The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 69 Annihilation battle within the formation [-]
The sound of artillery boomed, and dozens of shallow craters appeared in the open ground in front of the position. The shelling in front of the position had ended. As the barrage advanced, all the Japanese artillery fire now hit the Fangjing platoon's guarding position. On the front line.

More than 200 Japanese infantry followed closely behind and charged forward. Fortunately, He Wei's diagonal position was not discovered by the Japanese. The concealment device composed of tree branches and floating soil hid the two diagonal positions on the left and right. , He Wei quietly got out of the hidden trench and used a telescope to see the current situation on the battlefield. But when he saw the current situation, his heart skipped a beat.

I still underestimated the Japanese infantry. Now the Japanese infantry is almost moving forward close to the barrage exploded by the artillery. Judging from the distance in the telescope, the Japanese infantry rushing at the front is far away from the impact point of the artillery bombardment. The distance is only 150 meters, and it is still shrinking, so we are facing a very scary situation.

As the distance decreases, when the Japanese army stops shelling and switches to infantry assault, the main position may be only a few dozen meters away from the Japanese infantry. At this distance, the defenders will not have time to organize decent firepower. The heavy machine guns are probably still Before reaching the shooting position, the Japanese infantry rushed in with bayonets drawn.

Judging from the impact speed of these Japanese infantry, they did not even consider the possible accidental damage caused by their own artillery fire, and almost planned to rush forward against the barrage. Generally speaking, when the infantry and artillery attack together, the first-line infantry and artillery attack The distance of the barrage is about 50 meters to 100 meters. If this distance is shortened, your own infantry may be blown up by your own artillery fire. However, the Japanese in front of you don't seem to care at all and are killing them like crazy. Just like that, I rushed forward with all my strength.

In fact, this is what the attacking Japanese troops did.

The captain of the [-]st Squadron, Liao Jiuxiong, had given orders before the battle to follow the artillery fire as much as possible and break into the Chinese army's position as quickly as possible. As for the possibility of being accidentally injured by one's own artillery fire?Sorry, this is not within the scope of the Japanese's consideration. If it must be considered, it is only a necessary price to pay for the victory of the Imperial Holy War.

"Come on, bugler, set off the signal and let the mortar platoon open fire!"

"Bring out the heavy machine gun and give me the grenade. Everyone enter the position! Tu Desheng, hurry up."

Realizing that the situation had changed, He Wei made a decisive decision and decided to let the mortar platoon fire. Now that the infantry was suppressed by Japanese artillery fire, he could only let the mortars intercept the Japanese infantry. Of course, this was not enough. He Wei decided to use his own Add some extra material to the captured grenade to add fire.

Soon, the surrounding soldiers took action. Tu Desheng commanded the soldiers of the third squad to prepare for battle in units of corps. The three men of the light machine gun corps carried out the Type [-] heavy machine gun and the Type [-] heavy machine gun for He Wei. Ammunition and place it in the firing position.

Since the third squad did not have light machine guns, the three soldiers who were nominally in the machine gun corps only had rifles and were simply recruited by He Wei to serve as his assistant shooters on the heavy machine guns.

The other three rifle teams began to arrange the thunder cannons and placed the explosive bags tied in advance on the firing position of the thunder cannons.

Tao Heiwa followed He Wei carrying a grenade tube and a box of grenade ammunition.

The buglers at the company headquarters were very capable and could blow the trumpet and use a signal gun. They faithfully carried out He Wei's order, loaded a signal bomb into the signal gun, nodded to He Wei, and said: "Sir, I fired." !”

"beat!"

He Wei gave the order, and the bugler pulled the trigger. With a bang, a flare flew into the air. It was a green flare that represented the mortar firing signal.

The Japanese troops under attack were only focused on charging forward. Many people did not notice the sudden flares, but on the mortar position of the Chinese army, company commander Fu Chen saw it clearly. The green signal flare was He Wei's signal to request mortar fire.

Fu Chen put down his telescope, and Huang Decai, the leader of the [-]nd mortar platoon next to him, immediately raised his command flag and ordered to prepare to fire. "Platoon Leader Huang, use the maximum rate of fire to fire at the Japanese troops in front of the position!"

Regarding the Japanese army's desperate charge, Fu Chen also saw the clues and immediately ordered Huang Decai to fire.

At this time, the main position and the open ground in front of the position were obscured by barrages and artillery shells generated by Japanese artillery fire. According to normal shooting procedures, the mortar platoon was afraid that it would not be able to even perform basic observations, but fortunately Full preparations were made last night, and the shooting boundary and distance in front of the open field were measured.

Of course, mortars have poor accuracy and rely on firing a large number of shells to cause area damage to attack enemy infantry.

Boom, boom, boom - Two 20-year-old Type [-] mortars fired rapidly at the Japanese troops in front of the position. Due to the obscuration, the gunners could not see clearly the killing effect of their own mortars. What it does is to project artillery shells in front of the position at the maximum rate of fire.

The dust and barrages in the sky not only blocked the observation line of the Chinese mortar operators, but also made the Japanese infantry in the assault unaware of the incoming [-] mortar shells. Squadron leader Liao Jiuxiong looked at the approaching troops. The barrage seemed to be getting closer and closer to the breakthrough position. The long-term battle with the Chinese army gave him a great understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the Chinese army.

When the Chinese army's combat effectiveness is strongest, it relies on its positions to engage in firepower battles with the Japanese army using light and heavy machine guns. The Chinese army in this combat state is the most difficult to deal with, but as long as it breaks into the Chinese army's position, the battle becomes a hand-to-hand battle. In close combat, the Chinese army will often retreat quickly.

"Assault, attack quickly! Faster!"

Lia Jiuxiong waved his saber and urged the officers and soldiers of the squadron to speed up. Little did he know that danger was already approaching.

Boom - When the first round of mortar shells hit the ground, one of the two [-] mortar shells fell on the open ground and did not cause casualties to the Japanese army. The [-] mortars equipped by the Chinese army are smoothbore mortars. This Although this kind of artillery can be called a sharp weapon, its biggest disadvantage is that it is not accurate enough. It can only hit a rough range, and the shells are spread widely.

This shell did not cause any damage to the Japanese army, but the second shell landed directly in the assault queue of the Japanese infantry like a god, and once again hit a man directly like a god. Waiting for soldiers.

There was a loud noise, and a cloud of blood mist instantly erupted from the Japanese assault queue. The first-class soldier who was hit was blown to pieces by the exploding mortar bomb. His internal organs and splattered blood dyed the uniforms of the surrounding Japanese soldiers red. , this first-class private was not far away from the squadron leader Lia Jiuxiong who was in command. Half of the blasted lungs were blown away by the air wave and stuck on Lia Jiuxiong's face.

One shell only killed one Japanese soldier. Although the Chinese army's 0.35 mortar was an imitation of the French Brande 0.54 mortar with excellent performance, due to the low industrial level, China's 2 mortar shells had to be The lowest-grade pig iron shells are used. The texture of the sand-cast pig iron shells is too brittle. The explosive can only use [-]kg "mixed explosive" with low explosive power. The original Browne Bayi mortar shells use steel shells, and the Browne mortar shells use steel shells. The charge of ordinary bombs of German mortars has reached [-] kilograms, and the charge of heavy bombs has reached [-] kilograms, and they are all high-power TNT explosives.

If what hit this Japanese soldier's head was a Brand Bayi mortar shell, then not one person would die.

There were not many casualties, but the scene was very bloody!
It wasn't until more than ten seconds later that a Japanese infantryman came to his senses and shouted: "Mortars from the Chinese army!"

(End of this chapter)