Chapter 434: The Battle of Huangya Cave (3)
At the front line of Huangya Cave, the 7th Company and the 8th Company of the headquarters of the secret service regiment were constantly being bombarded by the Japanese mortars.
In the early morning, the Japanese attacked the outpost of the 7th Company, but the landmines were detected by the soldiers of the 7th Company who were defending the positions. Faced with the attacking Japanese, the soldiers decisively counterattacked.
Seeing that the sneak attack failed, the Japanese turned into a frontal attack, but even though the Japanese kept attacking the seventh company's position, they failed to successfully capture the outpost of the seventh company. In the end, when the Japanese saw that they could not take the outpost of the seventh company in a short time, they could only choose to give up and continue the attack.
After dawn, the Japanese launched an attack again. This time, while they used heavy artillery and mountain cannons to extend artillery fire, they also concentrated the mortars and continuously launched an attack on the outpost positions of the Seventh Company of the Special Forces Regiment. Considering that they had not been able to take down this position in the attack before, the Japanese launched an attack again after using mortars for an hour.
The soldiers of the 7th Company hid in the position. Each fortification in Huangya Cave was built by Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan personally explored the terrain. There are more than 300 fortifications in the entire Huangya Cave. The fortifications were very attentive when constructing them. It was impossible for the Japanese to destroy all these fortifications.
Staying in the fortifications, some soldiers observed the movements of the Japanese. After the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, the soldiers showed their heads from the fortifications. The soldiers knew clearly that with the Japanese combat style, the stopping of the artillery bombardment meant that they would start attacking the position!
Faced with the attack that the Japanese were about to launch, the soldiers of the 7th Company were not nervous at all. They believed in the fortifications in front of them.
Although due to limited materials, except for some of the key points in Huangya Cave, which are steel and concrete structures, general fortifications, traffic trenches, and firepower points are all composed of greystone, due to the special terrain of Huangya Cave, these fortifications become more difficult to capture.
The outpost position of the 7th Company's defensive is composed of reinforced concrete. It is precisely because of this that it can successfully persist under the continuous artillery attacks of the Japanese. However, even if it is a reinforced concrete structure, there are still some gaps in the position of the 7th Company, but these gaps cannot have too much impact on the defensive position.
After the fortification, the 7th Company had a light and heavy machine gun position, which had enough cover around it. In addition, the defensive position combined with the circular defense system of traffic trenches, rock bodies and obstacles, allowing the 7th Company to receive rapid support.
However, because the area where Huangya Cave is located is not small, when the bosses set up the Huangya Cave defense position, they divided the defense area into seven garrison areas, which were defended in different areas and fought in concert, so that the support the Seventh Company could not get was much.
The Japanese have so many troops. During the attack, they did not just use the area where the Seventh Company is located as a breakthrough point. In other areas, the Japanese also conducted attempted attacks, but the area where the Seventh Company is located is the focus of the Japanese attack.
"Damn it, the Japanese are smart! Fortunately, we are prepared too!" The seventh company commander looked at the Japanese who were preparing to launch an attack and couldn't help but curse.
The soldiers looked at the attacking Japanese and could see more than 300 Japanese rushing to the goats snatched from the villagers and proficient in the defensive positions of the Seventh Company. Obviously, these Japanese had suffered enough of landmines, and they wanted to use these goats to detonate the minefields set up by the Seventh Company soldiers.
Unfortunately, the soldiers had been prepared for a long time. At the south entrance of Huangyadong, where the 7th Company was responsible for the defense, the soldiers buried a lot of landmines, but these mines were all "big mines". Only people would detonate if they stepped on horseback. When the goat passed through the minefield, only a few scattered mines were detonated.
There are still a large number of mines lying underground in the minefield. When the Japanese attack, they will definitely be able to surprise the Japanese.
"Company Commander, these Japanese are so cunning that they actually find goats to destroy the minefield."
"If we hadn't been prepared for a long time, the landmines we had worked hard to set up would be easily destroyed by the Japanese. At that time, the regiment commander would definitely teach us a lesson." A warrior said.
The seventh company commander laughed, took out the dry tobacco he had rolled, and took a sip of it gently, without any nervousness on his face.
"Wait. After these Japanese discovered that the minefields had not been destroyed, they would definitely start to clear mines. Don't worry, wait until the Japanese are close to them before firing them to save some bullets."
"Let our light machine gun be prepared. Don't expose the location of the heavy machine gun at the beginning. I want to surprise these Japanese!" The seventh company commander said with a smile.
Seeing that their company commander was so relaxed, the soldiers couldn't help but laugh and didn't have much fear of the Japanese. These Japanese were very powerful, but what could they do? They had to find a way to pass this minefield, otherwise it would be impossible to seize their base!
Soon, the attacking Japanese rushed into the minefield. Shortly after entering the minefield, several mines were detonated, and more than a dozen people were killed or injured in the Japanese. The Japanese commander forcibly ordered the Japanese to charge, but on the way to charge, mines were detonated one after another.
When these Japanese approached the defensive position of the Seventh Company, the seventh company commander led the soldiers to take the initiative to fire. The three light machine guns did not have much firepower. Even though these Japanese were well-trained, they continued to suffer casualties.
Faced with the strong firepower of the Seventh Company, the Japanese chose to retreat. They were not unable to rush to the Seventh Company's position, let alone successfully taking down the Seventh Company's position! What made the Japanese most helpless was that while responding to the shooting of the Seventh Company's soldiers, they also needed to avoid accidentally stepping on landmines.
Among them, the mines caused great trouble to these soldiers, making these Japanese unable to devote themselves to the battle and were shot and killed by the Eighth Route Army soldiers. These Japanese could still accept it. However, if they accidentally stepped on the mine and were killed by the mine, the Japanese would be unable to accept it.
After the Japanese retreated, the Japanese launched shelling again, but this time their target was the minefield at the southern entrance of Huangyadong. Under the continuous shelling of the Japanese, most of the mines arranged by the soldiers of the secret service team on the southern entrance road were detonated, and only a few mines were left.
"boom"
Suddenly, a shell rang out on the Japanese mortar position, and successfully killed one of the Japanese mortars. Suddenly, the Japanese artillery that was bombarding stopped their actions and quickly moved the mortars.
The shell came too suddenly, making it impossible for the Japanese artillery soldiers to easily find the location of the Eighth Route Army artillery soldiers. Without knowing the enemy's location, these Japanese artillery soldiers chose to be cautious, and they did not want to be killed by the Eighth Route Army artillery soldiers.
"Choice, you're doing a good job!" Three hundred meters behind the seventh company's position, Wang Chao and several instructors of the artillery school launched artillery bombardment on the Japanese. Seeing Wang Chao control the mortar and kill one of the mortars, the instructors present couldn't help but praise him.
Wang Chao laughed, "Everyone can disperse it. We each have a mortar in our hands. With our skills, I believe we can achieve something!"
"I hope everyone remembers Principal Liu's teachings to us, find opportunities, and transfer them immediately after the shelling, and do not hesitate. Don't think that I easily killed a Japanese mortar, but this is the Japanese without any defense, otherwise I would not have been so relaxed."
"I hope that after this battle, we can continue to meet in the artillery school! Take care of each of us!"
Several instructors laughed and naturally understood what Wang Chao meant. Killing the Japanese was important, but ensuring their lives were still important. However, after stepping onto the battlefield, no one knew whether they could still get out of the battlefield alive.
"Everyone takes good care of themselves! Be careful!"
"Take care of yourself!"
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After a simple farewell, Wang Chao and his men scattered, following each of them, followed by a soldier, who was responsible for bringing them shells. It was also because this was an arsenal, that Wang Chao and others would have enough mortars and shells in their hands. Otherwise, it would be impossible for each to have a mortar in other troops.
Wang Chao took a soldier to look for an opportunity to launch another attack, but he could see that after being attacked, the Japanese artillery became extremely cautious, and they all set aside to avoid being attacked by the Eighth Route Army artillery again.
At the same time, when the Japanese artillery bombarded again, some of the artillery soldiers were obviously divided to observe the movements around them. With the Japanese artillery's ability, as long as they could pay attention to the movements during the shelling of Wang Chao and others, they could easily find the location of Wang Chao and others, and then quickly launch an attack.
Commander Ou, who was commanding on the front line, noticed that a mortar of the Japanese was directly killed, and he couldn't help but sigh at the excellence of Wang Chao and others. Sure enough, Wang Chao and others were very capable when they were attracted by Liu Gen to stay in the artillery school as instructors. It seemed that his decision was right.
When Wang Chao and others came to Captain Ou to report before, Captain Ou was a little helpless. He didn't know how to arrange Wang Chao and others. If Wang Chao and others were asked to join the artillery of the secret service regiment, it would be easy to cooperate without tacit understanding enough. After all, Wang Chao and others did not train with the artillery of the secret service regiment.
Moreover, Captain Ou also knew that in this battle, the artillery owned by the secret service regiment could not be concentrated on artillery attacks on the Japanese, as it would easily attract the Japanese's attention and be destroyed by the Japanese's artillery.
Commander Ou is very clear about his artillery abilities and has paid close attention to it in daily training. As the leader of the secret service regiment, Commander Ou did a very good job and he has a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of various troops in the secret service regiment.
Several students who graduated from the Artillery School were good. With their help, the artillery level of the secret service regiment has been significantly improved, but compared with the Japanese artillery, there is still a certain gap, and the number of artillery can not be compared.
Once an artillery battle was launched with the Japanese artillery, the artillery of the secret service regiment could not last too much time, and it might be killed in a few minutes. This is not because Captain Ou exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese artillery, but because the Japanese artillery is so strong. Besides, there are too many artillery that the Japanese can devote to the battle.
The Japanese heavy artillery, mountain cannons, mortars, and infantry cannons all together may have dozens of shots. If it weren't for the terrain advantages and a large number of fortifications in the Huangya Cave area, then Captain Ou wouldn't know how to fight this battle!
It is precisely because Captain Ou knew clearly the power of the Japanese artillery that he chose to let Wang Chao and others carry a mortar to fight the Japanese with guerrilla warfare. Only in this way can he fully exert the abilities of Wang Chao and others.
Commander Ou is also ready to disperse the artillery of the secret service regiment. As long as Wang Chao and others can achieve certain results, he will definitely let the artillery of the secret service regiment do this! As long as he can kill as many Japanese as possible and help the soldiers reduce the pressure on Japanese agents, Commander Ou is willing to do anything.
At the south entrance of Huangyadong, after the Japanese artillery fire stopped, the Japanese troops launched an attack again. Due to the terrain, the Japanese could only attack in squadrons when attacking, which reduced the pressure on the soldiers' defense a lot.
If the Japanese really had a large number of troops coming up, even if the soldiers of the Seventh Company were equipped with heavy machine guns, they would not be able to defend their positions at all.
"Comrades! Be prepared! The Japanese are coming soon! Get ready for heavy machine guns! Wait until the Japanese rush to our position twenty meters before firing!"
"Take advantage of today's good opportunity, our 7th Company will kill more Japanese devils!" The 7th Company commander shouted.
The soldiers of the 7th Company looked serious. They stared at the Japanese who were rushing towards the position, holding their weapons in their hands! More than 100 people in the 7th Company stayed in the position, without any sound. In this case, the soldiers had no idea of talking.
"Damn it! Fight!" Seeing the Japanese entering fifty meters in front of the position, the commander of the seventh company shouted loudly.
The soldiers who had already prepared fired fire and shot at the targets they had already observed. Because the secret service regiment trained the soldiers very well, the soldiers were not panicked at all when shooting. In the battle, the soldiers were particularly calm and only shot after a short aim.
Perhaps the shooting accuracy of the soldiers cannot be compared with the Japanese, but compared to ordinary troops, the soldiers of the secret service team are already very good.
Faced with the continuous shooting of the Seventh Company, the attacking Japanese continued to fall, and at the same time they continued to launch counterattacks. The Japanese's skillful tactical actions gave them a certain advantage in dealing with the soldiers' shooting. When the Japanese found the cover and counterattacked the Seventh Company warriors in the position, the Seventh Company inevitably suffered casualties.
After ten minutes of shooting, the Japanese seized the gap between the firepower of the 7th Company and rushed towards the position of the 7th Company, and soon entered twenty meters in front of the position of the 7th Company.
"Heavy machine gun! Fire! Kill these damn Japanese devils!"
In the extremely hidden bunker, the prepared heavy machine gunner immediately fired the Japanese who came and fired them. Bullets flew out of the barrel of the heavy machine gun and attacked the Japanese who were approaching them.
The Japanese who rushed in the front showed excitement of successfully rushing to the 7th Company's position when they heard the sound of heavy machine guns. The Japanese could see an extremely obvious line of fire attacking them. Suddenly, the excitement on the faces of these Japanese disappeared, leaving only a look of horror.
Chapter completed!