The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 67
Amidst the fierce shelling from mountain artillery, the Japanese infantry in Yongxing Village also completed their assembly. Under Tsubujiaki's arrangement, the [-]st Squadron, which failed in the attack yesterday, was reinforced by an infantry squad from the [-]nd Squadron and resumed its attack. Full.

In order to strengthen the assault force, Tsubuzaki transferred a heavy machine gun squad from the heavy machine gun squadron to strengthen the first squadron. Not only that, a [-] infantry gun from the artillery squadron was also withdrawn and assigned to the first squadron.

Therefore, the attacking Japanese First Squadron was quite strong. An infantry squadron was equipped with two heavy machine guns and a Type [-] infantry cannon. In addition, based on the lessons learned from the failure of the previous attack, the attacking First Squadron all After taking off their backpacks and moving forward lightly, the engineer equipment reinforced by the brigade was distributed to each infantry unit. Each infantry unit received blasting tubes, large-scale destruction shears, smoke tubes, and ladders.

After suffering a loss, the Japanese's memory grew very fast. In order to cooperate with the attack, the artillery squadron of the artillery squadron was also ready to dispatch. Two Type [-] mountain guns were on standby, ready to wait until the first squadron succeeded in the assault. Immediately pushed up to support, and not idle at this moment, two Type [-] mountain guns were placed on a sloping slope to increase the range, and opened fire under the command of the artillery squadron leader.

There is a [-]-type mountain artillery squadron firing next to it. The [-]-type mountain artillery does not require special observation. It shoots directly at the impact point of the [-]-type mountain artillery shells at the highest rate of fire. Everything is for one goal, that is, to kill the Chinese army as soon as possible. Obstacled areas open pathways for infantry.

The tank troops were concerned about the Chinese army's anti-tank artillery and anti-tank fortifications, so they did not participate in the attack this time. Instead, they stayed on standby outside Yongxing Village.

The captain of the [-]st Squadron, Lia Jiuxiong, stood in the trench, holding a telescope high to observe the shelling. The three subordinate infantry squads sat in the trench to prepare for the assault. In the telescope, Lia Jiuxiong could see , under the fierce shelling, two large gaps have appeared in the obstacle area of ​​the Chinese army, which are the two channels for the infantry to attack. As the shelling continues, the areas of these two channels are getting larger and larger. Extending deeper and deeper.

Liakuo slowly put down his telescope, stepped out of the trench, and ordered: "Attack!"

More than 100 Japanese troops stepped out of the trenches and began to advance forward. There were four mountain cannons from a mountain artillery squadron and two mountain cannons from a regiment artillery squad as cover. The exploding smoke was the best cover. The assaulting Japanese infantry quickly rushed forward. Arriving [-] meters away from the obstacle area, we occupied the infantry attack launch line. We did not encounter any artillery fire obstruction along the way, nor did we encounter any rifle machine gun fire from the Chinese army.

After the infantry fell down, the heavy machine gun detachment and the infantry artillery detachment began to build simple shooting fortifications. The muzzle of the Type [-] heavy machine gun and the Type [-] [-]mm muzzle were slowly aligned in the direction of the breakthrough.

The lying Japanese infantrymen were surrounded by corpses of their comrades from yesterday's attack. The smell of the putrid corpses made many people cover their noses. It also aroused the anger of many Japanese soldiers, especially the officers and soldiers of the [-]st Squadron. Why, these corpses are all their comrades in the same squadron, and the soldiers of a Japanese unit basically come from the same place. Those corpses include not only their comrades, but also their friends, neighbors, and fellow villagers.

After lying down, enduring the stench of corpses, squadron leader Lia Jiuxiong raised his telescope and observed the shelling effect of mountain artillery. After half an hour of shelling, two passages for infantry assault had been opened. In front of the shells, they were just The opening is not complete enough, but if the passage is completely opened, artillery bombardment alone will not be enough. There are many obstacles, and infantry blasting is needed to make up for it. Artillery fire will solve 30.00% of the problems, and the rest. [-]%, it still has to be solved by the infantry themselves.

"Almost ready, get ready to send the signal!"

Rikuojiuo ordered, and the squad leader behind him immediately sent someone to pass the order. Immediately, two detachments of Japanese troops began to crawl forward under the leadership of the sergeant and the corps commander. The Japanese troops in each detachment were divided into three groups, one group for the firing group. The smoke group uses smoke tubes, the other group is the blasting group, which uses blasting tubes and explosives, and the third group is the destruction group, equipped with large destruction shears.

Behind them, there are two reserve teams. Once the front assault and demolition team is hit by firepower from the Chinese army and suffers casualties, the subsequent reserve teams will quickly make up for it.

The Japanese infantry of the well-organized assault detachment were lying on the ground, staring at the bombed obstacle area in front of them. They only waited for an order to go up and blast the breach.Boom - The flying mountain shells once again exploded on a large scale at the breach, setting off thick smoke. The sky-high smoke and dust directly obscured the blasted breach.

"Send signal!"

Lia Jiuxiong seized the opportunity and shouted an order. The sergeant in the command squad beside him raised the signal gun and pulled the trigger.

Whoosh - a yellow flare flew into the sky
At the same time, Captain Kakihara Isao of the mountain artillery squadron who was directing the artillery firing saw the yellow flare representing the extended shooting signal, and ordered the extended shooting. The gunners of the four mountain guns immediately adjusted the scales of the artillery and replaced them with fixed extensions. time fuse grenade
, compared to the instant fuze grenade that explodes as soon as it is touched, the delayed fuze can prevent the artillery shell from exploding immediately after it hits the ground. Instead, it uses the inertia of the artillery shell when it falls to make the artillery shell fall into the soil and then explode. This is a good way to deal with The only magic weapon for infantry fortifications.

"assault!"

Almost at the same moment, the Japanese troops who had been lurking for a long time jumped up. Each group quickly moved forward along the path destroyed by the artillery. The first one to rush out was the smoke group. The soldiers in the smoke group advanced along the path to the end. Mountain artillery shells have destroyed most of the obstacles, but at the very end, there is still an obstacle area of ​​about ten meters that has not been completely destroyed. There are deer villages and barbed wires everywhere, and there are also twisted grenades mounted on the deer villages.

"Go on!"

The leading corps commanders led the soldiers of the smoke group to crawl forward. After rushing to the end, they quickly lit the smoke tube. Suddenly, white smoke was everywhere, and then, the demolition team followed closely behind. , with the cover of white smoke, the Japanese soldiers of the demolition team either held blasting tubes or explosive blocks in their hands. After rushing up, they quickly placed the blasting tubes and explosive blocks on the obstacles and lit the fuse.

The Japanese troops who destroyed the obstacles quickly withdrew from the attack path. More than 200 Japanese troops crawled in front of the obstacle area, holding their breath and waiting quietly for the arrival of that moment. Time seemed to have stopped at this moment. The fuse was so short, but yet So long.

Lia Jiuxiong took out his command knife, with a few drops of cold sweat breaking out on his head, and stared at the breach under the smoke.

Ten seconds later, there was a loud bang, and the sound of the explosion was deafening. Then, there were successive explosions, and thick black smoke rose up from the breach. Debris and fragments of the exploded Luzhai flew everywhere. , after the last explosion, the smoke produced by the chimney gradually dissipated. Liao Jiuxiong looked through the opened passage and saw an open field, and behind it was the main position of the Chinese army.

"The passage was successfully opened!"

(End of this chapter)