Xinzhou.
It's a clear day and the sun is shining brightly today.
On the heavy artillery position of the new regiment.
There are 31 10mm howitzers arranged in 3 rows, and behind the gun emplacements are neatly stacked mountains of ammunition boxes.
Around the artillery position, there are more than 60 machine guns and 0 anti-aircraft guns for protection. Although there are tanks to attract Japanese planes, we must also be prepared for the Japanese planes to bomb the heavy artillery position.
"Batalion Commander, get ready!"
After Zhu Yuan had adjusted the firing of the last cannon and completed loading the shells and charges, an artilleryman reported loudly to Yao Shangwu.
The Japanese position was very large, with several trenches. What the heavy artillery battalion had to do was cover it with artillery fire, and try to plow the entire Japanese position in the shortest possible time.
Then, while the Japs were not paying attention, a tank battalion pressed forward and defeated the Japs' elite 39th Regiment of the Class A Division in one fell swoop.
There are observers who use a precise method to determine the shooting points. The error will not be very large, as long as most of the shells fall on the Japanese positions.
The power of the 10mm howitzer is not comparable to the power of the 7mm mountain gun and the 10mm howitzer shells.
immediately.
Yao Shangwen reported the readiness of the artillery position to the regiment headquarters, and the next moment he received an order from the regiment headquarters to fire the artillery.
"Full speed free fire!"
Amidst Yao Shangwen's angry voice, the artillery soldiers' expressions were stern, and the fire in their eyes was burning.
Fire freely at full speed. Those who load the shells quickly do not need to wait for those who load the shells slowly, and there is no need for flag soldiers to order unified firing. This can achieve the most efficient bombardment effect.
"Let it go!" as Battalion Commander Yao finished speaking.
At the same time, the artillery soldier who was kneeling on one knee and responsible for firing suddenly pulled back the match rope in his hand. The gunners knelt on one knee and bent down to cover their ears.
Boom boom boom…
Accompanied by the huge sound of gunfire, beautiful orange-red fireworks bloomed from the muzzle. Hot air waves swept across, and a cloud of smoke and dust rose up from the entire artillery position.
"Keep firing!"
Before the fired shells hit the ground, the gunner took out the second shell from the shell box, put it into the gun chamber, charged the gun and closed the breech in one go, just like a thousand rounds of hard work.
Although the 10mm heavy artillery is usually placed in the tunnel, the heavy artillery battalion is stationed together with the tunnel, and the gunners have daily shelling and charging training.
Thousands of arduous trainings result in the skillful movements of the gunners.
Boom boom boom... With the sound of gunfire, another round of artillery shells rushed out of the barrel and was fired towards the Japanese 39th Regiment's position 10 kilometers away.
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At the 39th Regiment Headquarters, Regiment Captain Suzuki Eisuke Daizuo's expression showed coldness and confidence.
According to intelligence, a new regiment from the Eighth Route Army has arrived and will launch an attack soon.
But Suzuki Eisuke was not panicked at all, and even looked forward to it.
In Suzuki Eisuke's view, the 39th Regiment, as an elite regiment of the Class A Division, has a fighting will and combat effectiveness that cannot be compared to that group of rubes in the ravine.
Although Suzuki Eisuke also knew that the new regiment was well-equipped and even had large-caliber heavy artillery, he did not panic at all.
His confidence comes from the honor of the Class A division and the four elite regiments behind him.
Suddenly, intermittent sharp whistling sounds sounded in the sky. As time went by, the whistling sounds became louder and louder from far to near.
Suzuki Eisuke looked serious. As a professional soldier, he naturally knew that this was the sound of metal projectiles tearing through the sky at high speed.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!…
One after another, 10mm high-explosive grenades landed on the 39th Regiment's position.
Along with huge mud mist and gunpowder smoke rising up, rolling explosions shook the sky.
At this moment, there was no sound on the ground, leaving only the sound of a landslide-like explosion. The explosion was so violent that the eardrums of the Japanese near and far away seemed to have been shattered!
Immediately afterwards, the second and third rounds of shells landed on the Japanese position and exploded!
In the distance, in the 39th Regiment headquarters, Suzuki Eisuke couldn't help but look solemn when he saw this scene.
Don't underestimate these idiots. This artillery firepower is equivalent to that of a Japanese 10mm heavy artillery regiment!
Fortunately, only a small number of soldiers were left in the exposed trench positions, and most of the soldiers of the 39th Regiment were in the hidden trenches at the rear. Otherwise, the 39th Regiment would have suffered heavy losses from such fierce artillery fire.
It is simply unimaginable that these mud-legged people hiding in the ravine actually have such powerful artillery firepower.
Heavy artillery regiment... not even the 10th Division, only units like the Japanese Heavy Artillery Brigade or the 1st Division were equipped with it.
Thinking of this, Suzuki Eisuke's eyes were a little hot. After this battle, he might be able to capture a few large-caliber heavy artillery pieces from the Eighth Route Army?
"Immediately report to Major General Li Lin that the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery unit is shelling our forward positions. According to the density of artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army's artillery unit is a heavy artillery regiment."
"Please ask Major General Tadamichi Ribayashi to apply to the North China Front Army Headquarters to dispatch aviation units to blow up the Eighth Route Army artillery positions!"
Suzuki Eisuke looked at the communications captain on the side.
"Hi!"
The communications captain quickly grabbed the phone, then quickly shook the handle and put the phone to his ear: "Moxi Moxi, this is the 39th Wing..."
A 10mm howitzer exploded nearby, causing mud mist to fall from the gaps in the wood on the top of the headquarters, covering the map on the table.
At the same time, the mud drenched the Japanese officers in the 39th Regiment headquarters like rain.
The Japanese communications captain tried his best to report the situation to the detachment headquarters in a fluent tone.
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Ririn detachment headquarters.
The communications staff officer put down the phone and reported the situation of the 39th Regiment to Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
Tadamichi Kuribayashi did not immediately call the aviation unit for reinforcements, but said to the communications staff: "Ask the 108th Artillery Regiment if they can find the Eighth Route Heavy Artillery position and implement countermeasures?"
The communications staff immediately contacted the 108th Artillery Position.
After a while, the communications staff officer hung up the phone and immediately reported to Tadamichi Kuribayashi: "Sakai Ginzo Daizuo reported that the Eighth Route Artillery position is about 10 kilometers away from the 39th Regiment, which is beyond the range of the 108th Artillery Regiment!"
This was expected by Tadamichi Kuribayashi, but he heard the roar of artillery a few kilometers away and combined with the report from the captain of the 39th Regiment.
It was obvious that the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery firepower had been strengthened.
During the Battle of Northwest Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery firepower was about 0 pieces, but now it has reached the level of a heavy artillery regiment.
The Ribayashi Squadron immediately ordered the communications staff to report this important situation to the frontline headquarters and request aviation reinforcements.
"Your Majesty, Major General, the heavy artillery firepower of the Eighth Route Army will not last long. As soon as the sound of gunfire stops, the infantry and cavalry of the Eighth Route Army should press forward. Do you want the 13th Cavalry Regiment, the 13th Chariot Regiment, and the 6th Infantry Regiment to press forward?"
?”
The detachment chief of staff looked at Tadamichi Kuribayashi with a questioning tone.
Kuribayashi Tadashi suddenly felt that something was wrong, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't think of any clue.
In line with the principle that fighter opportunities are fleeting, Kuribayashi Tadamichi nodded: "As soon as the sound of artillery stops, the 13th Cavalry Regiment, the 13th Chariot Regiment and the 6th Infantry Regiment will immediately press forward, and the 108th Regiment will use
Xu Jin used barrage cover to defeat the new group in one fell swoop!"
Combat in plain terrain is different from that in mountains. Since you have the strength to crush, you don't need to pull back and forth, just crush it directly.
A sneer appeared on the corner of Kuribayashi Tadamichi's lips. He had already expected that the expressions of the soldiers on the Tubal Route would be very exciting when they saw the cavalry regiment and tank regiment suddenly appearing on the battlefield.
Although the new regiment was equipped with anti-tank weapons, when dozens of tanks rushed from the opposite side, the feeling of oppression was not something ordinary people could withstand.
But...if Tadashi Kuribayashi knew that each squad of the New Regiment was equipped with a bazooka, he probably wouldn't think so.
What's more, this time Li Yunlong prepared a tank battalion for the Japanese!
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After about ten minutes, the artillery fire finally gradually became sparse. At first, sporadic shells fell and exploded overhead, until finally the sound of artillery disappeared completely.
The Japs entered the forward positions from the trenches in the rear with machine guns and rifles, preparing to meet the Eighth Route Army's attack.
It used to be the tactics of the Japs before the artillery bombarded the infantry, but now it has been reversed. It is the Eighth Route Army's artillery that bombarded the infantry after the infantry charged.
Moreover, the infantry charged after the heavy artillery bombardment.
The little devils lay down in the trenches, pointing their rifles and machine guns in the direction of the smoke. Since the smoke had not completely dissipated, they could not see clearly how many Eighth Route Army troops were coming.
Suddenly, a strange roaring sound of a motor reached the ears of the Japanese soldiers of the 39th Division.
The Japanese in the trenches suddenly looked at each other, what is going on?
The Japs in the Class A Division had never thought that Tubal Road would be equipped with tanks, and they were not even mentally prepared.
Until the first tank emerged from the smoke, its tracks ran over the scorched earth, and its engine roared towards the trench.
"N...Ni?"
"tank?"
The Japanese were suddenly filled with disbelief and exclaimed with horrified expressions.
But after all, these were Japanese soldiers of the Class A Division. They quickly calmed down and quickly pulled out the anti-tank guns and 37mm rapid-fire cannons. They completed aiming and setting up the guns in a very short period of time.
His proficiency is far beyond that of ordinary devils.
"Da da da…"
The new group of machine gunners in the Panther tank sneered and opened fire, volleying tracer bullet chains towards the Japanese in the Japanese's forward position like whips.
A Japanese machine gunner was shot in the head by an M-heavy machine gun in an instant.
"Foolish positivity!"
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army tanks had opened fire first, the Japanese captain gave the order to attack.
The gunshots suddenly rang out like exploding beans, the tank guns opened fire, and the Japanese machine gun points and rapid-fire artillery positions were knocked out one by one, leaving them unable to fight back.
All the Eighth Route Army soldiers huddled behind the tanks, not showing their heads at all. Although the Japs' marksmanship was accurate, they still had to see someone before they could hit them.
The armor-piercing ability of the Japanese Type 97 anti-tank gun is 0mm to 30mm, the armor-piercing ability of the Japanese Type 94 rapid-fire gun is 30 to 40mm, and the thickness of the frontal sloped armor of the Leopard tank is 100mm.
Weapons can't break the Panther tank's defense at all.
Seeing the tanks of the Eighth Route Army approaching the forward position, Japanese soldiers kept rushing out of the trenches with bombs in their hands, trying to die with the tanks.
In terms of fighting will, the Japanese soldiers of the Class A Division are indeed among the best.
But it was of no use. The next moment he was beaten to a pulp by the Eighth Route Army infantry following the tank with submachine guns!
This chapter has been completed!