The Fourth Line Regiment is equipped with the Liao-made Type 16 150mm mortar developed 12 years ago!
If this kind of large-caliber mortar were placed in the future, just looking at its pitiful range of 3,200 meters, it would naturally be rubbish in the garbage. Japan could pull out any artillery piece and beat it.
But this kind of ancient mortar has become the most urgently needed heavy artillery for the Chinese army at this time. After the principal realized that he could not obtain the heavy artillery he wanted from the Western world, he also began to order the arsenals under his command to start A large number of Liao-made 16-type 150mm mortars were imitated, and two years later they were named Min-29 150-mm mortars. It was this 'old' artillery that played a huge role in the subsequent battle to recover western Yunnan. effect.
Not to mention that the 23-kilogram projectile can cause damage to people on the surface, not even bunker fortifications can stop its explosive power. Even if the well-equipped Japanese army has fortifications, they will suffer heavy casualties in front of this artillery.
In the Battle of the Icefields more than ten years later, China's ace army also carried such large-caliber mortars. The ring fortifications laid out by the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States were also littered with casualties in the face of this "crude" artillery. , that is, the ace army is equipped with too few such artillery pieces, only 4. If the number is multiplied by ten, perhaps the fate of that infantry division will completely change.
The shooting range is the shortcoming of the 150mm mortar, but the power of the explosion of more than 20 kilograms of projectiles is definitely several times that of the 75mm mountain gun.
Even if the Japanese army were hiding in fortifications, they would probably be frightened, let alone in the unprotected wilderness.
A round of six artillery shells first exploded about 100 meters in front of the Japanese artillery position. The huge air wave directly knocked the Japanese artillery to the ground.
This is the most correct way to avoid artillery fire. Even though the impact point of the artillery shell is still far away from you, the speed of human beings cannot keep up with the shrapnel and air waves. Anyone who tries to escape has a 99% chance of being killed. Artillery fire tore it apart.
The Japanese artillerymen responded quickly, but some were unlucky.
They were two infantry squadrons of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment that planned to support the "Banzai Charge".
Shao Zuo of the Third Infantry Battalion Shenmu Mamori has actually prepared himself mentally. If two infantry squadrons under his command are to carry out the "Banzai Charge", there will be heavy casualties.
Even though the dead grass ignited by the incendiary bombs burns vigorously, the Chinese are as stubborn as gophers. Such a fire may not necessarily burn them all to death. With the firepower they previously exposed, two infantry squadrons can kill half of them. It would be good to rush into the Chinese positions alive.
But what he never expected was that even one of the two infantry squadrons that started charging with shouts of "on board" had not fallen, but something happened to the two infantry squadrons that he had left on the edge of the battlefield, ready to follow up at any time.
Something big happened!
Six bullet flowers bloomed in the area where the infantry were lying down, and the broken limbs visible to the naked eye were flying with the air waves!
Shenmu Zhenmori's eyesight went dark!
That's not angry.
As a veteran who has been in the army for ten years, Shenmu Mamori has never seen anything, so losing some troops is not a big deal.
That's because he was hit.
In order to prove his bravery to the commander of the regiment, the Japanese Army's Shao Zuo decided that the temporary brigade headquarters was too close to the front line.
Even because of the emergency of the war, he didn't even dig a temporary bunker. He half-knelt and hid in the grass with a telescope to watch his subordinates running wildly on the burnt-black grass.
His location is only 50 meters away from the remaining two infantry squadrons!
Although this distance is not completely within the killing radius of the artillery shell, who says that people cannot die if it is not within the killing radius?
A Japanese infantryman was three meters away from the explosion center of a shell. His fragile body was instantly torn into several pieces by the huge explosive energy. The rifle in his hand was also blown to pieces. The barrel that was not destroyed was accelerated by the energy.
Flying far away.
It's so good that Shao Zuo, Shenmu Mamori, is exactly on the path of that gun barrel.
Shao Zuo, Shenmu Zhenmori, died!
That was the first Shaozuo-level officer of the 2nd Infantry Regiment to die in battle.
Died in the first round of test firing of the 1st battery of the four-row regiment!
It can only be said that his fate is not good, and Pang Dahai and his brothers are as angry as if they had accumulated anger for a long time.
After two rounds of test firing by the 1st Artillery Battalion, the Third Infantry Battalion lost 43 infantrymen, including their captain Zuo Zuo, and an infantry squad was wiped out.
As for the 1st artillery battery, it had just consumed 12 rounds of artillery shells.
But there were five shells in the artillery cart behind each mortar, and there were also artillery carts being transported here from the distant ammunition depot.
Tang Dao's ammunition consumption indicator for the 1st artillery company is 30 rounds per gun!
Then, it was the turn of Matsumoto's rapid-fire artillery squadron to suffer misfortune.
Cannonballs exploded in front, back, left, and right of the rapid-fire cannon, and the ground seemed to be shaking.
There is no manpower that can withstand the largest caliber 'heavy artillery' that the Chinese army can currently equip. Not to mention the Japanese artillerymen lying unprotected on the wasteland. Even if they are given a 94 tank to shelter, they probably can only think silently in their hearts.
:Amaterasu bless you!
A rapid-fire cannon weighing hundreds of kilograms is like a piece of paper in a strong wind in the terrifying air waves caused by the shells. It can be rolled out more than ten meters, let alone a weak human body.
What's even more frightening is that the Chinese artillery shells seem to be endless, and the sound like thunder continues to explode in the ears of the living Japanese soldiers, sometimes mixed with even louder explosions, which should be the detonation of their own artillery shells.
The position of more than 10,000 square meters was completely shrouded in smoke, like hell!
No one knows how many people are still alive in this hell. Ishiguro Sadazou, who was watching all this from a few hundred meters away, was already pale.
He thought that his opponent would have artillery, but he did not expect that it would be such a terrifying heavy artillery, and he did not expect that the Chinese would bombard it so unscrupulously. Did he think that his mountain artillery squadron was a "shit-eater"?
"Order the mountain artillery squadron to find the Chinese artillery positions and destroy them!" Ishiguro Sadazou ordered through gritted teeth.
This was the only thing the Japanese supreme commander could do. He judged based on experience that the Chinese were not using howitzers but large-caliber mortars. The biggest shortcoming of this type of gun was that the firing range was too short.
As for why the Chinese were able to find the location of their rapid-fire artillery squadron in such a short period of time, I am afraid that the cunning Chinese equipped artillery observation posts on the front lines and used field radios to send the coordinates to the rear.
Judging from various signs, the Chinese artillery position must be located on the bank of Bihe River, and the most correct way is to be on the south bank.
Because no matter how crazy the Chinese are, they will never place such heavy firearms too close to the infantry. If they are not careful, they may be attacked by the infantry and completely lost.
It can only be said that Ishiguro Sadazou is worthy of being an infantry regiment commander whom Madoka Doi values and he roughly determined the general area of the 1st Artillery Company's position just by relying on analysis and judgment.
Tang Dao really did not dare to place the 1st artillery battery on the north bank of Bihe River, even though he was more than 80% sure of annihilating the Japanese army.
Artillery is the god of war, but that is when a certain distance is maintained. If you encounter infantry unexpectedly, especially if the distance is shortened to 200 meters, it can only be a lamb to the slaughter.
Just like when he led more than a thousand people to attack the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade at night in Jiashan, in terms of strength comparison, the more than a thousand people under him were far inferior to the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade, which had thousands of troops. But the artillery
This special force is rarely equipped with machine guns and rifles. It's not that they can't afford it, but it will become a burden on the artillery.
A cannon weighs hundreds of kilograms, and a hundred rounds of artillery shells weigh hundreds of kilograms. Artillerymen have to transport and pay attention to safety. If they have the spare capacity to carry rifles and bullets to do this, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?
Even though most of the artillerymen in the 1st Artillery Company were infantrymen who had been on the battlefield, Tang Dao did not equip them with rifles. At most, they would be equipped with pistols for self-defense after developing new pistols in the future.
The safety of the artillery unit will basically be left to the infantry, but Tang Dao has played almost all the cards in his hand. Even the special agent company and the New Eighth Division Engineer Company have been put into the battlefield as reserves at any time. Who will ensure the safety of the artillery company?
It can only depend on the terrain.
The wide Bihe River is the safety line of the 1st Artillery Company!
Tang Dao's opponent was calm and wise enough. While the 1st artillery company was still bombarding frantically, the Japanese mountain artillery squadron began to readjust the elevation angle, firing range, and firing range, and the four mountain artillery roared.
The shells landed in the already rippling Bi River, exploding into clouds of water, and some landed on the shore, sending up bursts of gunpowder smoke.
The closest point was only over 400 meters away from the 1st artillery company position.
You know, this is all based on a few blind guesses, like a blind cat catching a mouse to death, which also proves the strength of the Japanese artillery from the side.
Unfortunately, Ishiguro Sadzo still underestimated his opponent.
Pang Dahai has not only 6 150-meter mortars, but also 4 Type 41 mountain cannons "sent" by Ishiguro Sadazou's dead colleagues.
What's even worse is that the Japanese commander and artillerymen were purely relying on illusions, but the 1st Artillery Company had clairvoyance.
"The artillery brothers did a good job, the approximate coordinates of the Japanese mountain artillery positions" Gu Xishui's message read.
"Tell Pang Dahai that this time, his mountain artillery can suppress the Japanese mountain artillery. But don't hit too hard. It will be bad if you scare away Ishiguro Sadazou. There is a Japanese Army left head hanging on the Yellow River Railway Bridge.
Only by apologizing to our ancestors can we be sincere!" Tang Dao glanced at Gu Xishui's message and ordered.
Tang Dao's words were not just said on a whim.
According to historical records, the engineer company of the New 8th Division bombed for two full days before completely destroying this dual-purpose railway and highway bridge that was built 32 years ago.
Tang Dao was very surprised. What kind of bridge was so strong that it took an engineer to blow it up with a large amount of explosives for two days?
The day after arriving at the Yellow River Railway Bridge, Tang Dao took Lei Xiong, Leng Feng, Li Jijin and others to walk across the iron bridge for inspection.
When the military train carrying the retreating First Army passed by the railway bridge, the train driver must have seen the soldiers drilling holes in the thick bridge piers. He knew the fate of this bridge that he had passed countless times, and kept sounding the whistle to this bridge.
Farewell to the bridge.
Many officers and soldiers of the New Eighth Division Engineer Company burst into tears at that moment.
But this is obviously not the sad point of Tang Dao, who already knows the ending of history. What does it mean to lose the city and the land at this moment? In the next two years, most of China will fall into the hands of the enemy.
However, cities can be lost, lands can also be lost, and resistance is indispensable. The ancestors of this era did not let their descendants down after all.
Even though there are as many as 6 million traitors in enemy-occupied areas, which is rare in the world, there are still hundreds of millions of people in China who do not want to be slaves to the subjugation of the country.
The lost city and the lost land are finally back!
However, when Tang Dao walked under the majestic bridge pier in the south of the bridge, the words written on a stone tablet made him feel like a thousand arrows piercing his heart.
Tantai Mingyue read softly: "The Qing Dynasty Railway Corporation built the Beijing-Hankow Railway. On the day of completion, the imperial court sent Prince Shaobao, former left minister of the Ministry of Industry Sheng Xuanhuai, and Tang Shaoyi, the acting left minister of the Ministry of Commerce, to hold the inauguration ceremony!
In addition, the bridge was completed in three years, and twenty-six migrant workers were lost! I would like to engrave this as an ambition! October 16, the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty!"
Lei Xiong, who had a bold temperament, burst into tears at that time and cried out in pain: "Brothers, this is a memorial monument left by our ancestors! But today, this bridge will be destroyed at the hands of our unscrupulous descendants. We are sorry for their actions."
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It may not be accurate to say that it is a memorial monument, but Tang Dao couldn't help but think of the bridge that will be built on the Tongmai Natural Barrier of National Highway 318 in the future. There are bones of the Chinese soldiers who built the bridge in that bridge pier. If one day we have to do it, it will have to be built by China.
How would it feel if the soldiers blew it up?
Due to the situation, I was sorry for the efforts my ancestors had expended, so there must be something to apologize for. Tang Dao thought about it and found that there was no one more suitable than the head of the Japanese Army's leftist.
When the bridge bombing is launched in the future, Ishiguro Sadazou's head will be hung on the bridge and annihilated along with the bridge.
"Baga!" Listening to the sharp sound of cannonballs piercing the sky and flying overhead, Ishiguro Sadazou almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
What kind of Chinese army is he facing? Not only do they have large-caliber mortars, but they also have mountain artillery. Is this a regiment? It's an infantry corps!
Fortunately, perhaps because the mountain artillery position was more than 1,300 meters away from the infantry front line, the Chinese were unable to obtain accurate coordinates. Most of the fired artillery shells landed hundreds of meters away from the artillery position. It looked very lively, but in fact it did not cause any damage to the mountain artillery position.
destroy.
"Order the mountain artillery squadron to temporarily stop shelling and retreat 500 meters!" Ishiguro Sadazou quickly issued the military order. After thinking for a moment, "The same goes for the infantry artillery squadron!"
"Your Excellency, Regiment Commander, the third infantry brigade ahead still needs artillery support, and the infantry artillery squadron may have to approach for artillery fire!" The deputy of the center-left regiment on the side couldn't help but become a little anxious when he heard this order.
"Third Infantry Battalion" Ishiguro Sadazou's face was extremely ugly. He paused for a moment and then said sadly: "Maybe they are no longer needed."
"Pass my military order. The 3rd Infantry Brigade will no longer attack the Chinese blocking defense line. All personnel will retreat 300 meters and dig field trenches. The 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigade will fight the Chinese according to their respective terrains. Tell them
, the main force of the division is moving closer to our regiment. At the same time, air support will arrive at any time. As long as it is delayed until evening, our army will counter-encircle the Chinese.
Those who are brave in battle will be rewarded by the division and regiment headquarters after the war. Those who are unlucky in battle will not have the chance to go to court-martial!" Ishiguro Sadzo tried his best to regain his composure and quickly issued military orders.
Is your Excellency, the commander of their regiment, going to be laid to pieces? All the officers of the 2nd Infantry Regiment looked at each other in shock!
It looks quite decisive, but that's the reality! The 3rd Infantry Brigade chose to hold on, and the two infantry brigades in the encirclement had to rely solely on themselves. Can they hold on until sunset?
No one knows the answer!
But they soon found out why their wise captain issued such an unconventional order.
In fact, the 3rd Infantry Brigade can already be reorganized into the 3rd Infantry Squadron.
Not because of that terrible shelling.
Rather, it was the previously formulated ‘Long Live Charge’!
The two infantry squadrons of the 3rd Infantry Group were the most miserable units of both China and Japan in this dawn ambush battle.
You have to say that the two heavy machine gun squadrons of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions were badly taken care of by the Chinese, but they still had two or three big cats and kittens, and a few heavy machine guns escaped by luck.
But what about these two infantry squadrons led by a group of shirtless men?
What happened to them?
No one came back alive?
Everyone is in pieces!
The two infantry companies of the third battalion unanimously adopted the same tactic, silence!
The Eighth Company placed the Japanese troops shouting "on board" in front of their defense line 100 meters away.
Li Jijin was even more ruthless. It wasn't until the Japanese army rushed to 70 meters that he pulled the trigger of the Czech light machine gun in his hand.
It was a fire network composed of 28 heavy machine guns and more than 200 semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, and shell guns.
Even though the battle line was a thousand meters long, even though the distance between individual Japanese soldiers had reached an astonishing three meters, even though their short legs were already running in circles, almost at the speed of an athlete sprinting 100 meters.
But in front of this kind of firepower that seemed to suck in a bullet even with a breath of air, the charge of more than 300 Japanese troops was like waves hitting the rocks, which had no other use except breaking into foam.
The Chinese soldiers did not throw even a single grenade, they simply pulled the trigger, fired the empty bullet, then loaded the prepared magazine, pointed the muzzle forward, and pulled the trigger.
Pure and extreme firepower output!
But it became a talisman for the rushing Japanese troops!
The Japanese infantrymen would pull the trigger once at most before being hit by bullets, and then hit again and again!
The Japanese infantrymen who were hypnotized by "Long Live!" were like puppets lined up to be shot. The ones in front fell down, and those behind them rushed up, and then fell down again.
In the end, no one survives!
The ironclad facts of more than 300 days of military use have proved a truth: in the face of enough bullets, no matter how loud you shout long live, it will be shattered!
At this time, the 150 mortars of the 1st Artillery Battery were still wreaking havoc on the position of the Japanese rapid-fire artillery squadron. The thick smoke lingered for a long time, blocking the sight of the Japanese officers.
They did not see that the two infantry squadrons in the "Long Live" charge completely became a historical term.
After an unknown amount of time, Matsumoto Umon, who was curled up and burying his head in a shallow pit, raised his head and looked at the battlefield where the smoke was gradually dissipating in a daze.
His rapid-fire artillery squadron has disappeared, the heavy rapid-fire artillery is swaying here and there, and the heroic infantrymen of the 3rd Infantry Group who once made a fierce charge not far from him have also disappeared.
As if everything was a dream!
This is a nightmare! The Japanese artillery captain looked up at the battlefield with dull eyes and muttered to himself!
He didn't hear the desperate shouts of the signal soldiers around him at all.
It wasn't that he was completely immersed in sadness, but that there was a thin red line flowing out from under each of his ears.
The huge explosion deafened the Japanese artillery captain who narrowly escaped.
