Predator Reborn

Chapter 271: Raid on Japanese artillery positions (Part 2)

"Reporting to the company commander, gun position No. 1 is ready... Movement position No. 2 is ready... Gun position No. 5 is ready."

"Okay, pay attention to each artillery position. Let's fire ten rapid rounds at the little devil's assembly position and fire..." the artillery company commander loudly ordered. At the same time, he waved down the small yellow flag in his hand.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!" Five huge roars sounded on the position. The five cannons did not test fire. As the company commander waved the command flag in his hand, they roared together. Then a blast of whistling sounded.

, Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army's assembly area fell into a sea of ​​​​fire. The five artillery shells, as if they had eyes, landed accurately in the Japanese army's attack formation, setting off five pieces of blood rain. In an instant, in front of the little devil,

Five big holes appeared in the squadron's attack formation, and more than a dozen little Japs were ruthlessly torn into pieces.

"Baga...this is our cannon. The Eighth Route Army actually used our cannon to hit us...Quickly, disperse and hide, quick..." Seeing the Imperial warriors lying on the ground quickly, they came to reinforce.

The Japanese squadron leader couldn't help but exclaimed. He immediately reacted and asked the soldiers lying on the ground to disperse.

However, the artillery company's ten rapid fires were not jealous. Just when the little Japanese lying on the ground stood up from the ground under the order of his commander, preparing to disperse and hide, there was another whistle that broke through the air.

It reached everyone's ears. This time, without the commander's reminder, the Japanese veterans who survived the sea of ​​​​blood immediately hugged their heads and lay on the ground.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Five more artillery shells landed in the dispersing formation of the Japs. However, since the Japs were all lying on the ground, they did not cause much damage. However,

But there was another result. Two of the shells landed accurately next to the two heavy machine guns. In an instant, the heavy machine guns were blown into a pile of parts by the fierce fire. At the same time, several people lying next to the heavy machine guns

The machine gunner was also torn to pieces.

"Okay, good fight..." Li Yong saw that the attack formation just formed by the Japanese army fell into chaos after two rounds of artillery fire from his own artillery. Even two heavy machine guns were blown to pieces.

He shouted excitedly. You must know that since he joined the Red Army, he has always been beaten by the enemy's artillery fire. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Correspondent, convey the order to the artillery behind. Just say that they fought well. After the war, I will personally ask the commander to take credit for them. Also, tell the artillery company commander and ask him not to save me shells and wait for this battle.

We have won, and there are plenty of artillery shells. Tell him that the harder his artillery battery hits, the less pressure the infantry in front will receive, and the fewer casualties the soldiers will suffer. Go and convey the order immediately." Regiment leader Li Yong said behind him.

The correspondent ordered.

"Yes, regimental commander..." After saying that, the correspondent turned around and ran towards the artillery position behind him.

When the commander of the artillery company learned the results of his battle from the correspondent's order, his mood was no less than that of the regiment commander Li Yong who was on the front line. When he heard that the regiment commander wanted to take credit for himself and asked himself not to save artillery shells

.The already excited mood became even more exciting now.

In addition to ordering the five cannons being fired to speed up their firing, they also asked the two companies that came to assist them in building artillery positions. Under the guidance of some artillery personnel, they continued to move the remaining eight cannons. Slowly, as soldiers,

When we started to fire the sixth round of artillery shells, another more powerful field gun also joined the shelling.

A group of six artillery shells fell like raindrops on the starting position of the little Japanese. At this time, the little Japanese finally hid the feeling of being bombarded. Facing the rain of shells, all the Japanese army could do was to hug themselves

He lay his head on the ground, and at the same time prayed to Amaterasu that these shells would not fall around him.

However, he was on Chinese soil at this time. How could Amaterasu take care of him? The shells, as if they had eyes, landed accurately next to the little Japanese and the heavy machine gun. In short,

, this time God is on the side of the independent division, the dense artillery shells are almost in vain, and the explosion of each artillery shell will take away the life of at least one little Japanese.

Finally, the ten rapid fire rounds prescribed by the artillery company commander were completed. Thanks to the efforts of the soldiers, more than sixty rounds of artillery shells hit the Jaap's position in the shortest time, causing maximum damage to the Japanese army.

"Bagh Ya Road..." He saw the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army and stopped. The Japanese squadron leader spit out the dirt that had just choked in his mouth and cursed loudly.

"Nakata-kun, count the casualties of the troops immediately. Hurry... I hope the Eighth Route Army will not launch another artillery attack. Otherwise, if we strengthen the squadron without the Eighth Route Army's attack, we will be completely torn apart by the fierce artillery fire." The Japanese squadron leader said to him.

The deputy captain beside him ordered. At the same time, he looked at the sky with emotion.

Soon, a depressing casualty data was reported to the squadron leader’s ears.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, in the shelling just now, a total of 82 Imperial Warriors were shattered, and 40 Imperial Warriors were seriously injured and unable to participate in the next battle. In addition, Your Excellency, the Captain, strengthened the 12 heavy machine guns given to our squadron,

Now there are only 5 guns left that can be used." The deputy captain, Lieutenant Nakata, reported this shocking news to the captain in front of him.

"Baga...Damn Chinese people...I'm going to kill you all..." Thinking of one of his squadrons, half of which were lost in the enemy's fire before a formal attack. The squadron leader couldn't bear it anymore.

Unable to control the anger in his heart, he pulled out his command sword and cursed loudly.

However, although he was angry, he still maintained a certain degree of rationality. He did not blindly attack like other Japanese officers.

"Nakata-kun, now we only have one small group of offensive troops left. Please tell us what we should do next. Should we conserve our strength and retreat now? Or continue the attack until all our troops are lost," the squadron leader said.

He looked at the deputy captain next to him and asked.

"Hi, Captain, I think we should retreat as soon as possible. Bring the surviving Imperial warriors back to the wing headquarters immediately to protect the safety of the wing headquarters." Lieutenant Nakata thought for a while and said cautiously.

"Well, please give me a reason, Mr. Nakata. Otherwise, we will retreat without any reason and lose so many warriors of the empire. Your Excellency, the captain, will definitely not let us go." The squadron leader surrendered to Lieutenant Nakata next to him.

A confused look.

"Hi, Captain. From the shelling just now, we can know that the Eighth Route Army has captured all the equipment of our entire artillery brigade. And in the artillery position, we have also stored enough ammunition. Now it seems that the Eighth Route Army's artillery unit has

We fully accepted these weapons and ammunition and used them in the defense of the position. It can be said that without the support of aircraft and artillery, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was already several times higher than ours, and we had lost all our advantages.

If we continue to charge, we have no intention of ruining the lives of the soldiers and will not play any role at all. It is better to send the remaining soldiers to the wing headquarters to assist the wing headquarters in breaking out," the deputy captain explained.

"Yoshi, what Mr. Nakata said is very reasonable. Yoshi, now order the troops to retreat immediately and return to the wing headquarters." After listening to the explanation of the deputy captain, Lieutenant Nakata, the squadron leader also believed that retreating now is the best way.

.Now that the decision was made, without any reason for such a long time, he immediately gave the order to retreat to his soldiers.

Therefore, the Japanese troops from a strengthened squadron who had been reinforced from the Japanese Army Wing Headquarters retreated in embarrassment with nearly a hundred corpses of their own people before they formally exchanged fire with the second battalion defending here.

The soldiers of the second battalion, who had been preparing for a long time, couldn't help but cursed.

In front of the second battalion, a little Japanese who strengthened the squadron retreated, and the battle of the first battalion had just begun. At this time, the two Japanese captains were very clear that if they could not break through the artillery position that had just been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, then

He and the hundreds of soldiers under him will become completely alone, and will eventually be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, this mixed brigade, composed of the remnants of the two brigade and the medium machine gun squadron, showed its strong combat effectiveness at the beginning of the battle. It put a lot of pressure on the first group defending here, and almost

Breaking through the position held by the first battalion.

Especially the captain of the Japanese second brigade, although his brigade suffered serious losses in the two battles to attack the highlands. However, this further deepened his understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, when the mixed brigade set off

, the captain of the second brigade had been paying attention to the Eighth Route Army who was building a defensive position on the artillery position.

Of course, while paying attention to the Eighth Route Army, the battle that had just occurred on the other side of the artillery position was also seen by the captain of the Japanese Second Battalion. When the captain saw through the telescope, an elite imperial army that strengthened the squadron was in the Eighth Route Army.

In the intensive artillery fire, they lost almost half of their strength in less than a few minutes. In the end, they retreated in embarrassment before having a formal exchange of fire with the Eighth Route Army troops.

What surprised me was not the retreat of the Imperial Army, but the reaction ability of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army actually wiped out all the artillery personnel in such a short period of time, and quickly used the captured artillery for their own use. The entire assault on the artillery position

The process seemed so neat and tidy, and it was obvious that the commander of the Eighth Route Army had made careful arrangements.

However, what worries the captain the most is the dozen or so cannons on the artillery position. Thinking that the Eighth Route Army will use a dozen cannons to blast his soldiers indiscriminately, the captain is frightened. Therefore, there are no weapons in the army yet.

When arriving at the attack position, the captain of the second battalion ordered all soldiers to line up in a skirmishing attack formation. The troops were prohibited from marching together. In addition, all heavy machine guns must be deployed in a dispersed manner.

In this way, the six mountain cannons prepared by the artillery company felt like they were hitting cotton. Although the soldiers fired the shells desperately, the effect of the shelling was indeed minimal. Except for the little Japanese who was directly hit, it basically had a negative impact on him.

There were not many casualties. Gradually, under the order of regiment commander Li Yong, the artillery company commander gave up this method of wasting ammunition.

At this time, the mixed brigade of more than 800 people had arrived less than 400 meters away from the position. Dozens of heavy machine guns from the heavy machine gun squadron began to disperse and arrange positions. The soldiers also lined up under the command of commanders at all levels.

There are lines of skirmishers, ready to attack at any time.

"Da da da..." Finally, the heavy machine gun used by the Japanese army as cover rang out, and a hail of bullets composed of more than a dozen tongues of fire hit the position instantly. Because the little devil was condescending and the Japanese army's precise marksmanship, so

, they fired the heavy machine guns in their hands accurately and cunningly. The dense bullets stuck tightly to the edge of the trench. As soon as the soldiers showed their heads, they would be hit. Just now, several soldiers died in the trenches.

Japanese heavy machine gun fire.

"Damn it, what kind of battle is this? There are sacrifices before we even fight against the little devil..." Seeing a dozen soldiers lying in a pool of blood, the first battalion commander said heartbrokenly, but in the face of such a

There was nothing he could do about the situation. Of course, the complaints of the first battalion commander were also heard by Li Yong, the regiment leader who came to observe the enemy's situation. However, after learning about the situation, Li Yong, the regiment leader, also frowned.

"Captain, we must find a way to kill the Japs' heavy machine guns, otherwise the soldiers will not be able to show their faces at all. How can we fight this blocking battle..." Seeing the regimental commander frowning and coming to the position of his first battalion, the battalion commander

Hurry over and suggest it.

"I'm aware of this situation. But look at the heavy machine gun positions of the Japanese army. They are so scattered. How do you ask the artillery to attack? Do they need heavy machine guns one after another?" Li Yong pointed at the Japanese heavy machine gun position and said.

"Yeah... let's just knock hard. Anyway, we have a lot of artillery shells now. Correspondent, correspondent..." The leader of the group woke up and shouted loudly.

"Here, captain, what's your mission..." The correspondent asked after seeing the excited leader.

"Well, immediately convey the order to the artillery company commander and ask him to shell the enemy's heavy machine gun position for me. Even if I use up all the captured artillery shells, I will still destroy the enemy's heavy machine gun position." The regiment leader Li Yong said loudly.

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"Yes, commander, I promise to complete the mission..." As he said that, the correspondent turned around and left the front-line position, and quickly ran towards the artillery position.

"Captain Li...Captain Li..." Soon, the correspondent's shout came from the artillery position.

"Well, it's Comrade Xiao Zhang. Does the regiment commander have any tasks?" Captain Li of the artillery company heard the shouts and looked in the direction of the shouts. He saw the correspondent beside the regiment commander looking back and forth on the position.

He and Captain Li ran over quickly.

"Yes, Captain Li. The regiment commander ordered the artillery company to open fire immediately. Even if all the captured artillery shells are used up, the Japanese heavy machine gun positions must be destroyed." Seeing Captain Li, correspondent Xiao Wang quickly spoke out the regiment commander's order.

"Haha, I finally got the order to fire. Comrade Xiao Wang, go back and tell the regiment commander that the artillery company will guarantee to complete the mission." Captain Li replied with confidence.

As for the reason why Captain Li is so confident, there is a reason. Since the artillery bombardment had almost zero results, Captain Li began to think about the reasons for such a result. After thinking about it, there is only one reason, and that is the firepower density of his own artillery.

Too low, only 5 shells are fired for each shelling, which cannot achieve the expected fire coverage.

Knowing the reason, Captain Li immediately began to change the status quo. After removing a large number of troops, with the help of two infantry companies, the muzzles of the remaining seven mountain field guns were pointed at the Japanese mixed brigade's attack position.

.At this time, there was an entire battalion of 12 mountain field guns aimed at the arrogant Japanese heavy machine gun position.

As the commander of the artillery company, he believed that the firepower density of 12 artillery shells at a time would definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the scattered little Japanese. Therefore, after receiving the order, the company commander quickly ordered all artillery personnel to take their positions.

, began to load the cannon in his hand.

"Attention at each artillery position, the six guns form an artillery group and bombard the Japanese heavy machine gun positions with all their strength. They will surely destroy the Japanese heavy machine gun positions in the shortest possible time. Fire now..." Captain Li suddenly moved the gun in his hand.

Little yellow flag. Suddenly, there were several huge roars from the entire artillery position. 12 artillery shells, with huge whistling sounds, flew towards the two Japanese heavy machine gun positions.

"Boom, boom, boom..." 12 shells landed around the two heavy machine guns, and the huge explosions covered up all the sounds on the battlefield. The two heavy machine gun positions of the Japanese army also heard these huge explosions.

Amidst the explosion, it was plunged into a sea of ​​fire. The heavy machine guns that were spitting out tongues of flame arrogantly just now were all misfired.

"Haha, it's hit. The artillery company is really good...keep shooting for me..." Seeing the two Japanese heavy machine gun positions submerged in their own artillery fire, one of them was watching every move on the Japanese position.

Team leader Li Yong shouted excitedly.

The remaining soldiers of the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron were indeed shocked by the violent explosion in front of them. Seeing two heavy machine guns and several machine gun shooters, they were instantly drowned in the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. Everyone couldn't help but show their horror.

With such a look, everyone looked at their commander, the captain of the second brigade.

"Baga...shoot immediately to suppress the Eighth Route Army's firepower. Infantry, charge immediately. Quick...if we can't rush through the Eighth Route Army position in front of us, we will all die here. Kill us..." The second largest

The captain pulled out his command sword and ordered loudly.

Therefore, under the coercion of the commander, the soldiers of the machine gun squadron could only continue to fire fearfully. Moreover, they had to fire while holding up the shells that might fall at any time. This also led to the decline in the shooting accuracy of the Japanese heavy machine guns.

The soldiers who were lying in the trenches with their heads lowered could finally raise their heads and use the weapons in their hands to teach these evil little devils a lesson.