Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

"idiot!"

"This is really weird!"

Meanwhile, on the Japanese position, Lieutenant Ichiro Yamauchi, commander of the 1st Infantry Company, had a look of utter disbelief on his face.

He was just about to peek out of the trench when a burst of bullets swept over him.

The bullet grazed his scalp; he was just a hair's breadth away from sacrificing himself for the locusts.

"What kind of tactics are the Eighth Route Army using?"

Ichiro Yamauchi let out an angry roar.

Not long after the firefight began, the firepower of the First Company, led by Ichiro Yamauchi, was completely suppressed.

It should be noted that although his squadron has nearly 200 men, its firepower has been enhanced.

A company consists of three squads, each squad consists of three detachments, and each detachment has one Type 96 light machine gun.

In addition, the squadron's directly subordinate heavy machine gun squad is equipped with three Type 3 heavy machine guns.

In addition, there were two light machine guns and one Type 92 heavy machine gun temporarily reinforced.

It has a total of 4 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 11 Type 96 light machine guns, and the firepower of more than 100 Type 38 rifles.

Moreover, the terrain is high and commanding, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Yamauchi Ichiro believed that he could easily defeat the charge of the enemy's thousands of men.

Attacking such a hilltop position, even with only a company defending it, would require the Eighth Route Army to suffer over a thousand casualties.

Although the Eighth Route Army was equipped with heavy howitzers with a caliber of over 200.

Although the Eighth Route Army received air support, their aerial bombs and incendiary bombs were powerful.

But what's the use?

Could they possibly blow up the entire mountain of Niangziguan Fortress?

Even though the Eighth Route Army's relentless artillery bombardment and bombing inflicted considerable casualties on the 108th Brigade in the previous days, and even used tactics such as shouting battle cries at night to exhaust the 108th Brigade.

However, the Japanese soldiers of the 108th Brigade still believed that they would inflict heavy casualties on the attacking Eighth Route Army infantry.

However, reality slapped Ichiro Yamauchi hard in the face.

Despite having the same troop strength and superior firepower, the 1st Infantry Company, in a superior position, was surprisingly suppressed by the firepower of an equally attacking Eighth Route Army company.

What Ichiro Yamauchi found most outrageous was!

The attacking Eighth Route Army company not only suppressed the 1st Company on the position, but also managed to advance while suppressing the enemy.

Although the 108th Brigade was not an elite brigade like the 39th Brigade, which was a Class A division.

However, the 108th Brigade belonged to the 110th Division, which was also a special division.

The 110th Division was formed with retired veterans of the 10th Division as its core elite force.

Many of its officers and machine gunners were retired from Class A divisions, and the 110th Division as a whole was more powerful than many Class B divisions.

Ichiro Yamauchi was also a retired officer from the 10th Division and had excellent tactical command skills.

Although the 1st Squadron had strong machine gun firepower and was attacking from above.

Logically speaking, it would be difficult for the Eighth Route Army, attacking from below, to hit the machine gunners on the position.

However, this Eighth Route Army company was not only equipped with 12.7 mm machine guns, but also with rocket launchers for fighting tanks and machine guns for fighting the Japanese.

The Japanese machine gunners on the position were basically killed the moment they showed their heads.

Without the suppressive fire of machine gunners, no matter how skilled the Japanese soldiers were with their rifles and pistols, they could only be suppressed by the firepower.

The Eighth Route Army company was about to storm the position.

"Go on the bayonet!"

"Prepare for hand-to-hand combat and slaughter these Eighth Route Army soldiers!"

Ichiro Yamauchi's roaring command rang out.

Yamauchi Ichiro, holding a Type 38 rifle with a bayonet fixed, snorted coldly, his eyes filled with icy killing intent. Since firing can't eliminate these Eighth Route Army soldiers, then he'll eliminate them in hand-to-hand combat!
He saw clearly that although the elite Eighth Route Army troops on the other side were equipped with new rifles, and the new rifles were indeed powerful and the Eighth Route Army soldiers were accurate marksmen, the new rifles of the Eighth Route Army had a fatal flaw.

That's too short.

The Type 38 rifle with bayonet reached 1.7 meters, which was longer than the height of most Japanese soldiers.

Moreover, the Japanese soldiers practiced bayonet fighting skills diligently, and basically all of them were very confident in their close combat techniques.

The Eighth Route Army's new rifles with bayonets were only a little over a meter long. In close combat, an inch longer means an inch stronger, giving us the advantage.

"50 meters!"

"30 meters!"

"20 meters!"

The voices of the reconnaissance sentries rang out continuously.

Upon hearing that the Eighth Route Army was only 20 meters from the front line, Yamauchi Ichiro roared, "Your Majesty the Heavenly Locust, all soldiers, attack!"

After shouting, Ichiro Yamauchi waited a few seconds before leaping up from his crawling position.

The reason is simple: the first wave of soldiers to get up would inevitably be hit by the Eighth Route Army's machine guns.

As he expected, the Eighth Route Army's machine guns opened fire, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers fell into pools of blood.

but,

The Eighth Route Army's vanguard was too close to the front lines, and the Eighth Route Army's machine guns couldn't keep firing indefinitely, otherwise they would hit their own men.

"Xinei!"

With his Type 38 rifle in hand, Yamauchi Ichiro led the remaining 140-odd Japanese soldiers, like hungry wolves, as they pounced fiercely on the attacking company of the New First Regiment.

Meanwhile, behind the Japanese positions, Major Shusuo Sugano, commander of the 5th Infantry Battalion, sneered.

This battle is in the bag.

What are the uses of automatic and semi-automatic firepower?

It's just a waste of ammunition!

In the end, every battle still comes down to a face-to-face fight between soldiers.

"The Japanese soldiers have charged out of their positions and are engaging in hand-to-hand combat!"

At the observation group's location, a battalion commander spoke with a stern expression.

All the observers, with solemn expressions, held their binoculars and stared intently at the battlefield.

The Japanese soldiers' bayonet fighting skills were no joke.

The Red Army veterans who had experienced the Long March of 25,000 li were all elite soldiers who fought hand-to-hand with the supply troops of the 5th Division, but they did not gain much advantage.

The Japanese soldiers of the 110th Division were not as skilled in bayonet fighting as those of the 5th Division, but they should not be underestimated.

Because almost all Japanese troops had undergone extensive training in bayonet fighting, Japanese soldiers developed muscle memory and a strong desire to engage in bayonet combat once they entered the battlefield.

In the battles fought between the 129th Division and the 20th Division, they avoided hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese and instead used guns and cannons to suppress them as much as possible.

It wasn't that the soldiers of the 129th Division were afraid of hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese, but rather that there was no need for it.

Just then, the situation on the battlefield changed again. The front-line soldiers of the attacking company of the New First Regiment used submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles to fire at the attacking Japanese soldiers.

However, the sight of over 100 Japanese soldiers charging down in unison with frenzied expressions was still somewhat frightening.

Moreover, the front-line soldiers were too close to the Japanese positions, and the two sides quickly became entangled.

However, to the surprise of the officers in the observation group, the attacking company of the New First Regiment did not attach bayonets to their semi-automatic rifles. After running out of bullets in their semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, they all pulled out their pistols and opened fire on the Japanese at close range.

Almost every attacking soldier was equipped with a pistol.

The bayonet fight ended in less than two minutes, and apart from a dozen soldiers being killed or wounded, most of the Japanese company was wiped out.

"Exactly 15 minutes!"

A battalion commander glanced at his wristwatch and exclaimed in surprise:

"An ordinary company of the New First Regiment annihilated a full-strength squadron at the cost of more than 30 casualties!"

"Their fighting strength is truly formidable!"

"They are also very wealthy!"

"Even ordinary soldiers are equipped with Colt pistols!"

The staff officers and officers of the 129th Division were discussing the matter with shocked expressions.

Chief of Staff Li: "Watch carefully, learn well!" (End of Chapter)