Chapter 863 Inexplicable counter-kill (two chapters in one)(1/2)
The blocking position was built on a high ground at the exit of the valley. Under the night, he could only see seven or eight machine guns spewing out flames.
The Miyano brigade was caught off guard when he walked in the front and was temporarily suppressed on the road at the foot of the mountain.
But this deadlock was quickly broken.
After the subsequent troops of the Miyano brigade joined the battle one after another, the enemies on the high ground were obviously not the opponent, and the machine gun fire tongue gradually became intermittent. After another half a minute, these machine gun fire tongues were directly suppressed by the heavy machine gun squadron that had just participated in the battle.
Major General Nakamoto was very satisfied with this result, his mouth slightly raised, and he was full of expectations for the next battle.
"Boom boom boom..." Several dazzling fireballs rose into the air in the blocking position. After two or three seconds, the violent explosion sounded to Major General Nakamoto's ears.
Seeing several enemies blown away in the splashing flames, the blocking position was also illuminated by the flames at this moment. There was no other bunker except a trench. Major General Nakamoto was more confident in the Miyao brigade to conquer the blocking position.
He sighed with a smile: "Yo Xi, the Miyano brigade is worthy of being the most elite unit of our brigade. It hits the target in the first round of artillery fire, and it will definitely be able to break through the enemy's blocking position in one attack!"
The explosion of "Boom..." became increasingly dense. In less than two minutes, the place where the machine gun fire was just now was completely covered by artillery fire.
Seeing this, Major General Nakamoto seemed to be very confident in the next attack, and actually put down his telescope order: "Let the troops be prepared for the departure. As soon as the Miyano brigade completes the mission, we will set off. We must drive back the time we have been delayed just now!"
"Dongdongdongdong...kill it for you..."
With the effort of ordering, the explosions on the battlefield had been replaced by the sound of heavy machine guns and the shouts of soldiers. A squadron of soldiers launched a charge towards the high ground under the cover of nine heavy machine guns.
At this moment, the blocking position that had been hit by hundreds of artillery shells was still filled with smoke and there was no movement. Another captain under his command was very envious. He did not expect that the first military achievements of the reinforcements after the attack fell to the Miyano brigade. He couldn't help but sigh!
"General, the artillery fire of Miyao Brigade just now was so fierce that the mice on the blocking position were probably bombed, not to mention people. Miyao Brigade will definitely be able to break through in one assault.
Major General Nakamoto did not respond, but the smile on his face had betrayed his inner thoughts.
When the attacking troops were less than eighty meters away from the blocking position, Major General Nakamoto's face became increasingly smiling, as if Victory was already waving to him.
The captain around him became more and more jealous. With a distance of seventy or eighty meters, the attacking troops could reach the blocking position with just one assault, and there would be almost no accidents. In this way, it would be too easy for the Miyano brigade to obtain the first merits of the reinforcements after the attack.
"Da da da da...Da da da dong dong..."
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. The gunshots from the blocking positions instantly shatter the Japanese's dreams.
At least ten machine gun fire tongues appeared in the blocking position that had not yet moved. There were still several fire tongues shot out from heavy machine guns.
The attacking troops, who were secretly proud in their hearts, were obviously caught off guard, and at least twenty soldiers were killed in the moment when the blocking positions opened fire.
Although the remaining Japanese fell down and escaped, because the blocking troops were shooting at them from a high position, the dense rain of bullets still suppressed them to the ground, and there was no chance to raise their heads.
Miyao brigade is not a vegetarian.
Although the offensive troops cannot counterattack, the heavy machine gun squadron that provides fire cover can.
Nine heavy machine guns immediately adjusted their shooting targets and counterattacked against the rain of bullets fired by the blocking troops. Although they failed to suppress the blocking firepower on the high ground immediately, they also helped the offensive troops share most of the pressure.
The offensive troops took the opportunity to get up from the ground. Some continued to assault the blocking position, some held rifles and shot at the blocking position, and some took out grenades and prepared to rush forward for 20 or 30 meters before throwing it out.
But they obviously underestimated their opponents' strength and ignored the terrain on the battlefield that was very unfavorable to them.
The blocking troops attacked them from a high point, and took advantage of the terrain to throw grenades at the foot of the mountain, which could be thrown at least fifty or sixty meters away.
The Japanese attacked the position and threw grenades at great disadvantage. They could only throw them out thirty or forty meters with all their strength.
When they rushed forward desperately, dozens of black grenades suddenly fell from the sky...
This time it was finally the Japanese's turn to be bombed.
Countless flames rose up among the attacking troops, and soldiers were constantly blown away.
Although most soldiers fell down as soon as possible, there were too many grenades thrown out from the blocking position.
As long as the grenade hits the Japanese, they can still take their lives away.
Seeing the continuous rain of grenades hitting the attacking troops, there was no intention of stopping.
The smile on Major General Nakamoto's face instantly solidified, and then slowly became heartache.
Just as he was hesitating whether to order the offensive troops to evacuate from the battlefield and not to continue to die, the offensive troops who were struggling on the battlefield finally began to retreat.
It must be Captain Miyao who also saw that there was no point in continuing the attack, so he allowed the offensive troops to quickly evacuate the battlefield.
Major General Nakamoto breathed a sigh of relief, and the expressions of the captains next to him were very complicated.
Because Captain Miyao failed to break through the blocking position, the brigade commander stood beside him again. On the surface, they could only show a worried and anxious expression.
In fact, they were already happy and secretly happy.
If Captain Miyao really won the first prize with a single shot of artillery fire, several captains would definitely be very jealous.
But if the Miyano brigade took a lot of effort to win the first merit after the reinforcements attack, the captains would definitely feel much better.
Not only did they not express this idea, otherwise the brigade commander would definitely scold them.
Although the brigade commander did not scold people at this moment, he was in a very bad mood. He was holding a telescope with a heavy face observing the blocking position.
"There must be a mystery that we don't know about the blocking position!" As he looked, Major General Nakamoto suddenly said something, which was an excuse for the previous defeat.
Then he ordered with a murderous intent: "But I believe that the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire can defeat all conspiracies."
"Mortars cannot destroy the enemy's blocking positions. If the enemy hides in the trenches and remains motionless, the lethality of the mortars to ordinary soldiers will be greatly reduced."
"If there are mountain cannons to cooperate in combat, first destroy the enemy's blocking position, and then use mortars to bomb, the killing effect will definitely be twice the result with half the effort!"
Speaking of this, Major General Nakamoto was like discovering a new continent. His solemn face showed a look of anticipation again, and he had a firm command: "Import the Shanyao Squadron to join the battle immediately. Five minutes later, the enemy's blocking positions were covered with artillery fire. Five minutes later, the mortar squadron of the Harem Field Brigade took over the Shanyao Squadron and continued to cover the enemy's blocking positions with artillery fire. Ten minutes later, the infantry assault!"
"I don't believe that after taking turns to attack by mountain cannons and mortars, only one trench blocking position can block the powerful offensive of the Imperial Army!"
"The mining area has been sending telegrams to urge us. They can't hold on for too long, so that Major Miyano can hurry up and break through the blocking position. This time, no matter what he said, he can't fail again!"
Major Miyano felt that he had been slapped in the face just now, and was so ashamed that he didn't dare to meet the brigade commander.
After receiving the order from the brigade commander to attack the second time, Major Miyano was obviously much more cautious than before.
In addition to the mountain artillery squadron arranged by the brigade commander himself, he also found the infantry brigade that followed, asked them to join the battle together, stayed in the offensive position to be responsible for the response, and then personally led the remaining three infantry squadrons to launch an attack together.
The addition of six mountain cannons made the artillery fire fire from the Japanese even more fierce.
With the help of telescope, Major General Nakamoto not only saw the scene of the enemy being blown away by shells, but also saw the scene of the blocking positions being destroyed by shells and a large amount of soil and logs being blown away.
This is the most fundamental reason why Major General Nakamoto asked the Shanyao Squadron to join the battle.
After the mountain cannon bombing, the mortar bombing continued to harvest the lives that had survived the blocking positions.
After ten minutes of artillery fire, the blocking position had been bombed with bomb craters everywhere, and the only trench was bombed beyond recognition, with gaps everywhere. The huge blocking position had no place to hide except the bomb craters.
Nine heavy machine guns joined the battle in time, and the flying bullets wove a dense firepower net over the blocking position. If someone dared to emerge at this time, they would definitely be beaten to the head.
More than 500 Japanese soldiers rushed to the high ground under the personal command of Major Miyano, lined up in three rows of scattered soldiers, just like three waves, rushing straight to the blocking positions.
Major Miyano walked at the back of the attacking troops, staring at the blocking positions without blinking, ready to adjust the offensive according to the enemy situation at any time.
The enemy on the blocking position seemed to have been blown up by shells. The attacking troops had already rushed to the position where the last attack was attacked. There was no movement on the high ground, and there was not even a shaking figure.
"Make machine gun cover, continue to assault forward. The rifleman prepares the grenade and throws it out when he has the chance, and then continues to assault forward and take down the enemy's blocking position in one go." The captain felt that his chance had come, and waved his command knife and ordered in a vicious tone.
The offense was a bit smoother than Major Miyano expected.
The troops encountered no obstacles and rushed forward easily for thirty or forty meters.
The grenades held by the rifleman were thrown at the blocking position together. Amid the thunderous explosion, the blocking position was blown up again and filled with smoke.
The last bit of concern in Major Miyano's heart finally disappeared in the explosion.
Three or four hundred grenades concentrated on the trench and exploded at the same time. Even if an enemy hides in the trench, they will be blown into pieces.
So the blocking position at this moment is definitely no resistance.
Commander's knife pointed forward and shouted excitedly: "Kill me..."
More than 500 Japanese soldiers instantly turned into a group of hungry wolves who smelled blood. They rushed forward with guns and screamed, all of whom wanted to be the first to rush to the high ground.
This time, the captains standing next to Major General Nakamoto were no longer jealous.
They have already received news that the Miyano team was not only defeated in the first attack, but also suffered a crushing defeat.
Nearly 200 soldiers from an infantry squadron only retreated more than 80 people, and lost more than 100 people. This cost made the jealous team leader much more enjoyable.
They all adjust their state as soon as possible and focus on the battle in front of them.
Seeing Miyao brigade rushing to the high ground, a captain immediately shouted: "Brig Commander, Miyao brigade brigade rushing to the high ground, and we took down the blocking position!"
Major General Nakamoto immediately ordered: "The troops set out immediately and continue to reinforce the mining area. The marching speed must be accelerated. We must recover the time we had just been delayed and fight to the battlefield on time!"
"Hayi!" Several captains took the order at the same time, and then prepared to return to their own troops, one more anxious than the other.
The Miyano brigade has already won the first merit after the reinforcements attack. If they don’t work hard, they will definitely be far away by the Miyano Sage.
Before the person could move, a series of dull heavy machine guns fired and roar suddenly rang on the high ground, and then the soldiers who had already rushed to the high ground were knocked to the ground in groups.
Major General Nakamoto and several team leaders were confused, looking at the Miyao brigade blocked on the high ground.
"General, the enemy ambushed a large number of heavy machine guns on the other side of the high ground!" a captain hesitated and judged.
"No!" Another captain immediately retorted.
"If the enemy's heavy machine gun is really ambushed on the other side of the high ground, the Miyano brigade who rushed to the high ground could completely suppress them from a high ground. How could the enemy be killed? There is no chance to fight back!"
The captain who had just spoken was silent.
Because the Miyano brigade that occupied the highlands was indeed massacred and fell to the ground one by one, and there was no chance to resist.
To be continued...