Chapter 585
Seeing Liang Hongjiang as if he was ready to fight out at any time, Zhou Cheng quickly stopped him: "What's the hurry? Do you think the Chief of Staff is made of mud, so it's easy to be destroyed by the Japanese and puppet troops?"
"Although the counterattack firepower on the position is very weak, I am at least 80% sure. The Chief of Staff still holds many reserves in his hand and has not been on the battlefield. Maybe the current counterattack firepower is the Chief of Staff who deliberately shows weakness and takes the opportunity to put the Japanese closer to attack, so as to weaken the influence of Japanese aircraft and cannons on the entire battle."
"If you observe carefully, you will find that the blocking firepower on the battlefield is fired by light machine guns, and there is no heavy machine gun. The garrison, the Second Battalion, and the Special Battalion are equipped with almost twenty heavy machine guns. I don't believe that these heavy machine guns have been destroyed in the daytime battle."
"The Chief of Staff deliberately held the heavy machine gun in his hand and did not use it. He must have other intentions, so I believe that the Chief of Staff will definitely be able to repel the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops and lead the troops to persevere until dark. All we need to do is wait and see here."
"Woooooooooooooo... rumble..." An aviation bomb hit the position with a scream, and the rolling smoke rising into the air quickly formed a huge mushroom cloud over the battlefield.
Just looking at the height of the mushroom cloud, you can feel the powerful power of the aviation bomb.
Zhou Cheng and Liang Hongjiang both were worried about the troops on the positions, fearing that the troops would be hit by bombs...
What made them breathe a sigh of relief was that the counterattack gunshots on the position were not affected by the aviation bomb just now!
At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops had reached a position seventy or eighty meters in front of the position.
In order to prevent accidental injury, the several aircraft hovering at low altitude stopped attacking, and the mountain artillery also stopped, leaving only some small-caliber mortars still continuing to fire.
The blocking firepower on the position suddenly became stronger at this moment, and several heavy machine guns appeared, and the casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops increased accordingly.
Seeing this scene, Liang Hongjiang immediately sighed: "Captain, your judgment is correct. The Chief of Staff is really deliberately hiding his strength and putting the Japanese and puppet troops closer to attack."
"The locations of several heavy machine guns are very tricky. As soon as they open fire, they will cover all the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield. Unless the enemy finds a way to blow up these heavy machine guns, they will definitely not have the chance to cross over the heavy machine guns and rush into the defensive position of the Chief of Staff."
Zhou Cheng fully agreed with Liang Hongjiang's analysis, thought for a while and said: "Ordinary mortars must not threaten the safety of these heavy machine guns, otherwise the Chief of Staff would not let them open fire at this time, and they would not have moved their positions!"
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as Zhou Cheng finished speaking, a series of explosions rang out in the blocking position.
Judging from the location where the explosion sounded, these mortar shells were shot at several heavy machine guns.
The result was exactly the same as Zhou Cheng's judgment: the sound of the heavy machine gun fire did not stop because of the explosion, but instead became more and more fierce and was completely unaffected.
The Japanese and puppet troops located within the range of heavy machine guns were like ripe wheat. Wherever the heavy machine gun bullets went, the Japanese and puppet troops were swept to the ground in pieces, which was very tragic...
Liang Hongjiang was already impressed by Zhou Cheng, and he felt that the regiment commander seemed to be able to predict the uncertainty. He knew everything about how the Chief of Staff fought the Japanese and what would happen on the battlefield next.
"Buzz buzz..." Suddenly, the plane that had been cruising over the battlefield suddenly dived towards the ground.
Because the planes are very close to everyone, the dull roar suddenly suppressed the sound of gunfire on the battlefield.
Faced with this sudden accident, the smile on Liang Hongjiang's face suddenly solidified and he shouted: "Are the Japanese crazy? At this time, we dispatched planes to bomb our machine gun positions, so why don't they worry about hurting their own people by chance?"
Zhou Cheng's expression also became solemn at this moment, and he exclaimed with a calm face: "No, the Japanese were forced to be impatient by the Chief of Staff, and wanted the puppet army and the Chief of Staff to die together!"
After hearing this, Liang Hongjiang became anxious again: "In order to block the Japanese and puppet troops, our troops must be exposed to the surface of the position. The Japanese now dispatched planes to bomb the position, and they must have exploded a large area."
"The regiment commander must find a way to reinforce the Chief of Staff."
"Their defensive positions are just that big. Dozens of aviation bombs can blow up the positions. At that time, no matter how many troops the Chief of Staff are in his hands, it will not be enough to blow up..."
Zhou Cheng's face became increasingly ugly.
He thought of everything Liang Hongjiang thought of, and he was even more anxious than him, but after thinking for a while, he still frowned and refuted.
"No, the troops cannot move yet!"
"We have four planes above our heads. The Japanese can dispatch planes to bomb the Chief of Staff, and they can dispatch planes to bomb us."
"If you act rashly, you will not only not be able to rescue the Chief of Staff, but you will also fall into it, and finally you will lose your wife and your troops."
"There is another thing you should not forget. In addition to reinforce the Chief of Staff, we must also eliminate all the Japanese and puppet troops that the Chief of Staff worked hard to attract here, and then take down Yangquan."
"If we show up at this time, the Japanese and puppet troops that the Chief of Staff finally attracted will definitely withdraw. Then the Chief of Staff will pay for the price of being here for one day. Wait a little longer and see the Chief of Staff's specific response measures. Maybe the Chief of Staff has a way to solve this problem, so we don't have to worry at all."
"Boom..." As soon as the first plane completed the bomb drop, it was empty out of combat airspace. The second plane dived towards the battlefield and dropped two bombs at the same time.
The moment the black smoke rose into the air, two heavy machine guns placed near the bounce point were silent on the spot, losing movement...
Chen Zhengyu was also scared by the Japanese's actions of forcibly raiding him by force.
When Chen Zhengyu heard that the troops had been hit by three aviation bombs, he lost nearly a hundred people. He was confused and didn't know how to break the deadlock.
"Boom..." The fourth aviation bomb hit a heavy machine gun position fifty or sixty meters away. When the heavy machine gun was silent, Chen Zhengyu hid in the command center and felt the fierce air waves pouring in from the shooting hole...
Through the shooting hole, he saw that the concrete castle was blown up to pieces. The soldiers hiding around the castle were also affected, and Chen Zhengyu was awakened by the bomb.
An inspiration came out of an order: "You can't let the Japanese continue to blow up."
"They reimburse at least one of our platoons for one bomb. If we use this platoon to fight against our Japanese and puppet troops, we can fight at least fifty of them. If we use the shotgun and pistols, we can fight sixty or seventy of them."
"All the troops stopped shooting, put on bayonets, prepare grenades, and wait for the Japanese and puppet troops to approach, and then rush out of the position to fight with them bayonets. I don't believe that the Japanese dared to throw bombs at their own people. If all the puppet troops involved in the attack were burned with us under the air strike of their own people, the remaining puppet troops on the battlefield would definitely mutiny..."
As soon as the gunshots on the battlefield stopped, the plane lost its target of attack.
Although the Japanese and puppet troops attacking the ground felt something was wrong, in order to end the battle before dark, they decided to take a chance.
Under the supervision of the Japanese, more than a thousand puppet troops approached the position with fear.
When the distance between the two sides was shortened to fifty meters, the national rescue army on the position had not responded yet.
Many puppet troops had already taken out grenades and were about to throw them out after rushing forward ten meters.
"There are only the last fifty meters left. Speed up and rush over..." The Japanese supervising the battle shouted loudly.
The puppet army had no choice but to speed up the charge, holding the grenade tightly in its hand, ready to throw it out at any time.
Just as they were about to remove the grenade leads, hundreds of grenades suddenly flew out of the trench where the National Salvation Army was hiding, rolling towards them.
The puppet army, who had quick reaction, quickly pounced on the ground and threw the grenade out.
The puppet army, who had slow reaction, was still rushing forward in a daze until the grenade hit him and exploded, but it was too late...
The sharp fragments easily penetrated into their bodies and took their lives...
The Japanese supervising the battle ignored these things and used bayonets to push the puppet army's back, forcing them to continue attacking forward in the rain of grenades, and threw the grenades at the national rescue army.
As a result, the National Salvation Army hiding in the trenches were also bombarded by many grenades.
But because they have trench cover, only a small number of grenades that fall into the trench can hurt everyone, so their casualties are much smaller than those of the Japanese and puppet troops...
"Comrades! Kill with me..." The platoon leader in the team rushed out first.
Someone was holding a light machine gun that had just been filled with bullets, rushing forward and holding a fire.
Someone was holding a box cannon, holding a submachine gun, and shooting while running...
The Japanese who were hiding behind the puppet army to supervise the war suddenly became excited.
In their eyes, the National Salvation Army gave up its position and fought with itself for bayonets, which was no different from dying.
Seeing the National Savior Army rushing out of the position with bayonets, it was as if they saw the military achievements wavering to them. They stopped supervising the battle. They rushed forward with bayonets, intending to cross over to the puppet army blocking the front and let the National Savior Army taste the power of fighting bayonets...
The two sides quickly fought together.
The moment they contacted, because the National Salvation Army used a large number of light machine guns and submachine guns, the soldiers in front were mainly puppet troops, and the Japanese suffered a lot of losses.
Only when the Japanese rushed to the front and faced the National Salvation Army did they win a little back.
But soon they discovered that fighting bayonets with the National Savior Army was not as smooth as they thought.
Just as I was about to stab the bayonet into my opponent's chest, I didn't know where a bullet came from and instantly took his life...
When fighting with the opponent, the opponent actually held a weapon he had never seen before. The gunshot sounded like a grenade explosion, and then he saw dense marbles flying towards him...
Faced with this unexpected fighting style, they were stunned by the killing and regretted that they gave up the task of supervising the battle and ran to the front to fight for the bayonet. However, there is no medicine for regret in the world, so they can only rush forward with the bullet...
Chapter completed!