Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 388: Defense of Gaojia Town 4

Due to the distance between the two sides, the Japanese artillery was afraid of accidentally injuring their own people, so they stopped firing their mortars.

This gave them time, otherwise the artillery company would have taken action.

"Bagaya road!"

Lieutenant Colonel Xiajing finally couldn't hold on any longer and ordered a retreat. The Japanese soldiers received the order and ran down the mountain in a hurry. Many of them were killed by the soldiers during the retreat.

When they returned and counted the number of people, Colonel Kimura Kasao, the commander of the Japanese regiment, was so distressed that his face twitched.

The two battalions attacked from both sides, with one side suffering more than 300 casualties and the other side suffering nearly 200. Their regiment had only so many infantrymen, and every death meant a reduction in strength.

If they continue to fight like this, how long can they last?

Colonel Kijima was in a state of panic, and the division commander Matsuura was also in a state of panic. He had not expected that there were many explosives buried on the road below the narrow road.

As a result, more than a dozen tanks in the exploration team were stranded, hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were coordinating the attack were killed or wounded, and the road was blocked...

Since Gu Changfeng planned to delay time, he would not let the devil come in so easily. The explosives produced by the students were quite powerful.

He simply had hundreds of people buried there, and it seems the effect is quite good.

Gu Changfeng, who was watching the battle in Gaojia Town, was delighted when he heard the news. He said to Huang Zhengkui with a smile, "The Japanese commander this time is no match for us. He's a lieutenant general, but he's still stuck outside and can't get in."

Huang Zhengkui nodded and smiled, "The devils are here to destroy us this time. Can we also keep this old devil here?"

Everyone has heard from Gu Changfeng that the commander of the Japanese 106th Division, the old Japanese soldier Matsuura, is personally going to fight.

There is no other reason. Although everyone is fighting, they all want to catch a lieutenant general for fun. If that doesn't work, it doesn't matter if they kill a Japanese soldier.

Gu Changfeng's smile froze when he heard this, and he said speechlessly: "I haven't even thought about this yet, but you guys are thinking about it."

After saying that, Gu Changfeng's expression suddenly turned serious, and he warned: "You may be concerned, but don't take any risks. The Japanese are just a lieutenant general, it's not worth it."

He was really afraid that these battalion commanders would disobey orders and take the risk of attacking the Japanese division commander. If something went wrong, it would be really troublesome.

"Changfeng, don't worry, the brothers know how to make things right and wrong."

Huang Zhengkui obviously knew what Gu Changfeng was thinking, and couldn't help but explain.

Gu Changfeng was about to say a few more words when the communications soldier came forward and reported that the Japanese were attacking again.

Hearing this, Gu Changfeng said to Huang Zhengkui: "I'll leave this battlefield to you. I'll go to the eastern battlefield to take a look."

This time there is no explosives on the road, so if the Japanese infantry charges, the first battalion will have to defend it, otherwise the second battalion on the narrow gap will be in trouble. Gu Changfeng naturally has arrangements for this.

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The devils attacked with three divisions this time, and the 6th Division also arrived as expected.

The commander of the 6th Division, Shiro Inaba, was very courageous and sent nearly people to the battlefield. Together with several thousand puppet troops, the defense of Baoding at that time was only a few thousand military police.

Fortunately, after several raids by him, the Japanese commander was also dispatching personnel for support. Otherwise, if one side had time to directly attack Shijiazhuang and Baoding, several high-ranking Japanese officials would have committed suicide by disembowelment.

whoosh…

Dong dong dong......

The Japanese retaliated quickly, using poison gas bombs and incendiary bombs again, and combined with the attacks of mountain artillery, they were effective.

Occasionally, an unlucky soldier fell under the muzzle of the Japanese artillery. Other soldiers heard the alarm, skillfully took out a towel, dipped it in water, covered their mouths and noses with it, and tried to turn their backs to the wind.

After a while, the sky was covered with yellow smoke.

Despite preparations, some soldiers still fell during the two offensives.

This is difficult to guard against. Unless Gu Changfeng exchanges all his points for gas masks, it is impossible to avoid a lot of casualties. It can only be said that most of the casualties can be reduced.

"Brothers, the devils are coming up again. Shoot again when I give you the order."

Several Japanese squadrons attacked again, and the company commander Shi Xiaoliu gave orders calmly.

Although he had just received a notice that they were at a disadvantage in the first battle with the Japanese, he was not in a hurry. After all, his superiors had ordered them to slowly play with the Japanese.

The Japs were smarter this time. A squadron in the front row put on gas masks and prepared to see if they could pick up any ready-made ones.

The yellow smoke on the battlefield had not yet dissipated, and the Japanese soldiers were wearing masks, so their vision was definitely poor.

50 meters away, Shi Xiaoliu found that it was the best time to sneak into the dark world.

Boom!

Two consecutive shots instantly killed two Japanese soldiers. The Turtle Box, known as the king of jams, finally did not disappoint Shi Xiaoliu.

The sound of gunfire was the order, and the sound of frying beans was heard again, and bullets were fired at the devils like rain. At a distance of fifty meters, most people could hit the devils with just a slight raise of their hands.

The Japanese soldiers' reaction was still greatly affected by the gas masks they wore. They were almost directly hit by a barrage of bullets, and many of them were killed or injured within a minute!

The Japanese soldiers were also brave. The remaining people not only did not retreat, but rushed forward screaming, trying to quickly enter the position and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers.

Unfortunately, even without suppression weapons like the M60, the Japanese would not be able to gain an advantage in terms of firepower. The firepower network formed by dozens of machine guns could not be broken through by more than a hundred Japanese soldiers. That would be suicide!

The machine guns fired crazily, and some of the machine guns even had red barrels. As a result, few of the Japanese soldiers sent up the squadron returned alive...

A pile of yellow shit fell in front of the position, covering the ground.

Boom boom boom!

Naturally, the Japanese artillerymen behind them could not just watch their own people being slaughtered, so they began their counterattack.

The mortars opened fire, indiscriminately bombarding, and this wave directly caused the deaths of more than 30 people in Shi Xiaoliu's company.

Fortunately, they were fast enough and killed most of the Japanese before the Japanese artillery could react, otherwise their company would have suffered even greater casualties.

The bombardment lasted for five minutes. Without a target, the soldiers hid in the fortifications and waited for the Japanese to vent their anger.

As soon as the five minutes were up, the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, and the Japanese soldiers who were preparing a few hundred meters away continued to charge towards the position.

Tweet!

A sharp whistle sounded, and then the soldiers appeared at their shooting positions one after another.

Da da da!

Boom boom boom!

The old-fashioned attack was very effective. The Japanese soldiers who rushed forward were mowed down one after another by machine guns and had to endure the coverage of grenades. After this round, the Japanese commander in the rear had red and swollen eyes.

The battle lasted only half an hour before the brigade was forced to retreat and lick their wounds.

At almost the same time, the two battalions of Japanese soldiers outside the narrow gap could no longer bear it and were beaten by the first battalion, crying for their parents and retreating back to the camp in embarrassment.

The first day of the Japanese attack was over, and it ended at the cost of thousands of Japanese casualties.