Chapter 724 The Power of Coastal Defense Artillery
Chapter 724: The power of coastal defense artillery (please subscribe!)
The power of coastal defense artillery
"Reporting to the chief, Luo Yutang, the commander of the coastal defense artillery battalion directly under the headquarters, was ordered to report and ask for instructions from the chief..." In less than an hour, the commander of the coastal defense artillery battalion appeared at the door of the temporary headquarters.
"Camp Commander Luo, Commander Su and I have been looking forward to the stars and the moon. Now, we finally have your coast defense artillery battalion. With your coast defense artillery battalion, this time, I will definitely let the turtles huddle in
The little Japs in Lushunkou know how powerful our Northeast Field Army is. How about it, there were no problems along the way!" Seeing that he was directly named in front of him, he stepped down from the position of deputy commander of the heavy artillery division and was appointed as coastal defense artillery.
Battalion Commander Luo Yutang and Liu Hua asked with a smile on his face.
"Chief, with the protection of an air defense regiment, the Japanese planes dare not do anything to us. So far, the entire coastal defense artillery battalion, a total of 18 230mm large-caliber coastal defense artillery, has been put in place. The soldiers are all shouting
To participate in the battle, I am here to request the headquarters to assign combat missions to our coastal defense artillery battalion." Luo Yutang answered with confidence.
"Okay, as the saying goes, 'Good steel is used on the blade.' All the commanders of the coastal defense artillery battalion are the best artillery personnel I have drawn from all the artillery in the entire army. In addition, you have been here for more than half a month.
After training, it’s time to go to the battlefield and test your combat effectiveness. Battalion Commander Luo, I give your order now."
"All combat personnel of the coastal defense artillery battalion, immediately look for favorable terrain and arrange artillery positions. I will give you half an hour. After half an hour, your coast defense artillery battalion must use artillery shells to penetrate the Japanese army in Lushun City.
How are you doing on the battlefield? Do you have confidence?"
"Please rest assured, chief, and promise to complete the mission..." Luo Yutang replied confidently. Then, he quickly rushed out of the headquarters and disappeared from the sight of Liu Hua and others.
Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, and a crisp phone ringing broke the tranquility of the command headquarters. I picked up the phone and immediately remembered Luo Yutang's excited voice on the receiver.
"Reporting to the chief, a total of 18 coastal defense artillery pieces in the coastal defense artillery battalion have been deployed and can fire at enemy positions at any time. Please give instructions to the chief..."
"Okay..." He looked at the watch on his arm and saw that twenty-five minutes had just passed. Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction. Then, he gave a decisive order into the microphone.
"Comrade Luo Yutang, I now order your coastal defense artillery battalion to immediately fire ten rounds of artillery shells at the Japanese position in Lushun. After the ten rounds of artillery shells are fired, wait for the next operational order from the headquarters..."
"Yes, Chief, I promise to complete the mission..." Just as Liu Hua's order was issued, Luo Yutang's confident reply came from the receiver.
On the shore defense artillery battalion position, following the orders given by the battalion commander Luo Yutang, artillery personnel quickly used machinery to feed artillery shells weighing one hundred kilograms into the gun barrel. Following closely behind, on the position
Then a famous gunner's report sounded.
"Report to the battalion commander that gun position No. 1 is ready, requesting firing..."
"Report to the battalion commander that the No. 2 gun position is ready, requesting firing..."
…….-.
"Report to the battalion commander that gun position No. 18 is ready, requesting firing..."
"Okay, comrades, I now order all artillery positions to fire ten consecutive rounds freely. The target is the Japanese front-line position at Lushunkou. Now I order the artillery fire..." He quickly glanced at the dozens of large-caliber coastal defenses in front of him.
Pao, Battalion Commander Luo Yutang's mouth immediately showed a smile of satisfaction. He faced the microphone and ordered decisively.
“Fire the guns….Fire the guns….Fire the guns…”
"Boom, boom, boom..." As the order was issued, a deafening explosion began to sound on the artillery position. Large-caliber artillery shells, driven by the burning gunpowder, quickly flew out of the barrel. Then, with
A huge roar flew into the sky and flew towards Lushun City, which was dozens of kilometers away...
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo , on, eighteen artillery shells have already crossed the Northeast Field Army's position and flew towards their final target.
On the Japanese position in Lushunkou, all the troops defending the position, from commanders to ordinary soldiers, were covered with thick smiles. Because they believed that with these solid reinforced concrete fortifications around them,
Coupled with the support of Lushunkou naval guns, he will definitely win the final victory in the battle.
As a result, in the face of the order from the division headquarters to enter combat readiness, almost no one of the nearly a thousand soldiers in the entire forward position obeyed. Except for the necessary sentries, the remaining soldiers all huddled into strong bunkers.
They were chatting and laughing, and did not take the Northeast Field Army on the opposite side seriously at all.
When the sharp whistle of artillery shells reached the ears of these soldiers, only dozens of soldiers lay on the ground subconsciously and screamed in surprise at the soldiers around them who still looked unconcerned.
"No, it's a shelling. The Chinese have started shelling. Everyone immediately takes cover to avoid the artillery fire..."
Of course, the exclamations of these soldiers not only failed to receive the thanks of their comrades, but also attracted the ridicule of their comrades.
"Ono-kun, are you afraid of being beaten by the Northeast Field Army on the opposite side? Now we are hiding in such a strong permanent fortification. With the mountain running in the hands of the Northeast Field Army, we are no match for these fortifications..." A person
The second lieutenant reminded the nervous subordinates beside him...
However, just as the second lieutenant officer finished speaking, a deafening explosion reached everyone's ears. At the same time, the face of the only artillery liaison officer in the bunker became
All pale. Following him, he exclaimed loudly to the soldiers beside him who were still chatting and laughing with a nonchalant expression.
"No, everyone, hurry up and take cover. This is not a shell fired by a mountain gun, it is a large-caliber coastal defense gun... Hurry and take cover. Our fortifications cannot stop the bombardment of the enemy's Japanese-caliber coastal defense guns. Take cover now..."
"
Sure enough, as the artillery liaison officer said, the smoke generated by the explosion of artillery shells slowly dissipated on the position. Just now, there were a front-line position lined with bunkers. With the explosion of eighteen artillery shells, eighteen wide positions appeared immediately.
A fifty-meter crater.
With the bomb crater as the center, all the bunkers within a radius of fifty meters were blown into ruins as if they were made of paper... At the same time, the bunkers fifty meters away were standing there intact and intact.
However, the entire bunker has fallen into a deathly silence. Needless to say, everyone knows that the soldiers in the bunker must have been killed alive by the huge shock wave generated by the explosion of the artillery shells...
"Bageya Road, how could the Chinese possess large-caliber coastal defense guns? How could it be like this? Quick, the troops will retreat immediately, withdraw from the fortifications, and retreat into the city... Artillery correspondent, contact our naval guns immediately and request the ship
Artillery support, we must destroy all the coast defense guns in the hands of the enemy..." Through the lookout, I saw the tragic scene in front of me. Combined with the exclamation of the artillery correspondent next to me, the highest commander in the bunker, the captain, immediately responded
Looking at the soldiers who were already in chaos around him, he issued an order to retreat...
However, what disappointed them was that in just over a minute, the second round of firing from the coastal defense artillery battalion had already followed.
With the sound of sharp whistling, the entire front-line position was once again shrouded in deafening explosions. At the same time, the bunker, which had already fallen into chaos, hiding almost a small group of soldiers, was directly hit by a shell. Outsiders
It seemed that the almost indestructible bunker was instantly turned into ruins with the explosion of artillery shells, including the dozens of Japanese soldiers inside the bunker...
"Tingle bell…Moxie…Moxie…"
As the Japanese frontline positions came under heavy shelling from the coastal defense artillery battalion, the phone rings in Lushun City immediately started ringing one after another in the war room. At the same time, the war room, which had been very calm just now, also immediately started ringing.
into chaos.
After quickly answering a call that had just been made from the front line, the face of the division chief of staff turned pale. Immediately afterwards, he rushed to Lieutenant General Zhongshan with an incredible look on his face.
reported.
"Division commander, something happened. The first line position, our first line position is finished..."
"What, the front line position was lost. How is it possible? As far as I know, the front line position has built a large number of permanent reinforced concrete fortifications, and can also be supported by naval guns during the battle. How can it be possible that the enemy shelled it in less than ten minutes?
Zhongji was lost. Impossible, absolutely impossible..." Hearing this news that was almost unbelievable. Lieutenant General Zhongshan, who was originally full of confidence in his defense of Lushun, faced the chief of staff in front of him with an expression of disbelief.
exclaimed.
"Ha Yi, your Excellency the division commander, according to reports from soldiers who have withdrawn from the first line of defense to the second line of defense, our opponents have used a large number of large-caliber coastal defense artillery. The various permanent fortifications we are holding on to in the enemy's high-caliber
In front of the coastal defense artillery, they were completely vulnerable. In less than ten minutes of shelling, most of those fortifications were destroyed. A reinforced brigade guarding the front line successfully retreated, with less than one-fifth of its troops.
The remaining nearly a thousand soldiers were all killed in the ten minutes of shelling..." the chief of staff quickly reported.
"How is it possible? In less than ten minutes, we lost nearly the strength of our predecessors, and also lost the first line of defense... How could the Northeast Field Army possess large-caliber coastal defense artillery on Bageya Road? How could this happen?
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"Quickly, order the warships staying at Lushunkou to fire back immediately, and must destroy the coast defense artillery in the hands of the Northeast Field Army... In addition, report the news that the Northeast Field Army has a large number of coast defense artillery to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and request the headquarters to
Immediately dispatch the air force for reinforcements. Otherwise, under the attack of the Northeast Field Army's coastal defense artillery, the entire Lushun, together with the 20,000 imperial soldiers, will be turned into ruins..." Lieutenant General Zhongshan almost roared and issued the order
The latest combat orders.
"Ha Yi, your Excellency the division commander..."
Seeing the Chief of Staff leaving quickly, Lieutenant General Zhongshan, who had been full of confidence since retreating to Lushun City, immediately frowned. He fell into deep thought while facing the city defense map in front of him.
However, less than ten minutes after Lieutenant General Zhongshan's order was issued, the slightly panicked figure of the Chief of Staff once again appeared at the door of the war room, in front of Lieutenant General Zhongshan.
"Your Excellency, the division chief, and the commander of the naval fleet, Major General Hai Yi, reported that the caliber of the Northeast Field Army's coastal defense artillery far exceeds the caliber of our naval guns. In terms of range, our naval guns are no match for them. Therefore, the naval fleet
We have no ability to carry out any substantial counterattack..." the chief of staff reported in a low voice.
"What, we can't fight back? How could this happen? The caliber of the Northeast Field Army's coastal defense artillery actually exceeds the caliber of our naval fleet's naval guns. Baghaya Road... Has there been a call back from the headquarters? Will the air force be dispatched to destroy the Northeast?
The coastal defense artillery positions of the field army..." After a brief shock, Lieutenant General Zhongshan continued to ask with the last glimmer of hope.
"Hai, the headquarters called back. The Changchun Aviation Force has sent a group of bombers to reinforce us. However, it will take at least an hour for the air reinforcements to arrive. In addition, the commander told us not to attack the air.
There is too much hope for reinforcements because our opponent, the Northeast Field Army, has a dense air defense firepower network." The chief of staff continued to answer.
"Asshole, Bageya Road, is there any other news..." Lieutenant General Zhongshan continued to ask.
"Yes, according to reports from the garrison outside the city, the first line of defense I deployed outside the city has been occupied by about one regiment of infantry from the Northeast Field Army. In addition, the second line of defense has begun to be attacked by large-caliber coastal defense artillery from the Northeast Field Army.
Sporadic attacks. The top commander of the second line of defense, Colonel Kageyama, asked the division headquarters for instructions whether the troops should continue to hold their positions..."
"Baga, of course we are retreating. Does Mr. Jingshan want all the thousands of soldiers on the second line of defense to be killed in the shelling of the enemy's coastal defense artillery? Order all troops outside the city to withdraw from their positions immediately and withdraw.
Inside the city of Lushun. Now, I only have one hope, that is, the Northeast Field Army outside the city can take care of the civilians in the city and not use coastal defense artillery to bombard the entire city of Lushun. Otherwise, there will be only one fate waiting for us, and that is...
Amidst the sound of naval gunfire, they were collectively blown to pieces..." Faced with the question raised by the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Zhongshan ordered very decisively.
"Ha Yi, your Excellency, the division commander, I humbly believe that according to the CCP's past policies, they will not bombard the city of Lushun and massacre ordinary civilians in the city..." the chief of staff also responded with great agreement.
However, they forgot one thing at this moment. Among all the civilians in Lushunkou, the number of Chinese can be said to be very small. And among those few poor Chinese, almost all of them are willing to act as little devils.
Traitors who are running dogs... For such a city, Liu Hua, as the commander-in-chief of the battle, will certainly not show any mercy to them...
"Commander-in-Chief, good news. The 1st Armored Infantry Regiment responsible for attacking the outer positions of Lushun City has just sent a telegram. The Kwantung Army troops have abandoned all positions outside the city and retreated into the city. At present, the 1st Armored Infantry Regiment has successfully
Take over all the Japanese positions outside the city..." Su Yu rushed into the headquarters with an excited face and said excitedly.
"It seems that our opponent, the little devil commander, also knows how to retreat proactively to preserve his strength. However, he seems to have forgotten one thing, that is, there are almost no Chinese in the entire Lushun City. Our artillery unit can do anything
He was afraid to bombard the entire city of Lushun." Liu Hua's lips immediately showed a hint of sneer.
"Commander-in-Chief, have you really decided to use coastal defense artillery to bombard the city of Lushun..." Su Yu asked with the last trace of doubt.
"Of course, this is the most effective way to reduce the casualties of our army and eliminate the 20,000 Japs entrenched in Lushun in the shortest time. Convey my order to the coastal defense artillery battalion and prepare for battle immediately. In half an hour, the
Lushun City launched a half-hour bombardment, and I must blow up the entire Lushun City into rubble, forcing the little devils to leave the city and fight us..." Faced with Su Yu's rhetorical question, Liu Hua answered without hesitation.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."
The small city of Lushun has become a very prosperous city after several years of development with the arrival of a large number of Japanese expatriates. Now, with the influx of a large number of soldiers and heavy weapons, the prosperous city of Lushun,
It seemed quite crowded.
Standing in the headquarters, looking at the crowds of soldiers and foreigners from the Japanese Empire on the streets outside the headquarters, a bad feeling suddenly appeared in the mind of Lieutenant General Zhongshan. However, in just a moment,
Lieutenant General Zhongshan showed a wry smile.
After all, all the troops led by the Communist Party of China have very strict requirements for various military disciplines. Our opponent, the Northeast Field Army, will definitely not brave the strict military discipline and launch artillery bombardment on the entire Lushun City. Because, just like outside the city
If the shelling occurred in the densely populated city of Lushun, it would definitely cause a devastating blow to the entire city of Lushun...
However, at this moment, he seemed to have forgotten one thing. On the way to invade China, how many innocent Chinese civilians fell under their gunfire. And in this battle, the shelling of Lushun City was just China's
A small part of the troops launched a retaliatory counterattack….
"Woooooooo..." A huge whistling sound in the sky, from far to near, slowly reached the ears of everyone in the city. For a time, after knowing the news that the bombardment was about to come to the city, there were still crowds of people just now.
After receiving the call, it immediately fell into chaos...
Compared with the chaotic streets, the situation inside the Japanese army's high command was not much better. The roar had just reached everyone's ears. The expressions on almost everyone's faces in the entire command, including Zhongshan Central, were immediately changed.
, turned pale. However, at this moment, the whistling shells had already flown over their heads.