"Comrades, work harder. The regimental commander's order is to shoot all the artillery shells brought tonight. There will be 20 shells for every gun. Our artillery battalion has never been so generous since its establishment. Everyone will give it to me tonight.
Have a good time~" the heavy artillery battalion commander shouted with excitement.
The instructor next to him sighed with emotion: "Old Wang, it's so enjoyable. The little Japs have always used heavy artillery to suppress us, killing dozens of our soldiers with one shell. Today we finally did the opposite, letting the Japs have a taste."
Taste what it feels like to be hit by a heavy cannon!"
"I have long wanted to use these heavy artillery to beat up the little devils, but the regiment commander has always refused to allow our heavy artillery battalion to participate in the battle... Now the opportunity has come, and one cannon has issued twenty rounds of shells. We must not let down the regiment commander and the others.
I hope to hit all the nearly 400 shells on the Japanese!"
"Contact the forward artillery observers. After each round of artillery shells, the artillery shooting elements must be corrected to ensure that every shell hits the place where the enemy is the most!"
The instructor immediately replied: "I'm going to give the order now!"
After the instructor left, the deputy battalion commander next to him couldn't help but remind him: "Battal Commander, if one round of artillery fire is corrected and one shot is fired at Zhu Yuan, twenty rounds of artillery shells may not be completed in fifteen minutes. Will there be any accidents?"
"The Japanese army we attacked was equipped with a heavy artillery regiment of thirty-six heavy artillery pieces, plus the twelve large-caliber mountain guns equipped by the field artillery regiment, that is forty-eight heavy artillery pieces, more than twice our number! Once they counterattack
, we don’t even have a chance to retreat and move!”
Wang Binhe shook his head and replied: "Don't worry. In addition to killing a large number of Japanese and puppet troops in front of us tonight, our heavy artillery battalion also has an important task of being a bait. To attract all the heavy artillery regiments and independent mountain artillery battalions attached to the Japanese, and to attack them."
Let’s fire!”
After finishing speaking, Wang Binhe did not explain, but showed a very mysterious smile at the corner of his mouth.
On the battlefield a few kilometers away, thunderous explosions kept ringing from the Japanese military garrison on both sides of the road.
Every explosion took away several, even dozens of Japanese lives.
Suddenly, a burst of engine roar sounded on the highway.
Trucks loaded with artillery shells, dragging heavy artillery pieces, quickly approached the battlefield.
"Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is too fierce, we must kill them immediately~keep speeding up!" In the passenger seat of the first car, the captain of the Japanese heavy artillery regiment with the rank of colonel shouted anxiously.
The commander of Kato's division only gave himself half an hour. Now every minute of delay would reduce his chance of killing the Eighth Route Army artillery.
"Sir, the distance is enough. There is a flat area on the left side of the road where heavy artillery can be deployed!" A Japanese cavalry communications officer rushed over and stretched his head to report.
"Deploy artillery positions immediately. All artillery pieces will be ready to fire within ten minutes!" the regiment leader ordered decisively.
The small space and short time made it impossible for the Japanese army to arrange a qualified artillery position in accordance with regulations.
As a result, more than forty artillery pieces were arranged directly into four rows, with 12 artillery pieces in each row, crowded together one next to the other.
Two kilometers away, several artillery observers clearly witnessed all this. Seeing that all the Japanese artillery had stopped, the leading observer immediately ordered: "Inform the mortar damage, all Japanese heavy artillery is concentrated in the No. 5 shooting area.
The bombardment is expected to start in eight minutes, and they are required to fire within five minutes and kill their gunners!"
In the middle of the bushes nearly two kilometers away from the road, the Eighth Route Army of more than a thousand people, some carrying mortar accessories and some carrying boxes of artillery shells, marched forward in the dark.
Suddenly, a figure sped up and caught up with Zhong Chenggong who was walking at the front.
"Chief of Staff, the observer reports that the Japanese heavy artillery unit is staying in firing area No. 5 and requires us to launch a counterattack within five minutes!"
"The preset artillery position in shooting area No. 5 seems to be right in front!" Zhong Chenggong replied with excitement on his face.
"The shooting elements have all been set in advance. It takes three minutes to rush there, two minutes to prepare, and then fire. It can be done!"
"Comrades, speed up. Whether you can kill the Japs' heavy artillery group depends on the next few minutes!"
The new regiment after reorganization has thirty battalions, each battalion has a mortar platoon and an infantry artillery platoon. The total number of mortars is thirty platoons and ninety guns.
Wang Ping's idea was very simple. With a small but powerful force, the mortar's speed of fire and lightness were advantageous against the Japanese heavy artillery battalion, which had a slow fire speed and was almost fixed and difficult to move.
"Chief of Staff, all mortars are ready and can be fired at any time!" Several artillery company commanders assisting in the command rushed over to report.
Zhong successfully glanced at the watch on his wrist and replied: "It's five minutes ahead of schedule!"
"After one minute when you see the signal flare, fire. Each gun will fire twenty shells. Use the shortest time to shoot out all the shells, then disperse and move, hide and wait!"
In the Japanese heavy artillery group position, more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops were crowded and busy in this small area. Some people helped arrange the artillery, some carried the artillery shells, and some added fuses to the artillery shells.
The captain of the Major Alliance stood nearby and watched everything in front of him.
Although the explosions of heavy artillery shells still kept ringing in his ears, the tension and anxiety just now were no longer visible on his face.
Five minutes, and another five minutes, the powerful heavy artillery group in front of him can fire, using its strength to prove to the Eighth Route Army who is the real battlefield king!
"Sir, the shooting numbers for the two heavy artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army have been calculated!" an artillery staff officer suddenly rushed over and reported.
A smile flashed across Colonel's face, and then he ordered: "Immediately hand over the shooting elements to each brigade, and immediately adjust the shooting elements and prepare to fire back!"
"Hi!" the artillery staff officer quickly rushed to the busy artillery position.
As more and more artillery slowly raised their thick barrels, the smile on Colonel's face became thicker and thicker. In two or three minutes, the counterattack moment he had been looking forward to for twenty minutes would come.
"Woooooooo..."
Suddenly, a faint scream reached his ears, the sound got louder and louder, and it got closer and closer to him.
As an experienced artilleryman, the colonel could tell that a mortar shell was flying towards him without thinking.
While his expression suddenly changed, he did not realize that these mortar shells, which he looked down upon at all, would pose a fatal threat to him.
After forcing himself to quickly regain his composure, he ordered: "Baga, there are artillery shells coming towards us. Fire immediately. Kill the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery first!"
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as the order was issued, the artillery shells hit the artillery position in front of them and exploded.
The Colonel Captain panicked. This time, his face immediately turned pale, and then he shouted out loud: "Bagh Ya Road, how come the Eighth Route Army has assembled so many mortars!"
"No, we were fooled. This was a conspiracy. They wanted to use mortar groups to kill our heavy artillery!"
"Boom boom boom~"
The rate of fire of the mortar was so fast that before he could finish his sentence, the second round of shells rained down.
Amidst the dense and violent explosions, fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke quickly rose from the ground, one after another, and soon joined together, turning the entire position into a sea of fire!
"It's over!" the captain of the Colonel-General shouted in despair.
Then he was unwilling to give the order: "Retreat and move. Those who can still move should leave the artillery position immediately!"
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