The Travelers of the Heavens

After receiving the order, the 386th Brigade immediately sent its main regiment, the 772nd Regiment, to Lijiapo to surround and eliminate the Yamazaki Brigade.

After Ye Chenghuan, the first commander of the 772 regiment, died, Cheng Xiazi became the second commander of the regiment.

After accepting the mission, Commander Cheng took the entire regiment's soldiers, light and heavy machine guns, and the only two 60mm mortars seized from the Japanese and went to Lijiapo.

But he didn't expect that the Yamazaki team in front of him was so hard that it broke his teeth.

In the original drama, the Yamazaki Battalion only had a few 60mm mortars in addition to light and heavy machine guns.

But the Yamazaki Brigade here is different. In addition to the original light and heavy machine guns and mortars, three 13.2 mm 8-barreled rotary machine guns have also been strengthened to this unit.

This rotary machine gun can be fired in electric or manual mode. When fired manually, the rate of fire is only 2,000 rounds per minute. When fired in electric mode, the rate of fire can reach 15,000 rounds per minute.

Due to the rush of time and difficult conditions, the three rotating machine guns adopted manual firing mode.

This 13.2 mm caliber machine gun can use the same caliber Japanese machine gun bullets. In the future, this kind of rotary machine gun and larger caliber 25 mm 8-barrel rotary cannon will be sent to the Japanese defenders on the Pacific islands in large quantities, and to the M Navy and the landing M navy. Troops and army units inflicted heavy casualties.

The Japanese also cherished these two weapons very much and ordered that they must be blown up in critical situations and must not be left to the M people.

The 25mm 8-barreled rotary cannon is now being equipped in large quantities in various corps of the Kyushu Army. The gun has a rate of fire of up to 8,000 rounds per minute and can be used for air defense operations. The Japanese Navy's"96 Divine Cannon" ammunition can also be used on the rotary cannon..

After the Pacific War began in the future, a large number of 25mm rotary guns were also donated to the Japanese navy and installed on their various warships.

Back to business.

Looking at the three revolving machine guns, Lieutenant Commander Yamazaki Jihei had mixed feelings. This kind of powerful firepower would greatly enhance the defensive power of the position, but this thing consumes too much ammunition. Not to mention the electric mode, even in the manual mode, the Yamazaki brigade could not hit many. minute.

Yamazaki Jihei ordered that the three rotating machine guns were not allowed to fire until the most critical moment.

With this complicated mood, Yamazaki Battalion ushered in the 772nd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

After the battle started

"Da da da.. Da da da"The Japanese defenders' crooked light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns were shooting wildly

"Snapped! Kaka! Snapped!"The 38-year-old rifles in the hands of other Japanese infantrymen were also repeating the action of loading, shooting, ejecting the shell, loading, shooting, and ejecting the shell again. There was a loud sound of gunfire on the battlefield.

Because it was a premeditated military operation, the mortar shells, rifles and The machine guns are full of bullets, and they even carry a lot of food and medicine. This is how they prepare to hold on to Lijiapo for a few days.

"boom! boom!"The Japanese's four mortars were also firing at the advancing soldiers of the 772nd Regiment.

"Battalion Commander, the Japanese firepower is too fierce, and the comrades have sacrificed too much!"The company commander of the Eighth Route Army reported to his superiors

"No matter how great the sacrifice is, the mission must be completed. We must eat this enemy, and then give it to me!"The battalion commander said

""Yes." The company commander had no choice but to continue leading the soldiers to charge against the hail of bullets.

A few hours later

"What happened to the 772nd Regiment? Why did it take so long to move so few steps!"Commander Chen of the 386th Brigade also went to the battlefield to observe the battle. He was very dissatisfied with the progress of the 772nd Regiment.

"Brigadier, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, Cheng Xiazi was pinned on the slope and unable to move," said the brigade chief of staff.

"snort! A mere Yamazaki brigade with hundreds of people couldn't handle it, so I removed him from his post! The 772nd regiment was given to Blind Cheng, what a waste!"Brigadier Chen was very angry.

"Brigadier, this group of enemies seems to have been well prepared and does not seem to have infiltrated by accident. A few hours have passed and their firepower has hardly stopped. It stands to reason that it would be impossible for a Japanese group of several hundred people to come out to sweep. They persisted for so long, and you can see that their machine guns are still firing wildly, and the bullets seem to be endless. I suspect there is something fishy in this," said the brigade chief of staff.

"Even if there is something fishy, ​​we must kill this group of devils here. This is the order given to us by the headquarters. Then tell Cheng Xiazi that if we can't take it down, I will replace him! Brigadier Chen said.

At this time, the 772 regiment had nearly 800 casualties.

On the other side, Captain Cheng, who received the order, also fought hard. He could not tolerate being replaced at this time. He wanted to fight for his old self.

"Comrades of the 772nd Regiment! Come with me!"Captain Cheng led the charge

"shooting! shooting!"On the position, the Japanese officer ordered the machine gunner to shoot

"Sir, my hand is cramped!"said a Japanese machine gunner.

After maintaining this posture for several hours, he got cramps.

"idiot!"

"Hi!"

The Japanese second lieutenant was so angry that he slapped the machine gunner twice in the mouth.

"shooting!"Then the Japanese second lieutenant ordered him to continue to operate the crooked machine gun and shoot.

"Hi!"He had no choice but to continue shooting with his left hand, which he was not good at.

As a result, many bullets were wasted.

"idiot! Get down!"The Japanese second lieutenant who noticed something was wrong immediately kicked the cramped machine gunner away, and then personally controlled the machine gun to continue shooting.

The battle continued until the evening, but the 772 regiment still failed to rush into the Yamazaki brigade's position. Some soldiers rushed to the front three of the position. He was knocked down by a Japanese machine gun more than ten meters away and died heroically. In more than seven hours of fighting, the 772 regiment suffered more than 1,600 casualties. The entire regiment lost most of its strength. Commander Cheng was also hit by a machine gun bullet in his left arm and was injured.

The Japanese also suffered more than 100 casualties, but they took advantage of the 772nd Regiment's break to reorganize their attacks and began to repair their positions and deploy troops to prepare for the Eighth Route Army's night attack.

"This blind man Cheng is delaying things too much! Bring me the new first regiment and the new third regiment, I'll replace him! Brigadier Chen ordered angrily

"Brigadier, please don't give Cheng Xiazi another chance," the chief of staff said.

"Excuting an order! Brigadier Chen said

""Yes," the chief of staff responded.

The 772nd Regiment's attack launch position

"What! Want me to withdraw?! Chief of Staff, give me another chance, I will definitely take it down." Cheng Xiazi received the brigade commander's order over the phone.

"This is the brigade commander's order, you carry it out." The unquestionable voice of the chief of staff came over the phone.

"Hehe, go back and tell you Cheng Xiazi, how I taught him how to use a gun back then, I will teach him how to fight today." Near noon the next day, Li Yunlong led a new regiment to arrive, and he shouted to the soldiers of the 772 regiment who had withdrawn.

It can be seen that Li Yunlong joined the army. He should have joined the party earlier than Cheng Xiazi.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Zuo led the New Third Regiment to arrive. At this time, Li Yunlong's New Regiment was in full swing digging communication trenches in preparation for close combat.

Although Li Yunlong would spend some time doing this, It can protect the soldiers from being hit by enemy fire. When they are close to the grenade throwing distance, a wave of grenades will be thrown into the enemy trenches, and then a charge will be launched to capture the enemy position in one fell swoop.

However, something unexpected happened, and the 648th Regiment of the 216th Division of the Kyushu Army The first battalion came from behind and the main force of the 216th Division was not far away.

Just as Li Yunlong was making progress in his pressing operations, 120mm mortar shells and 75mm mountain artillery shells continued to fall in the trenches dug by Li Yunlong. More than a dozen soldiers of the Eighth Route Army died on the spot.

Just when Li Yunlong was wondering, Brigadier Chen received the news he least wanted to receive.

"Zhou Guizi's group has kicked Li Yunlong's ass from behind. This time he is in trouble!" Brigadier Chen received the notification from the northwest Shanxi headquarters, and he said to his chief of staff.

In fact, this was a misunderstanding between the Eighth Route Army and the Jiuzhou Army. Since the Jiuzhou Army has a large establishment and many personnel, this time the 648th Regiment The First Battalion was misunderstood by the Eighth Route Army as a regiment-level unit.

Why was it not discovered that there was a tail behind the Yamazaki Battalion before the battle began? Because the distance between the two units was far, the Eighth Route Army's scouts failed to discover it in time. The fellows along the way later discovered that the troops of the 1st Battalion of the 648th Regiment were heading towards Lijiapo, so they reported it to the district team, and then reported it to the Eight Route Army's northwest Shanxi headquarters, which delayed more than a day.