Throughout the history of World War II, artillery is a well-deserved king of the army, and has played an irreplaceable and important role in countless battles, large and small.

In many battles, it has played a key role in determining the outcome of the battle.

On the Chinese battlefield, the reason why the first has been repeatedly defeated on the frontal battlefield is in addition to the lack of comprehensive national strength and army training.

The most important thing is the lack of heavy firepower, especially the size of the artillery, which is far inferior to the Japanese army in terms of firepower and quality.

In many battles, the Japanese army relied on its artillery superiority to suppress and defeat the first.

You must know that many soldiers in the army, in terms of the fierceness of white-knuckle warfare and the courage of the spirit of death, are not worse than the Japanese army, but they still can't win, and the backwardness of tactical concepts is one thing, and the most important thing is that the firepower is inferior to others.

Now the independent brigade led by Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo, and the sixth division of Gu Shoufu.

Gu Shoufu not only has the advantage of troops, but also the support of the navy and air force, if Xu Wen does not knock out their artillery wing, then even if he has a small enough advanced and powerful tank and armored force, it will be difficult to hold Wuxi for long.

Because of the defensive battle of the position, he still relied on the infantry, and his tanks and armored units could only be used flexibly as fire support.

And the biggest threat to his own infantry is the artillery wing of the 6th Division, so Xu Wen will take the armored troops at any cost and risk coming over for a sneak attack.

As the commander of the 6th Division, Gu Shoufu naturally knew the importance of his own artillery to the entire 6th Division that had already attacked Wuxi.

Therefore, in shock, he reacted quickly and mobilized troops to support the artillery positions at all costs.

As for the retreat of the artillery wing, it was already too late by this time.

However, Gu Shoufu still underestimated the assault ability of the ** team in the attacking squadron, as well as the speed of the attack.

Before his cavalry wing and tank wing, which were relatively mobile troops, arrived, Xu Wen, Li Wu, Fang Shengli and others led the tank battalion and air defense battalion to easily break through the Japanese baggage camp.

Killed the devil soldiers of the 6th Baggage Wing, and went straight to the devil's artillery position.

At this time, on the 6th artillery position, all the devil artillery had already been alarmed, but without the order of their superiors, they did not dare to abandon the artillery and escape.

Therefore, one can only watch with a blank eye as the armored torrent of tanks, armored vehicles, and anti-aircraft combat vehicles of the independent brigade swarms in.

The 6th Artillery Wing was equipped with an infantry squadron as a guard, just a hundred and a dozen infantry who were not equipped with any anti-tank weapons, which was obviously not enough to withstand a powerful assault force composed of so many advanced tanks, armored vehicles.

When Xu Wen controlled the vehicle-mounted MG34 general-purpose machine gun and took the lead in firing, all the tanks, armored vehicles and vehicle-mounted machine guns on the air defense army vehicles followed suit.

Tongues of fire burst out from the machine guns of various tanks and armored vehicles, forming a very dense network of firepower, and roaring towards the devil artillery guards.

Countless bullets came one after another, knocking down a large number of devil soldiers in an instant.

Under the fierce strafing and striking blows of the assault troops of the Independent Brigade, more than 100 devil guards could not hold out for even two minutes, and they were all shot and killed by the dense fire like a storm.

With the help of the fire and the lights of the headlights, Xu Wen had already seen the devil artillery on the front position, as well as the devil artillery running around in panic.

Without waiting for his own tank and combat vehicles to break into the position of the devil's artillery, he immediately ordered all the main guns of the tanks, as well as the vehicle-mounted grenade launchers, to open fire one after another.

Xu Wen's Tiger tank was the first to fire, and the main gun of the mm let out a roar, and a high-explosive grenade weighing more than ten catties shot out of the barrel and bombarded the devil artillery position in front of it!

Bang! A 70-millimeter Japanese field gun, along with seven devil artillery pieces around it, was blown away.

As soon as the shells of the main gun hit, the three 90mm vehicle-mounted grenade launchers behind the roof of the Tiger tank also opened fire.

Tom tom! With the muffled sound of a grenade ejecting chamber, three high-explosive grenades shot into the sky, leaving three eye-catching arcs in the air, and then fell on the devil's artillery position in unison.

Boom Boom! There were three loud bangs, and two more Japanese artillery pieces were destroyed.

The Leopard tanks, T34, Sherman, and Tank 4 also opened fire one after another, firing shells and grenades into the Devil artillery positions.

For a time, the Japanese artillery positions exploded continuously, red light rose everywhere, and clusters of dazzling red light rose into the sky.

Under the frantic bombardment of the tanks of the Independent Brigade, more than 60 tanks on the artillery positions of the devils were quickly destroyed one by one.

By the time the cavalry and tank units of the 6th Division arrived, the entire artillery position was completely enveloped in a dazzling sea of fire.

More than 60 artillery pieces were destroyed, and most of the thousands of artillery men were also killed in the explosion and fire, and only a few escaped by chance, and they were scattered in panic.

The Devil Cavalry Wing rushed to help, regardless of the difference in strength between the two sides, and directly followed the remaining dozen tanks and armored vehicles of the tank wing, and rushed towards the air defense battalion and tank battalion of the independent brigade from the side.

Fang Shengli also found the devil reinforcements, and immediately reported to Xu Wen through the car radio: "Brigade commander, the enemy reinforcements have arrived, we can retreat!" ”

Xu Wen, who was commanding the tank bombardment, immediately calmed down when he heard the report, and quickly made a deployment and ordered: "All the anti-aircraft machine guns of the air defense battalion turn around and fire at the devil reinforcements!" Stop them from approaching!

All tanks, armored vehicles quickly turned around and retreated, and we withdrew the same way! ”

"Roger!"

"Yes!" The officers and men of the tank battalion and the air defense battalion quickly received the order and acted according to Xu Wen's orders.

The anti-aircraft machine guns on the twenty-seven Humvee military vehicles quickly turned their guns and opened heavy fire on the devil cavalry and tank units.

A large number of 127mm bullets formed a dense network of crossfire, and they fired head-on reinforcements from the devils.

The beaten people of the devil cavalry turned on their backs, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the tanks and armored vehicles were also knocked out of countless holes in a few hits because the defensive armor was too weak, and one after another caught fire and exploded.

The devil tankmen inside were either killed by raging shrapnel or burned alive in tanks or armored vehicles.

The firepower formed by twenty anti-aircraft machine guns was very terrifying.

It is not even necessary for the tank battalion to attack, and the dense fire network of the air defense battalion alone can make it difficult for the devil cavalry and tank troops to move an inch, and they will suffer heavy casualties.

However, now that the Japanese artillery positions have been destroyed, the purpose of this trip has been accomplished, and Xu Wen knows that the fuel and ammunition of his armored troops are not very sufficient, and it is not easy to fight.

So, after the tank battalion completed the U-turn, the retreat was decisively ordered.

You must know that the anti-aircraft machine gun is fired at full power, although the power is fierce, but the consumption of ammunition is also extremely terrifying.

Now that Xu Wen's exchange points have been used up again, once the ammunition is exhausted, their tank and armored units will become toothless tigers, and the consequences are unimaginable, so they must withdraw as soon as possible.