Chapter 250: Knocking on the Fortress (1)
"Set up a cannon, quick!" The onslaught of the 1st Company not only shortened the distance between the attacking troops and the Japanese position, but also provided space for the arrangement of the anti-artillery company, the 1st Company advanced forward, and the 2nd Company expanded on the left and right flanks in the rear, and the vacated space was soon occupied by the 3rd Company, the 82nd Mortar Platoon, and the Anti-Japanese Artillery Company.
"Dig a hoe pit!"
"The guns are quickly in place!" One after another, the artillery battle command sounded, and the mixed infantry and artillery troops led by Zhang Wei rushed up, only more than 150 meters away from the Japanese position, this distance greatly improved the shooting of the anti-aircraft artillery, increased the accuracy, and also exposed everyone to the range of Japanese firepower, machine guns, rifles and grenadiers could be fired, fortunately, the Japanese army's energy is currently focused on the charging company, Zhang Wei and the third company only have some stray bullets above their heads.
"Zheng Yiqun, you take one platoon to the two wings to guard the flanks, and the other platoon to cover behind the artillery!"
"Yes!"
Zheng Yiqun received the order to personally lead a platoon to the two flanks, sweeping the firing boundary while providing cover, and another platoon of the third company retreated to the rear of the battle defense artillery and the 82 mortar, assisting the artillery to load ammunition, protecting the battle defense artillery in the rear, and assisting the artillery to transfer the artillery if necessary.
Zhang Wei came to the company commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company and prepared to designate the target for attack.
The battle defense artillery is the key to the success or failure of this battle, the four battle defense guns are preparing for intense firing, the gunners put down the ammunition boxes they are carrying, take out the shells, and dig a station hoe pit on the ground to reduce the impact of the recoil, and the 82 mortars on the other side are much simpler, the artillery can be set up to fight, the two mortars are loaded, and then they start shooting at the Japanese ballade position.
The two 82 mortars fired two rounds of rapid fire and fired at the Japanese foxholes, and the mortars were brought to further suppress the Japanese foxholes, so that they could not stop the effective and continuous resistance.
In the sound of mortars and shouts of killing, the four battle defense guns were placed in turn, ready to fire, Zhang Wei squatted behind the battle defense gun shield of the base gun, the gunners behind him loaded the 37 battle defense guns with shells, adjusted the gun body, the crackling gunfire around did not have much impact on the gunners, the most fierce place of the battle was concentrated in the first company and part of the officers and soldiers of the second company, the first company charged bravely, and the second company enthusiastically cooperated.
Zhang Wei observed the front-line infantry fighting behind the artillery shield, and the Japanese fortress opened fire one after another, inflicting heavy casualties on them.
"Are you ready?" Zhang Wei glanced at the commander of the anti-artillery company behind him, the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company held the gun rope in his hand, leaned over and observed the Japanese position with the gun sight on the artillery.
"That's it!" The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company nodded.
Zhang Wei took a few steps back and pointed to the most central fortress of the Japanese army, where three tongues of fire erupted almost at the same time, and just now, Zhang Wei saw at least three soldiers of the first company dead under its guns in the telescope.
"Hit the middle one!"
"Good!"
The commander of the battle defense artillery company responded, and then personally led the artillery squad soldiers to operate the gun, and now the distance is close, almost flat fire, and the barrel of the 37-mm 1-k type battle defense gun has been filled with a 37 grenade, as a benchmark gun, that is, it is to be fired first, and the commander of the battle defense artillery company and the soldiers of the artillery squad have calibrated the various elements after simple measurements.
"Target, one hundred and fifty meters away, enemy central bunker!"
"Reloaded! Ready to fire! ”
"Gun body adjustment!"
"Sir, you're ready for launch." The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company pulled the cannon rope and said to Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei waved his right hand.
"Put!"
The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company pulled the gun rope, and a 37 grenade flew out of the gun chamber at a speed of 825 meters per second, flew over a distance of 150 meters, and exploded on the Japanese position with a bang! The muzzle velocity of the anti-artillery shells of the Sanqi battle was very fast, and the Japanese army was hit by the shells before they could react, and the Sanqi grenade did not hit the fortress, and when the guns were discharged, they shifted downward, and a shot hit near the communication ditch on the edge of the fortress, but it was not without success.
The shamprapnel killed two Japanese infantrymen who were maneuvering in the traffic ditch, blinded the eyes of another Japanese soldier, and the Japanese soldier with a wounded eye fell in the traffic ditch and wailed, his eyes had become two bloody holes.
"Crooked, reshoot!" Zhang Wei shouted.
"Adjust it down twice!" The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company ordered the soldier operating the high and low machine to adjust the angle, and the soldier quickly turned the gun handwheel, and the circular scale value on the side of the handwheel changed with the distance the soldier rotated.
"Good!"
"Bullet! Put! ”
"Boom!" The muzzle of the anti-aircraft gun of the 37th battle broke out again with a yellow muzzle flame, and the re-corrected shell was fired, this time directly hitting the Japanese fortress, the grenade hit the right part of the fortress, and exploded at the first touch, after the grenade exploded, the right corner of the fortress was cut off, and the shrapnel went along the machine gun port, and a group of light machine gunners who were shooting were killed in a concentrated manner.
"Boom!" The firing of the base gun was completed, the other three guns immediately fired, and the muzzle flames of the guns burst in the crowd of the preparatory battalion, hitting the Japanese fortress, just now the Japanese fortress in the center was hit by the first grenade, the smoke rose in the fortress, there was chaos inside, and there was no time to react, the second shell came as promised, this time it was an armor-piercing shell, before the war, the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company and Zhang Wei discussed, and carried armor-piercing shells and grenades at the same time, the first grenade failed to destroy the Japanese fortress, but only knocked off a corner, The second shot that followed was a valuable armor-piercing bullet for tanks.
The shell hit the fortress, and with only a faint explosion, it drilled a hole in the front of the fortress, and entered, and the armor-piercing shell entered the fortress, piercing the leg of a Japanese soldier alive, and then continued in an offset trajectory, hitting the inner wall of the fortress.
Further back, there are more grenades.
"Boom!" After the third grenade hit, the Japanese fortress could no longer withstand such a blow, the structure was damaged, the fortress that was attacked by the blasting stopped firing, half of the fortress collapsed, and only two soldiers covered in blood escaped from the fortress.
"Hit nicely, keep shooting!" Zhang Wei said that beside him, four artillery pieces attacked each fortress in turn, and one by one the anti-Japanese shells of the 37th Battle hit the Japanese fortress group.
"Kill!" The officers and men of the first company saw the fire of the battle defense artillery, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed forward with shouts of killing, the commander of the first company, Qiu Wei, ordered the whole company to attack, and the three infantry platoons all pulled up to charge, and the whole company rushed towards the Japanese ballade position, and began a frantic impact, at this moment, the mountain artillery in the rear had already stopped shelling the Japanese position, and the shelling on the foxhole position came from the 82 mortar in the hands of Zhang Wei.
Mu Chao, the commander of the second company, took the Zhongzheng rifle with the bayonet on it, rolled up his sleeves, and shouted: "Brothers, rush forward and avenge the dead brothers!" ”
The soldiers of the two companies merged into a stream of people, crossed the bodies of the fallen officers and soldiers in front of the Japanese position, shouted and rushed to the Japanese foxhole position.