Because Liu Zheng was under too much pressure, platoon leader Sun Erniu, who had no one around him to send, came to reinforce him alone. But just when he was about to jump into the trench, a Japanese artillery shell exploded next to him.
Sun Erniu, who was actually a few years older than Liu Zheng, only had time to say one sentence before he closed his eyes forever, "We must defend our position even to the death!"
The platoon leader died, and Xu Shuigen, the only remaining comrade on the battlefield, was transferred to perform other tasks, leaving Liu Zheng alone. However, Liu Zheng, who wanted to avenge the platoon leader, did not have the slightest fear in his heart. He ignored his physical fatigue.
, looking for submachine gun magazines, grenades and blasting tubes everywhere on the position. Liu Zheng is very self-aware and knows that he can only be regarded as a three-legged cat. If he wants to repel the Japanese attack again, he can only rely on these three weapons.
A weapon with low accuracy requirements. But after repelling the Japanese attack again, Liu Zheng searched the entire position and only found two grenades. The submachine gun was almost out of bullets. What should he do?
While Liu Zheng was in a hurry, several comrades were sent to support him, and at the same time a message was sent to him: "The company commander ordered you to go to Highland No. 7!"
After Liu Zheng arrived at Position 7, his ammunition was replenished, and he immediately became more powerful. He assisted his comrades in Position 7 to repel multiple enemy attacks. Soon the Japanese began to shell the Red Army's position continuously again, but Liu Zheng and the others were unable to do so.
Instead, I felt relieved, "The devils are at their wits end!"
The fortifications built overnight have greatly weakened the lethality of Japanese artillery fire, and the 7th company to which Liu Zheng belongs has now suffered a huge loss of personnel. On average, each position can only be assigned two or three people, so the Japanese shelling is like anti-aircraft artillery.
It was like swatting mosquitoes, but it didn't achieve much effect. Although the 4th Division didn't care about the artillery shells, the amount they could carry was limited after all. It couldn't be as luxurious as the US military in later generations, and it had to stop after continuous shelling for more than ten minutes.
After the shelling, the 4th Division launched several more attacks on the positions of the 2nd Brigade. However, they were all repelled by the Red Army. Liu Zheng, who did not die in the Japanese artillery fire, endured physical fatigue and fought back with his comrades.
There were thousands of Japs, but Liu Zheng killed and wounded more than a hundred Japs today. In just one day, he quickly grew from a new recruit to a combat hero famous throughout the army. Later, a reporter
When interviewing him, he was asked how he could kill so many enemies by himself. Liu Zheng's answer was, "Don't be afraid of death, use your brain, be lucky, and most importantly, have enough grenades."
In fact, Liu Zheng also missed one thing, that is, they happened to encounter the Japanese 4th Division, whose combat style was more like the Japanese Army of the US Army. With the weak strength of the troops on the position at that time, if the Japanese attacked desperately, they would use even
Even if all the attacking troops were killed, they would never withdraw their troops. Liu Zheng and his men could not hold on with such a small number of people. However, the officers and soldiers of the 4th Division cherished their lives very much. The attacking troops suffered more than 20% casualties, or even just a few.
If it is 15%, they will take the initiative to retreat, which gives Liu Zheng and others the opportunity to repeatedly kill and injure the enemy, thus creating a miracle.
But even so, the 4th Division's precise artillery fire and shooting still caused a lot of casualties to the Red Army, especially veterans and officers. More than 600 people from the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Division deployed on this position were almost beaten.
Although the organization was disbanded, this unit relied on grassroots officers and soldiers, especially ordinary soldiers who voluntarily and desperately fought to withstand the enemy's attacks again and again. Liu Zheng's 7th Company was the mainstay. Although they suffered more than
Eighty percent, several squads were completely destroyed, but they still repelled dozens of enemy attacks and firmly held the position, during which thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed and injured. Later, the Party Central Committee awarded the honorable title of "Steel Company 7"
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Even in the face of such pressure, the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Division still did not deploy too many troops on the side of the 4th Division. This was because the trapped Japanese 12th Division was a greater threat, and the Japanese even used the infamous
The "board-mounted" desperate charge, this desperate fighting style that did not take the lives of soldiers seriously, had a great impact on the psychology of the commanders and fighters of the 2nd Brigade, especially the recruits. Fortunately, due to the large strength of the Japanese 12th Division
Part of the troops were restrained by the frontal offensive of the 15th Red Army. Hu Wei's side was more attractive to the Japanese than here, and the 12th Division could not send many troops to attack the position of the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Division. Otherwise, it would have to rely on the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Division.
It is really difficult for the two thousand people on this side of the defense line to stop an enemy like a mad dog...
In fact, the pressure on Hu Weidong is gradually increasing. Although the guard regiment and the special operations brigade are extremely powerful and have the help of heavy artillery, they are still surrounded by enemy troops after all, and the Japanese have suffered several losses in a row.
They actually began to continuously send out small troops to carry out night attacks. Anyone with a little knowledge of military knowledge knows that night battles have three main characteristics. One is that the effect of heavy firepower is greatly weakened. The other is that the battle is very random. The third is that accidental injuries are frequent.
These three points are all disadvantageous to Hu Weidong, who has elite soldiers and powerful artillery. In addition, due to the large number of Japanese troops, the night attack troops do not need many people, so they can constantly rotate and harass, so that Hu Weidong and others cannot rest at all. In addition,
There was no chance to recover from the physical exertion of the rapid march before going up. Even though everyone was one of the best soldiers, many people still fell down from exhaustion. Even Hu Weidong, who had always been energetic, was already red-eyed by the third day.
Because of this, the military commander knew that the reinforcements would arrive soon, but still ordered the main attack force to continue their efforts and penetrate the enemy's position as soon as possible to join the two intersecting forces. For this reason, General Su Yu also successively sent several troops that had been seriously reduced in number.
They even used Hu Lian's armored brigade, but the Japanese were not as ignorant and superstitious as the Puppet-Mongolian cavalry. They made full use of the remaining anti-tank artillery, blasting tubes, and even cluster grenades, destroying and injuring more than 20 Red Army vehicles.
Tanks, and since armored troops are generally far from qualified, there was little opportunity to practice infantry-tank coordinated offensive tactics before. The Red Army had hundreds of tanks, but the offensive effect was disappointing. It could not attack and suffered heavy losses. Su Yu had to order the armored forces to
The brigade was withdrawn and on standby. Some of the commanders who had made the mistake of "weapons only" finally understood that insufficiently trained armored units are not as useful as time-tested infantry...
On the fourth day after the battle began, the casualties on both sides had reached a new high. Among them, the number of casualties of the 15th Red Army had exceeded 18,000. Perhaps because of the red-blooded killing, the number of casualties was raised after being injured.
There are countless examples of glory bombs and Japanese soldiers dying together. Coupled with the huge losses suffered by the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Division, the death rate of the 15th Red Army in this battle was much higher than usual. The nearly 9,000 killed almost accounted for the total number of casualties.
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