my bright sword career

Chapter 65 Step up the attack
"Hey... I understand... I will definitely complete the task!"

The newly appointed captain of the third regiment, Hashimoto Shinsuke, put down the phone, a look of distress flashed across his face.

The chief of staff, Tsuchiya Kenji, came over and asked in a low voice, "What is your order, brigade commander?"

Hashimoto Shinsuke said: "His Excellency, the brigade commander, asked us to increase our attack power, to defeat the Chinese people on the opposite side within two hours, to compress their living space, and not to allow them time to build fortifications."

"Two hours?"

Tsuchiya Kenji cried out.

"How is this possible, isn't your brigade commander embarrassing us? The firepower of the Chinese people is so fierce. Just now, the second squadron of the first brigade just attacked from the mountain, and more than half of them were killed and injured in just 5 minutes. Major Miura almost didn't feel bad. die."

Having said that, the two looked at each other, and both saw the lingering fear in each other's eyes.

They had witnessed the exchange of fire between the Third Wing and the Liantai militia.

At the beginning, things went smoothly. The first round of volleys from the ambushing troops destroyed a truck of the Liantai militia as the vanguard. All but two Huaxia soldiers in the squad were killed.

But the ensuing battle was beyond their expectations. After the gunshots rang out, the militia group was expected to retreat in a hurry after being raided. The militia group immediately started after a few minutes of panic. Fight back on the spot.

The Second Squadron of the First Brigade, which was in charge of the assault mission, went out to attack them according to the plan, but what greeted them was a dense rain of bullets. The machine gun that fired like tearing tarpaulin and sounded like a chainsaw was like a machine gun from Like a demon unleashed from hell.

The rate of fire of this machine gun is too high. Shinsuke Hashimoto can clearly see from the telescope that the Japanese soldiers charging in skirmish formation have almost no chance to dodge under the firepower of the opponent. In just a few minutes , a full squadron of 181 people fell down more than half.

Such a sight almost didn't make him look stupid.

This is not the first time Hashimoto Shinsuke has dealt with the Liantai militia. He was only a captain in the Cangyunling battle two months ago.

Due to the preservation of strength, he and his brigade chose to watch from the sidelines, allowing Naoto Urakami's third brigade to fight the Rentai militia alone. In the end, the third brigade was wiped out by Li Yunlong and the Liantai militia, and Urakami Naoto died on the spot. .

Today it was finally his turn to face the Rentai militia directly, and he also felt how Naoto Urakami felt back then.

As a standard Japanese army unit, Hashimoto Shinsuke thought that their firepower was not low.

In addition to three brigades with a standard number of 1100 people, the third brigade also has four 8-type infantry guns and a machine gun squadron with [-] [-]-type heavy machine guns.

In previous battles, the Japanese infantry regiment often fought alone, and its general combat effectiveness was far higher than that of the Huaxia infantry division. Even if it faced one or two divisions of Huaxia, it was not afraid, and could even be defeated.

But today, they dispatched two regiments, that is, the strength of a brigade to deal with a local militia. This kind of thing was unimaginable before. They should all be blamed and resigned.

"Pass my order, the artillery squadron will move forward immediately, carry out fixed-point clearing of the firepower points of China, and force the Chinese people to retreat at all costs!"

"Hi!"

"Quick... quickly bring the wounded over here."

"Doctor Xie...Doctor Xie, there is another seriously injured person here!"

On the back of a hillside less than two miles away from the blocking position of the first battalion, more than a dozen grass-green tents were set up. This is the temporary station of the medical brigade.

From time to time, a jeep would come, and each jeep would carry several wounded on the flatbed.

Less than half an hour after the start of the war, the medical brigade had received more than [-] wounded. Whether they were doctors or nurses, everyone in the medical brigade was tense. They all knew that the more wounded they brought in, the more The battle ahead is getting more intense.

In a tent, Xie Wenqian was standing in front of the operating table performing an operation on a wounded patient.

"Tweezers... pliers... wire three..."

It was very quiet in the tent, only Xie Wenqian's clear and calm voice.

In less than 5 minutes, the operation was declared over.

"Wipe the sweat." After suturing the wound, Xie Wenqian let out a long breath, and then called out. A petite nurse with a round face hurried over and took out a disinfectant towel to wipe the sweat off her forehead.

Xie Wenqian asked: "Xiao Jing, are there any wounded?"

"Nothing."

The nurse named Xiao Jing shook her head, she hesitated for a while and asked softly, "Mr. Xie, are we surrounded by devils?"

Xie Wenqian glanced at her: "How do you know?"

"I heard gunfire coming from both the front and the rear, and it was very intense, so... I guessed it myself."

Xie Wenqian nodded: "Yes, we were ambushed by devils, and now we are surrounded in the middle."

"Then... we... we will die?"

"I don't know." Xie Wenqian looked at the tenderness in the little nurse's eyes, touched her head and comforted her: "Xiao Jing, since you joined the militia, you should be prepared for this."

Xiaojing's eyes turned red, "I... I'm not afraid, but I'm a little reluctant to part with my parents and younger siblings."

A trace of sadness flashed in Xie Wenqian's eyes, why would she be willing to do so, but now that the mountains and rivers are broken and the country is in crisis, someone has to make sacrifices.

What makes her feel strange is that at this moment, the first thing she thinks of is not her parents at home, but the bad guy who is always cynical and always takes advantage of her tongue.

While the soldiers of the first battalion and the second battalion resisted the Japanese attack in the front and rear respectively, the artillery battalion was also tensely deployed.

Less than 2 minutes after the gunfire sounded, Geng Changshun received Gao Hongming's order and immediately moved to the vicinity of the Second Battalion, set up an artillery position relying on the back slope as a cover, and immediately provided fire support to the First Battalion and the Second Battalion.

In just half an hour after receiving the order, the artillery battalion completed the process from transfer to deployment.Six American M101 105mm howitzers and eight M1 75mm howitzers were deployed.

A captain ran up to Geng Changshun and said loudly, "Sir, all the artillery has been deployed, please give instructions!"

Geng Changshun looked at his watch. There were still 3 minutes before the time given by Gao Hongming. He said to the captain, "Do you understand the location of the target?"

"Report sir, the enemy's position has been reported from the front."

"That's good...give me an order, all of the first and second companies, ten rapid-fire!"

"Reload each cannon!"

The gunners who received the order shook the guns.

The loader pushes the first wave of shells into the barrel, closes the breech breech, and the aiming hand calculates the positions of the muzzle according to the position of the enemy coming from the front.

Afterwards, Geng Changshun issued an order, which contained only two words: "Fire!"

(End of this chapter)