Chapter 1059 True and False Heavy Artillery Battalion
"Woooooooooooo...boom..."
The first bomb hit the woods five hundred meters away with a screaming sound.
A black smoke column wrapped in a fireball rose into the sky and shot straight into the sky.
The explosion finally came, like thunder, making everyone's ears buzz.
"Boom, boom, woo, woo..." Immediately afterwards, the second and third bombs began to fall.
Yuan Qingfeng could hear nothing except the sound of explosions and the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky.
The rising black smoke quickly filled the top of the head, blocking all vision, and even places that were too far away could not be seen.
He could only lie on the ground with his mouth open to relieve the impact of the shock wave on his internal organs.
After more than twenty minutes, the continuous explosions finally subsided.
After a few more minutes, the plane began to return, and the roar overhead gradually weakened, and finally disappeared completely.
"The Japanese plane has left. Everyone who can still move, get up, rescue the wounded and artillery, and count the losses as soon as possible." Yuan Qingfeng was the first to get up from the ground and ordered anxiously.
"I just thought about it. The reason why the heavy artillery battalion was exposed was that the problem probably occurred last night."
"Our artillery is too heavy, so we can only take the road. As long as the little Japanese spies keep an eye on the road, our every move will be exposed."
"I want to report to the regimental commander immediately that the heavy artillery battalion can no longer be in such a hurry, otherwise it will be blown up completely by Japanese planes before it reaches the battlefield."
At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, the news that nine Japanese planes had penetrated deep into the base area reached here half an hour ago.
Li Hao's first reaction was that the heavy artillery battalion was in danger, and then he ordered the communication platoon to continuously call the heavy artillery battalion and mobile battalion to remind them to pay attention to air defense.
At that time, the two troops were being watched and bombed by planes. All radio stations were turned off and no news could be received at all.
When I received the reminder telegram from the regiment headquarters, the bombing had ended, and all nine aircraft had left without any loss.
"Captain, the heavy artillery battalion has an urgent call. They were bombed by a fleet of Japanese aircraft!" Zhou Liang quickly walked into the war room and reported with a serious look on his face.
Li Hao had guessed this result half an hour ago, but he was still shocked.
The heavy artillery battalion is so important. They have contributed most to the many battles the garrison has won before.
Next, attack Guanshan Town. Whether the heavy artillery battalion participates in the battle or not is directly related to whether the garrison can fight this battle. Its importance is self-evident.
Staring at Zhou Liang, he asked anxiously: "Has the heavy artillery battalion suffered much loss? Can it still participate in the battle?"
"Batalion Commander Yuan reported that because he dispersed the artillery in advance and released false signal smoke to confuse the Japanese aircraft fleet, the heavy artillery battalion only lost three heavy artillery pieces, leaving 11 intact."
Li Hao took a long breath: "Fortunately, the loss is not big!"
Before Li Hao could continue to speak, Zhou Liang suddenly changed the topic and continued to report: "But Battalion Commander Yuan reported that the heavy artillery battalion cannot arrive at Guanshan Town on time."
"He judged that the heavy artillery battalion was exposed on the road."
"The artillery is too heavy and relies too much on roads. As long as the Japanese and puppet agents keep an eye on all the roads in the base area, the heavy artillery battalion will be exposed no matter where it goes."
"If the heavy artillery battalion is bombed by Japanese aircraft again, even if it is prepared in advance, the losses will be huge."
"So until we think of a solution, the heavy artillery battalion had better not move!"
"No!" Li Hao decisively refused.
"The heavy artillery battalion is our weapon in fighting the Japanese, not a decoration."
"If they hide in the woods and dare not move because they are afraid of losses, which delays the troops' operations, then what else do I need them for? I might as well let the little devils blow them up, which can also use up some Japanese artillery shells."
Wang Hong reminded: "Captain, what you said is correct, but we can't go to the tiger mountain knowing that there are tigers in the mountain!"
Li Hao frowned and did not answer. Two minutes later, he suddenly shouted: "There is a way."
"Aren't the little Japs targeting our heavy artillery battalion? Then we'll give them a trick."
"Send a telegram to Yuan Qingfeng and ask him to contact nearby local troops and find some carpenters to make seven or eight fake cannons."
"After dark, one company from the heavy artillery battalion and one company from the mobile battalion will set out first with fake cannons and two or three real cannons, and move towards the east road in the direction of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"Disperse and hide before dawn to guard against air attacks by the Japs."
"The real heavy artillery battalion will remain stationary in Gangziling. Two days later, that is, tomorrow night, it will disguise itself as a grain transport team and move to Guanshan Town in company units."
"Tell Yuan Qingfeng that the heavy artillery battalion cannot suffer any more losses. We can move more slowly at night. If we lose two hours of walking, we cannot be exposed again."
"We will postpone the attack on Guanshan Town until the heavy artillery battalion is in place before launching the attack."
After the order was given, Li Hao turned his attention to Wang Hong.
"Political Commissar, this will put more pressure on your shoulders."
"Before we capture the Japanese and puppet troops in Guanshan Town, the blockade ditch and blockade wall must not be built."
"So these few nights, you have to organize troops and villagers to destroy the blockade ditch."
At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the communications staff officer rushed into the war room with a smile as if he had eaten honey.
"Sir, aviation telegram."
"They successfully completed the bombing under the guidance of ground intelligence personnel, and all fighter planes returned without any losses."
The army commander immediately ordered to the intelligence section chief: "Order your people to immediately find out the losses of the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison regiment."
"If the heavy artillery battalion has not been completely killed, we must keep an eye on the remaining artillery and cooperate with the aviation force to conduct a second bombing of them."
"Heavy artillery is too powerful. A large-scale artillery unit with more than a dozen heavy artillery can completely change the situation of a battle, so I will never allow the garrison to have a heavy artillery unit to participate in the next battle."
The head of the intelligence section immediately replied: "Sir, don't worry, I will make arrangements now."
At the Gangziling heavy artillery battalion assembly area, Yuan Qingfeng looked heartbroken when he saw the artillery with its barrel bent in front of him.
The most critical part of these heavy artillery is the barrel. With the current strength of the garrison arsenal, there is no way to repair such a large-caliber barrel. Once the battlefield is blown up, it means that the artillery is completely scrapped.
With a sullen face and a heartbroken look on his face, he ordered: "Remove all the parts from the artillery. Keep the good ones for later use, and send the bad ones to the arsenal to be refurbished."
"The steel used to make guns is all special steel. It will definitely be fine to make gun barrels and mortar barrels after it is remelted. It cannot be wasted."
"Batalion Commander, regimental commander telegraph!" The instructor suddenly came over.
After reading the telegram, Yuan Qingfeng felt much more relaxed.
Three heavy artillery pieces were destroyed, and what he was most worried about was the accountability of the regiment headquarters.
Now it seems that I have worried too much.
Not only did the regiment leader fail to hold people accountable, he also tried to figure out how to safely move the heavy artillery battalion to Guanshan Town.
Seeing the soldiers who were dismantling the cannon, his eyes lit up and he ordered: "When you are transporting the cannon barrel, you must make a big fanfare and take the road, so that the spies lurking around us can see that our heavy cannon has been destroyed, and more than one of it has been destroyed."
Door."
"Political Commissar, the task of counterfeiting cannons will be left to you."
"I am responsible for the task of disguising the real cannon. I must make the real one look fake, and the fake look real, so that the little devils can't tell the difference."