The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 99 Attack and Defense 5
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The Japanese tanks were still spitting out tongues of fire. Although the No. 16 Regiment was fierce, it was the first time they had seen such fierce anti-tank measures by the Chinese army. In just a short while, half of the tank troops serving as cover in the front were lost. This is a situation that the No. 16 Wing has never encountered on the Chinese battlefield.

When the tank unit suffered heavy losses, the infantry of the No. 16 Regiment were also beaten along with the tank unit. The First Infantry Brigade deployed on the left wing was in good condition, but some of the recruits were frightened. Other than that, Nothing serious except that.

The unlucky one was the Second Battalion, Major Oyama Suketa's Second Infantry Battalion. The entire brigade's attack formation was covered by the Type 20 medium-sized tank and the Type [-] light armored vehicle. As a result, He Wei used the large-caliber heavy machine gun to fire at them. At that time, we originally just wanted to hit the Japanese tanks, but many stray bullets that missed hit the assault queue of the Second Infantry Battalion. In this unnecessary disaster, more than [-] people from the Second Infantry Battalion went to see Amaterasu. .

The loss of more than 20 people was nothing to a fully-staffed infantry brigade, but it caused a lot of chaos after all. Although those recruits were very courageous and motivated to fight, when they saw the people around them with their own eyes, When his comrades were pierced by large-caliber machine gun bullets, their shattered internal organs were flying in the sky, and their bodies became fragmented in an instant, even the veterans were shocked, let alone the recruits who saw a dead person for the first time.

When the Second Infantry Battalion was adjusting its ranks, Major Terada Akizo's First Infantry Battalion took the lead in taking action. The two main infantry squadrons of the First Battalion, the First Infantry Squadron and the Second Infantry Squadron, each squadron received one After a Type 37 [-]mm infantry cannon, a Type [-] [-]mm rapid-fire cannon and two machine guns of a Type [-] heavy machine gun team, they launched a menacing attack on the main position of the sixth company.

"Onboard"

The captain of the 100st Infantry Squadron, Xiong Guwu, waved his command sword and took the lead in launching a charge. The [-]st Infantry Squadron behind him had fully expanded into the attack formation, and more than [-] Japanese soldiers followed closely behind them with their [-]-gai Gaigui screaming. The assault was launched as quickly as possible, and the attached infantry gunners, rapid-fire gunners and heavy machine gunners did not lag behind. They all bent over and lowered their bodies, some pulled the artillery tripod, and some carried the heavy machine gun. Some carried artillery shell boxes and bullet boxes, and tried their best to keep up with the infantry in front.

The 500nd Squadron, which was a neighbor of the 250st Infantry Squadron, followed closely and also launched an attack. The [-]nd Squadron was on the left and the [-]st Squadron was on the right. A skirmishing group composed of more than [-] Japanese troops was unstoppable and devoured everything. The momentum rushed towards the main position of the Sixth Company. From the impact starting area to the main position of the Sixth Company, it was only more than [-] meters. In the normal training of the Japanese army, this was a sprint distance.

The distance to the Chinese army's position is getting closer and closer. Even though it has entered the shooting distance of the light and heavy machine guns, there is still no movement in the Chinese army's position. Not a single shot has been fired or a bullet has been discharged. In fact, there are even continuous attacks on the position. Not a single living person could be seen. Perhaps the extremely fierce gunfire from the Japanese tanks covered up the silence on the Chinese army's position and covered up this abnormal phenomenon. No one in the attacking Japanese army noticed this abnormality. , at this moment, these soldiers from the Shinbada area in Northeast Japan have only one idea in their minds.

dash forward!
Kill the Chinese soldiers in the position!

Occupy this position!

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When the Japanese army launched an attack like a tide, there were people on the Sixth Company's position watching them silently. The first two infantry squadrons of the No. 16 Wing Infantry Battalion that took the lead in attacking were advancing hand in hand, while the No. [-] Infantry Brigade was the first to attack. On the sixth company's position, facing the first squadron, which had the strongest impact, was the first platoon of the sixth company.

In the bunker of the first platoon's command post, Ge Guicai, the temporary acting platoon commander of the first squad, stared straight ahead through the bunker's shooting port. Of course, Ge Guicai was not staring at the charging Japanese troops. He hit him ten times. After several years of fighting, what kind of scene has he never seen? Ge Guicai was staring at several large pits 150 meters in front of the position. They were blown up with grenades yesterday. There were also several green holes placed in the large pits. Ammo box.

It was specially made by He Wei in order to mark the distance. Ge Guicai still remembered that He Wei told him yesterday that in military terms, this kind of thing used to mark the distance is called the front ground point. As the Japanese soldiers attacked, Ge Guicai only stared at the key point in the front. Compared with Ge Guicai, the other people in the command bunker were not so calm.

The hand of the communications soldier next to Ge Guicai was shaking as he held the phone. His face was pale as he looked at the Japanese troops who were getting closer and closer. The usual business of these soldiers from the regiment's communications company was to set up telephones and check phone lines. Where have I seen them? The scene of the frontline infantry charging and fighting?

The psychological pressure caused by the shining bayonets and the overwhelming shouts of more than 500 people shouting to kill is definitely not something ordinary people can bear.

The bunker was filled with a depressing atmosphere caused by the large-scale Japanese attack. As the Japanese infantry rushed closer and closer, it seemed that the signal soldier could no longer stand the depressing atmosphere. He handed the field phone's microphone to Ge Guicai. He said tremblingly: "Old squad leader, the Japanese are getting closer and closer, do you need to use it now..."

Ge Guicai, who had always been calm and kind, suddenly shouted, and with a sharp look, he bit back the words behind the signal soldier. Ge Guicai knew that the signal soldier was seeing the Japanese approaching closer and closer, and was afraid of being frightened, hoping to open fire in advance. But what this guy is holding is a phone, and the call is connected. The bunkers of the three squads below the first row are now waiting for the order to fire. If this guy says anything about firing in advance, The bunkers for the three squads below misunderstood that they would open fire now. Wouldn't Platoon Leader He's plan be completely ruined?

After scolding the signal soldier, Ge Guicai grabbed the field phone's microphone. When he turned his head, he saw that the Japanese attacking forward was much closer to the front point deployed at 150 meters away. The distance was only about 50 meters. rice.

Ge Guicai estimated the approximate distance in his mind and held the microphone tightly in his hand. After about five seconds, Ge Guicai suddenly felt relaxed, concentrated all his strength, and shouted into the microphone in his hand: "First Platoon, fire!" In an instant, gunshots like popping beans rang out from the first platoon's position. Two Type [-] heavy machine guns, three Czech light machine guns and four Jin imitation [-]s in the four bunkers The Japanese heavy machine guns formed a dense and blazing fire net. The first squadron of the Japanese infantry, which was attacking the front of the first row of positions, bore the brunt and withstood the first wave of intensive firepower from the first row.

bang bang bang
Da da da

The dull continuous firing sound of the Type [-] heavy machine gun, the crisp and slow burst of bullets of the Jin-made imitation Type [-] heavy machine gun, and the long burst gunfire of the Czech light machine gun mixed together to play a death song for the attacking Japanese troops. .

Under the machine gun fire from the first row, more than 20 Japanese soldiers fell in the first batch, including the squadron leader of the first infantry squadron, Takeshi Kumagai. In order to boost morale, Takeshi Xionggu took the lead and charged at the forefront of the team. , in the mountainous offensive on the west side of Xinkou, whenever the troops were frustrated in the attack, as long as he led the charge, the position that could not be captured would eventually be captured by his squadron.

But this time, things did not develop in the direction he expected. First, a [-] mm caliber Jin-made imitation Type [-] heavy machine gun bullet flew out of his hand, the saber that had killed dozens of Chinese soldiers and Chinese civilians. , and then five more bullets of the same type penetrated Xiong Guwu's chest. Xiong Guwu fell hastily on the Chinese soil. He did not expect that death would come so quickly, let alone bring it to What he died of was an antique from the Russo-Japanese War (the prototype of the Jin-made Type [-] heavy machine gun was first used by the Japanese army in the Russo-Japanese War).

Attacked by a network of machine gun fire and the death of the squadron leader, the leaderless group brought chaos and disorder to the 2st Infantry Squadron, which lasted for less than [-] minutes. Then, thanks to the Japanese army's perfect battlefield agent system, there was soon The infantry squad leader below came to take over the command of the entire squadron, and the recruits who were panicked due to the surprise attack were organized by noncommissioned officers and veterans with rich combat experience and began to fight back against the Sixth Company's position.

Although the Second Infantry Squadron, which advanced hand in hand with the First Infantry Squadron, did not suffer as heavy losses as the First Infantry Squadron, nor did it directly attack the first platoon's position, how could the officers and soldiers of the first platoon face a squadron of Japanese troops? Let it go, while concentrating the main firepower of the entire platoon to attack the first infantry squadron that was attacking head-on, two machine guns also used the flank firing ports in the bunker to continuously rain down bullets on the second squadron.

Faced with the dense firepower network, the two assaulting infantry squadrons all chose to lie down and fight back. The infantry's Type 11 rifle and then the Type [-] light machine gun opened fire first, followed closely by the Type [-] assigned to the infantry squadron. Heavy machine gun, the heavy machine gunners dragged the Type [-] heavy machine gun to the front line of the infantry squadron, and cooperated with the infantry light machine gunners to fire, and staged a machine gun fire with the first platoon of light and heavy machine gun shooters in the bunker. duel.

The acting commander of the [-]st Squadron is also an infantry squad leader with rich combat experience. It is not uncommon for the Chinese army to rely on bunkers to conduct position-holding operations. This acting commander has also participated in similar battles many times, and has also participated in many similar battles. After this battle, a set of effective targeted combat methods was summarized. In fact, this method is also very simple. That is, first organize the infantry to use light and heavy machine guns to suppress fire at the bunker's firing port, and then use artillery to directly aim and shoot or the infantry. Defeat the defenders in the bunker through assault and blasting.

This is a very effective combat method, but something went wrong when the first squadron was just suppressing machine gun fire. No matter how the Japanese light and heavy machine gunners fired to suppress it, the machine gun fire in the first row of bunkers always remained continuous. The Japanese machine gunners were doing their best to suppress the firepower, but the firepower of the light and heavy machine guns in the bunker on the opposite side remained unabated. On the contrary, many Japanese soldiers even adopted a lying down shooting posture. However, they were defeated one after another by the machine gun fire of the Chinese army.

What is even more strange is that the ballistics of the Chinese machine guns in those bunkers when firing are either extremely low, with the ballistics almost touching the ground, or the ballistics are extremely high, more than one meter above the ground.

All of this is of course the masterpiece of He Wei. When building the bunker fortifications, he clearly proposed that the firepower of the bunker should be three-dimensional. The so-called three-dimensionalization means that the ballistic trajectory formed by the light and heavy machine guns in the bunker should be made when they fire a salvo. The contrast between high and low is clear. The shooting ports in the bunker are either located near the surface or at a height of one and a half meters from the surface. The two can just complement each other to form a three-dimensional shooting angle.

This firepower configuration of one high and one low also brought endless troubles to the Japanese army's counterattack. When the Japanese light and heavy machine guns were shooting in the prone position, whether it was the Type 11 light machine gun or the Type [-] heavy machine gun, the line of fire when shooting was The ballistic height is higher than the low-ejection port and lower than the high-ejection port. The final result is that no matter whether it is the high-ejection port or the low-ejection port, it will not hit.

If you want to hit a low shot, you have to shoot at a height close to the ground. The only way to achieve this effect is to lie down on the ground and shoot without using the machine gun's tripod. If you want to hit a high shot If you want to open your mouth, you have to raise your machine gun and shoot.

These two shooting postures and shooting methods, no matter which one is used, are very dangerous for the attacker.

The Japanese army's ineffective and chaotic light and heavy machine gun suppressive fire lasted for about 5 minutes. Only then did the squad leader acting in command of the 5st Infantry Squadron discover the unique features of the Chinese army's bunker firing port through the telescope. During these [-] minutes, in addition to the [-]st Infantry Squadron, Except for the unnecessary casualties of more than a dozen people, there was no bunker that suppressed the Chinese army.

"idiot"

The team leader who was lying on the ground saw another light machine gun shooter being killed by several bullets flying from above. He yelled with a red face. After the ineffective suppressive fire, he also knew that he would use machine gun fire to block the enemy. The firepower of the bunker was no longer possible, so he immediately turned his head and shouted to a soldier behind him.

"You, go and tell the artillery to use infantry artillery and rapid-fire artillery to hit the enemy's bunkers. What are you doing standing still? Go quickly."

The named soldier received the order and immediately ran towards the artillery attached to the rear of the [-]st Squadron, rolling and crawling. The squad leader urged the soldier's back repeatedly. The Japanese soldiers who were hit by bullets screamed one after another. Machine gun fire blockade was hopeless, and he could only place his hope on artillery.

(End of this chapter)