Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 48 Who would fight with a bayonet?
Is this really the Eighth Route Army?
At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Dibujiagui, the detachment commander, was in deep doubt.

If the Eighth Route Army at Pingxingguan had this kind of firepower, the 5th Division's logistics troops would definitely not have been able to fight the Eighth Route Army on a one-to-one basis with regard to casualties.

At this moment, Yoshikawa Hachiro shouted loudly.

"Captain! Captain! The 5th Division called back, air support and reinforcements are on the way!"

"Lieutenant General Itagaki ordered us to hold the enemy back!"

"Wait for the reinforcements to arrive and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Di Bujiagui grimaced in pain. He suspected that the bullet had penetrated the bone of his right foot. His entire right foot was in so much pain that he was almost losing consciousness.

Hearing this, Di Bujiagui shouted loudly:
"Pass my order, fight back! Kill the chicken!"

As his orders were given, the Japanese soldiers who were crawling around stood up and launched a counterattack towards the slope.

but…

The next second, these devils were beaten into a bloody mess and fell to the ground.

The firepower of the Eighth Route Army was too dense.
A distance of thirty or forty meters is an ideal combat distance for the Eighth Route Army's light machine guns, submachine guns, and grenades.

The Japanese were suppressed so much that they couldn't even raise their heads. Their grenade launchers were difficult to use, not to mention their infantry guns. They didn't even have a chance to set up their guns.

As soon as the Japanese artillery approached the infantry guns, the machine gunners would set up their light and heavy machine guns and would be targeted by grenade fire or be targeted by sharpshooters.

Li Yunlong invested a lot of money in this battle. The soldiers had enough bullets. Before the commander gave the order to charge and the bugler blew the charge horn, the soldiers had to shoot and kill the Japanese.

Although many soldiers’ marksmanship is not as good as that of the Japanese, they can make up for it with firepower.

In the distance, there was support from Wang Chengzhu's Type 92 infantry gun, and for a time the Eighth Route Army had a great advantage.

In a word, the advantage lies with me.

This time the advantage is real and not just on paper.

The Eighth Route Army had the advantage of geographical location and firepower, while the main forces of the Japanese were distributed as follows: the first 20 trucks were loaded with infantry, the middle 60 trucks were loaded with combat supplies, and the last 20 trucks were also loaded with Japanese soldiers. The entire vehicle line formed a long queue of about two kilometers on the road.

If it were any other terrain, it would be quite difficult to ambush the Japanese.

However, the terrain chosen by Li Yunlong was rather tricky, making it impossible for the Japanese to take care of both ends, and the Japanese would not give up nearly 100 tons of combat supplies.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers regarded this battle as a good opportunity for live-fire training and actual combat.

Although there is no need to rush into a bayonet fight, bullets are very valuable. We cherish every opportunity to shoot and will not waste them.

This resulted in the Eighth Route Army suffering less than 150 casualties after only ten minutes of fighting, while the Japanese had already suffered four to five hundred casualties and were on the verge of collapse.

"Keep asking for support!"

Seeing that he could not launch a counterattack and could not abandon his supplies and escape, Di Bujiagui had no choice but to continue mobilizing people.

……

Li Yunlong looked at the watch on his hand and saw that the battle time had reached 15 minutes.

The gunfire from the Japanese soldiers had become less frequent. Judging from the gunfire, there were not many Japanese soldiers left.

The Japanese reinforcements must be heading here, and the battle must be ended as soon as possible.

Li Yunlong's face was fierce and murderous. "Pass my order. According to the original plan, the reserve troops will join the battle. The bugler will blow the charge. Charge down and eat every last bit of fat!"

beep-

The exciting and rapid charge sounded, and the soldiers' blood suddenly boiled, their fighting spirit reached its peak in an instant, and they jumped up from the ambush position.

"Kill, kill, kill!!!"

The soldiers all over the mountains had wide eyes and charged down with murderous intent.

Li Yunlong took a submachine gun from Hu Zi and shouted, "Charge! Kill him without a single piece of armor left!"

After saying this, Li Yunlong led the reserve troops and rushed forward behind the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment.

Kong Jie, the commander of the independent regiment on the north bank of the Hutuo River, saw the Eighth Route Army soldiers all over the mountains on the south bank launching a general attack.

Kong Jie immediately shouted, "Bugler, blow the charge!"

The same charge horn as the new regiment sounded.

The Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment's reserves immediately leaped from their positions and charged towards the Japanese. The shouts of killing shook the heavens, and the soldiers' overwhelming sharpness and murderous intent were overwhelming.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers rushing in the front were all armed with machetes and spears. The main force of the Eighth Route Army was not equipped with many bayonets, let alone a core regiment like the Independent Regiment.

Although the light machine gun has strong firepower and can be hung on the chest to charge, the speed is relatively slow.

The veterans using submachine guns are in the second echelon.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army charging down all over the mountains.

The Japanese soldiers who managed to survive were not afraid but happy instead.

Yo West!

Are you running out of bullets and grenades? Is it time to finally charge down and engage in hand-to-hand combat?
Today, our locust army will use bayonets to teach the despicable Chinese army a lesson!

The Japanese soldiers who were fighting back and pretending to be dead jumped up from the ground when they saw the Eighth Route Army charging down. They fought back with howls, without any fear on their faces.

"Set up the machine guns and fire!"

"The grenade launcher disrupts the enemy's attack rhythm!"

"Prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"

A wounded Japanese captain remained calm and systematically commanded the surviving Japanese soldiers to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

The Japanese machine gunners quickly set up their guns, yelling wildly and firing at the charging Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers in the front row were shot and fell in a pool of blood, and several grenades fell into the Eighth Route Army's formation.

However, the charge distance of thirty to forty meters only took about ten seconds, and the Japanese grenade launchers and machine guns provided the Japanese soldiers with some buffer time to prepare for the bayonet fight.

Rows of Japanese soldiers held up their Type 38 rifles with bayonets pointing in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's charge. The reflection of the bayonets in the sun made their skin feel cold.

Once the fight starts, the Japanese will automatically form a small group with one in front and two behind each other and engage in hand-to-hand combat with Mr. Ba.

Some Japanese machine gunners, artillerymen and grenade throwers also picked up the Type 38 rifles of the dead Japanese soldiers and prepared to fight with bayonets.

Once hand-to-hand combat begins, machine guns, infantry guns and grenade launchers are useless.

In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese used such tactics, and one squad of the Japanese could defeat an entire platoon of the Eighth Route Army.

However, in the middle and late stages of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, after the Eighth Route Army's bayonet fighting skills matured, the Eighth Route Army rarely suffered a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.

Just when the first wave of Eighth Route Army soldiers armed with swords and spears were about to engage in close combat with the Japanese.

A sudden change occurred!

Clatter... The Eighth Route Army soldiers holding swords and spears scattered to both sides, revealing rows of submachine guns in the second echelon.

The black muzzle of the gun pointed directly at the Japanese soldier holding the bayonet.

"idiot!"

“@#￥%&*…”

Seeing this scene, the Japanese soldiers' pupils shrank and finally showed expressions of fear on their faces.

The Eighth Route Army has no martial ethics!

What about the bayonet fight and hand-to-hand combat?

"Kill him!"

The Japanese lieutenant gave the order to charge. At this time, running away would also mean death, and there would be no possibility of survival.

"Long live the locust!"

The devils howled.

But the next second.

The sound of submachine gun fire rang out so densely that there was no pause. As the shell casings continued to jump out, the dense submachine gun bullets were fired towards the Japanese.

The Japs fell down like mowed grass.

(End of this chapter)