On the heavy artillery position, although the gunners were exhausted, they all still felt very excited.
"The Demon King of the Four Elements and his men were severely punished by our heavy artillery. Now in order to destroy them, we will launch a salvo bombardment at the following series of coordinates."
The coordinates transmitted by the field phone from the command post this time were a bit strange. As far as the commander who answered the call was concerned, he was almost certain that these coordinates were closer than the coordinates just now.
I couldn't help but ask the artillery staff officer on the other end of the phone,
"What's going on? Our shells are getting closer."
"Oh, how could you know..."
The person on the other end of the field phone lowered his voice for a moment, as if he was telling him a secret.
"The Third Division suffered heavy casualties during the attack, and the three regiments were almost completely lost. According to what I overheard from the commander...the Third Division encountered the opponent's counterattack and retreated...the incompetent infantry to deal with the Four Elements Demon King
, it also depends on our heavy artillery unit."
The commander who was originally responsible for answering the phone at the artillery position wanted to continue asking questions. He also wanted to tell the staff that their heavy artillery unit had been fighting all night. Not only did the gunners need a rest, but the cannons also needed more time for maintenance.
However, after thinking about it for a while, I swallowed my words.
According to the news from the command post, the abominable "Four Elements Demon King" and his men have almost annihilated the entire 114th Division, a division of 24,000 people. At present, including the injured, less than 100,000 people have survived.
Three thousand people.
On the battlefields at Ande Gate and Fengtai Gate, the Third Division, which was responsible for the main attack, had already defeated all three regiments, which was a force of nearly 10,000 people.
Could it be that the "Demon King of the Four Elements" really comes from hell? The Hell Eagle he called is no match for even the Imperial fighter planes. As for the heavy artillery unit, which is the only one that has achieved results, what qualifications do we have to complain about being tired?
In a moment, according to the coordinates and the command, eight 105mm howitzers and 150mm cannons opened fire together. Smoke from the fire erupted from the muzzles of each heavy cannon.
At the same time, hearing the huge sound of artillery coming from behind the mountain, the soldiers of the three regiments who gathered to prepare for the attack let out cheers that resounded throughout the world.
At the moment, no one feels comfortable dealing with the position in front of them. Including fighter planes, in front of the aerial minefields arranged by kites and the rockets soaring into the sky, the behavior of attacking the inconspicuous position in front of them is like
He's looking for death.
Only the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery unit can hit the opponent without being able to fight back.
Therefore, they placed a lot of hope on the heavy artillery bombardment, and the infantrymen of the three regiments raised their rifles and cheered.
But before the cheers lasted long, a veteran suddenly screamed,
"The shells are aimed at us..."
However, the extremely fast flying speed of the cannonball completely blocked his roar back into his chest.
At 105, the shells of the 150mm heavy artillery fell into the pile of unsuspecting soldiers who were preparing to launch an attack.
Weapons and human body parts continued to fly in the violent explosions.
Guan Shijie, who was in charge of the walkie-talkie at this moment, was so happy that he almost brayed.
"Lao Lu, good boy, Lao Lu has yours, give the Japs a three-shot cluster shot."
Following Guan Shijie's roar, the three Japanese regiments fell, and when the forty-eighth heavy artillery shells fell, they were completely disintegrated.
Even though the three regiments numbered almost 10,000 people, the heavy artillery bombardment was terrifying.
For example, a 150mm anti-personnel grenade will turn officers and soldiers into ashes within a radius of 20 meters from the center of the explosion. Countless shrapnel will shoot out in a radius of 50 meters, forming a net for everyone. It is not safe outside a radius of 150 meters, and it is entirely possible for people standing still
If you are hit by shrapnel, you will be safe within a radius of 200 meters, but temporary deafness may occur beyond 200 meters.
Sixteen rounds of such artillery shells were fired, and there were also thirty-two 105mm anti-personnel grenades, which were used to deal with the unprepared crowds who were ready to charge...
Then...the people from the Paratrooper School counterattacked.
Several tanks and armored vehicles were rushing out from both sides of Ande Gate and Fengtai Gate, and soon arrived at the front of the battle. Behind them were two new battalions. They had already eaten breakfast and were carrying
A big knife, and a box of cannons in the other hand.
When they crossed the parachute school position and formed a charge line below, more than a thousand people jumped out of the individual soldier holes. But it was these more than a thousand people who gave the Japanese Third Division an absolute intimidation
.
They were dressed in cloth strips. Although it was not as dense as the legend, it was still covered with strips of cloth. There were also some tall people mixed in, and they were holding long swords that all Japanese soldiers were afraid of.
No need to ask, it is the sword that is said to be able to cut people and horses together, and those people are the monsters that are said to hide in the darkness and suddenly pounce out and tear people to pieces.
If this is the case, then perhaps the Third Division will not follow in the footsteps of the 114th Division. Because the latter was completely defeated in the middle of the night, until now no Japanese army believes that they will be defeated during the day.
A force composed mainly of Chinese was defeated.
However, the dilemma faced by the Third Division at this moment was terrible, because just when the Third Division was trying to mobilize the three regiments that had lost troops during the night to return to the battlefield, suddenly there was a dull sound of "surging" from the mountains behind.
Needless to say, it was the "crazy single-head bomb" that everyone in the Japanese army was afraid of and would get close to. However, this guy was particularly scary and disgusting from the beginning when he changed the door and threw offensive tear gas canisters.
Because that offensive tear gas egg was thrown directly into the divisional artillery squadron of the third division, and then... the artillerymen had nothing to do.
Of course, such a blow still cannot collapse the Japanese Third Division, although they did suffer a heavy blow. However, if they heard such Shaanxi dialect coming from the mountains and forests, they should know that the cruel and easy-to-kill Qin people have arrived.
"Brothers, we've been waiting for a long time, and finally it's our brothers' turn to kill someone and blow the charge horn..."
When Xue Xishan shouted, the charge bugle sounded, which gave the Japanese army a headache.
Because of the tune of the Charge, they suffered heavy losses in the Sihang Warehouse and in the textbook retreat operations.
As another wave of offensive tear gas canisters landed on the crowd of the Japanese Third Division, more people wearing cloth strips rushed out of the forest.
There is no need to ask whether those who are "tall" and holding long swords are the soldiers of the "Four Elements Demon King". When encountering those people in hand-to-hand combat, they can only run away quickly, otherwise they will inevitably be chopped into two pieces with the long swords and guns.
But those soldiers who were not "tall" and wore striped uniforms knew as soon as they fought with Japanese soldiers that Japanese soldiers would be frightened when they saw them. They had seen them in Xifengkou a long time ago and knew how to "break the edge with eight swords".
"People.
As a thousand troops from the rear entered the logistics, artillery and command system of the Third Division, the entire Third Division fell into chaos almost instantly.
Who dared to think that the people they suppressed and beat for most of the night would dare to launch a full-scale counterattack in the morning.