With guns and cannons firing and flames soaring into the sky, Du Xuewen's 1st Regiment was launching a fierce attack on the Dakuo Village Airport.
As the only main division in the 39th Group Army that has completed the change of equipment, the firepower intensity of the Baoshan Division has far exceeded that of several other main divisions or guard brigades. Gao Shuxun's new 39th Division is even more incomparable. The six main divisions of the Baoshan Division
The regiments are all equipped with mortar battalions, and each artillery battalion has a total of eighteen 60 mortars.
The improved Czech type (the bullet hole was changed to the side, and the 20-round magazine was changed to a 200-round metal bullet chain) was equipped with every infantry squad, truly becoming a squad light machine gun. In addition, each infantry battalion is equipped with a
Heavy machine gun companies, each heavy machine gun company is equipped with twelve Maxim heavy machine guns. When necessary, the heavy machine gun company can be disassembled and move with the infantry company.
In the future, with the mass production of rocket launchers, every infantry squad will be equipped with a rocket group!
The Baoshan Division has six infantry regiments with nearly 20,000 combat personnel. It is equipped with an astonishing 486 Czech light machine guns and 216 Maxim heavy machine guns. This light firepower density far exceeds the equipment of the Japanese army.
Even the most elite 1st Division of the Japanese army is far from being comparable to the Baoshan Division.
As for heavy firepower, limited to the industrial base, it is impossible for the 39th Group Army to compare with the Japanese army.
However, the 39th Group Army is not completely ineffective in terms of heavy firepower. The emergence of rocket launchers and heartless cannons has greatly made up for the lack of heavy firepower in the 39th Group Army. Rocket launchers are good at attacking enemies at close range, while heartless cannons are good at killing a large number of people.
Due to their numerical superiority, the enemy infantry is not much less powerful than the Japanese field heavy artillery brigade.
Therefore, as soon as the battle started, the Japanese army was completely suppressed, and the 1st Regiment had an absolute firepower advantage.
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A fierce battle was raging outside Dakuo Village.
"Thud, tug, tug, tug, tug..." The roar of the Type 92 heavy machine gun sounded violently from the front.
The Japanese officers and soldiers who were charging forward like a tide with bayonets in hand suddenly fell to the ground in the wilderness.
However, only the soldiers at the front were actually shot and fell, while those behind just fell down. As an old army that has experienced hundreds of battles, the tactical move of lying down has long been integrated into every soldier.
In the heart of an officer and soldier, Yue Weihan never wanted his soldiers to rush forward even when their attack was blocked.
The Japanese heavy machine guns were still firing fiercely, causing dust to fly on the position.
The second lieutenant platoon leader poked his head slightly and discovered that there was a low bunker in the ditch ahead. A Type 92 heavy machine gun was spitting firepower violently through the shooting hole of the bunker. The second lieutenant platoon leader immediately turned back and roared: "The messenger
, quickly call me the rocket launcher and kill Gouri’s heavy machine gun, quickly!”
"Yes!" The guard immediately climbed down on all fours.
In less than a moment, three soldiers climbed up with their buttocks arched. The leading soldier was carrying a 90mm rocket launcher on his back. At that moment, the soldier knelt down on one knee, reloaded, and took aim. Immediately, a tongue of fire shot from the shoulder of the soldier.
It sprayed out from the rocket launcher on it, and shot towards the Japanese fortress ahead with a hunting scream.
The next moment, a dazzling fire suddenly burst out from inside the Japanese bunker.
The Japanese army's bunkers were not reinforced concrete structures, but made of bricks and cement. They were not several meters thick like the bunkers at Domen Fortress. There were several layers of reinforced concrete alone. The Japanese army's bunkers only had one layer.
A 30 centimeter thick brick wall cannot be damaged by machine guns and rifles, but can be easily torn apart by rocket launchers.
Seeing that the Japanese bunker had been destroyed, the second lieutenant platoon leader immediately jumped up from the ground, pulled the face-cleansing box forward in his hand, and roared at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, follow me..."
The *** officers and soldiers who were lying on the ground suddenly roared like wild beasts, and one by one they got up from the ground, followed the second lieutenant platoon leader and charged forward violently. The three squad leaders who rushed at the front were each holding a gun in their hands.
It had a Czech-style light machine gun, and several long strings of bullets hung crosswise around its neck, and it fired violently while charging.
Several Japanese infantrymen came out of the smoke-filled tunnel next to the bunker, coughing loudly. Immediately, intense machine gun fire came in, and the Japanese soldiers were instantly beaten into pieces.
When the second lieutenant platoon leader Kankan jumped over the tunnel entrance next to the dark blockhouse, he suddenly heard a strange noise below.
The second lieutenant platoon leader immediately turned back, took off a grenade from his armed belt, pulled the fuse and threw it down. Immediately, it exploded in the tunnel. The superior soldier who was following the second lieutenant platoon leader couldn't help but hold the grenade in his arms.
Shi fired fiercely at the tunnel entrance, and then followed the platoon leader to continue charging.
After destroying five or six bunkers in a row, the second lieutenant platoon leader finally broke into the airport with his brothers.
"Platoon leader, be careful, you iron bastard!" the guard suddenly shouted. The second lieutenant platoon leader turned around suddenly and saw two Japanese tanks rushing over from the ruins in the slant. The anti-aircraft machine gun on the front of the tank had been adjusted to fire.
The second lieutenant platoon leader was hit by several bullets in a row, and his entire chest was completely torn apart by large-caliber machine gun bullets...
The two Japanese tanks were quickly destroyed by the rocket launchers that followed. However, at this time, a large number of Japanese infantry had already entered the airport through the tunnels. The Japanese resistance suddenly became tenacious.
The offensive was finally stopped, and it was impossible to move forward in a short time.
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1st Regiment Headquarters.
Chief of Staff Li Jiuding said to Du Xuewen solemnly: "Regiment, forward position report, a large number of Japanese reinforcements suddenly appeared in the airport, and the offensive of each battalion has been curbed!"
"How many Japanese reinforcements are there?" Du Xuewen frowned.
"At least one infantry brigade!" Li Jiuding said, "Thousands of people!"
"Thousands of people!?" Du Xuewen unbuttoned the discipline buckle with all his strength and said bitterly, "Where did they get out of here?"
"It's a tunnel!" Li Jiuding said solemnly, "The Japanese army built a tunnel between the airport and Shimen City!"
After saying this, Li Jiuding said again: "Commander, there are less than ten minutes before the general offensive starts. If we can't break into Dakuo Village Airport within ten minutes and let the Japs' planes carry ammunition and take off calmly, then
All the troops participating in the general offensive will definitely suffer heavy casualties, what should we do now?"
Du Xuewen pondered for a moment and asked: "Where are the troops of each battalion?"
Li Jiuding said: "Each battalion has broken through the outer group of bunkers and entered the interior of the airport."
"Which unit is closest to the tarmac and airport runway, and how many meters away is it?" Du Xuewen asked anxiously.
Li Jiuding said without hesitation: "The 3rd Battalion and the 3rd Company are closest to the apron and the airport runway, less than 500 meters away! However, the Japanese resistance is very tenacious, the troops are sufficient, and the firepower is very fierce, the 3rd Company can no longer continue to advance forward.
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"Five hundred meters? That's enough, that's enough!" Du Xuewen said coldly, "Order the artillery battalion to pull up all four heartless cannons for me, and aim at the Japanese apron and airport runway for me to blast!"
"Have no conscience?" Li Jiuding said in astonishment, "Tuanzuo, is this okay?"
Doesn’t it mean that heartless artillery is only lethal to infantry that lacks protection?
"It can be done." Du Xuewen said, "Before leaving, the commander-in-chief specifically told me that if the troops cannot destroy the airport in time, then use unscrupulous cannons to attack the apron and airport runway. The commander-in-chief said, the little devil's plane
The shells of the thin-skinned and heartless cannon may not be able to destroy them directly, but they can make them disintegrate in air combat!"
Li Jiuding immediately turned around and shouted loudly: "Xu Yanfeng!"
Xu Yanfeng, commander of the artillery battalion directly under the 1st regiment, ran forward and responded sternly: "Yes!"
Li Jiuding immediately issued the combat order, and Battalion Commander Xu Yanfeng snapped to attention and immediately took the order.
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Dakuocun Airport, apron.
The roar of the aircraft engine has become loud. All Japanese pilots from the four flying groups have boarded the plane. The engines of the twelve reconnaissance aircraft of the reconnaissance aircraft group have been started, and the fuel has been filled. They are slowing down under the guidance of the airport ground staff.
Slowly drive towards the runway, and in half a minute at most, the first four reconnaissance aircraft will be able to take off for combat.
The thirty-six aircraft of the fighter group and bomber group were nervously refueling and loading aerial bombs.
It has to be said that the quality of the Japanese ground crew is quite good. The police have already arrived outside the airport, but their mood has not been affected at all, and the work at hand has not stopped at all. Every time they fill up the fuel or load the equipment,
After finishing the bombing, the Japanese pilot sitting in the cockpit couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the ground crew.
Suddenly, the first four reconnaissance planes rushed onto the runway and began to accelerate.
But at this moment, several artillery shells roared over and exploded over the airport runway.
However, what is surprising is that the four reconnaissance planes that bore the brunt of the attack did not "crash or kill anyone." In an instant, the four reconnaissance planes rushed out of the smoke and then rushed towards the rising sun.
When we got into the blue sky and saw all four planes taking off safely, the ground staff at the airport immediately started cheering.
The bombardment of the Japanese continued, and row after row of shells fell on the tarmac and runway.
However, the Japanese bombardment seemed to have no effect, and Japanese aircraft took off one after another.
In less than half an hour, most of the Japanese planes took off safely. Only two Japanese planes malfunctioned and overran the runway before taking off and crashed.
At this time, the 39th Group Army had launched a general attack on Shimen City and Zhengding County.
The Japanese planes that safely took off quickly completed their formation in the sky, then circled around and came back again.
Immediately, the first four reconnaissance planes swooped down from the sky. After violently strafing hundreds of meters on the *** position, the pilots of the four reconnaissance planes suddenly pulled the *** joystick, trying to pull the aircraft up again.
At this moment, an accident happened. Under the influence of several times the force of gravity, the four Japanese planes disintegrated at the same time in an instant!