The Sichuan Army's new regiment has a full 90 heavy machine guns. Even if 30 are given to the 28th Division, there are still 60!
According to Tang Tuanzuo's previous military order, only half of the heavy machine gun fire points on the defensive position were allowed to be exposed, so basically the 50 heavy machine guns of the 28th Division were suppressing the fire.
The 60 specially reinforced heavy machine gun firepower points located 800 meters away from the river shoreline have always been concealed.
Not to mention, all the 82nd mortar squad of the Sichuan Army's new regiment are still on standby in the tunnel.
When three red flares rise into the sky, it means that all military firepower is no longer reserved and outputted with full force.
The artillery fire coming from the Japanese army was nothing. Not to mention there were only 20 mountain guns. Even if the 150mm heavy artillery attacked, the heavy machine guns must also participate in the battle.
Because at this time, the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out, cheek to cheek, just to see who can't hold on first.
It's just death for death.
After these 20 days of baptism of fire, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army's new regiment are no longer the kind of recruits who were so frightened that they peed their pants when they heard the explosion of artillery shells when they first arrived in Tongguan. Although they are not strong enough to hold a rifle now,
Fighting with the Japanese army with bayonets, but it is still possible to set up a crane gun in the fortifications and shoot out the bullets hundreds of meters away.
So, just as more than 2,000 Japanese infantrymen were shouting "on board" crazily, their two short legs gathered enough strength to run forward. The 38 caps in their hands were already squeezed tightly, and they watched for more than ten seconds.
After a few minutes, it was time to rush into the trenches and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese.
The battlefield shrouded in gunpowder smoke suddenly burst into dazzling dots of starlight.
That was the muzzle brilliance of more than 100 heavy machine guns in total due to long bursts of fire. From a distance on this gloomy afternoon, it looked like twinkling stars at first glance.
That is definitely enough fatal brilliance.
According to the civilian 24 heavy machine gun's firing rate of 750 rounds per minute, in just five seconds, one heavy machine gun can spit out 60 rounds of bullets. 100 heavy machine guns are 6,000 rounds. If you add in the desperate firing from the forward position,
There were more than a hundred light machine guns, and in just a few seconds, nearly ten thousand rounds of bullets flew across the battlefield several kilometers wide.
If the charging Japanese troops were like giant waves rising in the sea, then this wave of bullets was like a hard reef formed over millions of years, turning the oncoming giant waves into sprays all over the sky.
An unknown number of Japanese soldiers staggered and fell under the sudden attack, their blood splattered everywhere.
Xiao Xi, who had been observing the battlefield with a telescope, shrank his pupils severely, and his fingers almost squeezed the telescope out of shape.
Although he didn't say anything, it was obvious that the sudden appearance of so many heavy machine gun firepower points from the Chinese gave the top Japanese frontline commander a heavy blow.
He knew very well that under such terrible firepower, even if the more than 2,000 people here really rushed to the front line of the Chinese trenches, the casualty losses would far exceed the bottom line he could bear.
But at this time, the bow was fired and there was no turning back. If he ordered to stop the charge, hundreds of soldiers would have died in vain.
If he didn't want to lose in vain, he had no choice but to continue. He still had enough confidence in his subordinates' ability to execute tactics.
However, the Chinese people's forbearance is beyond his imagination.
Dozens of mortar shells roared down from the sky, slamming into the Japanese charging path, and shrapnel and air waves rampaged across the battlefield unbridled.
Nearly a hundred Japanese infantrymen were lost in this low-precision but highly lethal artillery fire.
China's more terrifying weapon is on the scene!
Xiaoxi's face instantly turned pale, but she remained silent.
Like the Chinese soldiers, he knows that now both sides are fighting for their lives, and whoever can withstand greater casualties will win.
The bravery of the Imperial Japanese Army is unparalleled in the world!
This was also the Japanese army colonel's last insistence on not retreating despite the fierce Chinese firepower.
His subordinates did not live up to his expectations. In just seven or eight seconds, at least 500 of the more than 2,000 Japanese troops fell, but more than 1,500 still continued to run towards the front.
From this point of view, the Third Division is indeed the only Category A division in Japan that participated in the entire war of aggression against China. It has such a strong will to fight that its opponents can't help but want to give it a thumbs up.
Seeing that the front line of the Japanese army was about to reach the area less than 40 meters away from the trench, it was the bombing area for Japanese melon grenades. Once the approaching Japanese army dropped bombs here, it would not be said that it would be the end of the Chinese soldiers in the trench.
However, the damage caused by the grenades and the smoke cover will greatly reduce the effectiveness of the infantry's counterattack in the trenches.
In less than five seconds, the running Japanese troops will arrive, and brutal hand-to-hand combat is inevitable.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers who looked pale due to extreme nervousness, even veterans like Lu Sanjiang had a gloomy face that was almost ugly. His roars in the trenches even overwhelmed the blazing gunfire: "Dutliang's."
Hold on tight for me, everyone mounts bayonets, and as soon as the charge sounds, go into the trenches for me. Regardless of whether it's accurate or not, shoot blank bullets at any Japanese you can see, and then rush forward and stab them.
, until he is alive, use your knives, your fists and your teeth to kill the dog."
"Fight with the idiots!" was the final order that the commanders of the companies and platoons in the frontline trenches shouted angrily at the officers and soldiers under their command.
As the Japanese army began to drop bombs, clouds of smoke rose up beside and in the Chinese trenches, and the Japanese army's "onboard" sound of encouragement for themselves resounded across the battlefield again.
The Japanese soldiers with short legs but strong enough began to charge for the last 40 meters, and the ferocious gazes under the helmets were clearly visible even under the thick smoke.
The most brutal hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield is about to break out.
However, the Chinese soldiers, who had made all preparations and were so nervous that their whole bodies could not help but tremble slightly, still did not wait for the loud charging trumpets that should have resounded throughout the battlefield.
However, the miserable howls of the Japanese soldiers echoed throughout the audience.
More than half of the Japanese troops stopped in great pain, less than 30 meters in front of the Chinese front line trench!
"Haha! Who said my arrangement was useless? Didn't this happen?" Seeing the sudden collapse of the charging Japanese army, the major general and brigade commander on the high ground of more than a thousand meters couldn't help but applaud with joy.
Tang Dao couldn't help but smile.
Not to mention, this native method is really useful, and he has learned it.
The place had already been ravaged by heavy artillery and mountain artillery. The entire position was covered with loess that was shaken into powder by the energy of the artillery shells. When the Japanese soldiers stepped on it, the dust could reach their ankles.
If you don't mind getting dirty, it actually feels pretty good on your feet.
But what could make them stop was obviously not the almost soft ground, but something covered in dust.
Iron caltrops were a special tool used in ancient wars to prevent cavalry from charging. No matter how the triangular iron nails were attacked by external forces, there would always be a sharp thorn pointing towards the sky.
They were 5 centimeter-long steel spikes. Not to mention that the soles of the Japanese cowhide boots were inlaid with iron sheets. Even if they were covered with steel plates, they could not stop the reaction force generated by their wild running.
Whenever stepped on, the 5-centimeter steel spikes could easily pierce through the soles of cowhide boots and the insteps. Wounded soldiers could even touch the bloody spikes. They were definitely made of good steel.
The entire 40-meter area in front of the front-line trenches had been dropped by Brigadier General Hu Da a month ago with nearly 10,000 of these specially customized items at his request.
Unlike Dong Zhao, a regular soldier who was born in the Whampoa Military Academy, Brigadier Hu Da came from a rough background. He was even a green man when he was young, and he was full of tricks by the underworld!
Unlike other brigades and regimental commanders, who desperately went to the division headquarters for various guns and ammunition, he exchanged 300 anti-infantry mines for this almost primitive gadget before entering the defensive position.
This thing has no technical content, and at most it consumes some steel. Naturally, the Tenth Theater Command gave priority to meeting this person's needs.
However, before the Japanese army attacked the position on a large scale, this simple gadget made the regiment and battalion commanders under his command quite critical.
The reason is that the Japanese army's non-stop shelling made this abandoned thing become the culprit of the Japanese artillery fire. Once blown away by the artillery fire, the iron caltrops don't care whether their surname is "Chinese" or not. There are many steel thorns 5 cm long.
It's scary, it's like scratching the wound and dying next to it.
That is to say, Brigadier Hu Da had enough prestige to suppress it. Otherwise, the dozens of casualties caused by the caltrops blown away by the artillery fire would have been enough to make it difficult for him to face the entire brigade.
Not only was this person not discouraged, but he kept adding more, and even went so far as to throw the stuff in front of a position that was thousands of meters wide and tens of meters deep.
It is said that just to produce the original weapons needed by Brigadier Hu Da, the small steelmaking plant in Chang'an consumed ten tons of steel. In the end, even the rails blown up by the Japanese army were remelted into this thing. Fan Dajun
For this reason, the commander has come forward to ensure that the theater headquarters will never live up to the dedication of the commanders.
Even if the officers and soldiers of the 28th Division wanted to go fishing in the Yellow River and wash their clothes during a break in the battle, they had to carefully pass through that area, but it took a minute to walk to a depth of more than 30 meters.
Although the thing was crude, the officers and soldiers had experimented with it when they were bored. A rock would emit sparks when hit, and a piece of wood could be used as a nail to pierce a piece of flesh. It didn't even require much force, but no one was willing to do it for the Japanese.
Let’s taste the ferocity of this thing first.
Therefore, under the passionate charge of the Japanese army, Brigadier Hu Da persisted in supplementing the original anti-charge caltrop formation deployed in front of the front-line trenches and finally took effect.
The faster you run and the bigger your strides, you may not pull the egg, but the chance of your foot being punctured is as high as 60%.
There are tough guys who can be shot and still stand tall. With their tenacious perseverance, they can empty the last bullet in their guns before falling. This is not only a sublimation creation of future film and television dramas to highlight the bravery and fearlessness of our own soldiers, but also in actual combat examples.
It has happened;
There are also tough guys who still fight even though they have a broken leg and an arm, just like the "Tian Can Di Que" combination born in the Four Lines Regiment, the blind man and the lame duo insist on fighting until reinforcements arrive;
But there has never been a person who still ran like flying with an iron thorn stuck in his foot, because the pain level that constantly increases with the pain intensity of moving really exceeds the limit that the human brain can withstand.
But when they stopped on such a battlefield, neither Amaterasu nor God could protect the Japanese infantry who chose to stop due to extreme pain at this moment.
The number of Japanese soldiers who could continue to charge was instantly reduced by half. What was even more terrible was that seeing the figures of their companions stopping in pain, the Japanese soldiers who had not stepped on the thorns at this time were also panicking.
Just because you didn't step on it now doesn't mean you won't step on it in the future. God knows how many of these things the Chinese dropped in front of their positions?
Damn the artillery, who said that clearing the site only requires clearing away the barbed wire fences laid out in front of the Chinese positions. Iron nails buried in the soil cannot kill people but can injure them!
The key is that the injury is still to the foot, making it impossible to move!
The speed of the Japanese infantry charge dropped sharply!
But they obviously forgot that they were located in an area less than 20 meters away from the opponent's trench, which was also the area closest to death.
"Drop bombs!" The Chinese commanders at all levels on the battlefield were all veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time. When they saw that the weird triangular iron nails made by their superiors were working, they immediately shouted orders.
‘Kill you while you are sick’, this saying of the Chinese ancestors has influenced generations of Chinese people, and it has simply penetrated into the bone marrow of the Chinese people.
Countless wooden-handled grenades were thrown from the trenches!
The Chinese frontline trenches deployed a full 15 infantry companies, more than one infantry regiment.
The Chinese soldiers, who were so nervous that they were almost stiff under the shining bayonets of the Japanese army, may indeed not be as good as the Japanese Third Division in combat effectiveness, but their potential under crisis is still astonishing.
In just 10 seconds, more than 2,000 soldiers threw more than 3,000 grenades at the front of their trenches amidst the continuous orders.
That density, even if the battle line is long enough, can reach two meters per piece on average!
Shrapnel was flying everywhere, and Japanese infantrymen were everywhere. Their arms and legs were flying around, it was like the end of the world!
The Japanese soldiers fell to the ground one after another!
Whether alive or dead.
It doesn't matter what position the dead person takes, but the only option for the living person is to try their best to keep their bodies close to the ground to reduce the area that may be hit by shrapnel and air waves.
However, the ground is not only filled with dust, but also with countless invisible caltrops. It is possible to win the bid just for the area of the soles of your feet, let alone a strong human body!
Calculated based on probability, the chance of winning the bid unfortunately is higher than 95%.
"Drop bombs! Keep dropping bombs! Kill the bastard." The shouts of Chinese commanders at all levels made the Japanese infantrymen who were still making a difficult decision between lying down or not lying down were heartbroken.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" More than two thousand grenades were thrown from the trench and exploded.
The remaining limbs and broken bodies flew around in an instant.
A soldier from the Sichuan Army's new regiment was close to the trench and was twisting the cap of a grenade. Before he could pull the string, a warm hand suddenly rested on his shoulder. This scared the clever man and knocked the hand off his shoulder impatiently:
"Don't touch me, I'm going to piss myself because I'm scared of you."
As a result, that pitch-black hand was really knocked to the ground!
The white bone stubble on half of the arm is just fine, but the clearly visible residual muscle is really scary.
The Sichuan soldier who turned around and happened to see this scene suddenly felt hot in his crotch and was really frightened to the point of peeing.
"I'm an immortal, Brother Pao never urinates! You scare me!" The soldier who was scared to wet his pants did not hold his head and run away. Instead, he straightened up crazily and threw grenades forward.
The movements are also much more relaxed and smooth than before.
This is also a type of battlefield stress trauma disorder. After being frightened, the original fear of death has been reduced to nothing.
People in Sichuan love their faces, so much so that they wet their pants. People are so embarrassed, so what else is there to be afraid of?
Japanese soldier: I don’t want to scare people! I originally wanted to kill people.
Countless Japanese troops howled in the explosion, and no more than one infantry squadron could reach the front edge of the trenches under such intensity of firepower.
On such a long front, less than 200 people could rush to the trenches, which looked a bit pitiful.
Because they have to face Chinese soldiers who are 10 times their size.
"Charge, fight back!" Tang Dao finally ordered.
Xia Dayu quickly fired a green signal flare.
"Tick tick!" As the bugler blew the charge horn, countless Chinese soldiers jumped out of the trenches with guns in hand and rushed towards the scattered Japanese troops.
You can't win one on one, but an infantry squad or even an infantry platoon has enough courage to deal with two or three Japanese troops.
Few of the sparse Japanese soldiers even had a chance to stretch out their long bayonets. Just the bullets that the Chinese infantry tried to fire before counterattack had already made the Japanese infantrymen burst into tears.
"Chinese people don't respect martial ethics!" After the Japanese soldier who had just fired a shot was hit, he watched dozens of big men rushing over like wolves and tigers and stabbed him through with several bayonets. You can imagine the frustration in his heart.
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"Baga! Order the heavy machine gun squadron to aim at the front of the Chinese position and shoot!" Xiao Xi's face had already turned from white to red, and he gave the order frantically.
He knew that the attack was a complete failure, his infantry regiment was finished, and so was he.
But before that, he will drag the Chinese people into hell with him.
No matter how many Imperial officers and soldiers are still alive in front of the position, if the 30 heavy machine guns fire regardless, at least hundreds of Chinese lives will be taken away.
"Your Excellency Daisaku, the Chinese artillery fire is fierce, and the heavy machine gun positions are being moved!" A major officer stammered in reply to Xiaoxi Zaijian.
Tang Dao had already foreseen the ferocity of the Japanese army. When the Japanese army approached the front of the trench, he had already ordered all mortars to fire at the Japanese heavy machine gun positions further away. Even if the accuracy was limited, it still had to scare them away.
Unable to reliably provide effective fire support to the Japanese infantry.
It was this order that killed Xiaoxi Zaoxian's last-ditch attempt.
After killing the Chinese officers and soldiers who rushed to the front of the trench, they quickly returned to the trench and continued to drop bombs and shoot at the Japanese infantry who had to stay dozens of meters in front of them due to injuries.
Unable to move normally, the Japanese army could only lie on the ground and barely fight back, completely losing hope of attacking the position.
"Retreat!" Finally, a captain-level Japanese officer couldn't bear it anymore.
The long blast of hand-cranked sirens sounded on the battlefield.
"Want to run?" Tang Dao's lips curved into a sneer.
"Order all officers and soldiers in the second-line trenches to enter the trenches, and the entire army will hunt and kill the Japanese troops freely! Order the 28th Division Artillery Battalion to bombard the 200 meters in front of our first-line trenches with all their strength! Order the heavy artillery company to suppress the Japanese mountain artillery group with artillery fire!
Order the entire army to kill all these Japanese vanguard troops without fear of sacrifice!"
Tang Dao knew that the Japanese army, which had already launched the New Year's Day offensive, would never give up this offensive plan easily without beating the Japanese army so painfully that they vomited blood.
And he didn't have much time to continue spending time with the Japanese army in Tongguan.
The Taihang Mountain battlefield, where nearly 100,000 Japanese troops gathered, was bound to be another bloody battle.
