The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 71 Annihilation battle within the formation [-]
"assault!"

The moment Rikuo ordered the attack, all nine grenade launchers in the squadron opened fire at almost the same time. Before the artillery smoke on the Chinese army position in front had cleared, nine [-]mm grenades were fired one after another.

The Japanese army's grenade shooters were very skilled. Five of the nine grenades hit the trenches. The exploding grenades once again shrouded the Chinese army's position in smoke.

Kick, Kick, Kick - Next came the gunshots of the Type [-] heavy machine gun. The unique and muffled gunfire was not emitted in the form of bursts of several rounds, but in dense continuous shooting. The Japanese infantry who got up recovered. A low and aggressive stance, rushing forward.

At this time, the forward of the attacking team was only more than a hundred meters away from the Chinese army's trenches. The depression and repressed anger suppressed by the mortars just turned into the motivation and courage to attack. All the attacking Japanese infantry believed that as long as they followed the infantry drill According to the regulations, launch an assault with the belief of victory and high-spirited attack spirit. If you rush into the enemy's position, you will easily break through the enemy's defense.

The Japanese Army puts attack first. Article [-] of the "Infantry Training Program" clearly explains the attack spirit of "overwhelming annihilation" and "quick victory". These murderous offensive doctrines are the soul of the Japanese army.

The familiar sound of the Type [-] heavy machine gun seemed to the assaulting Japanese infantry to be exactly the same as the usual training exercises. The machine gun was used to cover the infantry charge. But after the sound of the Type [-] heavy machine gun sounded for more than ten seconds, many Only then did the Japanese soldiers realize something was wrong!

The first ones to discover something was wrong were the soldiers of the heavy machine gun squad assigned to the [-]st Squadron, because they had not yet fired when the gunfire sounded. Then came the assaulting infantry. The way they discovered it was even more tragic in comparison. It was in the center of the team. A group of Japanese soldiers who were hit and fell to the ground reminded them that the machine gun fire did not come from their own people.

"What's going on? Why did the machine gun hit one of our own people?"

"asshole!"

The Japanese troops who had just rushed out more than [-] meters were once again in chaos because of the sudden machine gun fire, and people were constantly being hit and fell to the ground.

"It's on the right side, over there!"

Suddenly, a Japanese army pointed to the right side of the attack direction, which can also be said to be the left side of the Chinese army's position. There, a large amount of dust flew up due to machine gun fire.

"Whoever said that the [-] heavy machine gun is not easy to use, I'm worried about him."

Yes, this firepower came from He Wei. After the Japanese artillery cover weakened, he realized the danger. The Japanese forwards who were now attacking were only more than 100 meters away from the front line. The Japanese stopped the artillery cover now. Obviously, they wanted to Quickly breaking into the position, at this distance, if they really succeeded, He Wei estimated that Fang Jing and the others would not even be able to lift the heavy machine gun to the position, and would have to fight with bayonets in the trenches, so he could only let the diagonal position open fire in advance.

He Wei operated the [-] heavy machine gun and opened fire first, quickly destroying a bullet plate. Thirty rounds of [-]mm heavy machine gun bullets were fired directly at the Japanese assault team from the side. A bullet plate was knocked down, and more than a dozen people were killed. A Japanese soldier who was caught off guard fell in a pool of blood.

He Wei, who was operating the heavy machine gun, discovered that the Type [-] heavy machine gun was definitely not as bad as later generations said. It was even very comfortable to operate, the shooting felt very stable, and there was no jamming.

"Load, load, everyone fire!"

After the heavy machine gun went off, others in the third squad also opened fire. Although the firepower was a rifle, it was a bunch of medium-sized rifles, but it could still cause certain casualties to the Japanese army.

Another spring board was mounted. Before the Japanese army could organize a counterattack, He Wei continued to fire and shouted at the bugler beside him.

"Blow the trumpet, send a signal to the main position, come out and set up defenses!" After He Wei's blow, the Japanese troops who had just jumped up to attack were withstood by the firepower of the sudden attack, and once again stopped advancing.

This is how the time for setting up the first line of defense was snatched up.

Woo hoo hoo - the high-spirited bugle sounded. Last night, He Wei and others renegotiated the signals for communication between the positions. Considering that the situation on the battlefield was chaotic and it was difficult to observe the signal flares, the firing signal was changed to the bugle sound.

The signal for firing from the first line main position is the reveille signal, the signal for firing from the diagonal position on the right is the lights-out signal, and the signal for firing from Hu Zhaowu's platoon in the anti-tank trench is the signal for etiquette. Finally, He Wei also has some nasty rules: Use the meal signal as a signal to launch thunder cannons from various positions.

The flying thunder cannon was a pot of delicious food prepared by He Wei for them.

"Brothers, it's our turn, go out and fight hard!"

Hearing the sound of the bugle, Fang Jing took the lead to get out of the hidden trench, threw away the shell gun, and shouted in the position. The soldiers who heard the platoon leader's order got out of the hidden trench one after another, and the attached heavy machine gun platoon was also under the command of Platoon Leader Wang. Entering the combat position, when the soldiers of Fang Jing's platoon arrived at the shooting position, they saw that the Japanese troops were continuously shot down by side fire from the left-wing diagonal position, making it almost difficult to move forward.

“Da da da da”

The first to fire from the main position were two Type [-] heavy machine guns, followed closely by three Czech light machine guns and several medium-sized rifles. The Japanese troops in the assaulting squadron had to withstand firepower from the right side, as well as Withstanding the fierce frontal firepower, the mortar platoon commanded by Fu Chen reduced the rate of fire of the artillery, but still continued to fire, firing at the Japanese troops from time to time.

The [-] heavy machine gun bullets of the Type [-] heavy machine gun, the [-] mm heavy pointed bullets of the Czech light machine gun and the Type [-] heavy machine gun, and the light pointed bullets fired by the Chinese formal rifles weave a dense and intersecting fire. The net was firmly suppressing the Japanese troops in front of the position.

The moment the main position opened fire, most of the Japanese troops were moved by He Wei on the flank, and their attention was drawn to the flank. The sudden attack on the main position at this time swept away another group of Japanese troops.

Faced with such firepower, the attacking Japanese troops were unable to advance. They all crawled on the ground and exchanged fire with the Chinese troops on the front and flanks.

Boom - Seeing that the infantry suffered heavy casualties, the [-] infantry cannon finally opened fire. A shrapnel flew towards the main position of the Chinese army in front, and accurately exploded above Fang Jing's platoon. Steel balls exploded in mid-air. Several Chinese soldiers fell in the trenches, and the Chinese army began to suffer casualties.

Bullets were flying everywhere. The leader of the First Squadron, Lia Jiuxiong, never imagined that there would be a Chinese army position on the flanks. The injured command squad leader crawled over covered in blood.

"Squadron leader, 27 people were killed in the three squadrons, and one was killed in the squadron."

After hearing the situation reported by the command squad leader, Liao Jiuxiong pointed in the direction of the diagonal cutting position on the right.

"Ask the second team to assault the enemy's flank positions and deal with them. Send people there and tell the infantry artillery unit to give priority to shooting the enemy's flank positions."

The difference in firepower between the main position and the flanking position is very obvious. In line with the principle of easy first and then difficult, Lia Jiuxiong planned to solve the diagonal position where He Wei was located first. He gathered a small group of Japanese troops and began to change the direction of attack and attack He Wei. The diagonal position is in the direction of holding the gun.

(End of this chapter)