Chapter 561: Scouting Changed Hands (Page 1/1)

All the officers and men who were on the reconnaissance mission quietly crawled at the bottom of the Luotang Heights, looking at the Luotang flank, which was not calm in front and there were many enemy troops.

Zhang Wei carefully counted the Japanese artillery on the anticline of the Luotang Heights, and among the six guns, two were suspected to be 82 mm caliber Chinese-made mortars. The other four calibers are definitely larger than eighty-two, which is not much different from Zhang Wei's previous estimate, the 598th Regiment was bombed so badly, and these six mortars are the culprits.

As long as the Japanese troops on the Luotang Heights call for help, these mortars deployed on the anti-slope plane will quickly open fire, and at that time, the officers and men of the 598th Regiment who are fighting the front of the high ground will be attacked by a dense rain of bullets.

Moreover, all the brothers in the engineer platoon below Zhang Wei can see the Japanese artillery mirrors on the anti-slope plane, the observation soldiers, and many poles for marking, and what is even more terrifying is that Zhang Wei's telescope is full of ammunition reserves for anti-slope positions, and the Japanese mortars are very well prepared.

He Jinhai also crawled on the ground to observe the Japanese army's anti-slope artillery position, silently counted the Japanese army's firepower configuration in his heart, and also picked up a small notebook, wrote and drew on the notebook with a pencil, recorded the configuration and deployment of the Japanese army, and did the core work of this reconnaissance-j recorded the enemy's situation.

The other engineer platoon brothers also looked directly at the Japanese artillery positions and the vigilant infantry, and the reactions of the veterans were probably the same in this situation, and they were all engrossed in studying and judging the enemy's situation.

"Hurry up, move the shells!"

"Prepare to defend against the enemy!"

The Japanese soldiers shouted Japanese that Zhang Wei and others could not understand, and made all kinds of preparations for war.

The bombardment of the Luotang Heights by the 598th Regiment provided the best cover for the reconnaissance operations of Zhang Wei and his party, and in the rumbling gunfire, more than 30 pairs of eyes were aimed at the Japanese troops behind the Luotang Heights, but the Japanese army was completely ignorant because of the good planning and cooperation of Zhang Wei and the 200th Division, so that Zhang Wei just seized the opportunity and exploited the loophole with his excellent and covert actions.

In addition to the artillery, there were also a large number of Japanese infantry on the anti-slope and rear of the Luotang Heights, guarding everywhere and preparing to act as a reserve. Resisting the imminent infantry attack of the 598th Regiment was the top priority of the Japanese troops on the Luotang Heights, and now all the Japanese troops were operating around this point.

No matter how tightly defended the Japanese army is, there are still a hundred secrets after all.

Zhang Wei stared at the Japanese anti-slope artillery position, alerted the infantry, and eagerly thought about his next move.

In fact, among the six guns, the suspected 82 mortar that Zhang Wei saw was captured by the Japanese army from the Nationalist army.

To be precise, it was seized from the hands of the local militia in Guangxi, and the model was indeed not the 20-year-old 82-millimeter mortar that Zhang Wei often saw, but these were two modified Shanghai-made 82-millimeter mortars, and the artillery mounts and sights were worse than the 20-year-old 82-mm mortars that the national army was currently equipped with in large quantities.

These two artillery pieces came from the local militia in Guangxi, after the Fifth Division landed, attacked all the way, and there were many militia regiments that were defeated and defeated after desperate resistance, and the militia was mainly equipped with light weapons, and these reformed Shanghai-made 82 mortars were the weapons that were eliminated by the Gui regular army and allocated to the militia after the renovation of the Guangxi Arsenal.

The Japanese garrison at Kunlun Pass was the second brigade of the 42nd Infantry Wing, and these two artillery pieces and shells were captured by them and carried them all the time, but before they could hand in the captured equipment, they became a lone army under siege! The two captured Shanghai-made 82 mortars were naturally also used to strengthen the garrison firepower.

The other four mortars are the equipment of the Japanese army, which is the standard equipment of the Japanese army, but Zhang Wei, who has fought with the Japanese army for several years, is not familiar enough with this kind of mortar, and these four guns are the standard mortars of the Japanese army. The Type 97 90 mm mortar was subordinate to the mortar squadron under the jurisdiction of the Japanese garrison at Kunlun Pass, and was transferred from the independent mortar brigade of the Fifth Division before the war.

The Japanese medium-caliber mortars that Zhang Wei saw on the battlefield were really rare, and he was not impressed by the Type 97 mortars.

This kind of 90-mm mortar belongs to the new equipment, the service life is very short, the Japanese army positioned it as a brigade gun, equipped a part of the infantry brigade with mortars, and at the same time did not equip the infantry gun, with a mortar squad, replacing the brigade with a 92 infantry artillery squad.

One of the reasons why the Japanese army has increased its curved firepower and developed and equipped this kind of mortar in complex terrain is precisely because the Chinese army is equipped with many medium-caliber mortars, such as the 82-caliber mortar of the 20th year of the People's Republic of China, the 80-millimeter caliber mortar made by the warlord arsenals, and some mortars imported from Germany and France and the old-fashioned Shanghai-made mortars.

In order to make up for it, the Japanese army has increased the research and development of medium-caliber mortars, and the 97-type 90-millimeter mortar is this kind of product, but unfortunately, the Japanese field division does not seem to buy this kind of mortar, and the infantry brigade is basically still equipped with the 92 infantry gun.

Therefore, the Type 97 mortars, many times are centralized, the Japanese troops in the Kunlun Pass garrison got a squadron, six Type 97 mortars were equipped, two were transferred to the battlefield of Jieshou Heights, and the other four Type 97 mortars, and the captured two old-fashioned Shanghai-made mortars, together arranged into a small artillery group, which was tricky by the Japanese commander on the Luotang Heights on the anti-slope position.

"Damn, I said that the devil shelled so fiercely, and the mortar was placed on the anticline."

Zhang Wei said in a low voice, now, he has observed the overall situation.

"Captain, there are six mortars for the devils, there is at least a squad of infantry on the anticline, and there are also devils behind the high ground." He Jinhai crawled over and reported, and showed Zhang Wei the book he had recorded.

"The devils seem to be looking at the 598th Regiment, Captain, you say, what should I do next?" He Jinhai gritted his teeth and said, it seems that the desire to fight is extremely strong.

Zhang Wei looked back, and behind He Jinhai, the veteran of the prostrate No. 1 Middle School Engineer Platoon also gave Zhang Wei the same look.

At this point, seeing that the Japanese army's defense was not very strong, Zhang Wei also wanted to do something beyond the scope of reconnaissance.

Trying their best to lurk here, there is a rare opportunity in a lifetime, and the Japanese army in front has transferred the main force to the Luotang Heights, and the infantry units left behind are not strong.

I've already led the team to touch it in. Zhang Wei, now, he doesn't want to just do a reconnaissance.

"All brethren, get ready for battle!"

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