Longyan and Shen Laoliu, the good brothers, have been lying in the vast grass in Jiangdong for 3 hours.

This is the first joint operation of the reconnaissance company and the mountain infantry company. Each side sends a platoon, and the scouts under Shen Laoliu are responsible for providing battlefield reconnaissance intelligence, and the mountain infantry platoon in Longyan is responsible for attacking the tough.

After years of continuous equipment renewal, the reconnaissance company has completely abandoned heavy support firepower such as heavy mortars and heavy machine guns.

Although the scouts today still have reconnaissance squads, they actually exist more in the form of five-man teams. Each team has an MG42 machine gun, an iron ammunition box with 1,000 rounds of ammunition belts, a sniper rifle picked by a precision shooter, two "assault rifles", a submachine gun, a grenade gun or a shotgun.

Such a reconnaissance team has both medium, long and short range fire strike capabilities, but it also loses the ability to fight for a long time due to the lack of artillery. If it exists in the form of a group, it can naturally become a surprise soldier that will cause trouble to the opponent, but if it is established to fight in a field, it is really inferior to an ordinary infantry company.

Just like the mountain infantry company, it also takes the light infantry route, but considering the field combat, the 60 squad-level artillery is still retained. The MG42 machine gun also uses a long barrel heavy machine gun type, with each machine gun equipped with up to 1,500 rounds. In addition, the latest assault rifle has only 3 shots per squad. It is also a 4-shot MP38 submachine gun, a 2-shot bolt-shot rifle and a shotgun.

The whole class was 16 people, and the equipment and ammunition they needed to carry were distributed to each person, and the individual soldier also carried a weight of up to 25 kilograms.

But this ensures the ability of mountain infantry companies to fight for a long time, which is also the reason why Tang Dao asked the mountain infantry company to send a platoon to cooperate with the reconnaissance company when he assigns combat tasks.

After all, there is a Japanese infantry corps in Jiangdong, and there is no other Chinese army on this plain except for the scouts sent by Tang Dao. If the Japanese artillery cannot be destroyed quickly and accurately and run away quickly, the scouts will be trapped in a siege.

As early as two days ago, the reconnaissance company sent three reconnaissance teams to cross the Xiangjiang River at night to conduct reconnaissance on the area where the Japanese artillery positions were located. Today, during the day, it was found that the Japanese army placed the artillery positions extremely sparse, and hundreds of Japanese infantry could not protect them at all.

The Japanese infantry had four temporary defensive positions in this area, basically two infantry squads defended in one direction. However, because the artillery position was extremely large and the front width was as high as 1,700 meters, this also led to the so-called defense of the Japanese army just pretending to behave, proving that they were not lazy.

The gap was big, not to mention the infantrymen who were wearing disguised clothes hiding in the grass, even a convoy could sway in.

The Japanese infantry mainly exercised their duties as patrols, but at such nights, with the Japanese artillery on the positions being lively, and huge roars resounded throughout the four fields. From time to time, there were shells from Chinese artillery counterattacks exploded in the fields. To put it bluntly, even if Longyan, hiding in the grass, fell asleep and started to snore, the Japanese patrol team passing by 10 meters away from their lurking place could not be found.

"Longyan, stop sleeping, prepare for action!" Shen Laoliu growled in the walkie-talkie.

To be honest, there are two and a half people whom Shen Laoliu admires the most in his life. One is naturally the Tang regiment, and the other is Wang Xiaoqiang, the leader of the 772nd Regiment of the 683rd Brigade. The remaining half is his brother-in-law Long Yan.

Longyan has an enviable feeling of relaxation. At such a battle moment, this guy can even sleep in the grass with peace of mind. I'm afraid there is no one else in the entire Four-Line Group!

"What don't sleep? I just take a nap and recover my energy and wait for the Japanese to have sex. Brother Liu, don't talk nonsense. My sister can't nag me again." Long Yan's lazy voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Stop talking nonsense. We are responsible for bombing cannons. You are responsible for dealing with the Japanese infantry. After 40 minutes, go east and gather at the agreed location. Have you remembered it?" Shen Laoliu rolled his eyes silently and reminded again.

Before inserting the walkie-talkie back into his chest, Shen Laoliu paused for a moment and said, "You kid, be careful, your kid is still waiting at home for your uncle to bring him candy!"

"Okay, Brother Six, why are you more nagging than Sister!" Long Yanxin, who felt his brother-in-law's concern, felt a little hot, but his mouth was still stubborn.

"Start!" With Shen Laoliu's roar, the reconnaissance lineup was a group of 5 people, and 3 groups were a triangular formation and rushed towards their respective set goals.

In the night, the artillery on the Japanese artillery positions were still spitting out deadly flames. Most of the Japanese artillery soldiers were naked, sweating profusely and stuffing them into the cannon chamber. They had no idea that the Chinese scouts who were rushing towards them like ghosts were about to harvest their lives.

In front of the fully armed Chinese scouts, let alone these Japanese artillery soldiers who are like lambs, even the regular Japanese army does not have much ability to resist!

Just like the two Japanese infantry squads led by Long Yan personally faced two squads at this moment, nearly 100 Japanese infantrymen did not realize that there would be Chinese people in Hengyang City that had become lonely and crossed the Xiangjiang River at night, but they also came to stroke their tiger beards.

Although the sound of artillery rumbling and artillery fire exploded from time to time hundreds of meters away, this did not affect the Japanese infantry doing their own things on the positions.

Some people wrote letters to their families in the trenches in the light of a lantern, while others sat together in groups of three or three to talk, and they didn't know what was so happy that they even shouted "Sauga" and laughed, while others simply leaned on the 80-centimeter field trenches that were temporarily dug, with their eyes closed.

Captain Nomura Shinoma, the squadron leader of Nomura Squadron of the 33rd Infantry Brigade of the 6th Infantry Corps, didn't care about them. The news from the front line these days was not wonderful. More than 600 imperial officers and soldiers died in the gang. Perhaps it won't take long to take the second-line soldiers of the baggage squadron to replace them as guardians of the artillery brigade, and these regular infantrymen will arrive at the front line.

Perhaps, these young people who have just joined the army for less than a year will die in that surging river. Why can't they be happier before entering death?

I have been on the battlefield for 4 years and have witnessed the change of comrades in the infantry squadron one after another. By now, only five or six Japanese infantry captains are left. Now they are very emotional and have a little more humane sense.

But he would soon regret his humanized management. This mistake made the young people under him not have the chance to die in the Xiangjiang River, but were destined to be buried in this wasteland.

Orientals are destined to pay attention to the 'being buried in peace'!

Long Yan may not have thought that the Japanese in front of him would be so loose, as if they were not here to fight but on an outing. For a moment, Long Yan thought that this was a trap set by the Japanese for him, so he was waiting for him to get into it.

The officers and soldiers of the mountain infantry company began to crawl forward from 300 meters away, but the Japanese army was still unaware of anything until they were 50 meters away from the temporary field positions of the Japanese army, so that all the tactics deployed in Longyan were in vain in the early stage.

What Longyan originally thought was that after being discovered by the Japanese army, two machine guns deployed 400 meters from the rear would immediately suppress the Japanese army, and would not hesitate to fire all the reserved ammunitions, but also let the infantry rush to the area where bombs could be dropped.

As a result, there was no need at all. Even Longyan had climbed 30 meters away from the Japanese position, and could almost see the flash of artillery fire. The dull face of the Japanese sentry who was holding a gun and staring blankly at the surroundings. What should the Japanese army on the position be like?

"Dadada!" Accompanied by the dense gunshots and terrifying screams from afar, Long Yan took the lead in throwing the grenade in his hand.

"Boom boom boom!"

In less than ten seconds, more than 50 grenades were dropped onto a temporary position with a width of only 230 meters. What kind of bloody storm was caused? I am afraid that only the immersed Japanese infantrymen knew best.

Whether it is a new recruit or a veteran, in the air waves and smoke, veterans can live a little longer than the new recruits, which is obviously much more standard in their body postures curled up in the trenches.

But even if you survive in the rain of grenades, you will only survive before your death.

"Counterattack!" As Nomura's desperate roar, more than 40 remaining Japanese soldiers grabbed their rifles in a dusty manner and stood up. They saw dozens of guys covered in grass and black faces pounced on them from three directions in the night.

The closest one is no more than 10 meters away from their trench!

After pulling the trigger and firing a shot, the Japanese army with rich experience pulled out the bayonet from their waists and inserted it into the muzzle, with their legs lunging, and a scream of roar in their mouths, waiting for the enemy to pounce in front of them.

This kind of short force will not give you the chance to pull the bolt again to aim and pull the trigger. The bayonet will become the fastest way to kill the enemy. The reaction of this Japanese veteran is indeed excellent.

But the enemy who rushed over with two big strides looked at the shining bayonet raised by the Japanese veteran as if he was near the enemy, but his mouth was wide open. Under his dark face, the white teeth were particularly dazzling, just like a tiger seeing a tender little lamb.

Hand-to-hand combat? Please, this is all in 1944, okay? It’s not that this Chinese soldier is afraid of this bayonet fighting mode, but that the assault steps in his hand are not allowed.

"Dadada!" The assault rifle that had been launched with a short shot, and the Japanese veteran turned over and fell outside the trench.

It is not that he has to show off his individual soldier's qualities when he is dying, but that the effective range of the assault rifle is as high as 400 meters, which gives the bullet a powerful kinetic energy to discharge the bullet. While three consecutive bullets were shot into the body of this strong Japanese veteran, the powerful force directly took it backwards like a three-combo hammer.

Compared with the assault rifle in the hand of this mountain infantry sergeant, the "Dragon Breath Gun" in the hand of the Longyan Long Platoon Commander in the front is awesome. This trench gun that was used in World War I was blessed with modern design concepts from a hundred years later, it was really sparks and lightning.

Every time the platoon leader Long pulled the trigger, the clear ballistic with flames was extremely obvious in the night sky. At least one of the Japanese infantrymen on the opposite side was screaming and was knocked away for one or two meters, and a raging fire ignited on his body.

Killing one person or even several people at one time simply overturned the Japanese infantry's perception of the power of individual guns.

Even if it is a light machine gun, 20 bullets are swept out in one breath, even if it is shot on one person's body, it may not necessarily kill a strong man on the spot. It is common for a tragic struggle. How could this gun in his hand explode a head with one shot?

Yes, after killing several people in a row, someone finally couldn't help but rush up to fight with the Long Platoon Leader.

‘Bang bang bang!’ The Japanese Army Captain was naturally not that stupid. He directly held a samurai sword and fought head-on with this fierce guy. He chased Longyan with a turtle box and shot him in a series of shots, beating the platoon leader who had just been in the limelight and rolled on the ground to avoid it.

Fortunately, Longyan had excellent physical fitness. With his powerful waist and abdomen, he moved around in the trenches to avoid the continuous firing of an angry Japanese veteran's pistol of 8 bullets.

"Haga!" Nomura Shinobu, who had fired empty bullets but failed to kill the enemy, smashed the southern fourteen pistols at the corner of Longyan, and then approached the target with his sharp samurai sword.

As long as he was allowed to get close, he would be seventy-seventh-minute sure to use a samurai knife to cut the Chinese man's neck. The killing gun was invincible, but close combat was just a fire stick.

It was a long writing from the time the Japanese Army captain threw the gun to the time he chased after him. In fact, it took only 3 seconds. In the blink of an eye, Nomura Shinoo saw Longyan holding the gun. His body was instinctively reacting. As soon as the knife stabbed forward, Longyan pulled the trigger.

The two sides were only 2 meters away, and the thick warhead of the Dragon Spike gun hit Nomura Shino's head. With a "boom!", the entire head of the Japanese Army Captain completely exploded, but strangely, there was not much blood spraying out from the remaining part of the head.

That's because the burning agent carried by the Dragon Vain gun bullet burst out instantly, which actually solidified countless tiny blood vessels, which was equivalent to having a hemostatic effect.

So much so that the headless corpse was sprayed with blood, but the burning fire.

The tragic scene directly caused the morale of the remaining Japanese soldiers to completely collapse. They turned around and ran towards the darkness.

A Japanese position of 100 people collapsed in full swing within 2 minutes. The mountain infantry platoon in Longyan actually paid the price of one serious injury and two minor injuries.

This was almost impossible in the past. Even if the mountain infantry company can win the final victory, it will require sufficient firepower to suppress it and pay enough casualties to achieve it.

It can be seen that the current combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is no longer the same as in the early days of the war.

Longyan defeated the Japanese defensive positions at an unexpected speed. More than 30 soldiers did not stay on the Japanese positions, just like a group of hungry hunting wolves, divided into five strands.

A wave of seriously injured soldiers who were hit by bullets in the chest were also set up a defensive position on the spot, and made a rear defense for the reconnaissance companies and mountain infantry companies that advanced to the Japanese artillery positions. If there is any change, the entire army can retreat from this direction.

The other four squads rushed towards their established targets. Their target tonight was these artillery, which would blow up as much as they could before the Japanese main force arrived.

As for the number of Japanese artillery soldiers in the position, they are not in the eyes of these Chinese soldiers who have already entered the position like wolves and tigers. If they meet them, they will kill them all!

Artillery itself is one of the most important resources of the artillery unit. If you only have artillery and don’t have a skilled gunner, you will have no use.

The soldiers of the mountain infantry company in the other three directions attacked without attacking, using assault rifles, mortars and heavy machine guns to attack the Japanese defensive positions, but the infantry did not launch a strong attack immediately. The strong enough firepower forced the Japanese army to fight back and did not dare to draw troops to the vast artillery positions to support the artillery.

Even though the artillery positions behind them were already rumbling at this time, the artillery screams were like a chicken meeting a weasel.

More than 60 soldiers from the mountain infantry company restrained the 300 Japanese infantry and more than 130 elite Chinese soldiers who entered the artillery position were simply tigers entering the flock of sheep.

How do you compare the turtle box held by the Japanese artillery and the officers and soldiers of the two elite infantry companies of the Four Lines Regiment? In addition, one side is a war machine specially trained for murder, and the other side is a pure technical army. The last time it was done in a few months when shooting live ammunition training was done. The gap between the two sides was simply a comparison between the strong man holding a machete and the child holding a toy knife.

For more than 30 minutes, the elite troops of the Four Lines had almost no decent resistance. The artillery destroyed at least 13 pieces and killed countless Japanese artillery soldiers.

As the saying goes, Xiao He defeated Xiao He. The Japanese army placed the artillery very sparsely, leaving great safety hazards on their artillery positions. However, it was the artillery that was extremely far apart that caused the elites of the Four Lines to blow up a cannon and run far away.

Moreover, the Japanese are not stupid. The Chinese are all coming in. While deploying defenses, they stop firing and dragging the cannons and run in the opposite direction of the gunfire. In such a dark night, it is really hard for you to catch them.

On the other side of Matsuh Ryomasa, he had already been waiting to enjoy the fruits of victory, but the firepower suppression of the Chinese positions on the other side of his artillery positions suddenly stopped. Before he could even call to inquire, the artillery positions called to tell the Chinese attack on the artillery positions.

The Japanese Army Colonel's hair was standing up at that time. It would be fine if these 24 mountain cannons were suppressed, which would have failed today's plan to cross the Xiangjiang River. If nearly half of the division's artillery were lost, it would be a waste of time.

The division headquarters gave him the order to restrain the Chinese on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. If you can, you can fight, and you cannot defeat Laki. The most important tactical purpose of the 3rd Division in Hengyang is to fight against the main force that China will be in the future. Their opponent must be at least an infantry army of the Chinese.

If the artillery is half gone, what will the division use to fight against tens of thousands of Chinese people? Will it take the lead?

"Order the fleet to continue moving forward. No retreat is allowed without military orders. The 35th Battalion and the officers and soldiers of the corps headquarters immediately return to the aid artillery position." Matsukami Ryomasa, who calmed down, immediately ordered.

Facts have proved that Yoshimatsu still had two tricks. If the landing fleet chose to retreat and there was no threat on the river surface, it was known that the 200 elite soldiers he sent successfully attacked Tang Dao, which would definitely mobilize 12 Bofos mountain cannons in the mountain cannon company and even 12 American mountain cannons in Hengyang City, all aimed at the Japanese artillery positions, and under the guidance of the scouts, the last main force of the 6th Infantry Regiment was covered.

At that time, I am afraid that the last infantry on the shore of the 6th Infantry Regiment would be swallowed up by this ruthless fire.

But the fleet continued to move forward, and the Chinese artillery fire in the city could only continue to suppress the artillery fire on the river surface. Once thousands of Japanese troops arrived ashore, they would restrain the defense of the river bank, forcing China to transfer troops to this place, which undoubtedly achieved the tactical purpose of Hengshan Yong.

An infantry corps can afford to be Yokoyama, who has invested more than 70,000 people and almost put most of the bets.

"Retreat!" Shen Laoliu, who received the news of hundreds of Japanese troops returning to aid, was very thief. He did not want to fight and directly sent out a signal of evacuation of all the personnel.

The reconnaissance platoon and mountain infantry company carrying the bodies of wounded and dead comrades will hike 5 kilometers in the dark to the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River, where four wooden boats will be waiting to pick them up in the river berth.

Of course, the Japanese army would not give up and chase them all the way.

As a result, Shen Laoliu played a trick to secretly go to Chen Cang. Two squads carried the wounded and their bodies away first. Another No. 150 people quietly lie in the grass on both sides of the road with extremely obvious signs of retreat, and knocked hammers for more than 500 Japanese troops chasing them.

In just 20 minutes of ambush, more than 180 Japanese troops were killed. Until they evacuated, nearly 300 Japanese troops were still waiting for support.

The Japanese Army Colonel, who rushed over with more than 800 infantrymen who came from the ship, looked at the pale-faced 300, and almost stopped breathing.
Chapter completed!