Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

The Japs in the bunker fired calmly. He fired five long bursts in succession, emptied 5 rounds of bullets, and then started the reloading process.

His attack knocked down four punitive soldiers following the tank, causing considerable chaos to the punitive troops.

Two of the four who fell were motionless on the spot, and no one knew where they were shot. The other two were screaming in agony.

The punitive soldiers rushed forward and grabbed the handles on the back armor of the two wounded soldiers, then dragged them to the side of the tank, as if to seek cover.

But now the tank was moving forward, and the people dragging the wounded could not catch up at all. The squad leader of the disciplinary squad saw this and knocked on the tank armor with the butt of his rifle and shouted: "Stop! Stop!!"

But when the tank started moving, no one could hear anything. The roar of the engine was so loud, and the bullets fired from the front hit the armor with a ping-pong sound. The people in the tank could not hear the infantry's orders at all.

At this time, the Japanese in the bunker replaced the bullets in the Type 99 light machine gun and once again fired at the punitive army soldiers.

This time the punitive soldiers were well prepared. They all crawled down and fired at the bunker with various weapons.

The Reaper machine guns were set up and began to suppress the bunker with fire. A squad of 10 people in the Punishment Army was equipped with two Reaper machine guns, and each machine gun was equipped with an assistant shooter.

The assistant gunner's main weapon is a Woodpecker semi-automatic rifle, a telescope, and three 3-round ammunition belts. The assistant gunner's task is to carry bullets and observe the trajectory of the machine gun. Once the light machine gun fires, dust will rise in less than 100 rounds. Then the assistant gunner will have to observe the landing point.

The remaining two people are equipped with Woodpecker semi-automatic rifles. In the future, these two people's guns will be equipped with sights to serve as precision shooters. The rest are all equipped with Liberator automatic rifles.

With this configuration, the firepower is several times that of the infantry squad of the same era.

But now, when facing the Japanese bunker, the weakness of the Punishment Army infantry squad's insufficient lethality against hard targets was exposed. More than ten automatic guns made a rattling sound around the bunker, but the Japanese bunker was still firing and could not cause effective casualties.

The mortars in the distance also saw the Japanese bunker and started shelling it immediately, but the Japanese bunker was very strong and the mortars could not break it open even after four or five rounds.

Seeing that there would be casualties if the fighting continued, the punitive army squad leader could only use mind sharing to contact the tank commander and tell him that there was a machine gun bunker 300 meters to the left.

The tank then stopped, turned the turret, and fired two 57mm high-explosive shells at the bunker that was firing, destroying the machine gun bunker.

The crisis was resolved, a portal opened in front of the wounded soldiers, and the squad leader hurriedly asked people to send the wounded soldiers into the island space. Emperor Li Tian was already ready to redeem them.

Although Li Qinwu did not want to use unconventional forces in this operation in order to gain combat experience, there was no need to be so strict if casualties occurred. The lives of his brothers were more important.

Of the four wounded punitive soldiers, two were only slightly injured and were immediately revived with full health after being redeemed. However, the other two were unlucky. One of them was shot in the face and the other in the neck, and they died instantly.

The relevant situation was reported to Li Weiguo, who took it seriously and sent out eight armored vehicles to cover the two wings of the attacking team to prevent bunkers from appearing again on the two wings.

Li Weiguo was secretly shocked. This exposed a big problem. The coordination between infantry and tanks was very difficult. The tank was just a big lump of iron. The battlefield was filled with the sound of bullets hitting each other, and it was difficult for the crew inside the tank to hear the infantry's orders.

If the squad leader hadn't cheated by using mind sharing, the Japanese bunker might have been able to fire two or three more rounds.

Li Weiguo noted this weakness and reported it to Li Qinwu. He would make improvements after the war. Now he had to concentrate on the battlefield.

With the joint efforts of tanks and infantry, the punitive army pushed directly to the military bunker. The heavy machine guns and two cannons installed by the Japanese on the city wall were destroyed in the first wave. Even the city walls were blown up a lot, and no one could stand on the city wall.

The Japanese captain ordered to abandon the city wall, enter the city and use the houses and punitive troops to fight street battles, and immediately sent a telegram requesting reinforcements.

He placed several artillery pieces on the road behind the city gate and ordered the artillerymen to load armor-piercing shells, intending to wait for the tanks to break through the gate and then fire to destroy them. The Japanese commander felt that as long as the punitive army was dragged into street fighting, they would be able to inflict heavy casualties on the other side.

Li Jun naturally knew this, so he did not order the attack to continue. Instead, he had engineering vehicles push the snow and build a gentle slope under the city wall so that the punitive army infantry could run to the city wall.

As soon as the punitive infantry loaded their guns, they began to fire wildly at any visible Japanese in the city. They then surrounded the city walls to the left and right, and soon occupied the entire wall of the small military fortress.

The Punitive Army attacked from high ground and struck low, so that the Japanese in the city could not raise their heads and retreated into their houses. The elevation angle of the Japanese Type 25 mountain cannon was only degrees. When the Punishment Army climbed up the wall, they could not even raise the muzzle to fire back. The artillery crew members were shot to death by the Punishment Army soldiers, leaving a few lonely cannons on the street waiting to be seized.

"It's over."

The Japanese captain put down his telescope, his head buzzing. The city wall was full of enemies, including the punitive troops that the headquarters had reported more than 10 times. The city wall that originally protected them had become a cage. He no longer had any hope of victory.

After the punitive troops climbed up the wall, they did not attack immediately. They just set up their guns and shot back any Japanese who showed their heads.

The space protected by the city wall of the military fort is about the size of two football fields. Mainly because the houses are very densely packed, sending infantry in to attack will result in heavy casualties, which is not worth it.

Li Weiguo had the Type 41 mountain cannon dismantled into parts, which were then transported to the city wall via snow ladders for assembly. He planned to use the cannon directly to demolish the house.

More than 10 minutes later, all 30 guns were on the wall. Li Dapao sent someone to ask Li Weiguo if he wanted to fire directly. Li Weiguo glanced at the watch and said, "It's 10:30 now. Fire on time at 10:45. Send someone to persuade them to surrender first. They are all laborers. It would be a pity to kill them."

A set of batteries was taken away from the warming stove, and it and the loudspeaker set were sent to the city wall. After a brief adjustment, the loudspeaker began to persuade people to surrender in Japanese.

"Little Japan, I beg your ancestors to tell you the truth, do you surrender or not?

Little Japan, I beg your ancestors to tell you something straight out of the blue, do you want to surrender or not?

......"

These words were played over and over by the loudspeaker so that every Japanese soldier in the city could hear them clearly. They began to riot, mainly because it had only been less than half an hour since the war started and the situation was about to end. They were not mentally prepared at all. How could they stand this?

Several Japanese officers found the Japanese captain and looked at him without saying a word, waiting for him to make the final decision.

The Japanese captain's face changed from bright to dark, and finally his expression became distorted. He drew his samurai sword and shouted.

"Tatakai!! Dedicate your hearts to His Majesty the Emperor!! Everyone, prepare for the decisive assault!!"