Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 230 Soviet Armed Forces
At the front line of Feiyingling, Mu Tiezhu, the captain of the 2nd Battalion of the st Battalion, was observing the enemy situation through a telescope. As the squad leader of Yue Qianli's old company, he returned to the field army again during the major adjustments of the troops and became one of the two captains in the whole detachment who had not attended military school.

The other is Duan Haipeng, the adopted son brought from Duan Yulin's hometown, the son of the Duan family's housekeeper. As Duan Yulin was promoted all the way, he was promoted to the captain of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the independent detachment.

Yue Qianli never concealed his promotion of his own people, whether it was the squad and platoon leaders of the old first company when he first crossed over, or the company and platoon leaders of the second battalion of the 527th regiment after he returned from West Point, he promoted them vigorously;

Duan Yulin is already the detachment leader, Liao Jianping and others are battalion commanders, and even Mu Tiezhu, the squad leader, has been promoted to team leader.

Although Mu Tiezhu did not attend the Whampoa Military Academy, he attended the Non-commissioned Officer School. After being promoted to platoon leader and experiencing dozens of battles of varying sizes, his command level improved rapidly. He was no longer the Wuxia A'mon of the past.

The defense line of Flying Eagle Ridge is divided into two parts, namely the forward position and the main position;
Only one battalion was placed in the forward position, located on the hillside, consisting of three trenches in front and behind;

The main position is located on the mountain, consisting of nine positions in front, middle and rear. The battalion's artillery battalion is deployed on the reverse slope of the mountain. There are still a few hours before dark, so the battle with the 65th Regiment will not be easy.

It was obvious that Liangjiao Dazuo also wanted to occupy Feiying Ridge before dark, so as soon as the artillery preparation was completed, he sent out a large battalion to launch an attack. Hundreds of people formed a battle formation and attacked aggressively.

There was no emotion on Mu Tiezhu's face, he just looked at the Japs quietly. He had already made his deployment, and it was up to the company commanders to decide how to repel the Japs' attack. He left an infantry company and an artillery company at the rear three positions.

The three detachments had all been replaced with Soviet weapons. Chen Chih-hsiu allocated the guerrilla column with the equipment of an infantry division, but eight 8mm howitzers were withheld and given to the 115th Army, and they were given some more machine guns and rifles, which means that the 18th Division was given a simplified version.
包括75毫米山炮16门，37毫米反坦克炮8门，马克西姆重机枪50挺，DP-28轻机枪（大盘鸡）150挺，PM-37迫击炮（82毫米）50门，莫辛纳甘步枪1万支（比1个师多）。

Among these weapons, in order to be compatible with China's caliber, the caliber of the mortar is also 82 mm, which makes Yue Qianli very happy. The Dapanji light machine gun makes Old Yue love it very much. All the equipment is given to the three teams for centralized use.

Machine gunner Sergeant Xing Xiaozhong used the DP-28 light machine gun for the first time in actual combat. Because it used a magazine feed, the soldiers nicknamed it "big pan chicken". Its scientific name is the Czech Garev light machine gun;

The most notable feature of this light machine gun is that it uses a 47-round magazine, which rotates when shooting. It uses 7.62mm bullets, has a theoretical rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute, and an effective range of 800 meters. The only disadvantage is that it is more troublesome to load the ammunition, and its firepower sustainability is much higher than that of the Czech light machine gun with a 20-round straight magazine.

Xing Xiaozhong fired a magazine during the adaptation training for the new weapon. Ammunition was precious so he didn't dare to waste too much. After using it once, he fell in love with it. It was much easier to use than the anti-human light machine gun Type 99 with a magazine feed, and its rate of fire was also faster.

Seeing that the Japanese had entered the best shooting area within 200 meters, Xing Xiaozhong pointed his gun at several Japanese and waited for the company commander's gunshot;

The Japanese skirmish line advanced several dozen meters. Amid Xing Xiaozhong's infinite anticipation, a crisp gunshot rang out. Xing Xiaozhong reflexively fired a volley of bullets, and two Japanese fell down.

"Da Pan Ji" shot very quickly. He didn't control the force in the first burst, and fired more than a dozen bullets at once. He was so distressed that he twitched.
These bullets are all imported, and each bullet costs money. Although these equipments are said to be aid, they also need to be offset by loans, and they have to be repaid when money is available.

The Chinese soldiers were so calculating that even though they killed two Japanese soldiers, Xing Xiaozhong still felt sorry for the bullets. From the second burst onwards, he controlled the strength. Each burst consisted of 3 to 5 rounds. He would be considered a winner if he could kill one Japanese soldier.

The enemy's scattered lines were wide open, and it was pure luck to kill two with one burst like the first shot. He changed his position after firing the third burst. The big plate chicken was precious, and it was a pity to be blown up by the enemy. Since there were only 150 guns, each platoon could only have one gun, and the others had to be replaced by Czech-style.

Due to the large capacity of the 47-round drum magazine, Xing Xiaozhong's machine gun could suppress half a squad of Japanese soldiers, and he had two assistant gunners who were specifically responsible for reloading ammunition for him.

The Japanese attack was quickly suppressed, and the hillside was littered with Japanese corpses. Xing Xiaozhong killed at least one squad of Japanese. He used to be the best machine gunner, otherwise he would not have been able to take on a "big plate chicken" machine gun in the entire platoon.

Xing Xiaozhong's outstanding performance was soon noticed by the Japanese grenade thrower. Shigeta Chihiro would not allow China to have such a powerful person!

The Japanese grenade launchers have always been the nightmare of the Chinese defenders' machine gunners, and Sergeant Shigeta is the best among them. On average, he can hit a target with two grenades.
It was just because Xing Xiaozhong kept changing his shooting position, so he hadn't found a chance to shoot. He hid behind a protruding rock, staring at Xing Xiaozhong like a poisonous snake.

There were too many Japanese soldiers attacking, and the two sides were shooting at each other, so Xing Xiaozhong was not alert at all. He just changed positions at his own pace.

What he didn't know was that his movement patterns had already been figured out. When he appeared in the third shooting position, a smug smile appeared on Shigeta Chihiro's face. As expected, he had guessed it right.

When Xing Xiaozhong made his first penalty kick, he locked onto Xing Xiaozhong's position;
He had already aimed when he fired the second burst, and just as he fired the third burst, Shigeta leaned forward and was about to pull the fuse when he broke out in a cold sweat.

While he treated others as prey, he was also being targeted by another hunter. Yue Qianli's old unit attached great importance to the protection of machine gunners. Whenever a grenade launcher appeared, it would be given special attention by the sniper.

The one targeting him was He Guoning, a sniper from the Second Battalion. The task assigned to him by the platoon leader was to protect Xing Xiaozhong. This was the only "Big Plate Chicken" in the entire platoon and it must not be destroyed by the Japanese.

Shigeta had a very strong sense of smell on the battlefield. He had already smelled the breath of death and knew he couldn't escape. He simply straightened his body and pulled the fuse tight, because only by leaning out could he aim at the Chinese machine gunner.

He was so crazy that he wanted to exchange his life for the life of the Chinese machine gunner, because this machine gun posed too great a threat to them.

Shigeta was betting on whether the Chinese's bullets were faster or his movements were faster!
He Guoning used a Mosin-Nagant rifle without a sniper scope. As soon as the Japanese soldier showed up, he pulled the trigger and the bullet hit the Japanese soldier's head.

However, the Japanese also fired a grenade, which also accurately hit Xing Xiaozhong's position, but with a slight deviation, landing two meters behind Xing Xiaozhong.

Hundreds of shrapnel from the grenade explosion covered an area of ​​7 meters from the center of the explosion. Xing Xiaozhong fell in a pool of blood after being hit by several shrapnel, all of which hit his back.
Two riflemen quickly rushed over to him, lifted him up and ran to the emergency tunnel, where medical soldiers were responsible for rescuing the wounded.

The deputy gunner Tiedan quickly picked up the "big plate chicken" that had fallen to the side and continued to fire at the devils;
He Guoning looked guiltily in the direction of the rescue team, and his eyes became firm again. Tiedan's machine gun fired again, and he had to protect Tiedan.

(End of this chapter)