Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

After enduring heavy infantry casualties, the Japanese attacking force finally pushed the offensive formation to the dead end of mortar shooting.

The surviving Japanese army followed closely behind the tank with the joy of the rest of their lives, screaming and continuing to attack.It seems to be clamoring to the officers and soldiers of the company standing firm that they must use the blood of the defenders to avenge the fallen officers and soldiers...

The steel torrent composed of 12 little devils thin-skinned light tanks was getting closer and closer to the position, until the company commander Wang Long could clearly see the ferocious faces of the Japanese soldiers behind the tanks through the binoculars.A rough command sound finally roared out from Company Commander Wang Long's mouth.

"You little devil, it's finally our infantry's turn..."

Then, he shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Brothers, don't be afraid. The little devil's tank in front of you is just a light tank of the little devil. It can't even block our machine gun bullets... All machine guns, all of them are replaced with armor-piercing bullets... Once the opponent's tank enters the optimal range of the 50-meter armor-piercing projectile, it will open fire immediately, leaving all the little devil's iron tanks on the battlefield..."[

The warhead is slender and made of alloy. Under the sunlight, the special metal bullet chain that emits bursts of cold light is quickly pulled out of the ammunition box by the ammunition hand.

Skillfully inserted the metal bullet chain into the chamber of the general-purpose machine gun, and then, a crisp sound of bullet loading sounded from the chamber of the general-purpose machine gun.A company equipped with ten general-purpose machine guns stretched out their black barrels from the edge of the trench one after another, aimed their crosshairs at the Japanese tanks, and got ready to shoot...

80m...70m...60m...

More than a dozen mighty Japanese thin-skinned tanks had just crossed over a wooden pole 50 meters in front of the position marked by Wang Long in advance.A murderous order quickly spread throughout the entire forward position...

"Machine gunner, shoot immediately...Rifleman, seal the gap between the tanks. Kill all the little devils who dare to take the lead. Let them taste the power of our company...Shoot..."

"Da da da..." The unique hiss of the general-purpose machine guns sounded in the forward position, and ten tongues of orange-red flames, one foot long, quickly spewed out from the black hole muzzles of the ten general-purpose machine guns.

Of course, when the gunshots sounded, the shots were wrapped in flames.The armor-piercing projectile flying at high speed also quickly flew out of the barrel...

The raindrops of armor-piercing projectiles slammed into the front armor of the tank under the action of huge inertia.

Because the shooting angles of the bullets are different, most of the bullets hit the front armor of the tank obliquely.Leaving spots of white spots on the armor surface.Or after firing a string of sparks, it was bounced off by the front armor of the tank.

Of course, in this rain of bullets, there are still a small number of bullets that hit the tank armor at a very precise frontal right angle.High-speed armor-piercing projectiles can easily penetrate the frontal armor of Japanese light tanks, which is less than two centimeters thick. "Shot" into the tank...

The crisp metal impact sounded on the front of the tank, and with a series of sparks rising, more than a dozen dark holes also appeared on the front armor of the tank.

However, the bullets fired into the Japanese tanks did not stop there.Instead, relying on its own remaining potential energy, inside the tank, it caused secondary damage to the Japanese tankers.

The rate of fire of armor-piercing projectiles.Under the obstruction of the tank's protective steel plate, although it has been reduced to less than [-]% of the initial velocity.However, the scorching heat of the bullet still allowed him to easily shoot into the body of the Japanese tanker inside the tank.In addition, the warhead of the armor-piercing projectile was deformed because it penetrated the armor of the tank. The bullets shot into the body of the Japanese army directly rotated irregularly and at high speed in the body of the Japanese army, hitting everywhere, destroying the tissues and organs around the bullet holes as much as possible. , completely shot the Japanese tankers in the tank...

The seemingly indestructible Japanese light tank is just a string of armor-piercing machine gun bullets that cost less than one hundred oceans.Just beat it lying on the battlefield, turning it into a pile of scrap iron.Of course, the three tank crews that were standard for Japanese light tanks turned into three corpses without any accident, together with their cars.buried on the battlefield...

Ten general-purpose machine guns fired more than a thousand armor-piercing bullets at the steel torrent lined up in front of them in the blink of an eye.

Under the stunned gaze of the major commander of the Japanese forward force, the 12 light tanks seemed to have been discussed.The gunshot just rang out. From the outside, the chariot, which was still intact, was lying on the battlefield, motionless.

However, this kind of shock is only a momentary thing in the battlefield where bullets are flying.

The commander of the Japanese army, after seeing a large number of bullet holes suddenly appearing on the front armor of the tank, instantly understood the reason why the tank squadron collectively lay down.Then, with a face full of astonishment, he murmured to himself in disbelief: "Baga, it turned out to be an armor-piercing bullet, and the Chinese army is actually equipped with an armor-piercing bullet..."

While astonished, he was also horrified to discover the embarrassing situation he was currently facing. [

Continue to attack forward, lose the cover of the tank, and the remaining hundreds of officers and soldiers around will definitely become live targets for the opponent's dozens of machine guns.

Immediately retreat, also because there is no tank cover.During the retreat, he would expose his back completely unobstructed to the machine gun fire of the defenders of the position, and be hit almost bloody by the machine gun fire of the opponent.

After comparing the two, the major commander of the Japanese army, after a brief hesitation, still wisely chose to withdraw his troops.Because, if we are withdrawing troops now, as long as we are lucky, more than half of the more than 100 subordinates around us may still survive.However, if you continue to attack, the more than 100 subordinates around you will definitely be wiped out in the next few tens of meters of attack.

Now that the decision has been made, the Major officer no longer hesitated, and ordered very straightforwardly: "Warriors, the Chinese have long been prepared. It is meaningless to continue to attack. Now I order the troops to retreat immediately, withdraw battlefield…"

The company commander Wang Long, who was holding his breath, of course would not easily let go of the remaining Japanese army Bailai on the battlefield.Hundreds of devils had just shown signs of retreating, and a new combat order had already blurted out from Wang Long's mouth.

"Brothers, all are there, concentrate your firepower, hit me hard, kill and injure the Japanese army's vital forces as much as possible, open fire..."

Rifles, light machine guns, sniper rifles.Even the six mortars that just came to a halt... all kinds of weapons joined in the firepower strike, harvesting the lives of all Japanese soldiers within the range of firepower...

In the end, an infantry squadron successfully withdrew the Japanese army from the range of the general-purpose machine gun.Including the major officer, there are only a handful of 12 people...

"Papa..." A series of clear and crisp slaps sounded, and the face of the Japanese vanguard commander Shao Zuo, who had just escaped, left two red slap marks on his face.As for standing in front of a major officer and daring to slap a major officer, it was Major General Mushan, the commander of the No.15 Brigade of the Japanese Army who was ordered to recapture Tonghua County this time...

After slapping the major officer twice loudly.Major General Mu Shan's anger still hasn't calmed down.Facing the major officer in front of him, he roared mercilessly: "Bageyalu, you are simply a coward of the Japanese Empire and a disgrace to the Japanese Empire...a tank squadron and an infantry squadron. How could you be in just 5 days?" In just a few minutes, I lost everything, how do you ask me to explain to the head of the division, yours is simply a bastard, a bastard..."

The angry reprimand lasted for 5 minutes.The chief of staff of the brigade, who had been standing by the side, boldly stood up.Convincing Major General Mu Shan, "Brigade Commander. Although the troops have suffered heavy losses, this loss has also shown us the true strength of the Chinese army that is sticking to Tonghua County... The humble position means that it is not yet time to pursue responsibility Time. Our urgent delay is to find a way to retake Tonghua County from the Chinese..."

Because the No.15 Brigade of the Japanese Army that marched into Liaoning received an order to abandon Liaoning before it really fought against the Ninth Army.Therefore, what the [-]th Brigade and the mysterious Ninth Army can understand is all kinds of information issued by their superiors.

Hear the advice of the chief of staff.The anger on Major General Mu Shan's face finally showed signs of dissipating.After glaring fiercely at the major officer who lost his troops, he asked about the situation of the battle just now...

After some understanding, a long sigh came out involuntarily from Major General Mu Shan's mouth.Facing the subordinates around him.He said with emotion: "It seems that the information given to us by the superior is not wrong. The proportion of automatic weapons equipped by this Chinese army far exceeds that of the Imperial Japanese Army. Now, the only advantage we have over the Chinese army in the city is, From the current point of view, there are only two advantages left: military strength and heavy firepower..."

The chief of staff supported: "The brigade commander is wise, and I also agree with this analysis... From Liaodong to Tonghua County, hundreds of kilometers away, even if the Chinese army has wings, it is impossible to carry a large number of heavy weapons. Jue occupied Tonghua County. Therefore, I believe that the occupation of Tonghua County is at most a light infantry equipped with a large amount of automatic firepower..."

After a short period of contemplation, Major General Mu Shan frowned, and facing the chief of staff in front of him, he said decisively: "In this case, let's use our strength to see if the Chinese army defending Tonghua County is as we imagined. , not equipped with heavy weapons..."

After finishing speaking, his face was covered with a serious expression in an instant, and he ordered with a dignified expression: "Order the field artillery brigade, mountain artillery brigade, and all infantry artillery and mortars in the entire army to quickly build artillery positions... Half an hour later, With fierce artillery fire, a squadron of infantry is covered to attack the forward positions of the Chinese army deployed outside the city..."

"Hai..."

"Boom boom boom..." A series of earth-shaking explosions sounded in a series of positions, and the sand covering the surface of the positions, like a goddess scattering flowers, was quickly scattered in all directions under the impetus of the air waves generated by the shell explosion. , at the position where the shell hits, a huge crater with a depth of more than one meter is formed...

The dense shells of various calibers seemed to be free of money, and they continued to pour into a series of positions round after round.

In less than 10 minutes, the fragile front line of defense was completely destroyed by hundreds of large-caliber mountain running artillery shells.As for the officers and soldiers defending the position, although there are a large number of bunkers and anti-gun holes.However, under the baptism of shells like raindrops, even if a blind cat hits a dead mouse, it will cause unprecedented heavy casualties to the company.

In one of the largest and deepest anti-battery holes in the forward position.Company commander Wang Long, including the entire company commander and guard squad, all gathered here. [

In the face of the fierce Japanese artillery fire, everyone, including the company commander Wang Long, kept their bodies as close to the ground as possible and opened their mouths to disperse the possible damage to themselves caused by the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shell on the surface.

At this moment, a large-caliber field artillery shell was fired, just right and wrong.Just hit the surface where the anti-blasting hole is located.The violent explosion sound just reminded me that a block of earth weighing several tens of kilograms accidentally fell off the top of the anti-bunker hole under the constant trembling of the ground, and precisely hit the back of a soldier's head.

The end result was no surprise.The soldier did not die under the muzzle of the Japanese, but died under the heavy blow of this clod for no apparent reason.

Seeing this, the squad leader of the security squad, who had been holding his head and lying next to Wang Long, finally couldn't help but said: "Company commander, cannon. Our cannon, why don't we fight back as much as we can... Let the little devil continue to blow up like this , all of us will be buried in the bomb defense cave..."

Wang Lung, who endured the bombardment with his subordinates, also wanted to ask his superiors why they didn't provide him with artillery support.but.As the company commander, he knew that in order to attack and occupy Tonghua faster, the troops did not carry any heavy weapons that could be called large-caliber artillery except mortars.

However, after seeing the expectant eyes of more than a dozen people in the anti-blasting hole at the same time.Wang Long still decided to satisfy everyone's wishes.To everyone.He said firmly: "Brothers, I will contact the headquarters immediately and ask for artillery support..."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the radio walkie-talkie that the guard carried on his back, and began to contact the division commander Luo Zhang in Tonghua City amidst the sound of rumbling guns.

Although Luo Zhang, the commander-in-chief of Tonghua, did not come to the battlefield in person.However, with the ten-meter-high city wall and the telescope in his hand, the tragic battle that was taking place in the forward position was still clearly visible in front of Luo Zhang.

Just as Luo Zhang held the binoculars tightly with both hands.When I can't help but start shaking because my heart is heavy.The adjutant's hurried footsteps suddenly sounded from behind.Afterwards, the adjutant's voice reached Luo Zhang's ears.

"Master seat, a telegram for help from the forward position... The Japanese artillery fire is too fierce. Brothers request artillery support, otherwise, an infantry company defending the forward position will be completely buried in the ruins..."

"Fire support, I also want artillery support, but..." A wry smile full of helplessness quickly flashed across Luo Zhang's face.

After a long sigh, he said to himself: "If we had enough artillery fire, I would have ordered the artillery artillery to kill the little devil artillery. How can the little devil artillery continue to be so arrogant. However, we have a whole strengthened regiment of troops , except for shelling and running, I can't find any artillery that can compete with the little devil. How do you ask me to provide artillery support to the forward position..."

The adjutant's expression also suddenly became serious.After a short period of contemplation, he asked with a resigned face: "Master, without artillery support, is it possible to just watch a company of more than 100 people, more than 100 lives, disappear in this Japanese bombardment..."

Luo Zhang replied with a serious tone: "From now on, we will have to persist for at least [-] hours before we can wait for the main backup. Therefore, if we want to persist here for [-] hours with our existing troops and firepower, we will not be able to survive outside the city." The position must not be lost. Otherwise, with only a small Tonghua County, even the little devils can raze Tonghua to the ground and bury us all in the ruins."

Hearing this, a strong expression of "doubt" quickly flashed across the adjutant's face.Luo Zhang asked in front of him: "But, Commander, we have no ability to provide artillery support to the first company. How can infantry alone withstand the Japanese artillery attack..."

"There is no artillery support, but we have air support..." Luo Zhang said firmly.

Putting down his binoculars, he turned to the adjutant and asked, "Has the engineer platoon not sent us a message? It's been a few hours. A simple field airfield has not been built yet..."

The adjutant reacted suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he replied: "There is news...the engineer platoon reported 10 minutes ago, and the field airport will be ready for use in an hour..."

After thinking for a while, Luo Zhang's eyes quickly flashed a bright light.Facing the adjutant, he said, "One hour is enough..."

"Based on the two-hour voyage of our army's equipped bombers, it takes one hour to fly from Dalian to here. In the remaining one hour, it is completely possible to provide air strikes to ground troops and support infantry in the air. It is best to do it in one fell swoop." Destroy the Japanese artillery positions and completely eliminate the Japanese artillery units that pose the greatest threat to infantry..."

After finishing speaking, facing the adjutant in front of him, he ordered with a serious face: "You immediately send a telegram to the chief: requesting the Air Force to provide air support to our department, and requesting that half of the bombers carry relevant aerial bombs to attack the Japanese artillery units. Half of the bombers serve as The transport plane transports aviation-specific fuel to the Tonghua temporary field airport, and supplies fuel to the air combat bombers at the Tonghua field airport at any time to continue to fly into the air..."

The adjutant's face was quickly covered by a burst of joy, and he said excitedly: "Master is wise, as long as half a squadron of bombers has been cruising over the battlefield, the Japanese artillery will not dare to be arrogant during the day..."

Seeing the adjutant who was about to leave, Master Luo Zhang continued to order: "Also, you should send a telegram to the forward position immediately. There is no artillery support, but air support will arrive on the battlefield in an hour. In addition, in order to relieve you Under the pressure of the Ministry, the headquarters will deploy an armored assault battalion, and the camera will attack the Japanese army from the flanks to attract Japanese firepower..."

"Yes, Master, I will call you back right away..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to read.)