vstars Chapter 960 Capturing the Enemy's Position
Chapter 960 Capturing the Enemy's Position
As for the officers, they dared not voice any objections. Even Chu Yunfei, the division commander, received the same treatment, so what could the others possibly say?
However, no one wanted to eat the candy that was given to them; they carefully saved it.
This kind of good stuff can be life-saving on the battlefield. If you are injured, just put a piece of candy in your mouth and your chances of surviving until you are treated will increase by at least 10%.
But when everyone learned that the soldiers fighting on the front lines could get more than a dozen at a time, their morale immediately soared.
This is the combat effectiveness boost brought about by ample logistical support; although it is invisible and intangible, it is very real.
After preparations were completed, Company Commander Song led his men and slowly made their way to the location before Hill No. 3.
Meanwhile, the mortars behind took the opportunity to fire a large number of smoke grenades, shrouding the entire high ground in smoke.
Upon seeing this, the Japanese soldiers immediately opened fire to try and stop them, but it had little effect.
Once they reached the optimal firing position for the recoilless rifle, the assisting infantry began firing haphazardly, and then someone threw out two smoke grenades, enveloping the entire area in smoke.
The Japanese machine gunners at the bunkers' firing positions had their vision obstructed and could only fire in the direction from which the bullets were coming, which played right into our plan.
Under the cover of smoke, the recoilless rifle team quickly set up their recoilless rifles, aimed at the enemy's bunker firing positions, and then decisively pressed the fire button.
A recoilless rifle shell flew straight toward the enemy bunker's firing port, followed by a loud "boom," silencing all the machine gun emplacements inside and killing or wounding the Japanese soldiers.
Upon seeing this, the Japanese soldiers in other bunkers and firing positions were terrified and quickly turned their guns around to fire in this direction.
However, our recoilless rifle team quickly hid and reloaded after firing their shells, so the enemy's random firing, unable to see the target, had no effect whatsoever.
The first company wasn't in a hurry either. They simply used smoke grenades to cover their own position, and when the smoke was about to dissipate, they added two more smoke grenades to keep the enemy from seeing their movements.
As the Japanese bunkers were destroyed one after another, the enemy's painstakingly constructed crossfire network was also cut off, making it impossible for them to form a firepower network.
The Japanese soldiers on the high ground were also anxious; if they continued to suffer losses like this, they simply wouldn't be able to hold their ground.
So the company commander in charge of defense started bombarding the smoke area with his grenade launcher, but our mortar group was also watching the enemy closely, ready to bombard them with any movement.
"Calling in artillery support, coordinates XX, XX, enemy position firing point detected, conduct three rounds of saturation fire."
Accompanying the attacking troops were artillery observers, carrying walkie-talkies, who constantly observed the situation on the enemy's high ground and then reported to the artillery behind them, guiding the artillery to bombard the enemy's positions.
Our artillery shells seemed to have eyes, continuously landing on the enemy's positions, instantly silencing a large amount of the Japanese's light and heavy firepower.
To be honest, the enemy went to great lengths to strengthen the defense of Languan, building a large number of light and heavy machine gun positions.
According to the Japanese plan, with so many firing positions, even if the enemy sent tens of thousands of troops, it would be difficult to break through their defenses.
Faced with crossfire from numerous light and heavy machine guns, the human wave tactic is actually not very effective.
But to everyone's surprise, this time the Jin-Sui Army relied on the number of artillery pieces, using a large number of shells to bombard the enemy directly, which made it impossible to reason with them.
Company Commander Song led his men to slowly clear out the enemy firing points on Hill 3. After destroying about a dozen bunkers, they had basically finished clearing them out.
The next step is to capture the main peak of the high ground, which will complete the operation.
Originally, there were only eighty Japanese soldiers and over a hundred puppet troops on this hill. Half of them were wiped out by our artillery, and the rest hid in the anti-artillery bunkers on the hill, not daring to show their faces.
However, instead of pressing our advantage, we used walkie-talkies to report the situation to those in the rear and request battlefield resupply.
Previously, in order to destroy the enemy's bunkers, the soldiers carried mostly smoke grenades. Now that they are going to attack the enemy's position, they need to replenish their weapons and equipment.
There weren't so many rules before; people would use whatever they had on hand, and even collect bullets and grenades from enemy corpses.
But things are different now. Different weapons and equipment need to be equipped according to different combat environments and needs. This is the advantage of specialization and systematization, and the improvement of combat effectiveness is obvious.
About twenty minutes later, seven or eight boxes were brought up, filled with offensive grenades and some recently used ammunition.
After the supplies were replenished, Company Commander Song led his men stealthily toward the enemy's last defensive position on the high ground.
Just then, the artillery group behind them, as agreed, launched a barrage of fire at the enemy's Hill 3.
After the artillery fire ended, before the enemy on the high ground could react, the soldiers of the first company had already climbed to the side of the position, and then jumped directly into the position, using their submachine guns to fire directly.
The first Jin-Sui Army soldiers to rush into the Japanese defensive fortifications were armed with PPSh submachine guns, and they opened fire on any enemy that was still able to move.
The enemy defenders on the position, already disoriented from the artillery fire, were now facing this unexpected turn of events. They tried to fight back with their Type 38 rifles and Mauser pistols, but they were no match for our submachine guns.
Basically, any enemy that ran out of the bunker was riddled with bullets.
Some Japanese soldiers tried to resist by relying on the anti-artillery bunkers, but we didn't tolerate it. We just threw a few grenades in and that was it.
After the first company occupied a large area of the position, the follow-up troops of the first battalion also rushed up the high ground, and took the opportunity to expand the results and mop up the remaining enemy.
The Japanese troops on the position were already outgunned and outequipped, and now they are outnumbered. They used to be able to hold out by virtue of their advantageous terrain.
But now all the advantages are on our side, and it's only a matter of time before the Japanese are completely wiped out.
After clearing out the remaining enemy forces, we specially transported six mortars to the high ground, and then used them as artillery positions to continuously bombard the main position of Languan.
The Japanese main position was already facing an attack from a main infantry battalion of the Jin-Sui Army, making it extremely difficult to defend itself.
However, with the capture of Hill 2 and Hill 3 by our side, under the three-sided attack, we could not hold out for long.
Finally, Captain Kobayashi could only send a farewell telegram to the regimental headquarters via radio before leading the remaining troops in a final stand.