Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 239: As long as there is one person on the battlefield, we cannot let the Japanese cross ove

Lin Zhenhua got off to a good start, which greatly boosted the confidence of the heavy artillery platoon and made them feel proud. Their depressed morale immediately became high. It was not known whether it was good luck or not, but under Lin Zhenhua's command, they destroyed another 105mm heavy artillery of the Japanese six minutes later.

However, the Japanese's revenge came one after another. In just ten minutes, two heavy artillery pieces were destroyed. This made Colonel Miyata very angry. He directly took over the command of the heavy artillery and mobilized eight heavy artillery pieces to launch a fierce fire attack on the only two remaining heavy artillery batteries of the independent regiment. This made Lin Zhenhua's situation become dangerous. Coupled with the interference of Japanese fighter planes in the air, the heavy artillery platoon became difficult to move again!

"Damn it, the damn Japanese devils are taking advantage of our small number of heavy artillery, which is why we have suffered such a great loss. I will take revenge on them at night!"

Lin Zhenhua helped the soldiers of the heavy artillery platoon operate the artillery while cursing. There was nothing to say at this time. Even if it cost a huge price, they had to attract the Japanese heavy artillery firepower. Otherwise, they would not be able to save any of the bunkers on the front line!

With this idea in mind, Lin Zhenhua was determined to fight against the Japanese mixed heavy artillery battalion this time. He did not care about the damage to the gun barrel and commanded the soldiers of the heavy artillery platoon to desperately pour firepower on the Japanese heavy artillery positions. With the protection of the artillery positions, most of the Japanese artillery shells were bounced off, but a small number of armor-piercing shells caused considerable impact on the two artillery positions.

The outermost layer of cement on the turret had been completely knocked away, and the spherical armored steel firmly protected against the Japanese's armor-piercing shells and shrapnel. However, two soldiers were still killed by the shock wave of the Japanese bomb explosion, and others also had tinnitus. Even Lin Zhenhua himself felt uncomfortable.

But Lin Zhenhua knew that there was no way of retreating now. Li Yunlong had already mobilized the last reserve troops to defend the front line. He must not let down at this time. Fortunately, he had arranged for Wang Chengzhu to go to support, who helped Li Yunlong to barely defend the current position. But the situation did not improve. The enemy and our side were in a stalemate for a while. What followed would be a real war of attrition. No one dared to retreat. To dare to retreat would be tantamount to admitting defeat in advance!

Lin Zhenhua wiped the sweat from his forehead, aimed at the enemy's heavy artillery position again, and fired six shells in a row, finally killing another 105mm heavy howitzer of the enemy. But before he could be happy for long, a 150mm cannon howitzer of the enemy fired an armor-piercing shell that directly penetrated the turret where the 120mm heavy artillery was installed. Fortunately, the shell did not explode, but it stuck the heavy artillery firmly, making it impossible to rotate at all, and it could only continue to fire at the current angle and direction.

The result was obvious. After discovering that one of the Japanese artillery batteries had suffered heavy damage, the Japanese immediately began a concentrated fire attack. Jin Zhenhua took the opportunity to destroy another 120mm cannon howitzer of the Japanese. However, the Japanese were not unlucky either, and directly destroyed the 120mm heavy artillery battery of the independent regiment. Fortunately, the artillery soldiers had already used up their stock of ammunition, which was all delivered by the transport team in the rear. This prevented the artillery battery from exploding, otherwise it would have caused greater casualties.

In order to achieve the goal in one battle, Colonel Miyata concentrated all the remaining heavy artillery in his hands and started to bombard Lin Zhenhua. The exchange of fire between the two sides was a decisive battle from the beginning. Lin Zhenhua knew that the artillery position next to him was destroyed and even his life was in danger. This made Lin Zhenhua dare not be distracted in the slightest. He fully exerted his strength beyond his level and dragged the battle into a stalemate.

Li Yunlong had just managed to stabilize the situation. The Japanese's charge this time mobilized all the infantry at his disposal. For a moment, he was under great pressure. Even if he mobilized the forces of two reserve battalions, he was still in danger. What was more serious was that the Japanese's infantry had reached a place 100 meters away from the front of the position, and Li Yunlong no longer had the ability to drive the Japanese away directly.

"Monk, when the Japs are only 50 meters away from our position, you will lead the commandos to charge down and launch a counterattack. I didn't expect the Japs to want a decisive battle right from the start and show all their strength. No matter what, we have to hold our position this morning. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. This is the last attack of the Japs this morning. As long as we can hold on, we can be safe for a few hours!"

"Your commando team has a very heavy mission this time. I have already delivered all the submachine guns in my hands to you. When we launch the counterattack later, don't fucking save your ammunition. I have only one request for you. You must drive the Japanese off the position and give the brothers a chance to catch their breath!" Li Yunlong wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave the order in a serious tone.

Monk Wei put away his previous cynicism and assured with a firm face: "Captain, I have never let you down before. Brother No. 300 of the commando team has already gathered his strength and is waiting for the commander's order to launch a beautiful counterattack and beat back this wave of attack from the damn Japanese devils!"

After explaining everything to the monk, Li Yunlong turned his attention to the Japanese soldiers attacking on the front line. The light machine gun in his hand never stopped, and his finger was tightly gripping the trigger. After he used up one magazine, he immediately replaced it with another. At this time, the Japanese were rapidly approaching the front line. In the artillery battle with the Japanese, there was a big gap between the artillery under Wang Chengzhu and the Japanese artillery. They were firmly suppressed by the Japanese artillery and suffered huge losses. Otherwise, the Japanese would not have been able to hit them directly at their doorstep!

"Shen Quan, Zhang Dashan, hold on for me. We have tens of thousands of fellow villagers behind us. If the Japanese invade our base, our fellow villagers will be in great trouble! Even if you die today, you must stay firmly on the battlefield. As long as there is one person alive on the battlefield, we cannot let the Japanese invaders cross our battlefield to harm our fellow villagers!"

"I have already mobilized the troops from the last reserve battalion. I estimate that they will arrive in half an hour. Just hold on for another half an hour, and our pressure will be much less!"

At this time, the Japanese soldiers who were fighting in the front were only 60 meters away from the position. At this time, the Japanese soldiers who were running fast were already 50 meters away from the position. Li Yunlong had no reason to be polite at this time and shouted loudly: "Monk, take the commandos and charge with me to beat the damn Japanese soldiers. We must not let them rush into the position!"

Li Yunlong, with a Japanese-style broadsword on his back and a light machine gun in his hand, led 300 members of the commando team out of the position and launched a counterattack against the attacking Japanese. Under the fierce attack of submachine guns and light machine guns, the Japanese who blocked their way fell one after another like wheat being cut.

Wang Chengzhu saw the regiment commander leading the troops to launch an attack, and he personally operated the artillery to provide artillery cover for the regiment commander. The soldiers of the artillery battalion had tears in their eyes. They fired shells one after another at an extremely fast speed, directly reversing the previous unfavorable situation and fighting the Japanese artillery on equal terms.

Even Lin Zhenhua was encouraged. He operated the 150mm heavy howitzer in his hand at the highest rate of fire, continuously pouring bullets at the Japanese heavy artillery camp. The battle entered the decisive stage. Both the enemy and us put all our efforts into pouring firepower on each other. Even the Japanese fighter planes that had been stranded in the air joined the battle at this time.

Sanwazi's voice had become hoarse from shouting, and the soldiers of the anti-aircraft company were so tired that their arms were sore, but they overcame the difficulties, adopted the maximum firing rate, and tightly blocked the enemy's fighter planes, never giving them a chance to escape the anti-aircraft fire circle in front of them.

The reserve air defense company even risked being killed by the Japanese infantry and directly set up anti-aircraft machine guns on the position, firing frantically into the air, forcing the Japanese fighter planes to not dare dive down and could only harass from the edge from a distance. It was with this kind of united efforts that the position, which had been in jeopardy, was defended and they fell into a stalemate with the Japanese again!

Ichiro Katayama saw through the telescope that the battle situation had fallen into a stalemate. He almost dropped the telescope in his hand. He put down the telescope, waved his command knife, and shouted angrily: "Order the Okada Battalion to provide support immediately, and at the same time send all the troops that can be mobilized in the brigade. Now is the best opportunity. It would be a pity if we miss it. The attacking troops must block the counterattack of the Chinese army and use all our reserve troops to push forward!"

Under the command of Ichiro Katayama, the Japanese added another 1,500 reinforcements. The counterattack momentum that Li Yunlong had finally launched was gradually suppressed, and he slowly retreated back to his position.

"Brothers, fight hard for me. We just killed two squadrons of the Japanese and made up for the gap in firepower. Next, we will not be on the battlefield, but have a good fight with the Japanese. Throw all the grenades out. Even if they can't kill the Japanese, they can at least make them hesitate when they attack and slow down their attack speed, so that we can kill more Japanese!"

As thousands of grenades were thrown out, continuous explosions were heard at the front line of the independent regiment. More than 200 attacking Japanese soldiers were killed or injured by grenades, which made Li Yunlong laugh.

What really made Li Yunlong happy was that the Japanese fighter planes were running low on fuel and gradually withdrew from the battle and began to return. This reduced the pressure on the independent regiment's defensive positions a lot, and the first anti-aircraft company also turned their guns around and began shelling the Japanese.

A smile appeared on Lin Zhenhua's lips. In the end, the 105mm heavy artillery was finally saved. Two armor-piercing shells directly penetrated the turret. Fortunately, neither of them exploded. However, the heavy artillery was stuck and could not be rotated at all. It could only be dismantled after the battle.

"It was damn dangerous just now. We were almost killed by the Japanese artillery. Now we can finally take a breath!"