A magazine of 30,000 rounds, you call it Hanyang

Chapter 97: Sakata's 1st Infantry Battalion is Under Pressure

Only now did Xing Zhiguo completely believe in the strength of Zheng Kaixuan and the Fourth Battalion.

There was a lot of gunfire and the explosions were deafening.

In the blink of an eye, the two Type 11 Triumph mortars of the Fourth Company of the Fourth Battalion silenced more than half of the Type 92 infantry guns of the Japanese artillery squadron, while they themselves were almost unharmed.

"I didn't know the weapon Lao Zheng modified was so powerful! This way of fighting is really fucking novel!"

Kong Jie, who was watching from the side, nodded repeatedly and praised continuously.

By now, he finally understood the power of these two self-propelled artillery pieces and was completely convinced.

These two self-propelled artillery pieces not only have powerful instantaneous firepower, but also can defeat the enemy with fewer troops and easily suppress the enemy's heavy firepower.

The most important thing is that it is very flexible.

Unlike traditional artillery, traditional artillery is usually deployed on fixed positions during battles and is very difficult to move. This makes it easy for the enemy to discover it and concentrate firepower to attack it, making it easy to be destroyed.

These two Triumph self-propelled mortars are always in motion when firing!

The three huge wheels are constantly turning, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes turning, and sometimes braking suddenly!

Wang Fugui drove the self-propelled artillery out of the original position of the independent regiment and staged a wonderful display of speed, artillery fire and passion on the mountain road of Liujiaopo!

The fast-moving target completely confused the Japanese gunners.

They had been fighting for such a long time, but had never encountered such a situation.

This left the commanders and fighters on both sides stunned.

On the high ground behind the Japanese, in front of the regiment's temporary command post, the smiles on the faces of two old Japanese soldiers, Sakata Nobutsu and Regiment Chief of Staff Shun Yoshizawa, froze.

Not only did their smiles freeze, their faces had already started to turn green.

Nobutsu Sakata has fought in battles for half his life, but he has never encountered such a unique scene.

The corners of the mouth of Yoshizawa Shun, the chief of staff of the Japanese regiment, twitched violently.

"Captain, I'm afraid the Eighth Route Army's new artillery is beyond the capability of the First Battalion and the Artillery Squadron to handle. We should immediately dispatch the Anti-Tank Squadron."

The Japanese anti-tank squadron had about 100 people and was equipped with 6 Type 37 mm anti-tank guns, also known as anti-tank guns.

This type of artillery is a complete imitation of the German kwk37mm close-in weapon system, and its functions are basically the same. However, the armor-piercing explosive shells developed by the Japanese themselves are much worse than the German capped armor-piercing shells in terms of armor-piercing performance, and can only penetrate 40mm thick uniform steel plates.

Facing medium or heavy tanks, this type of anti-tank gun is definitely unable to penetrate armor and will be of no use.

However, on the battlefield in North China, facing the poorly equipped Chinese army, especially when dealing with some light armored vehicles of China, the shells of this artillery can completely penetrate the protection of ordinary armored vehicles.

In addition to the advantage of armor-piercing explosive bombs, the most important thing is that this Japanese anti-tank squadron has rich combat experience.

Experience in attacking targets such as light armored vehicles on the move.

The old Japanese soldier Sakata Nobutsu, who was still confused, finally woke up as if from a dream and reacted after being reminded by the Japanese chief of staff.

"Quick! Send someone to notify the anti-tank squadron to immediately support the work of the first battalion!"

"Order the Second Battalion to quickly support the First Battalion. Quickly! Immediately, immediately!"

Sakata Nobutsu no longer dared to underestimate the Eighth Route Army troops in front of him. He immediately mobilized troops and ordered the Japanese troops in the rear to provide emergency support to the First Battalion.

It’s just that support takes time, and the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly.

In just a few minutes, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically.

Because the artillery squadron's firepower was suppressed, most of the Japanese gunners, observers and loaders who operated the artillery were killed, and the Japanese no longer had any advantage in heavy firepower.

As the vanguard of the Japanese army, the captain of the Japanese First Infantry Battalion is no simple figure.

He decisively ordered his Japanese troops to abandon their positions and launched an infantry charge towards the independent regiment's position.

Kong Jie was watching from the side in amazement.

Just now, in order to deal with the Japanese artillery squadron, he almost launched an infantry charge. Unexpectedly, when the people from the Fourth Battalion arrived, the situation was reversed in just a few minutes.

The Japanese were forced to launch a charge to avoid the powerful firepower of the 4th Battalion's self-propelled artillery.

"Captain Kong, Deputy Captain Xing, why are you still standing there? Retreat quickly! Take the brothers of the Independent Regiment and retreat quickly! I told you, leave this place to us, you don't have to worry about anything else."

Chen Shengli shouted anxiously.

In fact, just now, a hint of excitement appeared in Kong Jie's eyes.

Seeing the situation on the battlefield reversed, he actually wanted to lead the soldiers of the independent regiment to rush forward and fight another battle with the Japanese infantry battalion.

But after hearing what Chen Shengli said, Kong Jie looked at the political commissar Li Wenying who was still in a coma not far away, and had to suppress the impulse in his heart.

"Brothers of the Independent Regiment! Follow me!"

Xing Zhiguo looked at Chen Shengli hesitantly, wanting to say something.

"Captain Chen, how about I bring some brothers to help you stop the Japanese?"

"Deputy Commander Xing, hurry up! If we don't leave now, when the Japanese reinforcements arrive, no one will be able to escape. Hurry!"

As he spoke, Chen Shengli drove the level 12 self-propelled rifle motorcycle, and the vehicle rushed out like lightning, fighting side by side with Wang Fugui.

More than 40 soldiers from the company also rushed into the defensive positions and took over the positions of some machine gunners from the original independent regiment.

"Da da da da da da..."

"Da da da da da da da..."

"Da da da da da da da da..."

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More than forty Hanyang-made level 8 fully automatic rifles simultaneously fired at the charging Japanese at a rate of fire far faster than that of ordinary machine guns.

This is much more powerful than the firepower of the more than 20 Type 99 light rifles of the previous independent regiment!

The first wave of Japanese soldiers who charged fell in an instant, with hundreds of them dead.

The rest of the Japanese soldiers quickly retreated again and returned to their positions.

Only then did Xing Zhiguo feel relieved and no longer hesitated. According to the agreement he had made with Chen Shengli, Wang Fugui and others, he left more than 40 war horses with them and quickly left the battlefield with the rest of the independent regiment soldiers.

All the wounded and sick were helped onto the horses.

The rest of the healthy and uninjured soldiers all ran forward at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

Including Kong Jie and Xing Zhiguo, they all ran on their own two legs.

The independent regiment's troops formed a huge fan shape and ran in an extremely scattered manner.

This formation is mainly to prevent the team from being bombarded by Japanese artillery fire if it is too dense during the retreat.

Their worries were actually unnecessary, because at this moment the Japanese First Infantry Battalion had no extra energy to take care of them.

Now the Japanese First Battalion is being suppressed by Chen Shengli and Wang Fugui!

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