Two MG34 machine guns, one was placed by Lei Xiong at the No. 1 anti-aircraft position with the strongest firepower, and the other was placed in the bridgehead fortifications.
This widely recognized killer weapon on the battlefield was not even placed on an extremely important air defense position, but was waiting for the arrival of what Tang Dao believed to be a disguised Japanese task force.
Now, it finally comes in handy.
The machine gunner was specially transferred by Lei Xiong from the Cheng Tieshou Fire Support Platoon, a big man from Shandong with a black nickname of "Heizi".
As the main shooter of the fire support platoon, Heizi's biggest characteristic is that he is very strong. He is strong enough to lift a machine gun weighing 50 to 60 kilograms alone and transfer it dozens of meters. He can stabilize the heavy machine gun that shakes violently when shooting.
The gun body controls the impact point of the bullet in a sufficiently precise area.
Once on the Songhu battlefield, this man, with an ammunition carrier and a Maxim heavy machine gun, helped an infantry platoon in the front suppress the attack of a Japanese infantry squad.
The mobility brought about by the huge strength in Kuroko's body allowed them to avoid the crazy grenade attacks of the Japanese infantry, which was an important reason for ensuring the continuation of their firepower.
That is to say, the military experience is a little short, but the 'Heizi' with two years of military service was only a second-class soldier when he entered the Songhu battlefield. He did not expect that after several main shooters died in battle, he rushed to the shelf and took on the role of the main shooter of the heavy machine gun. The deputy shooter would be like this.
It was a blockbuster, and the military ranks were promoted from private to first class and then to sergeant squad leader.
Originally, Cheng Tieshou was reluctant to let him go because he wanted to keep him at the No. 1 anti-aircraft position to shoot planes, but Lei Xiong specially ordered the "Heizi" general and moved him and the MG34 machine gun assigned to him to the bridgehead.
From a topographic point of view, the bridgehead fortifications surrounded by various positions on the periphery are obviously the safest place. It is extremely unreasonable to put such a powerful combination of such an excellent shooter and a powerful machine gun here.
Even Li Jijin secretly complained that Lei Xiong did not trust him, a new infantry platoon leader.
But at this moment, the soldiers who originally didn't understand why Lei Xiong made such a fuss all understood.
Heizi and his machine gun are the most suitable combination for "cutting leeks" on this battlefield.
Two seconds after MG34's crazy stream of metal bullets raged, the crowd of at least 10 people who fell instantly reacted quickly, rolling to the ground and using the opportunity to dodge the bullets, almost all of those people jumped from their arms, waists, etc.
He took out his rifle and fought back.
Some even took out Japanese-style melon grenades, and their roars in Japanese that resounded throughout the audience were no longer concealed at all.
She is indeed Japanese.
Furthermore, looking at their reaction speed and their sharp posture in dodging bullets, the Chinese soldiers knew that they were elite Japanese soldiers without even thinking about them.
It's a pity that no matter how elite you are, it's all in vain in the face of crazy bullets.
The MG34 machine gun was hidden in a machine gun fortification built with logs and sandbags. It might not be able to withstand the bombardment of the Japanese 70 infantry artillery, but the shell guns and melon grenades were no threat to him.
Facing the hundreds of bullets fired by the Japanese army in response, Kuroko held the butt of his gun tightly and pulled the trigger without any fear.
Kuroko can shoot at will, but the more than 100 Japanese troops led by Nishikawa Changlong do not have any fortifications.
The more than 100 meters from the checkpoint to the bridgehead were empty.
The shrubs on both sides of the main road had been cut down by the defenders a long time ago. In order to prevent anyone from entering the bridge area from the two wings of this gap, barbed wire fences have been installed on both sides 20 meters away from the main road since the beginning of the war.
To put it bluntly, this area is like an iron cage. No matter whether you go forward, backward or both sides, there is no place to escape.
The only way for the Japanese army to dodge bullets is to lie down on the ground. If there is enough time, it may be possible to use small claws to dig out a personal bunker on the ground.
After all, the soil on both sides of the main road is relatively soft due to the abundant rainfall in the southeast, unlike in northern China where there is little rain, where the soil is as hard as rocks.
It's a pity that the first machine gunner of the Fourth Battalion Fire Support Platoon will not give them a chance.
The two big muscles on Heizi’s arms bulged fiercely, controlling the gun body of the ‘murderous weapon’ that could eject a thousand rounds of bullets per minute extremely steadily.
Even after knocking all the Japanese troops down, he changed the continuous fire into short bursts. Any Japanese troops in the field of vision who made a tactical response were his shooting targets.
The Japanese soldiers who fought back with shell guns were shot so hard that they trembled all over, as if they had been shot themselves.
The Japanese soldiers who raised their arms high to throw the grenades were perhaps even more miserable. Due to the fierce and precise flow of bullets, their once strong bodies instantly lost all their strength, and the melon grenades that had been fired weakly slipped from the palms of their hands.
With an explosion of ‘Boom!’, the melon grenade sent the brave Japanese infantryman and several companions around him to the road to meet Amaterasu.
"Baga! Everyone spread out and move forward! Get closer to 30 meters before using grenades." Nishikawa Changlong was almost driven crazy by the stupidity of his subordinates. He tried his best to roll against the ground to avoid while giving his orders.
The last command in life.
With the military order, more than 100 Japanese contingents wearing rags were rolling around on the ground. The term "rolling gourd" was probably coined for them.
If Yanagawa Heisuke, who was dozens of kilometers away, saw this scene, he would have a heart attack and be angry at the appearance of these elite men.
However, the elite Japanese troops actually tried their best. While rolling around wildly to find a suitable shelter, there were dozens of brave men who moved forward at least seven or eight meters.
It’s just that the firepower of the MG34 machine gun was so fierce that many people stopped moving after entering it.
The distance of seven to eight meters used to be only a matter of one or two seconds for the elite Japanese troops of the 18th Division, who held the title of 'Empire Double B', but now, it is extremely difficult. Every step forward
One meter costs several lives.
It makes people extremely desperate.
Heizi and the MG34 machine gun were like the scythe raised by the god of death, beating Nishikawa Changlong's heart to ice.
But what made Nishikawa Changtaka and his subordinates shrink back even more was that the bridgehead on the opposite side was more than just this dangerous machine gun.
There is also an infantry squad of infantry.
Yang Xiaoshan's marksmanship was very accurate. In just ten seconds, he shot and killed two brave Japanese soldiers who took out their shell guns and fired back at the machine gun's firing port.
The rest of the soldiers also opened fire under the cover of Kuroko's frantic firing, causing the Japanese to completely lose the courage to charge forward.
But this was not enough to make the Xichuan Changlongs howl helplessly in despair.
The brave warriors of the Japanese Empire had the courage to face any difficulties and overcome them.
However, when they crawled about ten meters on the ground, the Chinese infantry put down their rifles and threw more than a dozen wooden long-handled grenades.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!” The continuous explosions could not suppress the painful screams of the Japanese soldiers before they died.
Although under the military order of Nishikawa Changtaka, the Japanese army tried their best to widen the distance between everyone, the space was originally so big. The distance between the barbed wire fences that tightly blocked the two wings was only more than 40 meters. How much distance could they open?
Width?
One grenade explosion can take away the lives of at least two people.
This was a premeditated ambush and a cruel and bloody massacre.
Nishikawa Changlong finally knew why the Chinese opened fire when they arrived at a position more than forty meters away from the bridgehead fortifications. It was to facilitate their throwing grenades.
Chinese anti-German long-handled grenades can be easily thrown 40 meters away when thrown by professionally trained soldiers, but Japanese melon grenades must be thrown as close as 30 meters due to their light weight and small size.
The Chinese even considered such details, so they naturally knew their attack well.
The Japanese major, who was already filled with despair, did not even look back at the situation of the dozen or so people detained by the Chinese at the checkpoint.
The gunshots that rang out like exploding beans behind them already proved that their fate would be even more tragic.
Because they were faced with two light machine guns and a dozen soldiers with live ammunition. They were caught off guard. How could they survive?
Nishikawa Chimelong’s mind is smart enough.
The moment Heizi's MG34 machine gun fired, Li Jiujin's loud voice spread throughout the audience, "Chinese people, all get down!"
Two seconds later, two light machine guns aimed at the Japanese army and opened fire.
At the checkpoint, the Japanese lying down could hardly react before a hail of bullets was fired at him.
These guys will probably never know until their death why the Chinese can locate them so accurately. They are obviously not much different from the Chinese.
Human beings are social creatures. In unfamiliar environments, they will subconsciously choose to be with people they are familiar with.
Basically, the Japanese were huddled together with the Japanese, and a dozen or so Chinese were several meters away from them.
Of course, what allows Chinese soldiers to better identify targets is those who can get down the fastest.
The response of soldiers to danger is several times greater than that of civilians.
At that moment of despair, Nishikawa Shitaka figured out a lot, but there was one thing that he still couldn't figure out until his death.
Why did the Chinese take the risk and leave more than a dozen of their own people at the checkpoint? If it were him, wouldn't it be better to put them all into the wilderness and attack him with machine guns?
Why should we let our opponents stay there?
They may also have rifles and grenades with them.
The Japanese are such a serious nation. Even if they are about to die, they still have so many reasons why.
The Japanese who are so serious that some cute people don’t know it is because they still don’t fully understand the Chinese people.
Even if he stayed in China for another forty years, he would not understand.
