Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 260 Bloody battle in Wangjiacun, a series of heavy casualties

Wangjia Village.

Relying on powerful artillery firepower, the Japanese army had captured the outer defensive position of the Independence Battalion. At this time, they were launching a fierce attack on the strongest and last line of defense outside Wangjia Village.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!—"

The shells of the Japanese army were like stones that cost no money, falling one after another for a full ten minutes.

Hundreds of shells poured down continuously, blowing up the position of the Independence Battalion, shaking the ground, and bursting into flames.One after another scorched black craters were left behind, and large swaths of sand and mud were thrown up, almost filling up some trenches.

Fortunately, the Independent Battalion built strong fortifications in advance, and also dug a lot of cat ear holes on the trench walls on both sides. At this moment, the soldiers of the Independent Battalion are hiding in the cat ear holes.

There were not many shells that fell into the trenches, and most of them fell outside. Therefore, the devil's shelling looked terrifying, but in fact the casualties to the independent battalion were not very large.

As soon as the devil's shelling stopped, the soldiers of the independent battalion immediately crawled out of the cat's ear hole.

There was dirt all over their bodies, on top of their heads, and they looked like groundhogs.

A cessation of shelling does not mean a cessation of the offensive.

On the other side, the Japanese army sent a reinforced squadron of about 300 people to form a tentative attack group and launched the first attack on the forward position of the independent battalion.

At the same time, Xu Hailang, the company commander and deputy battalion commander of the Independent Battalion, was lying behind the observation hole of the rear command post, holding a telescope to observe the enemy's situation.

He has fought against the little devil many times, and he is very clear about the devil's routine.

The Japanese army's offensive routine, in simple terms, is that the infantry rushed after the artillery bombed, and the infantry could not rush, and the artillery continued to bomb. There was almost no tactics at all.

Seeing that the Japanese army only dispatched two or three hundred people, Xu Hailang immediately realized that this was just a tentative attack by the little devils.

Its purpose, first, is to test the power of the previous shelling, and the second is to lure the defenders' light and heavy machine guns to expose their firepower, so that the artillery can strike them precisely.

Naturally, Xu Hailang would not let the little devil's plot succeed, so he said to the messenger: "This is just a tentative attack by the devil, order the frontline troops not to expose the firepower too much, bring the enemy closer before fighting!"

"Yes, company commander!" The orderly promised, immediately picked up the phone, and gave instructions to the frontline trenches.

The independent battalion benefited from many victories. Not only did they seize two radio stations, but each subordinate company was also equipped with telephones. Therefore, the battalion headquarters can get in touch with the front-line company at any time.

In the trench at the front, a liaison soldier who was in charge of guarding the phone put down the phone, and immediately came to their deputy company commander quietly, and conveyed the message to the deputy company commander Zhao Bin who was observing the enemy's situation instructions.

"Understood, you go tell the company commander, just let him! These two or three hundred little devils, I promise to let them come and go!" Zhao Bin said in a deep voice with confidence.

"Ok!"

Zhao Bin put down the phone, turned his face again, and ordered in a deep voice to the surrounding soldiers: "Brothers, pay attention to concealment, this devil is the enemy's probing force, don't expose the firepower in advance, bring the enemy closer before fighting!" !"

"Also, when attacking later, pay attention to avoiding the bombardment of the devils. Heavy machine guns don't need to fire, and light machine guns have to move their positions immediately after firing a shuttle!"

There are more than 500 people in the independent battalion company. Although more than 200 people were killed or injured in the previous battle, and the outer positions were lost, there are still more than 300 people at this moment, and they have not lost their combat effectiveness.

As for the supply company and the supplementary company, they were deployed in the rear position as reserve troops.

After receiving the order, the 300 soldiers of the first company deliberately lowered their heads to avoid them. The bullets were loaded, and the grenades were taken out one by one from the ammunition box. The back cover was unscrewed, revealing the fuse.

In front of the position, more than 300 devil soldiers have entered within a range of 500 meters, and they have changed from advancing slowly to running quickly, approaching the company's forward position rapidly.

This distance was already within the blockade range of light and heavy machine gun fire. The devils were very experienced and scattered in all directions, bowing their waists and bowing their heads to charge quickly in a relatively scattered line of skirmishers.

In order to rush into the effective range of the infantry at the fastest speed, that is, within 200 meters, this distance will be the distance where the two sides exchange fire.

It is also the distance where the battle is most intense.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that infantry can’t kill people beyond 200. It’s just that due to the limited marksmanship, beyond this distance, neither the Japanese nor the Eighth Route Army can accurately hit the target. Shooting blindly will only waste bullets.

Of course, if you don't consider the issue of ammunition, you can actually shoot 500 meters away.

Because whether it is a 500-type rifle or an official rifle, the effective killing distance has reached [-] meters.

"Speed ​​up, keep going faster!"

A ghost captain hid in the crowd, constantly urging his subordinates to speed up.

Behind them, two [-]-type heavy machine guns also began to roar, providing them with fire cover.

"Tut, chug, chug, chug!—"

Deafening gunshots sounded, and a large rain of dense bullets suddenly poured out.

These scorching bullets either hit the front of the trench, setting off clusters of smoke, or whizzed directly over the heads of a company of soldiers.

Soon, the devil's attacking troops approached 300 meters, but the defenders still remained silent.

This can't help but make the attacking devils very happy. It must be that the previous shelling caused great casualties to the defenders, forcing them to abandon their defenses and flee.

The previous few times, they were like that.

With such thoughts in mind, the devils in the attacking force sped up their speed again in order to take the lead.

200 meters, 150 meters, 80 meters!Until now, when they are about to break into the range of 50 meters, a company of soldiers hiding in the trench fortifications can even hear the footsteps of the Japanese army charging.

Deputy company commander Zhao Bin suddenly stood up with a Czech light machine gun in his arms, and fired hastily at the charging devil soldiers!
"Da da da……"

Gunshots rang out, and a few dozen meters away, several devil soldiers collapsed in convulsions, and the weapons in their hands fell powerlessly to the side.

While shooting, Zhao Bin also shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers, fire, hit, hit me hard! Kill these bastards!"

In order to avenge the brothers who died, the soldiers of the company all put in all their strength, waiting for this moment.

All of a sudden, various light machine gun fire points, individual trenches, and foxholes fired at the same time.

"Thuk Thu! Da Da Da!"

"Crack, clap clap!"

"Boom, boom boom!—"

The front line, which was quiet a second ago and could hear a needle drop, suddenly burst into gunshots, mixed with the sound of exploding grenades.

…………

(End of this chapter)