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Chapter 577: Fierce Battle

Next, a battalion of the Japanese and one of our main battalions opened fire at full force at the same time, which consumed a huge amount of ammunition.

However, behind the Japanese was Ping'an County, which had enough supplies for a brigade to fight for a month. There were countless ammunition in the warehouse, so there was no shortage of supplies.

As for the New Second Regiment, in addition to its own ammunition reserves, the logistics department of the Zhaojiayu Industrial Zone will also deliver ammunition in a timely manner, so there will be no shortage of ammunition in the short term.

From this point of view, the enemy and us are equally matched, and it is difficult to determine the winner in this competition of strength in a short period of time.

However, in order to win credit in front of the regiment commander, Captain Yamaguchi ordered his troops to attack with all their might, which did put considerable pressure on the First Battalion. The Japanese even advanced to within 30 meters of our troops at one point.

At this time, the large number of Mauser pistols equipped by the 1st Battalion of the New 2nd Regiment came in handy. The extremely high rate of fire increased the ammunition delivery capacity and completely suppressed the enemy in an instant.

This is the result of the First Battalion holding back. The twenty assault rifles allocated to the First Battalion have not been officially used. These are the ace reserve troops of the First Battalion and can only be used at the most critical moments.

After an hour of fighting, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. The attack of the Shanbian Battalion was once again repelled by our side. The Japanese were exhausted at this time and needed to rest before launching an attack.

At this time, Captain Shuitian arrived with the main force of the regiment. In addition to two infantry battalions and direct-affiliated units, there was also a mountain artillery squadron equipped with four Type 4 75mm mountain cannons.

Captain Shanbian hurried forward to report the latest battle situation: "Reporting to the commander of the regiment, the first battalion's attack failed, please punish us."

The First Battalion was the elite of the Shuitian Regiment, and Captain Yamabe was his confidant. How could Captain Shuitian be willing to punish them?

He asked seriously, "Let's talk about the punishment later. First, tell us about the tactics and weapons and equipment of the new Second Regiment."

Captain Shanbian then went on to explain in detail the deployment of the new Second Regiment in all aspects, especially the situation of firearms and ammunition. After hearing this, the other two captains bluntly said that it was impossible.

Captain Shuitian agreed and said, "Nothing is impossible. I think this is common sense. Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army on the other side is not stupid. If they don't have some strength, how dare they surround our Ping'an County in such a high-profile manner?"

"On the way here, I thought about it carefully. The reason why the New Second Regiment sent a large number of troops to besiege Ping'an County is to eliminate all our strongholds in Ping'an County and then find a way to trap us to death."

"From what Yamabe-kun described just now, the troops on the other side only used light mortars. According to our intelligence, the New Second Regiment should have several Type 92 infantry guns."

"In summary, I am sure that the New Second Regiment has reinforcements, and they are carrying artillery to attack our stronghold. The only solution now is to defeat the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible and save Ping'an County."

Now that the target was clear, the Japanese took action immediately. While there was still some time before dark, the enemy organized an attack on a battalion-scale or larger scale.

The pressure on the First Battalion suddenly increased a lot, especially from the Japanese mountain artillery squadron. The continuous bombardment caused serious damage to our positions. Coupled with the six Type 92 infantry guns assigned to three infantry battalions, the enemy also spent a lot of money.

On our side, Kong Jie had two heavy artillery battalions in his hands, but he never took any action.

He came to the position of the artillery battalion in the rear and found Battalion Commander Wang of the Independent Regiment's Artillery Battalion, wanting to confirm some situations.

In fact, Kong Jie didn't know much about artillery. Although the New Second Regiment had an artillery company before, it only had two Italian cannons, and they were basically used to bombard enemy strongholds. It had never engaged in an artillery battle with the Japanese artillery units.

This kind of highly technical work is best left to professionals, otherwise big problems can easily arise if an amateur directs the professionals.

"Captain Wang, how's it going? Have you found the enemy's artillery position?"

"Captain Kong, we are using the artillery observation mirror specially developed by the arsenal to calculate the enemy's artillery position. If we are given another hour, we can completely lock it."

"At that time, as long as you give the order, we will be able to completely destroy all the enemy's artillery, including the Japanese's four mountain cannons and six Type 92 infantry cannons."

"To be honest, it's really hard to watch our infantry brothers fighting the Japanese in the front while we artillerymen are watching from behind."

"If our artillery was not strong before, there would be nothing to say, but now we have at least 30 heavy artillery pieces, which completely crush the Japanese. If we don't do something, others will gossip about us."

After hearing this, Kong Jie hurriedly spoke to comfort him, "Captain Wang, stay calm. Just confirm the enemy's artillery position. Your artillery battalion will have a chance to perform later."

"We are fishing now. If we open fire immediately, although we can destroy the enemy's artillery, it will also easily scare away the remaining Japanese soldiers. Once the enemy retreats to Ping'an County, our subsequent siege plan will be in great trouble."

"You must know that it is completely different to kill an enemy in the wild and kill an enemy in a city street fight."

"Captain Kong, I understand. I'll tell the people below right away."

After inspecting the artillery unit, Kong Jie returned to the regiment headquarters and kept an eye on the battle situation at the front line.

The battle at the front line is now at a fever pitch. Under the cover of mountain artillery and infantry guns, the Japanese infantry have launched an attack on a squadron or larger scale.

The three positions that the First Battalion was in charge of suddenly came under great pressure. Although our soldiers fired desperately, the enemy's artillery fire completely suppressed our heavy weapons, especially our mortar platoon. We could only move our positions immediately after firing two shells to prevent being targeted by the enemy's infantry artillery.

Fortunately, we have sufficient reserve ammunition, and the soldiers using rifles only need to shoot. There is no problem of not aiming for a second. The goal is to fire the most bullets in the fastest time.

Light and heavy machine guns were also firing frantically, but they also suffered a lot of losses under the enemy's bombardment.

When the enemy's infantry approached our position within 40 meters, the soldiers threw a large number of defensive grenades, 500 high-powered grenades at once, which immediately made the approaching Japanese soldiers howl in pain, and hundreds of people were lost at once.