I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 216 The Japanese were all fooled
Under the concentrated fire attack by the officers and soldiers of each company of the third battalion, the main force of the Japanese infantry and the vanguard suffered heavy casualties.

At the same time, more than a hundred officers and soldiers of the second company of the third battalion were also led by a company commander and a deputy company commander.

From the alleys and alleys on both sides of the main street of Ximen, they detoured towards the rear of the Japanese army.

Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, the two detour troops of the Second Company successfully moved to the vicinity of the west gate city wall within less than 3 minutes of the fierce battle between the two sides.

At this time, several mortars carried by the Ximen Japanese army were being arranged and adjusted urgently on the top of the city.

Since the attack of the main force was blocked, almost all the devil's follow-up troops rushed to the front for reinforcements.

The Japanese infantry left behind at the top of the city only had one extremely powerful detachment, less than 20 people, equipped with two Type [-] heavy machine guns.

When the officers and soldiers of the third battalion and second company launched a surprise attack on the city.

These 20 or so Japanese machine gunners were all attracted to the main street in the city.

We couldn't find it in time, so we were all caught off guard.

More than 20 leading soldiers, including the second company commander and the deputy company commander, were equipped with MP18 submachine guns eliminated by the guard company, reconnaissance company and other regiments directly under the regiment.

Although it is not as powerful as the Thomson submachine gun in the hands of the troops directly under the regiment, it has advanced performance.

But at such a short distance, the firepower is quite fierce.

It was almost just a round of surprise fire, plus a wave of grenade rain.

On the top of the city, the twenty or so Japanese machine gunners on both sides of the artillery were beaten into sieves and fell on the machine guns one after another.

Immediately, the second company commander and deputy company commander led their men without stopping and continued to attack forward.

Aiming at a dozen devil artillerymen, the ammunitionists fired violently.

Da da da da... A burst of intense gunshots resounded suddenly.

The dozen Japanese artillerymen had no time to dodge and had nowhere to escape. They were all beaten into pieces in an instant.

In this way, Taro Taitaro's four mortars and two heavy machine guns that stayed behind and were responsible for fire cover and support were all killed.

Moreover, the second company commander took advantage of the situation and led people to block the west gate. He and the deputy company commander even personally manipulated two [-]-type heavy machine guns.

Facing the blocked troops from behind, suppressed and blocked on the street, the devil soldiers in a crowded group launched a violent strafing.

In addition, other officers and soldiers of the Second Company also fired a volley with light machine guns, submachine guns, medium-sized rifles and other weapons.

The Japanese could still barely hold on, but they were suddenly hit by fire from the rear, causing a sudden increase in casualties.

Coupled with the lack of artillery support, the inability to counter the machine gun fire of the three battalions of blocking troops in front, and the panic of finding that their retreat was blocked.

The nearly [-] main Japanese troops around Heitaro soon fell into chaos.

As for the Japs in the squadron at the front, they were almost wiped out by the concentrated fire attack by Fang Shengli and other officers and soldiers from the third battalion.

Taro Taitaro was shocked and angry, and immediately left more than 200 people to engage in firefights with the blocking troops of the third battalion, responsible for blocking and trying to connect with his own vanguard troops.

On the other hand, he led the remaining hundreds of main forces, turned around and started a counterattack around the west city gate that had been captured by the Second Company.

Hefei Taro no longer had the initial arrogance and did not dare to expect to be the first officer to capture Hefei.

What he wanted was to recapture the lost west city gate at all costs and open an escape route for his troops.

However, more than 100 officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment, reinforced with two heavy machine guns, guarded from a high position.

It has an absolute advantage in terms of firepower and geographical location.

In a place like this in the city, two Type [-] heavy machine guns fired at each other, enough to seal off a whole street.

What's more, there are hundreds of well-equipped and ammunition subordinates around the second company commander.

Therefore, Tatataro led his troops to charge and attack several times, but failed.

Instead, hundreds of corpses were left behind. In desperation, Taro Pingbing could only order the troops to disperse and break through the residential areas on both sides of the street.

But as soon as they left, the more than 200 devils in charge of the rear and the vanguard squadron led by Lieutenant Xiaolu were completely trapped in a desperate situation.

In less than half an hour, all the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the Huben Regiment were wiped out in the west area of ​​the city.

Moreover, Fang Shengli also sent troops to pursue the escaped devils.

In this case, the number of troops who finally escaped with Taro Heta and others was less than 300.

After the First World War, more than 700 people were wiped out by the third battalion of the Huben Regiment, which had only half their strength.

Moreover, all heavy weapons were lost, especially the four mortars and a large number of artillery shells, which also fell into the hands of the Third Battalion of the Huben Regiment and became the spoils of the Third Battalion.

After the battle, Fang Shengli directed each company and platoon to clean the battlefield while sending people to report the victory to the regiment headquarters.

While the Third Battalion was fighting fiercely with the Japanese troops in the west of the city, the Japs in the east of the city also launched an attack.

Lei Xiong, the commander of the fourth battalion stationed at the East Gate, deployed a large number of light and heavy machine guns and conducted cross-fire on the streets of the East Gate, blocking the Japanese's path forward.

The Japanese army attacked Dongmen by force, and suffered a lot of losses.

However, the fiercest battle was at the south gate.

The first and second battalions led by Sun Kui and Zhang Zhijian were attacked by a Japanese field regiment and six tanks.

In addition, the south gate is open and the Japanese troops can be deployed, and the geographical advantage in defense is not as good as the west gate and east gate.

Moreover, the devils at the south gate can also get timely fire support from the artillery group composed of two artillery regiments.

As a result, Sun Kui and Zhang Zhijian's two battalions had the greatest defensive pressure in the whole regiment.

It was definitely impossible to defend the city head, so their two battalions, like the third and fourth battalions at the east and west gates, directly abandoned the city head and the adjacent 300-meter block.

Shrink the line of defense to 300 meters away, relying on the ruins of various buildings that were bombarded by Japanese artillery and air strikes to resist.

Because of the abandonment of the city wall, the first batch of devils who poured into the city were thousands of people.

Along with them pouring into the city, there were the six Japanese Type [-] tanks.

However, with the lessons learned from before, this time the devil's tank has learned to be good.

After they crossed the collapsed city wall, they did not continue to advance into the city.

Instead, he stayed near the ruins of the city wall, aiming condescendingly at the streets in the city. Once the defenders' firepower point was discovered, they would open fire to destroy it.

In this case, the firepower of the first battalion and the second battalion suddenly suffered a big loss.

Many of the heavy machine gun firepower points arranged by Sun Kui and Zhang Zhijian were discovered by Japanese tanks before they had time to be more effective, and were destroyed by direct-aiming bombardment with tank guns.

Without the important firepower support point, it would be impossible to continue to form an airtight blockade and strafing attack on the Japanese offensive road.

So that the devil infantry were able to rush up quickly and approached the temporary blocking positions of the officers and soldiers of the first and second battalions.

Zhang Zhijian and Sun Kui, who saw the situation was not good, rushed to the forefront with their reserve team to supplement the damaged firepower.

And launched a fierce battle with the devils!
The two sides fought fiercely for more than half an hour, because the devil tanks were too threatening to their own positions.

Sun Kui couldn't help shouting at Zhang Zhijian: "Old Zhang, we must find a way to kill the little devil's tank, otherwise our casualties will be too great."

Zhang Zhijian said: "For the current plan, we can only contact the regiment headquarters and request artillery support from the artillery battalion."

Sun Kui said: "I'm afraid it's too late. When the artillery battalion locks on to the devil's tank, the enemy's infantry will attack."

After a pause, Sun Kui said again: "In this way, let's use the mortars of our two battalions together.

Aim at the location of the enemy's tank and give the fuck a hell of a blow! "

Zhang Zhijian lacked confidence: "Is it possible? We only have two artillery platoons, and there are only three or five fucking mortars in total.

Moreover, our gunners don’t need to have a group seat, so what a superb artillery technique! "

"Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Sun Kui said: "Even if it can scare away the Japanese tanks, it will buy time for the artillery battalion to lock the target."

Zhang Zhijian yelled angrily at the outside of the position, and couldn't help cursing angrily: "The son of a bitch, the devil tank, didn't charge with the infantry this time.

Otherwise, we can also send death squads to kill them! "

"That's true, I'm afraid it's not that easy." Sun Kui said while holding a gun and shooting, "You see, there are so many devil soldiers outside the position. With their coordinated protection, it's not easy to get close to their tanks?"

After finishing speaking, Sun Kui urged him again: "Old Zhang, don't smear the ink, you hurry up and gather the artillery platoon, and leave it to me to command!"

"Okay!" Zhang Zhijian nodded happily, and immediately took a guard and ran towards the back of the position.

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The temporary headquarters of the Huben Regiment near the north of the city.

Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo are also paying close attention to the battle situation in all directions in the city.

"Regiment leader, Ximen Third Battalion reports that they have repelled the enemy's attack, annihilated 700 enemy soldiers, and captured a lot of goods."

Xu Hu, deputy commander of the guard company, ran in happily from outside. He had just seen the liaison soldiers of the third battalion coming from the west gate.

Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo, Liang Shan and others couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard this.

Immediately, Lin Baoguo, the deputy chief of staff, couldn't help asking: "What about the East Gate, is there any news?"

Just when Xu Hu was about to shake his head and say no, someone else ran in from outside in a hurry.

"Reporting to the regiment, the devils have dispatched many tanks in the south of the city, posing a huge threat to our position.

The [-]st and [-]nd Battalions suffered heavy casualties and requested support from the artillery battalion! "

The visitor was a second lieutenant platoon leader sent back by Sun Kui and Zhang Zhijian. When he saw Xu Qingfeng and others, he immediately stood at attention and saluted.

Xu Qingfeng's face changed when he heard the words, and he immediately said to Zhou Weiguo: "Weiguo, just to be on the safe side, let's each bring a guard platoon, you go to the east gate, I'll go to the south gate, and reinforce the first battalion, the second battalion and the fourth battalion respectively!"

Zhou Weiguo nodded happily: "Okay!"

Xu Qingfeng then said to Chief of Staff Liang Shan and Deputy Chief of Staff Lin Baoguo: "Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, you two will lead the reconnaissance company, and the fifth battalion will stay at the regiment headquarters and the north of the city in case of accidents."

"Yes!" Lin Baoguo and Liang Shan agreed in unison.

Xu Qingfeng then ordered Xu Hu again: "Huzi, go and drive out one of the tanks from the tank battalion, and let the little devil pay with his blood, and taste the power of our tanks."

Xu Hu also accepted the order gladly, standing upright and saluting: "Yes!"

Soon, Xu Hu drove a hidden Sherman tank.

After Xu Qingfeng said goodbye to Zhou Weiguo, he climbed onto the roof of the tank without hesitation and regained control of the anti-aircraft machine gun behind the tank roof.

Then he ordered Chen Qifeng, Xu Hu and others: "Let's go!"

Xu Hu drove the tank forward immediately, and Chen Qifeng also hurriedly led a platoon of heavily armed guards to follow closely behind.

There was no one else in the tank except Xu Hu, so while driving the tank, Xu Hu couldn't help shouting to Xu Qingfeng: "Regiment leader, do you want two gunners and machine gunners to come over?"

Xu Qingfeng flatly refused: "No, Weiguo is not here, and they can't hit the tanks!"

"Then you can fight!" Xu Hu said puzzled.

Xu Qingfeng smiled and said: "To fight against the Japs' tanks, do you still need the tank's main gun?

This 12.7mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun alone is enough to kill them all! "

As we all know, the Japanese tanks have small tonnage and weak defensive armor.

Some places can even be destroyed with grenades.

Especially the Type 12 tank outside, its front armor is only [-] mm thick.

There is no way he can withstand the armor-piercing bullets fired by the anti-aircraft machine gun in his hand!

Because the 12.7mm caliber armor-piercing projectile is enough to destroy 20mm thick defensive armor at a distance of one thousand meters.

Not to mention the little devil's Type 100 tank, if the distance is advanced within [-] meters, the armor with a thickness of [-] millimeters will not be able to stop it.

In addition, anti-aircraft machine guns can fire much faster than tank guns, and their field of view is wider.

Therefore, Xu Qingfeng decided to only use the vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun to deal with the devil's tank.

After destroying the Devil's tank, he can continue to use this powerful anti-aircraft machine gun to deal with the Devil's infantry group.

Seeing that Xu Qingfeng had made up his mind, the smart Xu Hu stopped talking and concentrated on driving the tank towards the forward position of the [-]st and [-]nd Battalions.

At this time, the artillerymen of the first and second battalions had been gathered by Zhang Zhijian.

But because the artillery was far behind Xu Qingfeng, the first bombardment failed to hit the target, and he was worried about being targeted by the devil artillery and tank guns for retaliation.

Therefore, without waiting for the gunners to adjust their shooting angle, Zhang Zhijian ordered them to move their positions to prevent accidents.

Without effective artillery support, the officers and soldiers of the First and Second Battalions fought very hard and suffered heavy casualties.

At this critical moment, Xu Qingfeng arrived in time in a Sherman tank with a guard platoon.

Without any hesitation, Xu Qingfeng first controlled the anti-aircraft machine gun and launched a violent sweep at the area with the densest crowds of Japanese attackers.

The dense and powerful rain of bullets instantly killed a large number of Japanese soldiers.

The pressure on the forward positions of the first battalion and the second battalion was greatly relieved.

After relieving their pressure a little, Xu Qingfeng immediately controlled the anti-aircraft machine gun and began to fire violently at the Japanese tanks farther away!
(End of this chapter)