Chapter 214: Raiding horses back to the ridge

The colonel ordered the soldiers to seal all the windows on the first floor of the building and the door with bricks and stones and sandbags. The soldiers rely on the windows above the second floor of the building as shooting holes. Since the Japanese army stationed in, a large underground warehouse was dug up on the bottom of the building. The warehouse was made of concrete and used as a military warehouse. A large amount of grain and ammunition was stored in the warehouse, which could be used for more than 3 months.

In Ma Huiling Town, when the ** troops attacked the outside of the station building, Weng Zhaoyuan was surprised to find that the only remaining Japanese position was the only building. Commander Weng Zhaoyuan left Li Zefen's regiment to capture the station building, and the rest began to clean the battlefield. The 607th Regiment of the 203rd Division attacked the Japanese positions outside the town. With the cooperation of tanks and armored vehicles, the 607th Regiment swept across the Japanese positions on the periphery.

The station building is four stories high. After the Japanese occupied Mahuiling Town, they deliberately used this building as a command center. Within a radius of 100 meters outside the building, there were flat ground and no buildings. Standing in the building, the view was wide, and the movements of the whole town were all visible. Under the command of Colonel Miyazawa, more than 600 remaining Japanese troops were half covered by sandbags since the second floor and the past week to prevent the eighth grenades or mortar shells from shooting directly from the windows. Some walls had a special shooting hole, and the entire building was a solid and complete fortification.

Commander Li Zefen led his troops to surround the station building, organize a company, and launch a tentative attack. The radius of 100 meters around the building was all flat ground, and there was no hidden object to rely on. The attacking company could only choose a row of bungalows nearest to the building on the right side of the building as the forward position. The heavy machine guns responsible for cover were set up on the roof of the bungalow. The artillery howitzers were not effective in dealing with the building, and the best one was the Japanese infantry artillery, which could be aimed directly at and fired.

So, three 70-infantry guns were transferred from the armored vehicle. When the artillery soldiers came over, they found that it was difficult to find the place to set up artillery. If the infantry gun was exposed and the Japanese army was in a high position in the building, relying on the Japanese shooting level, it would be to use the ** artillery as a living target. However, if the infantry gun was placed in the yard or room, it would affect the firing range and effect of the infantry gun. Yang Quanbin, the company commander of the attack company, had a flexible mind. He suggested that he simply set up artillery in our forward position and take out a hole in the wall facing the Japanese in the room, as long as the gunner can aim. In this way, the infantry gun is 120 meters away from the building, and the artillery can also exert the power of the infantry gun without being exposed to the Japanese firepower.

The artillery platoon leader was very happy. This method was good. So, on the other side of the advance position facing the Japanese, he took out a hole in the wall. The gunner stretched out the barrel of the infantry cannon. The gunner lay on the cannon and looked out. According to his own line of sight, he adjusted the size of the hole. He lay on the cannon and looked again. Well, it was very good, and he had a good view, so there was no need to worry about the Japanese bullets.

The gunner pushed the shells up, pulled the bolts, and "bang", and a shell dragged white smoke and hit the building, but the solid concrete was blown away by a small piece. Several shells hit the building one after another, and the concrete building remained motionless. Commander Yang had no choice but to order the infantry to prepare for attack. As soon as the infantry rushed out of the forward position, the infantry who had lost the protection of the bunker was completely exposed to the plain ground. The rifles and machine guns of the Japanese building opened fire violently, and the dozen infantry in the front were in a pool of blood. The one behind quickly lay down and climbed back. The Japanese soldiers who were condescending still shot and killed more than a dozen soldiers lying on the ground with their excellent shooting skills.

Without artillery fire cover, the infantry could not rush up at all. Commander Li Zefen was so anxious that he stomped his feet. If the stronghold could not be captured, he would be dragged by the Japanese army. The Japanese army in Jiujiang and De'an were reinforced by Ma Huiling. If the Japanese army could not be wiped out quickly and was bitten by the Japanese army, the Youth Army might be surrounded by the Japanese army. Although there was no problem in breaking through with the Youth Army's tanks and armored vehicles, the tactical advantage of the raid was completely lost.

At this moment, Chief of Staff Liu Wenye called, Li Zefen grabbed the phone, "I am Li Zefen, Chief of Staff, what instructions do you have?" Liu Wenye said on the phone: "Captain Li, the staff just counted that the Japanese gasoline was seized this time, and there were more than 300 barrels. I guess you can use it, so I will send you 30 barrels." Li Zefen was stunned at first, and then understood that the Chief of Staff was reminding him to attack with fire. He immediately shouted to the phone: "Thank you, Chief of Staff, I will return all the 30 barrels of gasoline to the Japanese." Liu Wenye continued: "Okay, I have allocated 15 armored vehicles just now. The Japanese have no cannons, so the armored vehicles don't have to worry about being destroyed by the Japanese anti-tank guns. Use armored vehicles to cover the soldiers to stack gasoline barrels."

After a while, 15 armored vehicles drove to the forward position, and Commander Li Zefen was already waiting here. A lieutenant colonel jumped out of the car, "Captain Li, the 3rd Armored Vehicle Battalion came to report." Commander Li gently hit the battalion commander's shoulder with his fist, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come, let's discuss the attack plan together."

Commander Li Zefen lays a sketch, which is a situation chart around the station building. Commander Li drew a circle on the outside of the building with his hands, "All my light and heavy machine guns and infantry with excellent shooting skills are ready to use firepower to block the Japanese shooting holes on the outside. Your armored vehicles attack from the north and south sides of the building, drive down the building, and lower the gasoline barrel along the bottom wall of the building, and then return to the position. Our machine gunners will shoot at the gasoline barrel and detonate the gasoline barrel."

Cao Yaozhang, the battalion commander of the 3rd Armored Vehicle Battalion, said a little worriedly: "I'm afraid that our armored vehicle will go to the bottom of the building and throw grenades from the building, which will be troublesome. The armored vehicle with a gasoline barrel is a big bag. If it is not done, it will be a big loss if it is blown up by the Japanese."

Li Zefen nodded, "Captain Cao's concern makes sense. Do you think this is good? My infantry guarantees to suppress the Japanese firepower and strive for the opportunity to show their heads. Your armored vehicle has calculated the rough distance. When the armored vehicle drives under the building, it pushes down the gasoline barrel. We will do other things. There must be danger, but it is worth taking risks."

Cao Yaozhang nodded, "Okay, Commander Li, our armored vehicle battalion has taken the initiative to take a gamble." Commander Cao arranged 8 armored vehicles in the south, each with two gasoline barrels and soldiers. Seven armored vehicles were arranged in the north, with 14 gasoline barrels and four more soldiers on each car. The armored vehicles were in place, and Commander Li Zefen gave the order, and all the light and heavy machine guns and rifles fired together, and the fierce firepower sealed every shooting hole in the station building.

The Japanese machine guns in the building began to counter-suppress, but the performance of the Japanese light machine gun was too poor. After 5 rounds of ammunition boards were supplied, the bullets on the ammunition boards had to stop shooting and replace the ammunition boards. The 92 heavy machine gun had better ammunition supply capacity, but it was suppressed by the **Min 24 Maxim heavy machine gun, which had an absolute advantage in quantity, and continued to be violent firepower. The machine gunner could not raise his head at all and could not shoot.

**Armored vehicles took the opportunity to go out, and while marching, they suppressed the Japanese army with vehicle-mounted machine guns. The Japanese army's shooting hole in the building was completely blocked. Some Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death risked their lives to lie on the shooting hole and fired a shot, and were hit by dense bullets, and there was no chance to fire a second shot.

In a few dozen seconds, the armored vehicle drove to the bottom of the building. The soldiers in the car immediately carried the gasoline barrel out of the car, rolled the gasoline barrel, and stuck to the wall at the bottom of the building. The soldiers got on the car immediately, and the armored vehicle roared and reversed back to the starting position.

The speed was very fast. Before the Japanese army could figure out what was going on, all the armored vehicles were withdrawn from the ** position. The ** machine guns were not so fierce. The Japanese machine guns began to "rake" and shoot fiercely at the flat ground in front of the building, attempting to block the ** infantry attack. After a few minutes of fighting, the ** infantry was not dispatched. Colonel Miyazawa immediately ordered a ceasefire to save ammunition.

Colonel Miyazawa was puzzled by his mind, what tricks the Chinese played, and they dispatched armored vehicles in a huge momentum and then retreated immediately. What happened? Suddenly, he was shocked. It was probably because he dispatched armored vehicles to cover the infantry to place the infantry on the exterior wall of the building. I don’t know how many bags the Chinese had installed, but if the base of the building collapsed, it would be troublesome. Then he thought, don’t be afraid, the building was thickened by Japanese engineers, and a small number of them could not blow up the building at all.

Before Colonel Rong came over, the ** outside the building began to shoot violently again. Then, the sound of "booming" explosions outside the building were heard. The ground of the building was buzzing, and a flame rose into the air. The building was surrounded by flames, and thick smoke rolled. It was broken, and the Chinese team attacked the fire with a gasoline barrel. The gasoline barrel exploded violently, splashing gasoline on it. The splashed gasoline was ignited by the high-temperature flames, and the exterior walls of the building were filled with fire. The colonel hurriedly ordered to block all windows and shooting holes.

The Japanese soldiers panicked and brought everything that could be used to block windows and shooting holes, but soon, the Japanese soldiers were frightened to find that all the seals were useless. The high temperature of gasoline burning ignited the materials used to block windows. Thick smoke and fire tightly surrounded the building, and the smoke kept drilling in through the windows and shooting holes. Gradually, the smoke became thicker and thicker, and the Japanese soldiers felt that it was getting more and more difficult to breathe, and the thick smoke made people cough constantly.

Outside the station building, the flames rushed to the roof, and the entire exterior wall of the building was gradually burning hot. The flames were drilled into the windows and shooting holes from time to time. The air flowing in the building was like a water pump, pumping the flames into the building, and then igniting all the objects that could burn in the building. The fire in the building became bigger and bigger. The Japanese soldiers were panicking. Some were holding water basins, and some were carrying buckets and pouring water on the flames. The water splashed out from the windows and shooting holes and pouring them onto the gasoline, which further fueled the fire, and the flames rose high.
Chapter completed!