The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 366 Open fire and kill!

In the position of the first battalion, the first to open fire were the light machine guns and general-purpose machine guns of the three infantry companies. The light machine gunners of each infantry squad of the infantry company all held the trigger of the Czech light machine guns and fired at the maximum shooting rate.

The shooters of the general-purpose machine gun squads in each platoon of the infantry company also adjusted the groove on the recoil assist device in front of the barrel of the MG34 general-purpose machine gun for adjusting the firing rate to the fastest firing rate mode, in order to achieve the maximum firepower projection speed.

After the dense fire net composed of nine MG34 general-purpose machine guns and twenty-seven Czech ZB26 light machine guns was fired, it immediately overturned the seven or eight rubber boats that were in the front of the Japanese river crossing assault force.

The crisp continuous firing sounds of the Czech light machine gun and the single-shot explosion sounds of the MG34 mixed together, forming a concerto of death.

The rubber boats equipped by the Japanese army had a wooden frame, and the material had no bulletproof function at all. They were no different from paper boats in front of the 7.92mm heavy pointed bullets fired by the machine guns of the First Battalion.

In the first round of machine gun fire from the First Battalion alone, seven or eight Japanese rubber boats were instantly shot into sieves, deflated like deflated balls, and the Japanese soldiers on the rubber boats were also screaming in pain from the dense machine gun fire, suffered heavy casualties, and fell into the river one after another.

What followed was the concentrated fire of eight Czech zb37 heavy machine guns from the battalion's heavy machine gun company. This type of air-cooled heavy machine gun, which was belt-fed and well-made, had an extremely fast rate of fire. After joining the shooting, it quickly dealt a favorable blow to the Japanese troops on the river, overturning the Japanese rubber boats on the river one after another.

As more Japanese rubber boats were overturned in the water, more Japanese Marines were killed or wounded. The killed Japanese soldiers fell into the water and were eaten by fish, while the wounded and uninjured Japanese soldiers also fell into the water due to the damage of the rubber boats.

However, the Japanese landing boats were still advancing at high speed. After the rubber boats in front were destroyed and overturned one after another, some unlucky Japanese soldiers who fell into the water were immediately hit by the rubber boats and steel boats traveling at high speed in the rear. Many unlucky guys were not killed by the machine gun bullets of the First Battalion, but were hit by their own high-speed rubber boats and steel boats, causing bloody head injuries or even direct death.

For a moment, there were shouting and screaming on the river.

The light machine guns, general-purpose machine guns, and heavy machine guns of the three infantry companies of the first battalion and the battalion's heavy machine gun company all opened fire, and the riflemen in several companies were not to be outdone. The riflemen also gathered together in squads and platoons. Under the unified command of the sergeant and the platoon commander, they loaded ammunition and fired in unison, forming rounds of dense rifle volley fire lines with their bolt-action rifles.

About half a minute after various machine guns fired, accompanied by crisp thumps, eighteen French Blonde 60mm mortars from three infantry companies of the first battalion also joined the battle.

Now the landing wave consisting of a large number of rubber boats and steel boats of the Japanese army on the river is an extremely large shooting target. The gunners of the eighteen 60mm mortar crews do not need to aim carefully. They only need to adjust the mortars slightly, load and fire, and they can accurately hit the 60mm explosive shells into the landing boat waves of the Japanese army.

Boom
Boom
Amid the rumbling sound, 60mm mortar shells exploded on the river surface, and tall columns of water and balls of fire came one after another. Under the intensive and rapid fire of eighteen 60mm mortars, many Japanese rubber boats were either directly destroyed by mortar shells, or damaged and capsized by flying shrapnel.

Although the steel boats with better protection would not be easily broken and sunk by shrapnel, once they were directly hit by mortar shells, they would be immediately twisted and deformed, or tilted and overturned, slowly capsized, or lost power and spun on the river. The Type 92 heavy machine guns installed on the steel boats were also destroyed one after another, completely silenced, and no longer had the majesty they had just had when they were suppressing fire on the river beach in front of the First Battalion's position.

Even more miserable were the Japanese Marines on the rubber boats and steel boats. Facing the rain of shells, the Japanese Marines on board had nowhere to hide. Once a rubber boat or steel boat was hit, the rubber boat or steel boat that was originally used as a carrier for the Japanese Marines would instantly become the grave of the Japanese Marines on board. After the shells that hit the boat exploded, dense shrapnel flew everywhere, and then the torn bodies of the Japanese officers and soldiers on the boats flew away with the blood-red river water.

砰

砰

After the 60mm mortar opened fire, clouds of smoke also came out of the muzzles of the two Russian-made 45mm tank defense guns in the first row of the tank defense gun company of the assault corps artillery battalion, which was assigned to the st Battalion and deployed on the front line with the st Battalion's infantry company and heavy machine gun company.

In the Battle of Banbi Mountain, the tank defense gunners, who had mastered the technique of shooting at moving targets to perfection by shooting at moving Japanese ships, also fired single-shot 45mm grenades at the Japanese rubber boats and steel boats on the river.

Although the fire projection speed of the tank defense gun is not as continuous and fast as that of machine guns and 60mm mortars, its hit rate is extremely high. Every shell fired by the tank defense gunners can accurately hit the Japanese rubber boats and steel boats, overturning them from the front one after another.

The three infantry companies of the First Battalion, the battalion's heavy machine gun company, and the attached tank defense artillery platoon opened fire at full power, using all kinds of firearms except submachine guns to form a dense fire network and fire wall, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese troops who were crossing the river to attack. Almost all the officers and soldiers in the position were furious. Everyone was shouting and screaming, and threw ammunition in the firearms in their hands at the Japanese troops on the river not far away at the fastest speed. All the officers and soldiers had only one thought in their minds - kill!

Due to the intensive fire attack from the First Battalion, the Japanese rubber boats and steel boats, which were originally charging at high speed in a strict formation, not only suffered heavy losses, but their formation was also thrown into chaos. Some rubber boats and steel boats were hit and their speed was greatly reduced, while others lost power and deviated from the established route, causing collisions with other rubber boats and steel boats.

Amid all the chaos, the overall speed of the Japanese landing boats was greatly reduced.

And this was just the beginning, because after the 60mm mortars of the three infantry companies of the 81st Battalion opened fire, the four 6mm mortars of the 75st Battalion's mortar company, which also received combat firing orders, and the six mm mountain guns of the st Mountain Artillery Company of the Assault Corps Artillery Battalion, which were deployed behind the st Battalion's position, also began firing.

Whizzing
Whizzing
The Japanese crossing river troops were already showing signs of decline on the river, and before they had time to make any adjustments or countermeasures, the sounds of artillery shells breaking through the air suddenly appeared above the Fuchi River.

What followed was a sudden attack of fire consisting of 81mm mortar shells and 75mm mountain artillery shells.

The power of these two calibers of artillery shells is far beyond that of 60mm mortar shells. Therefore, when the 75mm shells and 81mm mortar shells fell on the waves of the Japanese river crossing assault boats, the already miserable situation on the river surface instantly became even worse.

After the 75mm and 81mm shells exploded, more than ten meters high water columns mixed with body parts and blood mist rose into the air, and the Japanese army's crossing attack troops on the river were immediately submerged in the rain of bullets and sea of ​​fire.

(End of this chapter)