Chapter 242 Kong Jie: Li Yunlong, don't give up that little belonging
At eight o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark. Everything was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.
The former enemy headquarters where Kong Jie was located had several telephones connected to the artillery positions of the three regiments.
"Jingle Bell……"
A phone suddenly rang. Kong Jie decisively grabbed the phone and put it to his ear to hear the report from the artillery company commander Chen Daliang.
"Report to the head of the regiment...the artillery unit of the independent regiment is ready to participate in the war..."
"The eight mountain cannons form one artillery position, and the thirty-eight mortars are divided into two artillery positions, for a total of three artillery positions."
"All on standby!" Kong Jie was very satisfied with the order.
"I will contact you as soon as possible if there is a mission!"
As soon as Kong Jie put down the phone, a phone next to him rang. Li Yunlong picked up the phone and listened for half a minute before putting it down!
"Lao Kong... the artillery of the new second regiment was divided into three..."
"Mountain artillery and infantry artillery are combined into one artillery position...the mortars are divided into two artillery positions, with a total of thirty-eight artillery pieces of various types, ready to participate in battle at any time!"
Five minutes later, Ding Wei also received the good news that the artillery positions were ready for battle.
For a moment, the two old comrades focused their attention on Kong Jie, waiting for him to make up his mind.
"Old Li, Old Ding..." Kong Jie knew that he had a heavy burden on his shoulders, so he didn't waste any time and directly analyzed the two of them!
"Investigation shows that the Japs on Jinniu Mountain are equipped with a total of twelve mountain field guns, six infantry guns, and more than thirty mortars. The number is exactly half of ours."
"In the eyes of the Japanese, more than half of our artillery strength has been lost through daytime bombing."
"They will definitely have the idea of underestimating the enemy. As long as we make good use of this, we can take a preemptive strike and destroy the Japanese artillery positions first."
"Call Chen Daliang immediately and deploy half of the mortars to attack the Japanese first line of defense. The other artillery units are on standby!"
Less than a minute after the order was given, the explosion of "rumbling..." spread along the first line of defense of the Japanese army.
More than a dozen fireballs rose into the sky, and the dazzling firelight instantly illuminated the battlefield into daylight. Kong Jie clearly saw that several little Japanese who were caught off guard were blown away in the explosion...
"Good job!" Li Yunlong shouted with eyes shining.
"Before the Japanese get into the bomb-proof hole, blow up as many as possible!"
Colonel Sakamoto was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army at Jinniushan. He had been waiting at the headquarters to wait for the independent regiment to fire.
More than an hour ago, the good news that more than half of the Eighth Route Army's artillery units had been lost was forwarded by Yoshio Shinozuka to the former enemy headquarters.
Colonel Sakamoto had long made plans for his artillerymen to perish together with the Eighth Route Army artillerymen.
Seeing this good news, he knew that his artillerymen were saved!
As long as the plan is proper, the artillery under his command can completely destroy the artillery of the independent regiment, and then use artillery shells to suppress the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army, completely blocking them at the foot of the mountain, unable to advance or retreat.
For this reason, he specially divided the thirty-six mortars under his command into six... The six mortars formed an artillery position, attacking the Eighth Route Army artillery position from different angles, distracting their originally small artillery fire, and dispatching ten more mortars.
The eight mountain field guns and infantry guns dealt a devastating blow to the Eighth Route Army artillery unit.
When the Eighth Route Army came up, they concentrated more than a dozen mortars to blast the first line of defense, as if to give themselves a disincentive.
Not only was Colonel Sakamoto not worried, he was looking forward to it.
The troops dug a large number of artillery-proof holes on the position, and the mortar damage to the position was limited. As long as the men hid in the artillery-proof holes, casualties would be minimal.
Moreover, he could strike back and destroy the exposed artillery units of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.
With a cold snort, he began to give orders: "The No. 1 and 2 artillery positions are ready to counterattack...immediately lock the Eighth Route Army artillery positions and destroy the opponent as quickly as possible!"
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has nearly twenty mortars. We only dispatched two artillery positions and twelve mortars. The number of artillery is much lower than theirs. Is it too few? I'm worried that the artillery is no match for them!"
A captain reminded me.
Colonel Sakamoto answered confidently: "Twelve artillery pieces are enough!"
"The Eighth Route Army indeed dispatched more artillery than we did, but their gunners' skills couldn't match ours!"
"If it were a head-to-head artillery battle, one of our mortars would have no problem against their two mortars!"
"Although the Eighth Route Army's artillery was severely damaged in the daytime air raid, they probably still have more artillery than we do!"
"If we send out the same number of artillery pieces to fight them, we probably won't have enough artillery pieces to suppress their remaining artillery pieces!"
"Everyone must believe in the artillery under his command... and execute the order!"
When Colonel Sakamoto gave the order to counterattack, Kong Jie was not idle and continued to give orders to Chen Daliang on the other end of the microphone.
"Chen Daliang, please listen to me!"
"The Japanese will definitely launch artillery counterattack..."
"After being attacked, your No. 2 mortar position immediately locked onto the opponent's position and counterattacked as quickly as possible..."
"The No. 1 artillery position immediately abandoned all mortars and transferred them..."
"Don't think about counterattack, and don't be reluctant to part with those mortars... wait until the Japanese bombardment is over and then go back and collect the mortars that can still be used. Do you understand?"
"Commander... those are nearly twenty mortars, how can you just say you don't want them..." Chen Daliang's doubts immediately spread through the microphone.
"Artillery is the lifeblood of our artillery... we would rather lose our lives to save those mortars!"
Kong Jie sternly cursed: "Confused..."
"As long as the gunner is alive, we still have a chance to snatch back the mortar that was blown up by the Japanese..."
"If the gunner died protecting the mortar, no one would be able to operate the mortar. What would I do with all that scrap metal!"
"Remember this for me. The battle is over. If I hear that a gunner in the artillery unit died protecting the artillery, I will question you!"
Chen Daliang was obviously in great pain at this moment.
Asking him to give up his artillery and move alone is tantamount to letting them become deserters...
But the commander’s orders must be carried out...
Kong Jie waited for a while without hearing his reply, fearing that he would do something impulsive, so he continued: "If you feel embarrassed, you can not be the artillery company commander!"
"Have your instructor answer the phone..."
As soon as Chen Daliang heard Kong Jie's arrangement, he realized that the order just now could not be changed, and had to compromise: "I will execute the order!"
Kong Jie's tense nerves also relaxed at this moment, and he continued to order: "I will give you one last sentence!"
"The life of the gunner is much more important than those artillery pieces!"
"As long as we keep the gunners, even if all the artillery we equip is blown up, I am confident that we can rebuild the artillery company within half a year!"
"If you don't have qualified gunners, you won't be able to build an artillery battery even if you give me a year."
Kong Jie put down the microphone and turned his attention to his old comrades: "Old Li, Old Ding..."
"The Japanese artillery is better than ours, and their artillery accuracy is much better than ours!"
"If you don't move immediately after being attacked, you won't be able to let go of those artillery pieces, and you will suffer two or three more rounds of shells... Not only the gunners can't be saved, but the artillery pieces can't be saved either!"
"We must make a choice now, otherwise we will lose both my wife and our troops!"
"I suggest you give the same order to your artillery."
"As long as the Japanese artillery force can be destroyed...if dozens of artillery pieces are gone, they will be gone!"
"As long as people are alive, with the ability of the three of us, we can rebuild the artillery company in half a year at most!"
"If you are lucky enough, you can build an artillery battalion without any problem!"
Ding Wei was convinced and immediately replied: "Lao Confucius is right... As long as people live, everything will happen in the future!"
"If all the gunners die, no matter how many artillery pieces we capture in the future, no one will use them!"
"Besides, the artillery is made of steel after all, so it is definitely more resistant to explosions than the gunner!"
"No matter how powerful the little devil is, he can't blow up all the artillery!"
"As long as there are only seven or eight sects left in the end, I won't lose anything!"
Li Yunlong's face was full of heartache.
After more than ten years of fighting, and several years as a regiment leader, I finally got lucky and managed to acquire so many artillery pieces, but then I had to give up before I could hold on to the heat. This is too unacceptable.
But Kong Jie's analysis just now is reasonable and well-founded, and Li Yunlong agrees with it from the bottom of his heart...
But he was unwilling to give up so many weapons.
I struggled internally for a while before making a decision: "I will give the order to the artillery battery now!"
"You are all right. With my ability, Li Yunlong, as long as I keep the artillery, I can raise the artillery battalion!"
"Damn it, as long as we can kill the little Japs on Jinniu Mountain, we will destroy the dozens of artillery pieces of the New Second Regiment!"
"Boom boom boom..."
While he was talking, the first round of counterattack shells fired by the Japanese army finally hit the No. 1 artillery position of the Independence Regiment.
The three people quickly turned back.
The fireball exploded by the artillery shell is clearly visible...
More than a dozen artillery shells seemed to have eyes, and almost all of them hit the artillery position.
In the splash of fire, at least ten gunners were blown away.
The surviving gunners have received death orders from Kong Jie.
When being bombarded, regardless of whether the shells in hand were fired or not, immediately drop the artillery and retreat towards the surrounding area...
Although they were very reluctant to abandon the artillery in front of them, the order must be carried out...
Before the explosion ended, dozens of gunners had already dispersed, desperate to escape from the artillery position.
By the time the Japanese's second round of shells hit, more than half of the dozens of gunners had fled, and only a few gunners were killed and injured...
But no matter what, most of the gunners on the artillery position survived.
The Japanese did not know that the artillery position they were attacking was empty, so they still fired artillery shells there at their fastest rate of fire.
In the blink of an eye, the small artillery position was bombarded with artillery fire.
Li Yunlong was stunned and sighed: "The Japanese artillery shells were fired too accurately! Fortunately, Lao Kong gave the troops a fatal order to abandon the artillery..."
"If you retreat with artillery on your back, the soldiers will have to take at least two more rounds of shells..."
“It’s good if a dozen gunners can survive out of dozens of gunners!”
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