Chapter 452: A desperate adventure
Outside the train station, Zhou Cheng finally smiled on his face.
Although he did not visit the scene in person, the increasing concentration of gunfire and explosions in the railway station meant that the attacking troops were shrinking and surrounding the encirclement bit by bit.
As the encirclement circle is smaller, the Japanese army's range of activities will be smaller, and there will be fewer street fighting fortifications that can be used for combat, which will be more conducive to its own attack.
As expected, in another hour, the remaining Japanese devils at the train station will be wiped out by themselves.
The only thing that made Zhou Cheng heartbroken was that the combat troops consumed a large amount of artillery shells, especially the infantry artillery shells that were difficult to seize in normal times.
After changing the style of play, in order to reduce the losses of the troops in street fighting, Zhou Cheng subscribed 100 infantry artillery shells to each company serving as the main attacker, requiring them to use artillery shells to solve the battle when they can use artillery shells to solve the battle when they attack.
Since the establishment of the National Salvation Army, the total number of infantry artillery shells has been seized by seizing reserves of only more than 800. Half of the reserves were used up tonight.
Zhou Cheng could imagine that after returning to the regiment headquarters, Tang Yufeng must have followed and criticized himself, saying that he was too wasting shells.
But Zhou Cheng had no choice. This was the best way for the troops to reduce casualties and fight quickly to win the railway station.
If he had made a choice between the shells and his subordinates' lives, he would definitely choose to save his subordinates' lives. If he could sacrifice less warrior, he would sacrifice less.
As he listened, Zhou Cheng's brows slowly frowned.
According to the principle, the smaller the range of activities of the Japanese army, the more concentrated the troops will become, and the sound of firefighting on the battlefield will become more and more dense. However, the sound of firefighting on the battlefield will not only not become denser, but will become more and more sparse.
Zhou Cheng thought he had heard it wrong, so he quickly asked Li Honghui next to him: "Deputy Chief of Staff, has the gunshots coming from the train station changed?"
Li Honghui didn't notice something was wrong at first, and when he heard the commander reminded him, his brows immediately frowned: "There is indeed a change. Except for the gunshots in the south as dense as before, the gunshots in the other three directions seemed to have become thinner. Did the Japanese retreat?"
Zhou Cheng shook his head and asked, "The railway station is so big, where can they retreat?"
Li Honghui nodded in agreement and continued to analyze: "Or the main force of the Japanese devils have been almost killed by us?"
Zhou Cheng shook his head again: "No, they still have at least 500 people..."
"And even if their main force is killed by us and there is no soldiers available, the sound of firefighting in four directions becomes weaker at the same time, rather than the firefighting in one direction becoming more intense, and the firefighting in the other three directions becomes weaker at the same time!"
Speaking of this, Zhou Cheng suddenly thought of something, and then he became worried: "No, although the remaining Japanese devils at the railway station have no place to retreat, they can break through!"
"Our troops are scattered in four directions and attack the railway station at the same time. If the Japanese army assembles troops to break out of the railway station from one direction and breaks out of the railway station, we will have no troops available if we want to chase them!"
"There are also artillery positions. Because our troops are limited and there are no Japanese outside the railway station, they do not have any infantry protection. If the Japanese army breaks out from the railway station and heads straight to our artillery positions, hundreds of gunners will definitely not be the opponents of the Japanese army, and the artillery battalion will be dangerous!"
"Dongdongdongdong...dakdadada...bangboo..."
Perhaps to prove Zhou Cheng's judgment, the sound of fire exchange in the south of the railway station suddenly became dense, and there were also a large number of heavy machine gun strafing sounds and grenade explosions in the middle.
Zhou Cheng's face became even more worried: "The Japanese really wanted to break through from the south. The artillery positions were less than one kilometer away from the railway station. After they broke out of the railway station, they would definitely go to the assault artillery positions!"
"Send someone to contact the artillery battalion commander Tan Wei immediately. In a while, the Japanese will attack the artillery position and let the artillery battalion be prepared for defense. All gunners and ammunition players who can hold guns will participate in the battle. The Japanese must not rush into the artillery position."
"The fire platoon of the spy company, the heavy machine gun platoon directly under the artillery battalion, immediately return to the aid artillery position, and the guard company also goes there to protect the artillery battalion at all costs."
"All cavalry companies moved closer to the artillery positions and found an opportunity to raid the Japanese who came out of the train station!"
"The three main forces each have a platoon to destroy the rear troops left by the Japanese army. The other troops marched urgently to reinforce the artillery positions, surrounded the Japanese side to encircle a larger encirclement, and ate all the Japanese who broke through!"
After giving the order, the fire exchange sound from the train station was even more dense than before, and was extending step by step outside the train station.
Zhou Cheng realized that the Japanese army was about to rush out and ordered decisively: "We will also go to the artillery position. One more person in the railway station will provide more security. Let's set off now!"
When they arrived at the artillery position, hundreds of gunners all blocked the artillery position and dug bunkers to repair the position.
There must be no time to build the ring position, so everyone can only build some temporary shelters.
Open the ammunition box, fill it with dirt, two piles, and put it on the ground, and a single bunker becomes...
More gunners were busy around several heavy machine guns.
They are a killer weapon to block the Japanese from approaching the artillery positions. The positions must be built to solidify, otherwise they will be destroyed by the Japanese if they are not fired.
When Tan Wei saw Zhou Chengzuo, he met: "The regiment commander, the fire platoon of the spy company, the fire platoon of the guard company, and the heavy machine gun platoon directly under the artillery battalion have all been in place. There are a total of eight heavy machine guns, which can definitely protect the artillery position!"
Zhou Cheng was not at all relieved. According to his inference, there were at least 500 Japanese troops who broke out of the railway station. Although there were not many heavy weapons, there must be grenade launchers.
It would be nice if the gunners who can fight in the artillery battalion and the troops he brought just now could have 200 people, and the disparity in force was too large.
If they were asked to rush to the near artillery position, the eight heavy machine guns that Tan Wei had high hopes would become living targets for the Japanese grenade launchers, and no matter how many they were, they would not be enough to explode.
So the next artillery battalion defense battle will definitely be full of risks.
Before the Japanese came, they quickly reminded: "You can't take it lightly. In addition to the gunners and ammunition players who directly participate in the war, other artillery soldiers must also participate in the battle."
"All mortars are aimed at the 150 to 200 meters ahead of us, and are dedicated to firing shells in places where there are many Japanese soldiers and grenade launchers."
"The heavy machine guns drawn out half of them are specially designed to attack Japanese grenade troop soldiers, and they must not be given a chance to fire."
"Otherwise, with their shooting skills, hitting our heavy machine gun positions will definitely be the same as shooting targets, with one shot being accurate.
Major Jiangkou led more than 500 subordinates to successfully break out of the railway station, severely damaged the spy company, and did not rest, headed straight to the artillery camp.
He wanted to take down the artillery battalion of the National Salvation Army in one go, and then decide whether the troops will continue to fight or temporarily retreat.
"Sir, where there is a fire in front of you is the artillery position. The National Salvation Army seems to be ready!" The deputy captain reminded while running.
Major Eguchi replied indifferently: "We are not afraid if we are prepared."
"Their troops are limited, and it would be nice to be able to gather 200 people in front of the artillery position. We have more than 500 people, more than twice their strength, and we also bring out a large number of grenade launchers. As long as we successfully kill near the artillery position, dozens of grenade launchers have the opportunity to launch grenades, no matter how many troops the National Salvation Army gathers, we will not be enough for us to explode!"
After saying that, the Grandmaster of Jiangkou pulled out his command knife with a "swish..." and pointed forward and ordered: "The troops were deployed in combat formations, and directly attacked the artillery positions of the National Salvation Army, and covered the grenade launcher troops to destroy the blocking positions outside the artillery positions."
"Kill and give it to..."
More than 500 Japanese soldiers lined up with scattered soldiers, and grenade launchers were holding grenade launchers and mixed in the middle of the attacking troops, like a row of huge waves, rushing towards the artillery positions.
On the artillery position, Zhou Cheng held up his telescope and stared at the Japanese outside who were rushing closer and closer, silently calculating the distance between them and the defense line.
At least half of the Japanese rushed into the range of two hundred meters and ordered: "The artillery fired five rounds of volleys first, and all heavy machine guns fired. First, stared at the Japanese grenade troop soldiers and machine gunners..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The dull shelling sounded quickly behind Zhou Cheng, and nearly twenty shells were pushed out of the barrel by gunpowder, flew into the sky, and then fell into the Japanese group as parabolas.
"Boom..." A large number of fireballs immediately rose in the middle of the Japanese army. In the splashing flames, the Japanese were blown up one by one, and some unlucky guys were blown away directly or into minced meat...
"Dongdongdongdong..."
Eight heavy machine guns also joined the battle. Amid the dull sound of strafing, the bullets were wrapped in gunpowder and flew out of the barrel, forming a fan-shaped wave of the Japanese rushing towards him.
Nearly 100 people were killed or injured in the Japanese army in just one round of firepower.
But under the supervision of the Jiangkou Grandmaster, no one retreated, holding a gun and holding a light machine gun, and continued to attack forward with a desperate attitude.
Taking down the artillery position is their only way out. Only by breaking through the intercepting firepower of the National Salvation Army can they have a chance to survive. If they can't rush through, everyone will die.
"Boom..."
Two explosions sounded next to a heavy machine gun. The bunker piled in front of the heavy machine gun was instantly blown over. All the machine gunners half-squatted beside the machine gun fell to the ground, none of which escaped. The heavy machine gun was silent on the spot...
"Boom boom boom..."
More mortar shells hit the middle of the Japanese attacking troops, and the flying fragments intertwined into a death storm, reaping the lives of the Japanese.
Both sides struggled between life and death, and no one was willing to take a step back.
“Bah…”
Zhou Cheng lay on the ground, in front of a cannonball box filled with dirt, holding a rifle in his hand, keeps firing, pulling the bolt, aiming, and continuing to shoot...
Three grenade launchers were killed in less than a minute.
"boom……"
An explosion rang less than five meters away from him, and a hot wave of air swept through his back.
Because he was lying on the ground, the fragments produced by the grenade explosion did not hurt him. A guard who was half-squatting next to him was not so lucky. The fragments pierced into his back, and the blood from the wound instantly dyed the military uniform red.
Zhou Cheng quickly crawled over to stop the bleeding, otherwise the guard would have died because of excessive blood loss.
After the health officer took over the wounded, Zhou Cheng returned to his combat position and joined the battle again.
At this time, the fastest Japanese army had already rushed to a hundred meters in front of the defense line, and there were still four of the eight heavy machine guns on the defense line struggling.
Major Eguchi and the last two hundred people stopped outside the artillery fire coverage area at the last moment, and he was waiting for an opportunity that was beneficial to him.
There are still many grenade launchers living in the artillery fire. As long as they destroy the remaining four heavy machine guns of the National Rescue Army, they can take out the remaining two hundred people, give the National Rescue Army a fatal attack and take down their artillery battalion.
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