Predator Reborn

Chapter 152 Encirclement and Annihilation War (3)

"Commander, the Japs are building mortar positions," the chief of staff, who was observing the Japs' movements, reminded.

"So quickly, order the soldiers to hide quickly, and the artillery company to launch an attack immediately, trying to destroy the Japanese before they can fire." The regiment leader ordered loudly.

However, it was still too late. Just as the regiment commander finished giving the order, a Japanese test-fired artillery shell fell in front of the position. "Hurry, hide quickly..." The cadres' shouts "Boom, boom, boom!" immediately rang out from the trenches.

Boom..." The Japanese mortar adjusted its shooting angle again and fired.

The regiment leader Sun Xingbang was lying in the trench, enduring the danger of being bombed at any time. "Chief of Staff, how many mortars do the Japanese have in total?" the regiment leader asked loudly.

"Anyway, there are more than us, about 16 guns and an artillery squadron." The chief of staff judged based on the explosion of artillery shells.

"Sure, there are so many, the artillery will definitely suffer. Order the artillery company to disperse the artillery to suppress the Japanese artillery fire, otherwise the soldiers will suffer heavy casualties!" the regiment leader shouted loudly.

"Okay, I'll go deliver the order right away," the chief of staff responded loudly, bending down and walking through the trenches. Soon, the suppressed artillery shells from the artillery company flew towards the Japanese artillery positions. Because the Japanese artillery positions

It was very concentrated, unlike the soldiers who scattered two mortars in groups. Therefore, when the first round of shells passed by the soldiers, two mortars were blasted into the sky together with several nearby artillery pieces.

At this moment, the Japanese artillery fire stopped, and Sun Xingbang picked up the binoculars and looked forward. He saw that the Japanese artillery position immediately fell into chaos after being attacked by two artillery shells. The Japanese were urgently moving themselves.

mortars and artillery shells. Immediately afterwards, another round of artillery shells fell, but this time the luck was not so good, and only one mortar was hit.

"Well done..." the leader clenched his fists and shouted loudly.

However, this situation did not last long. The Japanese artillery squadron, which lost three mortars, also learned wisely and arranged the entire squadron in squad units. So, in less than a minute, the Japanese artillery squadron

The mortars fired again. "Fight back, fight back quickly."

"Captain, the Japanese artillerymen have also learned smarter this time. Their artillery has also dispersed. It is difficult for us to destroy it, so we can only suppress the Japanese artillery fire!" An artillery staff officer next to him looked at the mortars flying over.

The ballistics said.

"Whether it's suppression or not, order the artillery company to fire immediately." Looking at the corpses of the soldiers being thrown up, the regiment leader clenched his fists and said.

In this way, the regiment stayed under the enemy's artillery fire for a full five minutes before the enemy stopped. "Count the casualties immediately and prepare for battle. The enemy is coming." The regiment leader said to the few around him.

shouted the staff officer.

Indeed, the Japanese artillery bombardment is over. Due to the sneak attack by the special operations brigade, the Japanese artillery reserve has less than two bases left. In addition, the baggage brigade is blocked by a group in Baicaoyan, and the army's ammunition is even less.

Especially the artillery shells carried with the army were even scarcer. In the five-minute shelling just now, the artillery squadron used up half of its artillery shell reserve. In order to leave enough ammunition for future battles, the squadron leader had no choice but to order

The artillery attack stopped and the infantry charged instead.

However, after only five minutes of shelling, the captain believed that the Eighth Route Army position on the opposite side must have been destroyed by his powerful artillery fire. This was his experience in long-term battles with the national army on the front line, not to mention that these weapons were not as good as those of the National Army's Tubal Road?

As a result, a squadron of troops was dispatched by the captain, and several heavy machine guns were also pulled out.

"Captain, in the shelling just now, a total of 24 soldiers were killed in the two battalions, 5 were seriously injured, and dozens of soldiers were slightly injured, but it did not affect the combat effectiveness, so there are no specific statistics." The chief of staff took the casualty data.

He came to Sun Xingbang and said.

"Damn it, little Japs, tell the artillery company that when the Japs attack later, bomb me at the place where the Japs are concentrated. I won't believe it. Don't save me the shells." While he was talking, a squadron from the Japs attack had already appeared.

It was within the sight of the regiment leader. At the same time, several Japanese heavy machine guns also opened fire.

"Artillerymen, blow up some of the Japs' heavy machine guns for me. Battery one, get ready for battle. The Japs will fire on me when they get within 150 meters."

"Boom, boom, boom..." First, the artillery battery opened fire. However, because the Japs' heavy machine guns were too scattered, only one of the 12 rounds of artillery shells in the first round hit the target. The Japs's heavy machine gun together with the two machine gun shooters next to it

They were blown up into the sky together. The Japanese heavy machine guns that were bombarded did not panic like the artillery squadron. Instead, they immediately stopped shooting, moved their positions, and then continued shooting and moving. But no matter how they moved, there were always two heavy machine guns.

Continuously design and cover the attacking troops.

Under the threat of a group of mortars, the Japanese artillery squadron was also forced to open fire. Although the captain felt very sorry for the shells fired, he could not watch the attacking squadron being completely exposed to the artillery fire of the Chinese army on the opposite side, because this

, is tantamount to holding a squadron to death. As a result, mortar shells from both sides flew over the heads of the soldiers and fired at each other.

Just as the artillery battle between the two sides was in full swing, a Japanese attacking squadron also walked 150 meters in front of the 1st company position. "Hit!" the 1st company commander shouted loudly, and the four light machine guns hidden in the trench were immediately set up.

, the machine gunner happily pulled the trigger, and the hot bullet casings fell one after another at the machine gunner's feet. Some bullet casings even touched his calves, which were so hot that they smoked. The machine gunner did not notice it, but just shot at the machine gunner.

Watching the Japs he saw, he kept pulling the trigger, avenging the several machine gunners who died in front of this light machine gun, and at the same time venting his anger towards the Japs.

I originally thought that all the eight positions in front had been destroyed by my powerful artillery fire, and there would be no resistance. Therefore, the Japanese who were responsible for the attack did not have much defense. The squadron leader led his soldiers, straightened up and charged forward, just like the front

It was as if the position had been occupied by him. However, the sudden machine gun bullets caught the unprepared Japanese in front of him by surprise, and they fell down one after another. If he hadn't been pressed to the ground by the orderly next to him,

Maybe now he is one of those who fell to the ground.

"Baga, lie down immediately, machine gun, machine gun, fight back immediately." The squadron leader shouted loudly as he saw the soldiers in front of him falling into a pool of blood.

Perhaps it was the squadron leader's scolding that woke up the Japanese troops. As the squadron leader's shout rang out, they all fell down on the spot and looked for cover. The six light machine guns that followed the attacking squadron's charge were also triggered by the squadron leader's shout.

When they stood up, the intensive firepower of the six machine guns suddenly knocked down the four light machine guns in a company on the position. The firepower of the soldiers was also reduced by more than half after the four light machine guns in the urban area.

Faced with the dense enemy fire, the soldiers had no choice but to squat in the trenches and let the enemy's bullets fly above the trenches. However, the enemy's accurate bullets still sent dust flying in front of the soldiers. Many soldiers were shot by the enemy precisely because they could not dodge.

The rifleman was killed.

Perhaps the machine gun firepower on the position was attracted by the machine gunners. Seeing the increasingly sparse gunfire from the Chinese troops on the position, the squadron leader immediately raised his command knife. "Kill, kill it..." Immediately, he lay down on the ground.

The Japanese stood up again, but this time none of them straightened up. They all bent down as much as possible to reduce the area hit by bullets. They charged and fired at the soldiers.

"Order the heavy machine guns of the first battalion to open fire immediately." Looking at the soldiers who were constantly sacrificing themselves and the Japanese who were getting closer and closer, the commander of the first regiment, Sun Xingbang, clenched his fists and ordered.

After receiving the order, the four light machine guns were immediately set up from the trenches by the soldiers. After a while, the sound of "click, click, click..." was heard from the rear of the company's position. The firepower of the four machine guns was enough to withstand the attack.

The firepower of eight light machine guns.

Therefore, the Japs who had just stood up, although they tried their best to lower their bodies to prevent the flying bullets from hitting themselves, they were still hit by the sudden and dense bullets without any doubt.

Facing the denser bullets, the Japs had no choice but to lie down again. At the same time, the firepower of the six light machine guns held by the Japs was also attracted. In this way, the four light machine guns on the continuous position finally had a chance to fire. Seeing that there were

At the opportunity, the four machine gun shooters immediately picked up the machine gun. Instead of placing the machine gun on the bunker, they held the gun with their left hand and directly pulled the trigger with their right hand. They began to shoot at the Japanese lying on the ground, although they could be hit.

There are only a handful of Japs, but such intensive firepower can suppress the Japs' riflemen very well, preventing them from aiming accurately. In this way, the soldiers are less threatened and can calmly and accurately shoot at the Japs.

kill.

The good times did not last for a few minutes. Just when the soldiers were carefully searching for the enemy in front of the position, the enemy captain once again pulled out a heavy machine gun team from nowhere. Faced with the sudden attack of several enemy heavy guns,

Regarding machine guns, Sun Xingbang had nothing to do because he no longer had any extra heavy weapons to reinforce the first battalion.

"Order, the heavy machine guns suppress the enemy's heavy firepower, the light machine guns suppress the enemy's machine gun firepower, and then attack when the Japanese are close." The first battalion commander looked at the Japanese's increasingly dense rain of bullets, and could only change the long-range blocking to close combat.

, hoping that melee combat can offset some of the gaps in heavy firepower.

After hearing the order, the soldiers of the first company had no choice but to hold their breath and squat in the trench in the face of the bullets flying by the Japanese. Without the threat of the riflemen of the first company, the Japanese attack speed obviously accelerated a lot. In less than half a minute,

, the Japanese were already close to 50 meters in front of the position.