The Independent Regiment, the New Regiment One, and the 772nd Regiment. The Independent Regiment naturally did not have a single mortar. The New Regiment One had a total of eight mortars, while the 772nd Regiment had four. The three regiments had a total of twelve mortars.
Of the 12 mortars, two were to be used by the 3rd Battalion of the new regiment in Jiexiu and Lingshi to attract firepower, two were to be used as fire support for the Independent Regiment when they attacked the prisoner of war camp, and the remaining eight were in the hands of Ding Wei and Cheng Kang. They were temporarily organized into a reinforced artillery company under the unified command of Wang Chengzhu.
Wang Chengzhu was a legend even in the entire Eighth Route Army artillery unit. He had killed Nobutetsu Sakata with one shot. Therefore, the new artillery regiment that Wang Chengzhu had led was naturally not mentioned. The artillery of the 772nd regiment also trusted Wang Chengzhu.
Under Ding Wei's orders, the reinforced artillery company had not provided artillery support to the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army at the front line during the puppet army's attack. Instead, it was tightly held in Ding Wei's hands. He only released the reinforced artillery company when the Japanese army was about to break through the first line of defense of the Eighth Route Army.
"Revive elemental essence! Aim at the Japanese artillery!"
Under Wang Chengzhu's command, the artillery immediately aimed the mortars at the Japanese artillery positions that had just stopped firing. In order to achieve success in one fell swoop, Wang Chengzhu checked the aiming of all the mortars. He even helped the two mortars of the 772nd Regiment that did not have aiming devices to adjust the elements. Then, he stood up and waved the signal flag in his hand.
"Three rapid shots, fire!"
Boom boom boom! 8
With a command, the artillery immediately released their hands holding the mortar shells and let the mortar shells fall into the barrel. Then, they flew toward the Japanese artillery position 1.4 kilometers away.
The squadron leaders who were proudly holding binoculars to watch the infantry charge into the Eighth Route Army position heard the sound of mortars flying in the sky. The next second, they saw their artillery position being hit by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire.
Although the Japanese infantry cannons and mortars were scattered, their previous wanton bombardment had already exposed their positions. Most importantly, their infantry cannons and mortars were placed too close to the front, completely within the range of the 8th Route Army's mortars.
Therefore, Wang Chengzhu set up their own artillery targets for each mortar, so that the Japanese artillery was attacked by the Eighth Route Army's mortars almost at the same time.
"Bagana (impossible)?”
Seeing their own infantry cannons and mortars being destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's artillery in a very short time, the Japanese squadron leaders who were previously proud of themselves widened their eyes. They looked at the Type 92 infantry cannons and Type 94 90mm mortars that were submerged in the explosion and became dumbfounded.
They deserved to be dumbfounded.
They had always held a contemptuous attitude toward the 8th Route Army. Even though the new 1st Regiment and 772nd Regiment had shown extraordinary firepower, they did not expect the 8th Route Army's elite troops to have many cannons. That was why they had arranged the artillery positions so far. They were completely annihilated by Wang Chengzhu's artillery company.
Ding Wei, who was at the back of the camp, clenched his fists and shouted,"
"Good job! Company Commander Wang, your artillery is really good!”
"Old Ding, the Japanese artillery is finished. Next, we should deal with the Japanese infantry.”
"Yes, order all troops to enter the front line!”
With the orders of the two regimental commanders, the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the second and even third line positions quickly moved into action, entering the front line from the dug traffic trenches.
Before the Japanese attack, they only left a small number of experienced veterans at the front line to avoid being hit by Japanese artillery. At the same time, the veterans who stayed at the front line changed places with each shot, deliberately confusing the attacking Japanese troops. When the Japanese artillery stopped, the soldiers quickly returned to the front line to prepare to fight with the Japanese.
In the face of the Japanese army's two-wing infiltration tactics, the Eighth Route Army soldiers spent several hours digging a triangular defensive position that could be attacked and defended. After the soldiers entered the forward position, they saw that the Japanese infantry had reached a position less than 100 meters away from the forward position and began to turn to full speed.
"Comrades, beat them up!”
Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who had just entered the front line quickly threw out grenades to slow down the charging Japanese troops. At the same time, he quickly set up his light and heavy machine guns, braving the machine gun firepower and grenade launchers of the Japanese army 200 meters away to start harvesting the charging Japanese infantry.
The firepower arrangement of the frontline was personally designed by Ding Wei and Cheng Kang, two seasoned regiment commanders. Light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time. Coupled with the firepower of the rifles and the grenades thrown from the trenches, the Japanese soldiers at the front almost fell in groups, forcing the Japanese soldiers behind to lie down among the bodies of their comrades. In the rain of bullets, they moved the bodies of their comrades together with difficulty, barely forming a small bunker.
However, this was at the cost of the machine gunners being slaughtered by the Japanese Grenadiers.
In the dark, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army could not see the Japanese gunners 200 meters away. They could only barely suppress the Japanese machine gunners 200 meters away, and then they were hit by the Japanese gunners one by one.
At the same time, the Japanese infantry quickly stopped charging. Under the illumination of the grenade launcher, these Japanese soldiers with superb shooting skills began to accurately kill the Eighth Route Army soldiers who emerged from the trenches with Type 38 rifles. Although the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army also fought back, they did not have flares. They could only fight back with the fire of the Japanese soldiers. Their killing efficiency was really lower than that of the Japanese.
"Fire coverage! Fire coverage! Comrades, don't fight each other. Use the platoon as a unit to attack with fixed-point firepower!”
Seeing the surge in casualties at the front line, the platoon level of the Eighth Route Army quickly commanded the soldiers to focus on the Japanese soldiers who were sniping. With the double advantage of strength and defensive position protection, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army were in a stalemate.
At this time, Wang Chengzhu, who had taken out the Japanese artillery position, ordered the artillery to adjust the target and change the flares (Bai Xian's mortar shells included high-explosive grenades, incendiary bombs, flares, and smoke bombs. If it wasn't for his integrity, he would have given them biochemical bombs). Then, he fired at the position 200 meters in front of the position.
After a round of artillery fire, six large light bulbs with small parachutes suddenly appeared in the sky in front of the Eighth Route Army position.(The two mortars of the 772nd Regiment were of different calibers from the M-2 mortars, so they could not fire the flares given by Bai Xian.) As they slowly descended from the sky, they also illuminated the Japanese army in front of the Eighth Route Army position.
"F * ck, so the Japanese are here! Comrades, fight!"
"Grenade launcher, get rid of the Japanese grenade throwers over there!”
"Heavy machine gun! Heavy machine guns! Kill that crooked machine gun!"
"The Japanese on the right are coming! Comrades, hand grenades for them!!”
In the face of the flares fired by the Eighth Route Army mortars, the Japanese offensive forces could not hold on any longer. They were defeated by the Eighth Route Army soldiers 'light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars.
When the Japanese troops withdrew from the range of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, the Eighth Route Army on the position looked at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers in front of the position and cheered happily.
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