The instructor did not dare to express all these thoughts in his mind for fear of damaging the morale and morale of the troops!
I can only look at Yuan Shan helplessly, waiting for Yuan Shan to give me an explanation!
Yuan Shan was very happy. He pointed to the artillerymen walking in the middle of the team and replied mysteriously: "Did you see the artillerymen I brought back this afternoon? Those artillery pieces are the reason why I dare to use a company of recruits to attack the two Japanese strongholds.
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"There are a total of four thunder cannons, one mountain cannon, and two heavy mortars, all of which were reinforced by the regiment and battalion headquarters."
"With the two mortars we have equipped ourselves, it's almost an artillery battery!"
"With so many artillery pieces, if you can't even deal with more than a hundred little Japs, then I, the company commander, should stop doing it!"
"In addition, for tonight's attack, except for the mountain cannon and heavy mortar, which only have twenty rounds each, there is an unlimited supply of explosive packs for the mine cannon and ordinary mortar shells!"
"I asked the battalion commander for fifty explosive bags for mine cannons and one hundred and fifty rounds of ordinary mortar shells at one time!"
"In addition, I brought back 30,000 rounds of machine gun bullets!"
"Even if I use artillery shells to hit him, I will smash the Japanese into pieces tonight!"
"So when you fight the Japanese tonight, no matter whether you are a new soldier or a veteran, don't be polite! If you see the Japanese can use cannonballs to greet them, never use bullets; if you can use bullets to fight with them, never fight with them with bayonets!"
"We should not only fight the next attack as a battle, but also treat it as an actual combat training!"
"Coupled with the bullets and artillery shells stored in the company, each soldier in the company can have an average of two hundred rounds of ammunition!"
"If used properly on the battlefield, it can not only cause a lot of damage to the Japanese and puppet troops, but also greatly improve the soldiers' marksmanship!"
"boom!"
A gunshot broke the tranquility of the night!
The searchlight on the central turret of Xiaozhuang stronghold went out instantly!
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
The sound of police sirens and machine gun fire sounded together in the stronghold. Under the cover of night, you could clearly see the bullets fired from the turrets, streaking through the air like meteors. They flew towards the location where the gunshots were fired just now!
A ball of white light burned on the stronghold, and the entire stronghold and a large area around it instantly illuminated like daylight!
Dozens of soldiers who were lying on the ground and crawling forward were all suddenly exposed to the eyes of the Japanese and puppet troops!
"Da da da……"
More and more machine guns are joining the battle, and the bullets are flying towards the attacking troops of the Ninth Company like no money, trying to stop them!
New recruits are new recruits. Even though they were lying on the ground, a few soldiers were still shot because their crawling movements were not standard!
With such close contact with death, panic quickly spread among the attacking troops!
"Don't be afraid, hold on tight, as long as you crawl forward according to your usual training, the bullets fired by the Japanese will not be able to reach us!" The leader of the platoon yelled at the top of his voice while feeling heartbroken!
"boom……"
Fortunately, the mountain cannon on the offensive position sounded at this time!
Shooting directly from a distance of 200 meters, the shell accurately hit the outer wall of the turret and exploded!
The fire mixed with a large amount of white smoke quickly rose, and a large hole instantly appeared in the outer wall that was indestructible just now. The firepower of the machine guns on this floor was obviously affected, and all of them misfired!
The pressure on the offensive troops dropped sharply, and the panic that pervaded everyone was suppressed by the veterans and cadres!
"boom……"
The mountain cannon fired again, and it also hit the target!
Another big hole was blown out of the outer wall of the turret. This time, the Japanese guarding the third floor of the turret were affected, and the two machine guns misfired!
"Give one more shell to the gun tower and completely destroy it!" Company Commander Yuan Shan ordered, keeping a close eye on the battlefield!
"Heavy machine gun cover, the first platoon retreats and the second platoon moves up. Just like the first platoon, it crawls forward thirty meters and then retreats, and then the third platoon moves up. This is a perfect opportunity for the new recruits to practice their courage!"
The instructor was squatting beside him, with a worried look on his face!
But he didn't speak.
In terms of command ability and combat experience, two of them cannot compare to one Yuan Shan!
The third shell quickly flew out of the barrel, and the nearly ten-meter-high turret finally collapsed in the explosion and turned into a pile of ruins!
Without the central turret to shoot from a high position, the casualties of the attacking troops were significantly reduced!
Inside the stronghold, as the gun towers collapsed into a pile of rubble, the sirens suddenly stopped.
But the chaos in the stronghold did not end, but intensified.
Captain Kato had already climbed out of bed.
When the alarm first started sounding, he didn't pay much attention.
The disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves was so great that no one could have imagined that a group of new soldiers would dare to attack the stronghold.
And even if the enemy commander loses his mind and orders his troops to attack the stronghold, the troops on duty can easily repel them without having to worry about it!
It wasn't until he heard the explosion in the central turret that he realized something was wrong!
When I rushed out of the room, I happened to see the turret being blown down!
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army attacking us is equipped with mountain artillery. Although the infantry has been attacking, they are all feigning attacks. They crawl forward for dozens of meters and then retreat. They must do this to attract our firepower and expose us, and then use the mountain artillery to blow up
!" The squad leader rushed over and reported, his face full of worry!
An infantry squad under my command is on duty tonight, and almost half of the squad is staying in the turret!
When the turret collapses, it means that half of your team is gone!
"Why are you panicking?"
Captain Kato forced himself to calm down!
"Can't we fight without gun towers?"
"Order all the troops to enter the position. A group of new recruits want to defeat us with a mountain cannon. That is a delusion!"
The squad leader immediately asked: "Are the Imperial Alliance Army going up too?"
"They won't go!" Kato shook his head and refused!
"There are too many new recruits. Don't fail to help when the time comes. Instead, the battlefield will collapse and the imperial army will fall into chaos!"
"All Imperial Alliance troops remain in the barracks. No one can leave the barracks without orders!"
"I believe that the stronghold can repel the Eighth Route Army's attack with the strength of the Imperial Army alone!"
On the battlefield, three platoons took turns to fight, constantly approaching the stronghold by crawling forward!
Every time the Japanese concentrated their firepower for a counterattack, the attacking troops suddenly turned into cowards, quickly retreated, replaced with new troops and continued the attack!
"What is the Eighth Route Army doing?" Captain Kato asked, frowning!
The subordinates couldn't understand either. No one spoke except shaking their heads!
"Woooooooo..."
Suddenly, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky sounded above their heads!
Several people were hiding in the machine gun bunker. Although their expressions changed a bit, they were not hiding!
They believe that the bunker can block the damage caused by artillery shells and protect everyone's safety!
But this thought lasted less than two seconds before it was broken!
"Rumble..."
There was an explosion, just ten meters away!
The moment the fireball and white smoke rose into the sky, the air waves quickly spread around like a volcanic eruption!
The bunker only blocked most of the air waves, but some of them still passed through the bunker shooting holes and poured into the bunker!
Because they were unprepared and the air wave was so powerful, several soldiers were directly overthrown!
Captain Kato was not overthrown, but his face had turned pale!
In addition to the air waves rushing towards you and pouring into the bunker, there is also a huge shock wave caused by the explosion of the artillery shell!