Songhu: Never Give Up

Seeing that the wing commander was like a gambler eager to make up for his losses, with murderous intent in his eyes, Major Akita dared not speak for his friends anymore and just took the order and left.

In fact, Colonel Katsuzo Kitamura didn't want this to happen, but he was also under tremendous pressure from the division commander, so he could only apply pressure layer by layer, hoping to force out the potential of the 1st and 2nd Battalions;

The 58th Regiment once again launched a fierce attack on the front, and the artillery shells of the 13th Field Artillery Regiment also smashed into the positions of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the rd Detachment in rows.

In order to stop the Japanese attack, Deputy Captain Liao Jianping deployed two infantry battalions and an artillery battalion, leaving only the 3rd Battalion as a reserve.

The 1st and 2nd Battalions were deployed on the left and right, with the artillery battalion lagging behind, just blocking the front.

They had built complete field fortifications, and despite the fierce Japanese artillery fire, they easily blocked the attack of the 58th Regiment, and both sides suffered casualties.

On the left wing, as soon as the enemy's artillery fire extended, dense groups of enemy soldiers rushed up along the artillery points. After receiving the order to open fire, machine gunner Shen Feiyu immediately fired a long burst of more than ten rounds, instantly knocking down several enemy soldiers.

Then two more short bursts of fire killed another Japanese soldier who was a little slow to react, and the others fell to the ground.

The machine gun firepower had the greatest effect in the first wave of attack. He killed at least four Japanese soldiers with just a few bursts of fire, while the bullets of the "Big Plate Chicken" were only half consumed. He was very satisfied with the firepower sustainability.
Previously, he had used the Czech type. Although it was very accurate, the 20-round magazine was used up after two or three bursts, and its suppression effect on the battlefield was average.

As the best machine gunner in the platoon, the only "big plate chicken" was handed over to him. He did not disappoint the platoon leader. With one machine gun, he suppressed the attack of half of the squad, and the angry Japanese squad leader screamed:
"Bagayalu, where's the grenade launcher? Blow up the Chinese machine guns!"

A grenade launcher team immediately rushed forward. The main gunner was also an experienced old Japanese soldier. He could basically hit a target with two grenades on average.

Soon he found a good shooting position, about 150 meters away from Shen Feiyu's machine gun position. At this distance, he almost never missed a shot.

But Shen Feiyu was also very cautious. He would basically change his position after firing two or three bursts of shots, and he had two sharpshooters with excellent marksmanship protecting him, one of whom was a sniper.

Each squad of the Third Brigade has a sharpshooter who is the best shooter in the squad, and each platoon has two snipers who are the shooting backbones selected from the entire platoon.

The two formed a sniper team. In addition to protecting the machine gun, they were also responsible for sniping Japanese officers and grenade throwers.

Of course, they are not equipped with scopes, only battalion-level snipers have them, and each battalion only has 1 or 2;
The rest relied on a Mosin-Nagant rifle to kill the Japanese, the widespread application of important sniper tactics, and the grenade launcher tactics to suppress the Japanese.

When the Japanese grenade launcher appeared, the sniper Gangdan from the third platoon targeted him. He was also a natural sniper gifted by God. The dense scratches on the butt of his rifle were the result of his battles.

He had killed more than 30 Japanese soldiers with a sniper in Jinling City, but he had not yet become the best sniper in the entire brigade. He had always longed for a scope.

Although it doesn't matter whether he has a scope or not within 300 meters, it represents a kind of identity and status!

In order to create opportunities for the grenade launcher, the Japanese squad leader kept driving other Japanese soldiers to attack the defenders;
They charged in groups of four, covering each other. They were as slippery as loaches, and it was difficult to hit one of them.

Shen Feiyu fired several bursts of shots in succession, barely eliminating two Japanese soldiers, one dead and one injured, and completely exposing himself, even allowing the Japanese to misunderstand his new shooting position;
At this time, he had used up one magazine, and the assistant gunner handed him another one from the trench. Just as he was changing the magazine, the Japanese grenade thrower decided to shoot.

This was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time, and it was also a challenge for him, because he had to show his head when launching the grenade. He only needed one second, one second was enough for him to complete the entire launching action and hit the target.

The Japanese soldier decisively leaned forward and found Shen Feiyu's position immediately, then loaded and aimed in one go;
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Gangdan pulled the trigger and the bullet flew straight towards the Japanese.

In a flash, the Japanese also smelled the breath of death, but he did not dodge, because he knew he could not escape, so he simply took someone else with him.

At the moment when the bullet hit his head, he also pulled the gun rope tight, but the bullet hit him first;

This caused his hand holding the grenade launcher to tremble slightly, and a slight mistake led to a huge error, and the grenade flew several meters away.

Shrapnel flew everywhere after the explosion, but they were all blocked by the trenches. Shen Feiyu luckily escaped.
Gangdan was shocked. Since he was quite far away, he thought Shen Feiyu was dead. As he was blaming himself, the sound of machine guns rang out again, and another Japanese soldier who took the opportunity to launch a charge was shot down.

Gangdan finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Japanese squad leader was so angry that he waved his saber and screamed, saying that this was a sign of sending him a head.

Gangdan loaded the bullet into the chamber as quickly as possible, aimed and fired in one go, without even looking at the Japanese squad leader because he was already dead.

"boom!"

A 70mm infantry artillery shell hit Shen Feiyu's position. The huge shock wave blew him away more than one meter, and his beloved "Big Plate Chicken" was also thrown out.

Shen Feiyu dodged the grenade launcher, but still failed to dodge the infantry gun, which was the most threatening weapon to the defenders in positional warfare.

The deputy shooter rushed to Shen Feiyu's side and felt him. He was still breathing, but his body was stained with blood. He was probably seriously injured. He immediately yelled:

"Medical officer! Still breathing!"

After shouting, he put him down and went straight to the machine gun. This was the treasure of the whole platoon, and they were counting on it to suppress the Japanese.

Just when the defenders' machine guns fell silent, the Japanese infantry launched another charge. The soldiers in the second row used Czech light machine guns and Mosin-Nagant infantry to tenaciously block the Japanese. People kept falling down, but no one cared. They only had eyes for the Japanese.

In the distance, the Japanese's Type 92 heavy machine guns also continuously poured bullets into the defending positions, suppressing the soldiers and making them unable to raise their heads;
The Japanese infantry group took the opportunity to advance dozens of meters. Just as the two sides were about to collide, the deputy gunner's "Da Pan Ji" sounded again, and the trigger was pulled directly to the bottom.

More than 20 bullets were fired, instantly killing four or five Japanese soldiers. Then, short, rhythmic bursts of fire followed, and the Japanese soldiers' offensive was paused.
Hu Qiong, the captain of the 1nd Battalion of the 2st Battalion, shouted:
"Notify the artillery company and bomb them!"

A minute later, six explosive packs fell from the sky and smashed into the group of Japanese soldiers, clearing a large area in an instant, and dozens of Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces;
At the same time, the two mortars were also suppressing the Japanese infantry artillery, and the offensive of the Japanese Nagatomo Battalion was once again curbed.

Major Nagatomo Seiji received a death order. Seeing the Japanese were being defeated in groups of two or three, he frantically called for the regiment's artillery to fire indiscriminately.

At the same time, he ordered the killing of the fleeing devils, thus stabilizing the situation. (End of this chapter)