Chapter 179: Shelling of the Japanese Army
Large-caliber shells were stuffed into the chamber, and the black muzzle was raised high into the sky. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Seeing this, the lieutenant colonel raised the command flag and said loudly: "Ready, release"!
As he spoke, the command flag in his hand was lowered suddenly, and the soldiers in the field pulled the bolt sharply.
"Boom"!
"Boom"!
Only a violent explosion was heard, and the cannonballs rushed into the sky and disappeared.
"Reload!"
"Ready, set"!
As soon as the words fell, a second round of shells went out. At this time, on the Japanese artillery position, the Japanese army was rapidly transferring the gun position, and at this time, a dense sound of breaking the air sounded in the sky.
Just when the faces of these Japanese soldiers changed drastically and they couldn't care about the heavy artillery, a large-caliber shell smashed down the hillside like a torrential rain.
"Boom"!
"Boom"!
......
Dense explosions sounded on the hillside, and the violent explosion directly covered the entire hillside in a carpet shape, and many Japanese soldiers were blown into smoke, and even those who were alive were bleeding from their ears by this violent shock wave, like madness!
At this moment, the second round of shells whistled down again, and these Japanese heavy artillery, which had not had time to move and retreat, together with their artillery and alert troops, were covered by artillery, and even if there were alive, there was no need to worry.
"Notify the division commander, destroy the target, stop the shelling"! Lu Hai put down the binoculars and said.
A few minutes later, Wan Baobang picked up the phone and said, "Stop shelling"!
The dozens of heavy artillery pieces that were firing together finally stopped, but now the Japanese army also began to fire back, but they didn't have any fixed goals, that is, they fired a few shots on the former Ayan position, and fired fiercely with heavy machine guns for a while to find a sense of existence.
"Report to the division commander, lock on the Japanese mountain artillery position"! A communications soldier came in and spoke.
"Order our artillery to open fire this time and completely destroy them"!
"Yes"!
Three minutes later, the heavy artillery of the First Army opened fire again, and the target was a mountain artillery unit that was firing eight kilometers away, and the distance of the mountain artillery unit was naturally not as wide as that of the heavy artillery, and their firing range was also limited, and their position was exposed once the previous fire was opened.
The first round of shelling almost blew up this position with dozens of mountain guns into the sky, and the Japanese army lost its heavy artillery positions one after another, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to open fire.
"Did you see those heavy machine guns that fired"? Zeng Zesheng said.
"Commander, you want to knock them out"? Li Zuo said.
"Of course, they are all within the range of our mortars, so there is no reason to let them fire at will"! Zeng Zesheng said.
"But our artillery reserves are already insufficient, and if we fire now, it is very likely that the shells will be tight in the counterattack after the counterattack"! Li Zuo said.
"It's because you're tight that you have to give me a little bit of accuracy, let's execute"! Zeng Zesheng said.
"Yes"!
Li Zuo walked out of the command headquarters and quickly ordered: "Inform the artillerymen, aiming at the Japanese heavy machine guns on the opposite side only have two shells per person, be sure to hit me on time"!
"Yes!"
Nearly 100 mortars of Zeng Zesheng's regiment were quietly erected, and each mortar was aimed at its own target.
Three minutes later, the mortars were finally corrected, and Li Zuo said: "Hit the signal flare and blow up these brutes"!
"Yes"!
As soon as the words fell, two flares rushed into the sky, and the soldiers operating the mortars slammed the small-caliber grenades into the barrels.
"Knock knock...."
In a series of discharges, a large number of shells whistled and smashed into the Japanese machine guns that were firing on the opposite position.
Clusters of sparks suddenly rose from the Japanese positions on the opposite side, and these heavy machine gunners who fired were blown up by the explosion, and even their heavy machine gun nests were overturned, and some heavy machine guns were directly destroyed!
Immediately after the second round of shelling, eighty percent of the Japanese heavy machine guns exposed in just a few minutes were blown up.
After this round of shelling, the mortar suddenly fell silent, and all the artillery positions began to move.
Sure enough, a moment later, the Japanese tanks' main guns and mortars, 92 infantry guns, and 75 mountain guns opened fire on our positions.
Taking the opportunity of the Japanese army to open fire, Wan Baobang resolutely ordered: "Notify all observation posts, closely search for the location of the Japanese artillery, and prepare to return fire"!
"Yes"!
"What is the First Army doing? Originally, there was not much ammunition and they kept provoking Japanese artillery fire, are they ready to fight an artillery battle with the Japanese army"? Yu Chengwan complained.
"I think they fought well, you think, the artillery of the martial arts hall is no worse than the one that smashed the door of the Whampoa Military Academy, and Wan Baobang was the top student of the Imperial Japanese Army University who knew the Japanese artillery best, and their unique set of suppression methods was indeed effective, if I guessed correctly, after a while their shells would fall on the Japanese artillery positions again"! Wang Yaowu said with a smile.
"Inform the troops, leave a thousand spare shells, and send them over if they are in a hurry"!
"It's...
"If you can find a Japanese artillery position for suppressive fire, I'll give it to you!" Wang Yaowu said with a straight face.
"Yes"! Yu Chengwan said.
"Inform our artillery to also take the initiative to search for important firepower points of the Japanese army, and give them a taste of it"!
"Yes"!
Ten minutes later, the artillery of the 74th Army also opened fire, heavy artillery, mountain artillery, field artillery, mortars, all firing fiercely, one shell after another whistled and hit the Japanese on the head.
From the very beginning, the Japanese army fought very passively, the artillery position, almost all the firing points were named by the Chinese army one by one, along with the 60 heavy artillery fire, and destroyed more than 20 Japanese mountain guns, as well as a tank, in this case, the Japanese did not dare to counterattack, their artillery has been ceasefire and quickly transferred.
Similarly, in the command of the Japanese army, the commander of the 101st Division said angrily: "Strictly hold the defensive line!" Send two squadrons of troops, and you must find out the small force of the Zhina Army for me, and I will cut off their heads with my own hands"!
"Yes"!
By now, the offensive of the two armies has finally stopped, and the two sides have died down and truly entered a period of repair.
The First Army, including the 74th Army, was rapidly repairing the fortifications that had been almost blown up by the Japanese army, while the Japanese army was reinforcing the fortifications on the one hand, and was still rushing to transport the wounded on the other!
The war was a huge attrition, but the Japanese army never suffered such attrition.
But think about it, there were only a handful of troops that could deal such a powerful blow to the Japanese army head-on at that time.
Needless to say, the 74th Army and others give priority to supply, priority allocation of ace troops, and the Yunnan Army's artillery was limited before, and it was difficult to supply, and they were already the trump cards of the miscellaneous army in the miscellaneous army!
At least at that time in China, there was no motley army that dared to single out the state of an army and severely damage the Banyuan Division and block the way of the Kanazawa Division!
The current Nanchang counteroffensive, although they still attacked the Nanxun Railway according to the expected goal, but they have already fought very brilliantly, if it were not for the Japanese army suddenly sent a whole division of troops, they may have been besieging Nanchang now!
In the rear of the Japanese army, there is a small mountain village, and all the people in the village have fled, and those who have not fled have been slaughtered by the Japanese army.
At this time, this small village became the ammunition base of the Japanese army, why is it said that it is an ammunition base, dozens of military vehicles of the Japanese army are coming and going to transport materials to it, and when they go in, they are all heavy trucks driving very slowly, and when they come out, they are empty and running away.
Zhao Jianying and Hai Zhizhi had already appeared on the mountain one kilometer away at this time.
"I think we've done a great job this time!" Hai Zhizhi said with a smile.
"I think too, nine times out of ten it is an ammunition depot, you see that there are two squadrons of Japanese troops around, which are definitely their important supplies, and if you hit here, the Japanese army is a paper tiger without teeth, and when we launch a counteroffensive, the Japanese army will definitely be defeated"! Zhao Jianying also smiled.
"Is the location marked"?
"It's marked." A communications soldier said.
"Send a telegram to the division commander and inform the artillerymen to give them a taste of it"! Zhao Jianying said.
"Yes"!
After a while, Wan Baobang took the telegram and said happily: "What a good day today, this good news is one after another, I must give them the first credit when these boys come back"!
"Through the artillery, aim at this position, open fire on all fronts, the faster the better"! Wan Baobang said and handed over the telegram.
Ten minutes later, dozens of Japanese heavy guns began to adjust their direction again and began to load.
After the loading, Wan Baobang decisively ordered: "All artillery, don't test fire, bomb the whole line"!
"Yes"!
Just as the artillerymen were loading shells and trimming their positions, a communications soldier ran up and said: "Company commander, find the Japanese search unit"!
Zhao Jianying frowned and said, "How many people are there?"
"A squadron or so, only a kilometer away from us"!
"Notify the troops, all move, and arrive at the designated location!"
"Yes"!
"Do you want to set some trap for them or something"? Haijiji said with a smile.
"No, now that the Japanese army is hurt by us, they will inevitably send troops to search for us, we are exposing our whereabouts is tantamount to finding our own death, send a telegram to Xiaohai, tell them to be careful, and retreat quickly"!
"Good"!
After a while, Zhao Jianying and dozens of others began to move one after another, quietly following the mountains and forests towards the designated assembly location.
When this group of Japanese soldiers came here, they saw that there was an ammunition depot here, so they wanted to inform them about the activities of a small group of troops of the principality in the vicinity, so that they could guard against it, but who knew that this group of Japanese soldiers had just come to the edge of the village.
Before he could say a word, a series of sharp breaking sounds suddenly sounded in the distant sky.
The soldiers in the field immediately understood what was happening, and one by one their faces were full of horror, and they rushed towards the swarm in a panic... (To be continued.) )