Predator Reborn

Chapter 319: The End of Itagaki Division (16)

Facing the pitch-black position in front of them, those riflemen holding single-shot rifles could hardly play any role and could only shoot blindly... And without half of the heavy firepower, the density of firepower in front of a battalion's position

, suddenly reduced by half, and countless gaps in firepower appeared in front of the little devil at this time.

The little Japanese who wanted to take a stimulant in front of the position seemed to have discovered this. They charged back and forth between the soldiers' not too dense fire net. In less than a few minutes, the Japanese soldiers shouted

The sound of killing came close to less than fifty meters in front of the position.

"Where's the machine gun, the heavy machine gun, start shooting immediately..." Hearing the screams of killing from the little Japs getting closer and closer, the battalion commander shouted anxiously. However, looking around, he saw a position several hundred meters long.

Next to dozens of light and heavy machine guns, almost all of them were lying with the corpses of several soldiers. Only a few machine gunners were left, moving the machine gun positions while firing intermittently. And with such intermittent firepower density,

It posed no threat at all to the charging little devils.

"Damn it. Little devil, I will fight with you..." Seeing this, the battalion commander's eyes turned red and he dropped the shell gun in his hand. He moved the body of the machine gunner on the heavy machine gun next to him.

Come down, squat in the machine gunner's position, and start shooting....

"Ahhh...taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...aaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Dah daaaaaaaa..." In the roar of the first battalion commander, dense bullets were shot out from the muzzle of the heavy machine gun. However, the limited firepower density could not effectively block the

The Japanese army launched an almost crazy attack.

"Battal Commander, the Japs are coming. We don't have flares, so the soldiers can't aim at all. But the Japs are able to aim and shoot according to the flames of our machine guns. We must find a way now, otherwise, the position will be overrun by the Japs soon.

The Japs have broken through..." The instructor said anxiously, holding his shell gun and running to the side of the battalion commander who was shooting wildly.

"Yes, flares... no, it's artillery. Come on, why did I forget about our artillery? Come on, immediately request artillery support from the artillery regiment, and ask the artillery to fire a distance of 50 to 100 meters in front of our position.

Carry out saturation artillery fire coverage, quickly..." Because of the reminder from the instructor's mouth, the battalion commander suddenly reacted and thought that he still had artillery fire to provide support. He ordered loudly to the instructor behind him.

"Yes, battalion commander, I will request artillery support immediately..." After listening to the battalion commander's words, the instructor also reacted and replied loudly, crawling towards the forward position command post.

In less than a minute, just when the little devil was about to reach the grenade throwing distance, on the fierce battlefield, the sound of mortars familiar to the soldiers finally sounded.

"Comrades, our artillery support is here. Take aim and fire. Let's kill as many as the little devils come..." Hearing the whistling of artillery shells, the battalion commander immediately knew that his artillery support was coming.

Here it comes. While continuing to pull the trigger in his hand, he shouted orders to the soldiers around him.

"Boom, boom, boom..." A burst of dense explosions exploded not far in front of the position. The position, which was still dark just now, was immediately illuminated by the light of the exploding shells. At the same time, it was still dark just now.

The little devils who could only hear howling screams were staggered by the dense explosions.

"Comrades, take aim..." Seeing the dense crowd of little Japs in front of the position, they finally appeared in front of the soldiers. The first battalion commander loudly ordered, and at the same time, he turned the muzzle of his gun and fired at the dense crowd.

The bullets rippled through the areas where the Japanese troops were most concentrated. The remaining light and heavy machine guns also found their targets in the gap between the shell explosions. The dense rain of bullets began to shoot at the most densely populated areas of the Japanese troops.

In the ground attack group.

"Ah... Baga... the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire has begun to counterattack. Hurry, get down and hide..." Seeing the figures of their attacking troops, illuminated by the firelight caused by the explosion of the artillery shells, they appeared in the position one after another.

In the view of the Eighth Route Army, Colonel Yamada, the commander of the last battle, was surprised and ordered loudly.

However, no matter how fast his reaction was, it could not be faster than the speed of bullets. The moment he gave the order, dense bullets had already swept towards the place where the Japanese troops were the most. More importantly, with the explosion of the first round of artillery shells,

The flames slowly extinguished. The second round of artillery shells from the artillery regiment flew over again.

Due to the first round of shelling, the Japanese attacking troops had been unreservedly displayed in the eyes of the Eighth Route Army artillery staff. Therefore, for this shelling, Chen Guangrong once again added two mortar companies to the artillery, totaling

48 mortars and 48 shells flew towards the Japanese position with a huge whistling sound, as if they had eyes, causing a rain of blood.

Raindrop-like artillery shells and flying bullets immediately pinned the attacking group of little Japanese less than 50 meters in front of the position, unable to move. However, the Eighth Route Army's intensive artillery fire hit these little Japanese lying on the ground.

Among the devils, constant explosions caused huge damage to them...

A few minutes passed. Captain Yamada, the Japanese commander who was also lying on the ground, finally began to be frightened when he saw his soldiers being torn into pieces in the explosions. Because in his eyes,

In the attack that lasted less than a few minutes, one of our strengthened brigade had already lost at least one squadron of troops under the joint attack of the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire and heavy machine guns.

"Baga... Hurry, retreat, retreat quickly..." Seeing that his soldiers were completely passive and being beaten, although he knew that after retreating, he would definitely attract insults and punishments from the division commander. However, in order to

This was able to reserve more combatable troops for the division commander and the division to break through. Captain Yamada resolutely gave the order to retreat to the chief of staff beside him.

"Quick, machine gun cover, retreat. Baga, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is too fierce, retreat quickly..." In the end, these little devils who had lost all fighting spirit after being beaten by the soldiers, in the process of retreat, once again

After leaving behind a small team of troops, we finally withdrew from the range of the soldiers' machine guns.

"Stop shooting. The little devils have retreated. Stop shooting. Instructor, immediately count the casualties of the troops... Transport all the bodies of the wounded and soldiers down. Each company will replenish ammunition immediately... Hurry..."

Seeing the little Japs quietly retreating under the double blow of his own machine gun and artillery fire, with his body lying on the ground, the first battalion commander immediately ordered the troops to stop shooting and start to rest.

"Battal Commander, the casualties of the troops have been calculated..." Soon, the instructor lowered his head and came to the first battalion commander.

"How are the casualties of the troops?" Seeing the instructor with his head lowered, the first battalion commander seemed to have noticed something was wrong and said anxiously.

"Battal Commander, the casualty data of each company have just been calculated. In the whole battalion, almost all the machine gunners were killed. In the last few minutes of the battle, those machine gunners were infantrymen who fired machine guns.

On top. In the battle just now, the whole battalion lost a total of 146 soldiers, half of whom were machine gunners. In addition, 23 people were seriously injured and more than 80 people were slightly injured... The whole battalion lost one-third of its troops.

"The instructor lowered his head and said.

"Oh, this is all my fault. If I had thought of the artillery behind us earlier and asked for artillery support, the number of casualties would not have been so high. Instructor, after the war, I will definitely want to review the whole battalion. These are all caused by my command mistakes.

Loss..." After listening to the instructor's report, the battalion commander also lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

At this time, the Japanese temporary headquarters surrounded by the Japanese division, and the Yamada regiment, which had just assumed the offensive commander's position, were lowering their heads, enduring the burning pain on their faces, and were being scolded by the division commander.

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"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander. However, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was so fierce that the soldiers were completely exposed to the enemy's artillery fire and machine guns. They could only be beaten passively without any chance of counterattack." Captain Yamada lowered his head.

Brain, argued.

"Bagaya Road, Yamada-kun, because of you, our fifth division lost the best opportunity to break out. Our fifth division was ruined in your hands, Baga..." I thought

His carefully designed sneak attack plan was ruined by Captain Yamada in front of him. Division Commander Itagaki Seishiro couldn't help but become furious again.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander. I request to take my reinforced brigade to attack the Eighth Route Army's positions again. If I cannot break through the Eighth Route Army's positions, I will personally apologize to His Majesty the Emperor..." Captain Yamada raised his feet

, replied loudly.

"Yoshi, these are the outstanding imperial army officers of our great empire. Yamada-kun, how were the casualties of the troops in your first attack just now?" After hearing the assurance from Captain Yamada, the division commander Seishiro Itagaki

His mood improved a little and he asked calmly.

"Hi, division commander. In the attack just now, my reinforced brigade lost a total of 395 people. Two squadrons of elite imperial troops fell forever in front of the Eighth Route Army position." Captain Yamada replied with his head dripping.

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"Baga... the cunning Eighth Route Army. The sneak attack just now has failed, and the Eighth Route Army has already taken certain precautions. Therefore, we must change the combat plan for this attack, and we cannot concentrate on the attack. We must try our best to

Disperse the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire and reduce the damage caused by their artillery fire to us. Try to break through the Eighth Route Army's position in one fell swoop and break out of the encirclement." The division commander ordered to the three company captains in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander... Please give me the combat order, Your Excellency, Division Commander..." The three regiment captains replied at the same time.

"Yo Xi, I hope you all will work together to break through the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions and break out of the encirclement." The division commander nodded and encouraged the three captains in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander. I am determined to break through the Eighth Route Army's ambush position..."

"Yoshi, now the order..." The division commander Seishiro Itagaki nodded with satisfaction. When he heard the word "order", the three captains stood on their heels at the same time and stood at attention in front of Seishiro Itagaki.

Waiting for the division commander's order.

"Order Captain Yamada to take the remaining troops and continue to launch a general attack on the current Eighth Route Army position. Captain Rifan led his troops to launch a feint attack on the Eighth Route Army on the right wing of Changguguchi, attracting the artillery fire and troops of the Eighth Route Army. Captain Oba led the

The troops under my command launched a feint attack towards the Eighth Route Army position on the left flank of Haseguchi. I will order the division guard squadron to launch a feint attack to the rear of Haseguchi..." Division Commander Seishiro Itagaki gave a loud order.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander..."

"Yo Xi, I hope you all, whether you are serving as a feint attack or a main attack, must use your most powerful firepower so that the surrounding Eighth Route Army cannot tell where the main attack is. Let them defend everywhere to better disperse their artillery fire and troops.

.Provide our main attacking force with the best opportunity to attack...Finally, break through the Eighth Route Army's ambush position in one fell swoop." Seishiro Itagaki ordered loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander, break through the Eighth Route Army's ambush position in one fell swoop..." the three regiment captains roared together.

"Yo Xi, now return to your own troops and prepare for the war. In ten minutes, launch a general attack on the surrounding Eighth Route Army positions..." Itagaki Division gave the final order.

"Hey..." After receiving the order, the three regiment captains immediately returned to their troops. They led the troops to their attack positions and prepared for the attack in the shortest possible time.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and just when the four attacking troops were all ready for battle, three bright flares were finally fired from the position where the division commander Seishiro Itagaki was.

"Bang bang bang..." Following the explosion of three signal bombs, loud shouts of killing and gunshots rang out from the four directions of Changgukou. One after another, the Japanese attacking troops fired various light and heavy machine guns.

Under the cover of the grenade, they rushed out of the starting position and launched a countercharge towards the Eighth Route Army's defensive position.

The top commanders of the Japanese troops in the four directions could be said to have carried out the orders of the division commanders without hesitation. Regardless of whether they were the main attacking force, they tried their best to launch a powerful attack on the Eighth Route Army's positions.

In order to put enough pressure on the Eighth Route Army opposite them, the three regiment captains, without any hesitation, put all their resources to strengthen the brigade.

Therefore, in front of every offensive position, there were nearly a hundred light and heavy machine guns and dozens of grenade launchers, continuously spraying tongues of fire and dense rain of bullets and raindrops on the Eighth Route Army position a few hundred meters away.

The grenade-like grenades immediately overwhelmed the soldiers in the defensive position so that they could not lift their heads.

"Damn, the kid is going to fight for his life. Hurry, call the artillery regiment and ask for artillery support. Hurry..." Faced with the dense rain of bullets from the kid, soon, the shouts of their respective commanders rang out from various defensive positions.

Voice. And the phones on the artillery positions were also dialed by the commanders at each position at this moment.

"Reporting to the leader... calls for artillery support came from positions in four directions. According to the report, the Japanese army launched attacks in four directions at the same time. It seems that the Japs are going to launch a final general attack.

We are starting to work hard..." After answering the call, the artillery staff officer immediately ran to the regiment leader Chen Guangrong who was also waiting anxiously and said.

"What, four positions requested artillery support at the same time... Do they have a main attack and a feint attack..." After hearing what the artillery staff said, Chen Guangrong frowned and asked.

"Regiment Commander, no, the firepower of the Japanese army on the four positions is very strong. According to the reports from each regiment, the soldiers on each position are now suppressed by the intense firepower of the little devils, and they are completely unable to lift their heads."

The artillery staff officer shook his head and said.

"It seems that the little devil is going to fight for his life... Order the four mortar companies to attack the four positions respectively, and immediately carry out artillery fire cover according to the shelling coordinates set in advance. Order the forward artillery observers to immediately carry out artillery fire cover according to the specific shelling coordinates.

Position, correct the bombardment coordinates at any time, bombard the Japanese machine gun positions and grenade positions as much as possible, and reduce the pressure on the forward infantry as much as possible." Chen Guangrong ordered loudly.

"Yes, commander..." the combat staff officer took the order and left.

"Commander, should you let the remaining four mortar companies also participate in the artillery bombardment? Just four artillery companies will provide cover. I'm afraid the infantry at the front can't stop it..." Seeing the leaving combat staff,

The political commissar asked with concern.

"Political Commissar, we must not use the remaining four artillery batteries. Now we are attacked by the Japanese on all sides. I think that as long as the Japanese division commander is not a fool, there must be a main attack and a feint attack. I don't believe in the Japanese army.

We have enough troops to carry out an attack on all sides. Therefore, these four mortar companies are of great use..." After hearing what the political commissar said, the regiment leader Chen Guangrong immediately retorted.

"I hope the infantry at the front can hold on..." The political commissar nodded, agreed with Chen Guangrong's words, and said to himself.

"Political Commissar, don't worry, the division commander still has a reserve team. Besides, the Second Division Plateau is coming here with two regiments of reinforcements. I guess they are almost there now...

"Chen Guangrong was not too anxious. He raised his telescope and began to carefully observe the Taniguchi battlefield one kilometer away, which was under heavy artillery fire.

Although the four mortar companies at this time continued to bombard the Japanese machine gun positions as much as possible based on the latest coordinates provided by the forward artillery staff. However, the four mortar companies only had 48 mortars after all. On average

On each position, there is only one artillery battery with a total of 12 mortars. On the other hand, the little devils in front of the position are indeed scattered with nearly a hundred light and heavy machine guns, as well as dozens of grenades.

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