The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 103 Blood and Fire Hell!
Amidst the loud noises of mines and grenades exploding, mixed with blood-curdling screams and cries of pain, four infantry squadrons, as well as the attached heavy machine gun detachment, infantry artillery detachment, and 600 rapid-fire artillery detachment, totaled nearly [-] people. It was almost completely surrounded by the death zone barrier created by the detonation of this minefield.

Many Japanese soldiers were unprepared and unaware. They were torn into pieces by the huge shock wave and shrapnel generated by the mine explosion. Then their limbs and arms were lifted into the air together with their weapons. The human body parts were mixed with each other. Parts of weapons and equipment were flying around.

An unlucky Type [-] heavy armored vehicle was maneuvering to avoid it, but accidentally drove into a minefield. It was knocked over together with another Type [-] light armored vehicle that lost its ability to move, and even crushed a few to death. The Japanese infantry were in no hurry to avoid it. Of course, the worst thing happened to the artillerymen assigned to the first infantry squadron. When the mine exploded, these artillerymen had already set fuzes on all the shells they carried and stacked them together. The [-]st Infantry Squadron happened to be in the center of this minefield. It was self-evident what would happen if a dozen shells with fuses were placed on the minefield.

Second Lieutenant Kosaku Yamada, the captain of the infantry artillery team of the First Battalion, and the artillery he commanded were completely wiped out by the double superimposed damage of mine explosions and artillery shell explosions. Most of his men were directly killed by landmines, while Second Lieutenant Yamada It was beaten into a sieve by a shrapnel from the [-]nd Infantry Artillery that exploded.

Not long ago, he commanded the firing of an infantry artillery shrapnel equipped with a quick-fire fuse, which exploded and killed a large number of Japanese infantry. Now, Second Lieutenant Yamada himself was killed by his own shrapnel. Unexpectedly, Needless to say, it is extremely ironic.

Akiyama Yiyun collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily. Fortunately, he was not killed. At the moment of the explosion, Chief Cao beside him blocked most of the shrapnel and shock waves for him. Akiyama Yiyun only lost one arm. When he woke up from the pile of broken limbs and corpses, the first thing he saw was half of the sergeant's thigh.

Then, what came into view was a tragic scene that he had never seen in his life. The exploding mines blasted out several large ravines on the flat ground. There were corpses everywhere, dead people everywhere, everywhere. Either intact or broken weapons and ammunition.

The originally yellow ground was now dyed red with blood. His squad leader and his comrades in the same class fell not far away. There were also many wounded soldiers, some were blinded, and some had their arms and legs broken. There are some people who are sitting on the ground wailing, and some people are mentally disturbed and dragging their mutilated bodies around aimlessly. From time to time, there are sporadic sounds of [-] rifles. Some Japanese wounded soldiers who cannot bear the physical pain even use force in order to die quickly. Put the Type [-] rifle on your chest or head, take off your military boots, and use your toes to pull the trigger to commit suicide.

There was no longer the sound of light and heavy machine guns from the Chinese army on the battlefield. After He Wei detonated the landmine, all the light and heavy firearms of the Sixth Company automatically stopped firing. Everyone put down the hot machine guns in their hands and began to admire the front of the position. This feast of blood and fire.

Akiyama Yiyun dragged his bleeding broken arm and slowly stood up. Looking into the distance, he saw his squad leader lying on the ground, his eyes wide open as he looked at the sky, and a thick iron rod passed through him. It was a round stick used by the [-]nd Infantry Artillery Squadron to carry artillery. Like many seriously injured soldiers, Akiyama Yiyun was walking around aimlessly. Suddenly, he He seemed to hear someone calling him.

"Qiu Shan, Qiu Shan Jun, come and save me!"

Akiyama Yoshiyun looked over and saw that underneath a bombed Type [-] heavy armored vehicle that had turned sideways, a fellow countryman who joined the army at the same time as him was calling him bitterly, his legs neatly broken by the overturned tank. , there was a pool of flesh and blood under his body. Akiyama Yiyun just looked at him with a numb face, and then suddenly collapsed on the ground due to excessive blood loss.

The Japanese tanks were also bombed to pieces. The remaining two Type [-] medium tanks and two Type [-] heavy armored vehicles almost ran away without bypassing the infantry formation at the rear. They actually turned the front of the vehicle and rushed through the middle of the infantry queue to retreat. Many wounded infantry soldiers who fell on the ground were directly crushed to death by the rushing tanks because they had no ability to move to avoid them.

Screams kept coming. Due to excessive blood loss, Akiyama Yiyun actually had hallucinations. He seemed to have returned to his hometown, Xinfatian, and to the businessman who encouraged young people to join the army. The businessman's words seemed to be particularly disturbing. Ears.

"War is the most interesting thing, war is paradise."

The seductive voice kept echoing in his ears, but looking at all the scenes around him, Akiyama Yiyun suddenly shouted crazily: "This is not heaven, am I in hell? Am I in hell?"

Akiyama Yoshiyun roared hysterically, completely ignoring everything around him. He didn't even notice the Eighty-nine-type medium tank approaching at high speed. As the Eighty-nine-type medium tank retreating at full speed ran over Akiyama Yoshiyun's body, The hysterical shouting suddenly stopped in an instant.

In this world, there is one less invader who dreams of making war and wealth, but there is one more lonely ghost wandering in a foreign land.

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In the command post of the Sixth Company, He Wei put down the telescope in his hand with a look of satisfaction on his face. He was very satisfied with the effect of the minefield he created, and smiled and nodded gently.

He Wei ordered to the signal soldiers around him: "Tell the first platoon and mortar platoon to keep firing."

This time, what responded to He Wei's order was not the sound of dense light and heavy machine guns, but the muffled sound of medium and formal rifles. In fact, the light and heavy machine guns equipped in each bunker in the first row, after a long period of continuous shooting, , at this time it is difficult to continue to maintain high-intensity firepower output.

The most ferocious fire in each bunker was the Type [-] heavy machine gun. Due to the high-intensity shooting, these three heavy machine guns had even consumed a large amount of cooling water prepared in advance in the bunker. If they continued to shoot forcibly, let alone If you kill a large number of enemies, you might explode the heavy machine gun.

The Czech-style light machine guns and the Jin-made imitation Type [-] heavy machine guns are not much better. Each Czech-style light machine gun in the first row is equipped with two spare barrels. Just shoot them in the same way. Now every gun barrel is hot and smoking. If you continue to shoot, it means that the machine gunner thinks his life is too long. The Jin-made Type [-] is also the same. This gun is the earliest heavy machine gun and there is no way to quickly replace it. The cooling of the barrel and machine gun relies entirely on air cooling, so naturally it is of no use.

The same situation also happened to the [-]nd Mortar Platoon. On the phone, Sergeant Xu reported to He Wei that because the mortars used rapid fire in the previous battle, a large number of them were fired in a short period of time. mortar shells, the barrels of both guns are currently heating up seriously, and the gunners can only cool down the artillery while looking for opportunities to fire a shot from time to time.

Ge Guicai even proposed that the second and third platoons take this opportunity to open fire to fill the firepower gap of the first platoon, but He Wei did not do so. Just now, he observed the current battlefield situation and assaulted the front-line troops. Those hundreds of Japanese troops were completely destroyed by themselves, but there were still many Japanese troops behind them. They were probably the reserve troops deployed on the second line during the Japanese attack. These Japanese troops who served as reserves made enemy moves after the mines were detonated. The forward retreating movement had already moved away from the front line, and they were all lying down. At the time of the explosion, many foxholes and prone fire fortifications had been built.

If the second and third platoons are called to fire at this time, they will definitely be able to kill some Japanese troops. However, since these Japanese troops have already widened the distance from the first-line positions and built simple fortifications, the effect achieved after a full-scale fire will not be achieved. Very big.

He Wei's current mental state is that he will suffer a loss if he can't take advantage of it. Compared with exposing himself to all the firepower of the bunker, killing a small number of Japanese soldiers is completely unworthy in his opinion.

It's a pity that He Wei doesn't have any decent artillery. If the superiors can bring him some serious mountain artillery, if he has artillery, he can go up and fire a few rounds of volleys at this time, and everything will be solved. Unfortunately, he only has two. With eighty-two mortars, we can only watch and sigh at the enemy's excitement.As a result, the sixth company's firepower completely changed from a dense area attack firepower composed of light and heavy machine guns and mortar shells to a point-to-point attack firepower composed of medium-sized rifles and scattered mortar shells.

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One after another, [-]mm caliber light pointed bullets were fired from the bunkers in the first row. Each bunker in the first row was equipped with a three-person rifle team. Just now, the light and heavy machine guns took the lead. Now it is the home ground of the riflemen,

Although the Japanese army in front of the position suffered a devastating blow, not all of them died. There were many survivors, including lightly wounded soldiers, half-dead seriously wounded soldiers, and a small number of lucky uninjured soldiers. Mildly and seriously injured soldiers have become excellent targets for practice shooting.

At first, the soldiers of the rifle corps in each bunker were shooting. Then, the auxiliary shooters and ammunition soldiers of the light machine gun corps equipped with medium-sized rifles also joined in. Later, the soldiers of the heavy machine gun company of the battalion who operated the heavy machine guns. , and all of them have been officially used.

In front of the position, Japanese soldiers were constantly being hit and fell to the ground. The shooting accuracy of ordinary Chinese soldiers was definitely not good, but most of the targets were wounded soldiers with severely reduced mobility. The difficulty of aiming plummeted. Now All the national soldiers in the bunker have become sharpshooters. Even soldiers with heavy machine guns who can't even touch a rifle a few times a year can knock down several Japanese soldiers.

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"Baga, Baga"

The soldiers in the first row were having a great time fighting, but some people were unhappy about it.

Terada Akizo, captain of the 16st Infantry Battalion of the No. [-] Regiment, and Oyama Suketa, captain of the [-]nd Infantry Battalion, who retreated with the reserves of two squadrons, saw the Chinese army shooting Japanese wounded soldiers so calmly and leisurely. , His lungs were about to explode, especially Oyama Suketa. He had clearly seen that the Chinese army was hiding a backhand, but for various reasons, he still had to let his two squadrons go up. When you go up there, you'll be blown up by a mine.

Oyama Suketa couldn't help but curse the Chinese army as bastards, but Terada Akizō kept advising Oyama Suketa to calm down and be calm. Just ten minutes ago, the two people's roles were exactly the opposite of what they are now, impulsive. The one who wants to help his subordinates is Terada Qiuzo, and the one who advises others to calm down is Oyama Suketa.

"Oyama-kun, you have to calm down. How many of the soldiers who went to rescue people can bring them out?"

Terada Akizo grabbed Oyama Suketa's arm and pointed forward.

The wounded Japanese soldiers on the front line faced the Chinese army's gunfire. The last straw they could grasp was their comrades in the reserve team in the rear. Many wounded Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and kept waving to the rear and calling for help.

Some Japanese soldiers in the reserve team couldn't bear to see the tragic situation of their comrades in front being knocked down one after another. What's more, many soldiers in different squadrons were fellow villagers or even neighbors. As a result, some people rushed forward. Wanting to rescue their comrades and fellow villagers from that death zone.

It is a pity that not a single Japanese soldier was rescued. On the contrary, those Japanese soldiers who rushed to rescue others were sent away with rifles by the soldiers in the first row. They were not rescued, but they went to see the comrades they wanted to rescue before they could. Amaterasu.

Oyama Suketa, who was angry with red eyes, finally calmed down and said sadly: "Damn Chinese army, damn Chinese army, those are two infantry squadrons of my brigade."

Terada Qiuzan's eyes also dimmed. The same was true for his First Infantry Brigade. The two infantry squadrons that went up, all the squadron captains were killed, and there were only a dozen wounded soldiers who came back, and the highest rank was only Captain Cao. , none of the officers withdrew, they were all thrown in front. The two Type 37 infantry cannons and two [-]mm rapid-fire cannons assigned to the first-line squadron were all destroyed.

Thinking that Oyama Suketa didn't want to launch an assault at first, but because he was eager to rescue his men, he finally launched an assault and fell into the Chinese army's mine array, and the entire army was annihilated.

Apologizing, Terada Akizō said to Oyama Suketa: "Oyama-kun, our army has suffered heavy losses. Now it is impossible to continue the assault. We can only withdraw the troops. You withdraw first, and my troops will cover you. "

At this point, there was actually no choice but to retreat. Oyama Suketa nodded feebly.

"Well, we can only retreat now, but you have to be careful. The Chinese army's firepower is very fierce. It's best to release a smoke screen as a cover."

The two agreed on the retreat process, and then, with the volley of smoke grenades from nine Type [-] heavy grenades, the battlefield was filled with thick white smoke, and a retreat in front of the enemy began. At the same time, This meant that the fierce battle that lasted for nearly five hours was over.

(End of this chapter)