"Ready to go rumble At the cost of several gunners and observers, as well as the death of the artillery squad Sergeant Cao, the two 92nd Infantry guns assigned to the 1st Brigade of the 112th Wing burst out of the muzzles of orange flames, and two 70-millimeter grenades ejected their chambers and fired at the front-line positions of the 2nd Infantry Regiment.
The attacking Japanese covering firepower finally fired the first shell with difficulty, and the Type 92 heavy machine guns around the infantry guns also opened fire one after another, projecting covering fire to the position of the supplementary 2nd Regiment.
So far, the Honda Squadron of the First Brigade on the front line has lost nearly two squadrons, one squad leader has been killed and one seriously wounded, and nearly half of the officers of the entire squadron have been killed or wounded, which is very miserable, and the other two squadrons of the First Brigade are not much better, they have all been beaten enough by the first and third battalions of the second supplementary regiment, and they have suffered heavy casualties and have not moved an inch, and they have not advanced half a step.
After two muffled sounds, two artillery smoke rose from the first line position of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment.
Replenishing the first-line positions of the 2nd Regiment, the first round of return fire since the beginning of the war, the quality of the Japanese army was indeed high, in the time when the infantry guns were ready to shoot, the gunners completed the search for targets and aiming, and the first infantry shell hit the target, this 70-mm infantry shell smashed directly on the fort of the first-line position, and everything seemed to be carried out perfectly.
However, after an explosion, this shell did not have any practical effect except for shaking the fort for a while, the main structure of the fort is a steel plate, and the logs are attached with soil and sandbags, which is to supplement the fortifications carefully constructed by the second regiment, in order to protect the artillery group inside, the fort wall is deliberately built very thick when working, and sandbags are piled up at the gun mouth to prevent external fragments from entering, and the defensive measures are very tight.
This 70-millimeter explosive grenade of the Japanese army did not have much lethality against this fort at all.
The two-pounder flat-firing gun crew of the 2nd Regiment in the fort only felt a tremor, a puff of smoke rolling in from the narrow firing hole, and other than that, the soldiers in the fort felt nothing else.
The Japanese shell only caused the two-pounder anti-aircraft gun to pause firing for dozens of seconds, and after dozens of seconds, the two-pounder anti-aircraft gun in the fort resumed firing and continued to attack the Japanese infantry The attack on the fort failed, but another infantry gun that opened fire was successful, and the 70-millimeter blasting grenade fired by this gun hit a meter outside the trench of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment, and the shrapnel scattered after the grenade exploded killed and wounded several soldiers of the 1st Battalion in the battle, and finally caused some decent casualties to the 2nd Supplementary Regiment.
After a round of shelling, Honda, the leader of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 112th Wing, shook his head helplessly, witnessing the effect of the shelling, Honda found that the Chinese army's fort was extremely strong, and the shells were useless, so Honda simply gave up the attack on the fort.
"Infantry artillery, heavy machine guns concentrate on the enemy's main positions, do not attack enemy fire points, infantry use grenadiers to shoot at enemy artillery forts and suppress enemy troops" "Boom" The Japanese gunners, who recognized the reality, turned their heads and began to shell the open-air infantry positions of the second regiment, the Japanese army's tactics were very flexible, the two infantry guns were changed to rapid fire on the infantry positions, and at the same time used grenadiers to interfere with the shooting of the flat-fire guns in the fort, looking disgusting to you if you can't kill you, quite cunning, and reacting quite quickly With the rapid bombardment of the Japanese infantry artillery, the casualties of the infantry of the 1st and 3rd battalions of the 2nd Regiment on the position gradually increased, and the pressure of the Japanese infantry artillery was felt.
Just when the Japanese army was putting pressure on the front-line positions, Zhang Wei decisively took countermeasures.
"Regiment leader, I'm Dong Erli, what are you fighting?"
Zhang Wei took the field phone from the herald, and connected with Dong Erli, the commander of the artillery company, Zhang Wei deployed the main force of the regimental artillery company in the core second line position, and six six-pounder anti-aircraft guns and another five two-pounder anti-aircraft guns were all hidden in the fortifications of the second line of defense.
After the phone was connected, Dong Erli, the commander of the artillery company, couldn't wait to ask Zhang Wei what he wanted to fight, the battle in the first-line position, he could see it clearly in the condescending second-line position, Dong Erli had already seen it, and he wanted to try the power of these British level-firing guns in his hands.
Zhang Wei: "Dong Erli, don't you see the heavy machine guns and infantry guns in front of the Japanese position, I want you to knock them out, I don't care what kind of artillery you use, how many guns you use, but you remember, don't expose all your strength, don't pull out all the artillery, you have to be a long stream, stop in moderation, and accept it when you see it, understand?"
On the other end of the phone, Dong Erli replied with great joy.
"Understood, Commander" Zhang Wei would definitely not allow the Japanese infantry artillery to bombard the first-line position, he did not want to expose the strength of the second-line position, but appropriate fire support still had to be given, and this valuable fire support was just right for the Japanese army's infantry artillery and heavy machine guns.
After Zhang Wei gave the order, Dong Erli laughed and grabbed the field phone and gave a battle order to the artillery of his artillery company.
Under the meticulous maintenance of the communications company, the defense areas of the Second Regiment, all positions, all battalions and companies, and directly subordinate units are now replenished, and the means of communication have been completely achieved by telephone, and as long as Zhang Wei wants to, his field telephone can even reach the artillery group at the forefront.
These days, the communications department has done nothing else, except for repairing the telephone lines, that is, setting up telephone lines, repairing the racks, and building the entire regiment's communications network in an orderly and accessible manner.
It was only a minute after Zhang Wei and Dong Erli finished talking, and Dong Erli's artillery company moved.
"The six-pounder anti-aircraft guns were lined up with two guns, and the two-pounder anti-aircraft guns were used to attack the Japanese infantry guns and heavy machine guns in front of the position, and the targets were selected by themselves, and the heavy machine guns and infantry guns were destroyed and the fire was immediately ceased."
After receiving the order, the two six-pounder gun squads and two two-pounder gun squads of the artillery company quickly took up their positions and pushed the artillery into the firing position.
"Boom Boom" Two six-pounder guns and two two-pounder guns opened fire, and four shells flew diagonally down from the high ground, because the terrain of the second-line position was high, the firing range was good, the gunners' aiming was very convenient, and the artillery firing was also organized, the artillery platoon commander under Dong Erli commanded the firing adopted the tactics of four guns to attack in a concentrated manner, and after the four guns were discharged, they flew together to the 92 infantry artillery position on the front line of the Japanese army, which was the common target.
"Fire" Honda held his saber and frantically commanded the shooting next to the 92nd infantry gun, and the gunner on the side ignored the hot barrel, disemboweled, loaded the ammunition, and fired frantically at the front-line position.
At this moment, Honda vaguely saw several cannon shots in the distance, and a few seconds later, he was swept into a heat wave and was no longer conscious 。
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