The howitzer position placed under a hillside a few kilometers behind Yangping Town emitted continuous gunfire. The roar of 18 105 howitzers and 12 M40 155mm self-propelled howitzers nicknamed Long-Legged Tom almost shocked the entire city.
Earth, like thunderous cannons, tore through the dull world.
Clusters of white smoke and orange fire suddenly flashed on the artillery position. It was only then that the belated sound sounded, followed by an airtight loud noise.
The cannonball flying at supersonic speed pierced the air and made a sharp or dull sound. The movement was indescribable. It seemed like the whole sky was thundering, or like countless big drums being beaten by strong men.
These sounds were so loud that even though the gunners all wore earmuffs, their ears still hurt from the shock, and they even felt the ground beneath their feet trembling.
After the shells slid in the air for more than ten seconds, the entire ninth brigade position first exploded into a bright spot and a cloud of smoke. Then, the bright spot turned into a sea of fire, and the smoke cluster formed a black smoke.
The high-explosive fragmentation grenade equipped with the M40 self-propelled howitzer weighs 43.4 kilograms. When it explodes, it will immediately blast a crater seven to eight meters wide and three to four meters deep on the ground. The power of the explosion will eliminate humans and animals within tens of meters.
The Ninth Brigade has experienced several years of war since it entered China, and has fought with quite a few Chinese troops, but this is the first time it has encountered such ferocious artillery fire. Under the fierce shelling, it was hurriedly dug out yesterday.
The bunker was blown apart beyond recognition like a paper toy.
"Xiaoquan-kun, lie down quickly..."
Listening to the sound of artillery shells piercing the sky, a senior soldier, Koji Asano, who had served for more than three years, of course knew what the sound was, so he quickly lay on the ground and loudly greeted those who had a good relationship with him.
Fellow countryman.
"boom!"
As soon as he lay down on the ground, Asano Koji heard explosions coming from beside him from time to time, and a strong heat wave that almost blew him away.
The ground began to shake, and the huge explosion shook Asano Koji's ears. For a while, except for the dull explosion, no other sounds could be heard.
At this time, Asano Koji saw that Koizumi, who was hiding in a foxhole, suddenly stood up. As soon as the panicked Koizumi stood up, Asano Koji saw Koizumi fall down again.
On the ground...his head is gone.
"Boom...boom...boom"
Looking at the headless Koizumi and the blood gushing out from his neck, Asano Koji suddenly felt that the explosion sound coming into his ears became clearer. The dense explosion sound coming from around him was far beyond his imagination. The explosion
The sound was even as dense as the sound of firecrackers when Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival. With the explosion, the originally clear sky was shrouded in black smoke, and what was heard was the "swish" of the blown fragments that broke through the air.
The sound was mostly the screams of the surrounding soldiers.
"Asano-kun...help me!"
At this time, a weak voice reached Asano Koji's ears.
Asano Koji, who was lying on the ground and didn't even dare to move, saw a man covered in blood not far to the right and struggling hard. The bloody man shouted loudly and heard a familiar voice. Asano Koji
After taking a closer look, he saw that it was his squad leader, so he shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, Second Lieutenant, don't move."
Just when Asano Koji was about to crawl over to save people, he found that the squad leader's legs had been blown away, and red mist-like blood spurted out from the broken legs. Seeing all this, Asano Koji couldn't help but feel a shudder in his heart.
Cream, looking at dead bodies and broken limbs everywhere in front of him, he felt a heat between his legs, and a stream of liquid flowed out from between his legs.
"Boom, boom..."
Listening to the explosions in the distance, the black smoke raised by the explosions instantly filled the 9th Brigade position that had a good sight. Brigadier Chen, who was observing the shelling with his telescope, put down his telescope.
Being used to big scenes, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Li Yunlong on the side couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, this Gao Gao's artillery battalion is really ruthless. If the Japanese troops are arranged more densely, not only one squad will be wiped out with one shot."
Zhao Gang also sighed softly: "I once heard a veteran say that during the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese battleships' artillery shells were so powerful that they often destroyed a charging company with one shot. At that time, I was still
I thought he was exaggerating, but later I realized that he was not exaggerating at all."
"It's really true!"
Brigadier Chen also said: "Take the Japanese battleship Nagato as an example. Its shells have a caliber of 410 mm, and one shell weighs 1.2 tons. One shot can blast a crater the size of a pond, so
It is indeed no exaggeration to say that one shot can kill an entire company."
Li Yunlong listened leisurely and fascinated, "It would be great if we also had such a battleship cannon. When fighting with the little devils, just use two cannons, no matter how strong the fortifications are."
Zhao Gang and Brigadier Chen did not agree this time. Who wouldn't want such a good thing like a battleship with a 410 mm caliber cannon and tens of thousands of tons? However, these things can be said to be the highest technology of this era. It is not easy to build them.
After a long while, Brigadier Chen patted him on the shoulder and said, "There will be bread and there will be milk. Now let's fight the battle in front of us first. Li Yunlong, you have to pay attention later."
The one we are attacking later is a Japanese brigade. Don’t mess with me. As soon as the fight starts, rush forward. Remember to cooperate well with Commander Gao and follow closely around those tanks. If you let me see
If your recklessness leads to serious consequences, I can't spare you, do you understand?"
Facing the stern brigade commander, the usually lawless Li Yunlong lowered his head like an angry little daughter-in-law: "I understand the brigade commander. This is not the first time I have cooperated with Brother Gao. I know how to fight."
"It's good to know." Seeing Li Yunlong agree, Brigadier Chen's expression softened a little, "I'm not saying this to tell you to tie your hands, but to tell you that what we are facing this time is the most elite Japanese army of 100,000 people.
, there are still several divisions of Japanese soldiers waiting for us, we can’t spend all our money at the beginning, otherwise we won’t be able to fight in the future.”
"Brigadier, don't worry, I know!"
Li Yunlong answered solemnly.
Time passed little by little, and after half an hour, the thunderous sound of cannons suddenly stopped, as if the previous sound of cannons was just an illusion, giving people an unreal feeling.
The feeling of answer only existed for a brief moment, and soon another voice began to sound...