Chapter 4 All-round War of Resistance (Twenty Offensive and Defense II)
Xu Rongfang was really anxious. Their company was able to get the first round of defense missions because he swore in front of the regiment leader Ge Dabiao. At that time, he swore that if he could not kill his two hundred Japanese, the whole company would die in the battle. Never take a step back, and the problem now is that if you can't effectively restrain the opponent's mid-range firepower, maybe the little Japanese infantry hasn't attacked yet, and your side will be attacked by those damn mortars and grenades. All destroyed,
Gu Qiangping gritted his teeth hard, frowned and thought hard, and then finally came up with a way. He took off his cotton-padded jacket and spread it on the ground, then put the supporting feet of the mortar up, grabbed the body of the cannon and shook it vigorously. He breathed a sigh of relief and said with joy, "That's it." Then, he shouted to the brothers in the platoon: "Do it like this."
The Japanese army was responsible for the first round of the offensive. The brigade led by Major Hirano Shoji was a serious graduate of the Japanese Army Military Academy with seven years of service. During the September 18th Incident in 1931, he was just a brigade staff officer. Now He is already a brigade commander. The little devil who has experienced the September 18th Incident, because he has seen the combat power of the Northeast Army, without exception, does not take the Chinese army in his eyes. Although, the Xuebing Army has fought hard this year. The majesty of the battle was almost never defeated, but in the eyes of the young Japanese soldiers, it was just because they did not encounter them. Before this battle, Hirano Masaji boasted in front of his colleagues: "Doihara Kenji and the Huabeitun garrison cannot represent our Imperial Japanese Army. If I, Hirano Shoji, have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, I will definitely let the Chinese people see the real martial arts of the Imperial Japanese Army."
Hirano Shoji did have a good way of leading troops in battles. He attached great importance to the role of squad and platoon support firepower. In his brigade, machine guns and mortars were all used together, and he spared no effort when fighting tough battles on the plains. The wave warfare method never leaves reserve troops.
At this moment, Hirano Shoji waved his command sword and, surrounded by several brigade officers and soldiers, walked at the back of the offensive queue. He made various shouts from time to time to keep his soldiers in the best condition. attack formation,
After finally placing the mortars, Gu Qiangping lay down on the edge of the trench, stretched out his right thumb, and began to visually measure the distance to the Japanese mortar position. Later, he said: "At 11:30, direction, Inclination angle 53°, one correction bomb, release."
With an "empty" sound, a grenade flew out, and with a "boom" it exploded about 15 meters away from the Japanese mortar position. There were seven or eight Japanese soldiers advancing in that place with their guns drawn. They fell to the ground one after another. One of them was closer to the explosion point and flew into the air with his teeth and claws bared. He screamed miserably and fell heavily.
Gu Qiangping waved his right hand vigorously and shouted: "55°, shoot quickly, fast."
"Empty, empty..." the sound of shells firing sounded, and the sound of "shh" shells breaking through the air was heard. Four mortars began to fire rapidly.
This round of shelling was much more accurate. The Japanese mortar team had just reacted, and the position was already flooded by the fireworks caused by the explosion.
At the Xifengkou frontline headquarters, Ouyang Yun happened to see this scene through the telescope. He couldn't help but grinned: "The fight was pretty good. I'll ask who did it later and let him write down some experience. It's worth it." Promote it throughout the army.”
On the frontal battlefield, although the medium-range support firepower of Pingye Brigade was suppressed, Pingye's strategic purpose was also achieved. The front line of the Japs was only more than a hundred meters away from the first trench defended by Xu Rongfang and the others. At that moment, Hirano Shoji waved his sword and gave the order to charge.
The dense yellow figures surged up like a tidal wave, and the Japanese machine gunners began to move their positions forward. The young soldiers of the Xuebing Army lying on the edge of the trench, especially those who were on the battlefield for the first time, could not help but feel violently. It started to beat, and many people's faces turned red, with sweat visible on their foreheads.
Xu Rongfang also came through the ranks of recruits little by little. He clearly understood the psychological feelings of the recruits at the moment. Having received the education from the Military Academy, he also knew what he should do at this time. He was hunched over in the trench. Weaving back and forth, shouting loudly: "How familiar are you? Your legs are shaking. Are you still a man? The little devil is also a human being, with the same flesh and blood. Look carefully. The height of the little devil is not as good as ours. Everyone knows that Wen'an's great victory Let’s go with Tianjin Dajie. We can defeat the Japs with less people. What’s more, we are not less people than the other party now. Think about it, what you usually do during training, yes, take a deep breath, relax, and focus on With your eyes, take aim. Aren't the little devils across from you just like running targets? Who can boast that they can hit flying birds? The devils across from you are much bigger than birds now. Don't tell me that you can hit them. You can hit a flying bird, but you can't hit such a big Japanese..."
In the memory of many recruits, their company commander was not a long-winded person. Of course, at this time, they did not think Xu Rongfang was long-winded. On the contrary, they thought his voice was very amiable, even pleasant, and many people's mouths were He opened his mouth inadvertently, and the Japanese on the opposite side seemed to have become a stupid bird that couldn't fly, and came to the door stupidly.
"Follow my order and fire again. The Japs are still far away from us. Snipers, please pay attention. The old rule is to shoot the machine gunner first, then the officer, one hundred meters, eighty meters, and then shoot."
According to the teachings of the Military Academy, the optimal blocking distance in positional warfare is 50 meters. However, because there were too many new recruits in the company, Xu Rongfang finally chose to fire at a distance of 80 meters. He was afraid of the possibility of firing at a distance of 50 meters. If we can't hold ourselves steady, if the little devil breaks in, our group of new recruits will most likely be timid in hand-to-hand combat because they haven't tasted blood yet.
Seeing that the attacking front line was only 80 meters away from the defenders, Hirano Shoji's eyes narrowed, and he shouted in a hissing voice: "Faster, faster, run, run, run as hard as you can." He also sped up. frequency of running,
Suddenly, gunfire sounded like exploding beans. On the garrison position that had been silent just now, the roar of heavy machine guns rang out from the left and right areas near the mountains. Then, the entire trench sprayed out a sheet of flames, and the little devils became A group of people were knocked down, and then the successors rushed up again, and a group of people were knocked down again.
The Japanese army's charge array is too dense. Of course, this is related to Hirano's consistent military management strategy. If the defenders on the opposite side use medium and formal rifles, it is really possible for such a dense array of collective charges to kill them in one encounter. Breaking into the trench, what Hirano didn't expect was that the Chinese defenders on the opposite side, except for some snipers equipped with single-shot rifles, others were armed with assault rifles. The magazine of the Weiqing assault rifle could be loaded in one go. Twenty rounds, its firepower is comparable to that of a light machine gun. Just imagine, hundreds of light machine guns roaring at the same time, let alone a brigade with thousands of troops, even a regiment probably cannot break through this density. the fire net,