The military situation was urgent. After listening to the scout's report, Zhang Yun was not polite. After looking at each other with the cavalry battalion commander Zhou Wu, he decisively took over the battlefield command and began to issue orders.
"You continue to keep an eye on the Japanese and puppet troops who are coming over, and report any situation as soon as possible."
As soon as the scouts left, Zhang Yun turned his attention to several battalion and company commanders.
"Captain Yuan, Commander Zhou, and Company Commander Hong, the enemy is about to kill us. I won't be polite to you. I will directly assign tasks to you according to the battle plan prepared by the regiment commander."
"The heavy artillery battalion, tank company, and cavalry battalion were all divided into four to participate in the battle."
Speaking of which, Zhang Yun first used a pencil to draw a straight line on the map representing the Japanese and puppet troops' march, and then divided it into four orders.
"One company of heavy artillery, one platoon of armored company plus a certain number of armed vehicles, one company of cavalry battalion, attack the Japanese and puppet troops five hundred meters in front of the team."
"The specifics of how to conduct a raid are clearly written in the combat plan, so I won't waste any more nonsense."
"The second company of heavy artillery, the second platoon of the armored company, the second company of the cavalry battalion, the Japanese and puppet troops who raided the ranks were between 500 meters and 1,000 meters away."
"The third company of the heavy artillery battalion, the artillery platoon of the armored company, and the third company of cavalry raided the Japanese and puppet troops between 1,000 and 1,500 meters away."
"The remaining troops attacked the Japanese and puppet troops in the last five hundred meters."
"The forward troops and rear troops of the Japanese and puppet troops were handed over to the troops I brought."
"In addition, I will strengthen an infantry company for each raid force, and follow the cavalry to raid the Japanese and puppet troops, expand the results of the battle, and capture the puppet prisoners."
"Everyone, hurry back and prepare. Based on my signal flare, the four-pronged assault force will launch an attack at the same time."
The forward troops rushed to Pingshui Town without any precautions.
The terrain here is so good, you have a clear view of the surrounding area, and there is not even a place to hide people.
Although everything was dark, because there was no cover, the forward troops could clearly see dozens of meters away.
Marching in such a place, the vanguard troops felt very at ease and did not worry at all that they would be ambushed.
The person commanding the mopping up troops in the middle was also a regimental captain, walking in the middle of the team.
Before setting off, he studied the terrain along the way.
He knew exactly where he could ambush and where he could block.
If I remember correctly, after passing Pingshui Town, the next five kilometers are all plains with unobstructed views.
When marching on this kind of road, the possibility of being attacked is almost zero.
After confirming that Pingshui Town was ahead, the captain's tense nerves immediately relaxed and he planned to take a good rest on this stretch of road.
Half an hour later, all the more than 5,000 puppet troops crossed Pingshui Town and entered the battlefield prepared by Li Hao.
In a mountain valley about three kilometers away from here, the sixteen artillery pieces of the heavy artillery battalion were divided into four, pointing straight into the sky with their black barrels.
There are more than a dozen gunners and ammunition handlers squatting next to each artillery piece. There are gunners responsible for adjusting the firing crew, gunners responsible for command, and ammunition handlers responsible for clearing the chamber and loading ammunition...
Three shells with fuses were placed nearby, ready to be pushed into the barrel and fired at any time.
More artillery shells were piled in an ammunition pit dozens of meters away, and several ammunition handlers carefully installed fuses on them.
A group of four heavy artillery pieces, under the unified command of a company commander.
Stand in front of the artillery with the command flag in hand, ready to wave the command flag and give the order to fire at any time.
Further away is the battalion headquarters. The messenger stands at the door, holding the command flag, ready to give orders to several company commanders in flag language.
Inside the headquarters, battalion commander Yuan Qingfeng stared at the radio without blinking, waiting for orders.
"Tick-tick...tick-tock..."
The familiar sound of sending and receiving telegraphs finally rang, the radio signal lights kept flashing, and the telegraph operator wearing headphones listened while writing the telegraph code on the telegraph newspaper.
In less than a minute, he put down his earphones and reported excitedly: "Battal Commander, the headquarters ordered us to attack No. 3, No. 5, No. 7, and No. 9 shelling areas immediately!"
Yuan Qingfeng's eyes lit up and he shouted: "Great, it's finally our turn to take action. Order: hit No. 3 in a row, hit No. 5 in a second row, hit No. 7 in a third row, and hit No. 9 in a fourth row. Immediately adjust the firing of all personnel.
Fire in half a minute."
"Each gun fires rapidly for five minutes, and then waits for new bombardment orders."
"Rumble..."
Almost at the same time, sixteen heavy cannons roared.
Orange-red flames spurted out from the muzzle, which looked particularly dazzling.
The cannonball flew out of the barrel surrounded by flames and flew into the sky with an ear-piercing scream.
"Woooooooo..."
When the screams reached the battlefield, more than 5,000 puppet troops were still rushing along the highway.
"Enemy attack...there are artillery shells flying towards us, everyone spread out and take cover..." The artilleryman walking in the middle of the team was the first to react and shouted.
No one knows artillery better than them.
Just by hearing the screams, you can tell that the shells flying from the sky are heavy artillery shells, with huge destructive power.
Under the surprised gazes of the infantrymen, they rushed out of the team with frightened faces. Many of them did not even want the ammunition boxes and artillery parts carried on their shoulders. They quickly left the road and rushed to nearby places where they thought they were safe, holding their arms.
The head lies on the ground.
"Rumble..."
Artillery shells fell from the sky and hit the road. Orange fireballs soared into the sky, and thick smoke wrapped in flames shot straight into the sky.
In the splashing fire, many soldiers were blown away, and goddesses were flying everywhere like flowers. When they landed, they had turned into corpses.
The commander of the regiment was walking in the middle of the group, and the nearest shell was at least 150 meters away from him.
Although he did not personally feel the powerful destructive power caused by the shell explosion, the huge fireball not far away still shocked him.
Shivering, he quickly turned over and jumped off his horse, shouting an order: "The whole army is on alert!"
"The artillery counterattacked immediately. What attacked us was heavy artillery. It is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to send only heavy artillery to deal with us. There must be Eighth Route Army troops nearby!"
"All the reconnaissance troops are dispatched to immediately find out the enemy situation around us."
"Rumble..." A violent explosion sounded again.
Compared with the previous one, this round of explosions obviously had a front and a back, and was much messier than before.
Then there were continuous explosions in my ears.
Looking around, there were flames shooting into the sky almost every second on the roads in front and behind.
Fortunately, at this time, the troops had begun to disperse and hide. Compared with the first two rounds of artillery shells, the losses of the troops were much smaller now, and they no longer destroyed a large area at once.
However, the powerful power of heavy artillery should not be underestimated. When a shell hits, soldiers within a radius of dozens of meters will be killed or injured.
Even though the team was scattered and all the soldiers were lying on the ground, a single shell still took away the lives of more than a dozen of his men.
Faced with this situation, the captain had no choice.
Until now, his subordinates have not come to report to him the battle situation and enemy situation.
Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in every battle. If you don't understand the enemy's situation, you won't know how to fight back if you want to.
As for the heavy artillery shells falling from the sky, we can only hope that the regiment's strengthened heavy artillery unit and mountain artillery squadron can counterattack quickly.
But they are not ordinary mortars and infantry guns that can be set up anywhere and shoot.
If you want to counterattack, you must first find a suitable artillery position, dig the artillery position, and push the artillery into it before you are ready to fire.
This all takes time. Before that, everyone can only spread out as much as possible to reduce the damage caused by the shells to themselves.
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