The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 147
Under the intensive firepower of the Sixth Company, although the attacking Japanese infantry had to pay a bloody price for every step forward, the desperado-style play regardless of casualties would still have some effect.

When the battle reached this point, the corpses of Japanese infantry were everywhere. In order to block the heavy rain-like firepower of the Sixth Company, the crawling Japanese infantry simply pulled over the corpses of their fallen comrades and used them as bunkers for shooting and advancement. Pushing the corpses and crawling forward, some strong Japanese soldiers even took off the belts and leggings of their fallen comrades and tied two or three corpses together to increase the protective area. They formed a camp step by step with multiple corpses and gradually advanced.

This tactic of the Japanese army did have a good effect. Since corpses can be seen everywhere, there are even multiple corpses stacked together in some places. Some Japanese light and heavy machine gun units even directly used seven or eight corpses to build human bunkers. .

Just as the Japanese infantry moved forward, the tanks covering the Japanese infantry attack also moved over quickly and slowly, gradually surpassing the infantry's attack line. Of course, when the tanks advanced, the surrounding infantry also did not hesitate to move forward. Curses such as cowards and bastards were thrown at the dilly-dallying charioteers, and the progress of the chariots was not always smooth sailing.

The Sixth Company's two German-made 37mm tank defense guns and the Type [-] Type [-] rapid-fire cannon captured from the Japanese army saw the Japanese tanks approaching and went up to say hello. The Type [-] light armored vehicle with weak armor protection bore the brunt. Becoming the top target, more than half of the dozen tanks used by the Japanese army as cover had been damaged after air attacks and shelling.

There are also three Type [-] medium-sized tanks, two Type [-] heavy armored vehicles, and three Type [-] light armored vehicles that can move. The three tank defense guns of the Sixth Company adopted a concentrated shooting tactic, with three artillery pieces. Shooting at the same tank together.

In the center of the Japanese column, a Type 37 light armored vehicle had just increased its speed and was preparing to rush into the sixth company position with its speed advantage. Two [-]mm armor-piercing bullets and a [-]-mm blasting bullet hit the tank almost simultaneously. The armor-piercing bullet hit the tank at the same time. It penetrated the turret and killed the machine gunner inside the turret on the spot. Another [-] armor-piercing bomb and [-] blasting bomb hit the tank body, destroying the engine and driver at the same time.

The other two Type [-] light tanks did not survive for long and were successively destroyed by the sixth company's tank defense artillery. In comparison, the Type [-] medium tank and the Type [-] heavy armored vehicle had stronger survivability. On many occasions, they successfully rushed to the front of the infantry. Goto Juro also seized the opportunity and ordered the attacking infantry to hide behind the tank and follow the tank forward. As a result, the Japanese infantry who had been passively beaten moved to the back of the tank, although they suffered The smell of exhaust fumes is unpleasant, but it is better than being hit by bullets.

"Bullet, bullet, load!"

The command post of the Sixth Company was filled with the smell of gunpowder and gas after the bullets were fired, and bullet casings were everywhere. As soon as He Wei put a new magazine on the Type [-] heavy machine gun in his hand, he saw the Type [-] heavy machine gun being fired. The quartermaster sergeant called for someone to load his ammunition.

Steam was rising from the barrel and radiator of the heavy machine gun. The person who served as his assistant shooter was a communications soldier. The brothers in the command post did not know how to use the weapons of the Japanese army at all. They were all temporary crash courses given by He Wei. Anyway, they knew how to use them. Just pull the trigger to fire. The signal soldier took out a [-]mm bullet-protecting plate from the ammunition box, but couldn't insert it. He Wei hurriedly ran over and inserted the bullet-proof plate into the inlet of the Type [-] heavy machine gun. In the mouth of the bullet, the Type [-] in the hands of the quartermaster sergeant spit out tongues of fire again.

"Sir, my crooked handle is stuck and it won't work."

A soldier grabbed a crooked handle, smashed it hard on the ground, and kicked it. The shell was obviously stuck, but He Wei had no time to clear the obstacle for this Taisho 11-year-old crooked-handled light machine gun. He Wei He stepped up and kicked away the crooked machine gun in the soldier's hand, and pointed at a row of [-]-meter covers placed on the cliff wall of the command post.

"Stop using that broken gun, get a Sanba Gai and shoot it."

He Wei ran back to his Type [-] heavy machine gun, pulled the trigger, and fired a hail of bullets at the Japanese army crazily. Suddenly, dust flew up from the firing port of the command post, and the Sixth Company's position was covered by a burst of artillery fire. A piece of shrapnel flew into the shooting port and penetrated the neck of a company orderly. The soldier who was hit immediately fell down clutching his neck in pain, and blood spurted out like a fountain.

"Lie down!"

He Wei shouted, stopped shooting and squatted on the ground. Suddenly, dense artillery shells fell on the position. Judging from the explosion effect, it seemed to be a 75 mm caliber mountain cannon.

In the assaulting Japanese column, with the help and screen of tanks, the accompanying artillery behind the infantry also began firing. The first to fire were the four Type 16 mountain guns of the artillery squadron directly under the Infantry No. 75 Regiment. , as well as two Type [-] mountain cannons from the mountain artillery squadron of the Artillery Squadron of the Di Detachment, and six [-]mm mountain cannons fired a round of direct fire at the Sixth Company's position.

Then, the Japanese infantry also opened fire with the Type [-] [-]mm heavy grenade in their hands, and the Type [-] infantry artillery of each unit also opened fire one after another. They were always suppressed by the Chinese army's artillery. Now, the Japanese artillery finally found Back to the scene.

The gray-faced infantrymen were eating exhaust fumes behind the tanks while preparing for an assault. The engineers carrying flamethrowers were pushed to the front of the queue. Several Type 400 medium tanks and Type [-] heavy armored vehicles also gradually accelerated. Rushing towards the sixth company's position, the two sides were only [-] meters apart at this time.

While the Japanese tanks accelerated, the Sixth Company's tank defense guns also accelerated their shooting speed, successfully killing two Type [-] heavy armored vehicles. After the two heavy armored vehicles were destroyed, the Japanese troops following them could only rush forward. They sought cover behind several Type [-] tanks, but during this rush, the entire formation was completely exposed to the crossfire of the Sixth Company, and they were mopped down in droves in an instant.

He Wei saw the approaching Japanese tanks in the command post and hurriedly connected the phone to the artillery position. Suddenly, He Wei felt a tinnitus, as if a string of stray bullets had passed by his ears. He endured it Wu Shi shouted into the microphone: "Camp Commander Cao, the Japanese infantry are all hiding behind the tanks, within a range of about 400 meters, try to bomb them with artillery."

After hanging up the phone, He Wei put down the smoking large-caliber heavy machine gun that had been fired. This gun could no longer be fired. If he fired it again, it would explode.

Once such a large-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun explodes, the shooter will undoubtedly die. He Wei does not want to die in his own hands, and the Japanese army has too many infantry, and their resilience and madness far exceed his expectations. The Sixth Company The firepower was fierce enough, but the Japanese army was obviously unrelenting. After knocking down one, another or even two more quickly rushed up.

The light and heavy machine guns in each bunker of the Sixth Company have now passed the peak of their firepower. Due to continuous firing, the light and heavy machine guns had to stop to replace the barrel, replace the cooling water, reduce the shooting speed, and the intensity of firepower projection suddenly decreased. Over the past few days, Under the high-intensity fierce battle, the light and heavy machine guns on the position suffered serious wear and tear. The Jinling-made Type [-] Maxim heavy machine gun, which fought the hardest, suffered serious wear and tear on its parts, which greatly affected the number of consecutive shots.

The Czech heavy machine guns in the infantry squad were not much better. Due to the high-intensity shooting, although the mechanical mechanism of the light machine gun was not damaged, the elastic force of the recoil spring of each gun was seriously weakened, seriously affecting the shooting speed. If you want to Repair it, unless you replace the recoil spring with a new one, or stretch the old recoil spring to restore its elasticity, but if you fight fiercely all day long, where will you have the time to repair it?

"Fight! Brothers, let us be prepared to die in battle. Everyone is ready to fight in close combat!"

Faced with the Japanese army's fighting style today, it was difficult not to break through the position. After answering the phone calls to each row of bunkers, He Wei roared, then picked up a [-]-meter cover and began to roll call the Japanese infantry. .

Behind a Type 300 Chinese tank, Juro Goto endured the friction and loud noises caused by the exhaust fumes and bullets hitting the tank. He carefully stuck his head out and raised his telescope to observe. Juro Goto could clearly see at this time The Chinese army's machine gun firepower point was only [-] meters away from the two sides. He put down his telescope, climbed onto the tank in front of everyone, and smashed the tank turret with the Type [-] rifle in his hand.

"Chariot, drive faster, drive faster!"

Just as Goto Juro finished speaking, another Type 75 tank suddenly exploded violently in the distance. A [-]mm mountain artillery shell hit the tank. Although it did not cause any damage to the tank, it hit the tank. The grenade fragments that exploded behind the vehicle caused great misfortune to the infantry following the tank. The exploding shrapnel knocked down more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

Goto Juro saw with his own eyes that a captain of the Third Infantry Battalion was blinded by shrapnel. The tank's good luck did not last long. Soon, three 37mm armor-piercing bullets hit it and the tank was lost. Then a series of large-caliber machine gun bullets fired from the Type [-] heavy machine gun hit the front of the vehicle. A machine gun bullet penetrated the observation window of the cab. Then, a Japanese tank The soldier shook his broken left arm, jumped out of the chariot covered in blood, knelt on the ground, took out a pistol, pointed it at his head, and shot to relieve his pain.

boom boom boom
Goto Juro had no time to grieve for his men. Another round of mountain artillery shells came over, and the world around him turned into darkness again. Screams and calls for help continued one after another. The Japanese troops behind the destroyed tanks continued to fight towards the intact tanks. The vehicle moved closer to the rear to seek shelter. The artillery position in the rear was also shelled. A regiment artillery unit was hit. A Type 75 [-]mm mountain gun was destroyed on the spot. The exploding grenade detonated the ammunition box of the Type [-] mountain gun. This caused a violent explosion.

The artillery was blown into parts. The artillery shield, breech block and barrel all flew into the sky. The heavy mountain artillery barrel fell from the air with dust, and it happened to land in the Japanese attacking team. An unlucky man The Japanese infantryman was hit directly on the head by the gun barrel, exploding red and green brains.

The Japanese attack front is now only more than 100 meters away from the sixth company's position. At this distance, whether it is mountain artillery, tank defense artillery or mortars, the hit rate is very high. Two Type [-] heavy armored vehicles and two Type [-] medium The tanks were destroyed one after another, and almost all the Japanese infantry gathered behind the only remaining Type [-] Chinese tank.Goto Juro kept hitting the turret of the tank with his slender Type [-] rifle. Suddenly, two Type [-] armor-piercing bullets hit the Type [-] medium tank. In the turret, the commander of the tank covered his chest and was hit by the Type [-] armor-piercing bullet. He punched a big hole and shouted to the driver with all his strength: "Quick, speed up, rush into the Chinese army's position."

The crazed Japanese tank soldiers stepped on the accelerator and rushed madly towards the Sixth Company's position. The tank driver was also hit by a [-]mm steel core armor-piercing bullet fired by the Jinling Type [-] heavy machine gun. The arm and shoulder were pierced, and gurgling blood flowed from the wound. However, by this point in the battle, everyone on the battlefield was numb and unconscious of pain.

Death is even a kind of relief. The Japanese tank soldier roared and drove the tank as fast as possible towards the sixth company's position.

He Wei, who was in the command post, witnessed all this. The Japanese army was unstoppable in breaking through the position, and it was time to prepare to explode.

"Each platoon stopped firing and prepared to explode."

He Wei asked people to block the shooting port of the command post, and then pulled the blaster, quietly waiting for the last moment to arrive in the command post. The soldiers in the command post, whether they were sergeants, signal corpsmen, or orderly soldiers, all Silently picked up the submachine gun and the Type [-] rifle with a bayonet. He Wei's little messenger Tao Heiwa also unfolded the bayonet of a Type [-] cavalry rifle and stood by He Wei's side.

The same scene also occurred in other bunkers of the Sixth Company. The light and heavy machine gunners stopped shooting. The soldiers used wet sandbags to block the shooting ports in the bunkers. Everyone replaced them with submachine guns. and Type [-] rifles, waiting for the moment of detonation.

The only remaining Japanese Type [-] tank rushed into the trench of the Sixth Company along the gap between the Sixth Company's bunkers. However, because the width of the trench of the Sixth Company far exceeded that of the Type [-] tank, The vehicle has the ability to cross trenches, so as soon as this tank rushed into the trench, it was like a stupid bear that fell headfirst. The front of the tank fell directly into the trench, and the tail was still high on the cliff in front of the trench. , and the driver of the Japanese tank also exhausted his last bit of strength, and died the moment the tank entered the trench.

"Warriors, go!"

Juro Goto waved his Type 16 rifle and was the first to jump into the trench of the Sixth Company. The regiment flag bearer, Second Lieutenant Seto, also waved the regiment flag of the Infantry No. [-] Regiment high. The soldiers of the flag guard team They fell into the trenches one after another.

Then, soldiers from the First Battalion of the No. 16 Infantry Regiment rushed into the trenches, as did soldiers from the Second Battalion and the Third Battalion. The Daquan Detachment, the Dike Detachment, and the attached engineering units all entered the trenches.

The Japanese troops screamed and roared as they ran wildly in the trenches, wandering along the communication trenches like a spreading tide in the Sixth Company's position. Almost everyone was immersed in the excitement of rushing into the enemy's positions. The Chinese army The strange situation of the sudden ceasefire had been forgotten by them. The calm Japanese troops were still gradually searching and advancing in the traffic trenches, while the uncool ones began to cheer.

Some of them cried and laughed and yelled randomly because the battle just now was too brutal. Under the great mental pressure, many Japanese troops looked forward in the trenches of the Sixth Company to look at their attack route. There were corpses and wreckage of chariots everywhere, and large areas of land were stained red with blood. Some injured and undead soldiers were lying on the ground, squirming and wailing. The brutality of the battle could not even be described as tragic. It was simply a life-devouring thing. meat grinder.

In the command post of the Sixth Company, He Wei squatted on the ground, quietly listening to the movements of the Japanese troops close at hand outside, holding the handle of a detonator in his hand, and the quartermaster sergeant next to him had a cigarette in his mouth. , his hands couldn't help shaking, and there was also a detonator in his hand.

To be on the safe side, He Wei arranged two detonators for the explosives laid in the position. The quartermaster took a few puffs of cigarette, then threw away the cigarette butt and looked at He Wei.

"Sir?"

He Wei nodded and said calmly in a very calm tone: "Detonate."

The two men shook the handles of the detonators fiercely at almost the same time. Time seemed to stand still at this moment. Suddenly, a force shot up into the sky, at the bottom of the cliff of the trench, at the turn of the traffic trench, and outside the trench. Six carriages of national army explosives, as well as a large number of explosive bags, explosive blocks, blasting tubes, hand grenades and grenades seized from the Japanese army, were exploded in an instant.

A thick plume of smoke shot up from the Sixth Company's position. Viewed from a distance, the plume of smoke above the Sixth Company was wearing a hat, much like the mushroom cloud when an atomic bomb exploded. A large amount of shrapnel was scattered among the trenches. The vehicle was flying around in all directions, and along with the thick smoke rising into the sky, there were also a large number of corpses and weapon parts. Many Japanese soldiers were bombed into the sky in a daze before they could react. The vehicle was stuck in the trench of the Sixth Company. The Type [-] Chinese tank was overturned by air waves in the violent explosion. Blood and flesh were scattered in the trenches, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere.

The sound of the explosion was not violent, it was a muffled sound, but the thick smoke and terrifying dust that shot up into the sky gave it a feeling of being destroyed together.

He Wei kicked open the sandbags piled up at the entrance of the command post bunker, held the flamethrower gun in his hand, and pulled the wheel that fired the blank ammunition.

"kill!"

The Type [-] flamethrower captured from the Japanese army suddenly spit out a fire dragon of tens of meters. The high-temperature flames continued to turn and spread along the traffic trenches and trenches. The Japanese soldiers who had not yet recovered from the explosion were hit by the flames again. attack.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers had just escaped from the explosion, but their whole bodies were ignited by flames. There were cries and howls everywhere in the position. The ignited Japanese soldiers ran around and rolled all over the ground in the trenches. Some Japanese soldiers could not bear the pain. He simply detonated the grenade for a quick death.

"Hei Wa!"

He Wei threw away the flamethrower, and Tao Heiwa immediately got out of the command post and threw a Jin-made Thompson submachine gun and [-]-gauge cap to He Wei. All the officers and soldiers in the command post also carried [-]-gauge caps and submachine guns. After rushing out, He Wei picked up his submachine gun and shouted: "Brothers from the Sixth Company, rush out and fight the Japanese!"

The second platoon leader Hu Zhaowu rushed out with a [-]-inch cover, the third platoon leader Fang Jing rushed out with a Jin-made submachine gun, and the tank defense artillery platoon leader Chen Xinsheng rushed out with a speed machine. Sergeant Xu of the artillery platoon rushed out of the position with an engineer shovel.

"kill!"

The sixth company's position was filled with shouts of killing. The officers and soldiers of the sixth company emerged from the bunker and the hiding place, and fought with the Japanese army. He Wei picked up his submachine gun and walked along the traffic trench to clean it. , the submachine gun was indeed a powerful tool for clearing trenches. He Wei held the trigger and fired fiercely. By the time the shot was completed, a total of eight or nine Japanese soldiers were knocked down.

Of course, He Wei turned a blind eye to the Japanese soldiers who were covered in fire and rolling and wailing on the ground. He didn't mind letting them enjoy the high-temperature sauna for a while longer.

"idiot!"

A Japanese soldier was holding a rifle. When he saw that He Wei's submachine gun was out of bullets, he stabbed at him with a fierce look on his face. He Wei threw the submachine gun in his hand and smashed the Japanese soldier's rifle. Suddenly, two gunshots rang out, followed by Tao Heiwa, the messenger behind He Wei, shot the Japanese soldier to the ground twice with a C[-] rifle.

(End of this chapter)