In front of the first line of the 2nd Regiment, the Japanese troops who were charging in front were swallowed up by artillery fire and bullets, and the 1st Brigade of the 112th Wing, which was attacking, and an infantry squadron at the front, almost half of its men and horses were broken.
The Japanese army had already been fully deployed, and all squads, and even battle groups, were scattered to attack, but it was such a tight attack, but it suffered a heavy loss, and suffered heavy losses under the scorching firepower of the second regiment, and the first squadron of the 112th Wing, which was at the forefront, suffered nearly 200 casualties within five minutes of receiving fire, and almost lost its combat effectiveness.
Not to mention those Japanese soldiers who were killed on the spot, even the Japanese soldiers in the flanks were also embarrassed, and they could crawl down, dodging the direct shots, and they might not be able to dodge the shrapnel from other directions.
They didn't expect that the two infantry battalions of the enemy in front of them, on average, were supported by four mortars and one flat-fire gun per infantry company, and the firepower intensity was far stronger than that of the attacking Japanese army, not to mention, there were a large number of light and heavy machine gun bonuses and fortification cover, like two-pounder flat-fire guns hidden in fixed gun forts, there was no need to worry about being interfered with in the shooting, and the gunners hid in the gun fort and could fire at will.
Forty-millimeter flat-fire shells hit the infantry, and one shot was a pool of blood, a crater.
To put it mildly, now the soldiers of the Second Regiment in the front-line positions will bring a lot of casualties to the Japanese army if they indiscriminately put their guns Needless to say, the overall intensity of firepower in the front-line positions can be said to be stunned as soon as the fire was received.
"Boom" Captain Honda, the squadron leader of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 112th Wing, was prostrate on the ground, full of surprise, and above his head, the 79-step machine gun bullets flew densely, the whistling sound of bullets breaking through the air and the warm waves of shells blew by, and the corner of Captain Honda's eye was scraped by a shrapnel, and bright red blood flowed out.
The two squadron headquarters heralds who followed him were hit next door and slightly wounded, and the other was hit in the abdomen by a bullet, tearing his entire chest, and in front of him on the right was accompanied by an infantry squad charging lieutenant deputy squadron leader, Honda's most trusted deputy officer was even more miserable, first was hit by a stray bullet and broke his legs by a mortar shell, and died a very miserable death.
Beside the deputy squadron leader, there was also a second lieutenant squad leader who was killed together, and in just a short moment, a shell caused the death of two officers under Honda.
Honda, who was prostrate on the ground, saw the herald and his deputy squadron leader being blown up, only to realize that the enemy troops on the opposite side were not good at stubble, and the subordinates around him were all the same, suffering heavy casualties, and a light machine gun group ten meters in front of Honda was hit by a shell, and the entire machine gun team was blown up into the sky along with the eleventh year light machine gun it carried.
A grenadier on the left flank was even worse, being hit by a heavy machine-gun bullet and ending up with Honda's heralds, with the grenadier and secondary shooter all torn apart.
The tragic death of his subordinates, the pain in the corners of his eyes, let Honda regain his composure, before the charge, his head was full of scenes of defeating the Chinese army, but now, a basin of cold water poured over, Honda completely lost the pride and fighting spirit when attacking.
Honda bent down, raised his binoculars and cautiously observed the enemy position in the distance, in the observation, Honda used his good military qualities to initially spy on the true face of the enemy front, in his impression, the defense line of the Chinese army, which should have been vulnerable, at least one squadron of flat-fire artillery fire, as well as more than two strong fortresses and a large number of unknown mortars.
A cold sweat broke out behind Honda, and if nothing else, just looking at the sturdy bunker, you can judge that this line of defense was built over a long period of time.
Honda understood that it had underestimated the enemy, and that the firepower in the local positions had far exceeded pre-battle estimates, and that continuing the assault would only increase casualties.
"Order, stop the assault, bring the heavy machine guns and infantry guns over and shoot at close range" Honda said to the only remaining herald beside him.
Although the herald was wounded, he faithfully carried out the order and ran to the rear in a hail of bullets.
Without Honda's orders, the attacking Honda squadron soldiers also stopped charging and scattered and hidden, Honda's battle order was quickly conveyed, and on the rear side, the heavy machine gun group accompanying the attack began to rush to the first line in the rain of bullets, and several groups of Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun groups and a 92 infantry gun group quickly advanced along the path opened by the infantry with flesh and blood.
Honda knew that the firepower must be strengthened, otherwise it would be impossible to capture the position by infantry alone, and although the officers of the 112th Wing of the Japanese Army were arrogant, it did not mean that they were stupid.
The Japanese heavy machine gun group and infantry artillery group were difficult to advance forward, and the infantry was beaten badly, and the breakthrough of these supporting firepower was naturally not easy, because the firepower of the second regiment was too fierce, these machine gunners and gunners had no way to carry the machine guns and infantry guns forward, and it was difficult to even straighten their bodies.
The heavy machine guns and infantry guns could only be disassembled, the machine gunners carried the machine gun tripods and gun bodies, and the infantry gunners pushed the guns, carried the shell boxes, and laboriously moved forward, and finally reached the position of the first line after paying the price of several deaths.
Honda, who received support, was overjoyed and ordered the heavy machine gun group and infantry artillery group beside him to open fire to cover the infantry to launch a breakthrough, and at the same time, the Japanese infantry was also providing cover for machine guns and mortars.
The Japanese Type 92 machine gunners and Type 92 infantry gunners, who had just arrived in place, began to assemble heavy machine guns and infantry guns and prepared to start attacking.
"Open fire quickly, suppress the enemy's front-line positions, and cover the infantry charge."
Honda hid behind the shield of the infantry gun and shouted at the heavy machine gun crews around him, and amid the loud sound of the infantry gun shield and the dense gunballs, Honda frowned, waiting for the moment when his own cover fire was fired "Regiment commander, the infantry guns and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army came up in front of the battle, there are no less than five heavy machine guns and two infantry guns."
The fierce battle on the front-line position was in full swing, Zhang Wei was closely observing in the command post of the second line of defense, and Qiu Wei made a field call in the first-line position, and suddenly five heavy machine guns and two infantry guns appeared, so that the steady Qiu Wei called Zhang Wei for help, although the front-line position of these Japanese troops was enough to deal with the covering firepower, but Qiu Wei still sent a request for help to Zhang Wei for insurance.
Zhang Wei sneered and looked at the Japanese soldiers in front of the battle, and said to the herald.
"Artillery Company of the Receiving Regiment" 。
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