Chapter eight hundred and eighty eighth no suspense artillery battle
An artillery battle without any suspense
In the front enemy headquarters of the Sixth Corps, although the troops successfully occupied the Japanese position after several hours of bloody battles with absolute artillery superiority. However, as the commander, Chen Geng, after reading the battle report that had just been compiled in his hand,
There was no smile or relaxed look on his face.
Seeing Chen Geng with a solemn expression in front of him, Chief of Staff Han Liancheng, who had not yet seen the battle report, asked with a puzzled expression: "Old Chen, we should be happy that the army has won. Why do you see the solemn expression on your face?"
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"Old Han, this is the battle damage report just sent from the front line. After reading this, you may not be so optimistic. I really didn't expect that with the absolute advantage of artillery fire, our attacking troops still paid such a heavy price.
The price... After this battle, our regiment's strength has been completely wiped out..."
While he was speaking, Commander Chen Geng had already handed the battle report in his hand to Chief of Staff Han Liancheng, who hurriedly came behind him.
After reading the battle report, Han Liancheng's face, which had been smiling just now, suddenly turned livid. Then, he gritted his teeth and said: "Commander, these little devils are really a bunch of desperadoes. Even the ones who stayed on the battlefield in the end
The severely wounded who could not move caused more than 300 casualties to us.
Depending on the probability, the next attack will be more difficult than expected...
"
Chen Geng nodded suddenly and continued with a worried look on his face: "Old Han, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is time. The little devil doesn't have much time left for us. The battle just now cost a lot of money.
It took us three hours. I took a look and saw that there are still at most four hours before dawn. In other words, we can fight for at most three hours tonight before we have to retreat..."
"Three hours, judging from the battle just now, is really too tight. After all, the Japanese army holding on to the third line of defense is no longer an infantry regiment just now, but an army equipped with a certain amount of heavy firepower.
Even the entire defensive position of the field brigade has a certain depth... In the two rounds of attacks just now, the Japs' artillery units never appeared. I believe that in the next attack, they will keep the artillery units as backup.
, will definitely reveal their ultimate trump card and catch us off guard."
Chen Geng was right. In the next round of attacks, in order to ensure the morale of the troops and the momentum of the attack, the Seventeenth Army, as a reserve force, undoubtedly took over the tasks that the Sixteenth Army had not completed and became a
A new offensive force.
Of course, before the infantry launched the attack, the artillery group of the East China Field Army launched unreserved artillery fire on the Japanese third line of defense. However, this time the artillery bombardment did not go so smoothly. Several artillery groups had just fired less than five rounds.
Within minutes, the Japanese artillery unit, which had been hidden for several hours, finally revealed its ferocious face and began to launch an artillery counterattack.
A whole field artillery regiment, plus the various mountain rangers and infantry artillery attached to each infantry regiment, a total of more than fifty artillery pieces of various sizes, are evenly divided into three artillery positions, and are directly under the 17th Army from different directions.
The field artillery regiment fired a round of dense rain of artillery shells. In an instant, half of the artillery positions of the entire artillery regiment were enveloped in thick smoke generated by the explosion of more than fifty artillery shells.
Suddenly, the first artillery battle began after the decisive battle in Wuhan began.
In the duel between artillery and artillery, in addition to the ability and personal quality of the artillery personnel and the command quality of the commander, there is another very important and absolute one, which is the competition between the firepower of the two sides.
There is a saying that goes well, that is, in the face of absolute advantage, any trickery will have no effect.
Although the Japanese army gathered together more than fifty artillery pieces of various calibers. However, these fifty-odd artillery pieces were nothing compared to the hundreds of artillery pieces from the artillery group of the Sixth Corps.
Comparability.
The three artillery groups of the Japanese army had just fired less than three rounds of artillery shells. In the middle of the artillery group of the Sixth Corps, there was a regiment directly under the howitzer regiment, an artillery column cannon regiment, and a field artillery regiment, totaling more than a hundred large-caliber artillery pieces.
, they had already adjusted their bombardment direction and aimed their dark muzzles at the three Japanese artillery positions.
"Boom, boom...¨" With the deafening sound of shelling, the explosions of artillery shells began to sound one after another in the rear of the Japanese army. The three artillery positions, which were extremely arrogant just now, exploded in the first round of more than a hundred large-caliber artillery shells.
Amidst the sound, the flags and drums immediately ceased. At the same time, the sky where the three artillery positions were located was also illuminated by the huge flames generated by the explosion of countless artillery shells.
One round of cannonballs, two rounds of cannonballs, three rounds of cannonballs….
The three artillery regiments fired six rounds of artillery shells in the shortest possible time, totaling more than 600 large-caliber artillery shells, before they stopped.
In an instant, as the shelling stopped, the fireballs covering the Japanese artillery position slowly extinguished. The tragic scene of the entire artillery position was clearly visible in the eyes of all the officers and soldiers on the battlefield.
Looking around, on the huge artillery position, dozens of minutes ago, there were neat rows of large-caliber artillery. At this moment, they have long since disappeared. Instead, there are cannons that have been blown into pieces.
tube, or the remains of artillery pieces that were directly dismembered into the most original parts...
In short, at this moment, not even a single intact artillery piece can be found in the huge artillery position.
Throughout the artillery position, huge craters with a depth of one meter can be seen everywhere. The corpses of Japanese artillerymen who were either killed directly, had missing limbs or arms, or had been charred by artillery fire were also densely covered with the entire position.
, can be seen everywhere. At this moment, if you add in the broken arms of the Japanese soldiers, the minced meat and internal organs that were directly blown up by the shells that can be seen everywhere on the ground, the entire artillery position has almost no place to stay.
Seeing in front of me, all the large-caliber artillery equipped by a field division, plus thousands of artillerymen and a large group of security forces, disappeared in just a few minutes. Hold on to the third line of defense
The Japanese brigade commander had a face that was shrouded in despair as soon as he fell in love with him. His hands, which were holding the telescope tightly, could not help but begin to tremble.
Witnessing with my own eyes that the artillery unit that I had worked so hard to assemble was like a group of sheep meeting wolves in the face of the East China Field Army's absolute superiority in artillery fire. The entire army was wiped out without any room to fight back. The brigade commander's heart felt as if he had been stabbed into a
It was like a steel knife emitting cold light, and it was very painful.
You must know that the artillery unit that has been destroyed in front of you is the essence of the entire division's artillery. At the same time, throughout the entire war of aggression against China, this artillery unit also made great contributions to the entire division. And it has always been invincible.
His troops were destroyed in his own hands...
Thinking of all the reasons, the brigade leader lost his mind and couldn't help but cursed at the subordinates around him.
"Baga, cunning Chinese people, this is not fair...Why, why do the backward Chinese people have so many artillery? My artillery, my artillery..."
"Please calm down, Brigade Commander... Judging from the artillery battle just now, in front of China's strong artillery force, the artillery force in our hands is not comparable at all. And our artillery force can be at an absolute disadvantage.
Under the same conditions, the Chinese artillery positions of the same size were destroyed. I believe that the heroes of the Imperial Army who died in the battle will rest in peace after knowing the result of the battle. "After reading the intelligence just sent, the chief of staff of the brigade said,
He comforted softly.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this is the intelligence just sent from the front line. In the artillery battle just now, although our artillery group was completely destroyed, the first three rounds of salvos also caused huge damage to the East China Field Army on the opposite side.
Strike. According to intelligence, in the artillery battle just now, the cunning Chinese people suffered huge losses of at least thirty field guns... "
"More than thirty field guns... In the face of absolute disadvantage, it is difficult for these warriors to achieve such great results..." After letting out a long sigh, the brigade commander looked helpless.
replied.
After all, what the chief of staff said in front of me is all true. Who can let his own equipment be not as good as others...?
However, thinking about the battle that was about to happen next, the brigade commander's brows that had just relaxed frowned again, and a deep look of worry also appeared on his face. Because, at this moment, he suddenly
I thought that with the destruction of the artillery unit, in the ensuing battle, the entire brigade, more than 7,000 imperial warriors, would fight under the enemy's fierce artillery fire.
"Chief of Staff, from the unsuspicious artillery battle just now, we can deeply understand the size of the artillery force owned by the East China Field Army on the opposite side. Judging from the caliber of the artillery shells fired by the Chinese in the artillery battle just now, it is clear that the Chinese people who stayed on the 1st
Daisaku Kanda on the second line of defense reported the analysis telegram to the headquarters without any falsehoods.
These fortifications we have worked so hard to build cannot withstand the continuous firing of the Chinese large-caliber artillery...
"The brigade leader said with a worried look.
Compared to the brigade commander's worries, the chief of staff seemed more confident. Just as the brigade commander finished speaking, the chief of staff opened his mouth to answer.
"Your Excellency, the brigade commander, is overly worried. Our defense line has a very long depth. As long as the various firepower is properly deployed, there will be absolutely no problem in holding the position in a short period of time. More importantly, after the artillery battle just now, at the latest
There are still three hours until dawn. At that time, our air support will arrive. I believe that under the attack of aviation power, no matter how powerful the artillery force the cunning Chinese people have, they will not be arrogant.