Rise From Eight Hundred

In fact, when Morita Shinji was shot dead, this encounter was doomed to end in suspense.

Although the Japanese army, which lost its supreme commander, still had a certain counterattack capability, it lost the most important decisiveness.

If Major Morita Shinji was still alive, when he found that the Chinese had resolutely launched a charge towards the position and attempted to resolve the battle in the shortest time, he would definitely issue a retreat order.

Only one infantry squad was left to fight the opponent, and he and most of his elite troops would have a chance to escape into the wilderness.

Because this area was too large, even if Tang Dao had already let two infantry platoons outflanking from both wings in advance, due to the strength of the troops, there was still enough space left.

The Tang Dao unit carried limited flares, and when the moon went back into the dark clouds, darkness would become the best cover for the Japanese army.

Unfortunately, there was no if, Morita Shinji died.

The Japanese troops on the left and right wings did not receive any military orders from 200 meters away. Although they were suppressed by the Chinese army, they could only fight with all their strength.

Until Tang Dao personally led four infantry squads and charged the entire army with a wave of grenades, and in less than two minutes, the most important corner of the Japanese triangular position was smashed.

The Japanese troops on both wings were frantically shot by a heavy machine gun and four light machine guns from the top of the hill, and then they realized that the Chinese who blew the charge had killed the 1st infantry squad on their flank.

Major Morita Shinji disappeared, whether it was attacking, retreating, or continuing to fight on the spot, there was no order issued through the hand-cranked alarm.

The hand-cranked alarm was an extremely important tool in the Japanese infantry squadron-level troops. The squadron commander basically issued tactical instructions to the three infantry squads on the battlefield under heavy artillery fire through the sound emitted by this tool.

Of course, they didn't know that Major Morita Shinji was shot dead by the sharpshooter with the most sniper talent in their opponent's camp. The captain who accompanied Morita Shinji in the 1st Infantry Squadron and the communications soldier who carried a hand-cranked alarm were hit by a grenade fragment that exploded in the air during the covering attack of nearly 80 long-handled grenades and died on the spot.

From that moment on, they could only rely on themselves.

However, when the two Japanese infantry squads woke up, it was too late.

A heavy machine gun with a firing rate of 500 rounds per minute and an effective range of 1,000 meters was more than 200 meters away, blocking their escape route from a high position.

The only grenade launcher who could pose a threat to it was almost killed or injured, and any infantry who picked up the grenade launcher to attack it almost became the Chinese side's key target. Whether it was a rifle or a machine gun, the dense bullet flow caused the new grenade launcher who was still in the test firing stage to hardly survive for half a minute.

The most reliable light infantry heavy firearms of the imperial infantry turned out to be a death warrant.

After paying the price of seven or eight people in a row, no one took the grenade launcher anymore, given the ferocity of the Japanese army.

You might die in a shootout with the Chinese, but taking that thing is 100% a death. Choosing one of the two, how easy is it? Not all Japanese are iron-headed.

I like iron heads, but that's because the iron heads didn't hit the steel plate.

Now, they hit it.

Speaking of iron heads, there are also iron heads on the Chinese side.

As the commander of the fire support company, Cheng Tietou was originally ordered to follow the three infantry companies with three machine guns and six heavy machine guns far behind, waiting for the three infantry companies to reach the front of the Japanese artillery position. If the sneak attack fails and enters the offensive stage, the machine guns and heavy machine guns under his command will open the charge channel for the entire army.

However, because the night attack must be kept absolutely quiet, even if the packhorse's mouth is tied, it cannot be guaranteed to be safe, so the machine guns, such as nearly 200 kilograms of big things, can only be carried on the shoulders of the machine gunners.

Although a machine gun squad has up to 20 people, plus the shells and the machine gunners' own equipment, each person has an average load of nearly ten kilograms.

This marching speed is obviously not comparable to the infantry companies that have unloaded other loads and only left weapons and equipment.

Therefore, no matter how tough Tietou is, he and his fire support company are still 1,300 meters behind the three infantry companies.

If the three infantry companies have to start a strong attack immediately after arriving at the front line because of exposure and other reasons, Cheng Tietou's lateness will definitely be severely punished by military discipline.

Of course, this was also related to the fact that the independent battalion had just been formed. At least half of the fire support company was filled with soldiers from the former Songjiang Security Corps. If they were asked to carry only guns and march at high speed with the rigorously trained veterans of the Imperial Guards of the Four-line Camp, they might be able to keep up, but it would be impossible to maintain this speed while carrying these heavy equipment.

Tang Dao also took into account the actual situation of the fire support company. Without the help of pack horses, it would be impossible for them to keep up with the light infantry, so they deliberately postponed the assembly time for 40 minutes, which also gave the infantry who had marched nearly ten kilometers in a row enough time to rest.

But unfortunately, no one expected to meet the Japanese on the way, a typical case of a bandit meeting a thief child.

Even more unfortunately, the field radio of the fire support company broke down, and Cheng Tietou did not receive the order issued by Tang Dao at all. Tang Dao, who had already been involved in the battle, certainly had no time to care whether the fire support company could arrive quickly. Without the fire support company, he had to deal with the Japanese in a short enough time.

So, at the moment the battle began, Cheng Tietou, who was panting and rushing with his subordinates, suddenly heard a faint explosion from afar. Even though he was experienced in combat, he was stunned.

He turned on the flashlight covered with cloth and carefully checked the map. Then he called the guide to confirm that he had not gone to the wrong place. Only then did he dare to judge that it was his vanguard that encountered the Japanese army.

According to the first reaction of a normal person, Cheng Tietou would naturally lead the fire support company to quickly move towards the direction of the gunfire.

However, Cheng Tietou was not a lieutenant platoon leader who only followed orders at the beginning. He knew that this was a battlefield. If the vanguard could encounter the Japanese army, there might be other Japanese troops here.

Although his fire support company was equipped with machine guns and heavy machine guns, if it lost the protection of the infantry and encountered the Japanese infantry, and there were no fortifications in this wilderness, his fire support company would be like the Japanese Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade. It had heavy artillery but was still killed by the advance group of only 2,000 people without any resistance.

In other words, with the fire support company, an infantry company can almost play the role of an infantry battalion, but with the fire support company alone, an infantry platoon can deal with them.

The long-range firepower characteristics of the fire support company destined them to be catalysts rather than the main force.

So, this time, Tietou was not so iron-willed.

He immediately ordered the entire army to remain silent, and the machine gun team quickly assembled the machine gun, loaded the shells, and hung the machine guns with ammunition belts.

The caution of the company commander Tietou saved him and the fire support company.

Within ten minutes, one of the three groups of reconnaissance pioneers he sent almost crawled all the way back.

Without waiting for his report, the panting sound from afar and the unique sound of big leather shoes stepping on the mud made the entire fire support company silent.

It turned out to be the Japanese.

Although the night blocked everyone's sight, the clearly identifiable sound reminded these Chinese soldiers who had experienced the battlefield.

The Japanese army was less than 50 meters away from them in a straight line.

The soldiers could not see their company commander's face, or even his figure, but they all turned their eyes to him.

Attack or remain silent?

This may be one of the most difficult choices Cheng Tieshou has faced in his life.

Attacking can sweep away this group of unprepared Japanese troops, but what then? Then the Japanese infantry will crawl to the ground, and then use the width of the battlefield to disperse the infantry to reduce casualties, and then use grenade launchers to bombard the clearly visible firepower points. Whether it is machine guns or heavy machine guns, continuous firepower is needed to suppress the infantry, and they are heavy and have almost no mobility.

If you shoot, you will be blown up by the grenade launcher. If you don't shoot, you can't suppress the Japanese infantry. The Japanese infantry will move forward. When they shorten the distance and enter the attack range of their melon-shaped grenades, it will be hell for the entire fire support company.

But if you don't attack, where will these Japanese soldiers who are running in small steps go? Are they going to support their colleagues? Was he going to watch these Japanese soldiers attack his comrades?

Facing the Japanese planes that dived from high altitude and fired crazily from two onboard machine guns, Cheng Tieshou did not sweat, but on this winter night, sweat ran down the forehead of the company commander Tietou.