Although I know that the Vietnamese army cannot transfer positions so quickly during the preparation of artillery fire... At this stage, the task of artillery is to clear the landmines and other obstacles for the infantry. After the bombing, the artillery fire must be extended, so it is impossible to fire a few shots.
Transfer positions.
However, I would not be stupid enough to wait until the Japanese soldiers finished their shells before taking action, because this means that the troops on the front line of our army will suffer greater losses.
"fire!"
"fire!"
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More than a dozen correspondents conveyed orders to the artillery units they were in charge of contacting.
Then there was a strange roar from "Woo" and a bright line that pointed directly at the Vietnamese position soon appeared in the sky...
If this were normal, these bright lines were not scary.
Just like what we often say in the army, "Veterans are afraid of guns, and new soldiers are afraid of guns." That is, compared with enemy artillery bombing, experienced veterans know that guns are actually more dangerous and difficult to hide than guns.
But it's different now, because these cannons have gun-aiding radars to provide coordinates for them and even shoot at the right time. So these cannonballs are like eyes, which is more afraid of than veterans.
"Gun" is more lethal.
As I expected, after only two rounds of gunfire, the sound of gunfire in the direction of the Vietnamese army suddenly decreased. Then, after two rounds of gunfire, there was basically no gunfire in the direction of the Vietnamese army... In my telescope,
I was very satisfied with watching the flames rising into the Vietnamese positions. Based on my experience, I can tell that these flames were caused by the secondary explosion caused by our artillery shells when our army bombed the Vietnamese artillery shells.
The explosion of flames is obviously larger and brighter than the howitzer explodes!
Later I learned that the Vietnamese army was ready to bomb our position for half an hour... Our army laid too many landmines at the front of the position, plus barbed wire and various roadblocks, so this was not half an hour.
The bombings cannot be cleaned up.
This means that the Vietnamese artillery must concentrate large amounts of shells near the artillery positions, otherwise the sustainability of their firepower will not be guaranteed.
So the past result of our round of artillery shells was great. The explosion of those artillery shells brought the entire Vietnamese artillery position into the air. According to the information personnel stationed in the Vietnamese army, the artillery position they found was...
Without exception, there was a scorched earth, full of fragments of cars, artillery and corpses. All of these fragments were intertwined in a radial shape, spreading outward with the artillery position as the center, and the farthest even flew one kilometer away.
At this moment, I think the commander of the Vietnamese army should have realized that he was deceived, that is, the Chinese people actually had gun-aided radar on the front line, and they were already in preparation.
At this time, the commander of the Vietnamese army... If it was wise, I think he should immediately order the attack to stop, because it is obvious that when the Chinese people had gun aiming radar and the Vietnamese army had no countermeasures.
There is no hope of victory in the upcoming battle.
Of course, this is not what I would like to see.
I could see that the commander of the Vietnamese army was hesitating, because the direction of the Vietnamese army was already silent at this time, and even the other part of the artillery that should have fired at this time did not sound.
In fact, the current hesitation of the Vietnamese commander is actually meaningless.
The reason is that we thought of this situation early in the morning... What if the Vietnamese army realized that they were deceived, that is, they retreated after the artillery suffered heavy casualties?! If this is the case, then we have worked so hard to obtain it.
The result of the battle is likely to be just a few artillery battalions.
Although such a battle has been quite impressive, it is still far from expectations for me. So of course I wouldn't let such a thing happen.
The solution is to block the retreat of the Vietnamese army... If the Vietnamese army wants to organize battle-level operations in the Laoshan area, its personnel and supplies must pass through the Qingshuikou before they can deploy troops along the terrain. There is no other way.
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So we arranged an artillery regiment, the 320th Artillery Regiment, to specifically block the area of the Qingshuikou of the Vietnamese army with a 122mm caliber howitzer.
In other words, when the Vietnamese army lurked into the forefront of our position, they had no other choice.
The only thing we don't know... is how many infantry soldiers are lurking under the frontier of our position.
In this regard, I, Commander Jiang and the staff of the 40th Division, had a speculation: considering that our army had more than 2,000 troops at the forefront of the position on the Laoshan line, it is inferred from this that the Vietnamese army's strength is very likely.
It is twice to three times that of our army, which is about 6,000 people.
Therefore, what we expected in this battle was to be able to surround the more than 6,000 troops of the Vietnamese army with artillery shells. Who would have thought that after the war, the Vietnamese Japanese actually invested more than 18,000 people in one breath...
No wonder they called this operation "Hot to eat". If this was the previous style of fighting, after the artillery fire was ready, and there were 20,000 troops to rush up, then it would not have taken us.
It would be strange if you give it to eat it.
But as the saying goes, "Heaven can still forgive evil, but he can't survive the evil." The result of the Vietnamese army doing this was that 18,000 elite soldiers jumped into the trap we carefully deployed.
Seeing that the commander of the Vietnamese army was still hesitating, I was a little impatient, turned around and ordered Zhao Jingping: "Pass the order and let the 320th Regiment complete the test firing of Qingshuikou!"
"yes!"
A few rumbling sounds of cannons were soon heard from the direction of Qingshuikou. Under the guidance of the cannon-aiding radar, the 320th Regiment completed the test firing with only two shells.
These two shells are nothing in this battlefield where the sound of cannons has long been rumbling. If you don’t pay attention, you will even ignore them as stray bullets.
But... I think this is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue in the eyes of the Vietnamese commander, because it will make him realize that they have no turning back.
There are only two ways to put the Vietnamese commander:
One way is to continue to hold the troops in a row, leaving the Vietnamese army lurking in the grass and woods.
But this approach obviously won't last long, because the Chinese people would undoubtedly use artillery fire to launch carpet bombardment at the front of the position.
Another way is to fight to the death and launch an attack on the defense line stationed by the Chinese people as planned.
I believe that the Vietnamese army will choose the second route. On the one hand, it is because the 316a Division lurking in front of us is the unyielding division, and they cannot afford to lose this person. On the other hand, it is because it will be bright two hours later.
By then they will not even have a chance to fight to the death.r1152