The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 45 The chariot shows off its ferocity
"Stop going! Stop going!"

The chaos caused by the Japanese raid lasted for about 5 minutes. After paying a heavy price, the Japanese troops in front of the formation gradually restored order under the command of officers and sergeants, and began to organize a counterattack. No further changes occurred. Of course, the cost of a large-scale collapse was extremely heavy. He Wei estimated that there were at least 30 Japanese soldiers lying in front of the formation.

Despite the constant casualties, the Japanese officers and sergeants still waved their command knives to stabilize the front. The attacking Japanese infantrymen fell to the ground one after another, setting up light machine guns and firing back at a row. The riflemen also scattered and fired volleys of fire.

A group of infantry who had not rushed forward quickly bent over from behind the tank and pulled up a Type [-] heavy machine gun to suppress and fire at a row of positions. Some infantrymen then tried to leap forward one by one and took out their shovels to build sleeping tanks. Shoot the fortifications, then alternate covering the others.

"boring - boring"

"boring - boring"

The Japanese tanks began to fire violently and accelerated at the same time, emitting bursts of muzzle smoke. Except for the tank that fell diagonally into the anti-tank trap and was unable to fire due to the angle of fire, the other seven tanks were firing fiercely. beat.

Tank machine guns of 57 caliber, [-] caliber and [-]mm caliber were firing at a row of positions for free, especially the Type [-] tank which had completely fallen into the trap. It was firing [-]mm like crazy. The artillery fired fiercely at a row of positions.

After knocking out two bullets from the magazine, the light machine gun in He Wei's hand had already stopped shooting. He was observing the current Japanese army. Bullets were flying overhead, and it was obvious that the Japanese army had recovered from the initial chaos. .

Their infantry pressed 200 meters in front of the position, where there were Luzhai and Juma set up by He Wei everywhere. Not only the infantry, but also the tanks were approaching. The Luzhai and Juma could block the infantry, but they could not stop the tanks.

Da da da da da da da da da—the heavy machine gun adjusted its direction and fired continuously. A box of cooling water was completely boiled and steaming, and another ammunition belt was finished. The dust near the machine gun position was thick and fast. Flying.

The sergeant squad leader, who was enjoying the shooting, patted the receiver and pulled the handle.

"Come here, change a tank of water and add more water! The ammunition soldier goes to get the ammunition and load it!"

The sergeant squad leader looked at He Wei again: "Platoon leader He, it's so refreshing. I've never fought so smoothly. Look, the little Japanese is so deflated and full of corpses. If you could command the Japanese like you, we would have killed them long ago." Defeated! I surrender to you!"

He Wei nodded and observed the situation in front of the formation in silence.

"Monitor! The water is here"

"Quick, quick, quick! Go get the bullets, the heavy pointed bullets for hitting infantry, open the water filling port and add water!"

Like their squad leader, the machine gunners were very excited. One of the machine gunners skillfully removed the steaming cold gel water pipe and poured the boiling residual water in the cooling cylinder of the Type [-] heavy machine gun into the cooling water tank. Then, he brought a box of new water and started to add cold water to the water filling port above the cooling sleeve of the heavy machine gun.

Two ammunition soldiers ran back and forth, carrying a box of bullets from the Maoerdong ammunition depot, ready to unload the bullet belt and load the heavy machine gun.

Boring - blasting
"Get down!"

Suddenly an artillery shell flew over and exploded ten meters away from the machine gun position. The hot air wave carried a shock wave, mixed with shrapnel, and rolled towards the trench. A dozen machine gun bullets whizzed past behind. Wei reacted quickly, pulled Tao Heiwa down and leaned against the cliff in front of the trench. After the shell exploded, the machine gun position was quickly filled with dust and the smell of gunpowder.

The heavy machine gun was intact, and neither the shooter nor the machine gunners near the machine gun were injured. However, the two ammunition soldiers who ran to get the ammunition were not spared. One private had half his head cut off by the shell, and his right arm was also blown off. The German M35 helmet on his head burst into two halves, exploding into a pool of blood and brains mixed with red and white.Another first-class soldier was lying on his back in the trench with his helmet pierced by a tank machine gun. Several large holes were punched out of his back by the machine gun. He was still holding a machine gun ammunition box in his hand.

"Vomit" - Tao Hewa felt dizzy when she saw the human body's stumps and brains. She covered her mouth, stood up uncontrollably and vomited violently in the trench.

He Wei swung it up with his mouth, woke up Tao Heiwa, and shouted angrily: "You don't want to die, don't vomit. Squat in the trench and don't stand. If you vomit or stand again, you will end up with the same fate as the two of them!"

.........

There were casualties in one row, and soldiers began to be shot under the flying machine gun shells and artillery shells.

He Wei stood up and ordered to the machine gun squad leader: "Quickly move to the preparatory shooting position. The heavy machine gun will move every [-] rounds and fire heavy pointed bullets. Don't use steel core bullets to hit the tank. Do you understand?"

The machine gun squad leader came back to his senses. He Wei had emphasized to them the various matters regarding the transfer of positions last night. He nodded and immediately led the troops to unload their guns and move the shooting positions.

The three infantry squads in the center of a row of positions also suffered casualties. Artillery shells exploded on the position one after another. The Japanese tanks began to speed up and drove towards the Luzhai resisting horses in the row. However, they were afraid of the anti-tank trap, but they did not dare to do anything. They charged forward without scruples, while the infantrymen who had been thwarted in the attack crawled forward despite their casualties.

There were already casualties in his position, and the Japanese infantry and tanks were gradually approaching. He Wei said at this time: "Hei Wa, give me your flag! Let's go to the central position to find Squad Leader Ge and the others."

Tao Heiwa, who had finally regained his composure, handed He Wei two hand flags, one red and one blue, with trembling hands. These were the officer's command flags that He Wei had requested from company commander Fu Chen yesterday. The current battle situation had reached the second level he had expected. At this stage, the Japanese infantry was severely killed by crossfire and the tanks were also damaged. However, due to the anti-tank trap, they did not dare to attack at full speed. The infantry and tanks fired fiercely at a row about 200 meters away. Now they rely on the firepower of the first row of infantry. It was no longer enough to deal with the Japanese army.

However, the battle defense artillery and mortars behind a row have not fired yet!
He Wei felt that now was the time for the anti-tank artillery to show its power.

Taking Tao Heiwa, he ran to the center of the position and saw the squad leader Ge Guicai. There was already some chaos in the position, with the bodies of injured soldiers and dead soldiers lying in the trenches. However, when the soldiers saw He Wei approaching, they were obviously stable. The firepower of the Japanese army was very fierce, and the flying bullets and artillery shells hit the edge of the trench, making the people suppressed unable to raise their heads. Now the rhythm of the counterattack of a row of soldiers has become chaotic.

The second shot commanded by platoon leader Wang on the right wing also lost the heavy machine gun fire. He Wei estimated that he was also moving positions and firing intermittently.

da da da da—

He Wei seized the opportunity and used a Czech-style round of rapid short bursts to knock down at least two Japanese soldiers. Then he quickly bent down and asked Ge Guicai.

"How many casualties are there, brothers? How are they?"

"Two of our squad have been killed so far, and one is injured. The second and third squads are about the same. Platoon leader, the Japanese firepower is too strong, especially the tank cannon and the machine gun on the tank. We can't even lift it. Let’s get started.”

Jiang Qilong, a light machine gun shooter of the first squad, was lying in the trench, holding a Czech gun, and suddenly stood up. He had no time to take a good aim, so he fired a short burst at the Japanese infantry. Just after the shooting, a 57mm tank shell accompanied him. A string of heavy machine gun bullets flew towards Jiang Qilong, and exploded suddenly. A rifleman who was shooting could not avoid it. His left arm was broken by the shell, and the blood spurted out dyed the grass-green military uniform. The soldier was black and red, his face was wrinkled in pain and his mouth was wide open. Before he could shout, a bullet pierced his forehead.

Jiang Qilong raised his light machine gun and lay down in the trench and shouted: "Platoon commander, we can't hit you! Platoon commander! There are too many machine guns on those iron bastards! You can't raise your head!"

(End of this chapter)