The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 42 Chariot 1
"Hey, hey, I'm He Wei, am I Chen Tuanfu?"

"It's me, He Wei, how are you doing?"

"The Japanese artillery fire was not fierce. There were only sporadic falling bombs on our platoon position. The Japanese seemed to have hit all the artillery shells to the main Dabaishui position in the rear."

Over there, Chen Zhen loudly replied: "His grandma, I know. The main position of Dabaishui in the rear was severely bombarded. The bombardment in Yanzhuang was not violent. There were only a dozen shells, which knocked down several people." There is a house, the Japanese are acting a little strange, I don’t know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd, pay attention to their infantry, and report any situation there at any time!”

After hanging up the phone, the muffled sound of bombs falling in the direction of Dabaishui and the sound of explosions were still heard. I thought I was going to be bombarded, but the Japanese unexpectedly hit them with artillery shells and aircraft bombs. On the main battlefield, He Wei was also confused.

The fact that the Japanese did not launch a fierce bombardment does not mean that there will not be another one. However, continuing to hide in the trenches to avoid the bombardment is definitely not an option. We must not sit still now.

He Wei pondered for a moment, waved his fist, and pulled Tao Heiwa to climb out of the cat's ear hole. The trench was dark, and the wooden cover on the top kept falling dirt and fine sand. If he kept hiding from the cannons, the Japanese If the human infantry suddenly rushes over, it will be finished!However, if the Japanese suddenly shelled when everyone came out, the game would also be over.

"Hei Wa, you go and give orders in the trench. Three people from each class should remove the trench roof cover and go up to the trench to serve as observation posts. The rest of the people are not allowed to come out and continue to hide in the cat's ear hole! Hide in the cat's ear hole. The people inside have their bullets loaded, and the people in the heavy machine gun platoon are also ready for battle. They have set up the heavy machine guns in the hidden fortifications and are ready to carry them to the shooting position at any time!"

"Yes!"

Tao Heiwa bent down and began to deliver orders, while He Wei and a few soldiers who climbed out also removed the wooden planks and sandbags from the top of the trench. The trench regained light. He Wei slowly raised his head and came into view. There was dust floating in front of the position. The anti-tank fortifications built before the war and the outer trenches were still there. Except for Luzhai, several places were hit by shells and a small part was damaged.

There were also some falling bombs in front of the formation, and there was also a lot of flying sand, dust, and black smoke caused by the explosion of aerial bombs and artillery shells. He Wei could not observe the situation further away. Unfortunately, he was a platoon leader. There was no telescope here, only the company commander Fu Chen had it.

The soldiers who climbed out of each squad also stood up in the trenches and looked forward. The rumbling sound of artillery from behind was still continuing. Two or three soldiers also emerged from the trenches in the second and third rows. They were probably the company commander Fu Chen saw. He Wei took action here and sent out an observation post.

He Wei continued to stare at the front of the formation. After about 5 minutes, he was violently bombarded behind him. The sound of artillery coming from the main position of Dabaishui, which was filled with flames, gradually became sparse, and the number of dropped bombs suddenly decreased to completely negligible. Sense with your physical ears.

The weakening of artillery fire was the prelude to the infantry attack.

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The scream of artillery shells suddenly decreased. Through the observation window of the armored vehicle turret, Toshikichi Hyakutake saw the main position of Dabaishui shrouded in thick smoke and fire mist. Not far away, Yanzhuang also fired two black cannons. cigarette.

Hyakutake Shukichi opened the sunroof, stuck his head out, looked at the infantry behind him, and then waved the red command flag to the long-awaited commanders of each vehicle. While signaling the advance of the tank, he shouted to the infantry behind him: " Chariots advance! Infantry advance!"

buzzing...

As the Sumida C6 air-cooled engine of Hyakutake Toshiyoshi's car roared and spewed out a burst of smoke, the 27 tanks started slowly and divided into two horizontal groups. The first horizontal group consisted of five of the strongest Type [-] tanks. As the center, there are five Type [-] heavy armored vehicles and two Type [-] light armored vehicles on each side on the left and right sides. The remaining seven Type [-] heavy armored vehicles and one Type [-] light armored vehicle follow up as the second line.

"attack!"

Liao Jiuxiong, the captain of the first infantry squadron of the dike detachment, waved his command sword, and more than [-] Japanese infantrymen jumped out of the trench, enduring the exhaust and black smoke emitted by the tanks, and advanced hand in hand with the tanks of the second row. Under the cover of the first row of tanks, Move forward slowly.

The boss and non-commissioned officer in the attacking Japanese infantry kept reorganizing the team: "Follow up! Follow up the infantry!" The chariot accelerated and headed straight for Yanzhuang. The attacking Japanese infantry was divided into several columns, and each column followed Behind a tank, since the Japanese tanks were not equipped with wireless communication equipment, the commander of each tank stuck his head out and communicated with each other in semaphores.

800 meters, 700 meters... The outline of the Yanzhuang Wall became more and more obvious. As the distance got closer, Toshiyoshi Hyakutake leaned on the turret and raised his binoculars to carefully observe the field position in front of Yanzhuang. What came into view was the wooden The Luzhai and trenches were built, but no barbed wire was seen. As for the anti-tank trench, He Wei had camouflaged it in advance, covering it with a roof and sandbags. In addition, the anti-tank trench was right in front of the infantry trench, the farthest away. , Hyakutake Shukichi naturally couldn't see it either.

Having made up his mind, Toshiyoshi Hyakutake turned his head and said to Liao Kuxiong who was eating exhaust gas: "Captain Liao, the tank rushed to 500 meters in front of the enemy and started to use the turret light machine gun to cover and fire. Cover the infantry to 300 meters and fire. The infantry entered 300 meters. Start attacking the enemy's position within [-] meters!"

After leaving these words and seeing Rikuo nodding, Hyakutake Toshikichi waved his signal flag and got into the armored vehicle. Then, all the tanks began to accelerate, rushing in quickly from 600 meters away from the front of the Yanzhuang position. 400 meters.

"Da da da……"

The ten Type 500 heavy armored vehicles on both sides suddenly started shooting. The Type [-] [-]mm light machine guns in the turrets of the ten heavy armored vehicles fired violently at the positions in front. A dense line of fire swept directly towards He Wei's position. , the Japanese infantry-tank coordinated attack group had rushed within [-] meters of the national army position in front of Yanzhuang.

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"Da da da…"

Suddenly, several machine gun bullets flew and hit the front of the trench. He Wei quickly lowered his head and lay down. Flying dust floated in front of He Wei. Before He Wei could get up, there was suddenly a chaotic roar of engines. There was also the huge sound of steel guillotine-steel guillotine-steel guillotine. Dust flying like clouds covered the distance. The billowing dust flew away, and the huge sound became closer and closer...

"The devil's iron bastard is here."

"The chariot!"

After half a minute that seemed like half a century to a row of soldiers in the trench, a veteran of the row suddenly shouted.

He Wei stood up and observed, and sure enough, it was the movement of tanks. Behind the dust, at an estimated distance of about 500 meters, he saw dark green Japanese tanks emerging from the dust in the distance, marching vigilantly.

He Wei counted the number of chariots he saw.

'One, two...five...eight, ten, eleven...'

He saw more than a dozen of the incoming Japanese tanks, and He Wei also saw infantry. There seemed to be densely packed Japanese infantry following the tanks, and their strength would definitely not be less than an infantry squadron!
The Japanese attack finally came, and as expected, tanks were dispatched.

Looking at the approaching Japanese troops, He Wei shouted loudly.

"All platoons are here, get into position! The heavy machine gun platoon is in firing position! Everyone is ready to fight! Get ready to fight!"

(End of this chapter)