"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Cannons rained down from the sky and smashed into the Japanese soldiers.
As the artillery shells exploded, many Japanese soldiers were blasted into pieces, and the shrapnel continued to reap the lives of these Japanese soldiers.
However, he had to admit that the Japanese had a tenacious personality and were not afraid of death in battle.
They ignored the deaths of their comrades beside them and continued to move forward, stepping on their comrades 'corpses. Although he looked short, his speed was not slow at all. His face was fierce, just like a wild wolf.
"Attack! Kill all the Chinese!" A second lieutenant captain brandished his sword and led the charge.
"Boom!"
A 105mm shell exploded beside him, and the huge power directly blew the second lieutenant captain into pieces of meat. Broken limbs flew everywhere.
The fearless attacks of the Japanese army caused the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Brigade to turn pale, and their palms began to sweat.
"Aren't those Japanese afraid of death? Our artillery fire was so fierce, but they weren't scared at all.”
"Humph! Even if the Japanese were not afraid of death, so what? How could we, the elders, lose to them? If his head fell off, it would only be a bowl-sized scar!”
"That's right! The Japanese are no different from us. A few of them will still die. I don't believe they can withstand machine gun bullets!”A Machine Gunner said disdainfully.
"That's right, the Japanese have killed many of our people over the years. Whether it was during the Jiawu period, when they massacred in Liaodong, or during the war against Russia, they massacred. Even in normal times, we have suffered a lot from their bullying. Now, they even dared to interfere in our war with Zhang Yuting. We can't let these Japanese off. Kill them all and avenge the dead!”
The cultural instructors in the army took the opportunity to boost the morale of the troops.
During this period, the Northeasterners hated and viewed the Japanese as enemies. Many of them had relatives killed by the Japanese, so naturally, everyone wanted a chance to take revenge.
Now that they finally had such an opportunity, they naturally wouldn't give it up.
"Open fire!"
When the Japanese army was less than 1000 metres away from the defensive line, the mortars on the defensive line started firing.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
120mm heavy mortars, 80mm medium mortars, and 60mm mortars opened fire.
The cannonballs rained down like rain, and the sounds of explosions could be heard from the Japanese soldiers.
Countless Japanese soldiers were torn to shreds by the explosions.
In front of artillery shells, even the powerful Japanese soldiers would die. They were not invulnerable.
"Baka! Damn those Chinese people, how many cannons did they have?”Major General Shirakawa Masanori's face turned ashen.
On the defense line of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division, there were at least dozens of mortars firing. He had never expected such powerful firepower.
Due to the lack of resources, the number of cannons and machine guns that the Japanese army had was far less than the number of world-class armies. In fact, the Japanese Army had a point of view that the soldiers 'accurate marksmanship was more reliable than machine guns. This was why the Japanese Army placed great importance on the training of their soldiers 'marksmanship and looked down on automatic weapons like machine guns.
In another dimension, this view of the Japanese army was not flawed in the military battlefield where equipment was even more crude. However, on the Pacific battlefield, the Americans used their powerful firepower to teach the Japanese how to behave. In the jungle of an island, the distance of the battle was generally not far. The large number of machine guns, submachine guns, and automatic rifles that the American army was equipped with caused the Japanese army, which still relied on bolt rifles as their main weapon, to pay a heavy price.
Now, Feng Ping was using the same method to make up for the difference in individual quality between the two sides. They even used such a method to slaughter the Japanese and win this battle.
" Prepare the heavy machine guns! Fire!"
As the distance between them closed, the heavy machine guns in the camp began to fire.
Every platoon of the 1st Division was equipped with a heavy machine gun, and the infantry company's firepower group had two heavy machine guns. In total, a company had five heavy machine guns, and a battalion had four companies. There were a total of 20 heavy machine guns, which was four times the number of infantry units in the Japanese Army!
As a result, the Japanese soldiers paid a heavy price when the heavy machine guns started firing.
Rows after rows of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground like wheat being harvested.
"Baka! Damn Chinese people, are they rich enough to equip their troops with so many machine guns?”
Major General Shirakawa Masanori and the others could not accept such a structure.
One had to know that the people of this era were quite poor. Japan had become one of the world's major powers. Although the lives of the people were still difficult, their weapons and equipment were still able to dominate the Far East region.
However, the firepower displayed by the 1st Infantry Brigade of the temporary 1st Division made Major General Shirakawa Masanori feel as if they were lagging behind.
"General, the firepower of the Chinese is too strong. The two battalions that attacked suffered heavy losses.”Saitou reported.
Major General Shirakawa Masanori wasn't blind, so he naturally saw the situation.
Even though the Japanese soldiers were very brave, the machine gun bullets were still killing them. Many Japanese soldiers could only lie on the ground with their heads down, not daring to raise their heads or take a step forward.
The sound of bullets whizzing past their heads was torture for everyone. No matter how tough his willpower was, he couldn't withstand it!
"Order the 3rd and 4th battalions to attack. The 5th and 6th battalions attacked from the flanks.”Major General Shirakawa Masanori gave the order.
Under such circumstances, Major General Shirakawa Masanori chose to stake everything on this. He hoped that he could defeat the enemy in front of him in one fell swoop by flanking them.
"Hi, General!" Saitou knew that Major General Shirakawa Masanori was going all out.
If he succeeded, he might even be able to turn defeat into victory. However, if they failed, then they would lose completely this time.
Major General Shirakawa Masanori had no other choice but to take the risk. Otherwise, they would not be able to break through the enemy's defense line at all. In the end, they would still lose.
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