Chapter 58: Sudden Attack!

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  "Charge! Kill!" The officers and soldiers shouted in unison, following Zhang Xinghan as he leapt out of the bunker, using the artillery fire as cover to launch an attack on the Japanese army's position.

  The terrain of the main attack was a narrow and long street, where the Japanese army built defensive fortifications at the end of the street, just in front of the Gongda textile factory gate. Two Type 92 heavy machine guns were placed on both sides, forming a crossfire that blocked the Chinese army's path.

  With the accurate shooting of Japanese infantry, this street, only 400 meters long, became a difficult-to-cross death zone for KMT soldiers.

  Yesterday, the 262nd Brigade's offensive was repeatedly frustrated here. Huang Meixing, the brigade commander who personally directed the battle on the front line, was hit by a shell fired from a Japanese small-caliber howitzer and died heroically for his country.

  The artillery fire from the headquarters just now accurately fell into the enemy's fortifications, and Zhang Xinghan observed through binoculars that more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, along with heavy machine guns, were instantly blown away, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

  Seizing the opportunity, he immediately ordered the whole regiment to launch an attack. Due to the narrow streets, the soldiers could not open up a skirmish line, so Zhang Xinghan's squad charged forward first, with Zhou Wei and Li Si Hai leading the second and third squads in pursuit, ready to provide firepower support at any time.

  Zhang Xinghan and Sun Siwei led a row of charging troops at high speed, and when they rushed to within 300 meters of the Japanese army's position, there was still no gunfire from the Japanese army.

  A sense of unease suddenly rose in Zhang Xinghan's heart, but the arrow was already on the string and had to be shot. As the saying goes, "an arrow shot from a bow has no turning back". Zhang Xinghan ran while shouting to Sun Siwei: "Old Sun, order the brothers to disperse as much as possible! Make a concerted effort to charge up!"

  "Yes!" Sun Siwei responded with a smile, and immediately turned his head to say: "Disperse your attention, advance at full speed!"

  Just as a row of officers and soldiers rushed to within about 200 meters of the Japanese fortifications, two small shells, each about the size of a hand grenade, suddenly flew out of the Japanese fortifications with a whistling sound.

  "It's an enemy grenade launcher! Take cover!"

  The officers and soldiers who were lined up, of course, knew the power of this grenade launcher. They hastily hid and lay down on both sides of the street, but the enemy's grenade was launched too suddenly, and four or five soldiers had no time to dodge.

  Several grenades exploded loudly on the ground, and three soldiers were killed instantly. Another two soldiers were also hit by shrapnel and lay on the ground wailing in pain.

  Two warriors hastily got up and wanted to go save their comrades. Zhang Xinghan saw the situation and hurriedly shouted loudly: "Don't move!"

  However, it was too late. The devils who had been hiding behind the fortifications for a long time suddenly raised their guns and fired. The previous artillery fire of the National Army only destroyed one of the devil's heavy machine guns and several infantrymen.

  The remaining heavy machine guns and dozens of rifles fired simultaneously, "pa pa pa......da da da......" dense gunfire suddenly erupted.

  Two warriors who wanted to save people dodged too late, and two wounded soldiers on the ground were hit by a hail of bullets. They fell down in a pool of blood.

  "Damn it!" Zhang Xinghan cursed loudly and roared, "Brothers, attack for me!" The submachine gun in his hand swept forward fiercely.

  The officers and soldiers also relied on the buildings on both sides of the street to counterattack the devils. "Boom" again, several sounds of grenade launchers firing grenades rang out, and several grenades instantly fell accurately in front of a building, exploding loudly, blowing up the walls and wooden doors of the building, and several warriors hiding somewhere to shoot at the devils were blown away, sacrificing their lives on the spot.

  "Xing Han, it's not working! The little devil's small cannon is too accurate, there's no cover here, if we keep going like this, all of us will be finished!" Sun Siwei, holding a Type 99 rifle, shot and killed a Japanese infantryman, anxiously shouting to Zhang Xinghan.

  "I know! The little devils' grenade launchers are hiding behind the fortifications, firing grenades at us. We can't even threaten them. Order the second and third squads to provide fire support! You take out the devil's machine gunner, the rest of the brothers follow me in a charge!" Zhang Xinghan replied anxiously. He had already observed that the enemy's firepower configuration was not strong, with no light machine guns, only one heavy machine gun and dozens of rifles. The greatest threat to them were still those few grenade launchers, which would be able to exert their power to the extreme in this terrain.

  Especially the devils are more accurate with grenade launchers than 38 rifles, one shot one hit, if this continues, the entire row will be finished.

  So we can only concentrate our firepower to suppress the devils and then charge immediately, after getting close, the devils' grenade launchers will be useless.

  "Alright!" Sun Siwei said, rolling over to the other side of the street, propping himself against a corner wall, cocking his rifle and taking aim at the devils' heavy machine gunner about 200 meters away who was firing wildly.

  The devil's heavy machine gun was like a flamethrower, continuously spewing out a dazzling flame that tightly suppressed an entire line of attack.

  Sun Siwei gripped the steel gun tightly, took two deep breaths, and then decisively pulled the trigger. "Bang!" A gunshot rang out, a 7.92mm standard rifle bullet quickly flew out, whizzing towards that devil machine gunner.

  With a "ding" sound, the high-speed rotating bullet accurately hit the devil's machine gunner's head, piercing his steel helmet, shooting into his forehead, and the violently tumbling bullet blasted his forehead bone into a blur, the whole person's head tilted and fell on the heavy machine gun.

  The deputy shooter next to him quickly pulled the sacrificed main shooter away, picked up the heavy machine gun and prepared to continue shooting. Sun Si had already taken aim at him and continued firing, another scorching bullet accurately hitting the devil's deputy shooter.

  At the same time, the second and third echelons of reinforcements arrived, and the only two 31-style 60mm domestically-made mortars and four German-style 50mm grenade launchers in the entire company opened fire simultaneously. Several shells landed in front of and behind the Japanese fortifications, exploding and sending up clouds of smoke and dust.

  The National Army's grenade launchers really didn't hit as accurately as the little devils, and both grenades fell outside the devil's fortifications within a range of five meters. Although it seemed to intimidate with its momentum, in fact, it did not cause any effective casualties to the devils.

  Instead, the two 60mm mortars fired two shells, one of which landed directly in the enemy's fortifications, blowing four or five enemy soldiers who were lying prone and firing their guns to pieces, sending them to meet their god Amaterasu.

  Another shell landed on the roof of a building next to the enemy's fortifications, although it didn't hit directly, the shockwave from the explosion blew off the tiles and wooden fragments from the roof, which fell into the enemy's fortifications, the smoke not only blocked the enemy's line of sight, but also some tiles and bricks smashed the enemy soldiers' heads, causing them to bleed and cry out in pain.

  Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Xinghan immediately jumped out and loudly shouted: "Brothers, follow me up!"

  "Charge!" The warriors hiding on both sides of the street jumped out, holding rifles and shouting as they followed Zhang Xinghan in a charge.

  Sun Siwei stayed in place, his rifle still aiming at the position of the enemy's heavy machine gun. When Zhang Xinghan and others launched a charge, three enemy machine gunners had already died under his gun.