Chapter 64 Artillery Battle
The soldiers stopped shooting, and the other prepared soldiers immediately made up. With such rapid shelling, the soldiers were under a lot of pressure.
In the artillery company, only a few soldiers had conducted live ammunition shooting. This time, the artillery attacks on the Japanese artillery positions was the first live ammunition shooting of most soldiers. During this period, some soldiers made mistakes, but with the company commander Liu Gen, there was no problem.
Replace a new group of soldiers to control infantry artillery. In Liu Gen's view, this battle is a good opportunity to train the artillery company. Liu Gen will also try to make every soldier in the artillery company have the opportunity to control infantry artillery for live-fire shooting, and the replaced soldiers are ready. During this period, Liu Gen also asked the soldiers to adjust the angle needed for artillery shooting.
"Boom" a shell suddenly landed less than two hundred meters away from the hillside, and was still a certain distance from the artillery company.
Liu Gen's face changed drastically. He found that he had overlooked one thing, that is, the Japanese brigade was equipped with Type 97 M mortars. He quickly stepped forward, and Liu Gen led the soldiers to quickly adjust the artillery angle. After Liu Gen used the distance measurement skill, he roughly knew the area where the Japanese mortars were.
"Speed shots two consecutive shots!" Liu Gen said in a deep voice.
The soldiers quickly loaded the guns, and the guns were bored, and they rushed towards the position where the Japanese were. At the same time, the two mm mortars located in the original position of the first battalion also adjusted the angle and rushed towards the position where the artillery company was located. The artillery shells just now were just the Japanese being tested.
The artillery company lasted for five minutes of artillery bombing, which made the Japanese react and calculated the approximate area where the artillery company was located. The test fire just now was that the Japanese were adjusting the corresponding angle to ensure that they could shell the artillery company.
"Boom" "Boom"
Two mortar shells fell down and landed less than fifty meters in the artillery company. Liu Gen ordered the soldiers who did not control the infantry artillery to disperse. He came to an infantry artillery and personally controlled the infantry artillery to shoot. The Japanese Type 92 mm gun had a firing distance that was almost the same as the range of the Artillery Company's Type 92 infantry artillery. The Japanese artillery had undergone special training and the artillery company was in danger.
Liu Gen's face looked ugly. He used the ranging skill again and calculated quickly in his mind. Three seconds later, Liu Gen adjusted the angle of the infantry cannon he controlled. He loaded, fired, and the shells flew towards the Japanese's two mm mortars.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"
The Japanese mortars were constantly shooting, and the firing rate was very fast. Liu Gen knew clearly that the firing rate of the mm mortars in the Japanese hand was much faster than the Type 92 infantry cannon. Several shells fell around the artillery company again, and the nearest one fell less than ten meters away from the artillery company. Several soldiers were injured by shrapnel, and blood quickly poured out of the wound.
Liu Gen was not affected. After he ordered the soldiers who controlled the infantry artillery to adjust the angle, he continued to control the infantry artillery firing. Liu Jinlai wanted to control the infantry artillery to provide artillery fire support to the first battalion, but now he may be willing but powerless. He needs to use the remaining shells to kill the Japanese's two mm mortars.
The high-explosive bombs that fell from the original position of the first battalion fell not far from the two mm mortars, causing the Japanese who controlled the mortars to move slowly. The Japanese who were close to the high-explosive bombs were directly blown into the sky, splashing blood and flesh.
The Japanese artillery had good psychological qualities. They did not stop the artillery and soon launched the artillery again. The repeated artillery made the Japanese artillery more and more determine the area where the artillery company was located. However, they did not have Liu Gen's skill in range measurement, so they could only find an approximate angle to shoot.
As soon as another round of shooting was carried out, the high-explosive bomb belonging to the Type 92 infantry cannon landed less than ten meters away from the two mm mortars. The Japanese who controlled the two mm mortars were blown away. The mortar shells placed aside were also cut by fragments of the high-explosive bombs and exploded.
"Baga!"
The Japanese artillery soldiers noticed this and before they could lie down in time, the mortar shells exploded, and scattered shrapnel left wounds on the Japanese at close range. The shrapnel entered the Japanese's body, and many Japanese fell to the ground and moaned in pain.
At this time, Liu Gen's face was not good-looking in the artillery company. Even though the Japanese only found an approximate angle and locked the approximate area where the artillery company was located, there was still a shell falling next to a Type 92 infantry cannon. The five soldiers who controlled the infantry cannon were unable to withstand the power of the mortar shell, and the Type 92 infantry cannon was also directly blown up.
It was also when Liu Gen was arranging the infantry cannons, scattering the three Type 92 infantry cannons and not gathering together. Otherwise, a Japanese shell might destroy the three infantry cannons, and all the soldiers who controlled the infantry cannons would die.
"Stay fucking! Damn it! Hit all the remaining shells!" Liu Gen shouted loudly. The sacrifice of the artillery company soldiers made Liu Gen extremely angry. He still wanted to wait for the soldiers to grow up!
The soldiers who controlled the infantry artillery were speechless. All their anger turned into strength. Seeing that the comrades who were with him day and night died, how could the soldiers not be angry? After cleaning up the infantry artillery as fast as possible, the two remaining infantry artillery in the artillery company roared again and attacked the area where the Japanese mortar was located.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"
High-explosive bombs exploded in the original position of the first battalion, and the scattered shrapnel killed the Japanese who had not yet escaped! The Japanese squadron leader hid in the trenches, and he was extremely aggrieved. When was it the Eighth Route Army's turn to bombard them?
"Baga! Baga! Notify the rear and ask for firepower support! Ask for aviation troops to support!" The squadron leader issued an order, and he wanted these Tujiao Route Army hiding in the mountains to know the power of the Japanese Imperial Army!
"boom"
A high-explosive bomb exploded behind the squadron leader, overturning the squadron leader to the ground, and blood poured out of his mouth. The squadron leader who was still clamoring just now was directly killed by the high-explosive bomb! After the squadron leader died, no shells were attacked again, which was the last shell of the artillery company.
"Collapse the bodies of comrades! Retreat!" All the shells were shot out, and Liu Gen immediately issued an order! The artillery company needs to be transferred quickly!
A soldier pushed the Type 92 infantry artillery to retreat first, while Liu Gen brought other soldiers to cover the situation behind. Only the remaining artillery marks left on the spot could prove that there had been an artillery battle here. When the small troops sent by the Japanese arrived here, the artillery company had successfully retreated and could not find the traces of the artillery company.
Along the way, the soldiers of the artillery company were moving forward silently without saying anything, and the death of their comrades had a great impact on them.
Chapter completed!