Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

Chapter 60 Red Bullet
"Damn it, the Japanese are so rich, they have so many artillery shells, and they can shoot them accurately." Cheng Shifa sighed in poverty.

In just a short while, the Japs had fired seven or eight rounds in a row, killing his entire heavy machine gun team and forcing all of his dozen firepower points to change positions. Even two bunkers at close range were destroyed by the Japs.

"Fortunately, there are not many Japs, only forty or fifty. If there are a hundred or so Japs in front now, they might be able to take the opportunity to suppress us." A battalion commander bent down and came to Cheng Shifa's side.

What he said was indeed true. These shots stopped all the firepower of the [-]nd Regiment, giving the Japanese a chance to breathe.If the number of Japs could be larger and we could seize this opportunity, we might be able to reverse the situation.

Unfortunately, this can only be a fantasy.The Yasui Squadron in the city was already half disabled by the supplementary regiment, and a dozen unlucky guys patrolling at night were dealt with by the new regiment.The remaining dozens of people had to deal with the east-west pincer attack from the supplementary regiment and the [-]nd Regiment at the same time, and the strength was really stretched.

Although the Eighth Route Army was poor and had weak firepower, it strengthened its artillery, concentrated its ammunition, and even had the artillery god himself to hold down the battle.Now the number of troops directly engaged in combat on the battlefield is six to seven times that of the Japanese.

If this could be overturned, then Cheng Shifa might as well stop doing it. It would be better to go home and hold the child.

"Didn't I ask you to bring the heavy machine gun back? Where is the gun?" Cheng Shifa looked at the first battalion commander.

The commander of the first battalion looked helpless: "The gun exploded. I asked the ordnance officer to dismantle all the usable parts and bring them back."

"Damn it, if we don't capture the heavy machine gun this time, we'll be in big trouble." Cheng Shifa put his hands on his hips and his tone became fierce.

Heavy machine guns are rare heavy firepower for the Eighth Route Army, and losing one is still very painful.

"Where's the grenade team? Blow up that cannon for me! In addition, organize the special shooters to get close to the enemy's firepower points and keep an eye on the enemy's machine guns and grenade launchers!"

The military camp converted from the county government is not large, so the grenade can really reach the Japanese infantry artillery.However, the Japanese flares never stopped, and were still hanging above the heads of the [-]nd Regiment. The position of the cannon could only be seen roughly, not clearly.

Soon, several grenades exploded around the Japanese Type [-] infantry cannon.The gun mantlet did a good job of blocking the grenades that exploded in front of the gun, but one of them happened to land not far behind. The flying fragments inflicted wounds all over the two Japanese soldiers carrying the shells nearby.

While there was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, Director Zhao climbed up to another roof with his artillery crew.

"The cannon is probably in that area. Are there any flares?" Director Zhao pointed.

"The only one we brought was the last one, a flare fired from a grenade."

"Okay, you go to Commander Cheng, borrow his grenade, and hit the head of the Japanese infantry gun with a flare. As soon as you light up over there, I'll fire right away!"

The deputy shooter left immediately, and Director Zhao took advantage of this time to adjust the gun to the approximate target position.The ammunition hand on the side has already taken out a cannonball.

Bang!
Four minutes later, the last flare lit up the night sky like a shooting star.The location of the Japanese 4nd Infantry Artillery was also completely exposed to Director Zhao.

However, after careful observation, Director Zhao did not fire immediately, but adjusted the angle again.

He found a better target - a pile of shells.

The Japs were moving the good things out of the warehouse one by one. Among them, the Type [-] artillery shells were piled not far behind the cannon. There were two Japs specifically transporting the artillery shells back and forth.

"Cannonball."

The ammunition hand handed over the prepared cannonball, and Director Zhao put it into the muzzle. After a second's pause, he released his hands, covered his ears and lowered his head.

"Director Zhao, is this shot crooked?" The ammunition hand also followed Director Zhao for a short time. Looking at the vague trajectory of the shell, he roughly judged the impact point of the shell.

Director Zhao had a bright smile on his face: "No, I'll treat you to the fireworks."

As he finished speaking, a huge and coherent explosion sounded.The light illuminated the entire battlefield almost instantly, and then returned to darkness.Even the light from the aerial flares was obscured by the billowing smoke.

For a moment, everyone on the battlefield was quiet, and they all looked up to admire this beautiful and huge "fireworks". "Sacrifice? What a good opportunity! The machine gunners suppressed the fire, and the others followed me!" Cheng Shifa immediately seized the opportunity and launched an attack on the Japanese.

At the same time, Lei Shaokang in the west also ordered machine guns and machine guns to fire and cover, and the soldiers took the opportunity to approach the bunker.

"Baga! Cough cough cough..."

Taro Yasui choked and looked at the direction where the shell exploded, his eyes full of despair.

Last until dawn?Hold on!

How long has it been?There were already more than twenty casualties, and the shells of the Type [-] infantry gun were also destroyed.If it continues at this rate, let alone till dawn, it will be a problem for even half an hour.

"Have the grenade team fire the red cannon!"

"It's all you who forced me!" Taro Yasui's expression became distorted and ferocious, and he rushed to the side of the grenade group: "Hit out all the red tubes!"

"Use poison gas to create an isolation belt to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching us!"

In fact, there is no need for Taro Yasui to repeat his orders.The moment he shouted to use the "red tube", the Japanese on the side immediately stuffed a gas bomb into the grenade and fired it out of the military camp.

Red bombs, also called red bombs, are sneeze gas bombs.This thing is considered an old friend of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese used it many times in 38, causing considerable casualties to the Eighth Route Army and the people in the base area.

The [-]th Brigade was also very familiar with this thing, having encountered poison gas bombings more than once during battles with the Japanese.

For example, in the battle of Xiangchenggu that is often mentioned, in order to break out of the encirclement, the Japanese gave a round of poison gas to the new group who had pierced their pockets.Ding Silin personally led a new group of soldiers to block the Japanese in the encirclement circle in a negative state of sneezing, runny noses, coughing, and tears.

Therefore, when the poison gas dispersed and the soldiers smelled it, many veterans issued a warning: "The enemy is using poison gas, cover your mouth and nose, and stop talking!"

"Retreat, don't attack by force, retreat!" Cheng Shifa shouted several times, then took a breath and coughed violently.He covered his mouth and nose, grabbed a soldier with unwilling eyes, and retreated back.

Soon, the Japanese's use of poison gas reached the brigade commander's ears.

"Prepare soapy water for the soldiers who have withdrawn to wash their faces and hands, and prepare salt." The brigade commander's face darkened.

The Eighth Route Army was in dire need of medicines, so they could only use local methods to treat the damage caused by the poisonous gas. Fortunately, the effect was pretty good.

However, the poisonous gas is not easy to dissipate at night, and I am afraid that Wuxiang County will not be captured tonight.

"Order the Supplementary Regiment and the [-]nd Regiment to leave small units to consolidate their positions. The large units will organize mass transfers and deploy some troops to set up blocking positions and ambush positions in the northeast to deal with possible Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Yushe." The brigade commander said slightly After thinking about it, I made arrangements.

At dawn, the Japanese planes will most likely arrive. They don't care about the people. I'm afraid they won't take much care when attacking. Therefore, the people and large troops must move and hide as soon as possible.

"Advisor Meng, I remember that the Czechs you supported were all equipped with anti-aircraft sights, right?" The brigade commander suddenly turned to look at Meng Zhige.

Meng Zhige shook his head: "We do have anti-aircraft sights, but I must remind you that the anti-aircraft effect of light machine guns is not very good. With our current firepower, the possibility of shooting down a Japanese aircraft is very low."

Speaking, Meng Zhige gave an example: "It's probably the same as using a Type 800 machine sight to shoot a headshot from [-] meters away."

"It doesn't matter. What I want is not to shoot down the Japanese plane. As long as the Japanese dare not lower the altitude."

　Let's make it sixty.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)