The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 74 Annihilation battle within the formation [-]
The attacking Japanese army started from the front line and had already retreated dozens of meters, leaving only the heavy machine gun squad firing cover. The infantry supported each other and retreated in an orderly manner. The infantry artillery near the breach in the distance also used shelling. to cover the infantry.

The sound of two Type [-] heavy machine guns firing continuously, and the explosion of the Type [-] infantry artillery covering fire seemed particularly loud given the almost complete ceasefire of the Chinese army.

"Hurry back!"

"shooting!"

"cover!"

Squadron leader Liao Jiuxiong roared and organized his men to retreat. Although the attack was hopeless and the casualties were heavy, the Japanese army's excellent organization and relatively excellent individual quality could still support them in making an orderly retreat in front of the enemy. In addition, the Chinese The army suddenly ceased fire, so the retreat of the entire squadron was quite smooth.

Before the retreat was launched, Liao Jiuxiong was prepared to inflict nearly half of the squadron casualties and even abandon the wounded soldiers, because he knew that with the current density of firepower of the Chinese army, this retreat would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, but the Chinese army in front of him stopped. Fire is really strange.

However, despite his doubts and worries, he had no choice but to retreat.

Just as Riakuo was waving his command knife to organize the retreat, suddenly, there were continuous and dense explosions all around. Then, dense small black dots appeared in the sky. As those small black dots gradually fell, their shape and outline changed. It also became lighter. When Lia Jiuxiong saw the groups of bound gray pills, he suddenly understood everything.

"It's explosives, get down quickly!"

A corps commander of the command team beside Lia Kuxiong shouted, but it didn't change anything. The dense explosive blocks that were thrown in mid-air were like a woven black net from three directions, covering the retreat. Over the first squadron, getting closer, getting closer
Lia Kuxiong and his soldiers could only look at the explosive blocks falling from the sky with horrified eyes.

The explosive blocks ejected from He Wei's position first landed and exploded. Then, the explosive blocks ejected from the frontal position and the diagonal position on the right landed and exploded. These exploded explosive blocks were actually not just explosive blocks. He Wei When Wei was making arrangements, he knew that he was dealing with Japanese infantry. Although the power of these explosives was good, if he was to deal with infantry, he would not only need the power of explosives, but also the help of explosive shrapnel.

Therefore, He Wei ordered his subordinates to cut the iron wire, and sent people to collect the shrapnel fragments left after the explosion of the August [-] mortar shells on the battlefield, and also found a lot of small stones. These materials were not lacking at all, and the National Army The [-] mortar shells were made of pig iron shells. The fragments produced after the explosion were everywhere on the battlefield. Stones and barbed wire were also available everywhere. So, He Wei used these simple materials to form an additional fragmentation warhead. , tied outside the projectile explosive block.

boom

Boom

The explosive blocks that kept falling to the ground and exploding instantly covered the retreating Japanese troops. Countless explosive spots shining with yellow-white fire bloomed among the retreating Japanese troops. Without time to react, the retreating Japanese troops Shrouded in thick fog, the violent explosion, coupled with the soft soil in northern Shanxi, turned the area covered by the explosion into a world of mud, sand and dust. The blast wind was wrapped in iron sheets, wires, stones, and gravel. Comes covered.

Mixed in among them were bloody mist and broken limbs.

In an instant, there were screams everywhere. In the smoke and dust that filled the sky, some of the retreating Japanese troops were blown to pieces by explosives, and some were hit by flying iron sheets, stones and broken wires. They covered their injured bodies. The place was wailing miserably, and the heavy machine gun team that was still firing to cover also stopped shooting. A group of projectile explosives fell exactly at the firing position of a Type [-] heavy machine gun. The shooter and the heavy machine gun were thrown into the sky by the explosives, and the gun was fired continuously. The leader was reduced to parts. Although the other heavy machine gun was intact, the shooter was killed or injured by the explosion.

The Japanese soldiers who were directly killed by the bombing were lucky to a certain extent. In fact, more people were injured by the bombing. Some were hit in the face by iron sheets and wires, and some had their fingers cut off while covering their heads, and they were bleeding profusely. , these wounded soldiers who had lost their ability to fight and move could only mourn in place.

Squadron leader Lia Kuxiong was lucky not to be one of them, because the command position of the squadron headquarters where he was located also happened to be the landing point of the explosives. Including Lia Kuio, as well as several soldiers in the squadron's direct command squad, all died in the battle. , the squadron's command structure was almost completely wiped out.

This also means that the Japanese squadron on the battlefield has lost its command.
The open ground was strewn with corpses and wounded soldiers, and the blood and flesh dyed the loess red. At this time, the attacking infantry squadron had all tails and tails. Those who were not injured, plus the lightly wounded soldiers who were capable of action, were only more than thirty. People, these people have no time to take care of them. They cannot take away the severely injured soldiers around them. No matter how good the Japanese army's organizational skills are, it is impossible for these 30 people to retreat with a large number of injured soldiers who have lost their mobility at this time. , there is only one word that can be done - run!
Leaving the combat area in an orderly manner is called retreat, and leaving in a disorderly manner is called running. The surviving Japanese troops were in such a state. They completely ignored the pleadings and cries of their seriously injured comrades around them, and ran back along the original route of the attack, thinking that We must leave this Shura hell as soon as possible.

He Wei was hiding in the concealment department. After a series of violent explosions, he rushed out again. He lay on the edge of the trench and looked at his masterpiece. Everything was as he thought. The Japanese troops who attacked him had completely lost their combat effectiveness. , the battlefield is full of seriously wounded soldiers, but not all of them are dead and injured. There are about thirty uninjured or slightly injured Japanese infantry who are retreating. Now on the battlefield, in addition to the painful shouts of the wounded Japanese soldiers, There was no other sound. After the thunder cannon opened fire, the defenders in each position hid in the concealment and did not resume firing.

Most of the remaining Japanese infantry also discovered this opportunity and wanted to take advantage of it to escape. As long as they ran from this open area to the vicinity of the breakthrough during the assault, they would have a great hope of survival.

He Wei sneered. He would not let these people escape while taking advantage of this opportunity. He immediately ordered the bugler beside him: "Butterbug, blow the courtesy bugle and let the second platoon in the anti-tank trench open fire!"

Different from the fierce battles in other positions, Hu Zhaowu's second row did not fire a single shot or fired a bullet. The entire battle seemed to have nothing to do with this row of people. With the violent explosions and own firepower, The attack came to an abrupt end, and the second row of officers and soldiers hiding in the concealment department also made corresponding preparations for battle.

Platoon leader Hu Zhaowu took out his rifle, set the chamber fire, and ordered all the riflemen in the platoon to mount their bayonets, uncap grenades, and wait for the platoon's firing signal.

(End of this chapter)