Chapter 461: The Attacking Force Presses Forward
Through constant artillery pressure, coupled with some intentional sweetness, Hu Biao finally lured out the heavy artillery of the devils in the town. Seeing that the Japanese army was finally willing to use the remaining heavy artillery, Hu Biao, who lost a few heavy artillery, was not angry but happy.
Even the little devil knows how to hide a hand, how can Hu Biao not understand it? Whether it was heavy artillery or mountain artillery, Hu Biao divided it into two units. Even if one unit is destroyed, the remaining artillery will still be able to fight back.
Although there are some worries about the safety of the members of the first heavy artillery detachment, this is the case in the war, and it is difficult to achieve the best of both worlds. If you want the little devil to expose the hole cards, if you don't have some sweetness, how can the little devil be easily fooled?
The combat troops who stayed outside the city and were responsible for the feint attack also felt that this kind of scene was very exciting when they watched the artillery battles inside and outside the town. The officers and men of the 51st Army, who had assembled and stood by the standby, were even more attracted by this exciting artillery battle.
Every time they saw the artillery counterattack of the task force, they could not help but secretly rejoice. Every time they see the little devils in the town fight back, they will secretly worry again. Even if the task force is a friendly force, they still want the friendly force to win.
Compared with ordinary soldiers, I can't wait for the task force to destroy all the artillery positions of the little devils. The commanders of the 51st Army, who were ordered to rush to assist, said with great envy: "It's hard to believe that they have so many artillery!" ”
"Yes! If we can kill the little devil's artillery first, we will attack next, and we will save a lot of worry! ”
"That's right! I heard the military seat say, after this battle, we can also form an artillery regiment, is it true? ”
"Who knows! However, on the way here, I saw the guys from the guard regiment, who seemed to be transporting some artillery. It's just that those artillery pieces are all infantry guns and mortars of the little devils, and this kind of artillery does not have them. ”
For many combat commanders, they undoubtedly love artillery. It is not for nothing that artillery is the god of war. Compared with small-caliber artillery with a short firing range, they prefer the kind of large-caliber ultra-long-range heavy artillery.
In the past, they fought offensive and defensive battles with the little devils, and they were not worried about the little devils' attacking attacks. What really worries them is the artillery unit equipped by the little devils. Every time the troops collapsed, most of them were due to the artillery of the little devils.
The most helpless thing for them is that when they play against the little devils, they only have the ability to fight back. Even if the officers and soldiers under his command have the courage to fight blood, they still can't resist the bombardment of the shells!
Seeing that the little devil in the town still had a heavy artillery position, the officers watching the battle immediately said nervously: "This is trouble!" Unexpectedly, the little devil was so insidious that he even hid a heavy artillery unit. Without heavy artillery, this battle is hard to fight! ”
"Don't jump to conclusions! You've also watched the previous artillery battles, I think there should be a play! ”
Just when all the attacking troops were worried, and the defending Japanese troops rejoiced and rejoiced. The second heavy artillery detachment, which had been on standby for a long time, also received an order from Hu Biao to open fire. The eight heavy guns on the position have also been aimed at the heavy artillery positions of the little devils in the town.
As the commander waved the red flag in his hand, the artilleryman, who had already stuffed the shell into the barrel, immediately pulled the bolt heavily. When the shells flew out of the barrels, the position where the eight heavy guns were located also instantly stirred up countless dust and smoke.
"Reload! Ready, put! ”
After the first shell was fired, the artilleryman, whose ears had temporarily lost his sound, did not have time to think about anything at all, pulled the bolt and stuffed a heavy shell, continued to stuff it into the bolt, and then closed the bolt and pulled the bolt.
The little devil who was happy saw the dazzling fire coming from the heavy artillery position that had been destroyed outside the town not far away, and many of the little devil's officers instantly became nervous and said, "Baga! That's impossible! How can the Chinese army have so many heavy artillery! ”
In the eyes of the little devils, their previous heavy artillery unit had already destroyed the heavy artillery outside the city. Unexpectedly, the attacking troops outside the city also hid their hands and actually arranged two heavy artillery positions, which was indeed unexpected by them.
Unfortunately, no amount of annoyance will help. When the second heavy artillery detachment began to counterattack, the heavy artillery position temporarily built by the little devil also fell into a violent explosion in an instant. Together with the surrounding little devils, they were all blown away.
Compared with the construction of positions by the task force outside the city, anti-artillery pits will be dug next to them. In the event of a counterattack, they will jump into the anti-artillery pit as soon as possible to avoid deadly artillery fire. As long as they are not too unlucky, most of them will survive.
On the other hand, the little devils who built artillery positions in the town did not dig such anti-artillery pits at all. When the shells fell, in addition to running frantically, they could only lie on the ground honestly and pray that the shells would not fall beside them.
When the little devils are ready to get up and flee between the artillery fires, they will find that the shock wave of the shells will form a huge lethality in a circle. The little devil artillery who can successfully escape is still a very small number after all.
Hu Biao, who was fighting outside the town, occasionally heard the explosion from the town, as well as the flames that rushed to the sky, and said with satisfaction: "Not bad! Not surprisingly, we fired a shell into the town and detonated the shell on the little devil's position! ”
In general, artillerymen do not put too many shells on the emplacements. Often, one box of shells was placed, and the rest were placed next to the position. Doing so will also reduce the number of artillery positions that will directly detonate their own shells when they are counterattacked.
It is a pity that this heavy artillery position was temporarily constructed by the Japanese army, and the heavy artillery position that was previously used as a decoy did not store too many shells. More shells will be transferred to this position for the last counterattack, and the stacking distance is not far.
Now these shells have been detonated, and the lethality caused directly doubled. Many little devils were not hit by shrapnel, but they were shocked to death by the powerful blast wave. It can be seen from this that the power of heavy artillery is indeed not comparable to mountain artillery.
After five rounds of shelling, looking at the temporarily stopped shelling, Hu Biao quickly said: "Order the heavy artillery and mountain artillery units to start shelling freely." Since there are no more people in the town, then don't worry about anything, just blow it up to Lao Tzu! ”
"Yes, detachment leader!"
Listening to Hu Biao's order, Yu Xuezhong, who stayed on the sidelines to watch the battle, also felt that the little devil was really bad luck when he encountered an opponent like Hu Biao who did not play cards according to common sense. But in my heart, I still sigh that Hu Biao is really willing to pay for his blood.
As the saying goes, 'when a cannonball goes off, there are 10,000 taels of gold', and every heavy cannonball is smashed down, it is all money! Even though Yu Xuezhong knew that these shells were captured by Hu Biao, he still admired this kind of 'loser' behavior.
After receiving Hu Biao's new instructions, the heavy artillery and mountain artillery positions immediately stopped shelling and began to adjust the angles of each artillery. Free shelling also means that the artillerymen themselves have the final say on where to hit, as long as they don't hit their own heads.
The officers and men of the task force who had watched the battle before, as well as the commanders and fighters of the 51st Army, all cheered loudly when they saw that the little devil's artillery had been completely destroyed. Without artillery, the combat effectiveness of the little devils was instantly weakened by at least half.
Without artillery to provide fire cover, it will also be safer for the attacking troops to attack. Safer also means that the troops will reduce many unnecessary casualties during the attack. Who doesn't love to be alive to win a battle?
Compared with the morale of the attacking troops outside the town, the morale of the Japanese troops in charge of defense was greatly reduced. Hearing the news of the destruction of the heavy artillery position, the Japanese commanders, who were still elated before, no one laughed anymore.
"General, what's next?"
"What else can be done! Even if there is a street fight, we must fight to the end. Damn it! We underestimated the strength of this mysterious force, what are the guys in the special high class doing, and we haven't even found out the details of the other party until now.
A telegram was immediately drafted to report the attack on the division and regiment. The telegram ordered the infantry wing on the Luzhou City side to immediately mobilize vehicles, dispatch an infantry brigade, and rush to the border area, ready to meet the division and break through at any time. ”
After listening to the order given by the Ogizhou Standing Army, a commander soon said, "General, are we going to break through?" ”
"At this point, we have to prepare for the worst. If we can't hold it, we must do everything we can to break through. I don't want the honor of the division to fall into our hands. If that were the case, we would be the sinners of the Empire and the Division! ”
"Hey!"
These words may sound a little frustrating, but these commanders know that it is necessary for Ogisu to do so. Compared with the total annihilation of the division and regiment, they naturally hoped that someone in the division would successfully break through.
Hu Biao, who didn't know that the Japanese army had prepared for the worst, saw the scene of reopening fire and sending shells into the town, and said to Yu Xuezhong beside him: "Brother, it's your turn to give the order, let the attacking troops press forward!" ”
"Good! I'll send a herald at once! ”
Looking at the artillery of the task force that bombarded the town, Yu Xuezhong knew that the little devils in the town were afraid that they would not last long. When the troops he drew began to attack, once they entered the town, the little devil had no choice but to break through and retreat.
If you don't withdraw, that little devil is in danger of being wiped out. Once retreated, the 51st Army, which was outnumbered, would be able to follow behind and continue to chase and kill the fleeing little devils. Take advantage of this opportunity to cripple this Japanese division as much as possible.
Before leading his troops out of the city, Yu Xuezhong thought that there might be a victory tonight. But I never thought that victory would be so simple. When the attacking troops of the 51st Army appeared at the front of the Japanese defensive position, Hu Biao did not immediately order an attack.
Instead, he gave an order to the artillery unit, and asked the heavy artillery and mountain artillery units to organize some artillery to blow up the front and back of the little devil's defensive position three times. As for the temporary fortifications built by the little devils, how can they withstand the blow of heavy artillery?
When the artillery fire began to extend, there was no need for the people of the task force to take the lead, and the commanders of the 51st Army immediately raised their arms and shouted: "Brothers, rush! ”
On the Japanese defensive position, which was rotated three times by the artillery of the task force, even if there were some surviving little devils, they were afraid that they would be blown up and turned around. In the face of the influx of attacking troops, how could they be able to stop it?