A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 254: Fighting a Rich Battle

鬼子的一个小队一般是50到70人，一个中队一般180到200人，一个大队为1100人左右。

The troops attacking the airport this time were two squadrons, with about 380 people, equipped with heavy weapons such as mortars, grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns.

Some Japanese squadrons may be equipped with Type 92 infantry guns. However, the two Japanese squadrons that attacked this time were only equipped with four Type 90 18mm mortars, eight heavy machine guns, and grenade launchers, which was a very standard configuration for a Japanese infantry squadron.

In contrast, the airport had an absolute advantage in terms of manpower and firepower. The Chinese Expeditionary Force had 458 people, while the British Army had two companies with about soldiers. The total manpower was nearly twice that of the Japanese.

In terms of firepower configuration, the Chinese-British Allied Forces had an absolute advantage. Both sides had a total of ten mortars, six anti-tank guns, twenty heavy machine guns, and four anti-aircraft guns. They had absolute advantages in light machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles.

Of course, the coalition forces also had their own disadvantages. Most of the soldiers in the expeditionary force were poorly trained, and the British army lacked the will to fight.

In contrast, the Japanese were well-trained and had a strong fighting will.

In the past, even twice the number of Chinese soldiers, or twice the number of British troops, might not be able to stop the Japanese attack.

But the situation now is naturally different because Lu Cheng is here.

In the past few days, although Lu Cheng had already prepared to lead his men to retreat, he also helped to re-consolidate the airport's fortifications, prepared enough foxholes, arranged reasonable cross-fire points, and set up suitable machine gun positions, mortar positions, sniper positions, etc. in advance.

As soon as he discovered the arrival of the Japanese army, Lu Cheng immediately ordered the soldiers to enter the fortifications and move all kinds of guns and ammunition to the battlefield.

At the same time, Lu Cheng also made a simple pre-war mobilization: "Brothers, when we encountered the devils before, we were not as good as them, lacked guns and artillery, and even had insufficient bullets. It is understandable that we could not defeat the devils.

But this time it was different, we had the best British guns, faster and more accurate than the Japs' rifles. We had mortars, anti-tank guns, heavy machine guns, submachine guns, grenades, and plenty of bullets, much better than the Japs' equipment.

Don't worry about the bullets and shells. Use all your strength and beat them hard. Do you have the confidence to beat these damn Japanese devils back home? "

"Have!"

"Very good, I will fight with you, and I will silence all the Japanese heavy machine guns and mortars, and put their grenade launchers to waste. If you still can't defeat the Japanese, you can only go home and farm!

If we win this battle, I'll have my British allies prepare steaks and whiskey for you, and we'll have a celebration party!"

"it is good!"

After a few words, Lu Cheng called Long Wenjian and said, "Long Wenjian, do you want to personally participate in commanding this battle?"

"Of course I do."

"I can be appointed as the temporary deputy battalion commander and be responsible for combat command. I will use a sniper rifle to eliminate all the heavy firepower of the Japanese. I only have one request, to win this battle at the lowest cost!"

"no problem!"

After arranging everything, Lu Cheng called upon some veterans with outstanding marksmanship such as Bula and Shebuti to form sniper teams. They occupied the sniper points prepared in advance and specifically attacked the heavy firepower of the Japanese.

At the same time, Abao and Doubing each carried two Lee Enfield rifles and followed Lu Cheng.

At the same time, in a trench high up behind the position, a Type 77 pistol loaded with bullets was placed at regular intervals.

As the Japanese approached to a certain distance, they began to put down mortars and heavy machine guns and set up machine gun and mortar positions. Lu Cheng had also picked up a Type 77 rifle and aimed at the mortar position behind the Japanese position.

The Japanese's tactics were very rigid, just like what Meng Fanle said in the play, artillery bombarded and infantry charged, artillery bombarded and infantry charged, artillery bombarded and infantry charged, and then they would hold a meeting to switch positions.

Just when the Japanese had placed the mortar and had no time to adjust the shooting angle, the Type 77 in Lu Cheng's hand went off.

"Bang bang bang" the gunshots rang out one after another, forming a series. The Japanese mortar gunners on the opposite side fell one after another. After ten bullets were used up, Lu Cheng quickly changed his position, picked up another Ying77, and fired another ten bullets.

When the forty rounds of bullets were used up, the Japanese soldier no longer cared about the mortar on the ground, turned around and ran, shouting as he ran: "There's a sniper!"

Immediately after Lu Cheng's gunshot, the British troops in the airport in the rear also began to fire in cooperation. Anti-tank guns, heavy mortars, and light mortars, shells fell on the Japanese positions, and the Japanese who were preparing to charge were stunned.

In the past, the Japanese would use mortars and grenade launchers to blow up the others so that they could not raise their heads, and then charge forward all at once.

But now the situation has changed. As soon as the battle started, the Japanese encountered a round of artillery fire.

The Japanese commander obviously did not expect this situation. Looking at the shells exploding everywhere around him, he immediately ordered a charge to the enemy's position, preventing the enemy's artillery from taking advantage.

The Japanese had been making too much progress in Southeast Asia recently, and the British troops they encountered basically scattered after a single charge. Therefore, even though they were bombarded, they did not change their combat habits, and still let their heavy machine guns fire and launched a counterattack.

However, the rifle in Lu Cheng's hand seemed to have turned into the scythe of the god of death, ruthlessly reaping the Japanese machine gunners and grenadiers one after another.

Some gunners like Bu La also specialize in targeting heavy machine gunners and grenadiers.

On a high platform in the rear, Catherine was holding a telescope, looking at the battle in the distance with a nervous look on her face, focusing on Lu Cheng's battle situation.

"Po, gun!"

Without any further ado, A Bao quickly handed a loaded Ying Qi Qi to Lu Cheng, then picked up the empty Ying Qi Qi that Lu Cheng had just thrown aside, took out the clip, and loaded it with bullets.

"Bean cake, gun!"

Taking the gun handed over by Doubing, Lu Cheng turned over, changed position, and continued shooting at the position in front.

In this way, Lu Cheng, relying on his precise shooting skills, single-handedly produced the killing power of an entire squad or even a platoon. Every time a bullet was fired, a Japanese soldier fell down.

Soon, the Japanese mortars, heavy machine guns, and grenade launchers were all rendered useless, and any Japanese who dared to approach the heavy machine guns and mortars were killed directly by Lu Cheng.

These weapons have been renamed as Lu's. The Japanese cannot waste a single shell.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng aimed at the Japanese soldiers in the front and began to call out their names, shooting them one by one, quickly and accurately.

The Chinese soldiers on the positions had also opened fire, with mortars, heavy machine guns, rifles, bullets and shells firing in unison, making it impossible for the charging Japanese to even raise their heads.

Before the Japanese got close, a large number of them had already been wiped out, and less than half of the troops were left.

The Japanese commander was a major. Seeing the heavy losses, he was about to order a retreat, but was hit accurately in the middle of the eyebrows by a bullet and fell to the ground dead.

The Japanese soldiers who lost their commander suddenly became chaotic. After leaving behind some corpses, some of them turned around and fled.

Although the Japanese have a strong will to fight, they are also afraid of death. When the situation is extremely unfavorable, they will collapse.

Seeing that the Japanese began to turn around and flee, Lu Cheng went to the mortar position again, adjusted the firing angles of several mortars, and ordered the soldiers to start shooting immediately.

One mortar shell after another fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers, instantly killing and injuring a large number of them.

When the Japanese soldiers ran a thousand meters away, there were only fifty or sixty of them left, and they were running in a scattered manner.

Lu Cheng immediately led his men out: "Submachine gunners, follow me, the rest of you, clean up the battlefield and finish off the enemies!"

Immediately afterwards, thirty or forty soldiers, each holding a Sten submachine gun, followed Lu Cheng and rushed out.

Although the devils ran fast, Lu Cheng was even faster, like a tiger descending from a mountain. In a blink of an eye, he closed the distance between him and the fleeing devils. He ran and shot at the same time, and immediately killed the devils behind him one by one...