The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 213 Full Firepower

Behind the hills, which was attracting the attention of both the Chinese and Japanese troops, He Wei was raising his binoculars high to observe the situation on the battlefield. On the hillside behind him, there were four 81mm mortars and two mortars lined up. Type 41 75mm mountain gun.

Not far away, the gunners of two 47mm tank defense guns with their wheels removed and two 37mm tank defense guns were dragging the guns to quickly move positions.

A few hundred meters behind the mortar and mountain cannon positions, seventeen No. 1 tanks were fully activated, making a rumbling roar.

He Wei led this improvised rapid motorized force and ran all the way, and finally arrived at the position of the 51st Division. When they arrived, He Wei asked the artillery company commander Chen Xinsheng to organize various artillery pieces to be unloaded and arranged, while he personally led the special agents The platoon goes up to conduct reconnaissance. If you don't conduct reconnaissance, you won't know. Once you go up, it will be very serious.

He Wei also didn't expect that he would arrive at such a coincidence. He watched with his own eyes three Japanese tanks rushing towards the 51st Division's position, and the 51st Division's position was in ruins. Already on the verge of collapse, in order to rescue them as soon as possible, He Wei made a prompt decision and ordered the artillery battery's two lighter Austrian-made 47mm tank defense guns to remove their wheels, lower the height of the fire line, and have the gunners drag them directly in. Shoot the Japanese tanks.

Two relatively heavy German 37mm tank defense guns followed, and two Type 41 mountain guns were placed behind the hills to attack the Japanese tanks with direct fire.

Therefore, at the last moment when the Japanese tanks were about to rush into the 301st Regiment's position, they were suddenly attacked by two 47mm tank defense guns, two 37mm tank defense guns and two 75mm tank defense guns. Direct attack from millimeter mountain artillery.

What's even more terrible is that the Japanese army completely exposed its flanks to He Wei. These artillery pieces can easily shoot at the weaker armored sides of the Japanese tanks. Therefore, in a very short period of time, these three tanks were quickly destroyed. to reimburse.

After destroying the Japanese tank, the four 81mm mortars of the special agent battalion were also ready to fire. So these four 81mm mortars, together with the two four-gun mortars that had just attacked the Japanese tank, were A type of mountain artillery fired at the attacking Japanese infantry, knocking the Japanese soldiers of the 36th Infantry Regiment off their backs.

"Battal Commander, Company Commander Zhao sent someone to report that the chariot company is ready to attack."

He Wei was crawling on the hills and just put down his telescope. The messenger Tao Heiwa came panting to report. He Wei turned around and saw that the seventeen No. 1 tanks had been arranged in three horizontal lines in platoon units, and Yang Dozens of brothers in the special agent platoon led by Biao were also crawling behind the hills, ready to attack at any time.

He Wei led the vanguard and ran all the way. He guessed the accelerator pedal of all vehicles and almost stepped into the fuel tank. It was precisely because of these motorcycles and trucks that they could reach the 301st Regiment so quickly. position, but there are disadvantages of going too fast, that is, He Wei does not have many infantry in his hands. The main force of the secret service battalion is still running behind, eating the exhaust fumes of cars and running on their feet. They are still not close to the battlefield. He Wei's hand The combat infantry unit on the battlefield has only one special agent platoon.

However, since they had already opened fire, it was impossible to wait for the main force to come up before fighting again. He Wei decided to take a risk while the iron was hot and directly used his only infantry platoon to cooperate with seventeen tanks to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army. The only infantry platoon on the battlefield must also use full firepower when attacking. The reason why He Wei used full firepower was because He Wei remembered a sentence he read while traveling before traveling.

He couldn't remember clearly who said this sentence. It seemed that it was Rommel or some famous German general. He couldn't be sure, but he remembered the content verbatim - "Infantryman" During the battle, all available weapons should be fired as quickly as possible to create a threat. In order to immediately break the enemy's fighting spirit."

He Wei personally agrees with this statement, and the situation he is currently facing is an extreme lack of infantry, so he must do this to maximize the power and momentum of the secret agent platoon's automatic firearms firepower, so that it is possible to repel superior troops. of Japanese troops.

"Go and call Platoon Leader Yang."

Tao Heiwa immediately called over the spy platoon leader Yang Biao. He Wei pulled Yang Biao over, pointed at the Japanese troops in front who were in a small chaos due to the surprise attack, and said: "You guys will rush forward directly with the tank in a moment. If you see the enemy, hit me. We don't have many troops now. I will let the mortars cooperate with you and use firepower to push the enemy back. Remember, give me full firepower so that all the guns in your platoon will be idle. Come down, you don't need to aim very accurately, it's just about right. What's important is the momentum of the firepower. When charging, don't let the light machine guns in the platoon, and the speed and slow machines in the hands of the squad leader and deputy squad leader be idle, pull them all out for me. Hit, hit hard."

"Understood, battalion commander."

Yang Biao immediately retreated and led the special agent platoon to deploy behind the tank company. Half a minute later, He Wei gave the order, and Tao Heiwa raised the red commander's flag and waved it fiercely in the direction of the tank company. The formation consisted of seventeen tanks. The group of chariots began to move slowly, and streams of black smoke erupted from the rear of the chariots along with the violent roar of the engines. A company of chariots turned on full power and drove toward the top of the hill menacingly.

At the same time, the four 81mm mortars and two Type 41 mountain guns that were deployed also readjusted their firing positions and continued to bombard the Japanese army fiercely.

In front of the position of the 301st Regiment, the 36th Infantry Regiment, which had already seen the dawn of victory, was inexplicably bombarded. After the bombardment, strange steel appeared behind the hills in the distance. Scratching and roaring.

Faced with the unexpected situation, the Japanese commanders on the front line quickly adjusted their deployment and suspended the attack on the position of the 301st Regiment of the 51st Division. All infantrymen lay down on their knees and were alert to the direction of the artillery shells.

The situation on the battlefield instantly entered a very strange state. The Japanese troops who were attacking the 301st Regiment's position from the front all stopped attacking and guarded the flanks. Even the suppressive firepower of rifle machine guns, rapid-fire cannons, infantry artillery, and regiment artillery were also suppressed. stopped.

Except for maneuvers to avoid artillery bombardment, there was no firing behavior. The Japanese army's good discipline is best reflected now. They are completely dispersed in a sparse formation and are ready for battle in the other direction. , and at the same time avoid shelling as much as possible.

Of course, under the continuous bombardment of the four 81mm mortars and two Type 41 mountain guns of the secret service battalion, prostrate Japanese troops were constantly killed by the shells, but no matter how many people fell under the fire, the Japanese troops were still They stared at the flanks with a blind eye, as if the 301st Regiment position in front did not exist, and the officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment did the same. After the Japanese army stopped shooting, they also stopped firing, and everyone on the position paid attention. Lidu was attracted by the strange shelling and the strange roar and friction of steel on the flanks of the position.

Some young recruits even thought that the sound of steel scraping was coming from the gods, and they actually knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the cannonballs.

On the battlefield, everyone's attention was drawn to the continuous and increasingly dense explosions of artillery shells and the louder and louder roars.

All the Japanese infantrymen of the 36th Regiment were lying on the ground, pointing their guns at the defense line where the roar came from. Half a minute later, a gray shadow emerged from the top of the hill, and then the shadow became bigger and bigger. , what finally appeared in front of the Japanese infantry was a tank bottom with two tracks and a square chassis.

"It's a tank!" a Japanese officer shouted, and then the roar became louder and louder. A dozen tanks quickly crossed the hills, and before the Japanese army had time to escape, they condescended towards the Japanese infantry. The attack was launched, and at the same time, thirty-four machine guns on seventeen No. 1 tanks also opened fire.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army were enveloped in a dense rain of bullets. A large number of 7.92mm machine gun bullets were fired at the prostrate Japanese infantry at a condescending and oblique shooting angle. The height brought by the hills and the dense rain of bullets were superimposed to form a fan-shaped fire surface, which hit the prostrate Japanese army on the head.

"Chariot, chariot, get out of the way."

"Quick-fire cannon, aim at the enemy's tank."

"Those from the Third Squadron, don't mess around."

Accompanied by intensive machine gun fire, the seventeen tanks of the tank company fully deployed and attacked the Japanese infantry at full speed. At this time, the Japanese infantry finally had a small-scale chaos. Facing the sudden appearance of the steel tanks, The Japanese infantry also scattered and retreated. After all, no one wanted to be caught in the steel tracks and crushed to death. As the Japanese retreated, many Japanese infantry were hit and knocked down by 7.92mm machine gun rounds.

"Charge and kill."

The frightened Japanese army had just encountered the tank, and then thunderous shouts of killing came from behind the tank. The spy platoon leader Yang Biao took the lead and rushed out first with a submachine gun, followed by more than 40 spies from the platoon. Soldier.

These soldiers followed the tanks attacking in front, holding machine guns and firing fiercely. A large number of 7.63mm Mauser pistol bullets were shot out like exploding beans. The light machine gunners of each squad and the machine guns of the special agent platoons The shooters in the squad simply picked up the Belgian-made light machine gun and the Soloton general-purpose machine gun in light machine gun condition, and started shooting without even aiming. They just held the trigger and fired.

The machine gunners raised their machine guns and fired fiercely in the gaps between the tanks. Each squad leader and deputy squad leader of the special agent platoon were not only equipped with flower machine submachine guns, but also equipped with an additional speed machine.

These squad leaders and deputy squad leaders also implemented He Wei's combat ideas. They carried a flower machine gun in one hand and a speed machine pistol adjusted to fully automatic firing mode in the other hand. Each of them had two guns with full firepower. On one side was the flower machine gun. Tongues of fire were spitting out, and on the other side was the flattened speed machine firing at full speed. For a moment, the firepower unleashed by this small secret service platoon was extremely astonishing.

The Japanese army is not equipped with even half a submachine gun, so it is extremely unsuitable for the intense close combat automatic firepower of the special agent platoon, and there is not enough close combat firepower for counterattack. Many Japanese soldiers are retreating or are fighting for their 38 rifles. The Japanese infantrymen were shot down while reloading their rifles. The officers and soldiers of this special agent platoon were firing on all cylinders. In addition, there were tanks clearing the way ahead and the thirty-four vehicle-mounted machine guns on the tanks repeatedly fired. The third Japanese infantryman who was attacked The officers and soldiers of the 16th Regiment all thought that they were attacked by a heavy group of Chinese troops.

Moreover, the soldiers in the special agent platoon all wore new tactical vests designed by He Wei, and everyone wore steel helmets. The Japanese army had never seen Chinese troops dressed in this way. The strangeness brought about by this also invisibly increased the Japanese army's confidence. Fear affected his evaluation of the sudden appearance of the Chinese army.

Yes, with such fierce firepower, coupled with tanks that are extremely rare in the Chinese army, and at the same time wearing combat equipment that has never been seen before, how could it be a small army? Almost all Japanese officers and soldiers on the battlefield thought so.

Of course, after a period of passive beating and chaos, the Japanese army also adjusted and began to organize a counterattack. The first to react were the Japanese artillery on the battlefield.

During the battle to attack the 301st Regiment, in order to accurately hit the concrete bunker at its forward position, the 36th Regiment's 37mm rapid-fire cannon and 70mm Type 92 infantry cannon were almost pushed to the ground. The first line of infantry was at the same level, and now faced with the rampaging Chinese tanks, only they had the power to fight back.

"Prepare to shoot and aim at the enemy tanks."

A rapid-fire artillery second lieutenant of the 36th Infantry Regiment raised his command knife and kept giving firing commands. The gunners of the two 37-mm rapid-fire artillery units next to him took out weapons equipped with alloy steel warheads from the ammunition boxes. Armor-piercing shells were loaded into the breech of the artillery and began to aim and fire. The nearby Type 92 infantry artillery battery also began to load explosive grenades in preparation for anti-tank shooting.

The Japanese mountain artillery and infantry artillery have been trained to use mountain artillery and infantry artillery to shoot at enemy tanks in emergencies. Now, this emergency has truly arrived.

"preparation!"

The distance was very close. The gunners of the Type 94 37mm rapid-fire gun quickly completed loading and aiming. The second lieutenant team leader raised the command knife in his hand and was about to issue the final opening command.

But before the opening command could be shouted out, a string of bullets came over, blowing the head of the second lieutenant and squad leader on the spot. Several gunners were knocked down by bullets. Scattered bullets flew everywhere, knocking out Type 94 The steel shield of the rapid-fire cannon jingled and sparks flew out.

The Japanese artillerymen who were suddenly attacked turned their heads in horror and saw that hundreds of Chinese officers and soldiers on the 301st Regiment's position had rushed out of the trenches, firing from the front with white bayonets sticking out. The group counterattacked,

"Brothers, rush, reinforcements are here."

Ji Hongru, the acting commander of the 301st Regiment, brandished a machete and rushed to the front. Behind him were hundreds of officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment with red eyes. The officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment who rushed out of the position looked from the front, with the tanks and tanks of the secret service battalion. The special agent platoon charged from the flanks at the same time, forming a semi-encirclement situation on the Japanese army in front of the occupied area. The officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment, with their morale greatly boosted, blew the charge horn, and even the few remaining soldiers on the 301st Regiment's position were Two mortars and several 30-knot heavy machine guns also managed to fire at the Japanese troops.

Amid high-spirited trumpets and loud shouts of killing, Chinese soldiers from two different armies launched a fierce attack and counterattack on the Japanese army in front of them.

(End of this chapter)