Chapter 757 How can there be so many heavy artillery
In the wilderness less than 20 kilometers away from Fuping County, a gun tower stood next to the road, surrounded by five or six bunkers of various sizes!
The bunkers are connected by walls, and shooting holes are built every few meters!
The turret stands behind several bunkers, with three floors and nearly ten meters high, with shooting holes all over it!
On the top of the turret, there is a huge searchlight!
Thick lampposts were strafing back and forth outside the stronghold to prevent anyone from approaching the stronghold!
A dozen large and small barracks were built behind the gun tower, and more than 200 puppet troops slept in them!
In addition, the Japanese also dug a trench around the stronghold, more than two meters wide and one and a half meters deep.
Although there is no water inside, it is still difficult to cross it easily!
Coupled with the crossfire from the bunker and turrets, it becomes even more impossible to cross the trench!
The nearby Eighth Route Army tried to pull out this gun tower more than once, but in the end they were defeated in front of the solid defenses!
Today, the Eighth Route Army came again, a regiment came directly up, hoping to gnaw this hard bone in one go!
"Captain, our regiment only has six small steel cannons, each with less than twenty rounds of shells, and it can only leave a white spot on the bunker, which is of no use at all. I'm worried that tonight's attack will be another one."
It will be in vain!" The chief of staff has frowned since he received the order to attack!
Now that I see the stronghold, the tragic scene of the last attack on the stronghold suddenly comes to my mind!
The worried expression on his face became more and more intense!
Although the political commissar squatted beside him and said nothing, the worry on his face showed his inner thoughts!
There is no doubt that he is not optimistic about the next attack!
The leader actually has no confidence in his heart!
Although there is one more battalion tonight than last time, there is no siege artillery. No matter how many soldiers there are, they are targets in front of the bunkers and gun towers!
But the orders from superiors must be carried out!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the dozens of soldiers not far away!
Those are reinforcements sent by the military division!
The regiment leader only knew that they were artillery, but he did not see the artillery. He only saw three large gasoline barrels and a dozen explosive packets!
But the commander has an order to cooperate with them, and after this battle, he will be equipped with all the gasoline barrels they brought!
At this time, the regiment leader could only place his hopes on dozens of gunners, hoping that the commander's order was correct!
He put down the telescope, pulled out the box cannon, and ordered with a serious look: "Start attacking!"
"Advance the offensive position to a hundred meters outside the stronghold as planned, and then dig trenches!"
"Fire all light and heavy machine guns in the entire regiment, cover the troops, assault forward, and dig trenches!"
"Artillery ready to fire!"
"When the attacking troops are dug in and consumed, the Japanese artillery will definitely counterattack. Find them and kill them!"
"Take half of the shells to cover the attacking troops and dig trenches, and save the remaining half for the attack!"
"Tell all the battalion and company commanders that in this battle tonight, you will take out your family's assets and attack them all on the Japanese. I will not be able to handle this!"
"boom……"
The sound of rifle fire breaks the tranquility of the night!
The searchlight on the top of the gun tower went out as soon as the gunshot was fired!
More than a hundred soldiers carried guns on their backs and held engineering shovels. They emerged from the bushes and began to rush towards the gun towers!
The Japanese reacted very quickly. Machine guns and rifles soon started firing, and the flares took off and exploded within half a minute, illuminating the battlefield as if it were daytime!
The figures of more than a hundred soldiers were suddenly exposed!
"Shoot the light and heavy machine guns immediately to cover the attacking troops!" the regiment leader ordered with a heartbroken look on his face as he held the box cannon tightly!
The enemy's firepower is too fierce, and they are hidden in gun towers and bunkers!
Although the regiment's nearly twenty light and heavy machine guns only diverted nearly half of the stronghold's blocking firepower, the remaining half of the firepower still caused huge casualties to the attacking troops!
When they were still more than a hundred meters away from the stronghold, more than half of the attacking troops had suffered casualties, and at least sixty soldiers fell on the offensive road!
At this distance, the stronghold's counterattack firepower can truly show its power!
If we continue to attack forward, up to thirty meters away, the remaining dozens of people in the attacking force will die cleanly, and they will not even be able to touch the trench!
This is how the troops' previous two attacks ended.
This time it was different. More than sixty soldiers rushed to the ground one after another, holding an engineering shovel in one hand, digging hard in front of their heads, and then piled it in the direction of the stronghold!
During this process, people were constantly being beaten to death, but as long as the remaining soldiers were alive, they were digging hard.
Soon, a small mound and a small pit appeared in front of everyone!
Climb behind the mound and continue to expand the pit under its cover!
"Captain, it's done!"
The chief of staff slowly relaxed his clenched fists and exclaimed with a long sigh of relief!
But the worry on his face did not dissipate. Even though the trenches were dug, he still had no hope for the next attack and was worried!
"Go up one more company!" the regiment leader ordered seriously!
"Tonight we will not only smash the offensive positions, but also dig traffic trenches!"
After using two-thirds of the regiment's bullets and one-half of the artillery shells, and suffering nearly 150 casualties, the offensive position was finally dug!
Dozens of gunners quickly entered the position carrying gasoline barrels!
"Boom boom boom..."
An explosion soon sounded on the battlefield, and three explosive packets were instantly pushed out of the gasoline barrel by the flames, rolling and flying towards the Japanese stronghold!
Under the cover of darkness, the leader could not see very clearly!
But soon, the entire face was shrouded in a shocked expression!
Three balls of flames soared into the sky at the Japanese stronghold, mixed with a large amount of black smoke, and the ground beneath their feet began to tremble in the explosion!
"What kind of weapon is this? Is it so powerful?" The chief of staff was also frightened and looked dumbfounded!
The leader's reaction was faster. After the shock, his face was shrouded in surprise!
The explosion gave him hope of taking over the stronghold, and he shouted: "The Japs in the stronghold are in chaos!"
"The artillery will fire immediately and drive all the shells into the stronghold. Every more Japanese will be killed!"
"The second battalion is ready to attack!"
"When you hear that the Charge launches an attack as a whole, rush up together and kill the stubborn little devil!"
"Rumble..."
The second round of three explosions quickly reached the regiment commander's ears, and the remaining shells of the mortar were quickly used up.
The regiment leader no longer hesitated and ordered decisively: "The bugler blows the charge horn and begins the attack!"
"The third battalion is also ready to attack, and the second battalion will attack together when the breakthrough is opened!"
At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, a knock on the door awoke the army commander from his sleep, and then he saw the chief of staff rushing in!
"Sir, something happened!"
"The Eighth Route Army went crazy. The whole of Shanxi was turned into a mess and fighting was going on everywhere!"
The military commander sat up and cursed: "Why panic!"
"What happened, tell me clearly!"
"Hi!" the chief of staff reported quickly!
"We received a report from southeastern Shanxi in the middle of the night that more than a dozen of their strongholds were suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army!"
"The humble officer didn't pay attention at the time and took them as a general sneak attack!"
"I didn't expect that just two hours later, southeastern Shanxi would be in chaos. At least thirty strongholds were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and contact with several strongholds was lost!"
"Then central Shanxi and northeastern Shanxi all sent telegrams, saying that they were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army!"
"And the Eighth Route Army is also equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, which is very powerful!"
"Thunder Cannon!"
These three words suddenly appeared in the commander's mind, and he immediately denied it: "Where does the Eighth Route Army have any heavy artillery? It is obviously a flying thunder cannon!"
"Hasn't the military department already issued information about the flying thunder cannon? The flying thunder cannon has so many weaknesses. As long as you are prepared, you can easily destroy it. How could it be beaten like this!"
The chief of staff replied helplessly: "We know the weaknesses, but our troops are too scattered and were caught off guard! The troops suffered a devastating blow before they had time to counterattack!"
"Now the ministries have begun to adjust their combat plans and look for opportunities to counterattack, but our losses tonight will definitely be considerable. Sir, you must be mentally prepared!"