Chapter 1442 Danger
In terms of firepower alone, the Marines with twelve artillery pieces and hundreds of rifles certainly have an overwhelming advantage, but this new army also has an obvious shortcoming, that is, lack of combat experience. Before this, the only battle the Marines had participated in as the main force was the feint attack in Dalian Bay before winter last year. In that battle, the Marines had an abandoned fishing village as a base to build their positions. However, this time they could only land behind enemy lines in A beachhead was built on the empty beach, and the difficulty of defense far exceeded the previous battlefield situation.
Compared with the special operations battalion with rich combat experience, Wang Tom's Marine Corps is indeed slightly less able to control the rhythm of combat. In recent years, Wang Tom rarely commanded land battles. After he believed that the situation was advantageous, he put down his commanding responsibilities and personally took up arms to participate in the battle. When he realized that the battle rhythm was a little out of control, the Hou Jin army had already stepped on the corpses of their companions and attacked only a few meters away from the defense line.
The Hou Jin Army was able to quickly shorten the combat distance. In addition to its fearless charge, another characteristic was its extremely strong adaptability to combat. Although they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of weapon performance, their combat experience is really good. When the cavalry rushes forward to act as human shields, the infantry has quickly followed up, using the location of the artillery as the main attack direction, and firing from the artillery. The gap quickly shortened the fighting distance.
Although the Haihan artillery is powerful, loading ammunition is more troublesome, and its firing speed is far slower than that of a rifle. Especially in close combat, the deterrent effect is actually greater than the lethality. After the Jin Army mastered this rule, they quickly applied it to the current battlefield. After approaching the beachhead, they used bows and arrows to shoot at the artillery positions. This seemingly primitive attack method also caused casualties to the artillerymen who lacked effective protection. After the speed of artillery firing further slowed down, it gave the Hou Jin Army more opportunities to attack, so some of the Bayala soldiers who were very lucky finally crawled all the way to the beachhead among the corpses, and then grabbed the artillery to fire. During the interval, he jumped into the position from the gap in one of the gun emplacements.
The Haihan Army's close combat ability is actually not bad, but that is only when bayonets are prepared, and the artillery obviously cannot have such self-defense means. As a result, in one encounter, the artillerymen who were caught off guard were killed and wounded several people. As soon as the cannon misfired, other Houjin soldiers who noticed the fighter plane immediately swarmed in from behind, immediately putting this place into a crisis of imminent collapse.
Although Wang Tom was eager to kill, of course he quickly noticed the situation here after being reminded by his adjutant. But after all, he was a senior general who had seen big scenes. Seeing the tight situation, he did not panic. He threw the rifle to his entourage and then ordered: "Bring me my equipment! The guard platoon assembles!"
In recent years, Wang Tom has rarely participated in battles in person, and the weapons he carries are basically new products produced by Haihan Ordnance Industry. However, the personal weapons and equipment he brought when he traveled through time are not left in the Sanya warehouse. Most of the equipment has been following him around the world. There is even a private weapons depot on the flagship "Majesty" under his command to store his equipment. As for the operation behind enemy lines this time, just in case, Wang Tom also picked a few handy weapons for the guards to take ashore. Unexpectedly, they would actually come in handy.
The guard immediately brought over Tom Wang's special equipment box, and the first piece of equipment he picked up was not an automatic rifle, but a tactical vest. After putting it on, he immediately picked up a helmet and put it on. At this time, the arrows shot by Hou Jin were flying everywhere, so Wang Tom naturally had to protect his own safety first.
Wang Tom had practiced wearing equipment like this more than once with his guards, so at this time everyone was busy helping him fix the tactical vest, and then stuffed the rifle and pistol magazines into the vest. pocket. In addition, there were special personnel who tied pistol holsters around his thighs and waist. This kind of close combat weapon was naturally indispensable. After getting dressed, someone handed him a small box. Wang Tom took a few M26A1 grenades from it and carefully hung them on his tactical vest. Finally, the guard took his own HK416 automatic rifle.
If he had to put on and organize these equipment by himself, it would take at least a few minutes. Fortunately, he was well-trained, and a group of guards surrounded him, and he was able to organize it in a few moments. The guard platoon directly commanded by Wang Tom also quickly completed its assembly during this period, so this small team immediately rushed towards the artillery position that had been broken through by the Hou Jin Army.
With a distance of nearly thirty meters, Wang Tom threw two grenades first. The position where he threw it was also very particular. He threw it just outside the gap, from where the Jin army was pouring into the Haihan position. In this way, when the grenade explodes, it will not easily hurt your own people in the position. However, the Hou Jin Army obviously did not regard these two iron bullets as a serious threat, and the people who were hit by them did not care at all whether they were injured or not.
Two grenades exploded in the crowd one after another, and Hou Jinjun, who was blown to the ground, didn't even understand what happened. Wang Tom took advantage of the disjointed attack of the Hou Jin army and immediately led the guard platoon to clear out the Hou Jin army that had invaded the position. The guard platoon was also equipped with seven-shot rifles, and its firepower was naturally powerful. A burst of gunfire knocked down a dozen Houjin soldiers who had already attacked to the ground.
The Hou Jin army who tried to pour in through the gap was blocked by the automatic rifle in Wang Tom's hand. At a distance of about twenty meters, ordinary armor cannot stop the 5.56mm bullets of an automatic rifle. As long as it hits the torso, basically one bullet can quickly make a person incapacitated. Wang Tom quickly cleared the gap with one shot. As long as someone came out, he would definitely be shot.
Naturally, the Hou Jin Army quickly discovered that the strong defense from the Haihan position prevented them from passing through the gap, so the soldiers who had arrived at the gap subconsciously climbed up to the bunker and tried to jump directly over the bunker. But as soon as they appeared at a high place without shelter, they immediately became living targets. The volleys from inside the position turned the first few people who climbed up the bunker into a hornet's nest and fell down, shocking the Houjin Army outside the position. Incessantly.
Under Wang Tom's quick handling, the danger was finally suppressed for the time being. However, he also knew that many Houjin troops had broken through the fire blockade outside the beachhead position. For this reason, he could only try to get close as soon as possible. Enemy troops are destroyed. Naturally, he did not dare to jump out from the gap in the gun emplacement. He could only lead the guard platoon around from the seaside side of the beachhead, and then use his firepower advantage to clear out the Houjin soldiers who had already attacked outside the fortifications.
Of course, this kind of action carries considerable risks. Without the cover of the fortification bunker, the arrows flying in the air may injure him at any time. In addition to the helmet and tactical vest on his body, he only has the guards desperately holding him up to cover him. There are several shields on the head and sides. Of course, to ensure nothing went wrong, there were even two human shields in front of him, leaving only a gap for the barrel of the automatic rifle to extend and aim.
The members of this guard platoon are all soldiers selected and trained by Wang Tom himself. There is no doubt about their loyalty and bravery. Every soldier is willing to pay the price with his life for Wang Tom's safety. It was precisely with the desperate cover of these people that Wang Tom's personal cleaning process of the perimeter of the position could proceed more smoothly.
For Wang Tom, who had not experienced such a tense scene on the battlefield for a long time, the current battlefield environment was indeed exciting enough. He originally thought that Hou Jin would not be able to break through the beachhead defense line, but the reality ironically made this The situation happened right under his nose. This process was so fast that even the gunboats docked at the beach had not had time to open fire to provide cover for the beachhead. It wasn't until Wang Tom led his troops to clear the enemy troops outside the position that the gunboats on the seaside finally fired their guns to attack the Hou Jin army in the distance who were still rushing towards the beachhead. Wang Tom used two magazines to roughly clear out the jumping enemy troops outside the beachhead. The gunboats and the continuous firing of the artillery on the position isolated all subsequent Jin Army offensives, finally calming down the storm. Come down.
Wang Tom, who returned to the position, did not dare to take off his equipment immediately. He just handed the cleaned rifle to his guard and asked him to follow him on his back. If he had not dealt decisively before, perhaps the beachhead would have been completely breached by the Haihan Army at this time, and it would have been plunged into a fierce close combat. Afterwards, the Jin Army had a clear advantage in terms of military strength. If they were brought into a combat environment that the opponent was good at, even if the Marines were elite members of the Haihan Army, they might not be able to outlast the opponent's overwhelming numbers.
It won't be a big problem for Tom Wang to escape by then. He just needs to fight his way back to the ship with the guard platoon, but his marines will definitely suffer heavy losses in the close combat. While Tom Wang was thankful, he was also reflecting on his previous mistakes in the command process. If the battle rhythm can be better controlled, the opponent may not have a chance to invade the beachhead.
The other party involved was very helpless. Seeing that his army had broken through the outer defense of the position, Yang Guli thought that something big could be accomplished today, but he didn't expect that the other party would be in chaos, and the counterattack came very sharply. After that, no one from the Jin army escaped. On the contrary, even the troops on the periphery of the position were cleared away. At this time, Haihan received additional firepower support from sea battleships, and the number of artillery pieces doubled. Faced with such firepower output, Yangu Li had no confidence in replicating the previous offensive.
"Retract the troops!" Yang Guli knew that there was nothing he could do. Sending troops to continue to fight hard at the beachhead would only increase casualties, so he could only order the troops to withdraw. Giving up the attack at this time, continuing to surround and monitor this position from a distance, and trying to block the missing cavalry team outside, is the most likely way to save the situation.
Therefore, after the Hou Jin Army suffered more than 500 casualties, they still failed to conquer this position and could only return to a place one mile away to isolate this position from the outside world.
Wang Tom saw Hou Jinjun's movements and naturally guessed his intentions quickly. However, he was not at all panicked by Hou Jin's countermeasures. He had the radio station moved over and then contacted Harugong. Thanks to this advanced communication method that spans the ages, it is not difficult for Wang Tom to promptly inform Harugong of the battle situation on the seaside. Hou Jin's attempt to control the Haihan Cavalry Battalion was simply wishful thinking in Wang Tom's opinion.
What's more, in the original battle plan, a backup plan had been prepared for the cavalry battalion's escape, so there was no need to return to this place to board the ship. And this escape plan is actually not complicated. It is to have the cavalry battalion go west across the Jinzhou Isthmus and board the ship at a predetermined location on the Bohai Sea. The cavalry battalion's attack targets along the way were from east to west, which happened to be very suitable for the arrangement of this plan.
As for where the ship came from, after Harugong set off last night, Wang Tom operated the radio to contact the command headquarters in the south, and proposed a backup plan to dispatch the fleet currently operating near the Bohai Sea coast. Several ships went to the predetermined location to meet the cavalry battalion's retreat. If everything goes well, we should have caught up at the Bohai Sea by this time, and maybe everyone has already started boarding the ship.
The Hou Jin Army stared at the Marine Corps position here, with the ultimate goal of intercepting the Haihan Cavalry. Unfortunately, they made a wrong calculation. No matter how long they stayed here, they would not be able to wait for the cavalry to appear again.
Although Haihan's arrangement was ingenious, it failed to hide the truth in the end. Yanguli received a report before dark that a cavalry unit had boarded a ship and left on the coast of the Bohai Sea. Judging from the size of the observed troops, Yanguli was basically certain that the cavalry unit that quietly left the sea was the target he was looking for. If this scene had not happened to be discovered by a patrol patrol passing by the local area, the Jin army would have spent more time looking for the whereabouts of this cavalry.
Now Yangu Li has an even bigger headache. If Haihan's cavalry has withdrawn, then there is little point in staying here. However, the Haihan army who has established a position here obviously has no intention of leaving immediately, and It is difficult for our own offensive to remove it, let alone ignore its existence. It's neither a fight nor a fight. Yangu Li can't throw all these thousands of troops here. After all, the defense line in the south is the top priority. After much thought, Yangu Li could only try his best to balance the situation, leaving more than a thousand troops nearby to continue monitoring the Haihan position, while the remaining troops followed him back to the fortress defense line overnight.
Today's head-on confrontation with the Haihan Army gave Yangguli a glimmer of hope. He had some vague ideas about dealing with the Haihan Army, but it was difficult to summarize them in a while. However, since he was able to break through the Haihan position on the frontal battlefield, he believed that there would always be a way to achieve it a second or third time.
(End of chapter)