Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The miserable state of the puppet soldiers did not stop the bullets from the county town from continuing to harvest lives! On the city wall, the snipers listened to the directions given by the observers around them, quickly locked the positions of the puppet soldiers, and then the bullets were delivered. As for how the observers judged whether the person squatting in the water was alive? Just look at whether there is blood gradually spreading around him.

The dead may not bleed, but those who are constantly bleeding are probably injured and have lost their ability to fight! Well, the puppet soldiers are all men, so this can still be used as a criterion for judgment.

Therefore, observers only need to observe black shadows in the river water without red blood diffusion, which means there are puppet soldiers squatting in the water. Of course, this is only an individual case. Many puppet soldiers are half submerged in the water, with their heads or upper bodies exposed above the water, which makes it easy to identify.

Bang... Bang... The crisp sound of gunfire continued to be transmitted back and forth in the sky above Hongdong County. What was visible to the naked eye was that the number of puppet troops was constantly being reduced, and more and more puppet troops continued to fall into puddles, forming new pools of blood. Soon, the Hong'anjian River had large areas of red, and finally gathered together to form a river of blood.

Perhaps it was the sight of their fallen comrades that spurred the surviving puppet soldiers, or the cold river water that made them unable to stay. Half a minute after the snipers and precision shooters opened fire, a puppet soldier finally stood up with a cry, holding his gun and running to the rear. There were those who took the lead, and then there were those who followed. The remaining 200-odd puppet soldiers all stood up and ran.

They stepped on the water, the soles of their shoes collided with the river water, splashing large pieces of water, splashing all around. At this time, the killing efficiency of snipers and precision shooters was affected, after all, shooting fixed targets is different from shooting moving targets! At this time, on the city wall and in the fortifications outside the city, the sound of gunfire rang out, and 12 Min- heavy machine guns fired at the same time...

Heavy machine guns are suppressive firepower, but they are also effective weapons for destroying dense formations! After all, with heavy machine guns, cavalry will be outdated, especially cavalry in dense charging formations...

On the battlefield, bullets fired from 12 heavy machine guns formed a cross-net, covering the retreating puppet troops. This firepower was not like what the Eighth Route Army should have at all. It was too crazy. Where did the Eighth Route Army get so much ammunition? With this kind of fighting style, thousands of bullets would be needed every minute!

Well, the machine gun fire that looked fierce actually consumed a lot of ammunition! According to the arrangement of each platoon leader, each heavy machine gun would not have more than 50 rounds of ammunition in this collective fire!
What does 50 rounds of bullets mean? It is a canvas belt with 250 rounds of bullets, which directly consumes one-fifth of the ammunition. All 12 heavy machine guns consume 600 rounds of bullets! Heavy machine guns are indeed a big consumer of bullets, and this is the result after slowing down the firing rate! If you use MG general-purpose machine guns at this time, the bullet consumption will be doubled...

Of course the 18th Regiment has more than 12 heavy machine guns. An infantry platoon is equipped with 27 heavy machine guns in total, not to mention that units such as the guard company are also equipped with heavy machine guns!

At this time, 12 heavy machine guns were used to fire at the puppet troops, but it was only because Deputy Commander Guo, who was in charge of the command of the positions outside the city in the south, felt that 12 heavy machine guns were enough! The purpose of firing at the puppet troops with 12 heavy machine guns was to eliminate some of the puppet troops, and the other purpose was to scare and intimidate, to put psychological pressure on the puppet troops who were fleeing, and to show off their muscles to the Japanese puppet troops on the shore, and to serve as bait.

It's no wonder that Deputy Regiment Commander Guo Jinglie, who had gone through the Long March and fought so many fierce battles with the 772nd Regiment, had grown up step by step and was quite capable. The heavy machine gun fired at a sudden burst, directly killing hundreds of puppet soldiers. When the puppet soldiers who were treading water and escaping frantically heard the dense whistling of bullets, saw the bullet marks close at hand, and heard the screams of their comrades before they died, they dared not run away!

"Fuck your ancestors, this is too scary..." After squatting in the water again, a puppet soldier suddenly found a comrade lying down. The key point was that this comrade had lost half of his head, and the white brain tissue fell into the water, floating up and down in the river with the blood...

Just when this puppet soldier was about to vomit out of disgust, he felt a pain in his back, and then he lost consciousness. However, a bloody hole appeared in his chest and abdomen, and mucus mixed with blood flowed out.

"I... am finished..." The puppet soldier could only utter such a weak voice before he died, and then fell into the water.

In less than three minutes, the puppet troops who had just supported each other to attack Hongdong were all wiped out in the river. Captain Hashimoto, who had been watching the battle from the rear, was sweating profusely. This was not easy to fight. The firepower of the Eighth Route Army was too strong. Was this a heavy machine gun battalion defending the city? The heavy machine gun battalion had to be strengthened!
Before Hashimoto could think about it, his adjutant told him a piece of good news that was not really good news - the infantry artillery position had been completed and the artillery could fire at any time!
Type 92 Infantry Cannon, this is probably the best weapon Hashimoto can bring out! Although there are only two, it was a very effective supporting firepower at the beginning of the war. Those civil fortifications can be solved with just one shell, which makes the infantry very fond of it!
But now, Hashimoto's heart was a little nervous. The Eighth Route Army had 82 mortars, and the 82 mortars seemed to be specially designed to restrain the Type 82 infantry guns! The Eighth Route Army in front of them had so many heavy machine guns, probably, they also had mortars, right?
Hashimoto thought to himself, but his expression did not change. Instead, he turned his head to look at the bridge piers and the engineering team. He knew that if he wanted to attack the south gate of Hongdong County, he had to repair the bridge on the river! Even if fighting for the bridge would cost some money, it was better than being soaked in water and used as a live target!

As for why he didn't lead his troops to attack from the west? First, when he came from the south, he was already on the east side of the Fen River; if he attacked the west gate of Hongdong County, he would have to lead his troops to find a place to cross the Fen River, and then go north to the west bank of the Fen River west of Hongdong. But the problem is that the Fen River is wide and turbulent, with a river surface of 400 to 500 meters wide, so there must be boats!
Rowing across the river? It was a good idea, but without massive artillery fire and heavy machine guns to suppress them, the team crossing the river would be no different from the puppet troops that had just been wiped out.

If going west doesn't work, how about going east? Going east for more than 40 miles, there is a county town called Guxian, where the Guxian County Battalion of the Second Division is stationed. It would be meaningless for the Japanese to go there, and they would be surrounded. The key point is that at this time, there is a regiment guarding the mountain pass of Hong'anjian River, waiting for the Japanese to come!
"I can't beat him, I really can't beat him..." Hashimoto sighed in frustration... (End of this chapter)