A telegram brought Zhang Chu back to Ping'an County.
But the battle here has reached a fever pitch.
To ensure nothing went wrong, the headquarters recalled him.
Without him, the Japanese invaders moved north.
The two Japanese divisions, the 108th and 109th, marched northward.
The two main divisions, totaling 50,000 people, launched a frantic attack on the new regiment's position.
The new group is under a lot of pressure.
Both Japanese divisions were equipped with 105mm heavy cannons.
Each heavy artillery regiment has 24 guns. The firepower is quite sufficient.
In addition, the Japanese invaders also had an independent field heavy artillery regiment to assist in the operations. This independent field heavy artillery regiment was amazing. It was equipped with 36 150mm heavy artillery pieces.
Not 105mm!
It's 150mm!
It was the largest field heavy artillery in the East Asian battlefield at that time.
Although the Japanese invaders also had larger caliber 240mm heavy artillery, they were only used as fortress artillery.
"boom……"
"boom……"
The sound of cannons was deafening.
The entire new regiment's position was covered by intensive artillery fire.
Where the cannonball fell, a ball of fire erupted and a large amount of dust was thrown up, covering the sky and the sun. The sun was completely invisible.
Day is like night.
The whole ground seemed to be shaking violently.
Not a blade of grass grows.
Both jade and stone are burned.
After all, it is a 150mm heavy cannon, and its power is quite amazing.
If Zhang Chu hadn't bought thousands of tons of channel steel to build defenses for Li Yunlong, it is estimated that all the positions of the New Regiment would have been destroyed.
Even so, the large-caliber heavy artillery is still very uncomfortable when it explodes a new mass.
"Damn it!"
"Zhang Chu, is there any way? Fight back against the Japanese!"
"We can't get beaten in vain like this!"
Li Yunlong scolded his mother in frustration.
He was also shaken by the heavy artillery and his blood was boiling, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Zhang Chu:......
I wanted to fight back.
The problem is, I have no means to fight back!
The 105mm heavy cannon can counterattack, but there is no need to intervene. The two sides are now engaged in an artillery battle!
"The devil is crazy."
"They want to go all-in."
Zhao Gang said slowly.
He was also blasted by the Japanese's heavy artillery, and his vitality and blood boiled, and his internal organs felt as if they had been displaced.
Chief of Staff Zhang Dabiao usually has such a loud voice, but now he speaks feebly.
Without him, he would have been bullied by the Japanese.
The Japanese 150mm howitzer is really powerful. I have never encountered it before.
Zhang Chu squatted in an underground bunker and ate instant noodles.
I feel uncomfortable. I can only eat.
While eating, they resisted the heavy artillery fire from the Japanese invaders.
So miserable.
I am still a systematic person!
But the system never gave him a 150mm heavy gun. Not even a 122mm one.
Frigates, destroyers, cruisers, battleships, aircraft carriers, etc. are also theoretically possible. But it is not easy to actually implement them because no one can sail a ship.
The Eighth Route Army doesn’t even have a small sampan. Where can they find people to drive modern warships?
"They want to rescue the 29th Division."
"Guess so."
Zhang Chu agreed with Zhao Gang's view.
The Japanese invaders are so crazy now, not because they want to attack, but because they want to retreat.
They wanted to rescue the 29th Division and then all retreat back to Taiyuan.
It's a pity indeed.
The current situation is actually very good.
The Japanese invaders, who suffered continuous heavy losses, had to shrink their front lines and could only stick to large and medium-sized cities.
It can be seen that the strategy of surrounding the city from the countryside proposed by the great man is completely correct. Although it appeared several years in advance, it is still effective against the Japanese invaders.
The only regret is that he cannot go to Jidong and Liaodong for the time being. He cannot equip more troops.
"The devils are coming!"
"There are more than a thousand people!"
There are observation posts to report.
Everyone hurriedly stood up from the underground bunker and raised their binoculars.
Sure enough, in the distance of sight, a large number of Japanese invaders appeared. They rushed up like a tide.
The Japanese invaders were really crazy.
They often launch brigade-level charges, with thousands of people arriving at once.
Under the cover of heavy artillery, the Japanese invaders' attacks were still very destructive. Although the Eighth Route Army's positions were very strong, frontline positions were often breached.
The Japanese invaders broke through. Then the Eighth Route Army counterattacked and recaptured. Then the Japanese invaders broke through again, counterattacked again, and recaptured again...
The cycle goes on like this, with each position being fought over again and again.
The casualties of the new regiment are also rising. In just three days, there have been more than a thousand casualties.
Of course, the Japanese suffered more casualties. There were five to six thousand people.
However, the Japanese invaders had strong troops and a large personnel base. Even if they lost 5,000 people, they would still have 45,000, which is still a very large force.
"Commando!"
"superior!"
Li Yunlong ordered without hesitation.
Cars and artillery immediately led the Xiaolong commando to launch a counterattack. While the Japanese aggressors were not yet firmly established, they defeated the Japanese aggressors.
"Da da da!"
"Da da da!"
Submachine guns fired wildly.
The bullets swept by like a violent storm.
The Japanese invaders who had just occupied the forward position were all killed immediately. There was no one left alive.
"withdraw!"
"withdraw!"
Cars and artillery followed the order.
All the commandos quickly retreated and ran as fast as they could.
"Woo..."
"boom……"
Immediately, the Japanese 150mm heavy artillery fell.
Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the Eighth Route Army pushed back again. The Japanese heavy artillery immediately came out to clear the ground.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The shells exploded repeatedly, plowing the position over and over again.
Basically, all areas without channel steel reinforcement have been blown into floating soil.
If anyone was there, they would have been blown to pieces.
This is the difficulty of defensive warfare in plain areas.
If it's a mountainous area, there are back-slope fortifications and so on. But here, you can only carry it by force.
Fortunately, the new group had already dug deep enough defenses and stacked enough channel steel on top.
However, unfortunately, there were still casualties under the repeated bombardment of the Japanese heavy artillery.
"Zhang Chu!"
"I'm looking for the Japanese artillery positions."
"When you find it, blast it!"
Li Yunlong is looking forward to it very much.
It was also his first time to fight in such a head-to-head battle.
Previously, we had the advantage of terrain in Cangyun Ridge.
Besides, that was just one regiment of the Japanese invaders. Now, there are two divisions of the Japanese invaders. The difference in strength is more than ten times.
"How is the situation with the Independent Regiment?"
"fine!"
Zhao Gang replied.
The side of the independent regiment's defense does not bear much pressure.
The main attack power of the Japanese invaders came towards the New Regiment. The New Regiment withstood almost 90% of the Japanese invaders' artillery fire.
Over there, Zhang Chu carefully checked the recyclables radar.
But the distance is indeed a bit far. It's more than ten kilometers. It's not easy to aim at such a long distance. You can only make corrections while shooting.
The new regiment has fifteen 105mm heavy cannons, which can launch multiple salvos.
"Distance 12200."
"Secret location 2304."
Finally, Zhang Chu determined the location of the Japanese heavy artillery.
Wang Zhe immediately planned to shoot Zhu Yuan.
Soon, the calculation is completed.
All cannons are adjusted.
"preparation!"
"put!"
At the command, the cannon was ejected.
The distance was too far. It was impossible to tell whether it had hit or not.
"put!"
Continue the bombardment.
Throw a large number of cannonballs into the distance.
"Ding!"
"You destroyed a Japanese 150mm heavy artillery piece..."
"You gain 5 million yuan..."
Finally, information came through.
Zhang Chu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Damn it. I finally caught it.
"Eight quick shots!"
"put!"
Add the order immediately.
"Ding!"
"You destroyed one of the Japanese heavy artillery..."
"You gain 5 million yuan..."
Information came intermittently.
"Eight quick shots!"
"put!"
As more and more shells were fired, the barrel began to turn red.
Good guy, how many shells have been fired? Each gun has at least one hundred and fifty rounds. It's all continuous shooting.
No wonder the barrel couldn't bear it.
It seems that the life of the barrel is 5000 rounds?