Li Yunlong held up the telescope and continued to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield. When the Japanese fired flares, he could see the situation on the city wall more clearly.
Machine cannons hit the crenellations and broken walls of the city wall, leaving blood and flesh flying everywhere.
However, the Japanese were still not afraid of death, setting up their machine guns and rifles, and went to the city and ruins to shoot at the charging new group of soldiers.
The perimeter of the city wall in Heyuan County is approximately four kilometers.
This means that the length of each city wall is approximately 1 kilometer.
Even though the heavy artillery battalion fired nearly 1,000 high-explosive artillery shells at the city wall, most of the shells hit the target, but the entire west city wall was not blown up.
However, the entire city wall has been riddled with holes. Even if each artillery position fired freely, more than 20 places on the city wall were blown down.
Although the 1st Artillery Battalion and the mountain guns and howitzers in the Artillery Battalion are less powerful than the large-caliber heavy artillery.
However, the two artillery battalions had twice as many mountain guns and howitzers as the heavy artillery battalion, and they had twice as many artillery shells, so the damage caused to the city wall was not much different.
Seeing that half an hour of shelling had caused so much damage to the city wall, Li Yunlong looked satisfied.
Putting down the telescope, Li Yunlong said: "Next, we only need to use mortars and artillery shells to continue to consume the Japanese machine guns and machine gunners. It is expected that we can capture the city wall at dawn."
"This little devil is quite stunned."
Zhao Gang also put down his telescope and said, "We insist on fighting with us on the city wall."
After the soldiers began to charge, the artillery battalions stopped firing except for mortars and infantry artillery.
Artillery shells don't have eyes, and it's a dark night, so it's easy to accidentally injure soldiers, especially the 10mm high-explosive artillery shells, which explode into a large area.
Li Yunlong snorted coldly and said in a disdainful tone: "If you fight with me, Li Yunlong, do you have that much strength?"
Each machine gun has 3,000 rounds of shells. Although the rate of fire of this 0mm machine gun is 30 rounds per minute, that is only the theoretical rate of fire. In the case of burst fire, 100 rounds per minute is considered too much.
Although the gap between the new regiment and the entire Japanese army is still like a chasm.
However, the new regiment far surpasses the 36th Division in terms of military strength, firepower and the fighting will of the soldiers.
In the absence of material supplies, the 36th Division couldn't fight the new regiment despite exhaustion.
While he was talking, the Japanese machine guns that came up in a wave misfired one after another. The Japanese were either beaten to pieces by the machine guns, or were killed and wounded by mortars and infantry artillery.
Immediately afterwards, the third wave of Japanese soldiers came up again, and the battle became fierce again.
At this time, the first batch of helmets transported by the Auto Corps from Zhaojiayu Airport arrived, and Li Yunlong immediately ordered that the helmets be distributed to the soldiers in each division.
“Having a car is convenient!”
Captain Li let out a long sigh.
"Yes!" Zhao Gang nodded in agreement, "It is fast and easy to maintain. It only needs gasoline to run. Its transportation capacity is much more efficient than mules and military horses. The only drawback is that it requires high roads."
"So we need to build more roads." Li Yunlong said: "I will definitely organize a few car camps in the future."
Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou on the side both had intense gazes.
They both knew very well that the size of the automobile battalion mentioned by Commander Li, judging from the infantry battalions and artillery battalions, was definitely not as simple as an automobile battalion. It was most likely an automobile regiment or even an automobile brigade.
By then, perhaps the new regiment will become the Eighth Route Army's first regiment with motorized vision.
Then, Li Yunlong looked at his watch and shouted: "Chief of Staff!"
"Arrived!" Wang Dehou straightened his body and responded loudly.
"Immediately order the Sharp Sword Squadron and the Heavy Artillery Battalion to cooperate with the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment to ambush the Japanese as planned. The 1st Artillery Battalion and the Artillery Battalion will find a place to hide!" Li Yunlong ordered.
The mission of the heavy artillery battalion in Heyuan County has been completed.
It's time to show its true power. This thing is best used to fight Japanese infantry.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie brought their respective artillery battalions, which were almost the size of an artillery regiment.
Coupled with the heavy artillery battalion, the firepower is incredible.
"Yes!" Wang Dehou turned around, immediately grabbed the high-power walkie-talkie, and gave orders to the Sharp Sword Squadron and each artillery battalion.
Later, the telegraph operators sent telegrams to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment respectively, saying that the howitzers of the heavy artillery battalion were about to pass.
As the order was issued, the auto soldiers took off their helmets and rushed to the heavy artillery battalion position. They took the sword squadron, artillery shells and heavy artillery, as well as the artillerymen who had received the helmets, and divided them into two teams towards the direction of Anhua County and Pingan County.
In order to prevent emergencies, Duan Peng left a combat team to serve as observers for the 1st Artillery Battalion and the Artillery Battalion.
Looking at the direction in which the car was pulling the Sword Squadron and the Heavy Artillery Battalion away, Li Yunlong sounded expectantly: "Everything is ready, it just depends on whether the old devil Jing Guanren takes the bait."
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Onomura, independent regiment ambush position.
After taking away the Japanese thickened bunkers and gun towers, the people in the village had been mobilized by local comrades to leave.
This is the only way from Anhua County to Heyuan County.
If the Japs in Anhua County want to reinforce Heyuan County, they will definitely pass through here.
The Sharp Sword Squadron has long reconnoitred the terrain of this area very clearly.
About 30 cars were parked on the road near Onomura.
The large-caliber heavy artillery arrived so soon?
While Kong Jie was wondering, Guan Dashan, commander of the first battalion, ran into the headquarters and said: "Report to the regiment commander, the automobile soldiers of the new regiment have sent helmets, and the commanders and soldiers of our independent regiment have also contributed."
"We also have a share, really?" Kong Jie's eyes suddenly lit up and he grinned: "Let's go and take a look!"
After bombing the city wall of Heyuan County, the plan was drawn up from the beginning to bring in heavy artillery to ambush the Japanese infantry.
However, it was Li Yunlong who suddenly thought of the helmets and asked Boss Chen for 8,000 more helmets.
If Li Yunlong doesn't ask for more, Boss Chen will give it according to the number of the new group.
The commanders and fighters of the independent regiment, including Kong Jie, looked at the soldiers in the main battalion of the new regiment who each had a helmet on their head. It would be a lie to say that they were not envious.
Wearing a steel helmet on your head not only looks cool, but it can also save your life at critical moments on the battlefield.
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When we got to the highway, there were already many soldiers gathered around the car. There were soldiers from the new regiment and soldiers from the independent regiment. They were queuing up in squads to receive helmets.
Soon, Kong Jie and Guan Dashan each received a steel helmet.
The two of them put their helmets on their heads. Kong Jie and Guan Dashan's eyes were shining brightly, and the smiles on their faces could not be suppressed.
Two words, comfortable!
Not long after, each soldier received a steel helmet, with expressions full of surprise. The soldiers did not expect to receive the same helmet as the main group before the war.
Kong Jie took the opportunity to stand on the truck, raised his arms and shouted, giving a passionate speech to the soldiers of the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment.
The fighting spirit in the hearts of the soldiers was ignited, their eyes showed madness, and their morale soared.
I can't wait to have a bloody battle with the Japanese right away.
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(The state is not good, so I will update a small chapter today.)
This chapter has been completed!