I rise from the sword

Chapter 356 The sublimation of the Sixth Battalion, worthy of the name of the Zhongrui Regiment

"Machine gun suppression, mortar attack, keep attacking!"

"Ammunitionist, hurry up, bring some boxes of shells over here!!!"

"Medical soldiers, stretcher team, send the wounded down quickly!"

Facing the strong attack of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Garrison, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion stood firm on their positions, and no one retreated.

The artillerymen did not simply fire, and the machine gunners fired continuously. The bullets were fired one after another, and the barrels were replaced one after another because of overheating.

Even the soldiers engaged in logistics were busy running around in the hail of bullets, carrying ammunition and rescuing the wounded against the hail of bullets from the little devils.

Both the enemy and our soldiers fought very tenaciously, and the exchange of fire became more and more intense. Both sides attacked with all their firepower, without any reservations in the face of a strong enemy.

After some fierce fighting, the Sixth Battalion of the Zhongrui Regiment guarding the city wall had suffered nearly 300 casualties.

The Sixth Battalion was formed by the rout of the newly organized 3rd Brigade of the Central Army. It has a total strength of more than 800 people. Although there are many casualties, there are still more than 500 people standing on the ground at this moment.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why the Sixth Battalion suffered so many casualties was mainly because the little devils fired too hard.

Coupled with the improper command of the Sixth Battalion Commander Tian Yaozu, the officers and soldiers under him kept standing on the city wall and were attacked by artillery fire from the little devils.

So much so that before the little devils launched a general attack, they lost more than 100 people.

However, as the little devils are the attackers, their casualties will only be greater.

In addition to destroying a few tanks and chariots, the devils' attacking troops were covered with corpses wearing devils' uniforms. The casualties were at least twice that of the sixth battalion.

It was precisely because of the heavy casualties that the former enemy commander of the Devils, Yoshida Maoto, gritted his teeth and threw in another infantry brigade.

Seeing that the little devil had thrown in a large number of attacking troops, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion not only did not feel afraid, but became more and more courageous as they fought.

As time went by, the number of casualties of the little devil continued to rise, and not long after, there were a large number of dead little devils on the ground outside the city.

Before the little devil's attacking troops approached the city, the 2nd regiment of the garrison infantry had already lost nearly a brigade of troops.

Gradually, Yoshida Maoto began to feel a little worried. According to this way of fighting, his 2nd Garrison Infantry Regiment would definitely not be able to afford it.

Even if he could break through the Ximen Gate and get out of the city, I'm afraid his troops would be exhausted...

Tokugawa Ichiro on the other side has also been standing in the gondola of the sounding balloon, holding up a telescope to keep an eye on the battle situation in the south of the city.

"Bagaya Road!"

Seeing the successive setbacks of the attacking troops, Tokugawa Ichiro couldn't help cursing angrily.

"Damn Zhongrui Regiment! I thought that Yang Lin had seen through my plan to encircle the Three Queyi, so the west of the city was the weak point of the Chinese Army's defense. I didn't expect this damn Yang Lin to deploy so many troops in the west of the city!"

"It's really big and big!!!"

Tokugawa Ichiro was so angry that his eyes were about to burst into flames. If eyes could kill, Yang Lin would have been killed by him several times.

The devil's deputy next to him said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, it seems that the intelligence of the special high school was wrong. Judging from the enemy's firepower, at least one regiment of troops has been deployed in the west of the city alone.

With the addition of the other three gates, the Chinese army stationed in Fenyang County may exceed an infantry brigade.

Not only did this damn sharp regiment of China's army not withdraw its main force, it might even have received reinforcements.

It is precisely for this reason that they deliberately gave up the field positions outside the city. This is clearly to lure our Imperial Japanese Army to launch a siege battle. "

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, if I am right, we have most likely fallen into Yang Lin's trap."

The devil's deputy had a solemn expression, with worry written all over his face.

The main reason why the devil's deputy had such an illusion was that the strength of the Sixth Battalion might not be as strong as a regiment, but their firepower far exceeded that of a regiment.

As the battle continued, Tokugawa Ichiro became more and more shocked. Originally, he thought he had thoroughly studied Yang Lin and his Zhongrui group.

Now it seems that everything is just his wishful thinking.

"It seems that we still don't know enough about the strength of the sharp regiment of the Chinese Army!"

Although Tokugawa Ichiro was very reluctant, he had to admit this fact.

The devil's deputy asked tentatively: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, what should we do now? Should we stop the attack immediately?"

"Call the attack? Why call the attack?"

Tokugawa Ichiro asked in a cold voice, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Pass my order, and order the field artillery and infantry to continue shelling the positions of the Chinese Army in the west of the city. I will replenish them as many shells are fired!
There is also the 2nd Regiment of the Garrison Infantry. I will replenish as many soldiers as they sacrifice.

In a word, at all costs, we must win the west of the city! "

"Hi Yi!"

The first level of the official rank crushed people, and the hierarchical system in the devil army was even stricter to the extreme. Seeing that Tokugawa Ichiro had made up his mind, the deputy could only bow his head heavily at the moment, then picked up the phone given by the hanging basket, and began to convey Tokugawa Ichiro's orders... …

The screen zooms to the west of the city.

In order to open up space for the attack of the wild artillery units, Yoshida Shigeru, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Devils Garrison, issued an order to suspend the attack.

On the city wall, looking at the little devil who was attacking like a mad dog just a second ago, he suddenly receded like an ebb tide at this moment, and all the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion were puzzled.

They are all veterans of the battlefield, and they have dealt with the little devils a lot. They know that the little devils are crazy, and it is absolutely impossible for them to be defeated so easily.

Tian Yaozu, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, thought for a moment, and seemed to have thought of something, and immediately yelled: "Brothers, you little devils are about to start shelling, withdraw, quickly withdraw from the city wall!"

In previous battles, before the little devils launched their shelling, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the infantry would suspend their attacks.

Therefore, Tian Yaozu speculated that the devil infantry would never suspend the attack for no reason, and even retreated a certain distance back.

They must have been making room for field artillery attacks.

This is keen battlefield insight, the ability that a qualified battlefield commander must possess.

Almost as soon as the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion withdrew from the city wall, the little devil's forehead was smashed down viciously by artillery fire.

……

The officers and soldiers of the third battalion hid in the air-raid bunkers built before. Just as Yao Ziqing entered the tunnel, the devil's first wave of naval artillery fire fell down viciously like a meteorite falling from the sky.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

Large-caliber grenades with a caliber of up to 105mm or even larger fell like hailstones to the west of Fenyang County, and immediately set off clusters of monstrous flames.

Deafening explosions resounded through the sky, Tian Yaozu and the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion hid in the bunkers, debris from the top of their heads kept falling, and the ground under their feet trembled and shook with the explosion, as if an earthquake was coming.

The firepower of the little devil's heavy artillery can be seen!
"Boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

After 10 minutes of intensive heavy artillery bombardment, the already messy west of Fenyang City was devastated, and all buildings were almost razed to the ground.

The alert sentinels who ventured to stay on the city wall to observe the enemy's situation soon discovered that outside the west gate of the city, the devil infantry who had already retreated were approaching the city gate in an offensive formation, and when they were almost within the effective range of light and heavy machine guns Afterwards, the devil infantry quickly dispersed, accelerated in vain in a skirmish formation, and swarmed towards the west gate all over the mountains and plains.

"Bang, bang bang bang!—"

The guard sentries immediately fired warning shots. After Tian Yaozu got the news, he immediately led the whole battalion of officers and soldiers to rush out from various bunkers, and rushed towards the west gate wall, preparing to meet the enemy.

This time, Maoden Yoshida had more adequate preparations, and the cooperation of the devil's attacking troops was much more accurate.

When the devil infantry launched an attack, the Type 92 infantry artillery, the Type 97 light mortar, the 60mm caliber mortar, and a Type 92 heavy machine gun all began to fire one after another, providing them with fire cover.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Tug-chug-chug!—"

On the city wall, dense rain of heavy machine gun bullets continued to hit, the wall surface was filled with smoke and dust, and debris of bricks and stones fell down.

"Chirp!—"

An infantry artillery shell landed not far from Tian Yaozu and exploded suddenly, setting off a large piece of rubble and flying around.

Some pieces of shrapnel even flew past Tian Yaozu's ear and head.

However, Tian Yaozu turned a blind eye to this, he adjusted his glasses, and stared at the little devils swarming all over the mountains outside the city, when the enemy entered his effective range.

Tian Yaozu immediately raised his pistol and shot towards the sky, and said sharply: "Brothers, if we can repel the little devils once, we can repel them a second time!"

"It's time to serve the country and the nation, open fire! Hit, give me a hard hit!"

Tian Yaozu was born as an intellectual, and was originally a famous general, but at this time, he didn't care about his own image, and directly burst into foul language.

Following battalion commander Tian Yaozu's order, all the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion guarding the west of the city cut off their fire decisively.

At this time, after the little devil's repeated bombings, the city wall of the west gate has been blasted open several meters of gaps, and the little devil's goal is to break in through these gaps.

Therefore, most of the firepower of the defenders was concentrated on these gaps in the city wall.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Tug-chug-chug!—"

A dense rain of machine gun bullets poured over, and the dozens of devil infantry who rushed ahead were immediately wiped out.

They were shot one after another, screaming and falling in a pool of blood.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

Immediately afterwards, a large cloud of smoke-filled grenades was thrown down from the city wall. After the sound of an explosion, the remaining little devils screamed and fell to the ground.

"Shoot, shoot!"

"Kill the chicken! Kill the chicken!!!"

A few hundred meters away, a devil Shaozuo who was in charge of supervising the battle waved his saber and roared hoarsely.

His face was ferocious, and he looked like an angry devil.

"Tug-chug! Chug-chug!"

"Crack, clap clap clap!—"

Hundreds of devil infantry fired back and charged forward bravely.

The 2nd Regiment of the Garrison Infantry has a large number of little devils, and with the full support of Tokugawa Ichiro, the firepower is naturally denser than that of the defenders.

A large number of hot bullets whizzed towards the city wall and the ruined buildings in the city, immediately stirring up eye-catching smoke and dust.

Beside Tian Yaozu, several guards were unfortunately hit by the flying bullets and fell in a pool of blood one after another.

Tian Yaozu was so dumbfounded that he bent his waist and quickly moved to a heavy machine gun that had been misfired by the devil. He pushed away the sacrificed subordinates in grief and anger, and picked up the Maxim heavy machine gun that had been stained red with blood, and roared fearlessly: "You son of a bitch, come on! Your grandpa Tian will send you to heaven!"

After the words fell, Tian Yaozu pulled the trigger resolutely, and the Maxim heavy machine gun in front of him immediately let out an ear-splitting roar, and a burst of dense hot bullets whizzed out, covering the head of the oncoming little devil like a torrential rain.

"what!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa therefore could not dodge.

Their bodies were ruthlessly pierced by bullets, leaving horrible holes in their bodies.

After firing a belt, Tian Yaozu took a new canvas belt from a sacrificed deputy shooter next to him. After putting it on, he decisively turned off the fire again, swung the rudder of the gun left and right, and continued to shoot wildly at the little devil.

The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Battalion felt the heroic performance of the chief, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they fought back with all their might.

Some soldiers even threw out the grenades frequently, causing the charging devils to scream and fall down in pieces.

Under Tian Yaozu and his subordinates' efforts to stop the attack, the devil's attack was finally forced to stop due to excessive casualties. Hundreds of devil soldiers, leaving at least 200 corpses behind, retreated like a tide.

As soon as the devil's offensive troops withdrew, their artillery units opened fire immediately.

A wave of shells roared through the air, and this time Tian Yaozu and the soldiers under his command did not give Tian Yaozu any time to react, and they smashed down viciously one after another...

Although the little devil's offensive tactics are so three-dimensional, the infantry rushes after the artillery blows up, and the infantry rushes after the artillery blows up...

But what I have to admit is that the combat quality of the devils' field troops is much higher than that of ordinary national army troops.

The coordination of infantry and tanks, and the coordination of infantry and artillery are far beyond what the Chinese army, which is not well trained, can match.

Even the main force of the five aces of the Central Army, and even the German weapon division, their overall quality is far from being comparable to that of the Japanese army.

This can be seen from the Songhu battle at the very beginning.

But unfortunately, it is not 1937 anymore. As the war continued, the elite Japanese field troops have basically been wiped out. The current field troops are all reserve troops recruited from the mainland. The Japanese invaders at the beginning were much worse.

As for the Chinese army, after these few days of continuous combat, although they have suffered continuous failures, they have been tempered and sublimated in the battle. Perhaps their overall quality is still far behind that of the little devils.

But it has to be admitted that these gaps have been continuously shortened.

This is also one of the reasons why the Chinese army has been able to retreat steadily from the beginning, and now it is able to confront the little devils, and even fight back and forth...

(End of this chapter)