Chapter 59 The Turtle in the Urn
"Your Excellency the United Captain, you are so serious. You are so humble. You will definitely attack with all your might and defeat the Chinese people!"
When several captains saw Colonel Tochigi so serious, they asked them to ask for help. There was no way, so they had to bite the bullet and express their opinions and were willing to launch an attack.
Colonel Tochigi Kou is their superior. In the Japanese and Chinese army with a strict hierarchy, they cannot refuse if their superiors make such a statement. Otherwise, once they spread, they will be severely rebuked by the entire Japanese and Chinese army. They will never be able to stay in the Japanese and Chinese army anymore. Even if Colonel Tochigi Kouu made a wrong decision, they must implement it.
The duty of a soldier is to obey orders, which is implemented in the Japanese and Chinese army. The superiors can insult or even corporal punishment of their subordinates. The subordinates must never resist except obey and endure. If they resist, they will be a taboo.
"The 1st Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, the 55th Battalion, and the 3rd Battalion of the 56th Battalion, are all committed to this attack. I believe that we will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese people." Colonel Tochigi said gritting his teeth.
In addition to the 2nd Brigade of the 46th Regiment, which was vacant in the brigade captain, Kochigi devoted all his troops to launch this attack. It can be seen that he was planning to gamble and try his best.
If this attack could not defeat the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, then they would never have the possibility of victory again.
When the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack, it was already 12 noon. The troops on both sides had lunch, so they didn't have to have lunch anymore.
Under the orders of the officers, more than 2,000 Japanese officers and soldiers lined up in sparse scattered lines and launched an attack on the positions of the 3rd Regiment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. Although the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army were both deployed outside the city, the Japanese army, who suffered heavy losses in the artillery attack, obviously wanted to concentrate their troops in order to achieve a breakthrough on a certain defense line of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army.
"Attack, defeat the Chinese and take back Myitkyina!" Under the leadership of the officers, the Japanese army launched an attack.
A low-level Japanese officer waving his command knife rushed to the front. Behind were Japanese soldiers holding Type 99 rifles.
Although the horror on the faces and eyes of these Japanese soldiers had not completely disappeared, the appearance they showed was undoubtedly very fierce.
"Crash! His Majesty the Emperor on the board! Kill all the Chinese people!" The Japanese soldiers shouted slogans loudly and launched an attack. It seemed that this could bring them greater confidence.
"The Japanese launched an attack, which is the position of the 3rd Regiment. Tell Chen Dehai not to be stingy with ammunition, to exert our firepower advantage, and to defeat the Japanese's attack!" Qin Shou immediately ordered.
"Yes, commander." A messenger immediately went to convey the order.
"Brothers, the Japanese are coming up. Beat me hard! Kill them all!" Chen Dehai, the leader of the 3rd Regiment, shouted loudly.
"Boom! Boom!"
The mortars, mountain cannons and field cannons of the 3rd Regiment once again started shelling. The shells continued to fall into the Japanese army's formation, and many of them exploded and flew up.
However, the Japanese army's ranks were sparse and did not cause them much casualties.
"Dadadada, dadadada!" Soon, the heavy machine guns on the position began to fire. Although the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun was not considered an advanced heavy machine gun, its maximum fire rate could still reach 450 rounds per minute.
Even if it is just a theoretical rate of fire. In actual combat, there is no problem in firing two hundred bullets in one minute. Moreover, because of the use of 7.7mm bullets, it is very powerful.
Each platoon of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army had a heavy machine gun, a heavy weapon platoon of the company, and a heavy machine gun. The heavy weapon company of the battalion headquarters also had three heavy machine guns. In this way, a regiment had a total of 45 heavy machine guns.
The 3rd Regiment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army deployed all 45 heavy machine guns on the front line. In the intervals between these heavy machine guns, a large number of light machine guns were also deployed to form a dense firepower.
Therefore, when the Japanese army attacked, they had to launch an attack with such terrifying machine gun firepower from the 3rd Regiment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. The consequences can be imagined.
"Da da da da!" The effective range of the Type 92 heavy machine gun reaches 800 meters. If it is a shelling armor-piercing projectile, it can penetrate 12 mm thick steel plates within 200 meters. Of course, the Type 92 heavy machine gun has great power, and the only disadvantage is that the supply of ammunition is thirty rounds of bullet-proof plates. Among the accumulated bombs, thirty rounds of bullets will be fired in a few seconds. This makes the firepower of the Type 92 heavy machine gun unable to achieve sustainability, thereby affecting the performance of combat effectiveness.
If it were replaced by the Browning M1919a4 heavy machine gun equipped by the US military, or the Browning M1919a6 heavy machine gun that was about to be equipped with the troops, they all used 250 rounds of canvas belts to supply ammunition. The sustainability of firepower is undoubtedly better than the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. The effective range and rate of fire are also higher than that of the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
In addition, the US military's Browning m2hb 12.7mm large-caliber machine gun is also a weapon coveted by Qin Shou. This heavy machine gun uses large-caliber machine gun bullets and is very powerful. If it hits the human body, it can easily break the human body and is very cruel. It is undoubtedly very suitable to deal with the Japanese.
Although the remaining soldiers of the 46th Japanese Regiment were very brave. However, what greeted them were machine gun bullets that were like pouring rain.
Such dense firepower directly made the attacking Japanese army fall into the ground like harvesting wheat.
With heavy casualties, the remaining Japanese soldiers had to lie on the ground and let bullets fly over their heads "rustling" and dare not attack again.
"Baga! Damn the Chinese, will they only rely on powerful firepower to fight?" Colonel Tochigi was very frustrated.
But at this moment, he had no way to change the current situation except for a few scoldings.
At this moment, a more critical situation occurred.
"Your Excellency the corps leader, something is wrong. A large number of Chinese troops appeared behind us. They are building a line of defense, intending to cut off our retreat!" A Japanese officer reported with a panic look on his face.
"Nani? Why is this happening?" Colonel Tochigi's face turned pale.
The frontal attack was unable to break through the defense line of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, but it suffered heavy losses. Now, even the retreat has been cut off. Doesn’t this mean that they have become turtles in the jar and have no way to escape? If this continues, the only thing waiting for them will probably be broken.
Chapter completed!