"Pah, pah, pah..." A row of gunfire sounded in vain.

The first salvo of hundreds of Garand semi-automatic rifles seemed astonishing, but the actual results were not great.

Seventy or eighty well-trained Japanese soldiers rushed in quickly in a skirmish line, and the fire network composed of more than a hundred Garand rifles could not really cover them at all.

Most of the bullets missed, only two experienced veteran squad leaders hit the target, and the two Japanese soldiers fell down.

It wasn't that the riflemen of the 1st company were poor in marksmanship, it was that it was too difficult to hit a target at a distance of more than 200 meters that was being feinted and evaded by the mobile phone in standard tactics.

It is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Damn it, pull the rope, pull the rope quickly and blow up that little son of a bitch." Chen Feng immediately ordered in a hurry when he saw that the Japanese were in the middle of the minefield as if there was no one around and there was no one to stop them.

"Company commander, the minefield has failed." A soldier in charge of guiding the rope shouted anxiously.

"What?" Chen Feng became anxious after hearing this. He ducked down along the trench and quickly rushed to an MG34 general-purpose machine gun position. He pushed the machine gunner aside, pointed the general-purpose machine gun at the charging Japanese troops, and began to fire.

"Ta-ta-ta...ta-ta-ta..." The MG34 general-purpose machine gun began to roar, and streaks of scarlet flames spurted out from the muzzle.

Mud and water splashed around the Japanese soldiers hit by the dense bullets.

Chen Feng opened the universal machine gun and opened fire, and the other machine gunners no longer hesitated and followed suit.

A large number of 7.92mm bullets rushed towards the Japanese army like raindrops. Soon, some Japanese soldiers were unable to evade and were shot one after another and fell to the ground.

Coupled with the close distance, the Garand rifles of the riflemen also began to play their due role.

The Japanese braved the dense rain of bullets and fired back, but how could the manual 38-type rifle be compared to the semi-automatic Garand rifle that was a full era ahead of it?

More than a hundred Garand rifles fired a salvo, and the persistence and intensity of its firepower were completely comparable to that of a Japanese machine gun squadron.

Under the heavy rain of metal bullets, the Japanese squad was unable to advance even half a step further. After leaving behind nearly twenty corpses, they fled in a panic.

In fact, their mission has been completed. All the machine guns of the 1st company in the forward position have opened fire. The Japanese artillery has already used this to calibrate the shooting targets.

Next is the time for artillery to come into play.

The fifty or so Jaap vanguard turned around and retreated at a speed no less than that of the charge.

Before the Japanese soldiers could retreat to their own positions, their artillery suddenly opened fire.

"Boom, boom, boom..." There are 36 75 mountain guns, 12 75mm field guns of the 6th Artillery Regiment directly under the Sixth Division, and 16 Taisho 11 70mm infantry guns of the squadrons directly under each infantry wing, a total of sixty

Four artillery pieces.

They opened fire one after another, and for a while, the fireballs in the sky came one after another like meteors, with sharp piercing sounds and long scarlet flames, and they fell hard on the position of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment.

Among them, the most forward position of the 1st Company was the top priority of the Japanese artillery fire coverage.

"Boom, boom, boom...boom, boom, boom..." Deafening explosions sounded one after another, and thick smoke rose into the sky along with the fire.

Also carried up by the air current was the dust all over the sky.

Chen Feng shook his head and tried to shake off the mud on his helmet. He spat out a mouthful of phlegm and said, "Damn, that kid's artillery fire is really fierce."

"Boom..." There was another loud noise, and a shell landed not far to the right of Chen Feng. The huge explosion shock wave immediately tore several 1st Company riflemen in that trench into pieces.

The trench that was originally narrow at the top and wide at the bottom was also blasted into a large crater with a diameter of more than five meters.

Inside the Sujiatun Railway Station, the Second Regiment Headquarters.

Liu Guodong held up his telescope and looked at the forward position that had been plunged into a sea of ​​flames, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Correspondent, please report to the brigade headquarters immediately that the 1st Battalion of our regiment was hit by strong enemy artillery fire. We request the brigade headquarters to provide artillery support." Liu Guodong turned around and shouted.

"Yes!" A correspondent quickly answered the call at the brigade headquarters.

After learning the news, Zhang Xinghan, who was solving the raincoat problem for the officers and soldiers in the city, immediately ordered the artillery battalion to leave the city and rush to Sujiatun for support.

There was originally air support, but Zhang Xinghan planned to save the artillery battalion for last use.

It's been raining now, and the fighter planes can't take off, so we have to use the artillery battalion in advance.

After giving the order to the artillery battalion, Zhang Xinghan said to Guo Zhong: "Where is Zang Shiyi being held now?"

"She should still be in the prison of the original police station." Guo Zhong said.

"Shen Yizhi!" Zhang Xinghan shouted loudly.

"Now that I'm in such a humble position, what do you want me to do?" Shen Xingye entered in response.

"You take a platoon immediately to the police cell and bring Zang Shiyi to me."

"Yes!" Shen Xingye accepted the order and left.

After watching Shen Xingye leave, Guo Zhong asked in confusion: "Master, why are you bringing Zang Shiyi out now?"

"Zang Shiyi is a talented person. The reason why I didn't kill him is because I want to keep him in a more important position. Now that the war is coming, the logistics pressure in the city has increased sharply, and I need his help." Zhang Xinghan said.

"But, is it possible that he wanted to murder you and activated it rashly?" Guo Zhong asked worriedly.

"No, although this person is not a very loyal person, he has an upright old mother. Now that the country is facing a crisis, we are in urgent need of talents. We must make the best use of materials and people. Of course, you will personally take a squad of followers to protect you. Him." Zhang Xinghan said with profound meaning.

"Well, I understand." Guo Zhong nodded, and then said: "Well, sir, do you want me to bring someone to invite Zang Shiyi's mother? Or send someone to monitor her?"

"No, Tibetan mother has a strong temperament. Doing that will only be counterproductive." Zhang Xinghan clearly remembered that in history, after Zang Shiyi was detained by the Kwantung Army for three months, he could not withstand the coercion and inducement of the Japanese and finally agreed to surrender and serve as the commander of the puppet Manchukuo. When he was a member of the army, his mother was so angry that she committed suicide and died for her country.

Therefore, I will never do something stupid like detaining someone for surveillance, so that I can show my magnanimity.

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On the forward position of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment.

After half an hour of bombardment by the Japanese, the artillery fire finally began to extend.

Before Chen Feng could crawl out of the mud, a Japanese brigade of nearly a thousand people, who had been waiting for a long time on the opposite side, launched an attack on the 1st Company position.

"Company commander, the Japanese are attacking again." A second lieutenant platoon leader shouted at the top of his lungs with blood on his face.

Chen Feng struggled to crawl out of the mud, and the huge explosion caused a temporary roar in his ears.

He could vaguely hear the shouts of his subordinates, and subconsciously looked towards the front of the position.

On the open ground in front, I could see the Japanese troops approaching in dark groups silently towards their own positions.

Unlike the Chinese army who likes to roar when attacking, the Japanese army is very quiet when charging.

Apart from the sound of footsteps, the only sound left was the clatter of equipment colliding.

"Everyone who is alive should stand up and prepare to fight!" Chen Feng shouted at the top of his lungs.

The surviving soldiers of the company began to crawl out of the mud one after another. They didn't bother wiping the mud on their faces and got into fighting positions with their guns drawn.

The Japanese's exploratory attack this time was different from the last time. After the infantry barely entered the range of the machine guns, they accelerated their charge in vain.

The heavy machine guns responsible for covering opened fire one after another.

When Chen Feng saw this, he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Hit me, machine gunner, hard!"

Following his order, the seven or eight surviving MG34 general-purpose machine guns of the 1st Company opened fire one after another.

At the same time, the machine guns of the other two companies of the 1st Battalion also opened fire one after another.

Dense bullets shuttled back and forth across the battlefield like a meteor shower.

Whether it was the Japanese soldiers charging in the rain or the soldiers of the garrison brigade holding on to block the attack, some people were shot and fell from time to time.

Due to heavy rain, the large number of minefields deployed by the Second Regiment at the forward positions were basically all ineffective and failed to play their due role at all.

In desperation, Liu Guodong used a large number of poison gas bombs allocated to him by Zhang Xinghan, but due to the rainy weather, the poison gas bombs could not exert their due power.

Under the successive attacks of the Japanese army's absolutely superior force, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment suffered heavy casualties. In the fierce fighting until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Feng's 1st Company had almost all its casualties.

The 1st Battalion also suffered more than half of its casualties. Liu Guodong hurriedly replaced the 1st Battalion and transferred the 2nd Battalion to take over. At the same time, the artillery battalion directly under the garrison brigade also rushed to Sujiatun.

The artillery of both sides quickly engaged in an artillery battle. The 105mm howitzers equipped by the artillery battalion caused the Japanese artillery to suffer a lot. However, due to the uneven quality of the artillery, it was unable to cause a fatal blow to it.

As it approached five o'clock in the afternoon, the fierce fighting continued. The bodies of Japanese soldiers were already piled up in front of the Second Regiment's position, and the trenches were also filled with the bodies of soldiers from the garrison brigade.

Blood, guided by the rain, flowed along the trenches and almost covered the entire ring-shaped fortifications of the Second Regiment.

It is no exaggeration to describe the brutality of the battle as a river of blood.

At six o'clock in the evening, the fighting took a break.

Liu Guodong felt extremely heavy and wanted to call the brigade headquarters.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Xinghan." Zhang Xinghan's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Chapter completed!