The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 334 Lure the Enemy
Early the next morning, the forward brigade of the Botian detachment left the village where they camped and continued to advance forward.

The car marching column, composed of more than a hundred trucks and jeeps, slowly moved forward through the highway that the temporary engineer squadron had worked overtime to repair.

However, due to the loss of a complete infantry unit last night, the marching speed of the Japanese forward brigade convoy, which was worried about the attack by the Chinese army, was much slower than before.

In order to clear out possible Chinese army intruders ahead, Forward Brigade Captain Hamamoto Hayashi ordered the infantry squadron that was attacked yesterday to set off early and launch a combat search formation in front of the convoy carrying the main force of the Forward Brigade to clear the way.

The forward brigade of the Botian detachment advanced rapidly and mightily along a long and narrow marching path. The forward troops of the Botian detachment were getting closer and closer to the village where the advance column sent by He Wei was located. A bloody battle also began. coming soon.

Summer mornings are extremely hot, and the rising sun scorches the surface of the muddy water. The fishy smell produced by the mixture of mud and muddy water evaporates and evaporates near the surface under the sunlight.

On the muddy road, Japanese officers and soldiers of the 1st Infantry Squadron of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Taiwan Island Infantry Regiment under the Forward Brigade of the Japanese Army's Botian Detachment were stepping on the muddy water and advancing lightly in a combat-ready marching search formation.

The Forward Brigade of the Namada Detachment commanded by Hamamoto Hayashi is the vanguard of the Namada Detachment, and the troops under its command are naturally elite.

Take the two infantry squadrons of the forward brigade as an example, they are from the First Infantry Squadron and the Second Infantry Squadron of the First Taiwan Infantry Regiment under the Botian Detachment, and these two squadrons are from the First Taiwan Infantry Regiment. The outstanding ones, both in terms of fighting spirit and fighting quality, are among the best among the infantry units of the Botian detachment. They have performed well in battles in Anqing, Madang, Hukou, and Jiujiang.

However, this well-known first infantry squadron was attacked by the Chinese army at night when they were camping last night. They suffered a loss. An entire infantry unit was destroyed, and a corps leader and a private were captured. Such a loss was a great shame for the First Squadron, so the furious commander Hamamoto Hayashi ordered the squadron to serve as a forward search on foot, which was both a warning method and a punishment.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese No. 1 Squadron who were advancing in combat search formation on the road all had red faces and were holding their breath as they searched and advanced at full speed. They had the aura of being ashamed of the attack they had suffered last night.

The soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army's Taiwan Island are all from the Kumamoto area. They are from the same troop source area as the notorious 6th Division of the Japanese Army. They are all fierce and brave people. Therefore, in After launching the search formation, the soldiers of the First Squadron were searching and marching as fast as possible, hoping to find the Chinese army or nearby stragglers to fight in order to avenge yesterday. The captain, Captain Machida, even ordered his officers and soldiers to eliminate all Chinese, including civilians, encountered along the way.

On the road, Captain Machida, the leader of the 1st Squadron, walked quickly while raising his telescope to look around. Around him were more than a hundred fully armed Japanese soldiers deployed in a combat-ready search formation.

Before the attack, Machida's No. 54 Squadron was a fully-staffed infantry squadron. In addition to the squadron headquarters, it had three 7-man infantry squads. Each of the infantry squads was composed of a 13-man squadron and three 8-man squadrons. It consists of an infantry detachment equipped with light machine guns and an 54-man grenade detachment equipped with three grenade launchers, with a total of 180 people. The entire squadron has a total of more than people.

Although the No. 160 Squadron was defeated by the combat outpost platoon that advanced into the column last night and lost an infantry unit and more than a dozen men, it still maintained a combat strength of more than men.

Machida led an infantry squad to advance on the left side of the road, and an infantry squad to advance on the right side of the road. He personally led a squad and the squadron headquarters to search and advance on the road. However, what made him depressed was that the Chinese army that had thought to attack last night should It was nearby, but the search progressed for almost two kilometers. Not to mention the shadow of the Chinese army, not even a refugee was encountered. Machida, who had nowhere to vent his anger, felt annoyed and depressed.

Putting down the telescope, Machida sighed, grabbed the command knife around his waist, and stepped on the mud on the road to speed up his pace.

At this time, two soldiers from the squadron's direct command squad ran eagerly from the front with rifles. One of them reported to Machida: "Squadron leader, there is a situation ahead!"

"what happened?"

"The body of one of our soldiers was found on the road. It is Captain Iwamoto who disappeared last night!"

When he learned that the body of the corps commander who disappeared last night had been found, Machida's expression changed and he said anxiously: "What? Where is the body? Send someone to drag it back and take a look!"

"Squadron leader, the soldiers in front are dragging us."

Soon, Machida saw the body of Captain Iwamoto. This Captain Iwamoto was captured by Liu Yonggui's platoon of the advancing column last night. His eyes were gouged out, and finally he was captured by the second platoon leader of the mounted infantry company. Ou Yuxiang stabbed the Japanese soldier to death with a bayonet. When Machida saw the body of Captain Iwamoto, he suddenly became angry.

Because, Captain Iwamoto’s eyes had been gouged out with his hands tied behind his back, leaving two horrific blood holes filled with a solid mixture of red and black. A gunshot wound on his shoulder was burned by the summer heat. The lower body rotted rapidly and was covered with white maggots. The blood on the two bayonet wounds on the chest had solidified. The Thousand People's Needle wrapped around the abdomen was exposed. The Thousand People's Needle was stained black with blood. The purple color was also densely covered with yellow maggots, and a rotten stench hit your face.

Both Machida and the surrounding Japanese soldiers who saw the corpse showed grief and anger. Everyone could tell that Captain Iwamoto was tortured before his death.

Machida blushed and shouted to a commanding officer: "Place the body of Captain Iwamoto on the road, leave a note, and ask the troops behind to help cremate it!"

Then, Machida pulled out the command sword from his waist, with a fierce look on his face, and shouted to another messenger: "Baga! Damn the Chinese army! Go and inform each team to search carefully and speed up the advance. Since the body of Captain Iwamoto is Here, those damn Chinese soldiers should be nearby. Order each team to speed up the search, attack and find those Chinese soldiers and kill them all! "

Soon, the news that Captain Iwamoto was tortured and killed by the Chinese army after being captured spread throughout the First Squadron. After learning about Captain Iwamoto's "tragic situation", all the angry officers and soldiers of the Japanese First Squadron accelerated their search. From the combat readiness search formation to the standard attack combat formation of an infantry squadron with three lines and three advances, they shouted revenge and pounced along the road while searching.

The body that Machida saw was naturally the Japanese prisoner who was killed in the village where the advancing column was camping yesterday. The reason why this body appeared on the road was deliberately done by the advancing column.

During the battle preparations last night, Yang Biao, commander of the advancing column's mounted infantry company, in order to achieve Zhao Zhanhai's tactical purpose of attracting the Japanese army, simply used the corpses of the Japanese prisoners as waste and threw them on the road, hoping to Use this corpse to anger the Japanese troops in front of you and attract them to rush in quickly.

Of course, before provocatively throwing the body on the road, Yang Biao asked the soldiers to give the body a few more cuts, adding a bit of horror to the corpse's death.

The Machida Squadron was indeed angered by the corpse and took the bait of advancing into the column.

On the side of the road 800 meters in front of the village where the advancing column was located, Liu Yonggui, the platoon leader of the first platoon of the horse-riding infantry company, looked at the approaching Japanese Machida Squadron in the distance, showed a proud smile, and turned to look at the sergeant platoon next to him. He added: "Look, this idiot has indeed taken the bait. Haha, look at their forward speed. It is not the search speed of a combat-ready march at all. It is no different from a charge."

The sergeant in the platoon was also happy: "The Japs are in a hurry, Platoon Commander. Seeing that the Japs are following the bridal chamber in such a hurry, why don't we bring the Japs closer and give them a good beating?"

Liu Yonggui shook his head and said: "This is not possible. Our mission is to introduce the Japs into the village. We must beat the Japs without causing them too much pain. If we really want to beat them, I will bring out the whole platoon." Why bother bringing out only one class?”

At this time, not all of the first platoon was following Liu Yonggui in ambush on the flank of the highway, only the orderly soldiers and sergeant platoon of the first platoon joined the first squad of the first platoon.

According to the organization, the infantry squad of the assault group is composed of fourteen people. These fourteen people include the squad leader and deputy squad leader, as well as three three-person rifle teams and one three-person light machine gun team.

步兵班的班长和副班长各配备mp28冲锋枪一支，每个步枪伍有两支捷克vz24步枪和一支mp28冲锋枪，轻机枪伍则配备有一挺捷克zb26轻机枪、一支二十响盒子炮和两支捷克vz24式步枪。

In the organization of the infantry platoon of the assault corps, each platoon has a platoon leader, a messenger and a sergeant attached to the platoon. The platoon leader and the messenger are equipped with twenty-shot box guns, and the sergeant platoon supplement Equipped with MP28 submachine gun,
There are fourteen people in an infantry squad, plus the platoon leader Liu Yonggui, the orderly soldier and the sergeant, there are only seventeen people in total. The weapons they rely on for combat include six MP28 submachine guns and three twenty-shot box gun pistols. Eight Czech-made VZ24 rifles and one Czech ZB26 light machine gun. The first squadron around Liu Yonggui was already hiding in foxholes in units of troops. The black muzzles were pointed at the Machida squadron that was attacking along the road. Although the platoon of seventeen officers and soldiers hiding on the side of the road were still wearing They were in civilian clothes, but they had put on the unique tactical vests of the Assault Corps, and they also wore helmets on their heads that were hidden during horseback marches.

Compared with the attacking Japanese Machida Squadron, although they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and firepower, Liu Yonggui and the other seventeen officers and soldiers were not at all panicked, because they had no intention of confronting the Machida Squadron that was attacking aggressively.

The purpose of this small force's ambush here was actually the same as the public dumping of the body of the Japanese army commander on the road. It was to attract the Japanese army to the village where the main force of the advancing column was located.

Liu Yonggui roared: "Get ready to fight! Don't shoot with submachine guns, only use rifles and light machine guns. Don't shoot in bursts with light machine guns. Give me a hard continuous shot."

The officers and soldiers hiding on the flanks of the highway with Liu Yonggui had long been prepared for battle. Under the command of the squad leader, as the formation of the approaching Machida Squadron moved, the light machine gun captains of the platoons and squadrons continued to adjust their movements. The muzzle of the Japanese light machine gun inserted the Japanese Machida squadron's impact queue into the mechanical sight on the left side of the barrel of the Czech light machine gun.

The riflemen equipped with Czech-made VZ24 rifles also began to aim their guns and select targets in the marching formation of Machida Squadron.

Liu Yonggui calmly estimated the distance to the Machida Squadron on the highway. When he was more than 200 meters away from the forward of the Machida Squadron, Liu Yonggui raised the twenty-ring machine pistol in his hand and suddenly pulled the trigger toward the sky.

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"Fire!"

Liu Yonggui shouted loudly, and then, the light machine gun crew chiefs of the platoons took the lead in pulling the trigger of the Czech light machine gun.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang

A burst of intense gunfire rang out, and the trumpet-shaped muzzle of the Czech light machine gun fired a dense rain of bullets. Suddenly, seven or eight Japanese soldiers in the Machida Squadron's assault queue were swept down on the road. Unprepared, they were located on the road. The impact formation on the flank of the highway was also affected. Just like a group of sparrows on the ground encountering a sudden scurrying dog, a small-scale chaos suddenly occurred where the Machida Squadron's impact formation was attacked by machine gun fire.

The Japanese soldiers who were not hit either lay down on the spot, or rushed down the road to evade. The Japanese soldiers who were killed fell in a pool of blood and lay motionless. Their helmets and rifles were scattered on the ground. The injured Japanese soldiers were moving slowly. Wailing and squirming.

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Immediately afterwards, the ambush riflemen also started shooting. Although the shooting accuracy was greatly affected due to the long distance, the backbone of the horse-riding infantry company was the special agent company directly under the assault corps. They were all veterans and had very good combat qualities. They were all A good player, and the steel mouth of the vz24 rifle produced in the Czech Republic is also made of top quality, and the rifle's parts operate and shoot extremely smoothly.

The ammunition distributed by the Assault Corps is mainly imported from Europe issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The quality of the ammunition is very high. Compared with the ammunition produced by the Chinese arsenal, there are less misfires and jamming. The riflemen also use European ammunition. A 7.92mm caliber light pointed bullet produced.

High-quality veterans, sophisticated rifles coupled with well-made ammunition are like an even more powerful force. The rifles are fired at the fastest speed in the hands of the veterans. The rifle volley firepower is also quite powerful, although it is not as good as the Czech light machine gun. The shooting was continuous, but also very vigorous. Japanese soldiers were constantly hit by the full-speed rifle volley fire and knocked down on the road. Several Japanese soldiers who were hit by the full-power 7.92mm bullets fired by the rifles but did not die rolled away. On the highway, he covered his wounds and screamed miserably.

Liu Yonggui clapped his legs heavily and shouted: "Good shooting, good shooting with the rifle, don't stop the fucking light machine gun, shoot for me!"

Amidst the dense sound of machine gunfire, the light machine gun crew leader of a group using a Czech light machine gun calmly finished firing a twenty-round machine gun magazine. After the last bullet was fired, the deputy shooter on the side quickly removed the receiver. Loading a new magazine into the empty magazine above, the light machine gun crew leader quickly pulled the charging handle to put the machine gun into firing mode, and then pulled the trigger again.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang

Another series of continuous machine gun bullets were fired, and golden bullet casings flew out of the ejection window of the Czech light machine gun. The light machine gun commander kept swinging the gun body, and fired the bullets to form a fan. , in conjunction with the riflemen's rifle volley fire, they rolled up and down the road like waves, knocking down three Japanese soldiers who could not evade, and killed a few who were crawling and squirming in the pool of blood and mud on the road. of Japanese wounded soldiers.

The dense and continuous bullets almost made the muddy road surface smoke, and water mist, mud, and clods of soil were flying everywhere.

The light machine gun commander who controlled the Czech light machine gun shouted happily while firing. In the light machine gun combat training and tactical guidelines of the Assault Corps, the most commonly used combat shooting methods are two-shot groups and three-shot groups. Burst firing and continuous firing while holding the trigger are taboos. Only the Chinese army with low quality and incompetence in using light machine guns would fire light machine guns like this.

But this moment is a special case. The platoon leader Liu Yonggui asked the light machine gunner to use continuous shooting. Firstly, he wanted to increase the momentum to attract the Japanese army. Secondly, he wanted to make the Japanese army think that the enemy in front of him was not of sufficient combat quality, so as to attract and lure the enemy. Purpose.

Therefore, the light machine gun commander had the rare pleasure of spraying bullets wantonly.

At this time, the attacking Machida squadron had already reacted to the initial panic. They stopped advancing and rushed down the road, lying down on the spot. Squadron leader Machida quickly commanded the squadron to fight back. Three infantry teams were climbing on both sides of the road. The enemy quickly crawled forward in a line.

In the mud on the side of the road, Squadron Leader Machida was half kneeling, raising his binoculars to look in the direction of the gunfire, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Look for the enemy, search for the enemy quickly, it should be a Czech light machine gun, each team's grenade launcher Prepare!"

The Japanese troops of Machida Squadron were indeed elite. Before Machida issued the order at once, the captains and sergeants of each squad had already begun to organize the grenade launchers of each squad to prepare for shooting. Various commands and whistles came one after another.

At this time, the crackling gunfire on the battlefield was like fried beans. The Japanese army was very familiar with the sound of the Chinese army's Czech light machine guns, and grenades were the best way for the Japanese army to attack the Chinese army's light machine gun positions.

As a result, the grenade shooting team of Machida Squadron began to search for the enemy, taking out grenade launchers and 50mm grenades to prepare for combat shooting, preparing to use the 89-type 50mm grenade launchers to kill the Czech light grenades of the Chinese army. machine gun.

da da da da da

On the battlefield, the crackling sound of gunfire was like fried beans. The light machine gun firing position behind the platoon leader Liu Yonggui was already filled with golden 7.92mm heavy-point bullet casings. The Czech light machine gun that fired continuously at the muzzle White smoke also came out. As another magazine ran out of bullets, the light machine gun shooter had fired six magazines and one hundred and twenty rounds in succession.

"Change the barrel!"

The light machine gun shooter gave an order, and the deputy shooter skillfully grabbed the handle of the Czech light machine gun, turned the fixing ring on the barrel upwards, disengaged the locking groove, removed the hot and smoking barrel, and replaced it with another. New magazines and new barrels. Just as the machine gunner was about to fire, the voice of platoon leader Liu Yonggui suddenly came.

"Stop shooting, retreat to the village alternately, and bring the enemy in!"

(End of this chapter)