I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 241 Let the Japanese have a taste of the power of tanks!

More than 20 minutes later, the artillery fire of the Japanese army outside the city began to extend into the city one after another.

In the past 20 minutes or so, dozens of cannons from the Huben regiment's artillery battalion have been secretly deployed, aiming their muzzles at the south and west directions of the city.

At the same time, with the extension of the Japanese bombardment, Yamada Detachment and Takamori Detachment, as well as thousands of Japanese troops from the 18th Mixed Brigade, launched a tidal attack on Xuyi County from three directions.

Especially in the southeast direction, under the encouragement of Yamada Hirobumi, an old devil, who personally led the team.

More than 2000 devil soldiers from the Yamada Detachment rushed towards Xuyi City in groups filled with gunpowder, holding bayonets as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

However, when the Japanese soldiers had just rushed to half the distance, the counterattack from the artillery battalion of the Huben Regiment came as promised.

Swish swish swish... swish swish...

Amidst the screams of shells piercing the air, powerful shells struck hard on the path of the Japanese attack.

Boom boom boom!Rumble!
A deafening explosion resounded instantly, and dazzling red lights rose from the ground along with the shock wave of the explosion, wreaking havoc into the sky.

The Japanese soldiers, whose morale was high and swarming forward with bayonets in hand, were immediately severely beaten.

One by one, like harvested weeds, they were blown to the ground in rows and in pieces.

Faced with this unexpected situation, Yamada Hirobumi, who led the army from behind and directed the attack, seemed to be mentally prepared.

Without any intention of backing down, he swung his sword forward fiercely and shouted sternly: "Kill Gaga! Continue the assault!"

Under his orders and encouragement, the Japanese soldiers braved the artillery fire of the Tiger Regiment to fight back and continued to charge forward without hesitation.

At this moment, the Xuyi city wall had already been violently bombarded by the Japanese army, and several sections had collapsed.

The purpose of the Yamada detachment's offensive troops was very clear. They came towards the gaps in the collapsed city walls.

Plan to break into the city from these places!

What surprised the devils was that they had almost rushed to the root of the city wall, and they were not intercepted or stopped by the defenders' firepower.

However, unexpectedly, the Japanese's offensive actions did not stop at all.

Some Japanese soldiers armed with light machine guns were responsible for maintaining vigilance at the top of the city.

And some devil blasters took the opportunity to rush to the gate of the city and smashed the gate of the city that had not been completely blown open with explosives.

Some Japanese infantrymen, armed with bayonets, swarmed in directly from the gap in the collapsed city wall and launched an attack directly into the city.

After the city gate was blown open, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed in through the city gate opening with bayonets in hand and howling.

At the same time, behind the ruins of collapsed buildings were found at the entrance of the block and alley about a hundred meters away from the inside of the city gate.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the First Battalion led by First Battalion Commander Sun Kui had already set up light and heavy machine guns, grenade mortars and other weapons and were ready.

When I saw a large number of devils swarming in from the gap in the collapsed city wall and the opening of the city gate like a tide.

A veteran platoon leader who was waiting next to Sun Kui couldn't help but exclaimed: "Batalion Commander, the Japs have come in, shouldn't it be time to open fire!"

At a distance of [-] meters, even a Mauser pistol can kill on the spot.

Not to mention, individual weapons such as Maxim, Type [-] heavy machine guns, Czech type, crooked light machine guns, and some flower machine submachine guns that are commonly equipped by the entire battalion.

That is absolutely within the effective range!
Therefore, without any hesitation, Sun Kui immediately gave the order to fire!

"Brothers, give me a hard hit on these oriental turtle grandchildren!"

After saying that, he was the first to get up abruptly from behind the ruined bunker, holding a Czech-style light machine gun, and fired violently at some devil soldiers who were swarming in.

Click, click, click... Gunshots suddenly rang out, and a hail of bullets flew out like raindrops, instantly knocking down several Japanese soldiers who were rushing to the front.

Seeing this, the hundreds of officers and soldiers of the first battalion around them all followed suit and opened fire.

"Bang bang bang! Da da da da da..." All kinds of gunshots rang out for a while.

Because the Japanese were divided into multiple groups, they poured in from the gaps in the collapsed city wall and the city gate openings.

This caused the crowd to appear very dense and crowded after they entered the city wall.

The officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the Huben Regiment suddenly opened fire. At this time, the Japanese attacking troops had not had time to deploy their troops and disperse their formation.

Therefore, from the perspective of the officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the Huben Regiment, the devils crowded together in groups.

Coupled with the short distance, they can easily hit the target with little effort.

As for the lethality of the light and heavy machine guns, it was even more terrifying. Almost every light and heavy machine gun fired at it would knock down at least a few devils who had no time to dodge.

In this case, the leading Japanese troops who entered the city first suffered a nearly devastating blow, resulting in heavy casualties.

This situation didn't get better until more devil machine gunners poured into the city from outside the city, climbed to the top of the city, dispersed, and condescendingly suppressed the first battalion of the Huben Regiment with firepower.

However, when Sun Kui saw that his own firepower was somewhat suppressed by the Japs' machine guns on top of the city, he immediately ordered the artillerymen behind him: "Mortars and grenades, aim at the Japs on top of the city and blast them!"

Others, use all your strength to intercept the Japanese infantry! "

In the Huben Regiment, which had won many battles and captured a lot, Japanese-style grenades and some mortars were already very popular.

As the ace first battalion of the Huben Regiment, the First Battalion has the largest amount of small-caliber artillery equipment in the entire regiment.

After receiving Sun Kui's order, at least more than twenty grenade launchers fired at the Japanese machine gunners on the top of the city.

Boom boom boom!A series of violent explosions suddenly sounded from all over the city.

Those ghost soldiers who were desperately carrying light machine guns and shooting at the city to suppress the firepower of the first battalion suddenly fell from the top of the city with bombs and guns.

Screams followed by explosions resounded incessantly.

Outside the city wall, Yamada Hirobumi led the main force and advanced to a place less than 200 meters away from the city gate. He was directing the troops to continue the attack under a hail of bullets.

Seeing that his troops' attack was frustrated, Yamada Hirobumi turned to an accompanying adjutant and shouted: "Notify the chariot brigade to come over immediately for reinforcements and cover the infantry attack!"

"Hai!" The Japanese adjutant suddenly nodded and immediately took the order and left.

Soon, several Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were ordered to arrive near the city gate, and filed in through the city gate and drove into the city.

Seeing the Japanese tanks entering the city, Sun Kui, who was commanding a battalion of officers and soldiers to resist the Japanese tenaciously, couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it! Where are the mortars? Mortars! Kill the Japanese tanks for me!" !quick!"

However, the devil's tanks aimed directly at the artillery, which was obviously much faster than the artillerymen of the Huben regiment who were bombarding other places.

Before the first battalion's artillerymen were ready to fire, the Japanese tank's main gun fired first!
They directly aimed some light and heavy machine gun fire at the [-]st Battalion. The officers and soldiers of the [-]st Battalion had no time to dodge, and were immediately blasted out of the ruins of the bunker by both men and their guns.

As the Japanese tanks continued to advance and bombard, the heavy machine gun fire points of the first battalion were destroyed one by one.

When the other Japanese infantrymen who had been suppressed for a long time saw this, they quickly rushed forward.

Some Japanese tank shells also fell into the artillery position of the first battalion, causing heavy casualties to the artillerymen.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun Kui immediately ordered a retreat decisively: "Seventh Company, Eighth Company will withdraw first, and Ninth Company will retreat behind them, taking turns to cover and retreat into the city!

Let's play street fighting with the little devils! "

"Yes!" Several company and platoon commanders next to Sun Kui agreed in unison, followed the orders and began to retreat.

Soon, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion quickly retreated alternately, while the Japanese pursued them under the cover of tanks and advanced across the board into the city.

Seeing the gap open, Yamada Hirobumi outside the city was overjoyed. At that time, more than [-] main troops also entered the city.

At one time, at least [-] elite Japs, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, began to advance deep into the city to attack.

Sun Kui led Jiulian to the rear, fighting and retreating, but found it difficult to distance himself from the Japanese.

A platoon leader couldn't help but suggested to him: "Battalion Commander, the little devil is chasing too close like a wild dog. Let's quickly ask the regiment for support from the tank battalion!"

"That's right, even if two tanks come, they can kill this group of iron kings who are descendants of the Japanese turtles!"

Another soldier has seen the power of the Tiger Regiment's tank battalion and has full confidence in his own large tanks.

Seeing that Sun Kui could not distance himself from the Japanese, the street fighting he envisioned would not achieve the desired effect.

So he told the soldier: "Go to the regiment headquarters immediately and ask for reinforcements. Tell the Japanese that the Japanese have sent out tanks. Please give us some tank support!"

"Yes!" The soldier responded, and immediately ducked into an alley, took a shortcut and rushed towards the regiment headquarters in the city.

In the temporary regiment headquarters at the rear, Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo were also anxiously waiting for the battle situation ahead.

"The regiment, the first and second battalions are already at war with the Japs. The third battalion has also discovered some of the Japs' feint attack troops and is ready to meet the enemy at any time!"

Chief of Staff Liang Shan strode out from outside and reported the battle situation to Xu Qingfeng.

"How about the artillery counterattack? Is it effective?" Xu Qingfeng asked.

Liang Shan shook his head and said: "It may have some effect, but the Japanese attack has not been thwarted. It seems that the Japanese are going to fight us desperately this time!"

As soon as Liang Shan finished speaking, two soldiers rushed in from outside one after the other.

The soldier at the front was the soldier from the first battalion sent back by Sun Kui. He rushed to Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others. He hurriedly stood at attention and saluted: "Seat down the regiment, take your seats. The Japanese have launched a tank attack. Our battalion is here." We can’t stand it any longer, please send a tank battalion to provide some support!”

Another soldier following him was from Zhang Zhijian's Second Battalion.

He also hurriedly followed: "Tuanzuo, our second battalion can't hold it anymore, the Japanese seem to have gone crazy, and they launched a large-scale group charge.

The artillery fire covering the charge was also very fierce, and our second battalion also suffered heavy casualties! "

Hearing this, Xu Qingfeng didn't ask any questions and immediately said to Zhou Weiguo and Xu Hu: "You two will lead five tanks to reinforce the southwest and west gate directions respectively. I will lead the remaining five tanks, cavalry company and guard company to reinforce the south gate and west gate directions." East gate!

The baggage battalion and the fourth battalion will stay at the regiment headquarters to serve as reserves. You, chief of staff, will also stay. "

"Yes!" Zhou Weiguo, Xu Hu, and Liang Shan all agreed in unison.

The war situation was urgent, and everyone had no time to exchange pleasantries, so they quickly walked out of the temporary regiment headquarters together, and then led a group of reinforcements to the third gate for reinforcements.

When Xu Qingfeng led half of the tank battalion to the southeastern area of ​​​​the city where the first battalion was responsible, the Japanese were relying on the cover of the tanks and their superiority in strength.

After the first battalion was defeated step by step, Sun Kui was about to send someone with explosive bags to blow up the Japanese tanks.

A more deafening sound of tank guns suddenly came from behind them.

Without turning around, Sun Kui saw rounds of artillery shells carrying puffs of green smoke, whizzing past their heads, accurately hitting the Japanese tanks in front of them, which were showing off their power.

Boom boom boom!A violent explosion followed.

The Japanese tank, which was invincible just now and blocked countless bullets from a battalion of officers and soldiers, was instantly blasted into a pile of scrap metal!
And the Japanese infantry who followed the Japanese tanks and continued to charge forward were even more frustrated.

The raging explosion fragments and tank wreckage caused flesh and blood to fly everywhere, and a large area fell instantly.

"Hit me hard!" Sun Kui looked back and saw several Sherman tanks from his own side, roaring majestically and charging towards him.

Xu Qingfeng himself personally controlled a vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun and launched more violent strafing at the remaining Japanese armored vehicles and infantry in front.

I couldn't help but feel refreshed, and immediately issued the order to countercharge!
Under his order and encouraged by the support of the tank battalion, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the companies of the first battalion, which had been suppressed for a long time, was greatly boosted.

Holding up their weapons, they all rushed out roaring in unison, and launched a full-line counterattack to the Japanese army!
On the Huben regiment's side, the five Sherman tanks were like five steel monsters that were constantly spitting out rain of bullets.

Especially the powerful firepower composed of more than a dozen vehicle-mounted machine guns. Wherever it passed, the Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were left defenseless.

The five 75mm tank main guns are even more powerful!
With one shot down, a large number of devils were blown upside down by people and guns, and the casualties were even more serious!
"Go! Kill!"

Listening to the Chinese army in front, which was originally suppressed and beaten by our own side, there was suddenly a deafening cry of killing.

Hirofumi Yamada, who was leading the troops to attack, was startled and angry, and immediately waved his saber and roared: "Bagaga! Warriors of the Empire, this is a battle of life and death! Continue to attack! Kill Gaga!"

Encouraged by his order, a large number of Japanese infantrymen continued to swarm towards the enemy with bayonets in hand.

Trying to engage in hand-to-hand combat with a battalion of officers and soldiers who counter-charged!
At this time, both Yamada Hirobumi and his officers and subordinates knew very well that they might not be able to defeat the Chinese army on the opposite side with their firepower.

We can only rush up quickly, engage them in hand-to-hand combat, and defeat them with hand-to-hand combat and superior strength!

(End of this chapter)