The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 214 The main force arrives

The counterattack launched by the 301st Regiment made the Japanese troops of the 36th Infantry Regiment panic at that time. They engaged the enemy from the front and side at the same time. No matter how elite the Japanese troops were, they could not hold back their strength.

"Brothers, beat me hard. Fight with me. You're just a cannon to beat the Japanese."

Ji Hongru also saw the Japanese army's intention to attack his tanks, and led hundreds of people to rush directly to the position where the Japanese rapid-fire artillery and infantry artillery were placed. The soldiers of the 301st Regiment behind him also followed him forward bravely. Fighting hard, the chaotic and dense rain of bullets composed of Czech light machine guns, Chinese rifles, and Hanyang-made rifles defeated many Japanese infantry at that time.

The officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment had just walked through the gate of hell. Now the situation on the battlefield has been reversed. The extreme depression and anger and despair suddenly turned into the driving force to kill the enemy. They were almost able to kill the enemy. Everyone who moved picked up the guys, and even the captured young recruits picked up Hanyang-made rifles or various engineer shovels and picks for digging trenches and rushed forward to join in the fun with the veterans.

The remaining 30-knot heavy machine guns and Type 24 heavy machine guns on the position also opened fire one after another, shooting at the Japanese troops.

Of course, the thing that boosted their morale the most was the seventeen tanks of their own that were running rampant. The soldiers of the 51st Division fought from Songhu to Nanjing. All the tanks they encountered were Japanese tanks, not to mention today. He said that countless brothers were separated from their bodies by artillery and machine guns on Japanese tanks. A capable company commander and more than 30 brothers were able to kill three Japanese tanks at the cost of their lives.

The vast majority of Chinese soldiers are farmers from the fields and know nothing about the classification, structure and use tactics of tanks. Most of their understanding of tanks comes from their perceptual cognition on the battlefield.

They only know that these iron-clad bastards are so fierce that they cannot be penetrated by rifles. Most of the time, it is difficult to move heavy machine guns with steel-core bullets. Throwing grenades can only leave a few bullet marks, and even 82mm mortars can't penetrate them. Hitting them directly can only explode. To deal with Japanese tanks, only cluster grenades composed of many grenades can be used to blast them or a 37mm anti-tank cannon can effectively destroy them.

Therefore, tanks are an extremely powerful weapon in the hearts of Chinese soldiers. Now we see that the Japanese tanks were blown up first, and then more than a dozen of their own tanks with blue sky and white sun emblems rushed out. There are battle tanks. With cars helping out, how can morale not be high?

"Come on, come on."

Ji Hongru led his troops to fight with the Japanese army, and they went on a rampage, slashing with a machete in one hand, and firing randomly with a speed machine in the other. There was also a lieutenant officer and several veterans holding light machine guns to clear the way, and soon they cut a bloody path. Rushed to the position where the Japanese Type 94 37mm rapid-fire artillery was placed.

After the fierce shooting, the rapid-fire artillery squadron of the 36th Infantry Regiment had suffered more than half of its casualties. The second lieutenant squad leader and most of the gunners of a rapid-fire gun were also killed. In addition, the Chinese infantry and Chinese soldiers were approaching more and more. Car, this rapid-fire cannon team inevitably broke into chaos. Ji Hongru took the lead and rushed behind a rapid-fire cannon, raised the speed switch and leveled it, and fired a burst of fire.

"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang"

Six rounds of bullets knocked down two Japanese gunners, and Ji Hongru's speed machine also made a crisp sound. This meant that all the bullets in the 20-round magazine of the speed machine had been used up, and the two Japanese gunners behind the rapid-fire gun The gunner also gave up shooting at the Chinese tank and rushed towards Ji Hongru instead.

Japanese artillerymen are generally not equipped with self-defense weapons. Most of them are only equipped with bayonets. However, these two Japanese soldiers are also extremely fierce. One picked up the saber left by the fallen squad leader, and the other simply picked up the iron bar used to lift the artillery. Rushed towards Ji Hongru.

The Japanese soldier holding the saber had not taken a few steps forward before he was knocked down by a corporal next to Ji Hongru with a Hanyang weapon. Ji Hongru used a broadsword to knock away the iron rod from another Japanese soldier's hand, and then chopped it off with another slash. The Japanese soldier's right hand, and then the short bayonet equipped with Hanyang in the corporal's hand, pierced the Japanese soldier's chest.

Suddenly, Ji Hongru only heard a loud noise and a whooshing wind of bullets coming. Not far away, a Japanese Type 92 70mm infantry gun and a Type 94 37mm rapid-fire cannon actually gave up the fight. The vehicle fired and turned its muzzle at the infantry of the 301st Regiment.

A Type 92 infantry artillery shell and a 37mm rapid-fire artillery shell were fired almost simultaneously, hitting the infantry of the 301st Regiment. In the explosion of the 70mm infantry artillery shell, four or five soldiers of the 301st Regiment fell. It went down, and the thirty-seven millimeter armor-piercing bullet originally used to hit the tank also hit a soldier's chest, leaving a big bloody hole.

"I'll kill you, brothers, come on."

Ji Hongru's eyes were red and he was about to rush forward into the smoke. Just as he was about to charge forward, he felt his body stagnate. An officer stopped him, pointed at a distance and shouted: "Sir, the chariot is coming."

I saw a gray No. 1 tank rushing towards the Japanese rapid-fire artillery and infantry artillery. Thick black smoke was rising from the rear of the tank. The machine gun on the turret had stopped firing, and a puff of smoke came out. Due to the white smoke produced by high-intensity continuous shooting, the tracks on both sides of the tank have changed from gray to dark red.

The road wheels and fenders are dotted with some black scalps, and the gaps in the track chains have been completely filled with flesh and blood stained with grass and mud. There are also some weapons, helmets, and remnants of military uniforms mixed in. Red blood stains were left on the path they passed.

As Ji Hongru and other officers and soldiers watched, the tank continued to accelerate. Although the machine gun on the turret did not fire, a lot of bullets flew out of the cab at the bottom. The Japanese rapid-fire artillery and infantry artillery rushed forward, and at the same time they took out their self-defense machine pistols and fired at the Japanese through the observation port of the cab.

The mg13 machine gun on the turret was unable to fire due to excessive shooting, but the tank soldiers were not willing to just attack without firing, and simply used their own self-defense weapons to fill the firepower gap.

At full power, a light machine gun tank like the No. 1 tank is still very fast. The Japanese Type 94 rapid-fire artillery battery and the Type 92 infantry artillery battery took several bullets before they had time to react. A No. 1 tank rushed over and directly collided with the gun crew of the Type 94 rapid-fire gun.

The low Type 94 37mm rapid-fire gun suddenly turned into a pile of scrap metal under the crushing tracks of the tank. The gun mantlet was crushed to pieces, and the wooden gun wheel turned into a pile of broken pieces. The wood, barrels and sights, leveling bubbles, and highland handwheels all flew away and scattered everywhere. Even observation equipment and shell boxes were not spared, and were all crushed by the pressure of the tank.

At this time, the machine gun on the turret also fired again. Several rounds of bursts knocked down several Japanese gunners who were scattered. The two Japanese gunners who were injured and fell to the ground had no time to escape and were soon caught in the tracks of the tank. Crushed into a pulp.

However, in less than a minute, a Type 94 rapid-fire artillery unit was completely destroyed. The tank then pursued the victory and rushed towards the only remaining Japanese Type 92 infantry artillery group, almost at the fastest speed. The highly impacted tank was mounted directly on the front of the Type 92 Infantry Cannon. With a loud noise, the Type 92 Infantry Cannon was knocked directly away.

The turret on the tank also turned its direction and opened fire at the infantry artillery gunners, sweeping them to the ground like autumn wind sweeping down fallen leaves. Although the few Japanese gunners who managed to escape were not killed by the tank, they were immediately attacked. Here came the bayonets of the officers and men of the 301st Regiment.

After easily disposing of a rapid-fire artillery unit and an infantry artillery unit of the Japanese army, they circled in front of the officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment as if to show off, and then continued to accelerate and attack the Japanese infantry area. The morale of the officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment who saw their own tanks showing off their prowess increased to a higher level. They all screamed and rushed forward to fight with the Japanese infantry. For a time, the two sides were inextricably killed. The attacking Japanese infantry The 36th Regiment has completely lost the covering firepower to follow the infantry advance. The infantry artillery, rapid-fire artillery, and heavy machine guns assigned to the infantry attack were almost all beaten to scrap by the rampaging Chinese tanks. Some infantry squadrons were Light machine guns were not spared either.

The only ones left struggling on the battlefield were the infantrymen of the 36th Infantry Regiment.

When the tanks that rushed out eliminated the Japanese artillery and heavy machine guns that were difficult to move, and crushed many Japanese infantry, they returned to the front of the special agent platoon's assault queue, and slowly covered the special agent platoon's attack. The reason for moving forward is naturally that the infantry of the 301st Regiment are already in a melee with the Japanese infantry. At this time, the risk of accidental injury if the tank enters again and fiercely hits.

The resilience and tenacity of the Japanese army are indeed not bad. On the flanks, the special agent platoons of the special agent battalion used various automatic firearms and tanks as cover to fire and assault the Japanese army. In front of the position of the 301st Regiment, the Japanese infantry and the 301st Regiment The officers and soldiers who rushed out to counterattack launched an extremely brutal hand-to-hand bayonet battle. The officers and soldiers of the 301st Regiment fought back desperately, and their morale was greatly boosted. The Japanese army also fought to the death, and the Japanese army's bayonet combat technology and close combat technology were stronger than those of the third party. For the officers and soldiers of the 01st Regiment, the battle situation was extremely tragic.

Of course, the Japanese army was also in an extremely embarrassing dilemma. In fact, some keen Japanese commanders had already recovered after being panicked by the surprise attack by Chinese tanks. They found that the Chinese troops hiding behind the tanks opened fire and fired fiercely. The firepower was fierce, but the troops seemed insufficient.

There was nothing that could be done about it. The combat infantry in He Wei's hands only had one special agent platoon. No matter how fierce the firepower was, there would be times when the cowardice would show. Therefore, some Japanese officers began to organize their troops to launch a counterattack in the direction of the special agent platoon, and at the same time, the cover The Chinese tanks in front of the spy platoon were blasting.

Unfortunately, both blasting and counterattacks ended in failure. The reason was naturally that the firepower of the special agent platoon was too fierce. Submachine guns, light machine guns, general machine guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns on tanks formed an airtight fire network, which was deadly. Blocked the oncoming Japanese troops, and continued to advance with the tanks, suppressing the attacking formation of the Japanese infantry.

But even so, the Japanese army still organized multiple batches of small troops to launch rounds of blasting attacks on the special agent platoon and the tanks covering the advance of the special agent platoon, round after round. One wave comes up, one wave comes down, another wave comes up, and there is a feeling that there is no limit to the number of descendants.

The dense automatic firepower network formed by the cooperation of the agent platoon and the tanks could not last long under the waves of fierce Japanese attacks, because the large number of automatic firearms equipped by the agent platoon not only meant violent Firepower also represents a huge consumption of ammunition. Faced with the Japanese army's life-threatening attacks, the ammunition of the officers and soldiers of the special agent platoon quickly ran out.

Not to mention the infantry of the special agent platoon, even the vehicle-mounted machine gun on the tank was running out of ammunition after high-intensity continuous shooting.

"Fight, fight."

Behind a tank platoon, the spy platoon leader Yang Biao kicked open a crushed Japanese corpse, roared an order to fire, and set up a crooked light machine gun he picked up from the ground. At the rear of the tank, he kept pulling the trigger against the Japanese troops rushing in front.

Rows of 6.5mm caliber bullets were fired amidst the crisp sound of clicking, clicking, clicking. There was also a 38-inch cover with a bayonet on the chariot, which was also picked up from the corpses of Japanese soldiers. The fancy machine gun Yang Biao was carrying had already exhausted several magazines he was carrying. The speed switch on his waist only had a box of twenty bullets left, and the last magazine in the pistol was What Yang Biao used for emergencies at the last moment must not be used lightly.

Therefore, Yang Biao, who almost ran out of ammunition, could only use Japanese weapons to fight the enemy.

The bullets in the crooked light machine gun were quickly exhausted. Yang Biao picked up the machine gun and was about to load the light machine gun. Unfortunately, he did not know how to load the Japanese crooked light machine gun. He looked at the machine gun. The black bullet didn't know what to do, and finally just threw the machine gun over.

"Fuck you, what a piece of shit."

Yang Biao threw away the machine gun and was about to take the 38-inch cover on the tank when he saw that the sergeant behind him had already taken the rifle.

"Why the hell are you and I fighting for this thing?"

The sergeant platoon pointed at the smoking flower machine gun on his shoulder and said with a wry smile: "Platoon leader, I'm out of bullets too."

"Fuck, you damn thing don't know how to save money."

Yang Biao cursed and simply squatted down on the ground to look for weapons on the Japs' corpses. At the same time, he glanced at the brothers in his platoon and saw that many people had stopped shooting. Apparently they had run out of bullets. He felt that I couldn't help but murmur, if I continue to waste it like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop the Japanese army.

Picking up a blood-stained Sanba Gai, Yang Biao endured the stench and was about to shoot. Suddenly, a loud and high-pitched charge horn and a loud shout of killing rang out behind him.

"Platoon commander, look, the battalion commander is rushing up with his men?"

The sergeant platoon pointed to the back and shouted. Yang Biao bent over and turned around to take a look. He saw at least seven to eight hundred soldiers wearing special tactical vests and helmets launching a bayonet charge. They had not just arrived. Who else could be the main force of the spy battalion on the battlefield?

The one at the forefront was He Wei.

Yang Biao was overjoyed when he saw this. He decisively threw away the 38-meter cap, took out the speed machine from his waist, and said with a smile: "Brothers, the battalion commander is here with the main force of our battalion. Give me a hard time." Beat them hard, anyone who doesn't take out all the bullets is the one who was raised by my little mother."

(End of this chapter)