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Chapter 393: Bloody Battle in Shuangjian Town

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    At seven o'clock in the morning on May 14th, the Japanese troops outside Shuangjian Town took action. Thousands of troops buried pots to make rice, then lined up in order. Then, with the cooperation of a large number of armored tanks and artillery, they launched an attack on Shuangjian Town.  All-out attack.

    In order to capture Shuangjian Town as soon as possible, Colonel Muto chose an all-out attack, that is, the troops were divided into two groups to launch attacks to the east and south of Shuangjian Town at the same time. Any direction was the main attack, and all troops were the main force.

    ¡°And in order to wipe out the national army in Shuangjian Town in one go, the Japanese army also mobilized more than ten fighter planes from Nanjing to coordinate operations. The momentum was very terrifying.

    "Boom boom boom"

    "Boom boom boom"

    As soon as the battle began, the Japanese army shelled the defenders' positions for more than ten minutes. After the defenders' artillery counterattack, the Japanese aviation force immediately entered the battle. More than a dozen Type 96 bombers appeared over Shuangjian Town, targeting them.  Carpet bombing of garrison positions.

    Especially the artillery position of the 61st Army, which was the focus of the Japanese bombing. The little devils were very aware of the threat of the Chinese artillery. If they wanted to capture Shuangjian Town, knocking out the defenders' artillery was the key.

    However, the defenders were not arrogant and showed no weakness. The air defense regiment and the artillery regiment fought back with all their strength. The air defense regiment specialized in attacking Japanese aircraft and tanks, while the artillery regiment suppressed the Japanese artillery in all directions.

    The battle became intense as soon as it began. All along, the Japanese army was basically attacking between China and Japan, while the Chinese army was passively defending.  Due to limited firepower, the Japanese army often bombarded them with artillery, while the Chinese army could only fight with their flesh and blood.

    But today all this has undergone an astonishing change. The 61st Army is not much weaker than the Japs in terms of firepower, so the two sides have a rare artillery battle!

    In addition, the 61st Army's air defense regiment was equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns. These machine guns posed a very obvious threat to the Type 96 bombers that the Japs were lagging behind. Therefore, within 5 minutes of the war, one fighter plane was shot down, and two more were shot down.  The fighter plane's wing was injured and had to be evacuated from the battlefield.

    The remaining seven fighter planes were immediately startled when they saw this, and then urgently raised their flight altitude, but they did not evacuate from the battlefield.

    Due to time constraints, the defenders did not have much time to build fortifications, so the outer positions of Shuangjian Town only had two lines of defense. Both lines of defense were composed of simple trenches. In terms of protection capabilities, they were inferior to those of Bengbu City.  The fortifications were far from satisfactory.

    Fortunately, there is a hill more than 100 meters high on the left side of Shuangjian Town. This is the commanding height of the entire town. Li Guoyao ordered two companies of troops to be deployed here, and also placed 3 heavy machine guns and 5 light guns.  machine guns, thus forming a situation of absolute suppression of the Japanese troops south of the town.

    But the kid didn¡¯t care about this. Seeing that neither the artillery nor the aviation took advantage, Colonel Muto immediately ordered his infantry to launch an attack!

    Since they had already carried out a tentative attack yesterday afternoon and had a rough understanding of the basic layout of the Shuangjian garrison, the 68th Regiment launched a violent attack.

    Colonel Muto placed two infantry squadrons on the southern front, and the eastern front had slightly more troops. In addition to the two infantry squadrons, there was also a tank squadron to coordinate operations.

    Looking at the Japanese troops rushing over like a tide, the Chinese soldiers on the Shuangjian garrison position were both nervous and a little excited.

    "We were nervous because it was the first time for many people to go to the battlefield. We were excited because so many Japanese soldiers rushed up. Wouldn't this be a living target for them?"

    With such a dense crowd, even if the shooting skills of the defenders are not very good, they will not fail. After training for so long, they can finally show off their skills!

    Seeing that the little Japanese infantry had entered the effective firing range, the front-line commander immediately gave the order to fire!

    "Da da da"

    With the order from the frontline commander, all the light and heavy weapons on the defender's position opened fire at the same time, and dense bullets were fired at the little devil like a violent storm.

    The momentum of the Japanese charge suddenly stopped, and then the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground like straw that had been cut down, suffering heavy casualties.

    However, the Japanese soldiers on the front line were not afraid at all. The Japanese infantry captain who was responsible for commanding the battle shouted loudly: "Baga, grenade, knock out that person's heavy machine gun!"

    Following the orders of the Japanese commander, a few grenade launchers responded quickly and the grenade launchers were set up one by one!

    "Bang bang bang"

    After a few dull sounds, several grenades flew towards the defenders' positions and landed accurately next to the firing points!

    "Boom boom boom"

    Several dramas in successionAfter the explosion, three heavy machine guns and one machine gun on the front line were destroyed by the Japanese grenade launchers. Not only did the weapons and equipment explode into a pile of scrap metal, but even the machine gunners and ammunition handlers suffered heavy casualties.  .

    Several firepower points were knocked out by the Japanese army. The firepower on the defender's position was instantly weakened. The Japanese army took the opportunity to advance more than ten meters.

    Li Guoyao, who was watching the battle from behind, witnessed all this with his own eyes, and his brows suddenly furrowed, secretly thinking that the little devil's grenade hand was indeed terrifying.

    Throughout the entire period of the Anti-Japanese War, the national army was actually not bad in light weapons, especially the elite Central Army, which was even better than the Japs in light weapons.

    For example, the theoretical rate of fire of the domestic Type 24 heavy machine gun and the 30-knot heavy machine gun, which are the elite equipment of the national army, is almost 600 points per minute, far exceeding the theoretical rate of fire of the Type 92 heavy machine gun of 450 rounds/minute, especially for small vehicles.  The Japs' Type 92 has relatively weak battlefield survivability, and its actual rate of fire is only about 200 rounds per minute, which is far inferior to that of the national army.

    ??Also, the light machine guns equipped by various units of the national army are mainly Czech-style and their imitations, while the Little Devils are mainly equipped with crooked guns. In terms of performance, there is no comparability between the two.

    However, in actual battles, the machine gun firepower of the Chinese army was difficult to effectively suppress the Japanese army. Even when the military and firepower had the upper hand, the Chinese army still found it difficult to compete with the Japanese army.

    The reason is that the Japs have a type of equipment specifically designed to deal with Chinese light and heavy machine guns - the Type 89 grenade.

    The Type 89 grenade is an improved model of the Taisho 10-year grenade. The caliber is the same as the Taisho 10-year grenade. The caliber is 50 mm. The total gun length is 413 mm. The barrel length is 260 mm. The total gun weight is 2.7 kg. The theoretical maximum range is 700.  meters, the effective range has also reached about 500 meters.

    In essence, the grenade can be regarded as a small mortar. Its main features are a large shooting angle and a curved trajectory. Its original design is mainly used to kill enemies hiding behind fortifications or to kill enemy forces at medium and long distances.  .

    " Compared with its range of about 500, it is easy to operate and can be carried by an individual soldier and maneuvered in a charge formation to provide fire support to front-line infantry at any time.

    And because it uses curved shooting, it can be fired concealed behind obstacles, and its battlefield concealment and survivability are very strong.

    In actual combat, the killing radius of the Type 89 grenade is about 5 to 8 meters. If special grenades are used, it can be increased to a distance of about 20 meters to attack group targets. If a grenade falls in a crowd, it can  Killing and wounding dozens of people, this power cannot be said to be small for a 50mm caliber.

    On the battlefield, as soon as the Japanese offensive troops felt the threat of firepower from the Chinese army, they would immediately hide anywhere, and then order the grenadier to immediately fire at the machine gun fire to attack the light and heavy machine guns of the Chinese army.

    During the Battle of Songhu, the 42nd Brigade of the 14th Division of the 18th Army of the Central Army lost 32 of its 36 heavy machine guns, most of which were destroyed by Japanese grenades.

    Although Li Guoyao knew before that the grenade launcher of the Little Japs was very powerful and could be called a machine gun killer on the battlefield, he did not expect that the dog's day was so powerful.

    This time, one-fifth of the firepower points on the defender's position were destroyed within a short period of time. It is really terrible!

    Of course, the most important reason is that the defensive positions of the defenders were not well built. Originally, according to Li Guoyao's intention, some bunkers were built on the positions to use them as fire suppression points.

    As a result, the time was too short, and there was a lack of materials to build bunkers, so the light and heavy machine guns could only be fired in the open, which directly gave the little devils an opportunity to take advantage of the grenade launchers.

    After thinking over and over again, Li Guoyao decided to move anti-aircraft machine guns with longer range and more power to the front-line positions to deal with the Japs' grenade launchers and more powerful tanks.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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