As the last group of Japanese planes left, the battlefield fell into a brief silence. Soldiers who had experienced war knew that this tranquility heralded the coming of the war. The soldiers sat in the trenches and wiped the guns in their hands, one by one.
Count the bullets in the bullet bag carefully to ensure that during the battle, the gun will not jam or cause any problems.
Similarly, the Japanese army is also making the same battle preparations. Due to the attack at noon, division and encirclement, the logistics and transportation brigade was completely wiped out. Now the Japanese 117th Regiment only has three incomplete brigades left, with a total of 2,000 troops.
With the help of planes in the afternoon, these two thousand troops finally came together. And within a few hours, a solid defense line was built within a radius of several kilometers.
Liu Hua came to the front-line position and quietly looked at the Japanese position with intertwined fortifications on the opposite side. Although the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties after several hours of fighting, they were still full of energy. Some soldiers were reinforcing the trenches, and some Japanese were fiddling with their weapons.
Weapons... No one felt the least bit flustered because of being surrounded.
"Damn, they are all Japanese planes, otherwise the Japanese would not have enough time to build a complete defense fortification. Chief of Staff, you see, the Japanese defenses are very deep, and the light and heavy firepower equipment is very perfect. We
It will be quite difficult to annihilate this group of Japs tonight." Liu Hua pointed at a Japs machine gun position in front of him and said.
"Commander, no matter how strong and tight the defensive position is, we will take it down tonight. Otherwise, there will be planes arriving tomorrow to assist in the battle. Also, the casualties of the several troops fighting for reinforcements are very huge! They all
You are using people's names to buy us time!" After listening to Liu Hua's words, Chief of Staff Li Qing also expressed emotion.
"Yes, no matter how hard the bones are, we have to break them tonight. I'm just worried about the casualties of the soldiers. The Japanese bombing all afternoon caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers, and many companies were beaten.
It's disabled. If it weren't for the replenishment of the baggage troops, the army would have lost several organizational units at this time." As he said that, Liu Hua took off his military cap.
"Order the artillery battalion to take out all the mountain artillery and fire several salvos at the Japanese to find their artillery positions and destroy them." Commander Liu Hua gathered his emotions and raised his head to give the order to the combat staff behind him.
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After receiving the order, the artillery battalion immediately brought out the hidden mountain artillery, mortars, and several thunderbolts remaining from the Japanese bombardment, found the positions that had already been selected, and began to build artillery positions, while the remaining artillery units
The artillery shells were continuously transported back and forth to the position.
In less than ten minutes, all the dozens of mountain artillery and mortars in the brigade were ready, and even 15 rounds of artillery shells were prepared for each gun. The artillery battalion commander Chen Guangrong looked at the neat cannons in front of him, one by one.
The golden cannonball has already made my heart boil.
"Get ready at all gun positions..." Chen Guangrong shouted loudly. As the shouts rang out, shells were pushed into the gun barrels by the soldiers. The soldiers held the LaVulcan tightly in their hands and launched a mortar attack.
The gunner picked up a mortar shell with the safety removed and placed it on the muzzle, ready to let go at any time.
"Fire the guns." The battalion commander shouted loudly. At the same time, the small red flag in Chen Guangrong's hand also waved down violently. "Boom, boom, boom..." Dozens of mountain cannons opened fire first, and the deafening sound spread to everyone.
In the ears, at the same time, the smoke from the shells also shrouded the entire position.
Next, three mortar companies opened fire. The obvious difference from the mountain artillery was that the sound of the mortar shells being ejected was very dull. Dozens of shells were thrown high and flew in a parabola towards the Japanese position on the opposite side.
The last to appear were the remaining five Thunderbolts. With a huge roar, the muzzles of the five Thunderbolts burst into dazzling flames, and the round explosive packets were pushed up into the sky by the powerful recoil.
, rolling and falling towards the Japanese position on the opposite side.
In an instant, the Japanese army's position was like daylight, with nearly a hundred artillery shells exploding continuously. The ignited fire, smoke, and gunpowder smoke immediately enveloped the Japanese army's position. Just when the soldiers finished firing the third round of artillery shells,
There was finally movement on the Japs' front.
As a burst of dazzling fire flashed out, a violent explosion of artillery shells sounded from behind the artillery position. "Damn, the Japs have finally moved. Artillery staff, calculate the location coordinates of the Japs' artillery immediately. Hurry." The battalion commander said behind him.
Several staff officers ordered urgently.
After receiving the order, several staff officers immediately picked up the measuring tools and began to measure. While they were doing it, the Japanese's corrected artillery shells were fired. With the sound of explosions, there was obviously a trace of chaos in the artillery position.
, but under the pressure of commanders at all levels, nothing extraordinary was done.
Because it was dark night, and the artillery position was on the top of a hill, so the shooting angle was difficult, so the mortars carried by the Japanese could not play any role at all. Only one squadron of mountain artillery was fighting back desperately according to the ballistic trajectory, and one
The six mountain cannons in the mountain artillery squadron are insignificant compared to the artillery battalion with dozens of mountain cannons.
Therefore, in the first round of shelling, only one shell hit the target, and a mortar was blown into the sky together with the two soldiers on the gun position. "Boom, boom, boom..." The Japanese's second round of shelling came again.
, this time the artillery battalion was unlucky, and three mortars were hit.
"Batalion Commander, Battalion Commander, we have calculated it." A staff officer said excitedly, holding a data shell in front of Chen Guangrong.
"Okay, immediately send the data to the mountain artillery battalion, and let the three mountain artillery companies adjust their shooting angles immediately. There is no need to conduct test firings. Direct bombardment, mortar companies, and Hongtianlei continue to change their attack angles to attack the Japanese positions.
Intensive bombardment. Destroy their defensive positions as much as possible.
The mountain artillery battalion that obtained the Japanese artillery position data immediately changed the target of the bombardment. As the mountain artillery muzzle continued to turn, it indicated that the end of the Japanese mountain artillery squadron was getting closer and closer. "The first company is ready... the second company is ready... the third company is ready,
Requesting shooting..." The three company commanders reported the situation of their companies in turn.
"Attention, each company, reload,... fire." Three rows of mountain artillery roared in turn, and dozens of shells flew towards the Japanese artillery position with a whistling sound. "Each artillery position, three-round bursts, free fire, fire...
"The battalion commander Chen Guangrong then ordered. At the same time, he also picked up the telescope to see the effects of the shelling on the Japanese position.
Due to the concentration of the three Japanese brigades, the heavy firepower was well supplemented. Before the bombardment, the Japanese army concentrated a mountain artillery squadron and an artillery cluster of three mortar squadrons to prepare for an artillery battle with the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.
, destroying the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop. However, unexpectedly, it backfired.
The Eighth Route Army actually installed all their cannons on the mountain. Due to the elevation angle, the Eighth Route Army's mortars could hit their own positions, but their dozens of mortars could not hit the Eighth Route Army's positions on the mountain.
Up. So when the Eighth Route Army carried out intensive bombardment, only one of its own mountain artillery squadrons could carry out effective fire suppression.
However, as the mountain artillery squadron opened fire, the location of one's own artillery position was also exposed. "Boom, boom, boom..." Dozens of unfired mountain artillery shells blasted toward one's artillery position with a whistling sound.
"No, the Eighth Route Army has discovered our artillery position, move it immediately..." the artillery battalion captain heard the roar and shouted loudly. However, it was of no use, because the Eighth Route Army did not fire first in accordance with the conventional artillery battle.
Instead, all mountain artillery units were directly assembled for a covering strike.
Dozens of artillery shells fell on the position instantly, bursting into brilliant fireworks, and the entire artillery position was blown up like daylight by dozens of artillery shells. The explosion of the first round of artillery shells caused the Japanese army to lose almost half of its heavy weapons. The remaining
The surviving Japanese troops under the command of their commanders carried artillery shells and mortars in an attempt to retreat.
However, on the Japanese artillery position, which was like daylight, these actions were accurately reported to the mountain artillery battalion by the lookout post. "The first company turned left 50 meters to fire, the second company turned right 100 meters, fired..." The Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery battalion then
Following the enemy coordinates provided by the artillery observation posts, they constantly changed their design goals. In the dark night, it was like having eyes, staring at the retreating Japanese artillery. It was not until those artillery dispersed and moved that they slowly
Stopped.
"Damn, it's so exciting. I haven't fired at the little Japs for a long time," Battalion Commander Chen Guangrong said excitedly, looking at the red sky above the Japs' position that was already reflected by the fire.
At this time, the Japanese artillery brigade had a gloomy face. Because the Eighth Route Army had the advantage of the terrain, and the number of their mountain artillery was far more than theirs, they had lost almost half of their artillery in the artillery battle just now.
Strength. The mountain artillery squadron only has one mountain cannon left to use, and there are dozens of mortars left, but they have no effect on the Eighth Route Artillery, which has the advantage of the terrain.
At this time, the Japanese army had sadly discovered that the Eighth Route Army soldiers had always been unable to lift their heads under the pressure of their own artillery; but tonight, it was indeed the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire that made them unable to lift their heads, but their own regiment's artillery did not have any chance to fight back.
Opportunity, could it be that the world has changed? Some Japanese soldiers began to lie down and stand, praying for the protection of Amaterasu to prevent those damn eight-way artillery shells from hitting their own people.
However, these prayers had no effect at all. The shelling of the Chinese army continued. The explosion of the artillery shells was deafening. The most terrifying thing was the several thunderbolts caught in the artillery shells. With the explosion of each explosive package, the surrounding area was almost
No one could survive. The Japanese who were closer were directly shattered by the impact of the explosion, and those who were further away were shocked to the point of bleeding. Similarly, the surrounding trenches were also filled with powerful air waves.
However, due to the air strikes, not many of Hongtianlei's shells were left, and some of them were left for use in the charge, so several Hongtianlei stopped after firing five shells each.
Otherwise, it will cause greater casualties to the Japanese army.
Ten minutes passed, the bombardment began to slowly end, and the various units involved in the attack were also ready for battle.