The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 133 Annihilation of the Japanese Cavalry
The officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion stared dumbfounded at the tragedy that happened ahead. The Japanese army and their own artillery used a practical drill to give these brothers a bloody tactical lesson. Originally, many soldiers of the Third Battalion were I thought my life was about to be decided in this wilderness, but in just 2 minutes, a fierce shelling changed everything.

boom boom boom

There was another round of shelling, and the whistling sound of shells piercing the air sounded above the heads of the officers and soldiers of the third battalion. Fragments and bullet rain once again wreaked havoc among the Japanese cavalry ranks. Of course, the effect this time was much worse. The first round of shelling directly wiped out more than 100 Japanese cavalry. The remaining Japanese cavalry were not fools. They all knew that they had hit a nail, so they all dispersed and maneuvered. Except for a small number of hard-headed cavalry who were still charging, the rest were either killed. Get killed, or maneuver laterally to avoid gunfire.

The khaki ground was dyed red by the blood of horses and men. There were stumps and broken arms everywhere. Human body parts, horse heads, horse internal organs, and thighs were everywhere. Well-crafted Type [-] cavalry rifles and Type [-] cavalry knives were scattered everywhere. All over the place.

"Hahahahaha, it's his grandma's fault. I just said that this kid He Wei has a way, he can fight well, he can fight well."

Chen Zhen said excitedly, the smell of blood filling the air smelled so sweet at this time, Zhang Yongbin, commander of the third battalion, was also stunned, and kept saying "good fight, good fight, third battalion" None of the hundreds of officers and soldiers made a sound. They were all shocked and speechless by the tragic scene in front of them. The power and performance of the Bofors mountain artillery far exceeded the Japanese mountain artillery, although these brothers suffered a lot from the Japanese. Human shelling, but the effect of a battalion's Bofors Mountain artillery salvo was far more shocking and tragic than the shelling scenes these soldiers had experienced personally.

Three rounds of shelling before and after, and 24 75mm mountain artillery shells, completely shattered the Japanese cavalry penetration assault.

Looking at the Japanese cavalry maneuvering in all directions, Chen Zhen said to Zhang Yongbin: "Old Zhang, let your people fire too. Artillery shells are valuable. Now that the Japanese cavalry has collapsed, use your machine guns to teach these idiots a lesson. "

"Brothers, hit me, hit me hard!"

Zhang Yongbin raised his shell gun, fired two shots into the sky, and ordered the whole battalion to open fire. In an instant, six Type 27 heavy machine guns, 100 Czech light machine guns, and hundreds of medium-sized rifles spat out fierce firepower. At this moment, the war situation on the battlefield does not look like the modern warfare of the twentieth century at all. Instead, it looks more like the old infantry and cavalry combat tactics of [-] years ago.

The light and heavy machine guns of the third battalion lined up on the front line and opened fire violently at the scattered Japanese cavalry. After being ravaged by artillery fire, the Japanese cavalry was once again ruthlessly massacred by machine gun fire, while the rifles of the third battalion The fighting method of the Japanese soldiers was more classical. The riflemen of each company actually lined up in several horizontal rows. Under the order of the platoon leader, they fired volleys at the Japanese cavalry. After the infantry platoon of each company came up, , following the platoon leader's command, he fired the five bullets in the official rifle magazine one after another, then retreated, and then the next infantry platoon took over to maintain uninterrupted firepower.

da da da da

In the front row, a dense fire net woven by light and heavy machine guns overwhelmingly hit the Japanese cavalry. Those stubborn Japanese cavalry who were still charging were knocked down one after another.

"Get ready, let go!"

Behind the light and heavy machine guns, the opening commands of the infantry platoon leaders came one after another. Once the command was given, a volley of rifles opened fire. As a result, those Japanese cavalry who survived the machine gun fire were killed, and the two [-] guns of the third battalion were killed. Mortars also opened fire repeatedly, blasting the Japanese cavalry.

The meaningless attack by the Japanese cavalry lasted for less than 5 minutes and was defeated by the intensive firepower of the third battalion.

In fact, the tactics of the Japanese cavalry are very advanced. The modern cavalry is not so much a cavalry as a highly mobile infantry. The cavalry's combat form has changed from the traditional cavalry's group charge to a rapid attack of a variety of firearms. The same is true for mobile troops and the Japanese army.

The cavalry troops are not only equipped with sabers and lances, but also special heavy machine guns for cavalry and light artillery for cavalry. But today's cavalry group has no idea that the Chinese army is equipped with a large number of artillery, and the Chinese infantry has poor firepower. In order to defeat the third battalion in front of them as soon as possible, the Japanese cavalry of this squadron chose the most primitive cavalry shock tactic with the mentality of bullying the weak. However, they did not expect that the Chinese army actually had so many artillery!
"Quickly retreat, leave a connection, and quickly run to the main position."

After five minutes of fierce fighting, the Japanese cavalry had completely retreated and completely gave up the attack on the third battalion. Chen Zhen also gave up at this time. Over at Yanzhuang, the Japanese artillery fire had not stopped. If the Japanese When the artillery fire came, the battalion had just stepped out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth again. Chen Zhen and Zhang Yongbin left a chain to cover. The rest of the officers and soldiers of the third battalion stopped shooting and rushed toward the main headquarters of the sixth company. Retreat in the direction of the position.

But the battle is far from over.

After shelling and light and heavy machine gun fire, only about 70 Japanese cavalry remained. The remaining ones were either dead or injured and no longer posed any threat to the third battalion. Therefore, the third battalion calmly came in front of the remaining Japanese cavalry. During a retreat in front of the enemy, some red-eyed Japanese soldiers wanted to launch an attack, but all of them were knocked to the ground without exception. At the end of the fight, the remaining Japanese cavalry gave up the charge on horseback and watched the Japanese cavalry calmly retreat. The third battalion and the remaining Japanese cavalry were also forced into panic, so another scene was staged on the battlefield that stunned the officers and soldiers of the third battalion.

More than fifty Japanese cavalrymen turned over and dismounted following the whistles. Then, the horses also neatly lay sideways on the ground. The dismounted Japanese troops put on their lances, spread out the infantry skirmishers, and began to attack according to infantry assault tactics. The third battalion crawled forward, while the cavalry heavy machine gun team of the second cavalry regiment managed to survive the shelling and gunfire just now. The two Taisho [-]-year-old [-]mm heavy machine guns were not destroyed. These Japanese troops The cavalry showed better combat qualities and tenacious resilience than the Japanese infantry.

The riflemen deployed the folding bayonets of the Type [-] lances. While crawling forward, they used the corpses of their fallen comrades and horses as cover and began to shoot at the third battalion. Two wheeled heavy machine guns also opened fire. .

The commanders of these Japanese cavalry were also very shrewd. Now they knew that the Chinese army had artillery, so they kept pushing forward with the firepower of the third battalion. After paying the price of ten casualties, these cavalry dismounted and fought on foot. The Japanese cavalry was stunned to advance to a position 300 meters away from the officers and soldiers of the third battalion.

In order to retreat as quickly as possible, the heavy machine guns and mortars of the Third Battalion had already been mounted on pack horses and withdrawn, leaving only one company behind. These stubborn Japanese cavalry seized every opportunity to fire at the retreating formation of the Third Battalion. , under the continuous fire of Japanese cavalry and heavy machine guns, soldiers of the third battalion continued to fall. The combat quality of the Japanese cavalry was much better than that of the infantry. The infantry company serving as the rear guard only had light machine guns and could not suppress it at all. Japanese cavalry.

The Japanese cavalry bit up, and the Bofors Mountain Artillery behind them did not dare to continue firing. At such a close distance, if a shell deflected and landed on the head of the third battalion, something big would happen. All of this He Wei also saw it in the command post. He did not expect that these Japanese cavalry were so tenacious. More than half of them were injured and killed, and they dared to charge up. Moreover, if they did not eat all these cavalry, the third battalion would They would be bitten and chased and beaten from behind. If this really happened, then even if the third battalion withdrew, they would probably suffer serious losses.

"Receive the tank defense gun platoon."

He Wei asked the communications corpsman to connect the phone to the tank defense artillery platoon. Guan Chen Xinsheng asked for a combat defense artillery squad. He had already seen the fighting situation in the third battalion. There was probably an infantry company fighting dozens of people. The Japanese cavalry fired at each other, and the Japanese cavalry also had heavy machine guns. To quickly resolve the battle, combat anti-artillery was necessary.

So, He Wei and Tao Heiwa, after joining the tank defense artillery squad, rushed towards the third battalion. However, they did not expect that it was Chen Xinsheng who led the team in person, and the battle defense artillery squad he brought , it was the Type 37 [-]mm rapid-fire gun captured from the Japanese army. The soldiers of the artillery squad disassembled the Japanese rapid-fire gun into the smallest parts. One person carried several parts on his back and ran over in a hurry.

A few people quickly met the third battalion and saw Chen Zhen and Zhang Yongbin. He Wei had no time to say anything else and asked hurriedly: "Sir, are you afraid that the company behind you will be bitten by the Japanese?" , I'll go up and kill them. Now the main position is limited, and the covert department can only put down two companies of troops. You put two infantry companies in my sixth company's position, another infantry company, a heavy machine gun company and a forced The artillery platoon moved out to cover the artillery positions."

After leaving such a sentence, in the surprised eyes of Chen Zhen, Zhang Yongbin and hundreds of officers and soldiers, He Wei and a dozen people quickly rushed towards the fighting situation ahead. Along the way, He Wei could see more than a dozen people falling to the ground. The remains of the fallen officers and soldiers of the third battalion. The battle went smoothly at first, but the Japanese cavalry was so brave. After being beaten to such a granny level, they still persisted in fighting and charged forward risklessly. Their will to fight was really tenacious.

"Hurry up, load up the cannon." He Wei rushed to the fighting situation, crawling on the ground and crawling forward first. What was left behind seemed to be an infantry company, but it was beaten very embarrassed. Soldiers were constantly being beaten by the Japanese cavalry. middle.

Chen Xinsheng led the soldiers of the combat defense artillery squad to assemble the combat defense artillery in the back. When He Wei climbed to the front, he met Captain Pan Qi, the commander of the seventh infantry company of the third battalion. He saw He Wei carrying a combat defense artillery piece. Coming over, Pan Qi seemed to have seen a savior.

"Captain Pan, what's going on now?"

With the bullets whizzing above his head, He Wei crawled over and asked, Pan Qi is a graduate of the seventh phase of Huangpu. He turned out to be the lieutenant platoon leader of the fifth company of the second battalion. Because of his meritorious service in the battle of Zhenbiancheng, he was recently killed. He was transferred to the Seventh Company of the Third Battalion and became the captain of this company.

"Damn it, this gun is so accurate. There were more than 50 Japanese cavalry biting us and two heavy machine guns. After more than ten minutes of fighting, we didn't kill a few of them, but more than 20 of them were killed. A brother was killed, and this group of enemies refused to retreat no matter how hard they fought. They used the horse's carcass as a shooting cover and advanced alternately, forcing themselves right in front of our company."

Pan Qi said bitterly. There were constant groans and screams around him. Soldiers from the [-]th Company were constantly being shot by the Japanese. These Japanese cavalry had a very high level of training, and their shooting hit rate was an order of magnitude higher than that of the Japanese infantry.

"The cannon is coming, the cannon is coming!"

At this time, Chen Xinsheng and his artillery squad rolled over with the loaded Sanqi rapid-fire cannon. Pan Qi was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately called for the infantrymen of the seventh company to come over and help. He Wei also climbed over to help push the cannon. Suddenly, a string of bullets fired He came over and hit the position of the tank defense artillery. The steel shield of the artillery was hit by bullets and sparks flew everywhere. A muffled groan came from behind He Wei. A soldier of the tank defense artillery squad was hit by a stray bullet in his helmet. , fell to the ground.

"Push over quickly, Captain Pan. Listen to my signal in a moment. When I tell you to charge, let the brothers charge forward together."

He Wei shouted loudly.

Then, the soldiers of the combat defense artillery squad began to build simple auxiliary hoes. In order to cover the combat defense artillery squad, Pan Qi gathered the nine light machine guns of the entire company and fired suppressively at the Japanese heavy machine guns.

The combat defense artillery squad seized this opportunity, dug two simple auxiliary hoes, and opened the tripod. However, they could not find the sandbags to hold the tripod at the moment. In desperation, He Wei had four dead soldiers of the [-]th Company brought in. The corpse was pressed against the artillery mount in the hoe pit.

"Shoot that heavy machine gun."

He Wei pointed at a Japanese heavy machine gun, Chen Xinsheng pulled the match cord, and with a bang, a cloud of white smoke came out of the muzzle of the Type [-] rapid-fire gun. The shell hit ten meters in front of the Japanese machine gun position. Then, while correcting After shooting at Zhu Yuan, Chen Xinsheng quickly fired a second [-] explosive grenade. This shell accurately hit the Taisho [-]-year-old cavalry heavy machine gun. With a violent explosion, the heavy machine gun exploded. Became parts.

Boom, boom, boom

Another three consecutive shots killed another heavy machine gun.

After firing the heavy machine gun, He Wei said again: "Platoon leader Chen, fire swivelly and cover the infantry to rush forward."

Swinging fire, as the name suggests, is to continuously shake the barrel of the artillery left and right when shooting, and fire at the fastest speed to form a suppression zone of shell fragments. After receiving the order, Chen Xinsheng also opened his arms and fired without careful aim. One after another, after firing ten shells in a row, a wide fragmentation belt had been formed in front of the array.

There was dust everywhere caused by the explosion of artillery shells, and the shooting intensity of the Japanese infantry was also significantly weakened. Although it was mainly swing fire and suppressed shooting, some Japanese cavalry were also hit by fragments generated by the explosion of grenades. The shooting accuracy of the Japanese cavalry was very low. It was also greatly reduced. At this time, He Wei took out his submachine gun and shouted at Pan Qi: "Company Commander Pan, charge."

After saying that, He Wei was the first to rush forward. Tao Heiwa followed closely behind He Wei and rushed forward first. Pan Qi waved the shell gun in his hand and shouted to the soldiers of the seventh company: "Brothers, the enemy has been attacked." The artillery bombardment has collapsed, rush forward."

The officers and soldiers of the seventh company had been suppressed and beaten for so long. When they saw the Japanese cavalry defeated, their morale was greatly boosted. They rushed forward with their rifles. While the dust in front had not cleared, He Wei got in and didn't care. He couldn't see clearly whether there were Japanese troops in front of him, so he went up and threw two grenades forward, and Tao Heiwa followed suit.

boom boom boom

After several explosions, screams were heard, a strong wind blew, the smoke cleared, and dozens of Japanese soldiers rushed over screaming. All of these Japanese soldiers were carrying cavalry goggles, and some were carrying Some of the Type [-] cavalry rifles with needle-type folding bayonets came over with Type [-] cavalry knives. He Wei didn't bring a long gun, so he couldn't fight with them with bayonets. He copied the Jin-made submachine gun and it was a sudden attack.

After knocking down four Japanese cavalry, He Wei quickly stepped forward. There were Japanese troops everywhere. He had no time to change the magazine. He Wei left the submachine gun behind his back, picked up a Japanese cavalry rifle, and aimed at a Japanese army.

This gun is very short, less than half the length of the [-]-meter Gai, and its appearance is also very strange. However, the gun is very well made and is better than the [-]-meter Gai in the hands of the Japanese infantry, because the Japanese cavalry troops are among the various arms. It has the aloof status of a noble, so this cavalry rifle can also be regarded as a noble weapon with a quite exquisite structure.

The bayonet is folded in front of the gun. You only need to press the button on the gun to deploy the bayonet instantly. He Wei's understanding of the Type [-] Cavalry Rifle actually came from a TV series. This gun is exclusively used by Wei Dayong and Monk Wei in Bright Sword. Comes with a gun.

Pulling the trigger, a gun was fired. After the clear gunshot, the bullet hit a Japanese soldier in the abdomen. He Wei rushed forward in three steps and two steps at a time, and fiercely sent the tapered bayonet into the Japanese soldier. Suddenly, another Japanese cavalryman struck at his chest with a saber. He Wei could not react in time, but it was Tao Heiwa who shot him four times with a shell gun.

"Captain Pan, try to resolve the battle with your gun instead of hand-to-hand combat." He Wei shouted.

More than 100 people from the 30th Company and the remaining [-] or so Japanese cavalry fought in a melee. Bursts of messy gunfire rang out, almost all of which were from medium-sized rifles and shell guns. The officers and soldiers of the [-]th Company faithfully accepted He Wei did not follow the advice of martial ethics and all shot at the enemy. Even if a small number of them were equipped with bayonets, the battle was quickly resolved. The length of the Japanese army's lances was short, worse than the medium-sized formal rifles that were themselves short rifles. In their hands, The weapons determined that the Japanese cavalry did not have an advantage in the stabbing battle, and their numbers were at an absolute disadvantage. They could not compete with the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Company.

After about 10 minutes of melee, this battle between infantry and cavalry ended with the annihilation of the first squadron of the second cavalry regiment and the heavy machine gun squadron of the Japanese army. ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ．
(End of this chapter)