Chapter 472

  The 38th cavalry cannon and the 41st field gun on the devils' position supported the infantry at close range, using accurate firing to extinguish the few light machine guns of the Righteous Army one by one.

  The Japanese mortar and grenade launchers also fired shells and grenades at the second trench, fortunately, the second trench was designed to be very narrow, making it difficult for shells to fall in, and the curved trenches could avoid shells and grenades from inflicting maximum casualties. Nevertheless, many soldiers were either hit by shells or killed by Japanese snipers or machine gunners inside the trenches.

  Huang Hua calmly cocked the rifle, aimed at a crouching grenadier and fired a fatal shot. In the scope, that despicable head completely disappeared. She cocked the rifle again, extinguishing the flames of a machine gun that was spitting fire.

  Sniper Wu Congyu also shot out one after another revenge bullets to the devils who were shooting while lying on the ground, turning one devil after another into corpses.

  These snipers and god-guns fired one or two shots and changed positions, making it impossible for the enemy's mortars and infantry guns to launch accurate attacks on them.

  However, the Japanese army's firepower was too strong, and the Chinese sniper's suppression was like trying to hold down multiple water polo balls at the same time, pressing one down and another popping up.

  The second trench of Chinese soldiers was killed and wounded one after another, soon the entire position no longer heard the crisp shooting sound of Czech-style light machine guns.

  Many films and TV shows portray Japanese people as being extremely foolish, which is a gross error! If we were defeated by an enemy that was as stupid as pigs back then, what would we have become? Such depictions of the enemy are simply an insult to the heroes who made sacrifices during the war of resistance.

  In fact, the Japanese tactics during the attack were quite reasonable: The Nationalist Army was defeated that year because they were inferior to the Japanese in terms of aircraft and heavy artillery, and their own heavy weapons could not be used at all. When the Japanese launched a charge, they combined infantry guns and grenade launchers, using infantry guns to destroy the National Army's light and heavy machine guns, using grenade launchers to suppress the National Army's counterattack firepower, and then their infantry charged up, relying on exquisite bayonet skills to defeat the Nationalist Army.

  Li Bin, who was very familiar with the tactical characteristics of the devils, would not be foolish enough to let all the light and heavy machine guns open fire at the same time, expose the target and then be picked off one by one by the Japanese artillery. He had long hidden a large number of reserved firepower, in coordination with reasonable defensive fortifications, and wanted to make the devils kick against an iron plate here!

  The attacking devils heard the machine gun fire had completely stopped, and the devil officer shouted: "The Chinese machine guns have been knocked out! All imperial warriors charge for me!"

  All the attacking devils accelerated their speed and rushed towards the first trench. However, these enemies had not expected that in the flanking positions, more than a dozen hidden individual bunkers and two solid bunkers were aiming at them with more than ten Czech-style light machine guns and two Maxim heavy machine guns, waiting for the devils to enter the best shooting angle of crossfire.

  Li Bin, observing the enemy's movement through binoculars, estimated how far they were from the first trench. When the enemy was still thirty meters away from the first trench, Li Bin used all his strength to punch the table fiercely, and a furious roar burst out of his mouth: "Fire! Give those sons of bitches a good beating!"

  The charging devils suddenly found that countless grenades flew out from the ground in front of them, these "jacketed" grenades fell into the devil's crowd and exploded, a string of explosions sounded, and the devils who were caught off guard fell down in large numbers. At the same time, more than a dozen carefully hidden Czech-style light machine guns and two Maxim heavy machine guns opened fire together, and the dark fort suddenly spat out more than a dozen tongues of flame, bullets splashing towards the enemy like water.

  At this time, the devils were close by and had just exposed themselves at the best shooting angle for crossfire. The bullets of revenge stormed down, and rows upon rows of devils fell like ripe wheat.

  The grenade throwers in the first trench threw out a batch of hand grenades and, at Li Bin's request, did not linger to fight, quickly withdrawing through the communication trench to the second trench. This would both make up for the loss of personnel in the second trench and preserve their own strength to strike back at the enemy.

  The guerrilla artillery troops called "guerrilla guns" by Li Bin also took advantage of the situation and opened fire, firing a round of shells from four 82mm mortars and six 60mm mortars. After completing their shooting, these artillerymen quickly picked up their mortars and withdrew from their original firing position to avoid retaliation from the enemy's firepower.

  The shells that fell among the devils were undoubtedly a heavy blow, giving those devils who had been swept away by machine guns another deadly and crushing blow!

  A loud "boom" sounded as a crimson fireball rose into the air, sending the Japanese devils' mangled limbs flying in all directions.

  "What the...!" The 29th Infantry Regiment, which had just begun to advance, was suddenly subjected to a fierce barrage of fire, enraging Major General Hirata.

  "Fire! Gunners, fire at will! Kill all those damn Chinese!"

  "Boom boom" close-range firing infantry guns and cavalry guns spewed out clusters of fireballs, accurately firing at the newly exposed single-person bunkers with wicked cannonballs.

  The individual soldier's bunker that was hit flew into the sky amidst flames, but those individual soldier's bunkers that had not been hit yet continued to shoot out strings of deadly bullets at the devils until their own bunkers were hit by shells. These brave warriors had long been stirred up by Li Bin's soaring fighting spirit; they would rather fight until every last drop of blood was shed than let go of this good opportunity to kill the enemy!

  "Brothers! Give me a good beating! Avenge our dead fellow villagers!" The second trench let out a thunderous roar, and the bullets of revenge shot towards the rolling and crawling devils, sending them one after another to "report to the great god of heaven".

  Braving the enemy's artillery fire, the brave warriors of the Righteous and Brave Army launched a fierce counterattack, disregarding their own heavy casualties. With their lives on the line, they fired scorching bullets that dealt fatal blows to the enemies charging towards the first trench. The attacking devils paid an extremely heavy price before barely reaching the front of the first trench.

  "Great! We are about to capture the first line of defense of the Chinese!" Major Hirata put down his binoculars and had a communication soldier send a telegram to Honjō Shigeru to report their "great achievement".

  In the distance, Sakaki Seizaburō, who was in charge of commanding the mission, saw his brave warriors jumping into the first trench one by one through a high-powered telescope, and a smile finally appeared on his face that had been gloomy for a long time.

  However, those devils who jumped into the first trench at this time found that breaking through the first trench was not a lucky thing, but a disaster!

  This trench is very deep, two meters deep. No matter how hard these short-legged pigs jump, they can't stick their guns out to shoot. They want to climb out of the first trench, but find that the four walls are extremely smooth and cannot be climbed at all. Because the Japanese artillery fire just now caused the snow around the trenches to melt, and when the snow water flowed into the trenches, it quickly froze. The four walls were covered with a layer of smooth ice, how could these short-legged pigs climb up?

  Pick up the binoculars and see the devils falling into the first trench, Li Bin excitedly raised his hand: "Grenade throwers, give me a good beating! Beat those damn things to death!"

  After receiving Li Bin's order, the second trench immediately flew out of hand grenades like a swarm of locusts, accurately falling into the first trench thirty meters away and three meters wide.

  The devils who fell into this "giant pit" could not advance, nor was there a place to hide, and they could only watch as the hand grenades fell into the trenches and exploded. The explosions and the devils' cries of despair were mixed together, and soon the first trench was a vast expanse of blood and flesh.

  "What's going on?!" Just a moment ago, Sakaki Seizaburō was excitedly watching the "Great Victory of the Imperial Army", but when he saw the fireball rising from the first trench and the rolling thick smoke, none of his "brave warriors" who had gone in came out. He put down his binoculars and ordered someone to interrogate Major Hirata.

  Taira no Masakado himself was unclear about what had happened, on the battlefield filled with smoke and under their feet, relying solely on binoculars, it was impossible to see the specific situation ahead.

  The devils who jumped into the ditch were bombed and suffered extremely heavy losses. Suddenly, at this moment, someone among the surviving devils shouted loudly: "Traffic trench! Come here quickly! There is a traffic trench!"

  The remaining devils rushed to the traffic ditch, but found that it was a very narrow traffic ditch. To save their lives, these devils still "bravely" rushed into the traffic ditch.

  The "Yellow Army" wearing yellow clothes, like pulling a big bowel movement in the traffic ditch, formed a straight line and rushed towards the second trench. At this moment, the Vickers heavy machine gun mounted between the second trench and the communication ditch suddenly roared, spitting out a long flame tongue at the rushing devils.

  In the narrow traffic ditch, no matter how many devils there were, they couldn't spread out, and the Japanese who lined up in a straight line fell down one by one like being shot. The power of 7.92mm heavy machine gun bullets can be said to be not small, each bullet can knock down several devils like a string of sugar gourds.

  In less than the time it takes to eat a meal, more than 400 devils who had charged into the first trench were all killed under the fire of heavy machine guns and grenade blasts.

  The devils behind have already rushed to the front of the first trench, they stared blankly at the corpses piled up like mountains in the ditch, knowing that jumping down again would be a futile death, who else dares to go in?

  "What's going on here!" Colonel Hirata thundered, his face red with rage. His subordinates stood before him, their heads hung in shame, not daring to utter a word.

  Just then, a messenger who had returned from the front line reported to Heita in a gasping tone: "Sir, we've been deceived!"

  Wait until the messenger finishes speaking, and then Lieutenant General Hirata bellows: "Baka! Crafty Chinas! Your conscience is rotten to the core!"

  Hirata Taiza reported to Honma Masaharu that "the Chinese are too cunning and the attack has been frustrated". After thinking for a moment, Honma Masaharu wired back: "Hirata, we will send planes to assist in the battle immediately! You have your reserve troops bring wooden boards on top! I must take down the Goubangzi Chinese defense line!"

  "Ah-hai!" replied Major Hirata on the other end of the phone.

  Shenyang Airport, six Kawasaki Ki-48 reconnaissance bombers and six Mitsubishi Ki-51 bombers of the Japanese army took off one after another, flying towards the direction of the Chinese defense line at Goubangzi.

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