Chapter 368: Heavy Artillery Shows its Prestige (Part 2)
Chapter 368 Heavy artillery shows off its power (Part 2)
"Brigade Commander, there hasn't been any movement yet... Could it be that the Japs don't plan to reinforce, so they will let these puppet soldiers be used as cannon fodder..." Wang Hao did not put down the telescope in his hand and looked at the people around him.
Brigadier Shen Qinghua frowned and replied.
"Brigadier, there is a situation with the defenders on the city wall. It seems that the enemy's reinforcements are coming. Yes, they are the enemy's reinforcements, and they are all little devils. There is a whole brigade..." Just as Shen Qinghua frowned
When he was thinking about what to do, Wang Hao, who had just finished speaking, let out an exclamation again.
Hearing the words "Japanese reinforcements", Shen Qinghua couldn't help but feel excited, and quickly raised the telescope in his hand. Sure enough, on the city wall, there were little devils one after another, carrying various weapons and ammunition.
, replaced the puppet troops who had just been on the city wall and were already shaking with fear. Soon, in just a few minutes, all the troops on the several hundred meters long city wall were replaced by the Kwantung Army, the most elite Japanese army.
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"Okay, finally the little devil is here... Communications staff, please send a report to the division commander immediately. Now the artillery bombardment can begin..." Brigadier Shen Qinghua said excitedly. To the communications staff in front of him who was waiting for orders.
, ordered loudly.
"Yes, brigade commander..." The communications staff officer turned and left. Within a few minutes, the whistling sound of artillery shells came from above the heads of the soldiers. Only a few seconds passed, and no one passed by.
The test-fired artillery shells hit the city wall overwhelmingly, which was now defended by the elite Kwantung Army.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Similarly, with the sound of an explosion, a hot fireball will inevitably explode from the city wall. Countless little devils who were directly hit by the shells were either directly torn into pieces, or were full of
Covered in flames, they were lying on the ground rolling and wailing. What's more, they were directly hit by the dense rain of bullets generated by the explosion of artillery shells, turning them into corpses covered in blood.
However, the Japanese artillery was not a vegetarian. After the soldiers fired two rounds, the Japanese artillery position set up in the county fired a test shell outside the city. However, due to the shooting distance,
The reason is that the 20 mountain artillery infantry guns on the Japanese artillery position cannot threaten the heavy artillery position a few kilometers away. They can only engage in exchanges with the mountain artillery battalion of a division located in the Wulong Mountain area outside the city.
Although the falling of a shell caused the sacrifice of several soldiers to the mountain artillery battalion that was constantly firing shells. However, the soldiers had no intention of moving their positions and still insisted on firing each mountain cannon shell.
The city wall of Yangquan County was a sea of fire, a hell on earth. As for the Japanese artillery positions in the county, everyone was relieved to hand them over to the heavy artillery battalion at the rear.
Upon discovering the Jaap's artillery position, the soldiers of the entire heavy artillery battalion, like kittens smelling fish, immediately stopped pouring ammunition on the city wall. Under the command of frontline observers, they began to constantly adjust the muzzles of their guns, preparing to destroy the enemy.
artillery position and eliminate the enemy's artillery brigade, which poses the greatest threat to the siege troops.
In less than a minute, the twenty artillery pieces in the county seat, based on the impact point of the test shells, had just fired their first round of shells, and the heavy artillery battalion was also ready for battle at the same time.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A huge roar sounded, and the 12 heavy guns of the heavy artillery battalion roared one after another. The 12 shells flew directly into Yangquan County without any test firing. As for
The reason why there is no test firing is very simple. The Japanese army has a total of 20 mountain artillery and infantry artillery. How big is the artillery position? Coupled with the power of the 150mm heavy artillery shells, even if the shells are slightly missed, it will not have any impact.
to the results of the battle. Besides, in Liu Hua's words, he also wanted to seize as many of these 20 mountain artillery and infantry cannons as his own. If these mountain artillery and infantry cannons were directly hit by heavy artillery shells, the final result could be
As you can imagine, it will definitely turn into a bunch of original parts.
Sure enough, with a deafening explosion, 12 heavy howitzer shells, although only half of the shells landed on the Japanese artillery position. However, with the effective killing radius of 40 meters for each shell, these six shells
The artillery shells are enough to destroy half of the artillery position.
However, the actual shelling situation was much better. As six large-caliber artillery shells exploded on the Japanese position, the artillery closer to the explosion point was, without any surprise, destroyed and knocked down by the huge air wave generated by the explosion.
The number of artillery pieces that could not be put into battle immediately reached ten. In addition, the artillery shells had a huge lethality on soldiers. In this open artillery position without any obstacles, each artillery shell would
It was like the god of death, taking away the lives of the little Japanese on the artillery positions one by one.
With the end of the artillery shell explosion, what was just a busy artillery position was now a miserable scene. Four mountain cannons were directly blown into their most primitive parts, and there was no possibility of repair. Six mountain cannons and infantry cannons
He was pushed to the ground by the huge air wave generated by the artillery shell, and fell crookedly on the ground. The artillery position had to be rebuilt before it could continue to be used.
Although there are still ten artillery pieces left that can be put into use immediately. However, if you look at the little Japs next to the artillery pieces, they are either beaten to death in their fighting positions, or they are stunned and temporarily lose the ability to fight. An artilleryman
The 600-man brigade lost more than half of its strength after the first round of shelling.
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army artillery is very cunning. The howitzers they use and our mountain artillery can't threaten them at all. Move quickly, block, move the remaining artillery immediately, block..." Seeing the tragic scene in front of him, the artilleryman
The captain reacted first and shouted orders to the surviving artillery personnel on the position.
However, the captain of the Japanese artillery battalion really guessed that Liu Hua's mountain artillery to bully the little devils did not have the range of the howitzer of the heavy artillery battalion, nor was it as powerful as the howitzer. With only more than 200 little devils remaining on the Japanese artillery position,
Under the command of the battalion captain, when the remaining ten mountain artillery and infantry guns on the artillery position were moved in a panic, the second round of artillery shells from the heavy artillery battalion came over again.
With the explosion of this round of artillery shells, the entire artillery position finally fell into silence. Because those little devils who were all concentrated on the artillery position to divert the artillery fire became the first choice targets of the artillery shells. Each one of them was shouting just now
The little devils who chanted slogans and pushed the artillery with all their strength, after another round of artillery fire, once again lost more than a hundred soldiers. More importantly, the ten artillery pieces, after another round of artillery fire,
After the explosion, only 4 doors were still standing. The rest were either damaged by the explosion or fell to the ground crookedly.
As the threat from the Japanese artillery in the city was completely eliminated, the heavy artillery battalion fired three rounds of 36 heavy artillery shells in total at the Little Japanese artillery position. Once again, under the command of the artillery observer, the artillery muzzle was turned to face the city wall.
A corner of the city wall was prepared to open a breach for the attacking brigade...
The explosion of artillery shells and the wailing of soldiers... constantly stimulated the hearts of the remaining little Japs on the city wall. Facing the intensive shelling, the Kwantung Army, a group that had just reinforced the city wall, could be said to have tasted it for the first time.
What does it feel like to be hit by artillery fire? Watching the corpses of soldiers being torn into pieces, seeing the heavy machine guns being blown into their most primitive parts, the only thing for these little devils nestled in the corner is
All you can do is pray.
However, just when the little Japanese on the city wall were completely blown away by the intensive artillery fire, the 12 heavy artillery pieces of the heavy artillery battalion were all pointed at a corner of the city wall and began to fire one shell after another. The kung fu was not good.
Fortunately, just when the heavy artillery battalion fired 20 rounds of artillery shells at this place, a rumbling sound was heard. The city wall, which was indestructible just now, finally could not withstand the impact of the continuous explosion of artillery shells and collapsed.
After another round of artillery shells, a gap about ten meters wide finally appeared on the city wall. When the gap opened, these artillery personnel, who had been trained countless times, immediately turned their guns and pointed at both sides of the gap.
A saturation bombardment was carried out inside the city wall and the gap. At both ends of the gap, artillery shells were used to create a fire zone to prevent the Japs from counterattacking.
At this moment, the first brigade and second regiment responsible for the charge, with more than 2,000 soldiers, under the cover of intensive firepower from light and heavy machine guns and mortars, launched a charge into the gap... At the same time, reinforcements had already arrived.
The two main regiments of the first division on the front line, also under the command of political commissar Zhao Dahe, followed closely behind the first brigade and the second regiment, and rushed towards the county seat as much as possible.
Three main regiments, nearly 6,000 troops, under the cover of artillery fire, encountered little effective resistance and successfully approached the breakthrough point. At this time, in order to prevent accidental damage from artillery fire, all artillery had stopped firing, and only the remaining
Dozens of mortars accompanying the assault troops followed behind the assault troops, attacking while destroying enemy firepower points that the assault troops might encounter.
Rushing into the breach, the first brigade and the second regiment, under the command of the regiment leader Wang Hao, poured directly into the county seat and penetrated into the enemy's highest headquarters. As for the two regiments commanded by political commissar Zhao Dahe, in addition to detaching part of their troops to climb the city wall,
In addition to preparing to eliminate the remaining Japanese troops on the city wall, the remaining troops, together with the Second Regiment, formed a Z-shaped offensive formation, rampaged through the county town, and quickly penetrated towards the enemy's headquarters...
"Haha, Chief of Staff, I really didn't expect that in just a few months of training, the soldiers have made such great progress. As for the infantry and artillery coordination just now, it can be said that the cooperation was seamless. Especially the rapid response of the heavy artillery battalion just now, I think
, if the artillery had not used timely and fierce firepower to block all roads leading to the breakthrough, the first brigade would have paid a considerable price if it wanted to quickly approach the breakthrough." The headquarters has been moved to the top of Wulong Mountain.
Through the telescope in his hand, Liu Hua saw Yangquan County. With the close cooperation of the artillery and infantry, the troops easily rushed into the county without paying much cost. The division commander Liu Hua could not help but admire.
"Haha, division commander, you have mentioned this infantry-artillery coordination operation over and over again in many combat meetings. Can the cadres below not pay attention to it? I have heard that in the past few months, the following cadres have
The troops are specially trained for this... In addition, there are three battalions of the heavy artillery regiment of our division. It can be said that the three brigades are rushing to borrow them for cooperative training. However, division commander, after this infantry and artillery coordination is completed, the soldiers
Our casualties are really few. I just estimated that in this siege, if there is not too fierce street fighting, our army's casualties will not exceed one battalion." Seeing the troops rushing into the county town so easily,
Chief of Staff Li Qing also had a smile on his face.
"Well, if our armored regiment also attacks at any time, and there is a coordinated operation of infantry, artillery, and tanks, then the entire siege campaign will be more perfect. Let's not talk about this, Chief of Staff, I guess our
It’s time for the headquarters to move forward again." Division Commander Liu Hua said with a smile.
As the breakthrough in the county town was opened, the soldiers from the two battalions of the first division also took advantage of the situation and attacked the city wall. At this time, a brigade of the elite Kwantung Army had already suffered heavy losses after the intensive shelling. More than a thousand people had already suffered heavy losses.
There are now less than 500 soldiers left. More importantly, these 500 little Japs have lost almost all their heavy weapons due to the shelling just now, leaving only rifles. However, the soldiers
But it was different. He was holding a bunch of light machine guns, pointing at the remaining little Japanese in front of him, and kept pulling the trigger. At the same time, grenades with green smoke flew directly over the machine gunner in front, and kept firing.
An explosion occurred on the Japanese military position,
In just ten minutes, the remaining 500 teams of little Japs on the city wall were wiped out by the soldiers of the two battalions, almost without paying any price. At the same time, the three teams in the finished Zigzag attack formation
Under the cover of intensive firepower from more than a dozen light machine guns of the First Brigade and Second Regiment, the troops could be said to have encountered gods and demons along the way... They swept through almost half of the county. And after half an hour, they successfully
surrounded the enemy's high headquarters.
Facing the black muzzles protruding from the Japanese headquarters, commanders at all levels would certainly not be so stupid as to sacrifice the lives of their own soldiers for victory. Instead, they would wait for the mortars that followed the troops to charge.
Each mortar raised its muzzle, and several commanders had a smile of victory on their lips.
"Everything..." A dull sound of mortar shells being ejected sounded. Dozens of shells, drawing beautiful parabolas amid everyone's expectations, directly hit the Japanese headquarters a hundred meters away.
.In an instant, the explosion of artillery shells and the wailing of soldiers reached the ears of the soldiers. However, for the soldiers who had enough artillery shells, the wailing of the little Japanese did not make them polite at all. Without the commander
Under the command, one shell after another was continuously stuffed into the barrel by these gunners, and finally, it was shot into the little devil's headquarters...
Finally, as a section of the courtyard wall was blown up, dozens of mortar gunners, under the regimental commander's good orders, stopped this waste of ammunition. At the same time, troops one after another started to bomb.
In the breach opened, they swarmed into the headquarters, began to search for the remaining enemies, and cleaned the battlefield. Finally, a colonel officer, a middle officer, and four major officers were found in the enemy's headquarters...
As the Japanese headquarters was captured, the more than 2,000 puppet troops remaining in the city had no intention of continuing to resist. They took the initiative to find the Eighth Route Army in the city and moved their defensive warehouses, ammunition depots... various military
The important ground was handed over... In this way, the entire battle was completely over in less than three hours. The more than 2,000 Japs guarding the county, including the company captain, were all killed by the soldiers.
At the same time, of the more than 3,000 puppet troops stationed in the county, except for more than 500 soldiers who were buried with their masters, all the rest surrendered to the soldiers and became prisoners in the hands of the soldiers.
All the enemies were wiped out, and all that was left was to clean the battlefield and calculate the specific results... Finally, when the sun rose the next day, the results of the entire battle were handed over to the division commander Liu Hua.
"Chief of Staff, what do you think? Give me a brief introduction to the results of last night's battle and the losses of the troops." Seeing the Chief of Staff in front of him, after reading the battle report in his hand, he smiled at Manchester United. Liu Hua knew that last night,
, his troops not only paid the price of smiles, but more importantly, achieved great results.
"Commander, I can't believe it. Last night, our army sacrificed a total of 346 soldiers, seriously injured 49 soldiers, and suffered more than 400 minor injuries. It only cost less than 400 people to completely wipe out a Japanese Kwantung Army company.
A total of 4,231 people, 3,245 puppet soldiers. Among them, 2,654 puppet soldiers were captured, and the rest were all wiped out. It is incredible..." the chief of staff said in disbelief.
"Haha, Chief of Staff, there is nothing incredible. Don't forget, in last night's battle, we had an absolute advantage in medical records. Secondly, in terms of firepower, it was several times that of the enemy. In addition, we shot out yesterday
"The howitzer shells totaled 240 rounds, accounting for two-fifths of our command. If we cannot achieve such a victory with this kind of firepower, then our division's months of training will be in vain," said the division commander.
Liu Hua was not surprised at all, but analyzed with certainty.