The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 146 Flesh Mill

After the captain of the 28th Squadron led two Hawker IIs to eliminate the Japanese school-launched balloons and artillery positions, they immediately flew back and regained a flight altitude of 3000 meters to cover the subsequent bombing of the fleet.

After you sing, I will appear. The other three Hawker II and three Schreck attack aircraft began to lower their altitude and attack along the vast open area filled with yellow smoke. The attacking Japanese troops were affected by the shelling smoke and all fell to the ground. , by the time the Japanese skirmishers stood up again and launched an attack, the six new aircraft had already flown over the heads of the Japanese army. The first to deploy were three Schreck attack aircraft.

Fan Guanghua, the leader of the No. 20 800th Squadron, immediately flew the lead aircraft down to 55 meters. The three Schreck attack aircraft spread out in a row and were ready for horizontal bombing. In the lead aircraft, Fan Guanghua The bomb release lever was pulled, taking the lead in dropping four 55kg bombs. The other two attack aircraft also followed the lead aircraft's attack action and dropped bombs. A total of eight [-]kg aerial bombs and ten [-]kg aerial bombs fell freely in all directions. He fell into the Japanese attack queue.

boom boom boom

Eighteen bullets of different sizes exploded from the Japanese attack queue. Even if the Japanese troops were lying on the ground in the open ground, they had nowhere to run or hide, accompanied by the explosion of aerial bombs. , the attacking Japanese infantry heard screams one after another. Many people were blown into human body parts by bombs and then lifted into the sky.

The Japanese tank that struck in front of the infantry did not fall well. A 55-kilogram aerial bomb accidentally hit a Type [-] light armored vehicle directly. The huge shock wave generated by the explosion directly blew the Type [-] armored vehicle over. A [-]-kilogram small aerial bomb hit a Type [-] heavy armored vehicle, destroying the Type [-] heavy machine gun on the vehicle.

The attack on the Japanese troops by these three attack planes was far from over. After dropping the bombs, the three planes immediately lowered their altitude to 500 meters, and then began to shoot at the Japanese troops on the ground with machine guns. Each plane was equipped with four turrets on the wings. The Browning [-]mm aviation machine gun and the [-]mm machine gun equipped in the back seat continued to rain down bullets on the Japanese troops on the ground. The three aircraft lined up in a neat formation and fired fifteen Browning machine guns on the Japanese troops on the ground. Crazy shooting.

In the lead plane, Fan Guanghua held on to the machine gun trigger. The four Browning machine guns on the nose and wings fired a stream of incendiary bombs and tracer bullets. Ye Gui, the machine gunner in the back seat, simply fired the machine gun trigger. The machine gun was adjusted to the maximum vertical angle, and while shouting, it attacked the Japanese troops from a high position at the maximum shooting angle.

The pilots and machine gun shooters of the 27th Squadron vented their anger and anger wantonly. Since the war began, the fighter force has lost four to zero over Jianqiao and six to zero over Hangzhou, but their bomber force has achieved good results in Songhu. Ping Ping has suffered repeated setbacks, but today is the time to avenge his humiliation.

More than a dozen bullets mixed with tracer bullets and full of anger hit the Japanese troops overwhelmingly. Dust was flying and thick smoke billowed. A large number of Japanese troops were hit and died tragically while lying down. There was no way to hide in the open ground. , some Japanese soldiers who were forced to panic even used their Type 11 rifles and Taisho [-]-year-old crooked light machine guns to shoot in the air.

"Fire with the light machine gun and shoot down those damn Chinese planes for me."

Terada Akizo, captain of the 16st Battalion of the Infantry No. [-] Regiment, couldn't bear it anymore. He got up from the ground and looked around at the wailing, tragically dead and injured subordinates. He picked up a Sanba Gai and shot it at Shots were fired from the sky, and some sub-shooters of crooked light machine guns also raised their machine gun tripods high to shoot in the air.

The three attack planes continued strafing repeatedly for 5 minutes before pulling up and leaving. Then, three Hawker II fighter jets swooped down from the sky. Compared with the attack planes doing horizontal bombing attacks, the speed of the swooping fighter jets was faster. It was much faster. It rushed down from high altitude in a few seconds. While diving, it fired with the two Browning machine guns on the nose of the aircraft.

The brave Guangdong pilot, who was skilled in art, only raised the plane again and dropped the aerial bomb when the plane was less than 100 meters from the ground. Terada Akizo was so angry that he took out all the bullets in the [-]-cap magazine. He picked up a box pistol and fired into the sky, but the Chinese fighter plane he was targeting arrogantly dropped the bomb and pulled away.

In Terada Akizo's pupils, the dark two-hundred-kilogram aerial bomb grew bigger and bigger, and finally landed next to a light machine gun group five meters in front of Terada Akizo. In the violent explosion, Terada Akizo and more than twenty people were killed. A Japanese soldier was blown up into the sky together. Weapon parts were mixed with human body parts. They were blown away by the explosion shock wave and scattered like flowers from a goddess. Before the bullets in Terada Akizo's hand were all used up, he became an infantryman. .The 16th Regiment No. 1 Major Captain who was killed in action.

The other two Hawker IIs also dropped bombs in sequence. One aerial bomb landed in the formation of the Japanese infantry, killing more than 20 Japanese infantrymen, while another [-]kg aerial bomb hit a Type [-] medium-sized vehicle. The tank's turret was completely destroyed after a violent explosion.

The 57mm tank gun on the turret was blown up, and the two tracks were also blown off. The tank's exploded fuel tank spilled diesel everywhere. A tank crew member covered in blood pushed away the gun on the turret. The hatch tried to escape, but suddenly a string of bullets from an aviation machine gun flew in, killing the tank crew member on the turret. After that, the tank made no movement again.

After strafing and bombing, after dropping all the aerial bombs they carried, except for the two Hawker II fighter jets that were on high-altitude alert, the remaining three Hawker II and three Schreck attack aircraft flew to the left wing of the Japanese column, and then stood condescendingly. , from left to right, a machine gun fire attack in the form of a review was carried out against the Japanese attack queue in a low-altitude flying attitude.

The bullets fired by eighteen Browning [-]mm aviation machine guns screamed past and hit the ground in the open area. On the ground, there were shouts, cries, and wails, as well as tanks and wing guns. After the brigade's cannon was hit by a bullet, the sound of metal friction, clanking, clanking, sparks, and sparks could not be heard. After a round of strafing, the eight Chinese military aircraft left arrogantly and returned to Taiyuan Airport.

What was left behind was devastation and a mess. Goto Juro lay on the ground, and waited until the plane flew away before he dared to get up and scan the surrounding subordinates. In this air raid, the attacking Japanese troops were killed and injured more than 200 people, two A tank was destroyed, and Major Terada Akizo, captain of the 16st Battalion of the Infantry No. [-] Regiment, was killed in the air raid.

What's even worse is that the artillery positions and balloon squadrons, which were important aids in the attack, also suffered heavy losses, and they could no longer organize any decent artillery fire to cover the attacking infantry units.

Suffering such losses before engaging the Chinese army, Goto Juro jumped up in anger and roared: "Attack, continue to attack, kill all these Chinese soldiers, kill them all."

The huge stagnant attack queue of the Japanese army began to squirm again. Tanks and infantry all accelerated and launched an attack, but the firepower attack from the air was just the beginning. In the command post of the Sixth Company, He Wei saw the air force's A masterpiece, he cheered loudly again and again. When he saw the Japanese army launching another rapid attack, He Wei connected the phone to the artillery position again.

"Battle Commander Cao, the Japanese army is attacking. Start blocking fire from firing area No. 35, so that the artillery brothers can attack with confidence. Don't worry about the Japanese artillery. The Japanese artillery was destroyed by the air force."

In the artillery position, when Cao Huiguo heard the good news from He Wei, he was filled with pride. In an extremely heroic and excited tone, he ordered the two mountain artillery companies to which he belonged: "Each company, shoot from No. 35 shooting area to No. [-] shooting area." Areas, each area is ordered to fire five rounds, and each company fires freely. Fight with confidence and boldly. The Japanese artillery has been killed by the air force."

After receiving the order to fire freely, the two mountain artillery batteries quickly took action and began to cover the Japanese troops in front of the position. Eight 75mm Bofors mountain guns fired at the highest rate of fire at the Japanese troops in front of the position to block the fire.

After the mountain artillery opened fire, the twelve 88mm field guns of the Jinsui Army Field Artillery Battalion also began to bombard. Without having to worry about the counter-battery bombardment of the Japanese artillery, the Chinese artillery could rain down bullets on the attacking Japanese army. Wheels of 75mm mountain artillery shells and 88mm field artillery shells rolled in and bombarded the Japanese army's impact queue, which not only caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army, but also severely damaged the Japanese army's spirit.

In previous battles, the Japanese army has always used its overwhelming air power and ground artillery fire to attack the Chinese army. But today, the roles of both sides have completely reversed. They were first beaten violently by the Chinese air force, and then were violently attacked by the Chinese army's artillery fire. During the bombardment, although many charging Japanese troops kept walking, they felt a little more fear in their hearts.

Boom
There were artillery shells everywhere. The frontal width covered by the Chinese army's artillery fire was almost the same as the frontal width of the Japanese attack queue. However, the tank that hit the front suffered first. The Bofors Mountain Artillery of the 75th Artillery Regiment adopted indirect aiming and firing, and The [-]mm caliber blasting grenade has limited lethality against tanks. When the Japanese infantry were frantically harvesting lives, the shrapnel from the Qiwushan artillery grenade could only hit the Japanese tank and make a sound.

However, the artillery of the Jinsui Army with backward shooting technology achieved unexpected results. The artillery of the Jinsui Army also became red-eyed and took the initiative to move the artillery position forward before firing, waiting for the Japanese tanks at the forefront to enter the artillery team. After the scope observer's visual observation distance, several 88mm field guns actually fired directly at the tank.Of course, when shooting at a tank that is advancing at high speed, the hit rate of field artillery is really not high, and most of the shells miss. However, fortunately, the 88mm field artillery produced by Shanxi Arsenal has a long range and large caliber, and occasionally a few hits. If the bullet hits a well-protected tank such as the Type [-] medium tank, it will naturally not cause any decent damage. However, once it hits the Type [-] light armored vehicle and the Type [-] heavy armored vehicle, it can cause them Severe damage.

With a loud noise and a huge twisting sound, an 88mm blasting grenade hit a Type 88 armored vehicle. The weak armor could not withstand the impact of the 88mm blasting grenade, and it was blown up after one shot. , the turret separated from the body and was blown aside. Next to the Type [-] light armored vehicle, a Type [-] heavy armored vehicle was also hit by an [-]mm artillery shell.

Compared with light armored vehicles, heavy armored vehicles are still more resistant to beatings, but they just did not end up with the body and head separated like the Type [-] light armored vehicle. The shrapnel produced by the explosion still made a bunch of bullet holes in the body of the armored vehicle. , all the crew members in the car were killed, and all the crew members were killed. The tank was no different from a pile of scrap metal.

Shrapnel from the 88mm grenade flying above the head, and shell casings from the [-]mm blasting grenade flying under the crotch, this is the portrayal of the Japanese infantry in the attack. Every time they take a step forward, someone will fall and someone will pay the price with their life. Exploding tanks, flying shrapnel, fallen comrades, such a tragic scene frustrates the pace of the attack on the Japanese army.

Juro Goto, who was in the center of the assault queue, sensed that the situation was not good, and immediately stood up and shouted to Second Lieutenant Seto, the flag bearer of the regiment next to him: "Second Lieutenant Seto, raise the flag."

After receiving the order, Second Lieutenant Seto raised the flag of the No. 16 Infantry Regiment in his hand, regardless of the shrapnel flying around him, and shouted: "Long live the No. 16 Infantry Regiment! The warriors of the No. 16 Infantry Regiment." Let’s attack!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a 75mm grenade exploded in the distance, knocking down seven or eight Japanese soldiers. One of the two flying shrapnel hit Second Lieutenant Seto on the shoulder, and the other hit Infantry No. 16 On the surface of the alliance flag, another big hole was added to this weathered alliance flag. Soon, Second Lieutenant Seto's body was stained red with blood, but he still held the alliance flag high and shouted long live.

The surrounding soldiers of the flag guard team were infected by Second Lieutenant Seto's heroic behavior. They moved closer to the regiment flag and protected the regiment flag with their bodies. Some people were constantly hit by shrapnel, and some people kept stepping up to fill the vacancies caused by the casualties. Tojuro waved the [-] rifle in his hand again.

"The warriors of Infantry No. 16 Regiment, Tsutsumi Detachment, and Oizumi Detachment, attack for the sake of the Greater East Asia Holy War and for His Majesty the Emperor!"

For a moment, the soldiers from the No. 16 Regiment, the Di Detachment, and the Daquan Detachment all seemed to have been pumped. They raised their weapons and accelerated the attack again. Everyone shouted loudly, "Onboard, red!" With eyes closed, he even frantically surpassed the chariot that was covering the front and rushed towards the sixth company's position.

In the Sixth Company, the command post, He Wei saw all the crazy actions of the Japanese army. These madmen braved the bombardment of artillery fire and rushed within one kilometer in front of the Sixth Company's position. Regardless of their position, He Wei really I really like this kind of soldier, he is indeed brave and not afraid of death.

Judging from the performance of the Japanese offensive today, it was even crazier than any previous attack. He Wei immediately connected the phone calls to various bunkers and artillery positions. As long as the Japanese army entered within 500 meters, various firearms would be fired. Light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and tank defense guns all have to open fire to attack.

Goto Juro led the attack and used the regiment flag as a guide, which greatly boosted the morale of the Japanese army. After losing nearly 200 people in the artillery fire, the Japanese attack queue quickly rushed to less than one kilometer of the Sixth Company's position. , many Japanese troops seemed to have seen the dawn of victory and accelerated their attack speed. However, what greeted them was the blazing light and heavy machine gun firepower on the Sixth Company's position.

Seeing the Japanese troops rushing into shooting distance, He Wei took the lead in firing and pulled the trigger of the Type 11 [-] mm large-caliber heavy machine gun. Other automatic firearms in the command post also opened fire, including three Type [-] guns. The crossfire network composed of a [-] mm large-caliber heavy machine gun, two Type [-] heavy machine guns and two Taisho [-]-year-old crooked light machine guns gave the Japanese troops a headlong blow.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen Jinling-made Type [-] heavy machine guns and Czech-style light machine guns from each platoon of the Sixth Company also opened fire. The attacking Japanese army was like a running giant, suddenly hitting a larger piece of iron. The board bounced back and fell heavily to the ground.

Less than half a minute after the Sixth Company opened fire, more than 30 Japanese soldiers fell down at the forefront. The extremely fierce machine gun fire even made a dent in the open ground in front.

"Build fortifications on the spot, let the wing artillery and brigade artillery come up to attack the enemy's bunkers, and prepare the engineers' flamethrowers and infantry for assault, so that the tanks can come up quickly."

Goto Juro lay down on the ground, pulled an unrecognizable corpse as a cover, and shouted an order to the adjutant of the regiment beside him. The adjutant of the regiment called several soldiers to go down separately to deliver the order. He thought he was about to rush to the enemy's position. But they never expected that the firepower of the Chinese infantry was so strong. Some Japanese soldiers who had participated in the attack on the Sixth Company's position many times were also shocked. How did they know that He Wei had deployed an additional heavy machine gun company to the front line position? .

The suppressed Japanese army began to crawl forward with difficulty. The infantry on the front line lay down on the ground and began to urgently build lying fortifications. The soldiers of the rear artillery squadron and the soldiers of the infantry artillery directly under each brigade, some carried The artillery wheels, some carrying the artillery mantlets, rushed forward with difficulty.

The first supporting firepower that started to fight back was the heavy machine gun. The Japanese heavy machine gunners withstood the fierce firepower of the Sixth Company, raised the machine gun to the front line, and began to fire at the Sixth Company's position. Although the Sixth Company's position was strong, In front of the clever bunker positions, the [-] mm caliber heavy machine gun bullets did not pose any threat at all, but the continuous machine gun firepower still greatly boosted the morale of the front-line Japanese infantry.

The roar of the chariot gradually increased. Goto Juro turned around and watched, only to see his regimental adjutant bending down next to a Type [-] Chinese chariot, exchanging words with the commander of the chariot who had pulled out of the chariot. After communicating, Goto Juro finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the chariot being overtaken by the infantry begin to accelerate.

After the contact was completed, the adjutant of the regiment quickly ran to Juro Goto to recover. Seeing the adjutant of the regiment running in the hail of bullets, Gotojuro felt relieved. This lieutenant commander had always been his right-hand man, but The wing adjutant ran less than ten meters away from the chariot. Suddenly, there was a whistling sound in the sky, and then a cannonball fell. Goto Juro watched helplessly as his wing adjutant was hit by a cannonball. cover.

"Brothers, fight me and avenge the fallen brothers!"

In the mortar position of the Sixth Company, Sergeant Xu, the acting commander of the [-]nd Mortar Platoon, hung his injured arm and shouted to command the only remaining gun to fire. In yesterday's battle, the [-]nd Mortar Platoon One gun was blown up, and more than half of the platoon's officers and soldiers were lost, and their tool for revenge was the only remaining [-] mortar.

While firing mortar shells at the enemy at the fastest rate, the soldiers used towels dipped in cold water to cool down the artillery barrel. For a moment, an 11 mortar fired with the momentum of a mortar battery. A dense barrage hit the Japanese ranks, and the first round of shooting blasted a Type [-] heavy machine gun and a Taisho [-]-year-old crooked light machine gun into the sky.

Boom
There were dust pillars blown up by mortar shells everywhere. Seeing that his regimental adjutant was hit, Goto Juro felt angry and anxious. He quickly sent people out and finally managed to drag the regiment adjutant back, but he couldn't. By that time, the person was already dying.

Goto Juro saw blood on his adjutant's face, looking at him with pleading eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't because the adjutant's blood had been blocked in his throat, so Unable to utter even a single word, the medical soldiers accompanying the team could only cut open his throat, but to no avail.

In the end, the wing adjutant whom Goto Juro regarded as his arm died in front of Goto Juro in an extremely tragic way.

(End of this chapter)