Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 425: Artillery fire blocking!

"Report to the captain, the enemy has blocked all the tunnels with sandbags."

A company commander reported to Major Matao Kitamura, commander of the 26th Infantry Battalion of the th Division.

In order to gain a sufficient view, many Japanese devils and puppet soldiers lit torches.

Wangjiawan position was built by the Eighth Route Army nearly a year ago, and this was the first time that the Japanese and puppet troops attacked this position.

The 20th Division of the First Army and other troops had attacked here several times but were always repelled.

Among them, Colonel Matsuo, commander of the 77th Regiment, was killed here by the Eighth Route Army using a large-caliber sniper rifle.

Lieutenant Colonel Kitamura sneered, "They're just a bunch of rats. The division headquarters ordered us to continue our attack on the top of the mountain. Once we capture the commanding heights on the top of the mountain, the locust army will be able to easily capture the Wangjiawan position."

The hilltop of Wangjiawan is the highest hill in the surrounding area. The artillery observers of the Eighth Route Army observed the Japanese artillery positions on this hilltop during the day and guided the 105mm howitzers and 152mm howitzers to suppress the Japanese artillery.

However, the terrain of this hill is not as good as Yunshan in northwest Shanxi, so the position of the Japanese artillery positions can only be seen during the day.

Once it was night, the Japanese moved their artillery positions and fired from the reverse slope of a distant hill, and the artillery observers could no longer see the Japanese artillery positions.

Once the Japanese army captured this hill, they could use it to guide their artillery units to fire at the Eighth Route Army's positions and defense lines.

In this way, the 240mm howitzers and 150mm howitzers can fully exert their power.

"Hi."

The Japanese squadron leader suddenly lowered his head and quickly went to convey the order.

"Kill him!"

As the order was given, the captains of each Japanese squadron drew their samurai swords and pointed them towards the top of the mountain.

"Flare!"

The Japanese grenade launchers and mortars opened fire, and flares were fired towards the mountainside and the top of the mountain.

Under the sight of flares and at the urging of the Japanese, the puppet soldiers took the lead and headed towards the top of the mountain with rifles in hand. The Japanese soldiers with helmets on their heads and fierce faces followed closely behind them with Type 38 rifles in hand.

However, at this moment, a faint sharp whistling sound was heard in the sky!

The old Japanese soldiers naturally knew that this was the sound made by high-speed projectiles cutting through the air. The veterans with rich combat experience immediately lay down on the ground. The recruits and puppet soldiers looked up and were immediately frightened and their faces changed drastically.

In the night sky, orange-red shells rose from the reverse slope of the mountain like meteors, and then fell towards the positions on the positive slope.

Boom boom boom...

On the front slope, fireballs suddenly rose from the offensive formation of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The shells continued to fall, and fierce explosions and smoke rose from the front slope position. This time, the New 60st Regiment used 82mm mortars, 120mm mortars and mm mortars.

Among them, the 120mm mortar is much more powerful than the Japanese mountain artillery and field artillery, and it can explode a large area with one blast!

"attack!"

Major Kitamura remained calm, waving his sword and ordering the troops to continue the attack:

"Capture the top of the mountain as quickly as possible!"

After fighting with the New 1st Regiment for so many days, this was not the first time that his brigade had been subjected to such intensive artillery fire from the New 1st Regiment.

Based on the trajectory of the artillery shells, he judged that the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions were very close to them.

It is located on the reverse slope.

Now, as long as they attack the reverse slope position, they can set up machine guns and directly fire at the artillery of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and set up grenade launchers and mortars to directly fire at the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

By then... the ones who will suffer will be the Eighth Route Army.

The puppet army had been completely defeated and were lying on the ground pretending to be dead. At the rough urging of Major Kitamura, the Japanese soldiers with fierce faces stood up from their bunkers, holding their Type 38 rifles and charged towards the top of the mountain.

One flare after another was fired at the mountainside. Amidst the smoke, the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were ready on the top of the mountain saw the Japanese soldiers all over the mountain, bending their bodies, marching forward, and rushing quickly under the artillery fire.

"Humph!"

Seeing that the Japanese not only did not retreat but also dared to launch a charge, the second battalion commander sneered, pulled the bolt of the PPSh submachine gun in his hand, his eyes full of coldness.

The second battalion commander was previously an infantry company commander of the 115th Division. He participated in the -mile Long March and the Pingxingguan Battle.

After further studies at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, I was assigned to the New 1st Regiment and directly served as battalion commander. It has been almost half a year now.

This kind of battle would have been very difficult to deal with during the Red Army era and the 115th Division's face against the enemy's counterattack of thousands of elite soldiers. The only way to deal with it was to rush forward and fight the enemy with bayonets, using hand-to-hand combat to repel the enemy's attack despite heavy casualties.

If a hand-to-hand combat with a Japanese army group of this level were to be fought, even a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army would have few men left.

However, times have changed.

The vanguard of the Japanese army entered the top of the mountain fifty meters, and the second battalion commander decisively gave the order.

"Fire!" Suddenly...

Hundreds of Mauser 98K rifles, more than 42 PPSh submachine guns, and dozens of MG machine guns opened fire almost at the same time. More than a dozen Japanese vanguard soldiers were shot into pieces in an instant and fell to the ground as if they had been electrocuted.

Some soldiers even set up 20mm machine guns and fired at the Japanese soldiers, who were hit and scattered all over the place.

"Keep shooting! Don't save your ammunition! Hit hard!"

Second Battalion Commander Leng fired a PPSh while shouting orders.

This submachine gun has a fast firing rate, is stable and reliable, and has high accuracy, and is deeply loved by Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers.

If the Japanese continued to lie behind the bunkers to avoid the artillery fire, with the smoke everywhere and it being night, it would be difficult for the soldiers to hit them with their machine guns, rifles and submachine guns. However, the Japanese who abandoned their bunkers and attacked were completely targets.

There was no cover between their attack route and the position of the New 1st Regiment on the top of the mountain.

This allowed the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment to aim down from a high vantage point and fire at the incoming Japanese soldiers.

Submachine guns and general-purpose machine guns can wipe out a large area with one sweep.

The artillery positions behind the Second Battalion, under the guidance of the artillery observer, adjusted the firing parameters and resumed firing.

Boom boom boom...

Dense explosions rose in the Japanese charging formation, and the Japanese who were charging with guns fell in a pool of blood.

In just a few minutes, the elite battalion-level charge of the Japanese was directly defeated. Thousands of shells fell on the direct slope positions. Some Japanese were shot into sieves by machine gun and submachine gun bullets, and some were shot into pieces by machine guns.

More Japanese soldiers were hit by artillery shells. Some were hit directly by artillery shells and blown into pieces. Some were hit by shrapnel and shock waves, and were either seriously injured and wailing, or killed on the spot.

"Baga... retreat!"

"Request tactical guidance from division headquarters!"

Under the intensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army, more than half of the Japanese soldiers in the 5th Infantry Battalion were killed or wounded.

The injured Major Kitamura finally couldn't bear it anymore. After giving an order in a painful tone, he turned around and ran towards the position at the foot of the mountain.

In this attack, the 5th Infantry Battalion was directly commanded by the division commander, Lieutenant General Hou Gong, so he bypassed the regiment headquarters and directly requested support from the division headquarters.

If they don't retreat and request tactical guidance, the 5th Infantry Battalion will be wiped out.

"Want to run?"

Looking at the back of the devil turning and running away, the second battalion commander snorted coldly: "Too late!"

He held the submachine gun and fired for a while until the Japanese were beyond the effective range of the submachine gun. During this time, at least dozens of Japanese were hit in the back by dense machine guns and submachine guns.

The battle went more smoothly than expected, and the development of the situation far exceeded the expectations of the Second Battalion Commander and Xing Zhiguo. Their original plan was to use mortar fire to kill a wave of Japanese and puppet troops, and then the Second Battalion would rush down to engage in close combat with the Japanese and eliminate them.

However, the Japanese army's charge to the top of the mountain under dense artillery fire and hail of bullets directly resulted in more than half of the Japanese army's casualties.

"Comrades, charge!"

The second battalion commander inserted a new magazine, fired a burst of shots, and then rushed forward with his submachine gun.

Seeing their battalion commander so brave, the other soldiers jumped up with their rifles and submachine guns in hand.

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

Accompanied by the loud sound of the charge, more than a thousand soldiers from the Second Battalion of the New First Regiment rushed towards the Japanese all over the mountains and plains.

The soldiers charged forward, firing their rifles and submachine guns. The dense rain of bullets frightened the Japanese even more, and they ran away in panic.

"Nani?"

Wait for the Japanese soldiers who survived to return to the front slope position.

But they were shocked to find that they could not go back.

"Boom boom boom..."

Huge fireballs rose up on the way to attack the front slope position, forming an artillery blockade area. This was at least the firepower of two artillery regiments. Any carbon-based creature that rushed in would be completely torn to pieces.

"Da da da……"

In the rear, the infantry of the Eighth Route Army was getting closer and closer like a tiger descending from the mountain. A volley of machine gun bullets and rifle bullets swept over, and groups of Japanese soldiers fell down as if they were electrocuted.

"Meet the enemy...attack!"

In the blink of an eye, Major Kitamura could only brandish his samurai sword and lead the charge towards the Eighth Route Army.

Amidst the shouts of "Load on board", the Japanese soldiers rushed towards the Eighth Route Army from bottom to top with their rifles in hand.

(End of this chapter)