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Chapter 197: Drive the Japanese away

With the help of reconnaissance balloons, the Japanese artillery positions were clearly visible through the observer's telescope.

"Reset the bearing, the bearing is 567, the distance is 12280, the bullets are fired quickly, and the grenades are fired rapidly..."

After receiving the instruction from the balloon, the gunners of the 1st Artillery Battalion immediately raised the gun body. The gunner reset the firing table according to the commander's order and then pulled the gun rope.

Chinese artillery will never be passively attacked. Attack is always the fundamental creed of artillery.

Amidst the deafening sound of artillery, bursts of violent explosions brought thousands of degrees of heat and countless steel fragments tearing apart the artillery array of the Japanese Type 96 field artillery.

The shrill screams of the cannonballs as they flew enveloped the sky above Qianqiu Bridge, and the air and the earth were violently convulsing and trembling.

Hundreds of Japanese artillerymen are busy on the battlefield. These Japanese artillerymen can be regarded as experienced in battles. It was their first time to fight against the Liantai militia and they knew nothing about their opponents. They received only one order, and that was to use

Destroy the Chinese army's artillery position at the front left as quickly as possible.

Just as the bombardment started, accompanied by a harsh whistling sound, the dense shells were mixed with fire and death, slamming over like a crumbling mountain.

"Moxi Moxi! I am Koizumi, I am Koizumi!" On the smoke-filled artillery position, a dust-covered major was shouting anxiously into the phone, but the phone was quiet and there was no movement at all.

"Baga, the Chinese blew up the phone line." The Major dropped the phone angrily and cursed.

Boom! A fireball soared into the sky, a piece of shrapnel flew over, and hot blood was sprinkled on a soldier who was carrying the artillery shell. Half of Koizumi's head was cut off by the shrapnel, and his brain blood covered the entire artillery frame. He lost his command.

The soldiers stood there at a loss. At this moment, another artillery shell fell on the ground. The huge shock wave and the smoke rising into the sky made them return to dust and dust...

Compared with the Japanese artillerymen who lost their lives to shrapnel, Kanji Ishihara, the division commander, was naturally much safer.

Although they arrived in a hurry, during these few hours, the engineering troops still tried their best to dig out an underground bunker several meters deep and more than fifty square meters wide for him.

"boom……"

As the underground bunker shook violently, the officers in the bunker bent down involuntarily. Only Ishihara smiled and stood motionless in front of the map, with a very gloomy look on his face.

"The Type 96 field artillery brigade of the artillery wing was suppressed by China's heavy artillery. Since the range of China's heavy artillery was far beyond that of our artillery, we had no way to deal with them during the artillery battle. All our artillery could do was to target China's artillery.

The infantry positions were bombarded." Chief of Staff Mizuo Nakazawa stood upright and reported the battle situation to Ishihara Wanji in a serious manner.

"No wonder...no wonder the 41st Division was defeated so miserably." Ishihara Wanji sighed and finally moved. He turned his head and asked Colonel Nakazawa Mitsuo: "Nakazawa-kun, if I remember correctly, you

Have you ever participated in the battle to capture Nanjing in China?"

"Yes." Mitsuo Nakazawa bowed and said, "At that time, I had the honor to follow Mr. Nakajima Ima to participate in the captured Nanjing campaign."

Ishihara Wanji could see a hint of arrogance flashing in Mizuo Nakazawa's eyes, and asked calmly: "So, you can be considered an old man of the 16th Division, so tell me what happened today."

What is the difference between the Chinese militia and the Chinese army you have encountered before?"

"different?"

The arrogance in Mitsuo Nakazawa's eyes was gone, and he smiled bitterly: "If I hadn't known very well that I was standing on the soil of China, I would have thought that I was fighting against the most elite German Wehrmacht.

To be honest, the weapons of the army on the opposite side are much more sophisticated than those of the Imperial Army. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed that there would be such an elite and well-trained army in China.

force."

"Yes." Ishihara Wanji also sighed, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, how could I believe it? But the facts are right in front of us. No matter how reluctant we are, we have to believe that the troops in front of us are indeed Chinese.

, and the most incredible thing is actually a local militia."

Speaking of this, Ishihara Wanji had a rare trace of confusion in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared and his face became cold, "But because of this, we must eliminate them at all costs, especially Gao Hongming

This person must be completely destroyed.

You immediately order Major General Tatsumi Kusanagi to launch an attack on the Chinese positions from the right wing. I do not require his attack to be violent, but it must be continuous and put maximum pressure on the Chinese.

I admit that the Chinese artillery is indeed more advanced than the Empire's and has a much longer range, but so what? The Empire has absolute military strength and air superiority.

Moreover, the original base area of ​​Gao Hongming and his militia was an expeditionary expedition in Chinese terms. The ammunition they carried must be limited. We can make full use of these advantages to slowly oppress them and tie them down like a noose.

Tighten it tightly so that you can't breathe anymore, and then watch yourself die before your eyes!"

Ishihara Wanji is indeed qualified to say this. Today, around Qianqiu Bridge, there are 16,108 troops from two divisions gathered. The number of people alone is more than four or five times that of Gao Hongming, and they also have air superiority.

Although today's air strikes and artillery battles have caused considerable losses, don't forget that Japan is an industrial power. The industrial resources, manpower and material resources it possesses are definitely not something that a mere militia group can compete with. No one with normal thinking will

I think Gao Hongming has a chance of winning, let alone someone like Ishihara Wanji.

Later General Chen Cheng once said: Japanese generals are usually short in stature, and their tactics are not innovative. However, from the generals and assistant officers down to the sergeants and corps commanders, they conduct operations in a strict manner and strictly follow infantry drills. Therefore, they rarely

An error occurred.

The same is true now. Under the orders of Kanji Ishihara and Takehiko Iwase, the 16th Division and the 108th Division each sent a squadron to launch a probing attack on the first line of defense.

"Kill me..."

Looking at the Japanese troops coming like a tide from both sides, the expressions of the entire battalion, from the officers down to the soldiers, were particularly grim.

Wu Chengfeng led two guards to shuttle back and forth on the battlefield, shouting loudly: "Everyone, listen up, these are the vanguard of the Japs. They are only here to conduct fire reconnaissance. Each company can only dispatch two machine guns.

We must not expose all our firepower points.”

"Batalion Commander...the Japanese are pressing down to 300 meters!" someone nearby shouted.

"What are you still doing? Open fire immediately...kill the devils!"


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