I have to say that the M2 Browning heavy machine gun is indeed an excellent suppressive weapon. When it was replaced with armor-piercing bullets, armor less than 20 mm could not stop it. Soon, a Type 89 led by the Japanese army
The tank was immediately penetrated by armor-piercing bullets. The whole tank was like a patient suffering from malaria. After trembling for a while, the entire turret immediately lowered. Then the whole tank emitted black smoke.
Never move again.
After the leading tank was destroyed, the surrounding Japanese tanks immediately discovered the machine gun that dared to challenge them. Soon, countless machine gun bullets and artillery shells were fired at them. Amidst the roaring sound of the cannon, the machine gun that was still pouring out was
Flame Tongue's heavy machine gun was submerged in a sea of flames...
"Big guy..."
Not far away... Seeing that the M2 heavy machine gun that was still shooting was submerged by the Japanese artillery fire, Lei Huhu roared, and his eyes were split. If the big man hadn't replaced him just now, the person who was now submerged by the artillery fire
It's him.
He rolled backwards several times and came to the communications soldier hiding behind the hillside. He grabbed the microphone on the radio behind him and said loudly: "Mountain Eagle... Mountain Eagle... I am the Second Battalion."
First company commander Lei Xianghe, we encountered Japanese tank troops and need artillery support, repeat, we encountered artillery support and need artillery support!"
There was a rustling sound coming from the microphone, "This is a mountain eagle, please report the target location."
In Liantai Militia, if you want to become a company commander, learning the eye-tap distance measurement method is a compulsory course.
After hearing this, Lei Hu took a deep breath, stretched out his right thumb between his eyes, closed his left eye, and pointed his right eye through the side of his thumb in the direction of the Japanese tank ahead, keeping his head and hands still.
Close your right eye again and make your left eye look through the same side of your thumb. Keep in mind that your line of sight is in the middle of the Japanese army in front of you. You do some calculations silently in your mouth, and then you shout into the microphone: "A mountain eagle... a mountain."
Diao, this is Lei Xianghe, shooting mission... Coordinate guidance, 2354 3568, repeat, coordinates 2354 3568, grenades for all units, three groups, instant messages fired at the same time, ready to report!"
Soon, the voice just now came from the microphone: "Lei Xianghe... I am a mountain eagle. I am ready to fire and fire at the same time!"
"Fire!"
Anyone who knows the art knows that the first group of artillery shells is the most powerful, and the first salvo is the "efficiency shot".
It is usually possible to catch unprepared enemies in order to achieve the maximum benefit, and at the same time, the best effect can be achieved with the minimum amount of ammunition. In this case, the simultaneous bombing tactic comes into being, the so-called simultaneous bombing
It means to concentrate all the artillery fire. Regardless of the caliber, each unit's artillery is aimed at the center of the designated target area. The shooting distance may be far or near, and the firing time may be sequential, but it is adjusted so that all the bullets reach the target area at the same time. Depending on the number of bullets, the gap may vary.
Only a few seconds left.
There is no "test firing" in this shooting method, and the first shell fired by each artillery that receives the order is the "efficiency shot"
Although this approach will reduce the shooting accuracy of each artillery, it just avoids the problem of excessive concentration of bullets when all the artillery fires at a single coordinate; because the error of each artillery when shooting can exactly be at the target coordinates.
A whole barrage formed around him.
"woo woo woo woo……"
"Boom boom... boom boom boom..."
Soon the first round of twelve 155-mm howitzer shells pierced the air and fell. The sudden artillery fire immediately enveloped the Japanese tanks and infantry who were caught off guard and were rushing towards Liao Kai and the others.
In the sea of fire of death.
Because the artillery fire came so suddenly, even if the Japanese tanks wanted to evacuate, it was too late...
"Boom...boom boom boom..."
The dense explosions continued like thunder, and the Japanese position in front was enveloped in a sea of deathly fire.
Military fans of later generations once had a conjecture: Can a 155mm howitzer directly destroy a tank after hitting it directly?
Later, some serious people did a test. They brought a retired German Leopard 2 heavy tank as a target, and then used a 155mm howitzer to bombard it.
The consequences of the shelling were also shocking. The 55-ton Leopard 2 tank was directly hit by a 155mm grenade and disintegrated on the spot and was reduced to parts.
Mountain Eagle is the nickname of the 1st Artillery Battalion. The M40 self-propelled artillery they are equipped with has a shell weight of 43.1 kilograms. Once such a shell explodes, let alone a direct hit, it just explodes near the Type 89 tank.
Enough to cause fatal damage to it.
Under the witness of Lei Huhu and more than a hundred soldiers of the first company who were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army, through the explosion smoke and clouds, they could clearly see that many Type 89 tanks were blasted into the sky by the huge waves of the explosion, and the turrets were even accompanied by martyrs.
The explosion was blown ten meters away, and the battlefield shrouded in black smoke was so tragic.
Sharp, hot shell fragments were harvesting the lives of Japanese soldiers wantonly. Dozens of Type 89 tanks that were originally on the offensive suffered an almost devastating bombardment almost the moment the bombardment arrived.
"All grenades in the unit, move forward fifty meters, three groups... instant fuzes, all fired at the same time, get ready to report!"
Just when the Japanese army was stunned by this sudden attack, instructions for the second round of shelling were transmitted via wireless telegram to the ears of Zhuang Mancai, commander of the first battalion behind them.
This strike was intended to deal a final blow to the Japanese infantry who had survived on the ground or in the craters.
Faced with the continuous falling shells above their heads, all the surviving Japanese soldiers could do was lie on the ground, letting countless fiery shrapnel scatter over their heads, jumping and kissing everything
To block their scattered objects, the cannonballs falling from the sky were as dense as raindrops, and the ground was being beaten like drums.
The air under the raging flames was billowing with heat, and the midsummer air seemed to be on fire, which made people despair. The Japanese army's position had been ravaged to a terrible extent. The broken guns and broken limbs of the Japanese army, and the soil mixed with fragments, were thrown up in the air.
In just a few seconds, the battlefield was as pitted as the surface of the moon. In the air waves of the explosion, large and small steel shrapnel roared to the dance of death. The corpses that were blown up into the sky were torn into pieces and broken limbs.
, and then the scattered stumps and broken arms were torn into pieces of flesh and blood by the next round of artillery fire, and finally fell together with the smoke into the black soil that had been completely plowed.
After several rounds of intensive air-burst bomb attacks, the Japanese soldiers who had narrowly escaped the bombardment and were lying in the crater or lying on the ground were torn into pieces by shell fragments dropped from the air before they could even react. The explosion in the air caused a huge explosion in the air.
The blast erupted into black smoke clouds, leaving countless corpses on the ground. When the fragments hit the chariot, the bell-like echo echoed on the battlefield and could not disappear for a long time.
The Type 89 tank that had survived the first round of shelling also suffered a nightmare blow. The steel fragments flying from the air to the ground easily tore apart the tank's weak armor and collided with the highly rotating metal shrapnel.
All the tanks behind them emitted black smoke, and some tanks even had their ammunition detonated. The entire tank was blown to pieces by several shells that exploded at the same time.
"Fuck grandma!"
Lei Huhu, who was lying behind the hillside, opened his mouth wide when he saw the scene in front of him. He, like all the soldiers in the company, was stunned by this scene. If the counterattack of dozens of Japanese tanks just now was quite shocking, then this
A few brief rounds of shelling were simply an invitation from the Lord of Hell, with no other ending than death.
"Company commander... the shelling has stopped." After an unknown amount of time, Lu Xianping's voice rang in Lei Huhu's ears. "What should we do now?"
"What should we do? Of course we should continue the charge. Do you want to stay here for dinner?" Lei Huhu glared at Lu Xianping and shouted not far away: "Platoon leader, lead your platoon to take down the Japanese position!"
"clear!"
The platoon leader not far away didn't waste any words and waved his hand: "Brothers, follow me and charge!"
Different from the fierce counterattack by the Japanese army just now, this charge can be said to be extremely smooth. After the shelling, the entire Japanese army position was desolate. By the time Lei Hu led the entire company to the position, there was already very little resistance on the Japanese position.
, not long after, the entire position was occupied by the first company.
After occupying this position, Lei Hu was surprised to find that it was indeed a Japanese command post, but the Japanese troops inside had long since disappeared, leaving only discarded items on the ground and some documents that were too late to be destroyed.
"Damn it, we're late."
Looking at the empty semi-underground command post, Lei Hu put his hands on his hips and cursed loudly.
In fact, neither Lei Hu nor Gao Hongming knew that the person who fled hastily from this command post more than ten minutes ago was none other than the commander of the Ninth Brigade, Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu, and this was also the Ninth Brigade.
Regiment headquarters.
When he was just attacked, Suzuki Shigeyasu was not panicked because the garrison guarding the brigade headquarters had an infantry squadron. Not only that, there was also a tank brigade not far from the headquarters. This was Suzuki Shigeyasu.
Kang’s greatest confidence.
After judging that the opponent was a small force that entered by mistake, Suzuki Shigeyasu ordered the garrison squadron to repel it. However, the subsequent development of the war exceeded his expectation. Not only was the opponent's firepower fierce, but reinforcements were coming in a steady stream.
Keep coming.
At this time, Suzuki Shigeyasu, who was a little nervous at first, immediately sent out his biggest trump card, the chariot brigade.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as the chariot brigade, which he had placed great hope in, was dispatched, it was bombarded by the opponent's heavy artillery. In just seven or eight minutes, the chariot brigade was completely destroyed.
Only then did Suzuki Shigeyasu realize that if he didn't leave, he might never be able to leave again, so he ordered a hasty evacuation...