The 173rd Division is a regular force, and it fights in a orderly manner. It looks much stronger than the garrison regiment commanded by Liu Yangyang, and the weapons they are equipped with are also better than the garrison regiment. The Japanese troops in fire reconnaissance are far away from the garrison regiment.
The flank positions were getting closer and closer, but Liu Yangyang, who was personally commanding the battle, never gave the order to open fire. The two company commanders on the position frequently looked at Liu Yangyang. The Japanese soldiers were no more than 70 meters away from them, but Liu Yangyang still kept calm.
Sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, there was no response.
"Pop" "Pap" The advancing Japanese army began to fire tentatively. The bullets flying through the trenches made a whistling sound, which shocked the soldiers of the garrison who were squatting in the trenches preparing for battle. 70 meters, 60 meters
Meter, 50 meters. These squatting Japanese soldiers have already entered the range less than 50 meters away from the trench. Liu Yangyang, who is holding the telescope, is still motionless. Liu Yangyang did not give the order to fire, so they in the position did not dare to fire.
, no one wants to be the unlucky guy who was shot by Liu Yangyang himself.
When the group of Japanese soldiers crossed a distance of 40 meters, Liu Yangyang put down his binoculars and grabbed the Mauser rifle leaning against him. "Give me the order. When you hear the sound of my gun, fire together. The machine gun will continue to hide." Waiting for his own.
The messenger left, and Liu Yangyang in the trench slowly pushed the muzzle of his gun deeper, aiming at the Japanese Army Commander Cao who he had observed for a while. Commander Cao was equivalent to a sergeant, and was also regarded as a low-level officer in the Japanese army's establishment.
used, so Liu Yangyang first regarded him as his target.
Liu Yangyang's marksmanship is the best in the entire garrison, but for him, a distance of more than 30 meters is as easy as eating. If it weren't for the novices to miss the first shot, he wouldn't have done it.
Putting the Japanese soldiers at such a close distance before preparing to fire. "Pah!" Liu Yangyang's right shoulder, which was holding the butt of the gun, slightly stumbled back as the sound of gunfire sounded. Then he saw that the Japanese soldier Commander Cao he was aiming at had already been hit.
The bullet fell to the ground, and Liu Yangyang's bullet hit Cao Chang's neck accurately. Liu Yangyang could clearly see the blood mist splattering from Cao Chang's neck.
"Fire, fire." Liu Yangyang's gunfire was the signal, and uneven gunfire rang out from the trenches of the garrison. The Japanese soldiers who had been cautious could not catch up with the bullets, although those among them who reacted quickly lay prone on the ground.
They escaped, but a dozen Japanese soldiers were still beaten to bloody gourds by the dense bullets. "Hit, I hit one." Some people in the trench began to shout, and some people pulled the bolt of the gun again with a sad face.
The ones who loaded the bullets and looked sad were the guys who missed with the first shot.
"Don't be messy, aim and shoot, they won't be able to run away once they come." Liu Yangyang fired several times, turning the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground who were trying to shoot each other into screaming wounded soldiers.
These Japanese soldiers who had lost their combat effectiveness were good targets, allowing Liu Yangyang's novices to adapt to the battlefield environment as quickly as possible. Several Japanese soldiers who came to do fire reconnaissance failed to leave alive in the end. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long.
, just as the soldiers of the garrison in the trenches were in high spirits, the Japanese army launched another artillery bombardment.
This time the Japanese artillery bombardment was much more powerful than the previous one. Liu Yangyang, who was squatting in the artillery cave, even heard the sound of the 75th mountain cannon. In addition to the main position of the 713th Division, there were sporadic gunfire in the positions outside the city.
But no one could be seen in the garrison. Everyone was driven into the artillery hole by Liu Yangyang. Not even an observation post was left in the position. "I have to look at those idiots from the 173rd Division."
You kid, why do I rush to send people out to die?" Liu Yangyang, squatting in the bomb shelter, listened to the ping-pong-pong-pong-pong gunfire outside, and cursed in his heart that the people of the 173rd Division were ignorant of life and death.
Fool.
Liu Yangyang had long been accustomed to this kind of overwhelming bombardment, but the soldiers of the garrison under him could not bear the shelling that shocked them so much. A few soldiers of the garrison who did not listen to the advice and wanted to flee their positions had just emerged.
The shell-proof hole was cut into pieces by the shrapnel flying across the position. The body fragments scattered on the position made the soldiers in the gun-proof hole couldn't help but start vomiting. They had never seen anything like this before.
It was a bloody scene, and the body fragments all came from people they knew.
"You've all seen it. This is the fate of deserters. I don't even need to take action. The little devil will take care of the matter. If you want to survive, just stay in the position and do what I told you. Otherwise, this is what they will do.
"Death without a complete corpse often appears in poisonous oaths. Death without a complete corpse means that the deceased cannot be reincarnated. This is more difficult to accept than letting you die, so when Liu Yangyang shouted in the camp with a loud voice
, the soldiers hiding in the shell-proof cave secretly clenched their rifles in their hands.
Just like the usual practice of the Japanese army, before the bombardment ended, the shouts of observation posts rang out from the main position stationed by the 173rd Division. Hearing the sound, Liu Yangyang got out of the shell-proof hole and observed the front of the position with binoculars to see the Japanese attack.
The troops have appeared in the field more than 500 meters away from the position, and can slowly advance here. Liu Yangyang did not order the soldiers of the garrison in the anti-gun cave to come out to prepare for battle, because he knew that the Japanese army was likely to have another round of artillery bombardment.
It is impossible for the Japanese offensive troops to launch an attack from 500 meters away in such a clear way.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom" Each army has a relatively fixed battle pattern, and the Japanese army is no exception. When the Japanese offensive troops began to slowly move forward, another round of Japanese artillery bombardment began. With similar characteristics,
The shells that came from the sky fell rapidly with a scream, and the position and the fields around the position naturally became the area under concentrated attack. The position and a large area around it were filled with explosion flames and thick smoke. Before the bombing, it was basically
The intact garrison positions gradually turned into ruins under the fierce bombing and continuous artillery shelling by the Japanese army. The Japanese battle flag originally flying on the main position also disappeared in the artillery fire.
The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for nearly three minutes before it weakened. With such determined artillery fire delivery, I think the Japanese army was already furious with the defenders. Following the Japanese army's offensive habits, as soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the positions surrounding the front of the county town
The slogans of the officers of the 173rd Division rang out. With Liu Yangyang in the position, the company and platoon leaders of the garrison did not need to worry about their combat roles and positions. They only needed to act according to Liu Yangyang's orders.
Liu Yangyang did not give any order to prepare for battle. All the soldiers of the garrison on the position hid in the artillery holes with peace of mind. Perhaps they themselves were looking forward to squatting in the artillery holes until the battle was over. After a while, a
A young officer ran along the trench from the main position of the 173rd Division. Judging from the badges and logos on his uniform, he should be a second lieutenant. "Where is your Commander Liu? I'm looking for your Commander Liu." Looking at the empty sky of the garrison regiment,
In the deserted position, the second lieutenant stopped temporarily and could only pull out an unlucky guy from a shell hole and ask quickly and loudly.
The unlucky guy who was discovered by the second lieutenant happened to be one of the two company commanders. He naturally knew the location of Liu Yangyang, and led the second lieutenant of the 173rd Division to find Liu Yangyang's artillery hole. The company that completed the mission
Chang hurriedly turned around and left. "Commander Liu, our deputy division commander is now on the main position. He invites you to come over to discuss the next battle deployment." Seeing Liu Yangyang, the second lieutenant officer sent by the 173th Division to deliver the news first gave him a military salute.
, and then conveyed Zhou Yuan’s order to Liu Yangyang, who was squatting in the bomb-proof cave and smoking.
Liu Yangyang, who got out of the shell-proof hole, did not answer directly, but nodded without humility, and finally said something in a calm tone. The second lieutenant of the 173rd Division pointed his finger in the direction he had just come from and hurriedly left.
Goat didn't want to fight according to Zhou Yuan's deployment, but Zhou Yuan's military rank was higher than his own, and the 173rd Division was an integrated A-type regiment, which had an absolute advantage in terms of strength and weapon configuration. First, he held the telescope
After observing the front of the position for a while, and then calling his two company commanders to give some instructions, Liu Yangyang led two messengers along the trenches to the main position where the 173rd Division was stationed.
The flank positions of the garrison were not connected to the main position stationed by the 173rd Division. When digging these trenches, Liu Yangyang deliberately moved the flank positions back a few meters, and did not dig through the gap between the two positions.
Wilderness. Almost reaching the end of the trench, Liu Yangyang found a relatively narrow place in the trench, put his hands on the edge of the trench, stepped on the two walls of the trench with his legs to gain strength, and climbed up easily. Following him
The two messengers also followed the same example, each carrying their own rifles and climbing out of the trench, but their climbing movements were more clumsy.
Leaving the trench, the three men quickly came to the edge of a bush. Five or six soldiers of the 173rd Division wearing steel helmets were using fresh bushes to re-hide their machine gun positions. The bushes were on a gentle slope toward the county seat.
The top seems to be about two meters above the ground. When you walk up the slope, you will see the avenue leading to the county seat. There are some tall and low trees growing on both sides of the avenue. The positions surrounding the front of the county seat were dug by the garrison.
Of course, Liu Yangyang knew that there were trenches in the weedy slopes on both sides of the avenue.
"Hey, dear, I thought our side was heavily bombed by the Japs' cannons. Look here, we can be considered innocent." One of the two messengers looked at 173 with his mouth wide open.
The main position of the division, I couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion. When the Japanese army sent a small force to conduct fire reconnaissance on the defenders, the 173 Division on the main position fought back very fiercely. They were bombarded by Japanese artillery fire, which was naturally much stronger. The main position
There was even a section of trenches in the position that had been flattened by Japanese artillery fire. Liu Yangang guessed that the 173rd Division must have deployed a machine gun position there.