I rise from the sword

Chapter 178
Soon, the Devils aviation turned around and swooped towards the forward position of the Independent Battalion.

At the same time, the devil artillerymen 5 kilometers away also began to bombard the forward positions of the independent battalion based on the data provided by the observers.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

All of a sudden, countless shells and grenades, like stones that cost nothing, fell one after another, shaking the front position of the independent battalion, and blazing everywhere.

Among them, the escorting fighter jets were also firing continuously.

"Da da da!"

"Da da da da!——"

The dense bullets, like plowing the ground, pulled up smoke and dust belts on the forward position of the independent battalion.

Fortunately, Yang Lin, who is proficient in advanced defensive warfare, made preparations in advance when he strengthened the forward position.

He ordered his officers and soldiers to dig cat's ear holes in the inner wall of the trench and support them with wooden beams.

When the devils shelled and swooped and fired, the officers and soldiers only needed to hide in the cat's ear holes. As long as the aerial bombs or grenades did not fall beside them, they would basically not cause much damage to them.

In addition, the excavation of the trenches is also very particular, winding and winding, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and reinforced with wooden beams.

In this way, the explosive lethality of Japanese aerial bombs and artillery shells was greatly weakened.

Even if the devil's aerial bombs and artillery shells fall into the trench, their shock waves and broken shrapnel will be blocked by the winding trench walls.

Therefore, the devil's shelling looked terrifying, but in fact, the casualties caused by the independent battalion were extremely limited.

After 20 minutes, the Japanese stopped the bombing.

Immediately, a reinforced squadron of about 250 people was sent to form a tentative attack group, and launched an attack on the independent forward position again.

The defenders on the forward position, like groundhogs, got out of the cat's ear holes in the trenches.

After shaking the dirt on their heads and faces, they immediately entered a state of combat readiness.

Yang Lin stood on Jiaocheng Mountain, holding a telescope in his hand, condescending, and observed the enemy's actions clearly.

Seeing that the Japanese army started to attack, Yang Lin put down the binoculars in his hand, and said boldly to Niu boldly: "This is just a tentative attack by the little devil, order the front-line troops not to expose the firepower too much, bring the enemy closer before fighting!"

"Yes, Brother Lin!" Niu boldly responded, then picked up the phone on the high-shot position, and conveyed Yang Lin's order.

In the independent battalion with deep pockets, almost every company is equipped with radio stations. Cheaper communication equipment such as telephones is of course more popular. Therefore, Yang Lin can get in touch with any company at any time in any position in the defense zone.

The company responsible for guarding the forward position is Ma Gan's 500st company. Although it is just a company-level unit, the [-]st company of the independent battalion is the main company, with a total strength of nearly [-] people. Compared with ordinary battalion-level units, it is not much better.

In addition, the company also had a mortar platoon.

Each infantry platoon is equipped with a heavy machine gun, 3 light machine guns, and 3 grenades.

This kind of firepower configuration has far surpassed that of ordinary battalion-level troops, and their combat effectiveness is even more complete!

"Yes Yes!"

In the trench at the front, a communications soldier who was in charge of guarding the phone responded a few words, then put down the phone in his hand, crawled along the traffic trench to the side of their company commander, and conveyed the message to the company commander, Ma Gan, who was observing the enemy's situation. Yang Lin's order.

"The company commander, the battalion commander called and said that this is just a tentative attack by the little devil. He ordered us not to overexpose the firepower, and bring the enemy closer before fighting!"

"Understood!" Ma Gan nodded, and said confidently: "Go and tell the battalion commander, just say that we will guarantee that these hundreds of little devils will never come back!"

"Yes!"

The communications soldier made a promise, then turned and left.

Instead, Ma Gan turned his face sideways again, and ordered in a low voice to the surrounding officers and soldiers: "Brothers, pay attention to concealment. These devils are just the enemy's probing troops. Their purpose is to attract us to expose the fire targets. Thus providing guidance to their artillery!
Everyone calmed down for me, put the enemy closer and fight again! "

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, nearly 500 officers and soldiers of the first company deliberately lowered their heads to avoid, the bullets were loaded, and the grenades were taken out one by one from the ammunition box. The back cover was unscrewed, revealing the fuse inside.

In this way, once the little devils enter the attack area, they can slam the grenade and throw it out in the shortest time.

In front of the position, 250 devil soldiers have entered the range of 500 meters in front of the position.

Immediately, these little devils changed from advancing slowly to running fast, approaching a series of positions rapidly.

This distance is already within the blockade range of light and heavy machine gun fire.

The devils are obviously very experienced, and they are very good at controlling the distance.

These guys didn't need instructions, so they scattered in all directions, pulled apart the evacuated skirmish line, bowed their waists and bowed their heads to charge quickly, in order to rush into the effective range of the rifle at the fastest speed.

That is, within 200 meters!
This distance will be the distance where the exchange of fire between the two sides breaks out, and it is also the distance where the battle is the most intense!

Of course, it does not mean that the effective distance of the rifle is only 200 meters.

Take the 460-type rifle, which is the standard equipment of the Japanese infantry, as an example, and its effective range has reached [-] meters.

The 200-meter effective distance referred to here is the distance at which the devil soldiers can accurately hit the target.

"Assault, assault!"

"Quick, hurry up!—"

Captain Hashimoto Daiki was the commander of this tentative attack. He hid in the crowd of devils and kept urging his subordinates to speed up.

Behind these devils, several devil machine gunners have set up several [-]-type heavy machine guns to provide them with fire cover.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Tug-chug-chug!..."

A large rain of bullets came, and the front of the continuous battle was splashed with mud and smoke and dust.

There were also some bullets that flew directly over the heads of a company of officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers lowered their heads as much as possible, so the devil's machine gun fire seemed fierce, but in fact it did not cause any casualties to them.

"Kill the chicken!"

"Kill the chicken!——"

Under the cover of machine gun fire, the devil's attacking troops quickly approached within 300 meters.

The defenders are still silent!

200 meters!
150 meters!
80 meters...

Until the devil's attacking troops were about to advance to a range of 50 meters, the officers and soldiers of a company hiding in the trench fortifications could even hear the strange cry of "onboard, onboard" from the devil's mouth...

At this time, a company of long hemp poles finally picked up a ZB26, which is a Czech light machine gun, and stood up.

"Brothers, hit me hard!"

He put the gun on the trench in front of him and pulled the trigger decisively.

"Da da da!"

"Da da da da!——"

Gunshots rang out, and several devil soldiers fell dozens of meters away.

The bullets carried strong kinetic energy, and spurted out from the backs of these devil soldiers with streams of strange blood arrows, killing them in an instant.

One of the ghost soldiers was hit on the head, and his brains overflowed in an instant. He didn't even make a scream, and his sinful life ended!
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(End of this chapter)