The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 23 Brilliant Victory

...An army's confidence is constantly built up through victory.

By the same token, if a new recruit can win his first battle, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to his personal confidence and growth.

Fortunately, I achieved good results in my first battle thanks to some cleverness and coincidences.

Unfortunately, that was just the beginning of a series of vicious battles... Excerpt from Hu Biao's diary collection "Hu Shuo"...

After the initial panic, the Japanese soldiers who came to their senses realized that the biggest threat to their attack was the small tank that was firing crazily.

As long as they destroyed it, with the weak firepower and defenders on the position, they could easily capture the position in front of them.

Although it is a bit embarrassing to try every possible means to destroy the tanks that originally belonged to their side, they had to do so under the reality.

So in the following period of time, the attacking Japanese soldiers put all their energy into the small tanks.

At the command of a Japanese second lieutenant squad leader, the Japanese soldiers who were originally charging with Type 38 rifles stopped one after another; some looked for obstacles, while others simply lay down and fired at everyone on the battlefield.

Their shooting skills were very accurate, and they injured two baggage soldiers in a short time.

Seeing this, Hu Biao had to ask everyone to move to another position after firing a few shots, which greatly reduced the firepower on the position.

The Japanese's light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and other weapons were fired at the small tanks.

The firepower of the light and heavy machine guns was good, but due to the angle, the bullets hit the front armor of the little bean, failed to penetrate the 12 mm thick steel plate, and bounced off after sending out a streak of sparks.

However, the threat of the grenade launcher cannot be ignored. It would be terrible if this thing fell on the top of the little kid.

Because the main battle tanks in modern dimensions often cannot withstand a mortar shell dropped from the top; it seems that the thin-skinned little guys like the Japs cannot withstand a grenade launcher hitting the top.

So, when a grenade launcher flew out with a "bang".

However, it did not hit Zhou Kun's Czech light machine gun in the position, but instead fell not far from the small tank, and exploded with a "boom".

Wang Peng, the PLA veteran, was startled and immediately realized the Japanese's plan.

Immediately, he shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Hu Biao, Zhou Peng, take your men and attack the Japanese grenade launchers first; let me take the one on the left, and you two will take charge of the one on the right."

After hearing this, Hu Biao, who had used up all the bullets in his MP28 submachine gun and had now switched to a Hanyang rifle, didn't think much about it.

He pulled the bolt, loaded a bullet, and pulled the trigger at the vague figures of two grenade launcher team members squatting on the ground about 200 meters away.

Then, the butt of the gun hit his shoulder hard, and no one knew where the bullet went.

Such a result can only be said that for a novice who only knows to aim in a straight line, it would be strange to be able to hit the target from such a distance.

So the Japanese grenade launcher team fired another shot at the small tank, and the impact distance was closer.

It was only two meters away from the small tank, and the flying shrapnel hit the shell and caused many sparks.

I want to wait for those two Japanese to adjust their deployment and get a feel for it. Maybe the next grenade can really hit the top of the little bean.

Ignoring the dull pain in his shoulder, Hu Biao quickly pulled the bolt and fired another shot.

And then, I didn’t hit it again.

The bullet still flew away, and even the two Japanese soldiers who were adjusting the angle of the grenade launcher were not affected at all.

However, Wang Peng, a PLA veteran, is relatively reliable.

Although he was using an unfamiliar Hanyang-made rifle, he fired two consecutive shots, one of which almost hit the Japanese operator of another grenade launcher, forcing them to move their firing position.

Comparing the results of the two battles, Hu Biao almost cried at this moment.

Fortunately, Zhou Kun, with his clumsy movements, finally replaced the empty Czech light machine gun with a new magazine, hurriedly took aim at the grenade launcher, and fired. This modern-day materials science PhD was clearly unaware that light machine guns should fire in bursts of three rounds each.

After he pulled the trigger, he didn't even realize to release his finger; he just fired all 20 rounds of bullets in the new magazine that had just been replaced.

Although this guy used up all his bullets in a moment, he was busy changing the magazine.

But the blind cat really caught a dead mouse. A few bullets killed the Japanese soldier holding the grenade launcher. The remaining Japanese soldier who was about to reload was frightened and started to move away, rolling and crawling.

Wang Peng saw this scene out of the corner of his eye and was about to shout out:
"Old Zhou, you fought beautifully~"

Suddenly, there was a whistling sound that tore through the air, which made him look pale. Before he could react, a shell landed about ten places in front of the little kid, stirring up a large amount of mud and sand.

It turned out that behind the Japanese army, at a position about five or six hundred meters away, a Type 92 infantry gun adjusted the muzzle and planned to shoot down the small tank with direct fire.

The caliber of the Type 92 infantry gun is only 70 mm.

The power of this thing is relatively limited, but once it hits, it can definitely easily blow up the front armor of the little bean.

After realizing this, Wang Peng knew that he had to destroy the Type 92 infantry gun; with his marksmanship, he was simply unable to threaten the Japanese who were so far away.

Immediately, he yelled at the top of his lungs: "Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei, you bastard, forget about everything else, let's attack that enemy infantry gun first, use the heavy machine gun."

But he also knew that in such a noisy environment, Zhang Wei was hiding in the tank, so how could he hear...

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Indeed! Zhang Wei and Gao Yi's heads were buzzing at the moment, so they couldn't hear the shouts coming from the position more than ten meters behind them.

The reason for this is that after the Japanese opened fire on the small tanks with their numerous light and heavy machine guns, as well as grenade launchers, their ears are now filled with the sound of "ding-dong-dong", making them feel as if they have become deaf.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei, this gangster, although he likes to show off and always shouts that he wants to kill someone, he is definitely not stupid.

When the shells exploded in front of him and the blast made the little kid excited, he immediately realized the danger.

After kicking Gao Yi with his foot to signal his companions not to move the tank anymore, he immediately pointed the heavy machine gun, a weapon with the strongest range and firepower, at the Type 92 infantry gun.

The whole magazine of bullets was used up, and because of the bad weather, I didn't know if I hit the target.

But although there was no explosion over there, there was no further artillery fire; even better, the Japanese finally began to retreat.

Zhang Wei immediately switched to the light machine gun position and fired at the backs of the devils.

He knocked down five or six more people, and only when the distance increased and the accuracy was greatly reduced did he completely release the trigger.

Then, the battlefield fell into a state of dead silence; the Japanese soldiers were so stunned by the defeat that they felt so aggrieved that they didn't want to talk.

Hu Biao and the others looked at the bodies of at least seventy or eighty people left behind by the Japanese, and they could hardly believe their eyes.

What the hell! Such a brilliant victory was actually achieved by a few rookies like them, leading a group of armed farmers? You know, a small group of Japanese soldiers claimed that they could defeat an entire company of the Nationalist Army.

The price they paid for such a brilliant victory was only two baggage soldiers killed, one seriously injured, and five slightly injured.

After a while, Hu Biao and his men, having confirmed their victory, cheered loudly.

They roared loudly, venting all the fear, sadness, anger and other emotions that had been suppressed in their hearts for a long time.

Anyone can see that Hu Biao, Wang Peng, Zhou Kun, and even the remaining baggage soldiers have become completely different in spirit and temperament.

Hu Biao, the platoon leader, seemed to be in high spirits, issuing a series of new orders with full confidence:
"Zhou Kun, go bandage the wounded. Wang Peng, pick a few smart guys and take the opportunity to sneak out and collect some weapons, ammunition, and loot.

The rest of you, follow me and reinforce the fortifications."

"As you command." Everyone agreed loudly and in unison, just like their fiery energy at the moment...

(End of this chapter)