Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 43: You can only rely on yourself!
With a clear target, the heavy mortar company's artillery skills were quite good. All the shells fell on the enemy's positions. In the terrifying shock wave, the enemy's machine gun fortifications were reduced to ashes, and the screaming enemy soldiers quickly turned into flying parts in the air, and their weapon parts were destroyed along with the shock wave...
"The Chinese are firing, order the artillery to counterattack..."
Captain Sakakura, the captain of the Sakakura Squadron of the 3rd Battalion of the 43rd Regiment of the Japanese Army, jumped up and down and screamed hard. He was the one who took over the position of squadron leader before his death. Their squadron leader had been killed in the Chuansha Landing Battle!
"Sir, the Chinese artillery position is unknown, and there is no way to counterattack..."
The sergeant reminded the squadron leader that if they wanted to request the battalion's artillery squad to launch a counterattack, they should at least remind them of the prepared counterattack coordinates, otherwise their request would be scolded by the battalion leader!
"Mount bayonets! Prepare to attack!"
Wang Zhongbin stood up and shouted to his brothers to prepare for battle.
"Captain, be careful!"
The guard tried to get Wang Zhongbin to lie down again.
"Don't be afraid of birds, the devils are too busy now!"
Wang Zhongbin roared and encouraged his brothers to stand up.
Seeing that the battalion commander had been standing there for such a long time and nothing happened, the brothers got up from the ground one by one. However, none of them dared to be as arrogant as Wang Zhongbin. Instead, they squatted on the ground and began to make preparations.
The brothers with bayonets began to put their bayonets on the muzzles of their rifles, the officers began to unbutton their pistol holsters, and of course, some brothers were preparing grenades...
What about Feng Xie at this time? He was removing the scope from his rifle, carefully putting it into his backpack, and then putting the bayonet on the muzzle of the rifle, ready to charge...
“Go!”
“Beep, beep, beep…”
The charge horn sounded in the moonlight. Wang Zhongbin did not wait for the bombardment to end. He kept staring at the pocket watch on his hand. The pocket watch came from the devils...
“Go!”
The sound of the horn was an order. All the brothers howled and began to run at their backs, even though shells were still falling in front of them...
How far can you run in one minute? It certainly won't be as fast as sprinting. After all, this is a battlefield, and the brothers have a lot of bits and pieces hanging on their bodies.
"boom!"
When the last shell exploded in the Japanese position, the brothers of the Third Battalion and the Death Squadron had already rushed into the 200-meter range of the Japanese defense line.
“Go!”
The officer roared, and rushed forward bravely, regardless of whether the shell exploding in his sight was the last one.
“Go!”
The brothers held their bayonets, without any hesitation, shouting to encourage themselves, praying that the shells would not fall on their heads, and rushed towards the Japanese positions with their superiors, howling.
The Japanese positions have now become a mess. A large number of soldiers have been killed in the artillery bombardment, and even their heavy machine gun fortifications could not avoid the fate of being blown up.
"Ah! Help..."
"Baga! Medical soldiers..."
The Japs' positions were filled with gunpowder smoke, the choking smell was mixed with a strong smell of blood , and the Japs were wailing and calling miserably in the smoke...
“Kill!”
There is no doubt that this kind of chaos on the Japanese position made the attacking Nationalist soldiers extremely excited. It turned out that the Japanese were also afraid of bombings.
“Puff!”
They rushed into the position howling. The Japanese were still in a daze. One of them was running around holding his arm. The brothers were rude and stabbed him with bayonets. The Japanese fell in disbelief on the position full of bullet holes.
“Puff, puff…”
The brothers kept their excitement as they thrust and drew their swords, and their movements became smoother and smoother. The stunned Japanese soldiers fell to the ground one by one, and some of them could not even crawl out of the trenches and fell on the land of Zhou's house.
"Baga! Order everyone to pick up weapons and fight back. The Chinese are all dead!"
Captain Sakakura's command post was not directly hit by the heavy mortar shells, and it was impossible for the Japanese to pile all their troops in the trenches. Facing the Chinese army, they would only have less than one-third of their troops to strengthen the defense at night. At most, these people would just not sleep.
Zhou Jiazhai has a lot of troops. Captain Itakura has a complete squadron, and it is also reinforced by a machine gun squad and a grenade launcher squad.
“Beep, beep, beep…”
The sound of the copper whistle for emergency assembly echoed in Zhou's house. All the Japanese soldiers who received the order gathered together. Even their staff officers and cooks carried rifles and waited for orders.
"Flare, let's see what's going on on the front line?"
The sergeant ordered the mortars to continue firing flares.
“Chiu!”
The pale green flares staggered up into the sky, and the frontline filled with smoke appeared in the enemy's telescope...
"idiot!"
The Japanese sergeant cursed and then put down the telescope dejectedly.
" Captain , the frontline position is already destroyed. A large number of Chinese rushed in. It is impossible for the team defending the position to survive..."
"Snapped!"
Before the sergeant could finish his words, Captain Itakura slapped him in the face.
"Hayi!"
"Counterattack, order the troops to counterattack immediately..."
"Sir, the Chinese have occupied the position. Attacking at night will only waste the precious lives of the brave warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army. Please be cautious, Captain!"
"Order the mortars to counterattack, and everyone to move to the second-line position. That is our last position. The Chinese... Baka!"
Captain Itakura gritted his teeth and issued the most correct order at this time.
"Hayi!"
"fire!"
“Chirp, chirp…”
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The positions where the fierce bayonet fighting was still going on were hit by artillery shells again, but this time it was the Japanese mortars and grenade launchers. The 90mm mortar shells were very powerful and exploded everywhere when they landed on the ground...
"Da da da……"
The sound of Czech light machine guns rang out,
"Get rid of the remaining enemies as soon as possible, enter the enemy's position, and wait for reinforcements..."
Wang Zhongbin held a light machine gun and began firing at the remaining Japanese soldiers, while he himself was lying in a bomb crater.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
“Puff, puff…”
The excited brothers were calmed down by the Japanese artillery shells. It turned out that they had not yet taken over the entire Zhou family residence. They were only on the outer defense line. Those who could shoot were shooting as much as possible. Even in a bayonet fight, several brothers tortured one Japanese soldier. Soon, there were no living Japanese soldiers on the defense line...
“Kill!”
"Da da da……"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
At this time, shouts and screams were heard from the east and west of Zhou's house, and the sounds of firing from Czech light machine guns and Zhongzheng rifles rang out. The remaining two battalions of the 66th Regiment finally launched an attack.
"Captain, Chinese troops have appeared in the east and west. We are under siege. Please request support!"
A Japanese officer reported to Captain Itakura in a panic,
"Ask the captain for tactical guidance! Tell the warriors of the empire to hold their positions and never abandon them and retreat!"
Captain Itakura also knew that the Chinese army dominated the night. Since the landing, every night was filled with the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing. They had become accustomed to hiding behind the defense line at night and waiting for dawn.
But this time the roles were reversed. Before, he had to wait until dawn to support other squadrons, but this time, he had to hold on until dawn and wait for reinforcements.
And now, everything depends on the performance of the brave warriors of the Empire of Japan on the battlefield!
