Chapter 288 The First Contact
The land around the reclamation site has been opened as arable land within 600 meters, with dry fields in the southeast, northeast and southwest directions, and paddy fields in the northwest direction near the river. Whether it is dry fields, crops have been planted, and corn seedlings and rice seedlings are one foot high, which is very pleasant to be green. Most of them are uncultivated weeds, and at this time the Japanese army was full of before the attack.
Before the infantry started charging, according to Caodian, the infantry before the attack was generally about 500 meters away from the enemy's defensive position, which could prevent the enemy's infantry from firepower. This is how the first ** team in the main attack direction was deployed.
The captain Oda Aoyong hid behind the back of a small high edge, lay on the ground and held a telescope to look carefully. Some squadron leaders, squad leaders, and squad leaders had already received the task and were directing their subordinates to group, check the ammunition, and clarify the attack direction. Others, squadron leaders, squad leaders, and small officers of the squadron level who were the first wave of attacking with the team, kept explaining to their subordinates how to use the available terrain or concealment in the direction of progress to indicate detailed issues such as stage concealment points to soldiers preparing to attack.
Okuda looked at his watch and could attack in another 5 minutes. The attack will start from his side. Before dark, he can conduct 2 to 3 rounds of tentative attacks.
The sound of artillery sounded again, intermittently. Okuda understood that artillery was also very hard, and he had to change places after a few shots. The opponent had a cannon specifically attack his own infantry artillery position, forcing his own infantry artillery to run back and forth. Only two 75mm field cannons 3 kilometers away could still stand on their feet, but the distance was too far and the shooting was not accurate enough. Some shells actually knocked down far outside the wall.
Smoke columns rose from the settlement point. What are the results of the battle? Okuda did not expect much. The fire points of the Anti-Japanese United Army were hidden very well and were not exposed. His own artillery was fighting blindly, which was a waste of ammunition and it was difficult to hit the opponent's valuable target. If you want to accurately hit the opponent's fire point, you can only wait until you attack and then you can attract the opponent's fire, so that you can sense the opponent's position and guide the artillery to conduct accurate shooting.
On the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, Ma Qian'an was full of confidence. The telegram he had just received gave him a reassurance. Chen Hanzhang's unit of the Seventh Detachment of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and Wang Ming's heavy unit of the Ninth Detachment of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces dispatched most of the main forces, with a total of more than 2,000 rescue teams 30 miles upstream of the other side of the river. They were eager to move towards here. As long as they stayed until midnight, they could organize a breakthrough. At that time, the Seventh Detachment crossed the river to block the Japanese's pursuit troops.
The signature in the telegram showed a name that surprised Ma Qian'an - Zhao Shangzhi! Is the eldest brother here too? It's really exciting and expectant. Including the time for reinforcements and secret crossing the river, they will definitely arrive in midnight!
Chen Shizeng and Song Jishi, who were beside Ma Qian'an, also knew the good news, and they were happy for a while and focused on the enemy in front of them. The two of them watched the frontier positions while whispering. They knew very well about the Japanese offensive mode. The Japanese rarely launched large-scale charges from the beginning. They usually took small groups as units and waited for the machine gun to launch fire cover. Each group was to avoid the enemy's firepower and maneuvered to the first hidden point that had been selected. After reaching the first point, they deployed their firepower to kill the enemy and covered the machine gun.
The group moves forward. After the machine gun group is in place, it suppresses the enemy and covers other groups to move forward. In this cycle, the whole class should stop slightly at 2oo meters, unfold the firepower of the whole class, and use a large number of grenade launchers to clear the exposed enemy fire points and dense positions. At the same time, smokescreen bombs are used to guide the targets for the Japanese army to aim directly at the fire. Multiple units carry out multi-point infiltration attacks. At the end of the artillery fire preparation, the infantry should crawl forward on bayonets. After the artillery fire stops, the infantry should launch all suppression firepower to cover the attack on the infantry. The infantry should turn to full impact at about 1oo meters.
Ma Qian'an also knew the rules of the Japanese infantry attack, and knew himself and his enemy. When he heard the two commanders whispering, Ma Qian'an couldn't help but ask them with a smile: "What? Have you ever thought about it? Tell me! When fighting, you have to focus on your ideas and find the enemy's weaknesses. Anyone who has a good idea can try it."
The captain of the first squadron, Song Jishi, turned his head and said seriously: "I really have an idea. The Japanese are now at 60 meters, and the formation is too scattered. The effect of using mortars is not very good. Only two shells can kill one Japanese, which is a loss! I think if you use snipers? You can disrupt their position and not let them attack so calmly."
"I agree!" Chen Shizeng hurriedly agreed.
Ma Qian'an thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes!"
There are 18 snipers left in the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, and they are deployed in four directions. Ma Qian'an needs to fire first in the enemy's main attack direction. In order to concentrate firepower, he specially draws 2 snipers in the other three directions. In this way, on the southeast side, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces have 12 "killers".
Two minutes later, the snipers coming from other directions came over with sporadic artillery fire and quickly found a location based on their professional vision.
"Open fire!" Ma Qian'an ordered.
"Crack! Crack!..." The crisp gunshots rang one after another, and the gunshots were single, very inconsistent, but 12 sniper gunmen fired together. Although the target was 60 meters away by the sniper, they still achieved major results. The Japanese forwards who only paid attention to the anti-cannons but did not pay attention to the anti-gun were in chaos.
Within a few seconds, more than 20 Japanese hiding badly were hit. All the Japanese who were originally lying on their waists and running out of the position were lying on the ground, not daring to look up, and could only crawl on the ground, swimming on the ground, the progress was slow and the organizational efficiency was greatly reduced.
Okuda opened his mouth wide and stayed for a while. The sudden accurate shooting was completely beyond his expectations. Who would have thought that he would be hit by a gun at such a long distance? How could the Anti-Japanese United Army have so many sharpshooters? If he attacked like this, he would be completely finished before he could reach the local striker.
The attack time was up, and Okuda did not attack, but instead rang the phone call that had just set up the line.
After reporting the new situation urgently, Okuda asked for a temporary suspension of the attack. Toku did not agree and ordered the attack immediately. Toku wanted to show the strength of his brigade in front of the defeated general Yoshimoto, and then find out the real situation of the Anti-Japanese United Army. Is it as Yoshimoto feared, with strong combat power. How can I know if I don’t test it?
Helplessly, Okuda had to attack.
More than a dozen grenade launchers fired smoke bombs and hit the middle of the positions of both sides. When the smoke was a little thicker, the two teams of Japanese soldiers crawled out of the hidden object and trotted to the first hidden point that had been aimed at.
The Japanese machine guns began to shoot along the gaps of the crowd, "Dadada..." As for where to knock them down, the machine gunners were not very clear. The smoke from the smoke also blocked a lot of sight. Moreover, the distance was so far, who knew where to shoot. They were completely operating according to Cao Dian, infantry charges and machine gun covers.
The Japanese infantry trotted a few steps, lay down and lie down, fired, and got up and trotted, lay down and fired, and gradually approached 30 meters.
The smoke ejected from the smoke gradually decreased, revealing a lot of gaps. Ma Qian'an kept watching the situation ahead nervously. Seeing hundreds of Japanese soldiers breaking to the first attack point, he ordered: "The machine gun does not move, the rifle fires!"
After more than half a month of war, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces seized more than 400,000 rifles of the 38th and 79th rifles and more than 100,000 bullets. Now everyone has two long spears. In order to save the few remaining Soviet-style automatic firearm bullets, Ma Qian'an ordered to use sufficient ammunition to seize weapons first. Although the firepower was weak, there were not many enemies rushing up in the first round. This kind of rifle was suitable for dealing with the enemy.
Ma Qian'an held a 38 rifle and patiently looked for the target. At this distance, he was a gun god and had some help.
The gunshots were loud! The southeastern ones took the enemy first. The Japanese in the other directions did not receive offensive orders, and they were all waiting for this tentative offensive effect.
"Boom!" A field cannon shell exploded on the roof of a house. Kerala blew up the house, and a stream of smoke scattered, rushing out along the open space between the houses.
This house is only ten meters away from Ma Qian'an. The dust from falling down poured on his head. The tiny earth-shattered stones hit the steel helmet and made a buzz, affecting his aim. He cursed disdainfully, "Spray! This bastard! This shot is still like a little bit, but it still doesn't hurt me at all, hum!"
"Bang!" A Japanese man showed his figure in the smoke and was instantly hit by a bullet, and his arm fell backwards.
Ma Qian'an took action, and he almost didn't need to aim. When he saw a blurry figure, he shot it. After one gun was shot, Niu Yan immediately handed over the second gun and fired continuously.
The two nearby snipers could not find the target. As soon as the Japanese in front of them showed their bodies from the smoke, they were hit by the commander. It seemed that what Commander Ma had just taken an ordinary 38 gun? We who were holding sniper rifles could not even rob him.
The Japanese fired another round of smoke bombs and hit a place 20 meters away from the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. With the cover of smoke, more than a dozen machine gun teams rushed up desperately, and then set up the machine guns 20 meters away to start shooting violently. The dense rain of bullets suddenly suppressed the firepower of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.
The Japanese grenade launchers also began to move forward, and more than a dozen grenade launchers were deployed on a 3-5 oo meter area. They fired violently according to the scheduled shooting. In batches of grenades entered the settlement site, and the rumbling explosion sounded.
With the help of machine guns, grenade launchers and field cannons in the distance, the dozens of remaining Japanese vans crawled forward dozens of meters. Then a group of new Japanese soldiers who joined the charge occupied the 20-meter area, preparing to launch fire.
The nearest Japanese rushing was still a hundred meters away. Ma Qian'an still didn't want to use his machine gun. He squinted his eyes and thought for two seconds, and gave a loud order: "Battleboat, mortar knocked off the Japanese machine gun and grenade launcher! Now you can use the captured Japanese machine gun for strafing!"
Hearing this order, the machine gunners and gunners smiled happily. The machine gunners set up crooked hands or fired in Type 96. The bazooka player finally found a place to use his skills and fired the first rocket at the target he had already chosen.
The stray bullets of machine guns and rifles on both sides chirped and passed by in the air. The grenade launcher bullets fired by the Japanese and rockets fired by the Anti-United Nations League were whizzing and hissing, and the bullets were flowing like weaving, with smoke marks and violent explosions roaring. The corpses in front of the position were everywhere, with wreckage, and blood was splattered with a strong smell of blood.
Chapter completed!