The top of the high ground, the command center of the Luotang garrison.
In the command post, the smell of dust and pungent gunpowder smoke filled the air in the command post, and the Japanese officers and men who had just been freed from the shelling hurriedly prepared for battle, took their telephones to restore communication with the various defensive areas, and tested whether the telephone lines were still intact.
There were several large craters scattered outside the command post, thick smoke was emitting, and a group of guard posts outside the command post was hit by shells, and a box of grenades was detonated, causing a martyrdom.
Several conscientious Japanese soldiers also ventured outside the command post to check the field telephone line connected to the general command post of the Kunlun Pass garrison.
The signal corps units attached to the Kunlun Pass garrison were very efficient in operation, and they also had airdropped telephones and wires, so the telephones of the 4th Squadron on the Luotang Heights could be connected to various squads, machine-gun fire points, and observation posts.
Captain Ueda, the squadron leader of the 4th Squadron of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 42nd Wing, spat out the dirt in his mouth, and the small command post was still raging with this artillery fire just now, and it was full of dust from the shells, and as soon as the artillery fire stopped, Ueda heard the warning order from the central observation post.
"The enemy has rushed to the middle of the high ground, giving orders to the squads to open fire on their own" Ueda symbolically took the sights and looked at the front of the high ground, the Chinese army's shelling this time made him feel very bad, the shelling was very orderly, and the level of cooperation between the infantry and artillery was very different from the Chinese army that had been repelled for several days.
Ueda naturally knew that this battle would not be easy to fight, and the performance of the Chinese army's infantry charge was completely different from before, this Ueda could take charge on the Luotang Heights, and the command level and ability were not given in vain, and the progress of the Chinese army's attack tactics was obvious, and he knew that he had to fire immediately in order to withstand the infantry impact of this Chinese army.
Ueda didn't need to observe to know that the Chinese infantry was charging, and hurriedly gave the order to open fire.
"Fire" "Saddle machine gun emplacements fired" Five or six Japanese soldiers shouted the order to open fire into five or six telephones, and from the trenches and machine-gun fire points on the high ground to the light and heavy machine gun positions in the saddle of the high ground, they received the order to open fire at the same time, and the Japanese troops in various positions could not wait, and opened fire on the assault troops with various light and heavy firearms.
"Kill" The assault force led by the 1st and 3rd Squadrons quickly followed up and rushed, stepping on the middle of the high ground and striking hard, and suddenly, at the top of the high ground and near the side of the high ground saddle, a string of bullets was fired.
There was a lot of gunfire on the high ground, and a few more grenades flying diagonally in mid-air.
The Japanese army in Luotang returned fire and directly fired the most fierce firepower, and the assault troops relied on excellent infantry and artillery coordination to shorten the distance of receiving the enemy, but the matter of bearing the Japanese firepower was unavoidable after all.
In addition to two heavy machine gun squads, four Type 92 heavy machine guns, and light machine guns within the establishment of the infantry detachment, the defenders of the Luotang Heights also had a lot of light machine guns outside the establishment, all of which came from the Japanese army's airdrop supplies, and the number of their 11-year-old light machine gun equipment exceeded the number of units in the unit, and some infantry detachments in key positions, one detachment was even equipped with three 11-year-old light machine guns, and the fire density was very high.
The machine-gun fire on the high ground crossed each other, and the saddle position of a platoon of the 598th Regiment was also fired fiercely at the saddle position of the 598th Regiment by cross-firing at close distances, and the 92 heavy machine guns and 11-year-old light machine guns in the saddle were fired sideways at the assault troops, strafing the officers and men of the assault troops.
The engineer platoon of the teaching brigade and the 37th anti-aircraft artillery squad were moving in the tail of the assault unit in the direction of the Japanese fire point in the saddle.
"Dada" The sound of gunfire and explosions were mixed together, and the first to bear the brunt was the advance of the assault force, although the assault force had been fully deployed, and the formation of the soldiers was not secret, but the officers and soldiers of the first and third squadrons rushed to the front, and someone was knocked down in an instant.
The sound of bullets scraping in his ears sounded, and several Zhang Wei were in the center of the soldiers of the first squadron, and Zhang Wei saw with his own eyes that two soldiers of the first squadron were knocked down in front of him, their necks were pierced, and blood sprayed half a meter high.
A soldier's helmet even flew up, and Zhang Wei could see the Japanese army's 92 machine gun fire network in the saddle with his peripheral vision, and the officers and soldiers of the 3rd squadron became victims of the saddle machine gun position.
The 3rd Squadron on the right was hit by a grenade, which exploded in the ranks of the 3rd Squadron, annihilating many soldiers in the artillery fire.
The entire front of the assault force was attacked by Japanese fire, and every step of the way from then on to meet the enemy had to pay the price of blood.
Zhang Wei continued to move forward in a low posture and shouted: "Pay attention to avoid bullets, rush forward with heavy machine gun mortars to prepare for cover" Zhang Wei asked the infantry of the assault force to attack with all their might, and at the same time called the heavy machine guns and mortars that covered the fire to prepare for fire.
"Yes" Qiu Wei repeated Zhang Wei's battle order and continued to convey it to his surroundings.
The soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Squadrons, who rushed ahead, maintained an offensive posture and charged against the rain of bullets from the Japanese army, but due to the crossfire of the Japanese army, the casualties continued to increase, and the speed of the infantry attack had been greatly reduced.
Zhang Wei lowered his body and rushed forward with the troops as much as possible, starting from the middle of the highland, rushing towards the top of the highland, every time he took a step forward, there would be officers and soldiers of the assault force falling, Zhang Wei felt the fierce firepower of the Japanese army, and estimated the combat strength of the Japanese army in his heart, only in terms of machine gun firepower, Zhang Wei estimated that the Japanese army had at least half a small brigade on the high ground.
Of course, Zhang Wei didn't know about the fact that the 4th Squadron of the 2nd Brigade was over-equipped with light machine guns, and he instinctively judged that there were two infantry squadrons of Japanese troops on the Luotang Heights.
Casualties continued, and the officers and men of the assault force were still trying their best to attack, and the 1st and 3rd squadrons, heavy machine gun platoons, and mortar platoons, advanced together.
"Ready, ready" Mortar platoon commander Dong Erli didn't wait behind the team, and led the troops to follow the infantry of the first and third squadrons, Dong Erli was also collecting his own mortars, Dong Erli knew that the infantry could not rush straight over, and would inevitably be blocked by Japanese fire on the high ground, and it was a matter of time before the artillery fire was covered.
So, under the cover of the infantry in front, the mortars began to shrink their ranks and prepare for the shooting, and next to the mortar platoon, there was also a heavy machine gun platoon of the heavy fire squadron, and they were also doing the same thing as the mortar platoon, gathering the ranks and preparing for the shooting.
Zhang Wei, who was charging, looked at the brothers who fell on the high ground, and felt uncomfortable, but he had to go up and coordinate with the infantry and artillery to gain a great advantage, and the infantry had to do their best to shorten the distance with the enemy, and they could not stop until they could not really advance.
In the highland trenches, the Japanese troops in the bunkers were also in a hurry, fighting desperately, and firing desperately.
Under the increasingly fierce fire of the Japanese army, the pace of the assault force on the high ground gradually slowed down ：。
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