Along with the buzzing sound coming from the four large speakers around, small black dots also appeared on the screen, and the voice of the narrator also sounded.
"The tactics of the Japanese army are not complicated. That is, the infantry launches an attack under the cover of artillery. After encountering a tenacious sniper attack, it will suspend the attack and use 75mm mountain artillery or 105mm caliber field artillery deployed in the rear to carry out artillery bombardment.
If the distance between the infantry and the defenders is sufficient, they will let the infantry approach and attack with grenade launchers, so that the defenders' machine gun positions can be quickly destroyed.
But there is another situation. If the opponent also has artillery, they will call the air force for low-altitude bombing. In this battle, the Japanese army dispatched a total of sixteen Type 97 heavy bombers and twelve Type 99 dive bombers.
And six Nakajima-1 fighter jets carried out carpet dive bombing on our positions."
With the voice of the narration, the planes that were originally just small black dots quickly became clear. With the roar, more than a dozen dive bombers took the lead in rushing towards the defenders' positions. For a time, all the defenders' firepower was silenced.
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Not only that, there were more than a dozen aircraft flying in another direction. The narration also explained: "Flying in the distance is the Japanese Army's Type 97 heavy explosive aircraft. The maximum speed of this aircraft is 432 kilometers per hour.
, can carry one ton of aerial bombs for bombing, and is one of the main bombers of the Japanese army. Now they are looking for and trying to destroy our artillery positions."
Listening to the commentary in the movie, the expressions of hundreds of people in the entire courtyard, including the head of the headquarters, became solemn.
The Eighth Route Army fought mostly small-scale battles with the Japanese army in recent years, which were small in scale and short in duration. Generally speaking, Japanese aircraft rarely came to interfere, because it was meaningless for them to interfere in such battles.
If they had to participate in a battle involving dozens of people, they would not be able to exhaust those pilots to death. Moreover, battles of this scale were often very short, and the battle was already over by the time they arrived.
But a division-level battle like this is different. Not only does it last long, but the battle is extremely fierce. This kind of battle is when aircraft show their talents.
Several leaders frowned and forgot to smoke the cigarettes in their hands. They stared at the screen tightly. They couldn't figure out how the Liantai militia survived such an intensity of bombing.
In the past, when the Eighth Route Army encountered Japanese aircraft bombings, the only thing they could do was to evacuate and hide immediately to minimize losses.
It's not that the Eighth Route Army doesn't want to fight back, but that the Eighth Route Army lacks the most basic anti-aircraft weapons. Trying to fly a plane with a light machine gun is like shooting a bird in the sky with a water gun.
Of course, if future generations of anti-war drama directors come here, they will definitely bring their latest inventions to blow up planes with grenades. Their reason is very simple. As long as I throw the grenade high enough, there is no plane that cannot be blown up.
came down.
However, the Liantai militia did not disappoint the audience in front of the screen. Soon bursts of rapid roars came from the speakers. At some point, dozens of firepower points suddenly appeared on the ground, with cannons pointing high.
Tongues of fire poured out towards the sky, and soon a dense network of firepower formed barrage after barrage in the sky.
"Dong dong dong..."
The camera of the movie soon switched to an anti-aircraft gun position. Three anti-aircraft guns were seen distributed in a Z-shaped pattern. An officer was observing the sky with a telescope, and then shouted loudly: "Two enemy planes are at 235.
Height 1,200 meters, long point shot...release..."
Following the officer's order, the three anti-aircraft guns opened fire at the same time. The tongues of flame ejected from the muzzles were more than one meter long. Along with the sound of shooting, the shell casings thrown from the side immediately piled up into a layer.
Dense artillery shells continued to explode in the sky, forming an airtight barrage. In less than a minute, a dive bomber was blown up in the sky.
Seeing the flames rising in the sky, the staff officers and personnel in various agencies in front of the movie could not help but cheer.
Although the battles between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army were mainly small-scale and generally did not attract Japanese aircraft, since the Hundred Regiments War began, the frequency of Japanese aircraft visits has begun to increase.
Facing the Japanese aircraft, the Eighth Route Army had no good solution. The headquarters also specifically ordered that when encountering the Japanese aircraft, they should immediately take cover and not shoot, in order to avoid greater casualties. Now they see that the Liantai County militia actually dared to fight against the Japanese aircraft.
He carried it and actually brought down the plane, and many people cheered.
Although the leaders of the Eighth Route Army were not as happy as the soldiers, they also smiled and nodded gently. Commander Lin even said a rare sentence: "This militia has to gain the anti-aircraft firepower."
But this air defense battle was not over. The Japanese army, which had lost a Type 99 dive bomber, seemed to be enraged. Soon six fighter planes flew in and rushed towards the air defense position.
The soldiers on the anti-aircraft position did not show any weakness. Anti-aircraft guns fired fiercely into the sky. Then the camera turned again, and a certain anti-aircraft gun position appeared on the movie screen. The artillery on this anti-aircraft gun position made everyone even more excited.
Shocked.
Many staff officers stared wide-eyed, and some even exclaimed: "Is this... is this also an anti-aircraft gun?"
What appeared on the screen at this time was the 88mm anti-aircraft gun of the Liantai Militia. Each thick barrel shot straight into the sky. With a huge roar, long flames and thick smoke were sprayed out from the muzzle. More than a dozen 88-mm anti-aircraft guns appeared on the screen.
When the cannon shell exploded in the air, the shrapnel emitted after the explosion almost covered most of the sky.
Then the camera turned and more than a dozen steel monsters appeared on the screen. It turned out to be the M40 self-propelled artillery equipped by the Liantai Militia Group. The thick barrel pointed to the sky. Four loaders shouted slogans and worked together to lift nearly a hundred kilograms of shells and put them in.
guide slot.
Then the two gunners worked together to lift the long bomb-feeding rod and push the shell into the barrel. Then the gunner closed the breech, and with the commander's red flag waving, the gunner pulled the gun rope, and only heard a loud noise, accompanied by smoke all over the sky.
The steel monster weighing dozens of tons jerked backwards, and cannonballs weighing tens of kilograms were launched into the sky.
"My dear... what kind of artillery is this? You can fit a whole person into it just by looking at the barrel."
The Eighth Route Army, which was accustomed to seeing small artillery pieces like the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon, had never seen such a cannon with a barrel as thick as a bucket. There were gasps of exclamation for a while.
When everyone was exclaiming at the power of the artillery, more than ten aircraft appeared in the sky above the artillery position. At this moment, everyone's expressions changed. Facing the threat from the sky, the powerful artillery was powerless.
However, their worries did not last long. Soon, another steel monster appeared around the position. However, these steel monsters were not self-propelled artillery, but self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, four-unit 20mm Cyclone high-altitude cannons.
The cannon and the single-shot Dongfeng 37mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun all fired into the sky.
These font-shaped anti-aircraft guns were fired into the open space, forming a tight anti-aircraft fire network, blocking the attack channel of the Japanese aircraft. For a time, various explosions and roars resounded through the sky, and aircraft were continuously shot down and crashed to the ground.
It caused a fire that filled the sky, and artillery positions were constantly hit, causing ammunition to explode. The explosion shook the entire earth.
Looking from a distance, the entire sky over Qixia Pass was filled with the roar of aircraft and the explosion of anti-aircraft guns, and the entire sky was shrouded in thick black smoke.
On the frontal position, on the frontal battlefield of Qixia Pass, the first line of dozens of machine guns of the fourth battalion were pouring out tongues of fire in their respective bunkers. The soldiers hid in the trenches and kept shooting outwards. Behind the defense line,
Behind a slope, dozens of mortars were firing shells continuously, and the intensive artillery fire even blocked the Japanese army's artillery fire.
Although the Japanese attack was also very sharp, in the face of the almost unreasonable and powerful firepower of the Liantai militia, the Japanese attack had little effect. Half an hour later, nothing was found except for mutilated corpses.
Seeing the tragic scenes shown on the screen, everyone fell silent. Such a tragic battle was too unfamiliar to the Eighth Route Army, which was used to fighting sparrow warfare and guerrilla warfare, and pursued the principle of "fight if they can, and then run away if they can't."
It was too shocking.
The leaders' eyes were full of brilliance. Even those who had been fighting for most of their lives were greatly shocked when they saw this scene.
Mr. He asked Mr. Liu in a low voice, "Old Liu, you are the most highly educated among us, and you are also a person who has drank foreign ink. From what you have seen, how is the performance of the Liantai militia?"
Commander Liu thought for a while and said, "Judging from their formation, it can only be said that they are quite satisfactory and belong to a relatively traditional fighting style. There is nothing surprising about it, but their firepower is extremely powerful, especially their
Small arms are much more advanced than the Japanese army. In my opinion, they can be compared with the European powers.
But their only shortcoming is the lack of air support, otherwise it would be the Japanese's turn to have a headache."
Commander He rolled his eyes and scolded with a smile: "How dare you say that air support is such a good thing that even the direct troops of the Central Military Commission dare not think of it, let alone a local militia. What I am curious about now is how much firepower it consumes."
The amount of ammunition is not a small amount, plus the advanced German weapons and equipment in their hands, where did the commander Gao get so many weapons and ammunition?"
Commander Lin on the side spoke, "As the saying goes, cats have catwalks. It's up to Captain Gao to get weapons and ammunition, and we can't control them. But what I'm most interested in is whether he can get them for us too."
A batch of weapons and equipment?”
After hearing this, Master Liu and Master He burst out laughing, "Old Lin, don't worry about it. These German weapons and equipment are good, but they consume too much ammunition, especially that machine gun. I observed it, and it
The firepower of the machine gun is indeed very powerful, and its rate of fire is at least several times faster than the Japanese Type 92, but because of this, people without strong financial resources cannot afford to use this machine gun."
"I didn't say I wanted the German weapons and equipment in their hands."
Mr. Lin took out a small bulging cloth bag from his pocket. He opened the bag and took out a few fried soybeans. He put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, as if he was savoring the taste of the soybeans.
After a while, he continued: "It turns out that after I saw the commendation message sent by Chief Yan, I thought he was lying for Captain Gao. Now it seems that this may not be the case. Judging from the movie shown now.
, after this Liantai militia group occupies a favorable terrain, it is indeed possible to compete with the 41st Division, and even have a chance to severely damage it."
"Um……"
Commander He and Commander Liu also nodded, "It seems that our solution was a little hasty at the beginning. This commander Gao really has two skills in fighting."
Commander Lin continued: "Since he may inflict serious damage on the Japanese army, there will inevitably be a large number of seizures. Should we buy these Japanese weapons and equipment from him?"
"Eh……"
Mr. He and Mr. Liu's eyes lit up.
Yes, why didn't they expect that? Judging from the battle scene they just saw, the Japanese weapons seized by the Liantai Militia were definitely not small. The use of these Japanese weapons must be unknown to the Liantai Militia. Since they were sold to them like this
They are the best deals.
While several division commanders were discussing in low voices, a picture suddenly appeared on the movie screen, just in time for the Japanese army to use artillery barrages and smoke screens to cover the front line of the position and blur the vision. The cavalry regiment suddenly rushed out and inflicted heavy damage to the fourth battalion position. Although
The soldiers of the fourth battalion fought hard, but still could not withstand the cavalry's attack.
Seeing more than a thousand cavalry galloping on the fourth battalion's position, the three division commanders concluded in unison that the battalion was finished and there was basically no possibility of escape.
But then the Fourth Battalion issued a request to the rear to fire on me, and the entire position was immediately covered by artillery fire. Soon, the Japanese cavalry that had been galloping arrogantly on the Fourth Battalion's position instantly fell to the ground screaming like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
The soldiers of the fourth battalion also suffered heavy losses under their own artillery fire. After more than ten minutes, the position where the guns were firing suddenly became silent.
At the same time, the narration sounded again, "In this battle, 786 soldiers from all four battalions participated, 372 were killed and 216 were injured, of which about 80 were seriously injured and required to be retired. Three infantry company commanders,
Except for one person who was wounded, all the other two company commanders were killed, and most of the platoon leader and squad leader were also killed.
Although there were heavy casualties, the third company commander Ma Zhanfu still shouted the request to "shoot at me". The fourth battalion used their flesh and blood, with the cooperation of artillery, to annihilate the Japanese army that was several times the enemy's. They were worthy of the Chinese soldiers.
title."
Seeing this, everyone fell silent. Although everyone did not belong to the same army, they were all sons and daughters of China and shared the same emotions. Many people's eyes turned red.
Of course, what happened on the battlefield that the four battalions of surviving soldiers killed all the surviving Japanese prisoners on the battlefield will not be shown in the movie.
This documentary about the Battle of Qixiaguan is very long, three hours long. It was already dark after watching it, and several leaders fell into deep thought after watching it.