The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 126 The Sixth Company, attack!

That's right, after the battle between heaven and man, Asai Kensho's huge temptation to capture the enemy's position still defeated the reason in his heart. Asai Kensho, who could no longer bear it, gave the order without waiting for the messenger to return to report Harada Jiro's order. Launched an assault and finally embarked on this path alone.

Regarding Harada Jiro, Asai Kensho was also full of apologies. He just wanted to wait until the position was captured and share some of the credit with Harada staff. Therefore, in full view of Harada Jiro and others, the Asai squadron was fully equipped. , according to the squadron attack coach standards of the infantry drill, they launched an attack on the Chinese army's position, advanced, deployed, and assaulted. The battle formation had a front width of [-] meters and a depth width of [-] meters. Everything was carried out. Everything went smoothly, and the requirements in the infantry drill and battle outline were exactly the same. From the perspective of a staff officer, Harada Jiro saw that this was absolutely a perfect infantry squadron attack display.

However, it happened at a place it shouldn't have happened and at a time it shouldn't have happened.

The distance of 200 meters was very close. Seeing the forward of Asai Squadron rushing into the Chinese army's trench, Harada Jiro closed his eyes in pain. The messenger of Asai Squadron beside him was also dumbfounded. He didn't know whether he should continue to return to the squadron. To convey Harada Jiro's order.

"Sir, Captain Chaoi has already launched an attack. Do I still need to convey this order?"

Harada Jiro was no longer in a hurry now, and said in a sad tone: "Don't go, don't go, it will be a waste of time. Imperial soldiers should have valuable jade pieces, not in the hands of stupid commanders like your squadron leader." You will become cannon fodder due to your misbehavior, and I will keep your life and do more valuable things."

The messenger looked at his comrades in the squadron who easily entered the Chinese army's position, and was very puzzled. It was obvious that the Chinese army had been defeated and the position was safe. Why did the lieutenant colonel in front of him insult his squadron leader like this?How dangerous is it to break into a completely unguarded position?

With his own thinking, the ordering soldier could not understand what the officer in front of him was doing. However, the ordering soldier was very moved by the officer's behavior of not letting him go forward to deliver the order and protect his own life. In fact, how could Harada Jiro care about a stranger? The little messenger whom I knew was not a kind person.

However, in the eyes of such capable staff officers, everything can be quantified, and the lives of soldiers are no exception. To them, the life and death of soldiers are just numbers in battle reports and staff assignments. What they have to do is to make everyone A life destined to die should die in a worthy and worthy way, rather than being wasted in meaningless stupidity.

This time He Wei encountered an extremely shrewd and capable opponent. If the squadron leader of the feint attack force had been a rational and obedient commanding officer, then He Wei's various plans last night would have been in vain. Until now, He Wei has won repeatedly , but the Japanese are not fools. It's a pity that such a smart opponent has a teammate who looks like a pig's head.

Harada Jiro observed the current situation. He could infer that the Asai Squadron would be attacked by the Chinese army soon. What he could do now was not how to save the Asai Squadron, but to let as many officers and soldiers of the Asai Squadron survive as possible. He thought about it For example, Harada Jiro decisively said to the staff around him: "Order the artillery unit of the wing to load ammunition and prepare for the Chinese army's surprise attack. Cover the retreat of Asai Squadron. After you send the order, give me a signal to urge Asai Squadron to retreat."

Using flags to urge retreat and using regiment artillery to cover it was the limit of what Harada Jiro could do. After all, all he had now was a regiment artillery unit and a few staff officers.

Looking at the position not far away, Harada Jiro's heart became colder and colder.

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The first line position of the Sixth Company was already crowded with officers and soldiers of the Asakai Squadron. The squadron leader Asakai Kensho, led by the captain of the infantry unit who was the first to break in, came to the temporary warning position of the unit located in the center of the position. Here, Asakai saw dozens of bulging bullet belts from the Chinese army, five or six boxes of ammunition, and dozens of scattered long-handled grenades piled together.

Asakai Xianzhang stepped forward and opened the locks of several ammunition boxes one by one. What was inside was either an unopened long-handled grenade wrapped in oil paper, or a golden [-]-caliber rifle bullet. , several Japanese soldiers were still operating a heavy machine gun.

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, this is the trophy our detachment captured in the Chinese army position. This heavy machine gun is an imperial [-]-type heavy machine gun imitated by the Chinese arsenal. The enemy also left some ammunition. In order to prevent the enemy from counterattack, these machine guns and All the ammunition was collected by my team.”

The squad leader reported to Asai Kensaku, who nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well done, you are doing a good job, messenger, order each squad to set up defenses in the position to prevent the Chinese army from counterattack."

"What else have you gained?" Asakai Xianzhang said to the squad leader.

The Japanese squad leader shook his head: "There is no other harvest. No one can be found in the position, only a few burned black corpses with no human form. By the way, squadron leader, the Chinese army still left some in the trenches." Dry food and canned food.”

Asakai Xianzhao was very satisfied. After leaving so many weapons, ammunition and food, he could now confirm that the Chinese army had indeed retreated. In the trench, the soldiers of Asakai Squadron lay on the edge of the trench, pointing various firearms in their hands at the Sixth The company retreated in the direction to prevent the Chinese army from counterattacking. Although Asai Squadron did not continue to advance in depth, it did gain a firm foothold in the Sixth Company's position.

Asakai Kenta stepped on the stepping hole of the trench, and proudly raised his telescope to look behind him. He saw that the flat ground between the deep position and the communication trench was full of trampled marks. It was obvious that the Chinese army had retreated very quickly. Confused, the increasingly satisfied Asakai Kensho suddenly laughed, put away his binoculars, and patrolled around the trenches. His men were on guard. The increasingly happy Asai Asagi actually started to study the structure of the Chinese army's positions.

After walking around for a few times, even though they were the enemy, when Asakai saw the position layout of the Chinese army and the internal structure of the bunker, he had to admit that this Chinese army had excellent soil work technology and position deployment level, and the winding trenches It was rugged, and the bunker's nozzles were cleverly arranged. After seeing it, he nodded repeatedly. The only thing he didn't understand was the huge log splicing boards covering them in the trenches. Asakai Genshou really didn't understand what the purpose of this thing was. , if it is used as a concealment cover, why not cover the entire trench, but just arrange it at the corners of each trench?

Is it used for shade and rest?
Raising his head and knocking on the huge round wooden boards, Chaojing Xianzhang couldn't help but feel curious. Of course he didn't know that this was the landing door that He Wei used to plot against him and his squadron, and it was something that could kill him.

Although he couldn't figure out the function of this thing, Asai Kentaki intuitively felt that this thing must have an extraordinary effect. He didn't know how powerful it was, but he didn't know how powerful it was!

With such a position, it's no wonder that the guys from the No. 16 Wing couldn't defeat it with two infantry brigades. It's awesome, it's really awesome!
When he thought that such a difficult position could be easily captured by him, Asakai Kensaku was even more excited. Suddenly, he saw a few wooden boards placed in the corner of the trench. On a whim, Asakai Kensho called a few soldiers. Turning the wooden planks sideways, these were originally door panels used by He Wei to cover the roof of the traffic trench. They were all from private houses in Yanzhuang and were thrown into the trench when he pretended to be defeated.

Asakai took out a piece of chalk from his bag and began to write on the door panel. Soon, a line of large characters appeared on the door panel - Chinese Army's solid position, occupied by Tsukei Detachment, Asakai Squadron, Long live the Emperor, the Imperial Road is boundless.

The Japanese army had the habit of engraving commemorations during battles. Once they captured a certain position or a certain city, in order to commemorate the corresponding battle, the Japanese army often left inscriptions on famous landmarks in the city or at an important part of the position. They usually left The numbers of the troops that captured the position and the words "Long Live the Emperor" were mentioned. Kensei Asai was in a state of high emotion now, so how could he let go of this opportunity to demonstrate his martial virtue?
"Put this board up, wave the military flag, and let the No. 16 Wing and the damn Chinese see that this solid position is occupied by our Di Detachment and our Chaojing Squadron!"

Soon, the door panel was erected, and a Japanese soldier took out the rising sun flag, tied it to his rifle, and waved it constantly.

"Long live, long live!"

"Long live the Emperor!" "Long live the Empire of Japan!"

Many Japanese soldiers couldn't help but cheer, some waving rifles, and some raising their hands and shouting, celebrating this great and easy victory.

"This idiot, fire quickly to alert them."

In front of the position, Harada Jiro saw this series of operations of the Asai Squadron, and his blood pressure soared. After cursing, one staff officer raised his pistol and fired several rounds into the sky. The other staff officer raised a red and a red gun. Bai's two command hand flags were carried out in an orderly manner according to the requirements of the Japanese single-flag communication semaphore tutorial, using Japanese letters and Arabic numerals corresponding to Morse code for communication. The staff officer kept repeating the same semaphore actions, and their meanings were very clear. Brief - retreat, retreat now!

As a reminder of gunshots, Asai Kensho naturally saw the retreat semaphore behind him, and he also ordered his subordinates to reply to Harada Jiro in the same semaphore form. The reply was: Our unit has captured the Chinese army's position, please increase troops to support immediately.

After seeing Asai Kensho's reply, Harada Jiro's lungs were about to explode. He shouted and asked the staff to repeat the flag order, but no matter how the staff repeated it, the reply he got was still the same sentence, please increase troops immediately for support.

"Baga, Baga, this is the bottom overcoming the top, bastard, stupid pig."

Harada Jiro yelled at the top of his lungs. He couldn't see where it was. This Asai Kensei deliberately refused to retreat and wanted to force himself to send reinforcements to completely capture the position. Harada Jiro had no way to deal with this rogue behavior and could only watch. He yelled at the group of bastards in front of him.

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In the position, there were still many Japanese soldiers cheering, but little did they know that in the inner wall at the corner of the trench, there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes secretly looking at the Japanese soldiers in the position. There was hatred and pity in those eyes. There was ridicule. In the dark hidden part of the longitudinal shooting equipment, rows and squads of deputy Yang Biao leaned on Jin-made submachine guns and saw the Japanese soldiers in a state of crazy celebration through the gaps.

Next to Yang Biao, there is a soldier from the first squad, holding a rope tightly in his hand. As long as the rope is pulled down, the landing door not far away will fall. If all the hidden longitudinal shooting equipment in the trench is hidden, All the ropes in the trench will be pulled down at the same time, and all the landing doors in the trench will fall. At the same time, the Japanese troops in the position will be divided into several sections by the landing doors. The soldier holding the rope whispered bitterly. Said: "Deputy, do you want to fight or not?"

"Hit a hammer and wait for the platoon leader's order."

Yang Biao held the submachine gun and sneered and whispered.

The same scene also happened in the hidden parts of other longitudinal shooting equipment. In order to ambush the Japanese army, these hidden brothers hid in the hidden part of the longitudinal shooting equipment for a night with dry food, biscuits and cold water. It was really unpleasant. It feels so good to have been in the dark and cold concealment all night. Now, all the brothers in the concealment of the longitudinal shooting equipment can't wait to open fire. After suffering all night, this is the time they are looking forward to.

In the distance, the half-time champagne celebration of the Japanese army was also visible to He Wei. The Japanese soldiers were laughing there, and He Wei was also smiling with his telescope. The second platoon leader Hu Zhaowu and the third platoon leader Fang Jing were right next to He Wei. Next to him, Asakai Squadron, which broke into the Sixth Company's position, only occupied the entire front line position and did not expand into the Sixth Company's deep positions, so it was very safe here, and all movements of the Japanese army were under He Wei's control.

Behind He Wei were all the remaining officers and soldiers in the row. All the soldiers were half-kneeling in the trenches. Everyone was holding either a medium-sized rifle, a Jin-made submachine gun, or a Czech-style light machine gun, and they were just waiting quietly. Following the order to attack, the officers and soldiers of the second and third platoons hid in the hidden parts of the second and third line positions respectively.

"Lao He, do it."

Hu Zhaowu said to He Wei, and Fang Jing also echoed: "These devils are so arrogant. They just occupied our front line position and they are so successful. Fire, and send these devils to see the King of Hell."

He Wei also felt that it was time and said: "Let your brothers in each platoon prepare for battle. The second platoon is from the left, the third platoon is on the right, and I, the supervisor, lead the first platoon in the middle. Hei Wa, go down and pass the order. Everyone , prepare to fight, bayonet on."

He Wei slowly pulled out the Japanese corporal command knife captured last night from his waist. The soldiers in the row behind him calmly took out their bayonets from their waists and installed them on their rifles. The wind suddenly started blowing harder. , in the trench there was only the sound of bayonets catching and bayonet seats combined. One row had their bayonets fixed, and the second and third rows also had their bayonets fixed. Everyone's eyes were focused on He Wei.

Beside He Wei, Tao Heiwa also clumsily installed a bayonet on the Type [-] rifle in his hand. This rifle came from the capture of the Japanese army that annihilated the sneak attack last night, and the bugler from the company headquarters also took out his rifle. His exclusive weapon - a shiny brass bugle.

The laughter and shouts of the Japanese army came with the increasingly fierce wind. He Wei raised his saber, stood up suddenly, and shouted sternly: "Blow the charge horn, Sixth Company, attack! Kill!"

"Sixth Company, attack!"

The high-spirited charge horn resounded throughout the entire position. The officers and soldiers of the Japanese Asai Squadron, who were in a state of extreme excitement, were still immersed in the joy of conquering the enemy's position. Suddenly, the whine of the horn sounded, and they realized that China The army was about to start a counterattack, and the Asai Squadron quickly returned to alert and was on high alert for the front of the battlefield.

Woo woo woo - boom

Suddenly, there were loud noises one after another in the front line trenches where Asakai Squadron was located. The Japanese soldiers who were on guard before the battle suddenly felt loud noises coming from around them. Those lifting doors across the top of the trenches, one after another. Then one by one they smashed down, and a row of brothers hidden in the concealed part of the longitudinal shooting equipment pulled the rope connecting the horizontal axis of the landing door. The rope pulled by human power directly tore off the supporting logs that lay underneath the landing door.

The huge lift door fell, hitting the trench and setting off billowing smoke. Then, something unexpected happened to the Japanese army. The cliff wall of the trench behind the Japanese army suddenly spewed out fierce firepower, and bullets were fired one after another. The Asahi squadron actually got out of the wall, and the Asahi squadron, which was divided into several sections by the landing door, suffered heavy casualties under the blazing firepower of longitudinal firing equipment.
The officers and soldiers squatting in the concealed part of the longitudinal firing equipment turned their hard work all night into revenge bullets. The seven-nine bullets fired by Jin-made submachine gun bullets and Chinese formal rifles wantonly harvested the lives of the Japanese troops in the Asahi Squadron. All the longitudinal attacks The concealed parts of the firing equipment all started at the corners of the trenches, which meant that all the Japanese troops were within the shooting range of the concealed parts of the longitudinal firing equipment. The Japanese troops divided into several sections by the landing doors could not support each other. The huge, The landing doors across the trenches were like a barrier of life and death. Each part of the Asahi Squadron was too busy to take care of themselves and could not support each other as a team. They could only leave behind numerous corpses under the intensive firepower.

Shouts of pain, screams, and curses filled the entire trench. Many Japanese soldiers could not figure it out until their death. Why did bullets come out of the wall?

(End of this chapter)