During these days, facing the 398th Division, which had the air superiority, the Japanese army's artillery was all in a state of misfiring. Any artillery that dared to show its face would be immediately attacked by bombers or bombers who had heard the news.
The long-range artillery of the 398th Division was cleared. After losing nearly half of the artillery, Kumagai Keiichi issued an order to the field artillery regiment. The field artillery regiment was prohibited from counterattacking without an order from the division headquarters.
Without the support of artillery, life-saving fortifications naturally become particularly important. The 398th Division bombed the Japanese army's fortifications during the day, and the Japanese army repaired them at night. It was completely like you will sing and I will appear. But today
The Japanese actually stopped building fortifications, which surprised Cheng Sheng and also made him a little puzzled.
"Aren't the Japanese prepared to defend this position tomorrow?"
Cheng Sheng looked at the Japanese army's position that was bombed into a piece of scorched earth and was a little puzzled. He thought for a while and turned to Sun Hao behind him and said: "Captain Sun!"
"arrive!"
"You should investigate immediately and see if the other Japanese troops confronting your regiment have not repaired their positions?"
"yes!"
At this time, Sun Hao also noticed something strange, and quickly agreed and went down. After a while, Sun Hao came panting and reported, "Master, I called several other battalions to inquire about the situation. They
They all replied that according to their observations, the Japanese troops in front of them did not take advantage of the darkness to repair their positions, and they were also wondering."
Cheng Sheng pondered for a while before asking: "Commander Sun, why don't the Japanese rush to repair their position? Are they going to abandon this position?"
"This... is unlikely." Sun Hao also said in confusion, "The Japanese can't retreat any longer. If they retreat anymore, they will have no chance of defending. Do they want to retreat to Nanping City and us?
Street fighting? This is impossible. If this is the case, then you are seeking death. We can definitely use aircraft and heavy artillery to blow them up."
Everyone thought there for a long time but could not come to a conclusion. Finally, Cheng Sheng murmured: "Is there some conspiracy behind the Japanese not repairing the position?"
Cheng Sheng thought for a while, and he already had an answer in his mind, but he was not sure. Cheng Sheng looked out with a telescope from a narrow shooting hole in the trench, and saw that the Japanese position in front looked like a moon.
In the desolate place, he secretly had an idea in his mind. He turned to the staff officer beside him and said: "You call the artillery regiment right away to see how many shells they have left, and report it immediately."
"Yes!" The staff immediately went down to make a phone call. Five minutes later, the staff member came back and reported, "Divisional seat, the artillery regiment reported that they still have five bases of artillery shells and sufficient ammunition. They are waiting for your orders at any time!"
"Okay!" Cheng Sheng's originally tense face relaxed. He looked at the already darkening sky and said, "You tell the artillery team immediately that in two hours, that is, at nineteen fifty,
We must immediately carry out artillery fire coverage of all the Japanese positions in the front and rear of the 678th Regiment for ten minutes."
"What, shelling the Japanese positions, now?"
The staff officer and Sun Hao on the side were a little confused. What was going on? Why was it that the Japanese army's position was suddenly about to be bombarded? Was it necessary to launch an attack? But it couldn't be in such a hurry.
Seeing everyone's doubts, Cheng Sheng cursed everyone with a bit of hatred: "You guys, you are not alert to such an obvious move by the Japanese. The Japanese usually attach great importance to the construction of fortifications.
Then there is only one possibility that can make them give up building fortifications, that is, they have something more important to do than building fortifications, and what is more important than building fortifications?"
When Cheng Sheng said this, everyone became alert. Yes, facing the Chinese army which had an absolute advantage in artillery fire, if the Japanese did not build fortifications, they might not be able to stop the offensive for even a day. There was no reason for them to even build life-saving fortifications.
Don't even build anything.
Sun Hao said tentatively: "Master, are you saying that Japan will make big moves next?"
"Could it be that the Japanese are going to launch a sneak attack tonight?" the staff officer on the side also added.
"I don't know if the Japanese will make a sneak attack." Cheng Sheng shook his head: "But as the saying goes, you can never go wrong with caution. And have you seen that the terrain at the front of the Japanese army's position and the surrounding valley is complex, and the terrain is complex.
It is a good place to hide troops, and it is not far from our army's position. It only takes more than ten minutes for them to rush to us at a distance of 500 to 600 meters. If we are not prepared, we may suffer a big loss.
"
Sun Hao suddenly realized: "That's why you let the artillery regiment cover that place with firepower."
Cheng Sheng continued: "Well, if the Japanese want to carry out a sneak attack, they must enter the starting position at least after dark, and then they can launch a charge against our army's position. Otherwise, it will be too late in time. After all, the last person to launch the charge is
A good time is around three or four in the morning, which is also when a person is most likely to feel sleepy."
"Master is wise." After listening to Cheng Sheng's words, Sun Hao and others nodded in admiration. No matter whether Cheng Sheng's inference was correct or not, at least they could reflect and infer all abnormal situations on the battlefield. Then
This proves his ability. Even if his inference is wrong, it will only result in the loss of a batch of artillery shells. But if this inference is correct, it will be very important to the entire 398th Division.
The time soon reached 19:50. With the first heavy roar, the first artillery shell fell into the Japanese army's position from behind, and a huge black smoke and vibration came from a distance.
, then a sharp or dull sound of artillery came from the air. The sharp sound was the sound of long-range artillery fire, and the dull and short sound was the sound of short-range large-caliber artillery shells flying.
Only they can make such a dull sound.
The sky was completely dark at this time. Looking at the fire that dyed the sky red due to the explosion of the artillery shells, Cheng Sheng, who had been holding the telescope without moving, had a trace of doubt on his face. After nearly ten minutes of shelling in the past,
, with the help of the firelight, he did not see the slightest abnormality in the Japanese position opposite. Did the Japanese really not have any troops in ambush on the opposite side?
"Sir, there is nothing unusual behind the Japanese army's position opposite. Maybe the Japanese army has no plan to attack at night." Sun Hao on the side also saw through the telescope that there was nothing unusual about the Japanese army's position in front, and he was also surprised just now.
doubts about his judgment.
After waiting for a while, seeing that there was still no response from the front, Cheng Sheng could only say angrily: "It's okay if there is no, let's go down, but we still need to be more vigilant at night, can't relax, do you understand?"
"yes!"
At 3:40 in the morning, it was also the time when people and horses were exhausted and vigilance was at its lowest. After the tossing at night, the 398th Division fell asleep except for the security troops. Suddenly, all the troops were attacked one after another in front of their positions.
He was awakened by the sound of explosions, followed by the sound of explosions one after another. Soon the forward positions were already in contact with the Japanese army. Cheng Sheng woke up when the sound of explosions sounded. He grabbed his pistol and immediately
He got up and saw through the telescope that the forward positions were filled with flames and machine guns from both sides were firing continuously, which also pointed the way for the following troops.
At this time, the phone rang. As soon as Cheng Sheng picked up the phone, Sun Hao's voice came over: "Teacher, as expected, you guessed it. This little devil really came to attack. If they hadn't stepped on it,
We didn't know about the mines we had laid. Now they are all rushing towards us. Not even one regiment was behind the first wave of attacks. Now they have rushed to the front of our position under the cover of artillery fire. We are fighting very hard.
Urgent need for artillery support!"
Cheng Sheng took a deep breath and said, "Commander Sun, don't worry. I'll ask the artillery regiment to give you fire support right away. Just hold on for a while."
"Snapped!"
Cheng Sheng put down the phone and was about to ring the phone number of the artillery regiment. Unexpectedly, the phone rang again. This time it was the commander of the artillery regiment who called, "Master, our troops are mixing with the Japanese."
At the same time, if we fire artillery support, we may accidentally injure our own people, so what should we do?"
Cheng Sheng immediately started yelling: "Yu Chengxian, you are such a stick, why did you become the leader of the regiment? After being an artilleryman for these years, you can even ask me such a simple question. The only people fighting in front are Japanese."
There may be big fish behind the vanguard of our army. You must block their path for me. Damn it, don’t let any fish go. If I let you go, I will take you to court-martial!"
Artillery regiment commander Yu Chengxian immediately understood Cheng Sheng's intention. The Japanese troops that had rushed up in front must be a small number, and more people must be behind. If the artillery blocked them with artillery fire, the infantry could immediately annihilate the invading troops.
The enemy gained time. But he had an idea. Since the Japanese army dared to charge, there must be troops following them, maybe right behind them. If only part of the artillery carried out fire blockade on them, the rest of the artillery carried out fire blockade on those suspicious areas.
With the back-and-forth fire coverage, the result must be good. Sure enough, Cheng Sheng smiled after hearing this and said: "You are not a bad boy. You came up with this method in such a short time, my dear! You have to use your brain more when fighting. I think it will work.
, just do as you say!"
According to the usual training, the artillery has already calculated the nearby elements and the artillery is ready. After receiving the order, the artillery regiment immediately fires violently at the predetermined target. The artillery fires back and forth in front of the position, forming a wall of fire.
With the support of artillery, the infantry was finally able to use its powerful firepower advantage to inflict heavy damage on the invading enemy. (To be continued.)