Chapter 118 Jinsui Army attacks

Sun Xiong's artillery battalion of six Jin orogenic guns dispersed and carried out shelling. They struck at the exposed heavy weapons of the Yue Army.

The heavy machine guns, mortars and other weapons of the Moon Army were forced to hide, and they did not dare to continue shooting.

The troops of the New Second Regiment seized the opportunity and immediately launched fire attacks from the flanks.

As Yangcun's frontal defense position was in place, each battalion also began to organize sharpshooters to shoot.

Hundreds of puppet troops were attacked one after another, and the number of casualties soon exceeded one hundred.

Chengdong's puppet troops evaded in a panic, but they did not have the courage to continue charging.

The Moon Army's tactics were broken, and they even suffered casualties again.

The Major General Brigade Commander Katayama Shoutaro, who was supervising the battle from behind, had an angry face on his face, and he held the telescope tightly with both legs.

"To the east of the brigade commander's pavilion, the artillery of the Shanxi-Sui Army dispersed to fight. They used six Shanxi orogenic guns to continuously bombard."

"The six Jin-made artillery shelling at close range on both sides posed a greater threat to their heavy weapons."

"So their heavy weapons were unable to carry out effective operations, and the Royal Association Army troops were hit one after another, and their combat strength was more than 400 people."

"Based on the situation of the Mu Chi Qi War, their plan of using the Imperial Association Army to attack the New Eighth Route Regiment completely failed."

The brigade's Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff quickly came to Katayama Shoutaro, and he immediately reported.

Katayama Shoutaro gritted his teeth and glanced at Yangcun, his face full of anger.

"What on earth are those trash in the artillery team doing? Why don't they quickly locate their location and destroy them quickly?"

"They only have six mountain cannons, and the range of those Jin orogenic cannons is far inferior to the 94-type mountain cannon and the 38-type field cannon."

"That idiot Tsuneichi Moriki, how on earth does he command artillery operations!"

Seeing that the time was almost four o'clock in the morning, Katayama Shoutaro roared angrily.

The Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff had a slightly frightened expression on his face and rushed to explain.

An artillery battery of six Shanxi orogenic guns operates as an artillery squad, but whether these artillery squads have been strengthened by transport squads and ammunition platoons.

That means that each mountain cannon is accompanied by transport troops and heavy baggage troops, and they can be quickly transferred at any time.

In addition, the overall weight of the Jinshan orogenic cannon is relatively light, so two soldiers can push it around in flat terrain areas.

What's more, Chen Ziyun quickly dispatched two infantry companies from the fifth and sixth battalions to follow them separately to ensure the absolute safety of the mountain artillery.

At this time, does each mountain cannon have many personnel and can they move quickly?

The Lunar Army artillery team wanted to locate their position and launch an attack. Is it difficult?

This does not mean that Moriki Tsuneichi has no strength, but the six Jin orogenic cannons are dispersed and maneuver quickly, so they cannot launch an effective bombardment.

After listening to the explanation given by the Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff, Shoutaro Katayama showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm down his emotions.

Six Shanxi orogen artillery broke away from the 358th Regiment position and moved to both sides of the Yue-Puppet Army attacking troops for close combat.

Whether it was the artillery's bayonet tactics or not, Shotarō Katayama quickly found the loophole.

It is difficult for the artillery team to locate their positions and carry out precise bombardment, but otherwise they can send infantry to search.

Once the infantry discovers those artillery pieces, it will certainly be able to deliver a devastating blow to them.

When the puppet troops attacked the 358th Regiment's position in the previous month, they were hit by artillery, so they failed to achieve any results.

Now that the artillerymen of the Jinsui Army are taking the initiative to attack, Katayama Shotarō asks if they can be completely annihilated, which will naturally greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the 358th Regiment.

"Order..." Katayama Shoutaro was ready to put all the more than 600 reserve troops on the battlefield, and immediately launched a search to knock out six Jin orogenic cannons.

Even if his orders were not well received, a staff member quickly came over to report.

"To the east of the brigade commander's house, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army launched an attack. Their team of hundreds of people advanced towards their artillery position."

"Based on their deployment, it is very likely that they will ask their artillery units to carry out combat strikes."

"Those Shanxi-Suiyuan troops advanced in a meshed skirmish line, leaving a large space between each other, and the artillery team was unable to carry out effective bombardment."

After the staff came over, they immediately reported the combat actions of the 358th Regiment.

At this time, Wu Ziqiang's 2nd Battalion troops were already acting in accordance with Chen Ziyun's orders. More than 500 troops pulled out a large skirmish line and gradually advanced towards the artillery position.

Whether the second battalion operates in squad units, there is a large distance between each squad.

Even the soldiers in each class are separated by a certain distance.

There are more than 500 troops, very sparse and loose.

The Moon Army's artillery team could launch an artillery bombardment, but if they fired the shells, they would not achieve much results.

Especially the eight field guns currently being suppressed by the 358th Regiment. The shells of those eight field guns are very precious.

The 38-type field gun is an improved version of the 38-type field gun. Its shells have been enhanced, thereby increasing the range and lethality.

However, the production cost of the 38-year-old field guns and shells is very high, so the Yuan army has not yet mass-produced them.

So after shooting those shells, I wanted to ask if it would be difficult to replenish them.

As for the Liao-made Type 14 field gun, it is a long-range artillery produced by Fengtian Arsenal for the Northeast Army.

Its caliber is 77MM. After the Moon Army captured the Fengtian Arsenal, they had already given up the production of that artillery and shells.

Therefore, the shells of the Liao-made 14-type field artillery are even more precious. After they are fired, there is almost no place to replenish them.

Those eight artillery pieces are obviously worthless if they can kill a Jinsui Army with one grenade.

The Japanese artillery achieved such results, not to mention the military headquarters, even Shoutaro Katayama would not agree.

After all, the resources of the Moon Army are limited, so those shells could not be of greater value!

"On Bagaya Road, more than 500 Jinsui troops dared to attack their artillery positions. They are simply seeking death!"

"All reserve teams...all deployed defense to ensure the safety of the artillery positions."

"The infantry entered the defensive position, brought them close and started shooting, and the cavalry blocked their retreat, thereby completely eating up the Shanxi-Sui Army troops."

"Order, attack the troops on the left side of Yangcun, and conduct a diversionary attack on the new regiment of the 8th Route in Yangcun."

"Order, attack the troops on the right side of Yangcun, give up the battle on Yangcun, and immediately search for the Shanxi-Sui Army artillery units on both sides to completely annihilate them!"

Katayama Shoutaro pondered for a while, and then decisively issued the battle order.

Originally, he planned to arrange for more than 600 reserve infantry and cavalry to take the initiative to deal with Wu Ziqiang's second battalion.

Can you think of the combat effectiveness displayed by the Jinsui Army before, coupled with the fear of the artillery units of the Jinsui Army?

In the past, Katayama Shotarō adopted prudent defensive operations to conduct defensive counterattack operations.

The reserve team needs to respond to Wu Ziqiang's 2nd Battalion, but Katayama Shoutaro will not let go of the six Jin orogen cannons that are deployed in separate operations.

Therefore, he mobilized more than a thousand troops from the right side of the front line to search both sides to encircle and destroy the six Jin orogenic cannons.

As for the Yangcun New Regiment, they can temporarily give up the attack and arrange for the troops on the left to contain it.

Taro Katayama's overall deployment was very clear. He gave up attacking the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and made every effort to encircle and annihilate the attacking Shanxi-Sui Army troops.

But whether he made any major misjudgments in the overall combat arrangements.

The Lunar Army did not pay attention to the troops of the New Second Regiment who launched an attack from the flank. They did not think that the troops arranged by the New Regiment launched an attack from the flank.

Secondly, they believed that if the six Jin orogen cannons were scattered and fought in a scattered manner, they would be able to easily eat them if they were pursued by their own infantry.

But are the six mountain cannons currently composed of artillery, infantry, heavy equipment and other troops?

Not only do they have artillery combat capabilities, but they are also independent small-scale battle groups.

Moreover, on the left and right sides of the Yue puppet army, there are three small-scale battle groups on each side. Can they cooperate with each other to fight?

The puppet troops want to rely on infantry to deal with them, which is obviously not an easy task.

What's more, among the troops in that attack, more than 500 people from Wu Ziqiang's Second Battalion were so arrogant that they directly attacked the little Japs from the sight of Tellurium.

However, both Chu Yu's guard company and Zhang Wu's cavalry company advanced covertly on both sides.

Those two companies, according to Chen Ziyun's previous plan, planned to raid the Moon Army's artillery positions.

Just ask those two companies to penetrate the Lunar Army's artillery positions, which will definitely bring a devastating blow to the Lunar Army's artillery.

The most important point is that at the frontline position, Li Yang commanded the second artillery battery of six Bofors Mountain guns to be in position.

The Bofors Mountain Artillery, with a range of more than 9,300 meters, can provide artillery support at any time under the guidance of the observation team.

All these circumstances were not expected by Shotaro Katayama.

As for the battle coming from the east, the Yue puppet army was attacked by those troops, and the situation became clear.

The Yue puppet troops began to mobilize. Two attack troops composed of hundreds of people quickly searched and advanced on both sides, preparing to annihilate the Jin orogenic artillery.

Among those hundreds of people, if there are a certain number of heavy machine guns and mortars, their combat strength is not weak.

The reserve team of 500 people was put into the defensive position, and they were ready to attack Wu Ziqiang's 2nd Battalion.

If more than a hundred cavalry troops are hidden on the flanks, the Moon cavalry will attack at the critical moment and cut off the second battalion's retreat path.
To be continued...