The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 265 Melee and strangulation
"Damn it, get ready for me, follow my orders, brothers, come together and fight with the stupid iron bastard."

In the center of the 144th Brigade's position, a forty-year-old major with gap teeth squatted in the trench, holding a cigarette butt in his mouth, shouting at a man standing next to him with a western Liaoning accent. More than one hundred and twenty officers and soldiers shouted loudly.

This major wore a shabby shit hat, carried a Liao 13 rifle produced by Fengtian Arsenal on his back, carried a bundle of cluster grenades in his hand, and had a German automatic pistol on his waist. On his old shit hat, there was a five-color Beiyang military emblem used by the old Fengjun hanging incongruously.

Obviously, this is an officer from the old Fengjun army.

The soldiers surrounding him were all veterans of the 144th Brigade. Like this old officer, most of them were veterans from the old Fengjun and Zhilu Allied Forces systems. They were also the cream of the 144th Brigade, and These more than 120 veterans accounted for half of the veterans of the entire 144th Brigade.

These more than 120 people all carried bundles of cluster grenades as well as short guns, bayonets, short spears and even large blades.

bang bang
bang bang

Boom
The Japanese army rushed closer and closer with tanks as the guide, and the gunshots on the 48th Division's position became more and more intensive. From time to time, several missiles were shooting deep into the rear of the 48th Division's position, but unexpectedly The missed 75mm field artillery shell landed on the position and exploded, and the sound of gunfire resounded throughout the position.

Although the new recruits of the 48th Division, who were already in a faint state of collapse, managed to stabilize their minds under the pressure of veterans and officers, the shooting speed of the Hanyang-made weapons in their hands was getting faster and faster. Facing the aggressive Japanese troops, they could only Use random shots to embolden your courage.

The Type 24 heavy machine guns in the bunker firing fortifications were also replaced with 7.92mm steel core armor-piercing bullets used to shoot tanks and fired at the approaching Japanese armored vehicles.

However, because the formation of the Japanese armored vehicles was too spread out, and the heavy machine guns of the 48th Division had suffered a lot of losses in the previous shelling, the number of hit bombs was not large, and even those that hit the Japanese For armored vehicles, just a few or a dozen 7.92mm armor-piercing bullets could not cause any decent damage to the high-speed Japanese armored vehicles.

After all, the power of this kind of armor-piercing projectile is actually very limited. When it directly hits the front of an armored vehicle with the strongest defense, it can only knock off a few pieces of paint.

The major held his binoculars and looked at the approaching Japanese tanks. With a red face, he turned around again and shouted to the veterans in the trenches: "Brothers, follow my order and rush up to follow the dogs." You're going to have to fight hard. Remember, when fighting a tank, use grenades to blow it up first. If you can't, then use a gun to hit the holes and holes in the iron bastard."

"Send a message to me, tell those new recruits not to beat them up randomly, and not to kill any of the damn Japs before they accidentally hurt us when they rush out!"

The veterans who were preparing to attack immediately yelled at the recruits around the starting position and ordered them to stop shooting. After a while of yelling and cursing, the random gunfire around them gradually became thinner.

As he spoke, seventeen Japanese Type 94 light armored vehicles had already rushed to a distance of less than 500 meters from the 144th Brigade position. At this moment, the Major Regimentman spit out the butt of his cigarette and screamed strangely. One jumped out of the position and shouted: "The leader will follow me!"

"Go on!"

"Come forward and fight."

In an instant, more than a hundred veterans followed closely behind the charging regiment and launched an attack on the seventeen Japanese armored vehicles. Although these veterans were from warlord troops, they also accumulated rich experience in the long-term civil war. Some of them were in groups of two or three, and some were in groups of three or five. They carried grenades and various melee weapons and actively jumped towards the Japanese tanks.

da da da da da

Seeing more than a hundred Chinese soldiers rushing out of the trenches, seventeen Japanese Type 94 light armored vehicles turned their guns and fired streams of dark red machine gun fire at the rushing Chinese soldiers.

In the dense fire net, some attacking Chinese soldiers were hit by bullets fired from the Japanese vehicle-mounted machine guns, and fell to the ground one after another. The Japanese infantry following the Type 94 light armored vehicle assault column also opened fire one after another, and the Type 38 Intensive rifle fire and volley fire also continued.

The 65mm rifle bullets fired from the Type 38 rifle and the 65mm machine gun bullets fired from the Type 94 light armored vehicle's machine gun were intertwined, forming a network of crossfire. The machine gun roared loudly, harvesting wantonly. The lives of these brave Chinese veterans.

From the position of the 144th Brigade to the Japanese tank, which was only a few hundred meters away, more than 100 veterans of the 144th Brigade rushed out and more than 40 of them were knocked down.

When they approached the Japanese light armored vehicles, less than half of the officers and soldiers who rushed out were left. These veterans of the Fengjun and Zhilu Allied Forces, who had been struggling in the domestic warlord melee for a long time, once again paid a bloody price to the Japanese army. There is a further understanding of combat effectiveness and equipment advantages.

After approaching, the remaining Chinese veterans quickly engaged in a melee with the Japanese light armored vehicles. When the battle turned into close combat, the battle formation of the Japanese armored vehicles was immediately disrupted by this group of brave Chinese veterans.

In order to avoid the Chinese soldiers holding grenades, the seventeen Type 94 light armored vehicles had to stop advancing and start spinning in circles, maneuvering around to dodge. The Chinese soldiers who rushed up were all holding grenades and looking for their own attacks. Target.

The Chinese soldiers carrying grenades and short guns and shouting to kill were involved in a melee with seventeen Japanese Type 94 light armored vehicles, starting a collision and duel between steel and flesh.

"Go ahead and kill them!"

The leader of the major regiment nimbly shuttled between several Japanese light armored vehicles. With a roar, he rushed forward and stuffed a bundle of cluster grenades into the tracks of a Type 94 light armored vehicle.

Just when he was about to set off the grenade, the light armored vehicle turned violently, and the cluster grenade placed on the track was also violently thrown off.

"Your motherfucker."

Tuanfu picked up the grenade again, jumped onto the body of the Type 94 armored vehicle, which was about as tall as a man, threw the ignited grenade that was emitting white smoke behind the vehicle, and quickly jumped out of the tank.

boom

In an explosion, the rear of the Type 94 tank was blown up with black smoke and billowing hot steam. The Major Lieutenant lay on the ground, raised his pistol and killed the Japanese shooter who got out of the turret with one shot. Then he climbed to the front of the Type 94 light armored vehicle and fired violently at the driver's observation window in front of the vehicle, completely paralyzing the vehicle.

Around the Major Regiment, screams and explosions were heard one after another. Chinese demolitionists were constantly knocked to the ground by the Type 94 light armored vehicles scurrying around, and were crushed into balls of flesh and blood. While the Chinese demolitionists paid a heavy price, , and also successfully blasted away several Japanese light armored vehicles.

The Major Regimentman climbed up from the ground and rushed towards a Type 94 light armored vehicle whose tracks were stained with the flesh and blood of Chinese soldiers. Holding a Liao 13 rifle with a bayonet in his hand, he rushed to the front of the armored vehicle and shot The rifle stabbed hard into the driver's observation window.

The sharp bayonet penetrated directly into the eye socket of the Japanese driver. A mixture of flesh, flesh and eyeballs flowed out as the bayonet continued to rotate, and then there was a burst of extremely painful screams.

"Blow you to death!"

The major attached to the regiment put down his rifle and was about to take out a cluster grenade to blast the armored vehicle when suddenly, more than a dozen blazing bullets roared over.

Before the Major's regiment officer could even take out the grenade, he was beaten into a bloody mess by dozens of bullets, and his body fell heavily as if he had been hit hard.

bang bang bang
da da da da da

Behind the assault column of Japanese armored vehicles, more than a dozen Type 92 heavy machine guns and Taisho 11-year-old crooked light machine guns were lined up in a row, firing fiercely at the Japanese armored vehicle column mixed with Chinese soldiers.

Under intensive firepower, the Chinese soldiers who were fighting with the Japanese armored vehicles were shot and fell to the ground. The machine gun bullets collided with the body of the Type 94 armored vehicle, making loud noises. Some Chinese soldiers who had climbed onto the armored vehicles were also knocked to the ground. Many bullets and golden sparks from the impact of armor plates burst out from the bodies of more than a dozen armored vehicles.

A dozen Japanese Type 94 light armored vehicles were hit by intensive machine gun fire. The light and heavy machine gun bullets left dense bullet marks on the vehicle body. The searchlights in front of several armored vehicles were also damaged. Crush.

In order to quickly deal with the Chinese infantry who came up to blast and break into the Chinese army's position as soon as possible, the crazy Japanese infantry did not hesitate to risk damaging their own armored vehicles and launched indiscriminate shooting at the armored vehicles and the rushing Chinese infantry at very close distances. .

The crazy state of the Japanese army under certain circumstances and the crazy behavior in this state are unimaginable to ordinary people.

Under the concentrated fire of light and heavy machine guns, in less than a minute, all the Chinese soldiers who were fighting with the Japanese armored vehicles were killed or injured. At the cost of their lives, more than a hundred Chinese soldiers successfully blasted away four Japanese armored vehicles. Type IV light armored vehicle.

"Onboard!"

The crazy roars of the Japanese infantry once again overwhelmed the position of the 144th Brigade. More than a dozen Japanese tanks re-adjusted their combat formations, while concentrating firepower and using the vehicle-mounted machine guns on the turrets to lead the 144th Brigade. Five brigades of Japanese infantry continued to attack.

At this time, the forward of the Japanese light armored vehicles was only a few hundred meters away from the 144th Brigade's position.

The crews of more than a dozen Type 94 armored vehicles also showed no less madness than the Japanese infantry.

Facing the Chinese army position not far away, they gave up the speed requirement for armored vehicles and infantry to coordinate, and desperately used full power to attack the Chinese army position in front, even causing a disconnect with the infantry at the rear.

The Japanese infantry behind the armored vehicle, which was eating exhaust fumes, also shouted like crazy and followed the tank to attack, especially the two infantry brigades of the 41st Infantry Regiment.

Not long ago, an infantry group in their regiment was completely wiped out by the teaching group.

Therefore, the people of the 41st Regiment were all thinking about revenge. The soldiers of the two brigades they belonged to rushed forward like chicken blood, and actually killed the 38th infantryman in a very short period of time. The regiment's three infantry brigades were left behind.

After the recruits on the 144th Brigade witnessed the tragic battle in which a group of brave veterans were wiped out in a short period of time, the last line of defense in their hearts was about to collapse.

Facing the aggressive Japanese armored vehicles and infantry, the position of the 144th Brigade has begun to waver. The more determined recruits are still insisting on firing with rifles, while the officers and soldiers who are about to collapse have already given up shooting, and their faces are pale. looked at the approaching armored vehicle.

On the position, only a few veterans were manipulating light and heavy machine guns to fire at the oncoming Japanese tanks. However, the not-intensive firepower had no decent blocking effect in the face of the fully deployed Japanese armored vehicles. .

The distance of a few hundred meters was just a kick of the accelerator for the armored vehicle traveling at high speed. Finally, the Japanese tank quickly rushed into the position of the 144th Brigade of the 48th Division, facing no decent anti-war The 144th Brigade of the 144th Brigade equipped with armored vehicles and weapons, the Japanese armored vehicles that rushed into the position seemed to be in an uninhabited land, crazily crushing all around the position, maneuvering, wandering, firing, and strafing.

The intrusion of Japanese armored vehicles finally became the straw that broke the camel's back. The officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade burst out in an instant like a flood.

The battle line was defeated by Japanese armored vehicles in an instant. Facing the Japanese armored vehicles with steel and iron bones, the officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade, who only had rifles, grenades and light and heavy machine guns, were completely unable to withstand them.

More than a dozen Type 94 armored vehicles were attacking and crushing the positions of the 144th Brigade. Many officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade either fell under the machine gun fire of Japanese armored vehicles, or were crushed to death in the trenches by Japanese armored vehicles. The entire brigade's defense line was completely overwhelmed.

Some weak-willed recruits even dropped their weapons on the spot and began to flee backwards when their will collapsed. Only some officers and a few veterans were able to organize some officers and soldiers to resist and prepare for a close-range attack on the Japanese armored vehicles. blasting.

But then, the two infantry brigades following the Japanese armored vehicles also swarmed into the position of the 144th Brigade. They cooperated with the Japanese armored vehicles that had already rushed into the position and launched an internal and external attack on the 144th Brigade.

Two infantry brigades, nearly a thousand Japanese infantrymen rushed into the trenches and fought with the officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade. With the cooperation of infantry and armored vehicles, the position of the 144th Brigade was completely beaten. sieve.

In the position and in the trenches, the Japanese infantry and the officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade were fighting and strangled together. In this way, the two sides began the bloodiest and most brutal, knife-on-knife, tooth-on-tooth close combat in the position. Bayonet fighting, hand-to-hand combat.

Compared with the officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade, which was full of new recruits and had almost collapsed under the bombardment and impact of armored vehicles by the Japanese army, the two Japanese brigades that invaded the 144th Brigade position were very fierce.

The Japanese army's close combat and bayonet fighting skills were far superior to the officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade. Therefore, when the two sides fought together, the Japanese army almost gained an overwhelming advantage.

Many recruits of the 144th Brigade faced the fierce Japanese troops with bayonets pointed out. Many of them did not have the courage to go up and fight with them. Many soldiers even had Hanyang-made rifles in their hands that were not even issued with bayonets.

For the Japanese army, the rifle bayonet is just a standard accessory for the Type 38 rifle, while the Chinese army's bayonet is as much in demand as the rifle.

As a result, this hand-to-hand combat seemed quite easy for the Japanese army, but for the officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade, it was extremely bloody. The officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade lacked training, and their equipment and skills were inferior to others. They were constantly beaten by the Japanese. The army stabbed him down.

However, only a small number of veterans and officers in the 144th Brigade had the courage and skills to fight to the death with the Japanese army.

In this chaotic melee, the two Japanese brigades that rushed into the position of the 144th Brigade continuously pressed back the two infantry regiments of the 144th Brigade in a very short period of time, and almost captured the Occupying the first line position filled with corpses of officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade.

What's even more frightening is that the three infantry brigades of the 38th Infantry Regiment also arrived one after another, and rushed into the 144th Brigade's position one by one along the breakthrough opened by the two infantry brigades of the 41st Infantry Regiment. .

When the three infantry brigades of the 38th Infantry Regiment successively attacked, the original strength advantage of the two infantry regiments of the 144th Brigade over the two infantry brigades of the 41st Infantry Regiment disappeared.

More and more shit-yellow Japanese figures rushed into the position of the 144th Brigade.

On the contrary, the gray figures of officers and soldiers of the 144th Brigade are becoming less and less in the position.

In the command post of the 144th Brigade, Brigade Commander Guo Hua shouted sadly into the phone: "Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, our brigade's position has been breached. I deserve death. I deserve death. Staff "The situation is over, but I will never live alone. I will go up and fight the Japanese personally."

Guo Hua's eyes were splitting as he looked at the position that was about to completely collapse. His heart was filled with despair, and all he could think of was death.

On the other side of the phone, the roaring curses of the Chief of Staff of the 48th Division were immediately heard.

"You are just trying to hold the ball up. Let me control the troops. I will immediately ask the 142nd Brigade and the special agent company of my division to support you. You must hold on. We already lost face yesterday. General Xiao can trust me." "Leave the command of our 48th Division to me. Don't seek death. You must control the troops for me. I will send someone to support you!"

"I have reported the situation to General Xiao. General Xiao said that reinforcements will be sent out immediately. Even if you die, you will have to wait until the reinforcements arrive before you die!"

(End of this chapter)