Ito-kun and Oda-kun had thought it through. Now that things had come to this, even if the enemy was not a few hundred, but more, they would still attack!
They were still very confident in their own strength. Even if something unexpected happened, they still had the conditions to retreat!
"Chief, that group of Imperial Association soldiers has escaped. Should we pursue them?”Zhang San Quan looked at the group of soldiers of the Imperial Association in front of him who only lasted for a few minutes before running back. He was instantly filled with disdain. What trash!
"No! Tell everyone to cease fire and wait for orders." Li Hu said indifferently.
He knew very well that this was just a test by the Japanese to figure out his firepower or military deployment. The real confrontation had just begun!
"Yes, sir!"
The two sides faced off for more than twenty minutes.
During this period, the Japanese had sent out two small teams to test the waters. They were afraid that the enemy would escape.
Because the Japanese needed to wait for the cannons to be set up!
Sure enough, after 20 minutes.
The two large Japanese troops and the Imperial Association Army, which numbered close to 2,000, charged toward Chen Family Village.
However, he stopped a kilometer away.
"Pass down the order. Fire for five minutes, then attack!”Ito-kun said sternly.
"Ha Yi!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Not long after, a sharp air-piercing sound rang out.
Zhang Sanquan looked up and his expression changed."Not good, it's the Japanese's artillery!"
"Everyone, lie down!"
Actually, there was no need to shout. Li Hu's 1,000-plus clone soldiers were unflustered and hid in the trenches in an orderly manner.
Moreover, these clone soldiers had dug their trenches very deep, allowing them to avoid the bombardment of artillery shells very well!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The scattered shells landed on Li Hu's position and exploded.
"How is it? Can you tell how many cannons the Japanese have?”Li Hu asked a clone soldier beside him.
"Regiment commander, about 6 Type 92 Infantry Cannons! 12 to 16 60mm mortars!”The clone soldier reported after a rough estimation.
"Hmm, this artillery power is not bad. I didn't expect the Japanese to pull an artillery squadron over.”Li Hu was slightly surprised.
Generally speaking, for a Japanese division, a regiment would be equipped with 12 70mm 92 Infantry Cannons and 6 37mm Anti-Tank Cannons.
Obviously, the Japanese did not pull out all the cannons. After all, they still needed to leave a portion of them in Jin Zhou City. But now, it seemed that the other side had also pulled out more than half of the artillery of a regiment. Other than the anti-tank cannon, he didn't pull it out.
Six Type 92 Infantry Cannons and a dozen mortars were firing at Li Hu's position.
"Regiment commander, should we have our artillery counterattack?”The clone soldier beside him asked.
"There's no hurry. Let's wait for the devils to get closer and gather together. We'll catch them all in one fell swoop later!”Li Hu said coldly.
Moreover, he was also very familiar with the Japanese's battle plan. Later, they would definitely use a wave charge, which was the most suitable for artillery harvesting!
Sure enough, five minutes passed.
The Japanese stopped their bombardment!
"Kill Jiji!" Ito-kun led his Japanese troops and drove Wu Jintang's Imperial Association Army to charge toward Li Hu's position.
The second wave was Oda-kun's Japanese team.
That's right, this time, the Japanese were planning to take down Chenjiatun in one go!
It was the first time Li Hu had seen such a scene when he saw nearly 2,000 people rushing over.
Don't underestimate these 2,000 people. They looked densely packed!
"When the enemy is within 500 meters, start shooting immediately! After three minutes of shooting, get the artillery to take out the Japanese's artillery position first, then bombard the Japanese in front!”Li Hu said with a ferocious expression.
"Yes, Guild Leader."
Itoh Kun led his 800 men and the Imperial Association Army into the shooting range of 500 meters from Li Hu.
"Fight!" Li Hu shouted and fired.
Bang bang bang!
This time, hundreds of M16s opened fire, and 50 MG-34 machine guns opened fire at the same time!
Da da!
At this moment, Itoh Kun saw that the enemy was firing from 500 meters away. He stopped and sneered,"Are these Chinese people all pigs? Firing at such a distance? Can you hit it? Even if they could, they would probably fight to the heavens!”
He knew very well that even if their 3.8 rifles were famous for their accuracy, they could still be called sharpshooters if they could hit a target from 300 meters away. Many seasoned soldiers who could hit within 200 meters were already experienced.
Even if you could hit someone from 100 meters away, you would already be very skilled.
The enemy was fighting from 500 meters away. Was their brain stuck in a door?
However, he was stunned in the next second.
Although he saw that many stray bullets had indeed missed, at least one-third or more of the bullets had hit his soldiers!
Puff!
"Ah, Mom…I'm going to die!”
" You can hit me from so far away…I, I'm unwilling…"
Bang bang bang!
One by one, the Japanese soldiers fell on their way forward!
"How is that possible? How could the enemy's marksmanship be so accurate? How could the enemy's weapon be so accurate?”Itoh was stunned. Although some of them were killed by the enemy's machine guns, he could see that many soldiers were also killed by the enemy's rifles!
On the other hand, their 3.8 rifles could not hit the other party's head at all from a distance of 500 meters!
In less than three minutes, the casualties on the Japanese side had exceeded a hundred!
Actually, the reason why the M16 rifle could hit the Japanese at 500 meters was that the effective range of the M16 rifle was 600 meters. The initial velocity of the M16 bullet reached 945 meters per second, which was higher than the AK-47's 850 meters per second. A higher initial speed often meant a longer range and better accuracy.
In his previous life, in a certain war, the sniper of the US Marine Corps had once shot an enemy soldier in the head from a distance of 600 meters. The AK series rifle was already very difficult to be accurate at a distance of 300 meters.
In other words, it was not bragging to be able to kill a Japanese in a 500-meter run. The most important thing was that Li Hu's clone soldiers were all-rounded soldiers! All of them were very accurate, almost no different from snipers. Coupled with a 4x scope, they had a certain chance of killing the Japanese from 500 meters away!
"Damn it, counterattack, counterattack! Quick Charge! Machine Gunners, use grenade launchers to suppress me!”Ito-kun roared angrily.
One had to admit that the firepower of a Japanese battalion was quite decent. A Class A division's Japanese battalion was usually equipped with 8 heavy machine guns, 36 light machine guns, and 36 grenade launchers!
Now, the two Japanese teams had 16 heavy machine guns, 72 light machine guns, and 72 grenade launchers!
Li Hu's side had about 100 machine guns, which was almost the same, but the enemy had an extra grenade launcher! This was a huge threat to Li Hu's machine gun team!
Just as the two sides were engaged in an intense battle, Li Hu's cannons finally fired!
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