Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 540

In fact, the moment Morita Shinji was shot dead, the encounter was doomed to have no suspense.

Although the Japanese army, which lost its supreme commander, still had a certain counterattack capability, it lost the most important decisiveness.

If Major Morita Shinji is still alive, he will definitely issue a retreat order when he finds that the Chinese have resolutely charged to the position in an attempt to resolve the battle in the shortest possible time.

Only one infantry squad is left to fight fiercely with the opponent, and he and most of the elite subordinates still have a chance to escape into the wilderness.

Because, this area is too big, even though Tang Dao has let the two infantry platoons outflank the two wings in advance, but because of the strength of the troops, there is still enough wide space left.

The flares carried by the Tang Dao Department are limited. When the moon penetrates the dark clouds again, the darkness will become the best cover for the Japanese army.

Unfortunately, if there is no if, Shinji Morita died.

The Japanese troops on the left and right flanks did not receive any military orders from 200 meters away. Although they were suppressed and beaten by the Chinese army, they could only resist with all their strength.

Until, Tang Dao personally led four infantry squads, using a wave of grenades to bombard the whole army to charge, and smashed the most important corner of the Japanese triangle position in less than 2 minutes.

The Japanese troops on the two wings were frantically strafed by one heavy machine gun and four light machine guns from the top of the hill. Only then did they realize that the Chinese who blew the charge horn had already killed the 1st infantry squad on their rear flank.

Major Morita Shinji was gone, no matter whether he was attacking, retreating, or continuing to fight on the spot, there was no order issued through the hand-cranked siren.

The hand-crank siren is an extremely important tool in the Japanese infantry squadron-level units. The squadron commander basically uses this tool to issue tactical instructions to the three infantry squads on the artillery-fired battlefield.

Of course they didn't know that Major Morita Shinji was fatally shot by the most gifted sniper marksman in their opponent's camp. He accompanied Morita Shinji personally commanded by the captain of the 1st Infantry Squad and the signal soldier with a hand-cranked siren on his back. In that wave of covering attacks with nearly 80 long-handled grenades, he was hit by fragments of a grenade that exploded in the air and died on the spot.

From that moment on, they are left to depend on themselves.

However, by the time the two Japanese infantry squads came to their senses, it was already too late.

A heavy machine gun with a rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute and an effective range of 1000 meters was more than 200 meters away, condescendingly blocking their way of escape.

The only grenadier who can pose a threat to it is almost dead or wounded, and any infantry who picks up a grenadier and wants to attack it will almost become a key target of the Chinese side. Whether it is a rifle or a machine gun, the dense bullet flow As a result, the Xinke grenadiers who are still in the test firing stage hardly survived for half a minute.

The most reliable light infantry heavy firearm of the imperial infantry has become a life-threatening talisman.

After paying the price of seven or eight people in a row, with the ferocity of the Japanese army, no one went to take the grenade.

You may die in a confrontation with the Chinese, but you will die 100% with that thing. Choose one of the two. How easy is it?The Japanese are not all iron heads.

I like the iron head, that is, the iron head did not hit the steel plate.

Now, they bumped into each other.

Speaking of iron heads, China also has iron heads.

Cheng Tietou, the commander of the fire support company, was originally ordered to follow the three infantry companies far behind with three machine guns and six heavy machine guns. He only waited for the three infantry companies to reach the front of the Japanese artillery position. Entering the critical stage, the machine guns and heavy machine guns under his command will open the charge channel for the whole army.

But because night raids must be kept absolutely quiet, even if the pack horse is tied to the horse's mouth, it cannot be guaranteed to be complete. Therefore, machine guns and other big things weighing nearly 200 kilograms can only be carried by the machine artillery on their shoulders.

Regardless of the fact that a machine gun squad has as many as 20 people, plus the artillery shells and the machine gunmen's own equipment, the average weight on each person's head is nearly ten kilograms.

This speed of travel obviously cannot be compared with the infantry companies that unloaded other loads and only left weapons and equipment.

Therefore, no matter how hard the head is, he and his fire support company will eventually fall behind three infantry companies by 1300 meters.

If the three infantry companies immediately entered the assault due to exposure and other reasons as soon as they arrived at the front line, then Cheng Tietou's late arrival would definitely be punished by strict military discipline.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the independent battalion has just formed an army. At least half of the fire support company is filled with soldiers from the former Songjiang security regiment. They may still be able to keep up with the high-speed march, but it is absolutely impossible to maintain this speed while carrying these heavy equipment.

Of course, Tang Dao also considered the actual situation of the fire support company. Without the help of pack horses, it was absolutely impossible for them to keep up with the light infantry, so they deliberately postponed the assembly time by four or 10 minutes. Nearly ten kilometers of infantry have enough rest time.

But unfortunately, no one expected to meet the Japanese army on the way, a typical bandit meets a thief child.

What's more unfortunate is that the field radio station of the fire support company broke down, and Cheng Tietou never received Tang Dao's order, and Tang Dao, who had already entered the battle, of course had no time to care whether the fire support company could catch up quickly. Come on, without a fire support company, he must deal with the Japanese in a short enough time.

Therefore, at the moment when the battle started, Cheng Tietou, who was leading his subordinates on the road panting heavily, suddenly heard the faint sound of explosions from afar.

Turn on the flashlight covered with a cloth to carefully compare the map, and then call the guide and fellow villagers to confirm carefully that I have never gone to the wrong place, so I dare to judge that it is my vanguard and the Japanese army encountered.

According to the first reaction of a normal person, Cheng Tietou naturally wanted to bring the fire support company to quickly move towards the direction of the sound of gunfire.

However, Cheng Tietou was not the little second lieutenant platoon leader who only obeyed orders. He knew that this was a battlefield, and if the vanguard troops encountered the Japanese army, there might be other Japanese troops here.

Although his fire support company is equipped with machine guns and heavy machine guns, if he loses the protection of infantry and encounters Japanese infantry, and there are no fortifications in this wilderness, his fire support company is like the Japanese Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade Like the regiment, the advance regiment with no more than 2000 people was killed without any resistance even though it had heavy artillery.

In other words, an infantry company with a fire support company can almost play the role of an infantry battalion, but with a fire support company alone, an infantry platoon can solve them.

The long-range firepower characteristics of the fire support company are destined to be catalysts rather than the main force.

So, this time the iron head is not so iron.

Immediately ordered the entire army to be silent, and the machine gun team quickly assembled the machine guns, loaded the shells, and put the ammunition chains on the machine guns.

Captain Ironhead's caution saved him and the Fire Support Company.

Within 10 minutes, one of the three groups of scouts he sent almost crawled all the way back.

Without waiting for his report, the sound of panting from a distance and the unique sound of big-toed leather shoes stepping on the mud silenced the entire fire support.

That turned out to be Japanese.

Although the night blocked everyone's sight, the clear and recognizable voice reminded these Chinese soldiers who had experienced the battlefield.

The Japanese army was less than 50 meters away from them in a straight line.

The soldiers couldn't see the face of their company commander, or even his figure, but they all cast their eyes on him in unison.

Attack or continue to remain silent?

This may also be one of the most difficult choices Cheng Tieshou has faced in his life.

The attack can wipe out the unsuspecting Japanese army, but then what?Then the Japanese infantry will crawl to the ground, and then use the width of the battlefield to disperse the infantry to reduce casualties, and then use the grenade to bombard the clearly visible firepower points. Whether it is a machine gun or a heavy machine gun, it is necessary to use continuous The firepower suppresses infantry, and it is heavy and has little mobility.

If you shoot, you will be bombed by grenades. If you don’t shoot, you will not be able to suppress the Japanese infantry. hell.

But if they don't attack, where will these Japanese soldiers who are running in small steps go?Is it to support their colleagues?Could it be that he was going to watch these Japanese troops attack his comrades in arms?

Facing the Japanese plane that swooped down from high altitude and fired wildly with its two on-board machine guns, Cheng Tieshou did not break a sweat, but on this winter night, the forehead of the company commander Tietou was sweating profusely.

(End of this chapter)