24th Battle of Yingtian (5)

Eiji Kondo took out a snow-white handkerchief, wiped the tears that flowed from him, and then said to Komasa: "Staff Komasa, quickly call all the warships and motorboats that can move at once, and see how many more ships can participate in the battle." ”

"Hayi!" Xiao Zheng agreed, and quickly carried out the order.

After a while, all the warships, iron boats, and motorboats on Dongting Lake were moving, showing their survival. There is no need for a staff officer to report, Kondo Eiji was also happy for a while, after such a big bombardment, there are still seven or eight battleships, forty or fifty iron boats and speedboats can still move.

What is the capital, this is called the capital. Even those warships that were sunk by the bomb were told to stand in the water and provide fire support.

Kondo Eiji is full of confidence again, and Kamimura Kano is also heroic, as long as the boat is still there, then there are legs, and you can use infantry to attack, I don't believe it, I can't take the camp. As long as the camp is taken, all the losses seem to be easy to account.

Eiji Kondo shouted to the staff officer: "Tell all the gun positions that can still fire shells to pay attention, and in five minutes, launch an artillery bombardment on Yingtian to support the attack of motorboats and iron boats on Yingtian." ”

Staff Officer Xiao Zheng quickly carried out the order.

On the Yingtian position, Li Jue, the commander of the 70th Army, had already come to Han Xing's side, and when he saw Han Xing, he first shook hands, and then said affectionately: "I didn't expect two of them, and one didn't expect that the Japanese army really came to attack Yingtian, and it seems that my meal is ordered." The second thing I didn't expect was that the air force of your Southern Expeditionary Army was so powerful! All at once it blew up the fleet of small Japan. ”

Li Jue's attitude has also changed greatly, when he saw Han Xing, he was arrogant and ignored. Now that I see Han Xing, I have a humble face, and I can't wait to bend my waist to Han Xing.

This is also the fact of war that changes people's attitudes!

Han Xing's nose "snorted", and he muttered carefully, "I'm about to call you the third unexpected." While talking to Li Jue about this useless nonsense, he observed the movements of Japan, and he found that the warships that had not been bombed by the Japanese began to move again.

"Commander Li, it seems that the Japanese army is a pig - remember to eat or not to fight, and they are going to take revenge on us again. Can your artillerymen beat them up a little more and make them have a long memory? ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to use his own strength, Li Jue's face immediately drooped: "It's good that we have a few cannons, but there are no shells!" It's really embarrassing for me to be bombarded. ”

Han Xing scolded in his heart, I really let you show your strength, and there are no shells, so what kind of strength do you have, what Han Xing wants is his cowardice.

Han Xing immediately roared: "Hou Dashan-"

Hou Dashan had been waiting for a long time, and immediately trotted over, saluted Han Xing and said, "Report to Commander Han, what are your instructions?" ”

Han Xing said to him: "It's time for you to perform, call Little Japan Long Memory." ”

"Yes! It's called little Japan long memory. Hou Dashan repeated, and immediately ordered his staff officer: "The whole regiment is heading towards the Japanese fleet at Dongting Lake, with 10 rounds per cannon, and fire cannonsβ€”"

The staff officer of the heavy artillery regiment immediately picked up the phone and shouted at the heavy artillery regiment: "The whole regiment is heading towards the Japanese fleet at Dongting Lake, firing 10 shots per gunβ€”"

After a while, a black "little eagle" appeared in the sky and flew towards the Japanese fleet.

Hou Dashan's heavy artillery regiment consisted mainly of the first and second battalions.

The first battalion was equipped with 4 German FH18105 mm caliber fortress guns (in fact, they were light howitzers), which was the largest caliber and most powerful fortress gun in China at that time.

The 105 mm FH18 howitzer was a replacement for the 105 mm .FH16, a series of guns that was the most important type of artillery in the German army in World War II. The gun was officially produced in 1929 and entered service with the German army, and accompanied the German army through the whole process of World War II as the standard standard artillery of the German Wehrmacht.

The caliber of this artillery is 105 mm, the gun carriage is 6.10 meters long, the total combat weight is 1525 kg, the length is 2.94 meters, the width is 1.98 meters, the height is 1.88 meters, the elevation angle of the gun is -10 degrees - +40 degrees, the artillery firing range is plus or minus 57 degrees on the left and right, the shell weighs 14.97 kg, the maximum rate of fire is 7 rounds / min, the muzzle velocity is 469 m / s, the maximum firing range is 10671 meters, and the personnel is 8 people.

The FH18 is equipped with anti-personnel grenades and armor-piercing shells, both of which are very powerful, of which the No. 1 howitzer shell weighs up to 15 kilograms, and the radius of the grenade explosion is up to 60 meters.

In addition, there were 4 20-mm anti-aircraft guns and 2 37-mm anti-tank guns.

These troops and equipment were brought over by Han Xing from the battle of Wharf Town during the Battle of Wuhan. More than a dozen mountain guns were later equipped with captured Japanese troops.

The second battalion is mainly Wang Dawu's 38 howitzers, including 24 Japanese Type 94 75mm mountain guns, and 14 Soviet ZIS-3 76mm field guns.

Hundreds of heavy artillery shells were fired almost simultaneously, and the flying shells formed a fast-moving dark cloud in the sky as they flew towards the Japanese warships and motorboats.

Eiji Kondo's fleet had just adjusted its guns, and they didn't have the Chinese army's firing Zhuyuan, so they just tried to fight, and then made adjustments. However, the Japanese fleet had long been exposed to the lake in broad daylight, and it was unobstructed. Hou Dashan's heavy artillery battalion didn't need to test fire, and directly set up to shoot Zhu Yuan, and the shells flew over.

"Boom--" "Boom--" Nearly 100 rounds of heavy artillery shells directly covered it, and it hit the Japanese fleet.

In particular, the powerful 105-millimeter anti-personnel grenade exploded in a large area, and even if it could not blow up the warship, the small motorboats on the side of it were all unlucky, and one by one they were lifted into the sky. The officers and men on those motorboats got on the "planes" and were thrown up one by one, and then they were ruthlessly thrown down again.

After falling, the immortal is really lucky. Howitzer shells are tearing the air, water and fire produce another chemical gas, without air, poisonous gas is flooding, human life, can not bear it! They suffocated and died in agony.

Wang Dawu's heavy artillery battalion was not vegetarian, and the Japanese Type 94 75mm mountain guns and the Soviet ZIS-3 76mm field guns were not to be underestimated, and they bullied the 11th Squadron for their small ships and no heavy artillery, so many shells hit these Japanese warships.

As long as one shell was fired on these warships, they were basically reimbursed, and the fire started first, and the fire became more and more vigorous. There were also quite a few officers and men of the army on the ship, who were screaming and screaming from the fire, and they rushed to jump into the water.

The battleship began to explode in the midst of a massive fire, and then came to disintegrate in the water. The explosion affected more officers and men in the water, and they were killed by their own warship.

Wave after wave of shells fell, and Lord Yama was knocking on the door of the lives of these Japanese officers and soldiers.

Nearly 1,000 shells fell in the waters of the mixed fleet of the Japanese army. After the bombardment, there was a deathly silence in the Japanese fleet, as if everyone had died, and there were fires everywhere, dead bodies everywhere, and bombed hull parts everywhere.

This time the flagship of the "Qifeng" was not spared, and was sunk by a heavy shell of the Chinese army, and fell pitifully on the water.

Kondo was quickly rescued by his guards aboard another warship, the Matsukaze, which was once again used as a flagship.

Major General Kamimura was also considered fateful, but he was not killed by the bombing, and with the support of several guards, he was also pulled onto the flagship of the "Matsukaze".

At this time, the Kamimura dry man was even more embarrassed, soaking wet, where did the originally straight military uniform still look like it, but it had already been changed by the black mud and the blood in the lake. The wound on the head was not healed, and a new wound was added, and the arm was scratched by shrapnel for a while, but fortunately, it did not hurt the bones, and it had been bandaged by the health soldiers.

When Mikio Uemura saw Major General Kondo Eiji, although he was not injured again, his appearance was not much better, he was also soaking wet, and he was dripping with water, like a chicken in soup.

Kamimura only felt trembling all over, not knowing if it was due to the cold water in the lake or his own cold heart. He said to Eiji Kondo, "Commander Kondo, what should we do?" What should we do? ”

Kondo Eiji was also a little discouraged, and said to Kamimura Mikio: "I didn't expect that the air force of the Chinese army is powerful, and their artillery is also very powerful. Originally, we wanted to suppress them, but unexpectedly, they suppressed us. ”

Kamimura's body was still trembling, but he still said incoherently, "What should we do?" What should we do? ”

Kondo Eiji is not the commander of the 11th team, he is still relatively calm, he said: "The task of our 11th team is only to transport troops and provide fire support, and how to attack the camp is mainly a matter for your army, and you have to decide this." ”

Originally, last time, the godman had to complain and say: "What about the fire support you provide, and where is the fire support?" But he swallowed back this sentence when it came to his mouth, which was a great disrespect to the commander, and just said: "Okay, please ask Commander Kondo to provide us with fire support, our army will fight to the last man, and we will also take this camp." ”

Eiji Kondo sighed and said, "It's called can't be done." How can we fight the weak with the strong, this is the weak against the strong, holding the egg to touch the stone, touching the tiger's buttocks! Okay, Captain of the Kamimura Brigade, I'll provide you with fire support as much as I can. ”

After a while, Eiji Kondo commanded the remaining ships with artillery that could still fire, and fired at the position of Yingtian.

Kamimura Kamio commanded dozens of motorboats and iron boats that could still be operated, carrying a sparse number of officers and soldiers, and launched an attack on the position of the camp.

Of course, as soon as they entered the sandy area of the camp, they were met with a head-on attack by the 70th Army.

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