Chapter 245 Ding Wei: I listened to Lao Kong on this matter (two chapters in one)
When the attacking troops fought bloody battles with the Japanese, Huang Yuzheng commanded his men to set up flying thunder cannons with a nervous look on his face...
First dig a hole in the ground, insert half of the thunder cannon barrel into it, and then compact it with soil to increase the pressure-bearing capacity of the thunder cannon barrel.
After doing all this, the observers transferred from the artillery unit have determined the shooting direction and shooting distance of the attack target.
"Use a two-hundred-meter propellant pack..." shouted the observer squatting next to Huang Yu.
"Load twenty kilograms of explosives... hurry up and prepare... to ignite..."
The burning gunpowder fuse shortened rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the moment it disappeared from the wall of the gasoline barrel, an explosion sounded.
Orange-red flames spurted out from the oil barrel, quickly pushing the baffle out of the oil barrel. The explosive package also flew out of the oil barrel under the push of the baffle, hitting the Japanese blocking position at a speed visible to the naked eye...
The length of the fuse on the explosive package is calculated to ensure that the explosive package explodes when it hits the ground and does not give the enemy a chance to cut off the fuse of the explosive package.
Just as the millstone-sized explosive package disappeared from sight, an orange-red fireball had risen from the ground, more than ten meters high, and billowing smoke rose simultaneously, forming a huge mushroom cloud dozens of meters high...
Only then did the "rumbling..." explosion sound reach Huang Yu's ears... A heavy machine gun and two crooked handles next to the explosion point misfired at the same time...
Huang Yu knew at a glance that the Japs in the bunker had been severely damaged. Even if they were not killed, they would be knocked out and temporarily lose their combat effectiveness. He put down the telescope and shouted with excitement.
"The first hit, the Japanese machine gun misfired, the thunder cannon is working...keep shooting..."
"Boom, boom, boom..." Several flying thunder cannons nearby fired at the same time. In less than two seconds, five or six fireballs shot up from the Japanese position.
The explosion was as deafening as before, and several fire points misfired during the explosion.
Even if an explosive package misses the target, with their killing radius of more than ten meters, it can still affect many little Japs hiding in bunkers and bomb craters.
In front of the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, the three regiment commanders were also paying attention to every move on the battlefield.
Seeing the attacking troops being massacred by the light and heavy machine guns set up by the Japanese in the bunker, everyone clenched their fists, heartbroken and anxious.
Seeing the flying thunder cannon join the battle and kill a machine gun bunker with one shot, the nervous expression on his face immediately turned into anticipation...
After more and more explosive packets were fired into the Japanese positions by thunder cannons, the expectant expression on his face was replaced by a smile.
Each and every one of them felt as if they had eaten honey, and their mouths could not be closed with joy...
Li Yunlong, in particular, shouted while watching: "The flying thunder cannon is useful, Xiao Huang did not let us down..."
"You bastard little devils, I was the one who got bombed in the past, and today I will let you get bombed again... Even if there are bunkers and bomb-proof caves to hide in, I will still take your lives!"
"Let Huang Yu continue to blow up me. If six thousand kilograms of explosives are not enough, use ten thousand kilograms to kill all the little devils on the battlefield!"
Kong Jie was not as optimistic as Li Yunlong. He shook his head and reminded: "Although the power of the flying thunder cannon is very powerful, it is only effective against the Japanese hiding in the bunker and cannot hurt the Japanese hiding in the anti-gun caves!"
"Although we have explosives, we can't waste them in vain!"
"Tell Huang Yu to stop after blowing up the bunker and let the infantry attack."
"Those little devils hiding in the bunker still need infantry to greet them. No matter how powerful the flying thunder cannon is, they can't overtake them!"
Ding Wei responded: "Lao Kong is right...you can't listen to Lao Li on this matter!"
"Our artillery has basically been used up by the Japanese. The remaining weapons and ammunition can be saved only if we can, and must not be wasted."
Li Yunlong replied calmly: "I'm so excited!"
"Those explosives also contain my share... I can definitely save money. Why do I still expect them to help me rebuild the New Second Regiment?"
"Rumble..."
The explosions on the blocking position continue...
More and more thunder cannons are joining the battle...On average, five explosive charges can severely damage a bunker.
If you're lucky, you can destroy the bunker directly...
If you are not lucky, you can also use shock waves to kill or injure the little devils inside...
In less than three minutes, all thirteen bunkers built by the Japanese on the front line were lost.
The flying thunder artillery unit also paid a lot of price in the battle.
After seeing clearly that the explosive package was thrown from the offensive position, the little devil on the position did not choose to wait passively for death.
Pull out a lot of grenade launchers that are fighting against the grenade launchers of the Independent Regiment to counterattack.
In the eyes of the Japanese, although the Eighth Route Army grenades were very powerful, in terms of threat, they were definitely not as good as those flying thunder cannons that could directly destroy bunkers.
Fortunately, the flying thunder cannons were very dispersed. They were grouped in groups of two or three and hid behind the bunkers. A flying grenade could not kill many people.
Otherwise, in a direct bombardment, at least half of the flying thunder artillery troops would suffer casualties.
The former enemy headquarters of the Japanese army, Colonel Sakamoto, is going crazy.
The bunker was his last resort in holding his position and blocking the Eighth Route Army's attack.
I thought that the Eighth Route Army artillery had suffered heavy losses in the artillery battle just now. Even if the remaining artillery was fired at close range, it would be destroyed by the remaining three cannons in a short period of time. It would be difficult to have much effect...
The Eighth Route Army's offensive troops will eventually be defeated by the bunker.
As a result, they found another way and came up with a new weapon that no one had ever seen before, and in less than three minutes they destroyed all the dozen bunkers they had high hopes for...
The huge change made him completely unable to accept this fact.
He looked dumbfounded and didn't react for a while.
It wasn't until the artillery staff officer on the side spoke that he was brought back to reality: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander... The Eighth Route Army used a projectile we have never seen before to launch the lit explosive package onto the bunker!"
"As long as the explosive charge is sufficient, even if the bunker cannot be destroyed, the powerful shock wave can kill the soldiers hiding in the bunker!"
"If we want to keep the remaining bunker and the troops continue to hide in the bunker to attack the Eighth Route Army, we must find a way to destroy their ejector that throws the explosive packets!"
Seeing that Colonel Sakamoto had a solemn expression and did not answer, the artillery staff officer continued his analysis: "I have just observed it!"
"All their projectiles are hidden behind the bunkers of their offensive positions... As long as we concentrate all artillery fire and grenade launchers on their offensive positions, we will definitely achieve unexpected results..."
A captain immediately stood up and retorted: "Do you know how big the Eighth Route Army's offensive position is? How scattered are their ejectors?"
"If we want to cover the entire offensive position with artillery fire, it's not enough for us to gather all the grenade launchers equipped by the three brigades!"
"And they are counterattacking the grenade troops of the Eighth Route Army. If they all attack the offensive positions of the Eighth Route Army, our grenadier troops will become living targets for the grenade troops of the Eighth Route Army..."
"Our artillery unit has been completely lost in the artillery battle just now!"
"If the grenade launcher is destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's grenadier soldiers in the next battle... In the next battle, we won't even be able to destroy the Eighth Route Army's firepower points!"
"Instead of letting the grenadier soldiers risk their lives to destroy some projectiles that they don't know whether they can be destroyed, it's better to keep them useful and kill a few more Eighth Route Army troops in the next battle!"
"In this humble position, I have to remind you, Captain, of one thing!"
"None of us know how the Eighth Route Army's projectiles for throwing explosive packets are made. If it is easy, they can make as many as we destroy at once, so how can we destroy them at the risk of annihilating the whole army of grenadiers?
How can we be at a loss... Your Excellency, Captain, please think again!"
"Then we can't just watch the Eighth Route Army destroy our machine gun bunkers with projectiles and explosive packets!" The artillery staff decided to try again and asked the question bravely.
For a time, everyone in the command center focused their attention on Colonel Sakamoto, waiting for him to make the final decision.
"Your analysis makes sense!" Colonel Sakamoto thought for a moment and replied.
"I decided to reconcile the two of you..."
"Deploy half of the grenade launchers to deal with the projectiles on the offensive position, and the remaining half of the grenade launchers continue to counterattack the Eighth Route Army's grenade launchers, suppressing the Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower points..."
"If attack projectiles are useful, add grenade attack projectiles."
"If it doesn't work, the grenade that attacked the catapult will go back and attack the Eighth Route Army's grenade!"
"Notify the defenders again..."
"The machine gun bunker is not omnipotent. Even if we don't have a bunker, we can still use bayonets to block the Eighth Route Army's attack..."
"First use machine gun fire to block the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops head-on..."
"If you can't stop the fire, prepare to fight with bayonet!"
"Their strength is limited, and our stabbing ability far exceeds theirs..."
"Bayonets can also weaken their artillery advantage. Even if the entire frontline defenders are wiped out, we can still defeat the 2,000 Eighth Route Army!"
"If we kill another thousand of them in the second-line position, there will be no one left in the Eighth Route Army to attack us!"
"Tick-tick...tick-tock..."
The loud sound of the charge horn resounded across the battlefield again. More than a thousand soldiers from the Independent Regiment jumped up from the ground like a pack of wolves, and charged towards the mountainside with their weapons raised.
More than twenty heavy machine guns providing fire cover fired desperately to suppress the little Japs who wanted to show their faces halfway up the mountain!
The grenade launcher fired grenades continuously, destroying the few machine gun fire points on the position.
The Japanese were not a vegetarian either. The grenadier soldiers hid in shell craters and bunkers to fight back, constantly destroying the heavy machine guns of the independent regiment at the foot of the mountain.
"Boom boom boom..."
Several grenades fell from the sky, as if they had eyes, and accurately hit a heavy machine gun position.
A grenade hit the machine gun, instantly dismembering it into several parts.
Other grenades hit the surroundings, and the flying fragments intertwined, killing the machine gunner next to the heavy machine gun wantonly.
In an instant, a heavy machine gun squad was submerged in artillery fire.
"Move quickly, we are being targeted by Japanese grenade launchers..." the heavy machine gun platoon leader shouted anxiously, with heartache in his eyes.
Before the war, his heavy machine gun platoon had four heavy machine guns...
Less than half an hour after the attack started, it was reduced to two troops...
If he continues to fight like this, he will become a polished commander in half an hour...
The nearby grenadier soldiers were very anxious. Seeing the heavy machine guns being destroyed one after another, they wished they could put eyes on the grenades and kill all the grenadier soldiers hiding in the enemy's position with a single volley.
But the reality is very cruel. Because their skills are inferior to others, they can only draw a tie with three or four grenade launchers against the enemy's one grenade launcher.
If they had not had more grenade launchers than the Japs and sufficient ammunition, they would have been killed by the Japs grenade launchers in the previous attack.
"There is a Japanese grenade hidden in the artillery crater in the northeast...a distance of 170 meters...four grenade launchers fired a salvo, firing two rounds of grenades in succession. I don't believe I can't kill him!" said the grenade squad leader.
He raised his thumb to measure the distance and commanded through gritted teeth.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The men quickly fired the grenade, with fire flying around the target and thick smoke billowing...
Unfortunately, all four grenades in the first round missed.
What made the squad leader most angry was that the sudden explosion alerted all the Japanese in the crater, and the three of them were holding grenades and preparing to move!
"It's wrong... all four grenade launchers are 20 meters to the left, launch..." the squad leader shouted anxiously, fearing that the cooked duck would slip away from his mouth again.
"Boom boom boom..."
The moment the fire splashed, the explosion sound reached the monitor's ears...
The two grenades hit the target, and the three Japanese soldiers were knocked over at the same time. They fell to the ground and stopped moving!
"Well done...just beat me like this!" the monitor shouted excitedly, waving his fists.
"Kill all those little Japs with grenade launchers who dare to attack the heavy machine gun troops...boom..."
Before the monitor finished speaking, two explosions rang in his ears.
It was as if his body had been hit hard, completely out of control. He fell to the ground on his back, and the heartbreaking pain quickly spread from his stomach and chest throughout his body...
He knew he was being bombed and lost consciousness before he could even scream...
Another grenade group was bombed at the same time. Three soldiers were instantly blown over, two were killed and one was injured...
"No, we have been targeted by the little Japs. We must move our position immediately to avenge the squad leader..." The deputy squad leader decisively took over the command order.
This is how fighting is, especially when the enemy and we are evenly matched. As soon as we kill one of the enemy's grenade groups, the enemy will immediately kill one of our own grenade groups...
In the huge consumption, whoever can outsmart whomever and whoever can find the opponent's flaw first in the battle will win the final victory on the battlefield.
In the former enemy headquarters of the Japanese army, Colonel Sakamoto frowned more and more. When he saw that several more grenade groups were killed on the position and the blocking troops were too suppressed to lift their heads, he decisively lowered his telescope and ordered.
"Fighting the Eighth Route Army with bayonets..."
"The Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower was too fierce and there was no bunker cover. We suffered too much from the exchange of fire between the two sides. Neither of the two soldiers could kill a single soldier of the other side. The result of the battle would definitely not be as expected... There is still a chance to turn defeat into victory with a bayonet fight!"
"With our stabbing ability, it is no problem for one soldier to kill two Eighth Route Army troops. Once the battle is completed, the first-line position has a chance to kill 2,000 Eighth Route Army troops and severely damage the enemy."
Several captains nearby were convinced, especially the Japanese captain whose subordinates were fighting a bloody battle. After hearing this, he grabbed the phone from the orderer and started giving orders...
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