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Chapter 367 of his way, but also to his body!
A squad of soldiers was only five meters away from the landing point of the aerial bomb. Before they had time to react, they lost consciousness in an instant and all died in battle.

The high-energy shock wave will shatter the internal organs immediately, and the seven orifices, which are symbols of great terror in ancient times, bleed to death, which can be found everywhere here.

The explosive power of the 15kg aerial bomb is enough to turn a radius of [-] meters into a life zone. There is no concept of injury here, only death.

However, this is not the end.

With the end of the aircraft bombing support, tiny black dots appeared in the sky that were difficult to detect with the naked eye, flying along the predetermined trajectory at high speed, piercing the sky, reflecting the dark sky, and then falling like raindrops.

At this time, the sound of shells piercing through the air, symbolizing death, came out slowly, like a long overdue guest.

In an instant, steel cannonballs hit the forward position like a heavy hammer, and the huge power of the cannonball explosion raged around. Countless gravel and fragments flew around, and the soil and body tissues seemed to be lifted high by a pair of invisible hands. It fell like a torrential rain.

Severed fingers and broken hands are everywhere, some soldiers were killed on the spot, and some soldiers fell into the mud of the trench, panting heavily, with more than a dozen holes appearing in the abdomen like a hornet's nest, and blood spewed out like a spring , his brain was rapidly deprived of oxygen due to the flow of blood, and the extreme pain was transmitted to the brain through the neuron tissue. With the double cooperation, the consciousness quickly disappeared.

A few seconds later, the young soldier, who was wearing the uniform of the Jinsui Army and suffered tremendous pain before his death, completely lost his vital signs.

After the shelling ended, the casualties of the two regiments defending the Pingxingguan forward position further increased.

Not long after, under the pressure of the Japanese army's violent attack, a Czech light machine gun appeared at the second machine gun fire point exposed in the previous round of attack on the right wing position. The young machine gunner exposed half of his body and controlled the machine gun to quickly fire down the mountain. , Five or six Japanese soldiers who were running were killed on the spot.

More than a hundred Japanese soldiers rushed forward with red eyes as if they had been slapped with chicken blood, and quickly crossed the last distance and rushed to the right-wing position.

A battalion of soldiers in the remaining trenches followed closely behind, holding shining bayonets, rushed out of the position like a torrent of turbulent torrents, and slammed into the Japanese attacking troops.

However, the current battlefield situation gave Yamashita Sada the hope of breaking through the frontal battlefield of Pingxingguan.

Their task is very simple, as long as any of the four firepower points fires with a heavy machine gun, it must be destroyed immediately.

fast!
It's too fast to react!

"Okay, just these three points for now."

After several consecutive battles, Zhang Meng summed up an experience that a light machine gun should not fire continuously for more than ten seconds, and a heavy machine gun should not fire for more than 15 seconds.

The soldiers of the first battalion did not have the slightest fear, their eyes were blood red, and they loaded bayonets skillfully.

Death is tragic, death is great.

"Brothers, today I will not retreat, Zhang Meng will not retreat, today I will not retreat with the battalion, I swear to live and die with the formation, everyone, bayonet!" Zhang Meng, the battalion commander, stood up and took a gun in his hand. With a broad blade, he shouted at the soldiers around him.

"Battle in Songhu!"

If the main position of Pingxingguan is lost, it will undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the entire Pingxingguan defense line.

"The attack is suspended, the signaler, and immediately sent a message to the head of the Miura Sensei Brigade. Our first brigade attacked for the second time today and boarded the right-wing position at Pingxingguan. However, because the Chinese defenders launched a suicide attack, they finally failed to hold the right-wing position. Ammunition consumption is serious at the moment, please ask for ammunition supplies." Yamashita Sada looked serious and gave orders to the communications soldiers.

Of course, grenadiers are not invincible. These grenadier teams are always facing the threat of mortars from the Pingguan defenders. Compared with the effective range of 400 meters of grenadiers, the 82mm mortars equipped by the Jinsui Army can Attack them from two kilometers away.

"Hi! Thank you, Captain." Cheng Chuanren, whose face was full of gunpowder smoke and dust, finally breathed a sigh of relief. The third squadron was almost destroyed by this attack. With such a huge casualty, as a commander, he bears the responsibility. direct responsibility.

"Second, focus on attacking the Japanese grenadier team and the [-]-type infantry artillery. Without these two things, the Japanese brigade and below are like tigers without teeth. You can bully them at will. Try to leave this task to the mortar. Whenever there is a suspected target on the battlefield, it will be shot immediately, and priority must be struck."

"Third, the laying of landmines, defensive warfare and ambush warfare should lay mines in advance on the enemy's necessary route and possible breakout route to maximize the effect of killing the enemy."

Hand-to-hand combat!
The bloodiest and cruelest way to fight.

On the second day of the Battle of Pingxingguan, Zhang Meng, the commander of the first battalion of the 426 regiment, organized a counter-charge and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese attacking troops who had boarded the position. Finally, he fired a grenade and died with the enemy. 426 people from the first battalion of the 650 regiment fought until the last 10 people All the soldiers were killed and successfully defended the right-wing position of Pingxingguan.

Swinging the knife, retracting the knife, Zhang Meng, who was already exhausted, chopped off the head of a little devil again. His body had reached its limit and could not hold on for too long.

Beyond this limit, what awaits the machine gunner is either a grenade or a shell.

"It's unimaginable, it's really unimaginable, two squadrons of the Japanese army almost broke through the main position of Pingxingguan. This is the strength of the two regiments. In the end, it was Zhang Meng who launched a countercharge and held the position until the reinforcements arrived. It's a pity Zhang Meng This guy..." In the headquarters of the 115th Division, the chief of staff said slowly, with a dignified face, his eyes fixed on the main sand table of Pingxingguan.

However, relying on their extremely strong stabbing skills and comprehensive physical fitness, the Japanese offensive troops gradually reversed their disadvantages, while the soldiers of the first battalion with poor individual physical fitness gradually became exhausted, and casualties began to increase sharply.

"Shirokawa-kun, go take a hot bath and have a good rest." Yamashita Sada looked at Shirokawa Jin with a relaxed expression.

The Chinese garrison in the right-wing position may have no machine guns.

"Damn it, this little devil's thing is too accurate." Zhang Meng, the battalion commander of the 426 regiment, saw the last Czech light machine gun being knocked out on the right-wing position. , Call me!"

"Pfft!" The sound of sharp blades piercing the skin and entering the flesh came out. Before Zhang Meng could swing the knife, four bayonets pierced his abdomen. Hot blood gushed out immediately, and the cold and cruel faces of the four Japanese veterans came into view.

"Hi!" Shirokawa Jin bowed his head in response.

Under the premise of losing the command system, the Japanese field troops can quickly form a temporary command system, fight on their own, wait for the rescue of friendly forces or break out on their own, and their combat effectiveness is extremely powerful.

A Japanese soldier had just arrived at the right-wing position, exhausted most of his physical strength, and before he had time to react, he saw a figure rushing out of the smoke, with a silver-white broadsword entering the depths of his eyes.

"Hi!"

"Mr. Shirokawa, don't worry, the Fourth Squadron is fully suppressing the left-wing position!" Lieutenant Fujikawa Sakahara, the leader of the Fourth Squadron, nodded immediately and carried out Jin Chuan's order.

In the next second, he suddenly felt that he lost all consciousness, and the surrounding pictures were spinning around. He seemed to fly into the sky. The last picture in his mind was - his body was standing in place, the neck was empty, and blood spurted out like a spring.

Regarding the frontal battlefield of Pingxingguan, our own troops have no idea at all.

The reason why this happens is very simple. Since they have never had a direct confrontation with the Japanese army before, most of the machine gunners are completely defenseless against the Japanese fighting style. In addition to the ammunition attack, the Japanese soldiers had to face the extremely precise marksmanship, and the machine gun units that received the most attention had a horribly high casualty rate.

Feint to win Pingxingguan, what a great honor and exploit is this?
The Imperial newspaper will report this: The No. 20 First Brigade of the No. 20 First Brigade of the Fifth Imperial Division defeated the Pingxingguan defense line from the front and opened the door to Taiyuan.

Under the threat of the grenadier team, the battlefield life of the light and heavy machine guns in the Pingxingguan position plummeted, ranging from minutes to seconds.

Accompanied by the attack, the two [-]-type infantry guns and heavy machine guns at each firing point opened fire one after another, suppressing the Pingxingguan position with high-intensity firepower, covering the attacking troops going up the mountain, and the pressured Pingxingguan defenders had to fight back desperately.

Then, the Fujikawa Squadron, which was at full strength, stormed the left-wing position, pinning down the opponent so that it could not form crossfire.

Seeing this, the two veterans of the Japanese grenadier team did not hesitate at all. One man controlled the Type [-] grenadier to adjust the angle, and the other held a telescope to aim and measure the distance.

The middle-aged man took a puff of cigarette, was silent for two seconds, and spit out a word: "The Eighth Army, the Ninth Army, the Tenth Army, the No. , if this Shanghai can be defeated, it will be fine, if it cannot be defeated... then it is very likely to be a disaster."

"Very good, there is a gap in firepower on the right wing. The grenade launcher will fire smoke grenades to the right wing position. The first and second teams will attack the right wing, and the third team will suppress firepower. Fujikawa-kun, your fourth squadron will suppress the enemy in the left wing position." Army, provide cover for our squadron." At this moment, Captain Shirokawa Hitoshi, the captain of the third squadron in charge of commanding the attack, keenly discovered the firepower gap in the right-wing position, his eyes lit up immediately, realizing that this was an opportunity, and immediately sent fire to the surrounding squadron The third squadron issued an order, and then issued instructions to the fourth squadron.

In terms of the adaptability of the infantry, the Japanese army in 1937 was well-deserved ON.

The balance of victory slowly tilted towards the Japanese army.

He hacked to death six little devils, but his personal bravery could not change the entire battlefield. Looking out of the corner of his eye, Zhang Meng saw three soldiers of the First Battalion not far away were pierced through the abdomen, and then pulled out the grenade with all their strength, and the surrounding The Japanese army died together.

In the battlefield, the machine gun point is an important node of the firepower network. Once a loss occurs, it must be filled immediately. If the gap in the machine gun point is not filled immediately, then this means a situation——

Fortunately, someone stood up at the last moment.

Hitoshi Shirokawa, with the rank of captain, served as the temporary battlefield commander of the attack and had the highest command authority. Before the battle was over, Fujikawa Itabara, who was also the squadron leader, had to obey Jin Shirokawa's orders.

"What a formidable group of opponents."

"Boom!" On the right-wing position of Pingxingguan, an explosion resounded through the sky and the earth.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the Japanese army were full of muscles, strong in body, excellent in energy and spirit, and had ample nutrition supply compared with the national army.

"Attack!" With ten meters left before rushing to the right-wing position, the battlefield commander Hitoshi Shirokawa drew out his shiny command saber and roared loudly.

After a day and a night of fierce fighting, the 426th regiment suffered heavy casualties. In terms of heavy firepower, except for mortars, basically all of them were reimbursed.

……

But without waiting for the defenders to breathe, the Japanese army assembled at the foot of the mountain launched a new round of attack again, with an attacking force of about 400 people.

Today, the first battalion has suffered more than half of the casualties, and all heavy weapons have been lost.

"Haha, it's worth it!" Zhang Meng laughed heartily, and with his left hand he pulled two wooden-handled grenades tied around his waist that had already been prepared, and with his right hand he tightly hugged the four bayonets, preventing the opponent from drawing them out smoothly.

"That's right, Mr. Cheng Chuan's attack is very good this time, and the battlefield adaptability is very strong. If he wins the right-wing position of Pingxingguan, I will personally ask the captain for his credit!" Behind the battlefield, the Japanese army held binoculars in both hands and kept an eye on the situation on the battlefield. Sada Yamashita, the captain of the first battalion, became excited when he saw that the third squadron on the front line was already approaching the right-wing position.

"Little Japan, Zhang Meng from Jin is here!" The smoke on the battlefield has not yet cleared, and with the sudden appearance of several pale yellow figures in the smoke, Zhang Meng raised his sharp knife and rushed out of the trench in the lead, towards the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain. launched a counterattack,

At the same time, the three grenadier teams in the vicinity received orders to take out the smoke bombs they carried with them, and fired smoke bombs at the right-wing position of Pingxingguan to block the opponent's line of sight and cover the attacking troops.

Since the outbreak of the Pingxingguan battle, the grenadier unit has lost four grenadier teams, and the last five are left. They must be careful and careful.

Recruits are afraid of cannons, and veterans are afraid of machine guns.

Fortunately, the captain didn't bother him.

"Little devil, I am Zhang Meng from Jin!" Zhang Meng grinned, raised the sharp knife in his hand, and rushed towards the four little devils in front again.

By the time the four Japanese veterans realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

"The second point of attention is very good. The Japanese army likes to focus on our light and heavy machine guns. In turn, we use mortars to focus on the grenadiers and Type [-] infantry artillery on the opposite side." After listening to the three points of attention, the chief of staff said, He smiled and said in affirmation.

The combat staff officer immediately took out a small notebook and pencil, and prepared shorthand.

"What's the matter?" Seeing this, the chief of staff asked.

"..." The chief of staff moved his mouth. He didn't expect the old man's thoughts to be so active. He immediately moved from the current Pingxingguan to the distant Songhu battlefield.

"Bang!" A few seconds later, a 50mm special grenade shot out like an arrow, spanning a distance of more than 300 meters, and accurately landed on the second machine gun fire point of the right wing position.

The Japanese attacking troops covered alternately and quickly arrived at the foot of Pingxingguan Mountain. When the attacking distance had been shortened to about 400 meters, the accompanying grenade squad quickly turned into five combat teams and hid in various places on the battlefield. They turned into poisonous snakes and stared at Pingxingguan. The previously exposed machine gun fire point of the position.

From yesterday's battle to the present, these Chinese soldiers seem to have learned to be smart. They will not expose all the firepower of the machine guns in an instant. They must be as patient as hunters.

"Report, urgent call from the headquarters!" At this moment, the communications staff rushed over, raised his hands in salute, and handed over the top-secret message.

The reason for their excitement is simple. The combat mission of the First Battalion is to feign an attack on Pingxingguan, to divert the attention of the defenders of the Pingxingguan defense line for the main force. The real focus of this operation is not here, but the Tuancheng entrance on the right.

Zhang Meng won the first prize. In an instant, the soldiers of the first battalion came into direct contact with the Japanese attacking troops. Facing the sudden hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese attacking troops who had just rushed to the top of the mountain were caught off guard. Due to the exhaustion of a lot of physical energy, more than [-] people were lost in one encounter.

This is a precious opportunity. If the right-wing position can be captured, this can be used as a forward anchor point, and then the entire Pingxingguan defense line of the Jinsui Army can be disintegrated, and the defenders of the two opposing regiments can be defeated from the front.

The rest of the Japanese officers in the headquarters all showed envious expressions. You must know that Yamashita Sada's identity is not simple. He has a relative named Yamashita Fengfumi.

In the right-wing position of Pingxingguan, the pungent and smoky smoke filled the air, blocking the shooting sight. Zhang Meng had already realized the intention of the Japanese army, and while dispatching signal soldiers for help, he was ready to die.

Most of the national army soldiers in this era are skinny, and malnutrition is a common phenomenon, even in the Jinsui Army, which has always been symbolized by "wealth". It is the officers who are rich, not the soldiers.

The Czech light machine gun that had just been exposed misfired instantly, and the two machine gunners were killed on the spot.

"Judging from the combat performance of the Japanese infantry units for many consecutive days, we should pay attention to the following points. First, the protection of light and heavy machine guns. A light machine gun can only shoot at most one magazine at a time. The shooting point must be changed. Sports shooting should be adopted as much as possible. To reduce losses, heavy machine guns cannot be easily exposed unless they are in special circumstances. A single heavy machine gun needs to be set up with three shooting points, and the single shooting time should not exceed 20 seconds at most."

After listening to the content of the power generation, the communication soldier turned and left immediately.

The chief of staff frowned slightly and asked, "What is it?"

Below the right-wing position of Pingxingguan, two Japanese veterans from the third grenadier team hid in a pit. Their cat waists locked on the four machine gun fire points in the position above. These four machine gun fire points can form a firepower net, which poses a great threat to the attacking troops. .

"I hope this Songhu battle can be won, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

Yamashita Sada, the headquarters of the First Brigade of the Japanese Army, stood at the observation position, looked at the right-wing position of Pingxingguan where corpses lay all over the field, sighed softly, turned his head to look at Jin Shirokawa who bowed his head and apologized next to him, and comforted him: "Mr. Shirokawa, don't blame yourself, It is not your responsibility that you failed to capture Pingxingguan, and your ability to reach the right-wing position of Pingxingguan has exceeded all of our expectations, and you have brought glory to the first team."

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and a trivial change may cause a global collapse.

History will remember this moment.

In an instant, the first team and the second team reacted, and more than a hundred Japanese soldiers formed an offensive camp, rushing upwards through the gap in the firepower net at the fastest speed, like a sharp and sharp blade, approaching the right-wing position. The firepower of the three teams suppressed the right wing position.

Machine guns are always the greatest threat to infantry and must be attacked first.

The last moment has come.

The middle-aged man took the telegram, read it carefully, his pupils shrank slightly, and he was lost in thought.

The middle-aged man shook his head, and turned his eyes back to the sand table in front of him: "It's not far before we go on the field, combat staff, please remember."

"Maybe... one to five, or even more than one to six." After half a second of silence, the chief of staff gave an uncertain answer.

"Using the way of the other, return it to the other." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

Although the ammunition is not exhausted and the food is not yet settled, if you want to keep your position, you have to fight to the end.

"The casualty ratio of the Pingxingguan battle is about 1:3. That is to say, when we take advantage of the excellent terrain and fight defensively, we have to pay the price of three people to eliminate a Japanese army. Where, what is the casualty ratio?" The middle-aged man crossed his hands, thought calmly, analyzed the content of the battle report, and extracted useful information.

On the table next to it was a battle report on the Pingxingguan defense line from the Jinsui Army, which roughly described the battle situation and casualties of the main positions today. Among them, the battle situation at the main position of Pingxingguan made everyone's hearts tighten instantly, Squeezed a sweat.

"Do you know what I am most worried about now?" The middle-aged man sighed, looked away from the sand table, and slowly lit a cigarette.

"The headquarters instructed that the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army had dispatched reinforcements and logistical supplies to Pingxingguan three hours ago, with a strength of more than 4000 troops. Let us ambush this Japanese army and prevent them from supporting the front line of Pingxingguan smoothly."

"Good guy, this is three years without opening, three years after opening, 4000 people, we must plan well, otherwise it is very likely to take us in."

"Yes, a kid with a scale of [-] is not the same concept as a kid with a scale of [-]. There is a huge difference in weapons and equipment. I mean this ambush here, Joe..."

"Report, urgent call from the Sixth Army!" The communications staff officer entered the war room again and had to break the ongoing pre-war deployment.

(End of this chapter)