Chapter 148 Infantry Guns

With Commander Fei's reminder, the infantry guns of each company immediately began to aim at the Japanese tanks that were already positioned at an angle.

Colonel Matsutake Yusuke was at the rear of the tanks, in a depression, so his line of sight was not wide. He could only see a few tanks in front of him and behind him.

When he first heard the rumbling of artillery fire, he was already ordering the Japanese soldiers to bomb the mountain peaks. Of course, tanks did not react as quickly as infantry.

The tanks were all adjusting their positions and moving their turrets. At this moment, Colonel Matsutake Yusuke saw the tank at the protruding position on the mountain ridge suddenly explode.

It exploded without any warning. As if it had started something, the explosions seemed contagious. The tanks in the protruding positions on the mountain ridge exploded one after another.

Several tanks were blown up in the front and rear, and the remains of the tanks stopped on the road, instantly sealing off the dozen or so tanks in the middle of the mountain depression.

They could not rush out in a short time. Colonel Matsutake Yusuke watched shells constantly falling from the mountain peaks and anxiously urged, "Quick! Quick! Counterattack!"

The figures of the National Revolutionary Army soldiers could already be seen moving on the mountain peaks. Colonel Matsutake Yusuke imagined that the infantry following behind should be launching an assault now!

After receiving the order to fire, Feng Junya immediately directed the artillery regiment to fire the first shot of the day. As soon as the artillery sounded, Company Commander Hu Xiong, who had been waiting for this signal, ordered, "All artillery bombard the Japanese! Advance on the Japanese!"

It was time for the remaining Japanese troops of the Fifth Fleet Marine Corps, led by Commander Fukiishi Shiro, who had been surrounded for a day and a night, to go on their way.

This place was originally surrounded by three companies of the Second Regiment, the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Companies. Three more companies sent by the Fourth War Zone to study were added last night.

Company Commander Shi Jiang followed Company Commander Hu Xiong in the charge. Company Commander Shi looked enviously as Company Commander Hu roared into the walkie-talkie. The three companies of the Special Operations Brigade simultaneously began to bombard the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

His company also had telephones and nine light machine guns. In the past, Company Commander Shi was very satisfied with the equipment of the entire company.

Today, he saw Company Commander Hu Xiong commanding two Type 92 infantry guns and five mortars to bombard the Japanese.

Next, six heavy machine guns mounted on small carts rushed directly towards the Japanese. While the carts moved forward, soldiers along the way retrieved the directional mines they had laid.

The Japanese troops who had been surrounded last night were extremely obedient. They never thought of breaking out of the encirclement. Each Japanese soldier was as steady as an old tortoise, staying in place without moving.

When the artillery fire sounded, the Japanese troops led by Commander Fukiishi Shiro knew clearly: the Japanese troops who had come to rescue them had arrived.

Next, dense artillery shells fell on their heads. At this time, even the Japanese soldiers could figure out: this was the final offensive launched by the Special Operations Brigade.

If these Japanese troops could not stop this round of attacks, they would not survive! Commander Fukiishi Shiro loudly ordered, "Hold on! Hold on! Commander-in-Chief Yonezawa's reinforcements have arrived. If we persevere for five minutes, we will be victorious!"

He did not say that the Japanese troops of the 104th Infantry Division were coming to rescue them, but rather said Commander Yonezawa Koichi of the Fifth Fleet, with only one purpose: to try to encourage the fighting will of these Japanese troops.

Although they were infantry, they belonged to the Navy. These Japanese soldiers still valued the glory of the Navy very much.

Company Commander Eguchi Ryunosuke watched the Special Operations Brigade soldiers, who had rested for a night, charge up again. He had no choice but to order, braving the artillery fire, "Fire!"

Last night, these Japanese soldiers did not rest, but instead continued to dig trenches and fortifications. They all knew: the time when reinforcements arrived was the most dangerous time.

Only by digging the trenches deep and arranging them cleverly could they have more hope of survival. Eguchi Ryunosuke's company faced the direction of the Tenth Company, and although it was subjected to a lot of artillery fire,

the casualties of the Japanese troops were not high. These Japanese troops were now huddled in trenches, urged by Company Commander Eguchi to resist.

The bullets they fired made a tinkling sound when they were blocked by the carts. Only then did Company Commander Shi understand why Company Commander Hu Xiong wanted six carts in the front.

These were completely six small tanks!

At a distance of more than two hundred meters, the Tenth Company no longer stopped when it started its attack. Soon, it advanced to a distance of one hundred meters from the Japanese troops.

Squad Leader Yamada Taro anxiously reported to Company Commander Eguchi Ryunosuke, "Company Commander Eguchi! Our bullets can't stop them from advancing!"

Company Commander Eguchi Ryunosuke had already seen this situation. He could only order, "Fix bayonets! Prepare to charge!"

Whenever firepower was insufficient and the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, the weaker side thought of bayonet fighting.

Only bayonet fighting could even out the firepower advantage of the other side. Now, Company Commander Eguchi was thinking about this. This was the only trick they had.

The more than one hundred soldiers under Company Commander Shi were also charging along with the Tenth Company. In the half-month before this, they had never actively launched such an attack on the Japanese troops.

Today, charging with the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade, although these soldiers were a little uneasy, they were still able to maintain their pace and did not turn back.

The main reason was that their company commander was charging at the front of the entire company, and these soldiers did not dare not follow the company commander's charge.

The ordinary soldiers had a very simple idea: the officers were not afraid of death, and they, as ordinary soldiers with worthless lives, were certainly not afraid.

Company Commander Shi felt that the Japanese gunfire was sparse and asked in a low voice, "Have the Japanese troops escaped?"

Company Commander Hu smiled and said, "The Japanese troops will never escape. They can't beat us in terms of firepower, so they want to fight with bayonets."

Hearing that the Japanese troops wanted to fight with bayonets, Company Commander Shi's face changed. He knew that the Japanese bayonets were very famous.

Seeing his expression, Company Commander Hu smiled and comforted him, "Don't think too much about it! When it comes to bayonet fighting, we are the ancestors of the Japanese troops. When grandsons meet their ancestors, none of these Japanese troops will be able to escape."

Although they spoke in low voices, the surrounding soldiers still heard them. Among these people were soldiers from the Special Operations Brigade and soldiers under Company Commander Shi.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade all laughed. They were as familiar with fighting the Japanese troops with bayonets as they were with eating. They really did not take the Japanese troops seriously.

The soldiers under Company Commander Shi were still a little scared in their hearts. They knew their own situation best. They really could not beat the Japanese troops in bayonet fighting.

It was just that these ordinary soldiers were being led by the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade, and it was impossible for them to take a step back.

The Tenth Company charged very quickly, and they quickly crossed the distance of dozens of meters. Company Commander Hu still used the same tactic, "First platoon! Grenades!"

The three squads of the first platoon, who were charging at the front, were already under the orders of the platoon leader, "First squad! Throw!"

They paused for three seconds: "Second squad! Throw!" "Third squad! Throw!"

The sound of grenades exploding rumbled endlessly. At this time, Company Commander Shi finally understood: this Company Commander Hu looked tall and mighty, but his mind and methods were very cunning!

As soon as the third squad threw their grenades, the six carts in front suddenly scattered. The first platoon, who had just thrown their grenades, shouted and rushed out.

Company Commander Shi was also swept along to charge forward. Company Commander Eguchi Ryunosuke did not expect that even when they were about to charge at the end, the team on the opposite side would throw three rounds of grenades.

His team had not suffered much damage in the previous artillery bombardment, but they suffered considerable casualties in the explosion of these three rounds of grenades.

But what could he do now? He could only accept the damage and then order the Japanese troops to rush up.

At a distance of thirty meters, the two sides collided in one charge. Company Commander Hu was holding a Type 38 rifle in his hand and charging at the front.

He stabbed the Japanese soldier who was迎上 (yíngshàng - meeting/welcoming him) in the chest. What could Company Commander Shi do at this time? He could only charge up as well.

Then, he saw an amazing scene: Company Commander Hu's bayonet seemed to have magic at this time, and it actually pierced into the chest like this. The Japanese soldier on the opposite side was also incredulous after being stabbed.

Then, he was pulled out the bayonet by Company Commander Hu, and another knife was added, and the Japanese soldier on the opposite side fell to the ground. Company Commander Hu rushed to the next Japanese soldier again.

Company Commander Shi looked towards the other positions, only to find that: the Japanese soldiers who rushed up were like paper figures, and they had no power to parry in front of the Special Operations Brigade soldiers.

This made him very excited, and Company Commander Shi also quickened his pace and rushed forward. Finally, he saw a panicked Japanese soldier, hesitating whether to continue rushing forward.

Company Commander Shi learned from the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade and shouted loudly: "Kill!" The Zhongzheng rifle in his hand made a sudden thrust. The tip of the bayonet encountered a little resistance and paused for a moment, and then it pierced into the Japanese soldier's body.

The Japanese soldier on the opposite side obviously could not accept such an ending. He stared blankly at Company Commander Shi, and the rifle in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.

Company Commander Shi did not hesitate, pulled out the bayonet, and then added another knife. The Japanese soldier on the opposite side staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground.

Stabbing was so easy! Company Commander Shi became excited and loudly ordered, "Brothers! Follow me!"

He was originally followed by guards, and these soldiers saw that the company commander was so brave, and one after another charged forward.

It was just that the remaining Japanese soldiers in Eguchi Ryunosuke's company were not many, and they were not enough for the two companies who rushed up to divide.

In less than five minutes, the Japanese troops of Eguchi Ryunosuke's company were completely wiped out and no one survived. Company Commander Hu ordered, "Fifth platoon cleans the battlefield! The rest of the team continues to attack!"

The Tenth Company resumed the charging formation with six heavy machine guns in the front and the rest of the soldiers in the rear, and rushed towards Commander Fukiishi Shiro's headquarters.

Six companies launched an attack on the Japanese Marine Corps at the same time, and the progress in the other directions was no slower than Company Commander Hu's.

There were still more than thirty Japanese troops at Commander Fukiishi Shiro's headquarters. They saw that the speed of this attack by the Special Operations Brigade was much faster than yesterday.

In just less than ten minutes, all the Japanese troops they had deployed on the periphery were dead. The Special Operations Brigade rushed towards them from several directions. What to do now?

All the Japanese soldiers looked towards Commander Fukiishi Shiro. He did not hesitate at all, pulled out his pistol, and pointed it at the Japanese soldier's head.

With a "bang!" sound, Commander Fukiishi Shiro resolutely died. He was afraid that if he hesitated for a moment, he would become a prisoner of the Special Operations Brigade.

In this situation, even if their Amaterasu came, they would not be able to save the lives of these Japanese troops.

Seeing that the commander committed suicide so quickly, what else could these remaining Japanese troops do?

They did not even have the mood to resist, and they died one after another following Commander Fukiishi.

The battle here was launched suddenly and ended quickly!

Division Commander Li Zhen and Division Commander Zhang Ruigui were still watching Lin Fan perform to hit the tanks! They heard Company Commander Hu Xiong's report from the walkie-talkie: "Report Brigade Commander! The Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Companies of the Second Regiment have completely wiped out the surrounded Japanese troops! They are cleaning up the battlefield and requesting instructions for the next action."

The communicator quickly sent this report to Lin Fan's ear. Lin Fan stopped firing and ordered, "Let them return to their teams immediately, return to the Second Regiment, and listen to Commander Liu's command."

After receiving the order, Company Commander Hu Xiong only left one platoon here to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the soldiers immediately returned to the Second Regiment to report.

Colonel Kamikata Taro was waving the flag at the first moment when the tank regiment was attacked, ordering all the Japanese troops to counterattack the artillery positions that were bombarding them.

As he observed, Colonel Kamikata Taro's mood was as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He saw smoke rising from the distant and near mountains.

Every time a smoke rose, it meant that at least one artillery piece was attacking his tank regiment.

With so many artillery pieces, Colonel Kamikata Taro prepared to retreat, but looking at the destroyed tanks burning in front and behind, it was too late to retreat at this time.

Just as he was still thinking of a way, a shell flew over from a distance. In that instant, Colonel Kamikata Taro discovered that there were artillery pieces in the more distant places that were attacking them.

His thoughts stopped there. This shell that flew over from a distance accurately hit his tank.

Colonel Kamikata Taro died. Without the command of the tank regiment, these Japanese soldiers watched as tanks were constantly being destroyed in the front and rear.

They also became anxious, like ants on a hot pot, bumping and擠 (jǐ - pushing/shoving) each other on the road, trying to push away the tanks that had been destroyed to facilitate their retreat.

It was just that they had not been able to clear the road, and the attacks from the top of the mountain followed one after another. Although these shells were not like Lin Fan, who could achieve every shot, the Japanese tanks were just staying there.

If a shell did not hit, then another shell would come. Anyway, the Japanese tanks could only move in a small range and could not escape at all.

When Kamikata Taro and Matsutake Yusuke's two tank regiments were completely annihilated, the days of the two infantry battalions following behind them were not good either.

When Captain Kamihara Yosuke heard the artillery fire, he immediately ordered the entire battalion of Japanese soldiers to get out of the cars and establish a defensive line by the side of the road.

At this time, his battalion had not been attacked yet.

In less than a minute after his order was issued, he saw several tanks in front being destroyed.

At the same time, he also found figures of the National Revolutionary Army active on the mountain peaks in front.

Immediately afterwards, there were also bullets and shells falling on the hillside where he was located. Along with the bullets and shells, there were also shells.

These shells were aimed at their cars.

As soon as the battle started, Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen ordered Regiment Commander Zheng He, who was following him, "Let your team enter the battlefield."

Regiment Commander Zheng grabbed the phone and ordered, "The entire regiment enters the battlefield!" Although his regiment did not have walkie-talkies to notify each company like Regiment Commander Shangguan, he also had field telephones to command each company.

After putting down the phone, Regiment Commander Zheng saw that three of the Japanese cars below the mountain had been hit by shells and were burning.

The Japanese tanks in the distance were also burning. There was smoke rising from the ground as far as three kilometers away. Was this the Special Operations Brigade starting to attack the Japanese troops who had entered the ambush?

However, the Japanese team did not all enter the ambush. It was hard to say who was surrounding whom in such an ambush.

The smoke rising from the more distant places was even more obvious. He pointed to the smoke farthest away and asked with some confusion, "Regiment Commander Shangguan! What is the battlefield over there?"

Regiment Commander Shangguan glanced at it: "It is estimated that the artillery regiment is bombarding the Japanese artillery! The battlefield is too far away, I don't know."

Although Regiment Commander Shangguan did not know what was going on in the distance, he knew: the artillery regiment did not even attack the Japanese tanks, nor did it bomb the Japanese cavalry. Then it could only be bombing the Japanese artillery.

For the Special Operations Brigade, the biggest threat to them was the Japanese artillery. As long as the Japanese artillery was eliminated, the Japanese would be sick cats without teeth and would not be a cause for concern.

The soldiers under Regiment Commander Zheng had already rushed from behind the mountain and entered the battlefield. They saw that the winding road below the mountain was full of Japanese tanks and cars.

These soldiers were all stunned. They had seen such a scene under Mount Luofu a few days ago.

However, that time it was the Japanese tanks and infantry who beat them and lost their armor and armor. Now the position was reversed.

The Special Operations Brigade had already destroyed most of the Japanese tanks, and several cars below the mountain had also been destroyed. Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen introduced, "We mainly attack the Japanese, not the cars! The few cars that were attacked were also to prevent the Japanese from driving away."

Only then did Regiment Commander Zheng discover that: the Japanese car team was now like a dead snake whose hair had been cut off. In front of them, many tanks were destroyed and could not pass at all.

Several cars in the rear of the car team had been destroyed and could not pass either. These Japanese cars should not think about moving until the battle was over.

Regiment Commander Zheng pointed to the cars below the mountain: "Do you want to capture these cars?"

Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen said with a smile: "We have already captured sixty-three cars yesterday. If we capture dozens of cars today, we can drive around in northern Guangdong in the future!"

The Japanese troops had already entered the trap, and he did not need to command much in the current battle. The next task was to kill the Japanese troops who were still resisting on the hillside.

According to Lin Fan's request, there was no need to leave any survivors to lure the Japanese troops to come again today. This time, they attracted a full division of Japanese troops, which was really unexpected.