Hiroko Komura's military order was very simple and rough. He directly ordered six grenade launchers to aim at the hillside to fire grenades. Four of the six heavy machine guns also opened fire on the flanks, and 12 Type 96 light machine guns added to the fire to cover the fire.

Continuous gunfire and explosions instantly filled the mountains and fields!

The surging firepower output is not counted. The two infantry squadrons and nearly 400 infantry moved!

It was completely posing as if he wanted to eat his opponent in one bite.

But perhaps Hiroko Komura underestimated the Chinese infantry battalion in front of him!

Yes, the organization of the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment is like most Chinese infantry divisions. An infantry battalion consists of three infantry companies with a number of about 130 people and a machine gun company with a total force of about 100 people.

If it were replaced by the infantry battalion of the German Armed Division, the infantry was formally rifled and the machine gun was built in Czech Republic, and it could even reach one in each infantry squad. An infantry battalion would have 27 light machine guns and 4-6 heavy machine guns. If it was not counted as artillery, the light firepower would never be weaker than the three infantry squadrons led by Hiroshi Komura and another heavy machine gun squad.

But obviously, for the current rulers, the 80th Army is not only not a direct line, but also a former hostile party. It is good to provide organization and military pay. You also want weapons and equipment? What do you think of!

The infantry is equipped with the old sleeve-level Hanyang, and there are also some Type 38 rifles seized in battle. The light machine guns are also made of all countries. It is good to have a three or four armour in an infantry company, not to mention the heavy machine gun. The two civilian Type 24 heavy machine guns equipped by the first battalion are imitated from the famous Maxim heavy machine gun. The comprehensive performance is enough to beat the Type 92 heavy machine guns equipped by the Japanese army, but the number is small!

There are only two infantry battalions, which is one-third of the number of heavy machine guns in the Japanese army, and it is at an absolute disadvantage!

Just talking about firepower or equipment, the Japanese army was completely crushing.

But the fact that the 769th Regiment was sent to the battlefield by the 921st Division headquarters proved that it was not an ordinary force himself!

Tang Dao's memory once had such an evaluation on the Internet. At the beginning of the establishment of the 80th Army, there were 3 divisions, 6 brigades, plus an unorganized independent regiment of the 511th Division, a total of 13 infantry regiments. Based on the performance of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the subsequent consecutive wars, including the Icefield War, a comprehensive assessment was made, who was the "No. 1 Regiment in the World"?

The final result is actually very convincing. The 772nd Regiment where Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang is located is known as the most capable infantry regiment. As the main regiment under the world's No. 1 Brigade, the 772nd Regiment fought from beginning to end in the eight years of the War of Resistance. Not to mention ordinary officers and soldiers, the regiment-level commanders alone sacrificed up to seven people, which is also the largest number of infantry regiments in the entire Eighty Group Army.

The 685th Regiment under the 511th Division was also very awesome. They participated in the creation of the three major bases of Jin, Cha, Ji, Shandong and Central China, and were also the predecessors of the future "Long Live Army"!

There were two infantry regiments in front of them. It was logical that there was no long-term battle in the 769th Regiment in the Taihang Mountains, but in the end, the 769th Regiment was selected as the first with a turnout rate of more than 50%.

The reason is very simple. It is far less famous as the 769th Regiment, which is far from the famous 772nd Regiment, which is the "Imperial Guard" selected by the 80th Army and the 911th Division. It is almost where the division headquarters and headquarters are located. This is the recognition of the boss. Moreover, when it comes to the number of generals who have stepped out of the regiment, no one in the entire 80th Army can match it!

If you want to become a general, you must have qualifications and military achievements. Both are indispensable!

The strength of the 769th Regiment can also be seen from this!

The first battalion led by Comrade Lao Kong is the main battalion under this powerful infantry regiment. More than two-thirds of the nearly 500 officers and soldiers under his command have experienced the 20,000-mile transfer that lasted more than a year. They are all elite, regardless of their technical and tactical standards or spiritual will.

Super hard bone! It may be the most objective to describe them in a word that everyone knows!

Because of the terrain here, it was impossible to arrange the troops to both wings, but Comrade Lao Kong still placed two infantry platoons on the flank ridge according to local conditions to prevent the Japanese army from circling from the other side to attack the position. However, a full-scale infantry company was placed on the mountain with a gentle slope, forming a '7' shape, and another infantry platoon and an infantry company were placed on the second line as a reserve.

The two heavy machine guns were placed in the mountains and forests more than 400 meters away from the entire battlefield to provide fire cover to the infantry below.

There is a dense jungle as a cover, and enough distance is enough for the Japanese grenade launcher to reach. Unless the 92 infantry cannon is lucky enough, it would be a delusion to bombard them with just a few shots!

Such a formation was placed in front of the Japanese army, and Komura Hiroshi was directly ordered to attack, which was actually a helpless element.

Either he led his troops to detour and did not fight against the Chinese head-on, but it was obviously 100% impossible. Neither the military order nor the pride of the Imperial Japanese Army would allow him to do so!

The remaining option is to attack strongly. Killing this force doesn't seem to be considered a lot of Chinese troops.

Therefore, based on the battle situation at that time, the highest commanders of the Chinese and Japanese armies who met on narrow roads chose the most correct way.

However, there is no draw on the battlefield, only life and death, only victory and loss!

The winner is the king, and the loser is the enemy!

The four heavy machine guns of the Japanese army roared 300 meters away, causing stone chips to fly on the position, and all the Chinese soldiers crawled behind the stones or in the temporary trenches.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun with a firing rate of up to 500 rounds per minute is not a joke. The bullet as thick as a finger is a bloody hole. Without a field hospital, even if it does not die on the spot, basically no one can survive until the end of the battle. Just bleeding can die alive.

The other two people who have not spoken yet, don’t even have to think about it. They are naturally guarding against the heavy firepower point of the 1st Battalion. The heavy machine guns of the 1st Battalion emerge, and the two heavy machine guns will immediately carry out corresponding counter-suppression.

However, the Japanese army was also arrogant enough. In order to increase the hit rate of heavy machine guns, they directly placed the heavy machine gun under the threat of the range of grenade launchers!

Of course, there are reasons for them to dare to do this. After intelligence analysis and reports from the front line, the Chinese army participating in the war this time were either gray uniforms or dark blue, which means it was the "Tu-Eight" and the Sichuan Army system in the Chinese army. These two armies have a common characteristic: tenacious will and almost the same weakness: insufficient firepower!

Grenade launchers, they really don't have many.

In fact, they bet right. The first battalion under Lao Kong, plus the grenade canister that had just been seized, had only 3 grenades in total, and there were serious shortages of grenades, with no more than 30 in total!

The three grenade launchers are facing the firepower of Hiroko Komura's infantry artillery and more than ten grenade launchers, which is nothing, but that's just relative?

Just like using the combat power comparison between the Flat Head Brother and the King of the Grassland, the lion does occupy an overwhelming force value, but the lion cannot ignore the Flat Head Brother's sharp teeth! If you bite it, you can also have a blood hole.

Of course, the Japanese army, who had the premise of heavy firepower, was still quite excited. Without a telescope, they could see clearly the situation of the front line of positions. The battle was so dusty, as if just covering it with firepower, they were about to win the battle.

However, the threat of heavy machine guns is great, but as long as you lie behind the bunker and don’t look up, the heavy machine gun bullets will not turn. The biggest threat to the first battalion's position is actually the Japanese infantry that has moved.

Nearly 400 infantrymen were divided into four waves to trot towards the front position with their waists and trotted all the way.

Each wave was separated by more than 100 meters, and each Japanese soldier was also separated by more than 5 meters. In order to cover the infantry attack, the Japanese grenade launcher located further away even threw smoke bombs on the position.

Obviously, Hiroshi Komura, the highest commander of the Japanese army, is definitely not a fool. Although he is so irritable, his tactical arrangement is very rigid and extremely aggressive.

It seems that it is a one-time push to the main infantry force, but in fact, the more than 100 Japanese troops located in the first wave ahead are still responsible for tentative attacks, responsible for testing China's troops deployment and location of light and heavy firepower points.

Once the Chinese light and heavy fire points are fired, the grenade launcher hidden in the second and third wave of attack infantry and the two 92 infantry guns that have advanced to a distance of only 700 meters from the line will launch long-range attacks on these fire points.

This is naturally not a new trick, but it has been tried and done in the Japanese army's battle against the Chinese army. The reason is very simple. The Chinese have too few cannons. They can openly place heavy machine guns hundreds of meters away to suppress the infantry. However, once the Chinese fire point emerges, their cannons can strike the heavy fire point.

With the advantage of heavy firepower, you can be so willful!

The current first battalion of the 769th Regiment has a temporary field position that took 20 minutes to build, and it is also the defensive side. It seems to have a lot of advantages, but the light and heavy machine guns are only one-third of the Japanese army. The three grenade launchers are almost neglected compared to the Japanese army's more than a dozen grenade launchers and two 9-infantry guns. The Japanese army's advantages in heavy firepower offset all of these at once.

Both sides are actually basically on the same starting line, it depends on who can withstand it.

It can withstand unbearable casualties.

On this spring morning, the "shit yellow" that were walking forward from the bushes and rugged mountain roads were like good groundhogs hidden. You knew he was there, but because of the smoke and distance, you couldn't see their movements clearly.

The Japanese heavy machine guns were still roaring. Although the original red trajectory under the influence of the sun was not obvious at all, the rain of bullets splashed was real, and the Chinese soldiers on the 1st Battalion were not afraid to raise their heads.

From 200 meters away, dozens of people in the first wave of infantry of the Japanese army began to go from low body to straightening their bodies and holding guns. They strode forward while shooting, and launched charges. The other dozens were more than 30 meters behind. Several light machine guns following the infantry also landed in search of bunkers, aiming the muzzle at the Chinese position from both wings.

At the same time, the intensity of the Japanese smoke bombs was increasing, covering the frontiers of the entire front line position in thick smoke. The sight of the infantrymen of China and Japan was collectively blocked, while the sound of Japanese footsteps that had already begun to charge did not stop.

The Japanese army was extremely cunning. Although a large number of smoke bombs caused their vision to be blocked, it was difficult to use any precise shooting to provide assistance to the front line, but the firepower of the light and heavy machine guns was sufficient, while it was difficult for Chinese soldiers to strike against the Japanese infantry who had entered the charge state, unless they exposed their firepower points now.

Once they rushed into the front line of positions and entered the distance where grenades could be thrown, the heavy machine guns would stop shooting, and replaced by light machine guns at closer distances, and then waves of Japanese infantry attacked the positions. It would be difficult for a defender to withstand the grenades that were constantly thrown over and even the bayonets of the Japanese army that were rushing towards the tide. Hand-to-hand combat was the Japanese army's favorite way to show their bravery and their best combat methods.

At this time, 80% of the defenders were basically defeated.

But the reaction of the first battalion was somewhat beyond the expectations of the Japanese army. Until dozens of Japanese troops rushed into the position of 100 meters, the Chinese defenders were still quiet and did not fire a single shot.

This even made Major Hiroshi Komura, who was closely following the battlefield with a telescope in the distance, had an illusion that the Chinese people on the opposite side had just flicked a shot and had already run away?

He obviously forgot that the most common way for the "Tu Eight" without heavy firepower to deal with the Japanese army was to put it closer and attack.

It can save ammunition and make him unable to run even if he wants to run.

The so-called invincible hand-to-hand combat of the Japanese army, the "Tu Ba" who lacks guns and bullets, is the least afraid of it, and it can even be said to be unsuccessful!

So, when the Japanese vanguard in the first wave stepped into a distance of about 100 meters, a sharp iron whistle sounded, and the first gunshot was fired from the opposite position.

Then, there was the deafening sound of "Bang! Bang!" that belonged to Hanyang's rifle making.

That was the same area with more than 200 rifles firing at the same time, from the front, from the ridge, aiming at the same area.

There are not many machine guns, so use rifles to gather fire. Five infantry platoons fired wildly against the Japanese heavy machine guns!

Even several soldiers picked up their guns and raised their heads, before they could pull the trigger, they were swept by bullets as thick as the fingers of the 92 heavy machine gun and fell down without saying a word.

But the first battalion of soldiers on the front line still resolutely shot from behind the bunker. Only in this way can the hit rate be guaranteed!

Exchange death for death!

This is the hard-boned spirit!

The sacrifices made will be rewarded. While Chinese soldiers are constantly falling down in simple field bunkers, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers strode forward with rifles and stumble on the ground.

The first battalion swung the first rod under the rain of bullets and hit the Japanese army's forehead so accurately. Not to mention the brain burst, it was also dizzy.

Come! Come here! Let's trade death for death! Chinese soldiers burst out their own cry with constant sacrifice and counterattack!

Faced with the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the famous Hard Bones Battalion in the Eighty Army brought a cruel message to Komura Hiroshi for the first time.

Many fallen Japanese troops did not die immediately, but instead wailed in pain in the grass, calling their friends and companions to help them.

For a moment, the painful wailing even exceeded the deafening sound of gunfire.

If you say that the Japanese are not made of tofu, why is it like a mother who is killed when she is shot, and she cries so miserably? I haven’t heard of Chinese soldiers crying so hard that they cried and cried with tears in their eyes and noses when they are shot.

It’s not that Chinese people are more tolerant of pain than Japanese people. In fact, people are almost the same. They will shout when they hurt, and they will shout when they are about to die. No one is cast in steel, but ordinary people with flesh and blood.

It is mainly related to the different rifle styles and different bullets equipped by the Chinese and Japanese armies.

At this time, the Japanese army was equipped with Type 38 rifle soldiers equipped with 6.5mm caliber pointed bullets. While this small-caliber bullet saves resources, it also has the characteristics of strong penetration. The straight ballistic trajectory allows the effective range to reach 400 meters.

This is undoubtedly an excellent single-shot rifle. Many precision shooters in the Chinese army simply use the 38 rifle as a sniper rifle.

But while the 6.5mm pointed bullet has these advantages, its lethality is really depressing. The bullets fired by the Type 38 rifle can easily penetrate the human body, but will not roll or break. As long as it does not hit the artery and the head, it is difficult to cause fatal damage.

This result led to the invasion of China by the Japanese Army for more than half a year after the Japanese army invaded China. After hitting the human body, the bullet body was prone to cracking, forming a terrible cavity effect, and its lethality increased significantly. However, at this time, the Japanese North China Front Army had not been fully equipped.

The 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment is equipped with old guns. The Hanyang-made one with the most popular Chinese army is the imitation of the German 1888 Committee rifle, equipped with 7.92 mm round-head bullets.

This kind of rifle actually has no highlights, and its effective range is only more than 300 meters. Its accuracy is worse than that of the Type 38 rifle. The length of the gun is 10 cm shorter than that of Type 38. The comprehensive performance is weak, which is a very weak point in comparison with Type 38.

However, the power of the 7.92 round-head bullet is much larger than the 6.5 pointed-head bullet of the 38 rifle. What's more serious is that once it enters the human body, this round-head bullet will roll and deform after being obstructed by muscles and bones, forming a huge wound on the human body's muscle tissue. It looks like a gun hole on the outside, but in fact it is a teacup-sized trauma inside.

If you shoot like this, do you think it hurts? If you don’t shout, you will probably be done.

Just this moment, the Japanese vanguard who was shouting "The Martial Movement is Long-term" in his heart was overwhelmed with confidence and strides in charge.

The word "brave" is actually relatively speaking. When brave meets cowardice, bravery will shine brightly, but when brave meets bravery, it depends on who lasts longer!

Obviously, the Japanese army, who was so brave in the first ten seconds, pulled him!
Chapter completed!