Rise from the sword

Chapter 483 There is no end to it!
Gecun.

The base area leads to the starting point of the road in Ping'an County, connecting the frontline positions and the important strongholds of the rear base. Several roads finally converge here, where a large number of weapons, ammunition and various materials are stored.

It is an important place next to the warehouse area, Zhaojiayu Machinery Factory, and Zhaojiayu regiment department.

Usually there are two full battalions stationed there, and the guards are heavily guarded.

But not long ago, a large army of devils overwhelmed the border, and more than 1000 devils attacked from the front. The front line was tight, and two main battalions had to be transferred to the front line for support.

At this moment, Gecun's defense was very empty.

And according to intelligence, a thousand-man devil brigade has approached Gecun.

The situation is critical.

"Damn..."

In the Gecun headquarters, the recruits and company commanders were as anxious as a rabbit with its tail on fire.

Although he has 1000 people in a company, most of them have only trained for less than three months. They can shoot, dig bunkers, and run positions, but they have never experienced a single actual combat.

To say that these people are stupefied is just flattery.

It is impossible for them to defend against the thousand-man brigade of elite devils who infiltrated.

Although Ge Village is also a mountainous area, it is different from other mountainous areas. The surrounding terrain here is relatively flat. There are wide valleys and flat land between the hills, which is not suitable for defensive warfare. To stop these thousand elite devils, at least 3000 troops are needed.

Once a devil enters Gecun, the supply line of the 1-odd army on the front line will be cut off.

But he sent the news back to the regiment headquarters and pleaded with the regiment leader for reinforcements, but the regiment leader sent back a message and told them to wait, but there was no specific news, and he cursed in frustration.

"Commander, reinforcements are here."

Just as the company commander was going back and forth in the headquarters, yelling and swearing, a communication soldier rushed in from outside the door.

"where?"

"how many people?"

The company commander asked as he rushed out.

Walking out of the headquarters, the recruit company commander was stunned when he saw the reinforcements.

I saw nearly a hundred half-track vehicles driving forward on the road from the base area. Judging from the rear of the vehicles, these were all transport models, the kind that could pull five tons of goods and run casually.

There are full ammunition boxes on the side of the truck.

Beside the convoy, there were hundreds of big mules carrying anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, and big jeeps towing [-]mm anti-aircraft guns. Judging from their clothes, these people were soldiers of the anti-aircraft battalion.

"An air defense battalion?"

The commander of the recruit company did not quite understand:

"What are they doing here?"

The enemy facing Gecun is a brigade of devils. This group of devils has penetrated into the base area and is rushing towards Gecun at high speed. Why send air defense troops here?And it's not that small.

Could it be that there are ghost planes coming to bomb?
However, when the commander of the recruit company saw the leader Zhang Dabiao, he didn't continue to have doubts.

Since the first battalion commander and the chief of staff are dispatched, he doesn't need to worry about things.

But he couldn't help being curious.

More than [-] anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, more than [-] [-]mm anti-aircraft guns, oh, he even saw dozens of single-barreled [-]mm anti-aircraft guns, and more than a hundred half-track transport vehicles full of ammunition.

What is this going to do?

Moreover, bring so many spare barrels.

The company commander with keen eyesight found that each heavy machine gun carried at least ten spare barrels.

"Bring your men over to help."

Before he could figure it out, Zhang Dabiao called him over.

After deciding on the tactics, Commander Li simply decided to make a big one. Not only did he mobilize the entire anti-aircraft machine gun company, he even mobilized a lot of [-]mm anti-aircraft guns, and dozens of [-]mm single-barreled anti-aircraft guns. gun.

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That night.

Gecun.

In the mountains on the left.

A brigade of devils is lurking here.

It's five past eight o'clock now...
Looking at the watch in his hand, Nakasa Yamada, the leader of the team, summoned five squadron leaders for a meeting. After the five arrived, he spread out the map on the ground, pointed at Gecun, and said in a low and gloomy tone:
"The village ten kilometers ahead is called Ge Village. It is the starting point of the highway leading to Ping'an County, and it is also an important front-line supply station for the Independence Regiment. Our mission this time is to raid and destroy this place and cut off their supply channels."

"Here I want to remind everyone."

"Although the offensive on the front line has restrained the defense force of the independent regiment, the defense here is empty, but the firepower of the independent regiment is very strong, far stronger than our imperial army, so remember not to be careless."

"For this operation, the squadrons will act separately, and we will gather in Gecun."

As the former captain of the Imperial Army stationed in Xiyang, who fought against Li Yunlong many times, and was carefully trained by Yamamoto in special operations, Yamada knew the importance of this mission.

It can be said.

More than half of the final direction of this battle depends on his performance.

If the supply line of the Independent Regiment can be cut off, even for only one day, it will have a decisive impact on the situation on the front line. Without supplies, the independent regiment's terrifying firepower cannot be exerted, and they must shrink the defense line. If they can gain an advantage, they might be able to recover the fourth stronghold, and even advance the position further, and even occupy Gecun.

If he can't cut it off, the imperial army on the front line will continue to be suppressed and beaten.

Li Yunlong already knew of their arrival, so he must be ready to deal with the troops.

Therefore, Yamada gave up the conventional choice of concentrating his forces to attack, and chose to do the opposite and divide his forces before attacking.Of course, this also has a theoretical basis. The independent regiment has fierce artillery fire and a large number of artillery. Separate attacks can avoid being blocked by enemy artillery fire.

Gecun's defensive position is not strong, as long as a squadron rushes into Gecun, it can establish a position and block the supply line. If it doesn't work, it can also blow up the road bridge in Gecun.

After finishing speaking, he looked around and emphasized his tone:
"This task is of great importance, please do your best."

"Hi."

The five squadron leaders all bowed their heads in agreement.

Afterwards, the devil moved quickly, and the five squadron leaders, together with Yamada himself, each led a squadron along the mountain road towards Gecun.Five of the squadron leaders each led a squadron of 160 men, and Yamada himself led a squadron of 200 men.

"Set off."

Holding the captured submachine gun, Yamada waved his hand and led the squadron under his command to attack.

A group of people walked along the mountain road all the way, when they passed a mountain road, suddenly, there was an explosion, and a devil soldier stepped on a mine and was directly blown into the sky.

"Keep going."

It was Yamada's men who were bombed.

Although the devils who interspersed with the attack were all elites, and they were the elite among the elites, the training was supervised by Yamamoto himself, and some of the squad leader and squadron leader were even members of Yamamoto's secret service team.

However, it is difficult to prevent landmines at night, and it is normal to be bombed.

Yamada was also prepared.

Although there is no specific information, General Yamamoto can conclude based on scattered information that the total strength of the Independent Regiment, including recruits, is close to 4.

among them.

There are three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment in Heyuan County, with a total of 7000 people. There are artillery units on the front line and the distribution of infantry is unclear, but the total strength is about 2 people, including a large number of recruits.There are also more than 5000 troops in the Luliang mountain area, and the rest are scattered in the base area, plus air defense troops.

In this battle, six elite brigades were interspersed with the base of the independent regiment until the core of the base, such as the machinery factory, warehouse group, Zhaojiayu regiment headquarters, etc. The independent regiment could not send enough troops to support Gecun in a short period of time.

As long as a group of people rushes into Ge Village, then the independent regiment's supply channel can be completely cut off.

The team continued to move forward, as he expected. Although they occasionally encountered landmines and suffered losses during the march, they did not encounter infantry blocking.

But relying on landmines alone could not stop them from moving forward. The slopes here were low and gentle, and the canyons between the peaks were as wide as plains. The imperial army did not need to follow the route.

And also need a lot of infantry.

Sudden·····
bang...

On the nearby hills, more than ten flares flew up, illuminating the entire valley area.

"Lie down."

Yamada quickly issued an order.

On the commanding heights near Gecun, the independent regiments have artillery positions and some are anti-aircraft positions. These positions have strong firepower and strong fortifications. It is impossible for them to attack without heavy weapons.

But there are not many troops on the ground, and they cannot be stopped.

Following Yamada's order, the squadron he led, at this time the remaining 190 three devils were hiding in the mountains and forests.

Boom boom boom...

As the flares rose, a series of intensive gunshots sounded from several nearby hills.

"So many machine guns?"

On the commanding heights of the nearby hills, the dense muzzle fireworks made Yamada's eyes widen.

At this time, he was hiding in a large basin formed by three peaks.

Yamada saw more than a hundred muzzle fireworks on the positions of the peaks of these three peaks, and the fireworks were not small, either large-caliber machine guns or small-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

The dense bullets sprinkled down, and the presence of tracer bullets made the rain of bullets sweep like a series of horses. Most of the bullets were arc-shaped, like a rainbow hanging in the sky. Of course, these rainbows collectively fell into the basin where the devils hide.

"Continue to hide."

Although surprised and even horrified in his heart, Yamada Nakasa did not panic at all and ordered the troops to continue to hide.

The basin was nearly one kilometer wide, and the hillside was gentle, with a small hill in the middle. Not to mention their squadron, even a brigade was more than enough to hide.

Although the firepower on the commanding heights of the three peaks was strong, the possibility of hitting them at a distance of nearly two kilometers was very slim. The bullets were not cannonballs, they would not explode, and they would not produce dense fragments.

This firepower seemed ferocious, but it was meaningless, it was just wasted.

As Yamada expected, although the final landing point was between the basins, the flare went out after 1 minute, and only three unlucky ghosts in his squadron were hit.

Facing the 12.7 and 20 caliber bullets, of the two devils who were hit, one died on the spot, and the other was beaten to pieces below the knee.

And just when he was about to order the troops to move on, suddenly, more than a dozen flares flew into the air again, illuminating the basin, and at the same time, dense muzzle fireworks rang out again on the three mountain peaks.

Like a rainbow, the horses hanging in the sky reappeared.

Don't bullets cost money?Are flares free of charge? ·····As if choked, Yamada was stunned for a long time, then he took a deep breath and gave the order in a difficult tone:

"Continue to hide."

Flares burned brightly in the sky, falling slowly, and the dense rain of bullets continued to fall like raindrops.

This time, there were obviously more unlucky devils. Three devils were hit by the falling bullets, two of them died on the spot, and the remaining two died of excessive blood loss.

"idiot."

The casualties made Yamada gnash his teeth, furious, but after his teeth were almost shattered, he could only give an order:
"Continue to hide."

All he can do is wait.

But in the sky, the flares hadn't been extinguished and fell, and another round of more than a dozen flares was launched into the sky. On the three mountain peaks, the dense rain of bullets like raindrops did not stop at all.

Only when the barrel is changed, the muzzle fireworks will pause briefly.

Time passed slowly, and nearly an hour later, the flares in the sky never went out, and the rain of bullets on the three mountain peaks never stopped. At this time, the number of devils had reached 50.

By this time, Yamada had become aware of the Independence Regiment's defensive tactics.

Heavy machine guns, beyond shooting, barrage blocking.

Standard tactics of World War I.

but·······
"It's not over yet!"

Yamada now only feels his scalp tingling.

More than 100 large-caliber heavy machine guns or small-caliber machine guns fired at them for nearly an hour.

Although the combat rate of fire of machine guns and machine guns is lower than the theoretical rate of fire, after all, the barrel needs to be cooled, and it takes time to change the barrel, but there are about 1 rounds per minute, that is to say, in this hour, the commanding heights of the three mountains around him More than 300 million rounds of ammunition were fired from the independent regiment positions on the battlefield.

An average of [-] rounds kills a person.

Moreover, they are all large-caliber machine gun bullets, one weighing as much as five Imperial 7.7 caliber bullets.

even.

The shooting continued without any sign of stopping.

Oh, and hundreds of flares were fired.

"It can't go on like this."

Yamada decides to make a change.

The ghost knows how many ammunition reserves are left in the surrounding independent regiment positions. If they fight for another hour, or two hours, then all his people will really be smashed here.

"Charge, pass through..."

Yamada gave the order.

Rather than waiting to die here, it is better to rush out directly with the flare.

Following his order, the remaining 140 devils rushed forward screaming, and the flares that slowly fell from the sky illuminated these devils, allowing the soldiers of the air defense company on the three hills to see clearly.

"40 guns ready."

Seeing this scene, the long-awaited 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun battery rotated the wheel, and the gunner's eyes were close to the sight, pointing the muzzle at the escaped devils.

"shooting."

With an order.

On the three peaks, ten single-tube 40 Bofors anti-aircraft guns opened fire.

　Things are coming to an end for a while...
　　I can finally go back tomorrow.

　　o (╥﹏╥) o
　　
　
(End of this chapter)