Moriki Masada, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 44th Wing, who commanded the second line of defense, could only report to Kawama Majitaro. One is to ask for reinforcements, and the other is to tell SΓΉ Kawama Osa, a small detachment of the opponent has rushed towards his headquarters.

In fact, he didn't need to report it, Kawama Osa, who had been carefully observing the battlefield, had already seen the opponent who swooped down on his headquarters, a small force that was not very numerous. Regarding the opponent's small army's intention to kill himself directly regardless of the resistance along the way, Kawama Majitaro understood very well.

The intention of the opponent's move, Karuma Malletaro is very clear. But he once had four brigades and twelve squadrons at hand, but now he had the enemy in the north who was in danger of cutting off his rear because the only reserve had been drawn from the north to counterattack and had broken through his defenses. The remaining squadron also had to protect its own rear road and deal with the enemy in other directions, and when it was absolutely impossible to use it, it was already without troops to send.

With his forces already used to the extreme, Kawama gritted his teeth and transferred two squads from the last remaining reserve that could be mobilized, that is, his guard squadron. All the combatants in the wing headquarters were shot and sent out in an attempt to repel or completely annihilate the sneak attack on their own headquarters by this small and daring force.

The current Kawama Maki Taro hates Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, who has returned to the arms of Amaterasu at this time. If it weren't for this guy's trust, the forty-fourth wing only brought three infantry squadrons out of the four squadrons under each brigade, why would he be so passive. With three squadrons in hand, why should you be in a crisis.

It's just a complaint, but Kawama Majitaro also knows that Major General Kuroiwa leaves a squadron for each brigade to stay, which is a common practice in the Japanese army, and it is useless to scold himself. In fact, Kawama Daisa didn't know that these three squadrons were no longer in the formation of the 11th Division at this time.

As soon as they set off, these three squadrons were transferred to the China Pass, and they were to form an independent mixed brigade of a garrison nature on the basis of these three squadrons. The three reorganized squadrons are still being mobilized in Japan. When he was transferred to the Kwantung Army, he didn't know the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse.

Kawama maltaro scolded and scolded, but he was still full of confidence in whether the two squads he sent and a machine gun team could stop the squads that were rushing towards him. The opponent is only a few dozen troops, and it is already very face-saving to send two infantry squads by himself.

If it weren't for the safety of his own headquarters, things needed to be cautious, and in his opinion, sending a squad would be enough. It's just that what he didn't expect was that as soon as the two armies came into contact, the first to collapse was the guard squadron he sent. The strength of the two squads was defeated before they could even hold off the opponent for fifteen minutes.

The result of the battle caught Kawama Maltaro a little off guard, and he didn't understand how his carefully selected guards could be defeated so quickly. Fifteen minutes, but only one time to take a look was broken.

You must know that in the opinion of Kawama Gataro Osa, who participated in the Battle of Songhu in the third and seventh years, the soldiers of his two squads were enough to defeat a company or even a battalion of the Central Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness in China. The anti-Manchurian forces that blocked the opposite side without artillery support were only two platoons, and they were definitely able to capture.

This is a regular face-to-face, hard-fought field battle, not a street fight or an ambush battle. There are hardly any opportunities for opportunism. It relies on the real combat effectiveness of both sides.

He really couldn't figure out why his troops had collapsed so quickly. You must know that just before, in the face of the assault of a battalion of the opponent under the cover of dense artillery fire, the two squadrons deployed on the forward position resisted for almost an hour. inflicted great casualties on the opponent, otherwise the opponent would not rather risk being counterattacked by himself after breaking through his first line of defense and replace his troops in battle.

Kawama Majitaro actually never understood where he was wrong. He was not wrong in sending troops to stop the assaulters in his own command, but the tactics he sent out were wrong.

Although he already knew that the opponent was equipped with a large number of automatic firearms, the captain of the guard squadron he sent out to command the counterattack, Captain Nakata Eiji, was forced by the opponent to adopt the most stupid tactics and engage the opponent in close combat.

There is no way, fighting marksmanship, at this time has rushed to about 200 meters of the opponent's marksmanship is not inferior to his own. Although there are only a few rifles, it is these extremely accurate rifles and the equally accurate grenadiers that make their main support firepower, even in the 11th Division, the Type 96 light machine gun that has just been equipped lose the right to speak as soon as the battle is engaged.

A grenadier that was hit by the opponent as soon as it was put on was reduced to parts along with the shooter. And the remaining one was targeted by the opponent's sharpshooter. Several machine gunners were killed and wounded by the opponent's accurate rifle fire. Even the 11th Division, which has always been known for its toughness, no one dared to touch the machine gun that represented death at this moment.

Not only did the two machine guns come up dumb and fire, so that Eiji Nakata lost his main support firepower. The grenadier canister, the main firepower suppression weapon used by the Japanese army in close combat, was also suppressed by the opponent's two machine guns firing alternately. Every grenadier who tried to stand up had no time to load the grenade into the canister before it was smashed into a sieve by the opponent's accurate machine-gun fire.

And when Eiji Nakata, who had lost all his supporting firepower, wanted to adopt the same tactics as his opponent and suppress the opponent's firepower with accurate rifle shooting, he sadly found that his subordinates could not open their eyes at all under the rather dazzling light of the setting sun.

Damn, he realized that his position with his opponent was exactly one east and one west. And the opponent in the west is just under the rays of the setting sun. Under the rays of the setting sun, I couldn't aim at all, and it was hard to even open my eyes.

Eiji Nakata has grown up since he was a child, and it is the first time that he hates the sun, which has always been the symbol of his country. In his heart, he scolded the opponent's cunning to the bottom. However, as the core position of the Japanese army, this is a small piece of flat land that is rare in this mountainous area, and it is impossible to find even a hidden place to be beaten passively.

understands that he won't be able to withstand such a fight for long, but Eiji Nakata, who can't run, is also single. After suffering a big loss in just a few minutes of shooting, I realized that continuing to wait here would not only not be able to complete the task of covering the wing headquarters, but also let the family continue to knock on one by one, and they would not even be able to hold on for ten minutes.

I know that if I continue to fight like this, it won't take long for the little force I have at hand to be knocked out. With the idea that since there was no way to retreat, it was better to fight to the death than to sit and wait, this guy simply launched a bite and attacked. Try to use your subordinates' ability to fight with the white knuckle to knock your opponent back.

Although he also knew that it was unlikely, and even hopeless. In the previous battle, he did not fail to see the large number of automatic firearms equipped in the hands of his opponents, and the scene of his comrades who were trying to engage in white-knuckle combat swept down in pieces. But he also knows that this is his best and only choice at the moment. After all, in close combat, he may still have a little chance.

However, in order to disperse the enemy's firepower density and reduce casualties so as to retain enough troops to engage in a hand-to-hand battle with the opponent, Nakata Eiji still pulled the skirmish line very wide.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were attacking him with a 38-type rifle with a bayonet, the corners of Sima Feng's mouth showed a trace of imperceptible contempt. Sima Feng put down the gun in his hand, took out a grenade and said to the brothers beside him: "Except for the machine gun, everyone has grenades ready." When I shout for a while, don't rush to throw it out. Wait until you finish playing the strings and check the three numbers before throwing them out. If the fuck had thrown it away, I'd go back and kick his ass. ”

One hundred meters, fifty meters, thirty meters. When the Japanese troops who launched the charge had already rushed to a distance of less than thirty meters, Sima Feng shouted: "All of them, greet these bastards with grenades." With that, he pulled the string of the grenade in his hand and shouted three counts loudly, and threw it hard.

Looking at the opponent's position that was getting closer and closer, Eiji Nakata, who suddenly felt an inexplicable horror in his heart, couldn't get half excited. Just when Eiji Nakata couldn't figure out why the opponent's two light machine guns that had just fired accurately did not fire, a team leader beside him shouted in horror: "Grenade, lie down." ”

With this frightened shout, swaths of grenades exploded in a volley over the heads of Eiji Nakata and his men. A large number of fragments from dozens of volley-blasted grenades swept through this small battlefield like a storm. The Japanese who launched the charge were killed and wounded heavily. When the grenade rain stopped for a while, few of the Japanese soldiers in the two squads could stand up.

There were several holes pierced by large and small shrapnel all over his body, but Nakata Eiji, who saved his life because of the steel helmet on his head, looked at the few remaining subordinates, and knew that he was afraid that he would die here today, and his fierce energy was completely stimulated at this time. Pulling out his battle knife, he led the remaining dozen or so subordinates to rush towards Sima Feng.

Looking at the only dozen or so Japanese soldiers left in front of him, Sima Feng smiled. Stopped his subordinates from continuing to greet with grenades. Just kidding, this modified Japanese-style 97 grenade is precious. Lang Fei is not worth it on these dozen guys. Even if you fight a war, you have to pay attention to the cost-effectiveness ratio, right?

Or Sima Feng's old subordinates know him. With a wave of his hand, his old subordinates all raised their submachine guns in their hands. With the fierce slashing of his hand, a dense rain of bullets from more than 20 submachine guns smashed Nakata Eiji, who had rushed to less than ten meters away from Sima Feng, and more than a dozen of his subordinates into honeycomb coal.

Nakata Eiji, who was definitely unwilling to die, and his eyes were still wide when he fell to the ground, Sima Feng didn't even look at him. Now that the Japanese blocking force has been eliminated, the headquarters of the 44th Wing of the Japanese Army has been exposed to itself like a naked girl. The distance of 200 meters is nothing to Situ Feng and his subordinates, who have been trained for long-term weight-bearing running.

The almost one-sided ending of the battle made Kawama Mataro stunned immediately. It's just that he was stunned, but his subordinates are not stupid.

Seeing the failure of the blockade, his commander looked at the battle that had just ended in a daze, knowing that the distance of two hundred meters was equal to nothing, and the several staff officers who could rush over in the blink of an eye immediately did not say a word, except for leaving two officers to lead the remaining squad to entangle the opponent and deal with the radio and other items in the headquarters, the rest of the people set up the river mallet Taro and ran to the back.

It cannot but be said that the 11th Division is the oldest division of the Japanese army, and its fighting determination is definitely not comparable to that of the Fourth Division. Although the opponent left only a small squad to block the attack, plus a Type 92 heavy machine gun. But it was this team that brought a lot of trouble to Sima Feng.

Sima Feng, who was afraid that Kawama Majitaro would run away, in order to catch this guy, immediately concentrated all his forces and pounced after breaking the resistance of the two Japanese squads. He was too careless, thinking that the Japanese army who had defeated these two squads had no ability to stop him.

Sima Feng didn't expect that just when he had rushed to a place close to the Japanese headquarters, on his flank, in a bush at the foot of the hill, a dense burst of machine gun fire and a neat rifle salvo suddenly sounded. Accompanied by the sound of gunfire, grenades fired from several grenadiers also hit the head and face.

The troops, who were rushing forward and were almost unsuspecting, were heavily killed and wounded by the sudden burst of fire. An entire squad of fighters fell under the sudden fire of the Type 92 heavy machine gun and a dozen salvo rifles. A light machine gun that accompanied the charge of the troops was also blown up.

Looking at the subordinates of the Japanese army who had just wiped out the two squads, there were no casualties, but now they were suffering heavy casualties, and Sima Feng's eyes were almost red. After throwing a grenade at the position of the machine gun, he raised the submachine gun in his hand and swept towards the sudden Japanese army.

Sima Feng used the submachine gun in his hand to desperately try to suppress the heavy machine gun, and shouted to him: "Use a grenade to blow up those bastards for me." ”

Sima Feng wanted to use a grenade to blow up the guys hiding in the bushes, and then use the submachine gun melee firepower advantage in his hand to defeat them, but he didn't expect that these Japanese soldiers would rather be bombarded by grenades than hide in the bushes and not get out.

This Japanese army was very cunning, and the firepower point chosen not only to contain Sima Feng's charging route to the headquarters of the 44th Wing, but also to skillfully avoid the direct shooting of the sunset. If you don't eliminate this firepower point, even if you are already close to your intended target, you will be helpless. Unless Sima Feng wanted to risk the casualties of the entire army here.

Moreover, these Japanese troops adopted their extremely rare tactics of shrinking, clearly trying to hold them back. Once dragged here by this Japanese army, even if the Japanese command is occupied, it will be useless. The little devil is not stupid, and the opponent has already hit the side and has not transferred.

Sima Feng, who knew that he had no time to delay any longer, gritted his teeth and said to Liu Yandong, the platoon commander of the guard company next to him: "You concentrate all your firepower and suppress this firepower." Tell the grenadier to pull back and knock out the heavy machine gun. I took my people and forcibly interspersed them to take out the devil's headquarters. Let them delay any longer, and we'll be busy this time. ”

Liu Yandong is not stupid, he knows what the price of forcibly exercising under the nose of the devil's firepower is. He immediately said: "No, you are now the supreme commander here, you have to stay here and take unified command." End the devil's headquarters, I'll go. ”

After that, without waiting for Sima Feng to answer, he bent his waist to greet his subordinates, braved the dense bullet rain from the Japanese army, brought the tactics he learned on weekdays to the extreme, and rushed towards the headquarters of the 44th Wing. But moving under the nose of the little devil, in terms of the little devil's accurate marksmanship, is almost equivalent to sending him to death.

The devil is not stupid, as soon as Liu Yandong moves, they understand what Liu Yandong is going to do. Liu Yandong hadn't run a few steps before the Japanese machine-gun fire chased after him. In the absence of concealment, bare exposure to the Japanese machine-gun fire, Liu Yandong and several soldiers around him fell into the rain of bullets from the Japanese machine-gun fire.

Looking at Liu Yandong who fell in the rain of bullets, the madness in Sima Feng's heart who didn't hold him down was completely stimulated. He snatched the grenadier of the sacrificial grenadier next to him, seized the moment when the Japanese machine gun turned, and set up the grenadier at the risk of the rifle bullets from the Japanese army.

After knocking out the devil's machine gun, Sima Feng threw the grenadier in his hand to a squad leader under his command, and told him to fight like this, killing all the devils in the bushes. Although he hated the Japanese army in front of him who had brought nearly half of the casualties to him, Sima Feng did not dare to delay, and led a squad to take advantage of the opportunity that Liu Yandong had exchanged for his life, and rushed towards the 44th Wing Headquarters of the Japanese Army, which was close at hand. At this time, the Japanese command headquarters no longer had any strength to stop Sima Feng, who was sitting in the headquarters of the river malletaro, gritted his teeth and pulled out the bullet of a southern-style eight-millimeter pistol bullet that was shot in his arm by a Japanese lieutenant when he was struggling to die.

After spitting the bullet to the ground, Sima Feng said to the correspondent who was bandaging his wound: "Damn, thanks to the little devil's pistol bullet is not as penetrating as their rifle bullet, otherwise, Lao Tzu's arm will be fucking expensive." ”

After that, I looked at the strength of two platoons when I set off, but now there are less than two squads of subordinates left. Although he eliminated a wing-level headquarters of the Japanese army, he even defeated a complete garrison squadron of the Japanese army with the strength of two platoons. Although he let Kawama mallet Taro run, he didn't do his best. The radio station and field telephone exchange were also blown up with grenades by the struggling Japanese soldiers, but all the communication soldiers of the 44th Wing Headquarters were killed, and the passwords that could not be destroyed were also seized. When it comes to this element, it can be said that the brains of the 44th Wing have been completely destroyed.

Even if Kawama malletaro runs away, he has lost a means of contact, and even if he runs out, it will be useless. All his radio stations and codebooks were in his own hands, his field telephone lines had been cut off, and he had no means of communicating with his subordinates except for sending signal corps to verbally convey orders. And on this battlefield where flesh and blood are flying, and there is already a mess of battles, everyone knows how reliable it is to send a signal corpsman to convey orders.

It's just that the task given to him by the head of the regiment has been completed, but Sima Feng not only has no trace of joy, but even shakes his head a little painfully. He didn't expect that the last Japanese army would be so crazy, and he even bit himself before he died. His old subordinates, including the lightly wounded who can walk, are less than a squad at this moment. And the three platoons of the guard company that were sent to strengthen themselves were only a dozen or so people left.

Looking at the remaining brothers, Sima Feng hammered his head in pain. If it weren't for his own carelessness and over-pursuit, at the last moment, he would have paid attention to the search of the flank, and the troops would not have suffered such a big loss.