Chapter 225 I wonder whether you have more people or my vanguard regiment has more artillery shells!
"Kill him!"
As the clouds completely covered the sky above Tongshi Town, they blocked out all light.
The Japanese front-line commander drew his sword and ordered a charge at the Eighth Route Army's position.
"Long live the locust!"
"Onboard!"
The Japanese soldiers, with white cloth tied on their heads and in a charging posture, shouted "Long live the locusts" and charged towards the Eighth Route Army's positions under the order of the Japanese commander.
At the front line of the vanguard regiment, Luo Chengwen stood in the position and looked at the Japanese soldiers who were charging, and waved his hand decisively and gave orders.
"Hmph, let's see who has more people, you little devil, or I have more artillery shells!"
"Grenade launchers, mortars, target, the Japanese are charging ahead, cover fire!"
"fire!"
"call out!"
The deputy battalion commander fired a red flare into the sky.
A series of boom sounds immediately rang out from the grenade launchers and 60mm mortar positions behind the vanguard regiment's frontline positions.
Small grenades and mortar shells flew out of the barrel into the sky under the propulsion of gunpowder gas, and then fell into the Japanese charging formation.
"Baga, fire the grenade launchers to cover the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions!
The Type 92 infantry gun destroyed the mortar and grenade launcher firing positions of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hi!"
The Japanese frontline commander watched the small grenades and mortar shells explode in the charging formation, and decisively ordered his troops' grenade launchers and Type 92 infantry guns to launch a counterattack.
Under the order of the Japanese front-line commander, the artillery behind the Japanese positions also pushed out grenade launchers and Type 92 rifles and began to aim at the Eighth Route Army's positions and fire.
Small grenades fell on the Eighth Route Army's position. A heavy machine gun that was firing was directly hit by a small grenade and was directly destroyed.
The soldier operating the heavy machine gun was also knocked to the ground and lost his life by the shock wave of the small grenade explosion.
"Medic, take the body away!"
The Eighth Route Army soldiers nearby looked at their fallen comrades expressionlessly as they lifted up the bodies of their comrades and placed them behind them, calling on the medical staff to carry the bodies away.
Then they pushed the destroyed heavy machine gun off the position, and re-set up a light machine gun at the original heavy machine gun position to continue firing at the Japanese.
"Ammunition hand, where's my ammunition hand?!"
A Czech light machine gun shooter ran out of bullets. He subconsciously raised his hand and called on the ammunition handler to give him bullets.
Seeing no response, the machine gunner looked back and found that his ammunition carrier had been shot through the chest by the Japanese bullet at some point, with blood flowing all over the floor.
The ammunition carrier was holding a Type 79 Mauser rifle bullet in his hand, and next to his other hand was a 20-round magazine for a Czech light machine gun.
The machine gunner rudely took the magazine off the ammunition carrier, and then called another soldier to act as an ammunition carrier for him.
"Fill up the bullets for me!"
The light machine gunner pointed at the empty magazine next to the ammunition man and yelled at the soldier who had just come over.
Although most of the soldiers in the First Battalion are veterans of the original Vanguard Battalion, there are also some new recruits assigned from other troops who have some combat experience.
For example, the soldier who was called over by the light machine gunner to act as a temporary ammunition handler was a new recruit.
Although this soldier had fought in battles and had some experience, it was his first time facing such a fierce battle.
Whether it was the Eighth Route Army's position, the Japanese's position, or the Japanese's charging formation, the sound of artillery shells exploding was everywhere.
There were a lot of artillery explosions, and the recruits were a little scared, their hands were shaking.
An old soldier who passed by carrying an ammunition box to replenish bullets for everyone looked at the trembling hands of the recruit and quickly put down the ammunition box.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the Japanese are no match for us. Do you hear those explosions outside?
That's our shell!"
"Snapped!"
"calm!"
"Don't shake your hands!"
"Come on, push the bullet in, that's right, push the bullet in.
Okay, that's it, great, you did a great job.
Remember, you are a brave Eighth Route Army soldier!"
"Fuck the magazine, the magazine!"
"Quick, give the magazine to the shooter."
The light machine gun shooter has no time to care about what's happening behind him.
The Japanese attacked too fiercely, and several heavy machine guns were blown up. As a light machine gunner, he could not move to another position to shoot at will, and could only stay where he was and act as a fixed firepower point.
The biggest advantage of a light machine gun is that it allows people to carry it and shoot at the same time, thus avoiding being blown up by the Japanese grenade launchers.
Once you stop and act as a fixed firing point, it means you have already given your life.
The light machine gun shooter took a magazine, inserted it into the chamber, pulled the bolt and pulled the trigger.
But this time the Czech light machine gun in the light machine gunner's hand did not fire again as before.
The light machine gun shooter was very experienced and quickly determined that the bullet was jammed.
The light machine gun shooter pulled the bolt to eject the jammed bullet, but found that the bolt could not be pulled.
"Damn it, the blood has blocked the bullet!"
The light machine gunner took out the magazine and took a look with the help of a faint light, only to find that the magazine was filled with the ammunition collector's blood. The blood mixed with dirt and solidified in the magazine, directly jamming the bullets and causing the light machine gun to be unable to fire normally.
"Wipe the blood off!"
The light machine gun shooter snatched the half-filled magazine from the recruit's hand, and handed the blood-covered magazine to the recruit, asking him to wipe off the blood.
The recruit was a little confused and didn't know how to wipe it off, so he could only rub the blood on the bullet with his fingers.
But the blood on the bullet had already dried up and was not so easy to wipe off.
"Use water, stupid, use the water from the kettle!
Take out all the bullets, or it will jam!"
The light machine gun shooter emptied the magazine again. Regardless of the hot barrel, he immediately removed it and replaced it with a new one. At the same time, he reminded the ammunition operator how to wipe the dried blood off the bullets.
The recruit had just cleaned all the bullets and loaded a new magazine, and the light machine gunner was about to take the magazine.
As a result, a shell was fired directly at the light machine gunner.
"Be careful!" The light machine gunner was a veteran. He heard the whistling sound in the sky and judged that the shells were flying towards him.
But it was too late to dodge, the light machine gunner rolled over and pinned the recruit under him.
An explosion sounded above the position, and bright red blood dripped onto the recruit's face.
The recruit moved the light machine gunner's body away with an expressionless face, picked up the light machine gunner's Czech light machine gun, inserted the magazine that he had just loaded with bullets into the barrel, and quickly pulled the trigger while the blood on the machine gun had not yet coagulated.
"Ammunition carrier, give me an ammunition carrier!"
Similar situations were happening everywhere on the Vanguard Regiment's defensive positions.
Some heavy machine gun positions were destroyed and new heavy machine guns had not yet been delivered, so the firepower gap could only be temporarily filled by light machine gun and submachine gun teams.
Some submachine gun shooters fired bullets continuously and quickly, causing the barrels of their submachine guns to deform and explode due to the high temperature.
In order to provide sufficient fire support to their comrades, each light machine gunner gave up mobile burst shooting and directly set up the light machine gun to serve as a fixed firing point.
The snipers in the vanguard regiment continued to snipe and kill the Japanese non-commissioned officers, officers, machine gunners, and grenade launcher shooters.
However, there are also snipers in the Japanese army, and their strength is stronger than the half-baked snipers in the vanguard regiment.
The Japanese snipers were also sniping the machine gunners in the vanguard regiment, and at the same time sniping the snipers in the vanguard regiment.
Small grenades, mortar shells, and Type 92 infantry gun shells exploded in their respective positions.
The Japanese infantry continued to charge fearlessly.
There were even many Japanese soldiers who imitated the Eighth Route Army by piling sandbags on carts and pushing the carts to charge towards the Eighth Route Army's positions.
The Japanese also filled the back of the truck with sandbags, placed a light machine gun in the truck bed, and drove the truck in reverse towards the vanguard regiment's position.
Looking at the Japanese's actions, Luo Chengwen didn't care whether their firepower was exposed first or not, and directly ordered the Type 92 infantry gun and 37mm anti-tank gun to conduct close-range direct fire.
Destroy the Japanese's carts and trucks.
"The Type 92 infantry artillery position of the Eighth Route Army has been discovered. The artillery destroys the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army!"
As soon as the Type 92 infantry gun from the vanguard regiment came out, the Japanese artillery immediately turned their guns around and prepared to blow up the Eighth Route Army's artillery.
The Japanese's artillery had just turned around, and Wang Daniu on the mountain had also calculated where the Japanese's artillery positions were.
Under Wang Daniu's command, four 82mm mortars quickly adjusted their parameters and aimed at the Japanese artillery positions, ready to open fire.
"Target number one hundred and nine, scale three hundred and fifty-six, direction fifty to the left, four shots, three rapid fire."
"put!"
Accompanied by four louder boom sounds, four 82mm mortar shells flew rapidly towards the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun position.
The Japanese Type 92 infantry gun also aimed at the 60mm mortar and grenade launcher positions of the 1st Battalion of the Pioneer Regiment and fired shells.
The 82mm mortar shells from the Eighth Route Army exploded on the Japanese Type 92 infantry artillery positions.
The Japanese immediately recognized that this was an 82mm mortar shell from the Eighth Route Army.
"The Eighth Route Army's 82mm mortar position has been discovered!"
"Let our mortars fire back!"
The commander of the Japanese front-line position ordered his own mortars to counterattack while giving orders to the gunner beside him.
"The brigade commander has ordered the gunners to mix the special shells with the ordinary shells and fire them at the Eighth Route Army's positions!
At the same time, let the grenade launchers fire tear gas to cover the Eighth Route Army's positions!"
That's right, although the attacks from both sides had just begun, the old Japanese soldier Ping Lu Yongfu planned to directly use poison gas bombs to destroy the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions.
Otherwise it will rain, and when it rains, the poison gas bombs will be useless because the rain will suppress the poison gas.
Rather than waiting until it is useless later, it is better to use it now to kill the Eighth Route Army to the greatest extent possible.
In addition to the large poison gas bombs, the Japanese also have many small poison gas bombs. In addition to the deadly mustard gas, there are also some poison gas bombs that make people vomit, cough, cry, and lose their combat capability.
Large poison gas bombs are launched with large mortars, while small poison gas bombs can be launched with grenade launchers.
Under the order of the commander of the Japanese front-line position, artillery shells with special markings were brought out and distributed to each gunner.
"Damn it, the damn Japs are going to use poison gas bombs!"
Li Erhu, who was on the other side of the mountain, saw through the artillery sight that some Japanese soldiers on their positions began to wear gas masks, and he instantly understood what the Japanese wanted to do.
Quickly report to Qin Yangming the news that the Japanese are going to use poison gas bombs.
"Damn you little Japs, if you have the guts, fight me with real swords and guns. Using poison gas bombs is nothing!"
"Hurry up and distribute all the gas masks to the first battalion. The artillery battalion should be ready. If you find the Japanese mortar positions, destroy their artillery positions immediately.
The Japanese's poison gas bombs are usually mortar shells, which are fired by mortars or grenade launchers. As long as their mortars are blown up, their poison gas bombs will be useless. "
"Let the engineering company light fires along the road for me. I want the air to circulate faster around us!"
"Let the troops on the southern position retreat first. The wind is still blowing southwards. By then, all the poison gas from the Japanese will drift to the southern position."
"Yes!"
Qin Yangming had no good way to deal with the Japanese's poison gas bombs. He didn't have enough gas masks and it was just so uncomfortable.
The only thing he could do was to ask Li Erhu to quickly find the Japanese mortar position and then blow up their mortar.
At the same time, engineers were ordered to set fire to nearby mountains, using high temperatures to heat the air, accelerating the flow of nearby air and allowing the flowing air to disperse the poison gas.
After the Japanese mortar opened fire, Li Erhu quickly locked onto the Japanese mortar position.
Wang Daniu directly ordered the heavy mortar position to aim at the Japanese mortar position and carry out covering fire.
If we talk about the power of a 120mm mortar shell alone, the power of a 120mm mortar shell is no weaker than that of a heavy howitzer shell.
When the shells fell into the Japanese mortar position, the shock wave generated by the explosion directly blew the Japanese mortar and gunners away.
At the same time, the explosion of the artillery shells also caused the shells on the Japanese mortar positions to explode.
A large number of artillery shells exploded, directly destroying the poison gas bombs that the Japanese had not yet had time to use.
After dealing with the Japanese mortars, Wang Daniu quickly ordered the mortar battalion to fire at full strength to support the frontline positions.
The firepower density of the first battalion of soldiers at the front line was greatly reduced because of the Japanese poison gas bombs.
The Japanese also seized the opportunity to approach the position.
At this moment, the only one who can support the frontline positions at the fastest speed is Wang Daniu.
So Wang Daniu no longer hid his firepower and directly ordered all mortars to start firing according to their designated areas.
(End of this chapter)
