my bright sword career

Chapter 163
The attack on the Xiaolingdi stronghold tonight went very smoothly at the beginning. The bunker that Japan is proud of can only be regarded as thick kraft paper for the 105mm howitzers. The bunkers were knocked down one after another, and the soldiers of the 769th regiment easily occupied the two bunkers, but an accident happened when they attacked the middle and largest bunker.

The bunker in the middle is located in the middle of the mountainside, with mountains extending out on both sides, like two arms firmly protecting the bunker in the middle, and the artillery position of the artillery battery is just in the dead angle of shooting, and the shells cannot hit it.

This bunker has two floors, more than ten shooting holes, and the firepower is extremely fierce. The soldiers of the 769 regiment attacked several times in a row but were beaten back.

"Da da da……"

In the bunker in the middle, in the shooting holes on the upper and lower floors, two [-]-type heavy machine guns were pouring out their tongues of fire, one on the left and one on the right. The intensive firepower suppressed more than a dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers who were attacking under a soil slope. I can't even lift my head up.

An Eighth Route Army soldier crouched behind the slope with a ten-jin explosive pack in his arms. He poked his head out secretly for a look, and silently counted the number of bursts from the heavy machine guns.

Suddenly, the firepower of the machine gun on the left side of the first floor suddenly stopped. It turned out that the ammunition plate of this machine gun had run out of bullets. He jumped out from the hillside without hesitation, and ran towards a large dirt slope on the right with a brisk step.

In less than three seconds, he ran a distance of almost 20 meters, but at this time the Type [-] heavy machine gun had already been reloaded, and the bullets that seemed to be splashed with water swept over again, and the soldier hadn't reached the opposite side yet. The slope was hit by bullets.

The soldier who was hit by the bullet staggered and fell to the ground. No matter how low the soldier fell, the Japanese soldiers in the bunker still did not stop shooting, but continued to shoot at the soldier. Soon the explosives in the soldier's hand The bag was hit by several bullets, and the explosive bag filled with black explosives exploded suddenly. The huge explosion caused a huge cloud of dust and smoke, and the soldier's body was blown to nothing.

"asshole!"

Xu Dashu, the head of the 769 regiment, witnessed all this with his own eyes, and in a fit of rage, he wanted to lead the death squad in person. He brought a pack of explosives, and he was about to lead the charge in person.

But the chief of staff was taken aback, and after a long time of persuasion, he couldn't dispel his thoughts, so he could only watch helplessly as he carried the explosive package on his back.

Seeing that Xu Dashu was about to personally lead the team to blow up the bunker, a loud shout came from behind: "Xu Dashu, what do you want to do?"

Xu Dashu, who had never listened to persuasion, froze when he heard this voice, and turned around slowly, with a smile uglier than crying, "Brigade... Brigadier, why are you here?"

"Hehe... If I don't come, will you go up in person?"

It turned out that at some point, Brigadier Wang came to the front line in person.

Looking at Xu Dashu who had put the explosives on his back, Brigadier Wang sneered and said, "Xu Dashu, is it because I don't come, you have already gone up in person?"

"No...Brigade Commander, I'm not going to try this explosive bag to see if it's strong." Seeing the arrival of the Brigadier Commander, Xu Dashu, who had a ferocious expression on his face, seemed to see a cat and a mouse, and hurriedly put it on with a smile on his face. The explosive pack on the back was unloaded.

"How many times have I told you that you are now the head of the regiment, not the platoon leader when you fought against the encirclement and suppression campaign! What's the matter...do you still want to be the Death Squad Zhang?"

Brigadier Wang's spitting particles had already sprayed onto Xu Dashu's face, but Xu Dashu didn't even dare to wipe it off, just drooped his head and dared not make a sound.

"Stop the attack immediately, hold a temporary meeting above the battalion, and re-study the attack plan, yes... remember to send someone to invite the company commander Wang of the artillery company."

Xu Dashu was puzzled: "Brigade Commander, why did we call the commander of the artillery company to the meeting? Could it be that they can still put bayonets on the cannon?"

"Fart... No one else, your regiment can take down the two bunkers on both sides so quickly?" Brigadier Wang was angry, "According to your style of play, you should be thankful if you can take down a bunker until dawn."

Xu Dashu, who was scolded bloody by Brigadier Wang, went down to convey the order in person, and soon the people including three infantry battalion commanders, a secret service battalion commander and the artillery company commander rushed to the place less than 500 meters away from the bunker. An impromptu battle meeting was held behind a back slope of Mi.

Brigadier Wang spoke first: "Comrades, just now, with the help of the brothers from the Liantai militia, our regiment took down the bunkers on both sides of the devils in less than half an hour, but because the bunkers in the middle were built at too tricky angle , Our artillery fire can't hit.

In order to take down this bunker, we have sacrificed dozens of comrades. Now let’s discuss how to take down this bunker in the end?Xu Dashu, you are the head of the group, you should talk about it first. "

Xu Dashu frowned, and drew a simple topographic map casually on the ground, "Look, everyone, the devil's bunker is located in the middle of the mountain, and in front of it is a hillside more than 30 meters long. If you want to rush up the stairs facing the Japanese machine guns, even if you fill the hillside with corpses, you will never be able to reach the bunker."

Everyone was silent, Xu Dashu's words were of course correct, although the ramp was only more than 30 meters long, it would take at least half a minute to rush along the stairs to the bunker.

This half a minute is enough time for an average daily machine gunner to kill someone ten times.

"There is another problem." A battalion commander added: "Even if we can get to the bottom of the bunker by chance, have you noticed that the base of the devil's bunker is more than two meters high, and the explosive package cannot be fired at all?" If it is thrown into the hole, if the explosive package is detonated under the base, it will probably have no effect."

As soon as the battalion commander's words came out, everyone frowned. From this point of view, it was almost impossible to rely on soldiers to blow up the bunker with explosives.

After a moment of silence, a battalion commander suddenly looked at the commander of the artillery company who had been sitting silently by the side and said, "Commander Wang, can you pull the artillery over and shoot at Rijun's bunker at close range?"

The rest of the battalion commanders looked at Company Commander Wang in unison. If they could pull the artillery over and shoot directly at the bunker, it would not be much... Only one or two shells are needed to directly resolve the battle.

Company Commander Wang thought for a while, then shook his head slowly, "Battle Commander Zhou, I know what you mean, your idea has a name in our artillery, it is called bayonet on the cannon, which means close-range shooting.

But you have to understand that the best distance for close shooting is about 500 to 300 meters, but you have also seen the terrain here. If you want to close shooting, you must push the artillery to a distance of about [-] meters from the Japanese bunker .

And there is no shelter at this distance, which means that our artillery must be exposed to the range of the average daily machine gun. In addition, it takes at least half an hour for the artillery to prepare from the marching state to the firing state. Do you think the devil Will they watch us prepare for half an hour under their noses and remain indifferent? "

When everyone heard it, they all looked like deflated balls.

What a joke, let alone half an hour, I am afraid that in less than 3 minutes, the entire artillery, including the gunner, will be smashed into a sieve by the devil's machine gun.

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good solution. The battalion commander named Zhou said angrily: "This way... I will organize a death squad of 30 people. I will personally lead the team. The firepower of the whole regiment will cover me together. We strive to rush under the devil's bunker, as long as we can rush past four to six people and detonate each person with an explosive package, I don't believe that we can't kill those devils."

"Bullshit!"

Brigadier Wang reprimanded him: "You are fighting or dying, and you are organizing a death squad of 30 people. Do you think that if you have a large number of people, you will be able to rush up? Don't look at the kid who only has two machine guns shooting now, but I'm sure, you As long as a group of people charge, the little devil's machine guns will definitely increase to four or five in an instant, or even seven or eight. Let alone 30 people, even if the whole regiment launches an attack together, they all have to stay in that area Down the slope."

Speaking of this, Brigadier Wang felt agitated. He raised his wrist and looked at it, and found that it was already 03:30 in the morning, and the sky would be dawn in about three hours. Once the sun rose, the Japanese plane would definitely arrive. The nearby reinforcements will also come in a steady stream, let alone take down the stronghold by then, they may have to consider retreating.

Although Brigadier Wang has fought battles for more than ten years, this is the first time he has encountered such a difficult battle like tonight. The Japanese stronghold in front of him is like a tortoise shell, which is not only hard but also very stinging. Be careful to be stabbed by the opponent.

When the group was at a loss, Company Commander Wang suddenly said, "Sirs, let us try."

"What... are you going to blow up the bunker?"

Xu Dashu almost didn't jump up when he heard it. Don't look at 769 taking down two bunkers in less than half an hour for tonight's operation, but everyone knows that the main credit for this is the artillery company of Company Commander Wang and the others. There is no Company Commander Wang. With four cannons, they don't know how many people will die.

Let the artillery blow up the bunker, and a group of infantry watched the fun instead. If the news spread, he, the regiment commander, would stop being a man. Others would point to his nose and laugh: "Oh... this is the one who asked the artillery to replace the bunker. They bombed the bunker, but he took thousands of infantry to watch the fun, right?
If that's the case, he, Xu Dashu, would just wipe his neck and forget about it, and what kind of soldiers would he bring to fight! "

The battalion commanders on the side all made noise when they heard this, the honor of soldiers would not allow them to do such tasteless things.

Seeing the turmoil surrounding the crowd, Company Commander Wang hurriedly explained: "Everyone, don't worry, listen to me...listen to me first, it's not too late for everyone to get angry."

As soldiers, Company Commander Wang certainly knew that his proposal was nothing less than an insult to Commander Xu and the others, so he quickly explained: "Brigade Commander Wang, Commander Xu, you must think that my proposal just now is to look down on you, but in fact, you But I was wronged.

It really doesn't mean that, let me tell you the truth.Before coming, our group had considered that the little devil was cunning and treacherous. Many strongholds were built in dangerous places. Our artillery is not omnipotent, and there are always places that cannot be reached. So what should we do? "

Hearing what Company Commander Wang said, Xu Dashu and the battalion commanders around him also calmed down, wanting to hear what Company Commander Wang had to say.

"Brigade Commander Wang, do you still remember the soldiers carrying some big iron cans you saw when you inspected our artillery company just now?"

Brigadier Wang nodded. Of course he saw it. At that time, he was still a little surprised why these soldiers carried such pots and pans on their backs. He wanted to inquire about it, but he was afraid of being said to be inquiring about military secrets, so there was no problem.

"Of course I saw it, they are..."

Company Commander Wang explained: "Brigade Commander, these soldiers are also called flamethrowers. The guys they hold in their hands are called flamethrowers. The tin cans behind them are full of gasoline. This thing can spray gasoline to 50 meters away.

You think, as long as some of our soldiers are transported down the hillside, they don't need to climb those steep steps, they can directly spray fire into the devil's blockhouse through the shooting holes, wouldn't that be great? "

"This... can it work?"

Xu Dashu and several battalion commanders looked at each other. They had never seen the power of flamethrowers, but they still hesitated, but Brigadier Wang was different.

As the brigade commander, his knowledge is naturally not comparable to that of Xu Dashu and the others. Of course he understands weapons like flamethrowers, and he asked again: "But you should know that we are still more than 200 meters away from the devil's bunker. Soldiers carrying tin cans weighing dozens of kilograms on their backs must not be able to run fast, how are you going to get under the bunker?"

Company Commander Wang smiled mysteriously, "Brigade Commander Wang, you forgot that we have smoke bombs."

"Yup……"

Brigadier Wang slapped his thigh, and then he remembered that the people standing in front of him were the subordinates of the local rich man. Things that could be done with a few smoke bombs, but a group of them were stumped. Poverty really limited his imagination. what.

"Okay... I approve your request, let's prepare right away!"

"Yes!"

Company Commander Wang didn't talk nonsense, and quickly issued an order.

More than ten minutes later, the Eighth Route Army began to gather again to prepare for the attack.

But at this time, the devils in the bunker were not as nervous as they were at the beginning. The more than an hour of fighting just now made them realize that the enemy's artillery could not hit the bunker in the blind spot, but they could use machine guns as much as they wanted. Eliminate those Tubalu who dared to come over, the corpse lying on the ground in front of them is the best proof, so that they will not have any problem persisting until dawn.

(End of this chapter)