If it were other people, such as First Battalion Commander Zhang Dabiao, Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan and other Lao Eighth Route Army soldiers, it would be difficult for them to face this problem.
Due to habit, they would not immediately think of artillery... These are "poor" people who are accustomed to it. They have not had this problematic habit of thinking of artillery since they were in the Red Army. Even if Li Yunlong mentioned it several times before the war, he even did it. There are drills, but when a war breaks out, it is often fought as it was before and as it is now.
Yuta Takemura obviously has studied the Eighth Route Army. He knew that a distance of more than 400 meters could be said to be a safe distance for the Eighth Route Army.
Sharpshooter?
It is difficult to hit a target four hundred meters away in the dark, even if there is a flash from the machine gun muzzle.
Fifty-zero cannon.
The range is only three hundred meters, so even if it could hit four hundred meters, it would be difficult to hit accurately.
Machine gun fire suppression?
Although the Independent Regiment is relatively "rich" now, the amount of ammunition is still slightly insufficient compared with the Japs... The Japs carry more than 100 rounds of ammunition per soldier, which can only be regarded as the base number for a battle.
Therefore, if other groups face this situation, they basically have only two options: frontal breakthrough or flanking penetration.
Both of these choices require you to be prepared to sacrifice the lives of soldiers, and may not necessarily solve the problem in the end.
Sun Ming, the battalion commander who had served as the adjutant of the Jinsui Army, was different.
As soon as Li Yunlong reminded him before the battle, he immediately remembered it in his heart.
Then when encountering difficulties on the battlefield, I immediately thought of artillery: If the problem can be solved with artillery, why should human lives be heaped on it?
So, the artillery observers spent a few minutes calculating and measuring... This is not difficult for artillery observers. They can accurately calculate the altitude and distance based on the fire from the muzzle of the enemy's machine gun, and then report these data one by one. To the artillery.
Then following Li Yunlong's order, the artillery in Yuncheng opened fire.
The artillery is the Type 89 150mm field artillery widely used by the Japanese in China. There are 17 guns in total, with a maximum range of 18 kilometers, and the weight of the shells is 40 kilograms.
Li Yunlong originally didn't want to use this cannon for offense. He only wanted to use this cannon to defend Yuncheng. The main reason was that although a lot of cannon shells were captured, they still lost one after every shot. He, an iron rooster, couldn't bear to use it.
After being reminded by Wang Xuexin, I realized that there should not be such a "reluctant to use" mentality.
On the one hand, if it is not used when it should be used, the lives of soldiers will be sacrificed instead.
On the other hand, if you are reluctant to use it in peacetime, does that mean that the artillery cannot be tempered? Does it mean that the troops cannot have the awareness of infantry and artillery coordination?
Infantry and artillery coordination cannot be just talked about. If everyone is reluctant to part with artillery shells and dare not ask for artillery fire, how can there be any "coordination" at all?
So Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Use it, you have to use it! The worst case scenario is that you'll have to hand it over after the shells are used up! If the old ones don't go away, the new ones won't come in!"
However, Li Yunlong still told Laojiu fiercely: "You guys have to show me clearly. If you are not sure, you all go back and dig sweet potatoes!"
Laojiu stood up and said "yes", but muttered a few words in private: "Our cannon can shoot 18 kilometers, can you see clearly?"
What Laojiu said is that this is not a matter of seeing clearly, because targets more than ten kilometers away cannot be seen at all.
In fact, let alone more than ten kilometers, these heavy artillery are deployed in Yuncheng City. The Japanese defense line outside the city is only more than three kilometers. It is indeed possible to see this distance with the human eye and a telescope, but there are many houses separated by it.
Tall city walls are also "out of sight" targets.
Therefore, there is no question of "seeing clearly" at all, but whether the calculations of the front-line artillery observers are accurate, whether the artillery calculations are accurate, and a little luck.
Laojiu was lucky. After three rounds of test firing, he successfully guided the shells into the target area, followed by three rapid fires. 51 rounds of heavy artillery shells roared straight towards the direction of the Japanese, and then there was a loud "boom" sound.
The enemy's position was blown up into flames and smoke, and the enemy was stunned.
Zhang Dabiao, who was watching and studying from the back, took off his hat and touched his bald head and said: "Hey, dear, the fourth battalion commander fought hard. Just a few dozen shells will be enough!"
Zhang Dabiao originally thought that this situation would require a bloody battle for at least half an hour and might even require reinforcements from other battalions, but he didn't expect that it would be solved like this!
Of course Sun Ming did not hesitate, and at this moment he shouted: "Comrades, charge!"
Then he led the soldiers to charge towards the enemy's position.
The Zhucun Brigade is worthy of being an army that has been confronting stubborn troops on the battlefield for a long time. They were not crippled by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. They immediately organized a defense after the artillery fire, but the firepower was much weaker than before. It is estimated that there were many machine guns just now
It was blown up during the bombing, and more than half of the grenades and mortars were disabled.
Although Sun Ming said it was a charge, in fact the frontal charge was just a feint.
This is the cleverness of Sun Ming. He knows that artillery fire cannot defeat the enemy. If it can, it can only be said that the Japanese in front are too weak.
Then, to break through the Japanese defense line, we must ultimately rely on tanks.
Therefore, while Sun Ming ordered his troops to attack the enemy's defense line, he also directed his engineers and guerrillas to fill in the anti-tank trenches.
In fact, the guerrillas are better at this aspect, because they have done this before and are even prepared.
Sun Ming gave an order, and they pushed a wheelbarrow filled with sandbags up.
In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from filling the trenches, the Japanese made some preparations. They laid barbed wire, bamboo thorns, broken glass, and even landmines in the anti-tank trenches.
The Japanese only thought that when the Eighth Route Army infantry jumped out of the anti-tank ditch, they would be blocked by these things. Although they might not be able to stop them, they could delay the enemy's passage so that they could suppress them with firepower.
Who would have thought that what the guerrillas pushed up were sandbags? No matter whether they were barbed wire or landmines, the sandbags would be filled up as soon as they were thrown in.
The most important thing is that the unicycle can be said to be a perfect artifact on the battlefield.
Large load capacity: one person can push seven or eight sandbags weighing hundreds of kilograms without any problem.
Blocking bullets: The person is behind the sandbag, and is close to the back of the sandbag. Every bullet fired by the Japanese is blocked by the sandbag.
Strong off-road ability: It should be said that it is super strong. Any pit or bumps, and places that cars cannot pass are trivial for a unicycle.
Quick unloading: When pushing to the anti-tank trench, you only need to untie the slip knot of the rope, and then push it forward hard, and all the sandbags will be flipped into the anti-tank trench.
One after another, several paths were filled in in a short while, and then the tanks started to move forward...