Just when Major General Nobu Mizuno was feeling proud, another row of artillery shells hit him from the opposite side.
But this time, the Chinese artillery seemed to have eyes. All the artillery shells went straight towards the 12 heavy machine gun positions on the Japanese position. Huge explosions suddenly rose into the sky. Several heavy machine guns, together with the shooters, and deputy
The shooters, ammunition handlers were all thrown into the air, and Major General Mizuno Nobu's laughter suddenly stopped.
"No, this is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Major General Mizuno Nobu was stunned for a moment, and then shouted angrily, "How can the Chinese artillery fire so accurately?"
Before he finished speaking, another row of artillery shells roared from the opposite side.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Huge clouds of smoke and dust rose up from the Japanese position again.
In the thick smoke, several more heavy machine guns were overturned to the ground. Several Japanese shooters guarding behind the heavy machine guns were lifted into the air by the air waves generated by the explosion. When they landed on the ground, they were already dead.
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"Quick, quick, quick!" Major General Nobu Mizuno said more and more angrily, "Order the artillery attack to counter China's artillery!"
Major Katamura put down his binoculars and said dejectedly: "General, the Chinese artillery is hiding behind the side of the mountain. Our infantry artillery cannot threaten them at all."
"Baga." Mizuno Nobu said angrily, "Immediately telegraph the front army headquarters and request aviation support!"
Major Katamura looked increasingly miserable and said: "General, the main force of the aviation corps directly under the front army is fighting on the front line in Wuhan. There are only two fighter squadrons left in North China. They have just arrived and are now on their way back. It will take at least two hours to return.
Come to Lunan."
"Baga Yalu." Mizuno Nobu said furiously, "Order the machine gun squadron to withdraw to the headquarters immediately!"
However, it was already too late. Before Mizuno Nobu gave orders, Chinese artillery shells had already landed on the Japanese position one after another. After two rounds of ten rapid fires, all twelve heavy machine gun fire points on the Japanese position were plowed.
On the flat ground, many foxholes and communication trenches were blown to pieces due to the residual force.
After taking out the Japanese heavy machine gun positions, the Chinese artillery bombardment did not end.
Amidst the ear-piercing screams, rows of artillery shells flew past the sky, and continued to rain down viciously on the Japanese positions. In a short time, the Japanese field fortifications were blown to pieces. After all, they were only temporary structures.
It is a field defense fortification, rather than a permanent fortification specially built by engineers. Of course, it cannot withstand the bombing of 81mm mortars.
The only good thing is that the 1st Infantry Brigade is an elite veteran transferred from the 1st Division.
Under the fierce bombardment of Chinese artillery, the Japanese soldiers of the 1st Infantry Battalion appeared very calm. They lay quietly in the trench, letting the hot shrapnel and sharp gravel roar and sputter above their heads, even if they were surrounded by
A comrade-in-arms was hit by fragments or his whole body was blown into several pieces, but the rest of the Japanese soldiers still looked indifferent.
However, the Eighth Route Army and the surrendered troops of the Bayonet Battalion were shocked by the sight before them.
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Eighth Route Army position.
Seeing the Japanese army's position being bombed to pieces, Lu Han suddenly became excited and said: "Commander, it's so exciting!"
Peng Mingzhi never put down the telescope in his hand, and his tone of voice seemed a little off-key due to excitement. He said to Lu Han: "Damn it, Lu Han, listen to me, one day I will also want the entire artillery battalion."
Come out and blast the little devils to the point where they can't find their backs. It's so fun, so fucking fun."
"I didn't say it before, but this time I, Lu Han, am really convinced." Lu Han said, "Baoshan Brigade is really good!"
"Well, the Baoshan Brigade is really good, and these artillerymen are really good." Peng Mingzhi also said with deep approval, "It's a pity that such a good army is not our party's army. When we finish fighting the little Japs in the future, we will return sooner or later."
We have to fight against the national army, and when the time comes to face an opponent like the Baoshan Brigade on the battlefield, it will really not be a good thing."
"Sigh." Lu Han suddenly sighed and said, "It's really boring for Chinese to beat Chinese."
"Okay, this matter is still far away, so don't worry about it." Peng Mingzhi said this and then said, "I heard that Secretary Yang of the prefectural committee is trying to contact Yue Weihan. If we can really win over this army,
Come here, it will be a great help to our Eighth Route Army, at least the little devils in Lunan will have to clamp their tails and live their lives."
"Captain, are you telling the truth?" Lu Han suddenly became excited after hearing this.
"How can this be false?" Peng Mingzhi asked again, "But you kid, please don't talk nonsense."
"Captain, don't worry." Lu Han said hurriedly, "What should be said and what shouldn't be said? I, Lu Han, am like a mirror in my heart."
"That's good." Peng Mingzhi nodded and turned his attention to the Japanese position opposite. The Chinese army's shelling was still continuing. Looking through the telescope, the two hilltops occupied by the Japanese army had been completely covered by gunpowder smoke and flying missiles.
It was shrouded in dust, and the trees and weeds on the top of the mountain were all burned. Thick smoke billowed straight into the sky, and the scene was extremely shocking.
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The bombardment lasted for a full forty minutes, and at the end hundreds of smoke grenades were fired at the Japanese positions.
The previous forty minutes of shelling were actually just foreplay, and the last few hundred smoke bombs were the big killer!
In an instant, the entire Japanese position was completely shrouded in thick smoke. Since the 1st Infantry Battalion left the city in a hurry, Mizuno Nobu did not expect that his troops would be attacked by Chinese artillery smoke bombs, so gas masks were not issued.
Now that he's a single soldier, the little devil is really in big trouble.
In the Shan'ao headquarters, Major General Mizuno Nobu's face suddenly turned extremely pale.
Major Katamura said with a sad expression: "Smoke bomb, it turned out to be a smoke bomb..."
Before he finished speaking, thick smoke rolled into the headquarters. Major Katamura and several combat staff members in the headquarters immediately covered their mouths and noses and coughed violently. Mizuno Nobu, an old devil, reacted quickly and hurriedly stopped.
He held his breath, turned on the kettle as quickly as possible, wetted the towel, and covered his mouth and nose with the wet towel.
Major General Nobu Mizuno also had a wet towel to cover his mouth and nose, but other Japanese soldiers could not.
Because most of the Japanese soldiers have already drank all the drinking water in the military kettles. Now let alone water, they can't even pee a drop. Without a wet towel to apply to their face, it is absolutely impossible to cover their mouth and nose with their hands.
After resisting the invasion of poisonous smoke, all the Japanese soldiers on the position began to cough violently, all of them coughing to the point of tears. Many Japanese soldiers who were in poor physical condition even coughed until they could no longer breathe.
Seeing that the Japanese troops on the mountain were almost completely smoked, the Chinese army finally began to attack.
Under the cover of thick smoke, the bayonet battalion and the special operations brigade approached the Japanese positions from the north and south sides respectively.
The officers and soldiers of the Bayonet Battalion and the Special Forces Group also did not have gas masks, but they were guarding at the foot of the mountain. There was plenty of clear and clean fresh water in the creek at the bottom of the ditch, so they could get wet towels to put on their faces. In contrast, they were affected by the smoke.
It is much smaller. After all, this is just an ordinary smoke bomb, not a mustard gas bomb, so there is no need to worry about poisoning.
There is no suspense about the ensuing battle. The four to five hundred remaining Japanese soldiers who survived the shelling have already been blackened by the thick smoke and cannot organize any decent resistance. In addition, the special operations brigade was wiped out as soon as they took action.
The Japanese army's headquarters and the Japanese army on the mountain lost command. In less than half an hour, the smoke on the top of the mountain cleared and the battle was over.
More than 1,500 surrendered troops from the Bayonet Battalion also participated in the attack this time.
When the smoke cleared and saw the corpses of the Japanese lying on the ground and the weapons scattered everywhere, the surrender soldiers were completely dumbfounded. Before this battle, even the craziest surrender soldiers would never
Thinking that the national army so easily defeated the 1st Infantry Brigade, which was independently formed into the 10th Brigade. These were field elites transferred from the 1st Division!
However, the hard facts are right in front of them, so the surrendered soldiers cannot believe that the national army has indeed completely annihilated the 1st Infantry Brigade of the independent 10th Brigade, and they also participated in this annihilation battle, at least half of them
The Japanese died in their hands. This was so unreal, it was almost like a dream.
A surrendered soldier was the first to recover from the shock. He suddenly raised his gun and cheered: "We win, we win!"
Immediately, all the surrendered troops cheered, and while cheering, they raised their rifles high. A few impulsive guys fired randomly into the sky to celebrate, but the veterans were indifferent to this.
It's quite disdainful that you are so excited after just winning such a small victory. Is that what it is?
Five hundred meters away, Yue Weihan looked back from the opposite hilltop and said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, have you seen this?"
"I saw it." Liu Yi nodded and exclaimed, "The brigade is still smart. After this battle, the ragtag group of Bayonet Battalion not only increased their confidence, but also no longer had any fear of the Japanese army and a sense of identity with our Baoshan Brigade.
It will also become more intense. With these two major gains, it is not in vain that the artillery battalion consumed more than 2,000 rounds of artillery shells here!"
Yue Weihan smiled and said nothing, the gains from this battle are more than that!
The biggest gain from this battle is that from now on, the Lunan Japanese Army will have to think carefully if it wants to go out on a brigade or smaller scale. If it goes out on a regiment or brigade scale, the Lunan Japanese Army will have several regiments.
How many brigades and regiments are there? There is no doubt that after this battle, the living space of the Chinese armed forces in southern Shandong will be greatly expanded.
And this is Yue Weihan's true intention, to create enough living space in one battle!
In the valley, Lu Han looked at the hilltop opposite in disbelief and said blankly: "Is this the end?"
"It's done!" Peng Mingzhi nodded heavily and said inexplicably, "Well done, so beautiful!"
After saying this, Peng Mingzhi said with emotion: "Lu Han, our life will probably be much better in the future. The little devils in Lunan will no longer dare to harass our base area unscrupulously, at least the little devils below the size of the brigade."
I don’t dare to dispatch them easily. As for the little Japs above the size of a brigade, let’s just let the national army have a headache, hehe.”