Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 52 You have to hold on even if you can’t!

Li Yunlong led the second and third battalions of the new first regiment, as well as the third battalion of the 769th regiment, to the front.

Ding Wei's new 769rd Regiment was deployed on the right wing, and the st and nd Battalions of the th Regiment were deployed on the left wing.

In addition to the old tactic of artillery bombardment followed by infantry charge, the Japanese also have another tactic of encircling the enemy in a roundabout way.

Zhong Zhicheng led the first battalion and Kong Jie's independent regiment to attack Daixian County, so Li Yunlong went to the battlefield in person.

Although he had just experienced two battles and a 10-kilometer forced march.

But when the soldiers saw their commander leading the charge, they all looked fierce and showed no fear at all.

Especially those Kuomintang soldiers who had just joined the New 1st Regiment felt incredible when they saw their regiment commander going to the battlefield.

On the National Army side, there were regimental commanders who led troops to the front line to fight against the Japanese, but they were not many!
On the Eighth Route Army side, almost all regimental commanders went to the battlefield to command the battle and even took the lead in the charge.

Suddenly it was a mess.

It doesn't mean that only a commander who dares to lead the charge is a good commander.

of course.

A commander who can win battles is also an excellent commander.

Instead, the generals should be prepared to die, and the soldiers should not be greedy for life.

Only when a commander is prepared to die will his soldiers fight bravely without fear of death.

For example, on the front battlefield, some Kuomintang officers saw that the situation was unfavorable, so they simply abandoned their positions and fled. The soldiers naturally followed suit, causing many defensive lines to collapse at the first touch.

Li Yunlong looked at the watch on his hand. Two hours had passed since the ambush on the Di Detachment.

They still need to hold on here for about an hour.

After the transport team transfers the captured combat supplies to a safe area, Zhang Wanhe will notify Li Yunlong by radio.

Li Yunlong has a small radio station here, which is more advanced and of better quality, but he only has this one.

In addition to being able to contact Boss Lin, you can also contact his superiors.

However, his superiors had not yet assigned Li Yunlong a radio operator, so he could only communicate by radio.

When the Japanese arrived about 100 meters away from the front line, Li Yunlong gave the order to open fire: "Fire!"

Da da da…

Li Yunlong pulled the trigger first, aimed and fired a short burst of shots, and a Japanese soldier fell in a pool of blood.

Immediately.

The sounds of dozens of submachine guns, dozens of light machine guns and hundreds of rifles rang out almost simultaneously.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire, and a dense rain of bullets poured down on the Japanese. One could even see dense bullet trajectories in the air.

The Japanese soldiers did not expect the Eighth Route Army's firepower to be so strong, and a large number of them were shot down by surprise.

However, this group of Japanese soldiers were elite after all, with long service time and well-trained. After the Japanese soldiers in the front row were shot and fell, the Japanese soldiers behind them crawled on the ground, pulled the bolts of their guns and fired at the Eighth Route Army.

Da da da…

At the same time, the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns in the distance roared wildly, suppressing the firepower points of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese grenade launcher team quickly set up the grenade launcher and put the grenades into the launcher. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh - one grenade after another fell on the Eighth Route Army position, raising a cloud of explosive mud mist. More than 20 firepower points of the Eighth Route Army suddenly fell silent, and more than 30 firepower points were still firing.

It wasn't that the Eighth Route Army's firepower point was destroyed, but that the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment quickly moved to another position after firing a submachine gun and a light machine gun magazine. Li Yunlong did not use all his light machine guns and submachine guns at once, and he didn't even pull up the heavy machine guns.

Facing the Japanese grenade throwers who could shoot wherever they pointed, the heavy machine guns were not easy to move, as the Japanese grenade throwers were almost always accurate.

Of course, the Maxim heavy machine gun provided by Boss Lin was equipped with wheels, which made it much easier to move than the Min-24 heavy machine gun. Any machine gunner with a little more strength could pull it while running.

Boom, boom, boom... Grenade launchers' grenades continued to explode at the Eighth Route Army's front-line positions. Although their power was far less than that of infantry artillery shells and mountain artillery shells, they also caused some casualties to the Eighth Route Army.

However, since most machine gun fire points were transferred in time, only a few machine gun teams were affected by shrapnel and shock waves from the grenades.

During the transfer of the machine gun groups and submachine guns, these light machine guns and submachine guns did not fire, and their firepower was reduced by half.

But in the eyes of the Japanese on the opposite side, half of the Eighth Route Army's firepower points disappeared, and they must have been knocked out by their grenade launcher team.

Yo West!

Playing with firepower in front of the locust army's grenade launcher team that can hit wherever they point?

It’s simply courting death!

"Machine gun suppression!"

"attack!"

"attack!"

Seeing that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army had been greatly weakened, as the Japanese squadron leaders issued orders, the Japanese machine gun groups continued to fire to maintain fire suppression.

The Japanese infantrymen jumped up from their crawling positions, formed a skirmish line formation, and continued to advance towards the Eighth Route Army positions.

The Japanese soldier bent forward, pulled the bolt, aimed and fired.

Da da da da da…

But just when the Japanese arrived 100 meters away from the front line, the machine gun team and submachine gun team of the New st Regiment had completed the transfer and loaded the bullets.

A dense hail of bullets once again enveloped the Japanese infantry. The machine gunners and submachine gunners of the new regiment, now equipped with weapons and ammunition, had already seen numerous battles. Even the least experienced machine gunners or submachine gunners had fired at least several hundred rounds, a feat the soldiers had previously never dared to imagine. Previously, a machine gunner might only fire this many rounds in a year. With ample ammunition and practical combat experience, the soldiers' marksmanship became increasingly accurate, and the long and short bursts of fire that the Red Army veterans fired became effortless.

Under the dense rain of bullets, the Japanese fell down again, and the following Japanese had to fall to the ground in panic to avoid the harvest that was coming towards them.

"idiot!"

The Japanese commander was so angry when he saw this scene that he almost vomited blood.

"Grenade!"

"Heavy machine gun!"

"Fire!"

Under the order of the Japanese commander, light and heavy machine gun fire and grenade launchers poured towards the position of the New 1st Regiment.

However, the machine gunners and submachine gunners who had used up a magazine or drum quickly moved to another position.

Seeing that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was weakening, the Japanese squadron leader ordered the infantry to attack again.

As expected, another accident happened. The Japanese were once again attacked by intensive firepower, and the area 100 meters away from the Eighth Route Army's front line was filled with Japanese corpses.

Seeing this scene through the telescope, Kanji Tsuneoka's face turned gloomy and he had to order the attacking troops to retreat.

Seeing that the Japanese attack was repelled and the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted.

But Li Yunlong's expression was inevitably solemn.

He looked at the watch on his wrist. This wave of attack by the Japanese lasted about 15 minutes, which meant that the troops had to hold on here for another 45 minutes.

I wonder if the Japanese have brought 75mm mountain cannon?
If the Japs brought the 75mm mountain cannon, they would be in trouble.

but.

You have to hold on even if you can't.

(End of this chapter)