Chapter 238: The National Army's Reconnaissance Plane Arrives Again(1/2)
This time Captain Daiki of our headquarters is personally accompanying the Sankaido Progressive Soldiers Squadron in action.
To fight such a battle, he does not need to leave a reserve team or stay in the headquarters.
He wants to go to the front line and take command personally!
There aren't even mortars on the opposite side, not even grenade launchers.
The brigade headquarters is absolutely safe if it is established one thousand meters from the front line.
Captain Matsushita Ohta also had the same idea, but he was still much more cautious.
He also did not concentrate all the grenade launchers of the entire brigade for use.
The captain of the Matsushita Ota Infantry Battalion pointed to the hillock that the Second Battalion had just occupied and ordered: "Artillery team! Establish an artillery position on it!"
"Hai!" Ryunosuke Ogura paused and accepted the order.
Leading the artillery squad's fifty-five Japanese soldiers and four mortars, they headed toward the hill.
Captain Matsushita Ota of the Infantry Battalion directed all his men to swarm forward. He also had the same idea as Captain Daiki of the Hall:
No reserve team was left, and no Japanese were left. He also sent out all the baggage soldiers and engineers in the brigade.
When the military observers on the airship saw this behavior of the Japanese army, the German Romario said: "This does not comply with combat regulations!"
Soldiers with little combat effectiveness such as engineers and baggage corps have no need to fight on the front line.
Especially today, when the Japanese army clearly has an absolute advantage, it should not do this. Moreover, the Japanese army should leave a reserve force to prevent accidents.
This time Maxim, who often opposed Saburo Aso, did not side with the Germans.
Although he felt that what the Japanese did was a bit exaggerated, that was how fighting was: strike with all your strength and leave no illusions to the opponent.
He has the fighting spirit of a fighting nation.
American Amini looked at the battlefield and was deep in thought. He said nothing.
Ross took the initiative and asked: "Mr. Amini! Why did you start to meditate?"
"I'm thinking! If I were the commander of the national army below, what should I do at this time?"
"What to do?" Ross asked.
"God loves people, and every life is precious.
I thought for a long time and realized that the national army below had absolutely no chance of successfully breaking through, not even the slightest chance.
I will order the soldiers to shoot out all the bullets as soon as the war starts and then surrender!" Amini said cautiously.
Saburo Aso's face burst into laughter: "Mr. Amini! You are a rational army commander."
"As a commander, you must be responsible for the lives of your soldiers!
An honorable surrender is not easier than leading all the soldiers to sacrifice without fear!" Amini was not happy because he received the compliment from Saburo Aso.
The expression on his face was very solemn, and he was really thinking as the commander of the team below.
The Englishman Willard Flood smiled and said: "The commander below cannot see the whole battlefield.
They don't know what they are facing, so they are still making their final struggle.
But soon they will face reality and know how cruel reality is."
At this time, the Tianhai Yishu Infantry Squadron had already charged to a position two hundred meters away from the national defense line.
There was no movement on the opposite position. In fact, at a distance of 300 meters, Squadron Leader Kazuki Amami was ready to be hit.
But nothing happened!
He also moved the light machine gun position originally planned to be set up at a position of 300 meters forward.
Now at the position of 200 meters, there was still no movement from the national army on the opposite side. Captain Kazuki Amami no longer hesitated.
"Machine gun! Set up a position here immediately to cover the squadron's attack!"
The light machine gun position is easy to set up, just place the machine gun on the ground.
There were four Japs waiting on a light machine gun, with the main shooter in position and the deputy shooter in position.
Six light machine guns were in position, but they didn't fire, they just waited quietly.
Machine gunner Toyokawa also placed his light machine gun, pulled the bolt and loaded the bullet, and was ready to shoot.
The deputy shooter, Mizuki Hiramiya, quickly prepared bullets.
The Japs' machine gun has a shortcoming. The coordination of the various parts is not reasonable. When shooting, the inside of the barrel must be brushed with oil, otherwise it will be easy to jam.
Now that he has time, the deputy shooter Mizuki Hiramiya took out rows of loaded magazines and used a black bristle brush dipped in gun oil to oil the bullets in advance.
This eliminates the need for the shooter to stop and oil the bucket during the most intense fight.
The other assistant shooters of several other light machine guns, Rikuta Tōdō and Yuuji Akanishi, were all doing the same thing.
This kind of oil brush is made from the bristles on the back of black pigs produced in China, and it was still a strategic material in this era.
Whether it is used to brush gun oil or clean the barrel of a gun, this kind of brush is used. It was also a kind of export material at that time.
The machine gunners of Kazuki Tenkai's squadron were fully prepared and were waiting for the national soldiers on the front line of defense to raise their heads so that they could open fire.
Then the national soldiers on the opposite side, as if they were suddenly immobilized, all lurked and did not emerge at all.
Don't they even have the curiosity to observe?
The Japs of Kazuki Amami's squadron continued to advance. No gunfire, no harm.
The entire squadron of Japanese soldiers advanced very quickly.
In fact, they started running and charging from the 300-meter position, and now they were charging at a sprinting speed.
Wei Mingyang ordered: "Pass it on! Everyone prepares!"
"Pass it on! Everyone prepares!"
"Pass it on! Everyone is prepared!"
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The officers and soldiers of the second battalion, who had bowed their heads for too long, finally heard the battalion commander's order.
Then I heard: "Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah!" Five shots were fired in a row.
When the second gunshot rang out, the soldiers of the second battalion were all firing.
Wei Mingyang's gunfire was drowned in the sound of various gunshots.
What he was attacking was the Japanese machine gunner and the Japanese commander who were positioned two hundred meters away.
Captain Gu fought against the Japs who were at the front, and the soldiers in his company fought against the Japs at the front.
When the gunfire rang out, Taira Mizuki was shocked to find that Toyokawa Kōya, who had been waiting in full preparedness, did not fire.
Not only did he not fire, he leaned over the machine gun as if he was inspecting the machine gun.
Without thinking much, Taira Mizuki quickly reached out and pushed the main shooter to remind him that he should shoot.
Following his push, Toyokawa Kyouya's body suddenly slid down from the machine gun.
You can see that the machine gun barrel is covered with blood: Toyokawa is also dead!
Without thinking too much, Mizushima Taichi who was a little behind quickly dragged Toyokawa Kakaya away, making it easier for Taira Mizuki to take the position.
Just as Mizuki Hiramiya reached the main shooter's position, his body swayed and he fell to the ground again.
Taichi Mizushima was too late to drag the body away, so Yusuke Sekiya, the last member of the machine gun combat team, quickly stepped in to make up for it.
He was going to shoot to suppress the firepower of the national army in front.
Just for a moment, hundreds of guns suddenly appeared on the defense line that had been quiet just now, firing with all their strength at the infantry squadron charging ahead.
What made Taichi Mizushima more relaxed this time was that Yuichi Sekiya fell to the ground and died before he could reach the machine gun position.
Mizushima Taichi didn't need to drag this body, so he could go up and be the main shooter, but he didn't need to be the main shooter either.
A bullet hit him.
Wei Mingyang did not favor one over the other, and all the other Japs with machine guns were treated the same.
Neither Kudo Rikuta nor Akanishi Yuji escaped the fate of being shot.
All the officers and soldiers in the battalion had just heard the new battalion commander's order, and they all heard the new battalion commander saying that he suppressed the Japanese machine guns.
Of course, Captain Gu Zuo also heard it clearly.
When the battalion commander ordered everyone to open fire, he raised his head and immediately hit the nearest Japs. After firing a few shots.
I took a break from my busy schedule and looked behind the charging Japanese, about two hundred meters away from the defense line, and then I froze.
He saw a scene he would never forget: a position with six light machine guns.
The Japanese fell to the ground one after another.
Six or seven Japanese soldiers had fallen on the ground. Company Commander Gu quickly looked towards where Battalion Commander Wei was.
He saw Lu Fei, who was said by the battalion commander to be a bit clever, quickly placing a gun in the battalion commander's hand.
To be continued...