"Prepare to fight and meet the enemy" "Machine guns in place" Amidst the dense artillery fire, there were Japanese soldiers coming and going everywhere.
Some were carrying weapons and ammunition, and some were looking for their own fortifications.
Most of the Japanese troops and equipment in the fortress were already in place.
There was at least one nine-gun in each fort.
In addition to the Type 2 heavy machine gun, it is also equipped with one or two, or even three Type 11 light machine guns in some forts, which is commonly known as the crooked machine gun by the national army as an auxiliary.
The commander of the Japanese position was a captain, and the person in charge of the entire position was a brigade of the 50th Regiment.
The brigade captain was not responsible for the front-line command, but handed over the command to his captain.
This captain is called Kawashima.
He has rich combat experience and has been entangled with the preparation battalion for a long time.
He was also on the front line to command the Japanese army's previous attacks on the preparation battalion and the friendly battalions.
Needless to say, the result of the Japanese counterattack was that they were repelled and more than a hundred people were killed.
Kawashima was keenly aware that the opponent was not an ordinary Chinese army.
The about a thousand Chinese troops he fought were much stronger than the opponents he had experienced in previous battles.
Especially the enemy troops guarding the central position actually threw grenades at close range to defeat the "imperial army".
"It caused heavy damage.
The center of the preset breakthrough point was forced to shift the focus of the attack to the left wing of the enemy's position because it suffered too much damage from the Chinese army's grenade attack.
The attack on the left wing went smoothly, and they once invaded the enemy's position, but were finally repelled.
It was the reinforcements from the center that repelled them.
In the offensive battle, Kawashima relied on his years of experience and did not feel that the Chinese troops on the left and right wings were strong.
The real threat came from the Chinese army in the center.
In the defensive battle, he dared to put the "Imperial Army" close Fight, able to organize grenade throwing at close range.
All this illustrates the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army at the center.
If Kawashima's guess is correct, the Chinese army once organized a feint attack of dozens of people before a large-scale attack.
This small force that came from the feint attack used tactics quite well.
Kawashima believes that although it is not as good as the "Imperial Army" ”, but it’s not much different.
In terms of tactics, the Chinese army that feinted to attack performed very well in both individual tactics and alternating cover between squads.
Most of this small force was also affiliated with the Chinese army defending the central position.
When fighting the Chinese army that was feinting to attack, the enemy actually used deflection firearms.
The firing and explosion sounds of these light deflection firearms sounded very familiar to Kawashima.
The Chinese army does not have light mortars.
Combined with the sound of explosions, it is clear that it is the Type 89 heavy-throw cannon equipped by the imperial army.
Only a few dozen troops were equipped with two 89 grenades.
These grenades could only be taken from the "Imperial Army".
Kawashima couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he didn't know how many "Imperial Army" there were.
Warriors died at their hands.
Kawashima raised his telescope to observe.
The command position he was in was much safer than the foxhole.
At least he could observe the situation in front of the position relatively safely.
At least more than a hundred Chinese troops opened a skirmish line and rushed towards them, and they would soon be within shooting range.
Looking at his men again, there were constant falling bombs on the entire position, and the falling bombs were mainly concentrated near the foxholes adjacent to the fort.
The foxholes were heavily bombed, and the artillery shells hit the foxholes not densely but rhythmically.
The Japanese soldiers who entered the foxholes were forced to lower their bodies, hoping to avoid shrapnel by curling up.
The Japanese soldiers He is not very tall, so he can fit into the foxhole by squatting down.
However, the foxhole has no roof, and shrapnel will hit the hole from time to time.
The soldiers in the preparation camp were getting closer and closer.
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Kawashima looked at the increasingly tense situation and made a decisive decision to open fire in advance.
He had realized that the effectiveness of the foxholes would be greatly reduced, and the shells would hit the skirmishers.
Near the pit, it was obvious that they were suppressed.
Many people were suppressed in the foxholes and could not raise their heads.
They could only open fire in advance and exchange distance for the firepower lost due to the Chinese army's shelling.
"Fire immediately" Kawashima shouted.
The signal soldier beside him took out his signal gun and fired a signal bomb into the sky.
The Japanese army had forts crisscrossed with foxholes and standing fire trenches.
It was time-consuming and laborious to deliver orders verbally, and field telephones could not reach the scattered forts, so the signal gun could not reach them.
It is the best communication equipment.
In the sky, a red signal bomb was shot up, and then slowly fell down.
The missile body rubbed against the air, making bursts of whistling sounds.
The flare is the signal to fire, it seems obvious.
Even the Japanese troops inside the fort could hear the sharp sound of the flares falling.
The shouts of "kill" the Chinese army became louder and louder.
The charging distance was more than 300 meters.
The preparation battalion at the forefront rushed more than 100 meters.
It was about 1,670 meters away from the main Japanese position.
Meters, the original plan was for the Japanese army to fire from a distance of about 100 meters, so that the machine gun firepower in the fortress could be maximized.
However, I did not expect that the Chinese army's shelling would continue.
After Kawashima's firing order was issued, the Japanese troops in the fortress were the first to prepare.
They had a relatively solid fort as a shooting bunker, which was far better than an open-air foxhole.
The Japanese troops in the fort loaded their machine guns and took aim.
In an instant, eight guns were fired.
The Type 92 heavy machine gun and a dozen crooked light machine guns were aimed at the charging national army.
The first company to bear the brunt was the First Company.
The fortress located in the center of the Japanese position is the benchmark fortress of the Japanese army.
Eight Japanese soldiers in the fortress jointly serve a Type 92 heavy machine gun and two crooked light machine guns.
In front of the muzzle of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, The presence of the Chinese military has become increasingly obvious.
The Japanese shooter held the handle of the 92 heavy machine gun tightly and did not fire immediately.
There was a Japanese corporal beside him.
During the battle, the corporal was also qualified to control the timing of firing.
Although Kawashima, the commander of the position, However, in the Japanese army, which has a serious tradition of "lower restraint than superior", it is not surprising that noncommissioned officers would be slightly slower to execute the orders, or add a little of their own ideas to the superior officers' orders.
"Fire" The sergeant hesitated for more than ten seconds before finally giving the order to fire.
The Type 92 heavy machine gun spit out orange flames and shot at the rushing Chinese army.
The other two crooked light machine guns were located on the left and right sides of the fortress, responsible for shooting from the flanks.
After the Type 92 heavy machine gun opened fire, Then he followed up and shot.
After the central fortress opened fire, it was followed by the fortresses on both wings.
The Japanese fortress group formed a tight fire network and flew towards the rushing Chinese army.
"Kill!"
shouted the killing sound.
The company rushing in front had spread out as much as possible and spread out the battle formation.
However, after a dense rain of bullets from the Japanese army, the soldiers of the company rushing in front were still being attacked.
At the moment of the attack, more than a dozen people fell down.
Blood markers flew up, and the bodies that charged bravely fell down one by one: