Dragon Boat Festival leaned on the simple fortifications of the position to smoke, with Cheng Wanli and Chen Yong sitting next to them.
Cheng Wanli had followed the Dragon Boat Festival for a long time and was not worried that the Japanese troops would rush up.
Chen Yong was a little uneasy. After a while, he took a telescope to look at the Japanese army and reported the progress of the Japanese army to Duanwu.
"The Japs are still a hundred meters away from us, ninety meters, eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters... Commissioner, let's fight? The Japs are two squadrons. If we don't fight, they will come up.
Already."
Chen Yong was a little anxious at this time, because before, when the Japanese were 150 meters away from the position, he ordered to fire.
He believed that since it was a defense, the Japanese could not be allowed to get close to the defensive position. Otherwise, at a position of fifty or forty meters, a well-trained Japanese would probably be able to rush up in a few seconds.
However, the special correspondent beside me was not anxious or panicked at all.
At this time of the Dragon Boat Festival, I threw away the cigarette in my hand, lazily climbed to the top of the trench, looked at the Japanese soldiers sprinting with all their strength, and said: "Didn't I tell you, the closer the Japanese army is to our position, the more powerful they will be against us.
Moreover, this is the perfect opportunity to kill all the Japs. Let everyone prepare and take out the grenades for me. I want to teach the little Japs a lesson. Sometimes in a war, the more people there are, the greater the advantage.
Doesn't he look down on the strength of my company? Then let them see how powerful my company's firepower is."
At this point, Duanwu yelled at all the officers and soldiers: "All of you, throw two grenades per person before firing. This battle will be over in five minutes. Win this battle, I will
Please drink wine and eat meat!"
"good!"
The soldiers of the 44th Division also went crazy at the roar of the Dragon Boat Festival and roared along with the Dragon Boat Festival.
At this time, Chen Yong no longer needed to convey orders for Duanwu, and the entire 44th Division was directly taken over by Duanwu.
Chen Yong was helpless. The only reason was that the invincible momentum of Dragon Boat Festival infected all his soldiers. Moreover, Dragon Boat Festival could capture the hearts of all soldiers.
What do soldiers lack most nowadays?
It's lunch!
Because of the sudden approach of the Japanese army, they have not had lunch yet. Many of them are hungry and their stomachs are growling.
So at this time, even if the Dragon Boat Festival was given to them, it wouldn't taste good. They just looked forward to repelling the Japanese army and having a delicious meal.
But Duanwu told them at this time that after repelling the Japanese, they not only had food to eat, but also wine to drink. How could they not follow Duanwu and go crazy?
When the Japanese charged to a position about thirty meters away from the position, grenades like hailstones flew out of the position.
At this moment, the Eighth Route Army is not fighting the Japanese. It has limited ammunition and limited grenades. Although the 44th Division is not as rich as its direct descendants, it will also have weapons and ammunition to replenish it. Each person has at least six grenades on his body and thirty bullets.
Send left and right.
What's more, when the village brigade was annihilated previously, the 44th Division captured a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
So this wave of grenades flew down, like a rain of grenades.
The little devil's eyes widened, his anus tightened, and his first thought was to run.
There are so many grenades, whoever gets on them will die.
Even if the Japanese are really not afraid of death, they don't want to experience the death of being torn apart by grenades.
Some of the Japanese turned around and ran away, some tried their luck and lay on the ground to avoid them, while others carried forward the spirit of Bushido and sprinted forward with all their strength.
But at this moment, there was a loud bang from a distance of twenty to fifty meters halfway up the mountain, and all the grenades turned into a terrifying sea of fire.
Nearly three hundred grenades exploded almost at the same time. The power of the explosion was like an overwhelming force, and the entire earth shook continuously.
The impact of the explosion was accompanied by the flying fragments. In addition to the lucky ones who were killed by the explosion, there were also countless Japanese who were shot by shrapnel.
The dead Japs rolled down the hillside like dumplings, while the surviving Japs screamed and howled amidst the flames and smoke.
Where have the charging Japanese seen such a fierce fighting style? Didn't they agree to shoot first and then throw grenades?
Therefore, this was also a common problem among Chinese soldiers at that time. When the Japs charged, they would often compete with the Japs in the areas where they were least good at.
At a distance of 200 to 100 meters, you would compete with the Japanese in marksmanship. You would either rush out of the position and compete with the Japanese in bravery, or you could rush out of the position and compete with the Japanese in a stabbing attack that you were not good at.
Therefore, it is not without reason that Chinese soldiers suffered huge casualties during the war against Japan.
But the fighting style of the Dragon Boat Festival is different. The Dragon Boat Festival battles never take the consequences seriously and do not give the enemy any chance to breathe. If you don't take action, you will definitely take the enemy's life directly.
In the eyes of Duanwu, the Japanese are just a piece of meat or a piece of cake. He can cut it as he wants and kill as he wants. And he never cares about the consequences.
For example, in the battle of Xiejiaqiao, he did not hesitate to shoot out all the artillery shells on his side in order to rush through the Japanese defense line of the Japanese artillery position.
Dragon Boat Festival never thought that once they were blocked midway, the entire independent regiment and the 79th Brigade would be put in a desperate situation.
What kind of courage is this, just like the fierceness of King Chu's last battle. He rushed to the enemy's artillery position and seized the enemy's heavy weapons. Then they won this battle, otherwise everyone would die in Xiejiaqiao.
But Dragon Boat Festival never thought about losing, and brought out a crazy team.
Therefore, the little devil cannot adapt to fighting with people like Duan Wu. He is a reckless commander. In every battle, his primary goal is to annihilate a large number of enemy troops.
He has no big strategy. He only has one strategy, which is to constantly kill and cause trouble for the enemy.
Therefore, although the little devil hated a crazy commander like Duanwu, he could do nothing about it.
So, in a series of explosions, the momentum of the Japanese's desperate charge was suddenly suppressed. In the smoke and flames, bullets like a rainstorm gradually devoured the lives of the Japanese one by one.
The four Japanese troops who were charging at the front were beaten so hard that they rolled down the hillside like dumplings.
The troops behind were affected, and even if many Japanese soldiers wanted to rush up, they couldn't do it. Because the corpses of Japanese soldiers kept rolling down from the top of the mountain, hindering them.
The two Japanese squadrons lost nearly half of their men. Relying on the corpses of their own men, they exchanged fire with the Chinese position 150 meters away from the position on the top of the mountain.
But obviously, this is beyond the capabilities of the soldiers of the 44th Division. Except for machine gunners and a few veterans, it is difficult for anyone to hit the Japanese at this distance.
After more than a dozen casualties, Duanwu quickly ordered a ceasefire and asked everyone to hide in the trenches again. No one was allowed to shoot.
The Japanese in charge of the attack were at their wits' end at this moment.
In the battle just now, the two Japanese squadrons in the north and the south each lost half of their troops. If the Japanese who are victorious charge again, they may end up like the previous Japanese, never to come back.
They were looking forward to artillery support. After all, their tactics were basically based on the advantage of artillery fire.
And I don’t know why, but their tried-and-tested tactics didn’t work when used against enemies on the top of the mountain.
They stupidly turned back to look at the old MCC warehouse man three hundred meters behind them, meaning to request artillery support.
But at this time, the old devil from the MCC warehouse was already furious with anger.
If his artillery could still function at this time, why would he wait for the charging Japanese to look back at him? He would have ordered the artillery to flatten the entire mountain.
But just now, in the exchange of fire with Chinese artillery, his artillery suffered heavy losses.
Although the artillery of the 44th Division was the same, Duanwu and others occupied the ground. This made the old Japanese Zhongye Cang scratch his head.
He roared angrily: "Baga, why haven't our heavy artillery troops arrived yet? Quickly generate electricity and let them arrive here immediately. It must be fast! The speed must be fast!..."