When several lieutenants hurriedly went to give orders, the thunderous explosion sounded again!
Even though the explosion point was nearly a hundred meters away from him, Major Fujino still felt that his ears were buzzing from the explosion!
"The explosion came from the east and west positions of the stronghold. The Eighth Route Army there was also equipped with super-large-caliber mortars!" The adjutant's face suddenly turned pale and he shouted!
There are six super-large-caliber mortars that are as powerful as heavy artillery. If used properly, they will definitely bring a devastating blow to the stronghold!
Fujino's heart suddenly rose to his throat. Whether he could hold on to the stronghold and take out the garrison was no longer as confident as before!
"Boom boom boom..."
Fortunately, at this time, the troops still alive on the front line began to fight back!
The grenade was thrown at the place where the flames just spewed out like it was nothing!
Soon, the place was flooded with smoke and mud!
The explosion made Fujino regain his confidence and shouted loudly: "The grenades on other positions also counterattack, give me the large-caliber mortars equipped by the Eighth Route Army to destroy!"
"The artillerymen also cooperated in firing and killed those super-caliber mortars at all costs!"
"Although the super-large-caliber mortar is also a mortar, its barrel is thicker and longer, and its weight is several times that of an ordinary mortar. It is similar to a mountain cannon and is very difficult to move!"
"As long as we counterattack fast enough, we will definitely be able to destroy the mortar before the garrison can move it!"
Major Fujino’s idea is great!
If the garrison was equipped with really large-caliber mortars, his idea could really come true!
The key to the problem is that they are not equipped with super-large-caliber mortars!
Although the barrel made of reinforced gasoline barrels is much heavier than an empty gasoline barrel, it still weighs less than 100 kilograms!
More importantly, it does not need to be dismantled into parts like a mortar before it can be transferred!
Two soldiers lift up a thunder cannon and can move directly in the trench without any preparation!
When the grenade fired from the grenade hits the position!
Two flying thunder cannons are being carried and moved twenty meters away by four soldiers...
Five minutes later, the explosions on the battlefield stopped!
Apart from the smoke and dust that slowly dissipated from the garrison's offensive position, there was no sound of shelling that frightened the Japanese!
Just as Major Fujino was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the adjutant came over with a solemn look on his face, which was very ugly!
He remembered clearly that the adjutant was ordered by him to count the casualties of the troops!
He wants to determine the specific power of the super-large-caliber mortar on the battlefield, and then he has reason to report the casualties to the top and ask for supplements!
He quickly asked: "How are the troop casualties?"
"It's very big, beyond the imagination of my humble position!" the adjutant replied bravely!
"There is not a single imperial soldier alive within twenty meters of the impact point. Even if protected by gun towers and bunkers, no soldier can be spared!"
"The crater is more than two meters deep, and there is not a single body within five meters of it!"
"If I guessed correctly, they should all have been blown into pieces!"
"The corpses within a range of five to twenty meters appear to be intact on the surface, but all the internal organs are shattered and bleeding from the seven orifices is very tragic!"
"The living soldier was only found twenty meters away!"
"If you are lucky, you will be stunned directly. If you are unlucky, you will be hit by the explosives produced by the explosion of the artillery shell, and you will either die or be injured!"
"Hiss..."
Major Fujino took a breath and shouted!
"How can the lethality be so great! Even the shells fired by the 150mm large-caliber howitzer equipped by the empire are not so powerful!"
"With the same power, due to the different charges, the caliber of mortar shells is at least one level larger than that of cannons and howitzers!"
"This means that the super-large-caliber mortars equipped by the garrison are at least 200 millimeters!"
"As far as I can remember, the maximum caliber mortar equipped by the Imperial Army is only 120 mm, and there are almost no armies in the world equipped with mortars with a caliber exceeding 200 mm. There are as many as six in the garrison at one time. Who can
Tell me where they all come from!"
silence!
The dozen or so subordinates in front of me, large and small, all lowered their heads and said nothing!
Fujino, who couldn't get an answer, could only continue to speak: "Continue to report!"
"Just now, the garrison regiment fired a total of six super-large-caliber mortar shells at us. How many troops did we lose in the explosion?"
The adjutant’s face looked even worse!
Shen Sheng replied: "More than 150 people were directly lost, 98 of whom were directly killed or used. The others were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness!"
"Including four machine gun teams in four machine gun bunkers and a combat unit in a gun turret, they were all beaten to death!"
"Bagya Road!" Fujino immediately clenched his hands into fists!
Then he stared at a pair of red eyes and cursed: "I must kill all the Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold, pay with blood, and avenge the warriors who died in the battle!"
The adjutant then shouted: "Sir, don't worry. Now that the garrison has lost its super-large-caliber mortar, it is like a tiger that has lost its fangs. It is definitely no match for us!"
"As long as they dare to attack, I guarantee they will never come back!"
"Yes, there will be no return, kill all the Eighth Route Army and take revenge!" More than a dozen subordinates roared in unison!
Fujino's face looked much better, and he analyzed with a serious look: "Almost ten minutes have passed since the shelling just now, and the Eighth Route Army has not yet fired the second round of super-large-caliber artillery shells!"
"I judge that our counterattack just now must have worked!"
"Order the troops to continue firing flares to prevent enemy sneak attacks!"
"All reserve troops went to the battlefield to make up for the losses of the front-line troops, strengthen their alert, and resolutely repel the Eighth Route Army's next attack!"
"Artillery and all grenadiers on standby!"
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. If the garrison still has super-large-caliber mortars that have escaped our counterattack just now! As soon as it appears, the troops must concentrate all their firepower to counterattack immediately and completely destroy it!"
"Yes, sir!" More than a dozen subordinates responded quickly!
In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the dozen or so people were gone, rushing out of the headquarters to give orders like the wind!
Major Fujino raised the telescope again and stared at the battlefield without blinking!
He wants revenge, and he wants to personally command the troops to take revenge and avenge his previous disgrace!
Five minutes passed, and there was no movement on the battlefield, not even a gunshot. It was as if the garrison had retreated!
Ten minutes have passed, and there is still no movement on the battlefield!
Major Fujino slowly became anxious!
"Sir, will the garrison retreat? The super-caliber mortar was destroyed by us and it lost its weapon to attack us. In order to avoid casualties, we have to retreat proactively!" The adjutant also waited impatiently and reminded hesitantly!
