Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Bloody Battle of Luodian (10)
Wu Cannon immediately turned the muzzle of the gun and aimed it in the direction of the Japanese artillery position in the south, and after the three rapid fires, regardless of whether they hit or not, they immediately led people to move the position.
24 cannons, each with 3 rounds, at one time more than 70 150mm caliber grenades flew to the artillery position of Jingshuxuan, although most of them did not hit the target, but there were still more than 10 shells hit the Japanese artillery position, resulting in the destruction of 6 mountain guns and 3 field guns.
When the attack on the artillery was reported to Jing Shuxuanshi, Jing Shuxuanshi immediately ordered the artillery to move their positions. This transfer, the data just obtained through the observation post, the calibrated elements of the cannon have lost their effect again. The artillery in the infantry artillery coordination loses its shooting accuracy, so it doesn't matter if you are the enemy or your own people, after a random bombing, the casualties of the Protector Army hiding in the anti-artillery hole are not large, but the Japanese infantry on the position who are stepping up the attack are killed a lot by their own shells.
As a last resort, the infantry had no choice but to suspend the attack, and nearly 2,500 men moved together from the southeast and south, and in less than 10 minutes, less than half of them had retreated. After the results of the battle were counted, Jing Shuxuanshi was taken aback, especially when he learned that most of the dead and wounded were blown up by his own people's shells, Jing Shuxuanshi was even more furious, and immediately called Serikawa Xiu, the commander of the artillery wing, to him, and slapped him more than ten times in a row, almost making him commit suicide to apologize.
The artillery captain Serikawa Xiuichi was aggrieved, and immediately after he went back, he asked people to prepare a hot air balloon, intending to rise again to observe and calibrate the artillery Zhu Yuan, who knew that it only rose more than 20 meters, and it was shot down by the Chinese army again.
Serikawa Xiu lost his temper, and the coordination of infantry and artillery could not be carried out. Jing Shuxuanshi and Ueno Kanichiro lost their temper after knowing the situation, and the two discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with any good ideas, so the war on the southeast and southeast fronts reached a stalemate.
Kanichiro Ueno, who was full of ambition and thought he could get revenge as soon as possible, had to pin his hopes on Ushijima Mitsuru on the northern defensive line, but Ushijima Mitsuru was also extremely depressed now.
After the defeat in the first battle, Ushijima immediately ordered artillery to bombard the position on the north side of Luodian with all his might, and two hours later, he sent another 1,000 men to attack, but he was soon beaten again, and less than 300 people fled back.
At this time, Ushijima finally knew that he had hit a hard stubble. As a last resort, Ushijima could only lower his posture and personally went to meet Ueno Kanichiro and Jing Shuxuan, after the three of them reported the battle situation, Ueno Kanichiro said: "Everyone, everyone knows the progress of the war now, our three-front army, the number of more than 17,000 people, there is no way to take a small Luodian, this is simply a shame for the imperial soldiers, if this stalemate continues, I think we should all apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”
Kanichiro Ueno's words made the other two a little unhappy. Jing Shuxuan thought to himself: "Caesarean section? If it weren't for the incompetence of your Third Division, why would you need our assistance. ”
Ushijima, who was already a little arrogant, snorted coldly and ignored it.
Kanichiro Ueno also felt that what he said was a little unpleasant, and said lightly: "Luodian has a special geographical location, it is in the hands of the Chinese army, it is like a thorn in our throat, and it has played a great role in hindering our southward outflanking and eliminating the Shina army south of Fuzaohama. For the sake of the Japanese Empire's dream of conquering China, we must work together to take Luodian. However, if the mission fails, it is not a pity that I, Kanichiro Ueno, will die, and the fame of the two generals will probably be in vain. ”
Ushijima suddenly said, "I don't know what brilliant ideas Ueno-kun has?" ”
Kanichiro Ueno was taken into the army, his face was a little unnatural, and he hurriedly coughed, and said: "Well, the Luodian defenders we are facing now are different from the Chinese troops in other places, they have anti-aircraft weapons, and in the face of them, we are equivalent to losing the ability to strike in the air, so the aircraft cannot assist us." In addition, the tanks are not good, and last time our 3rd Division carried more than 30 tanks with him, but they were destroyed in a very short time, so the tanks could not help us much. ”
When Ushijima heard this, he suddenly wanted to scold his mother, paralyzed, and lost all his advantages in heaven and earth, how do you fight?
But I heard Kanichiro Ueno say again: "There is also bad news, because last time when Ichiro Katayama's department withdrew from Luodian, the cannon was not taken out or damaged, and it was later confirmed that it had been obtained by the Luodian defenders, which means that the Luodian defenders had more than 20 150mm heavy guns in their hands." ”
"Yaga!" Ushijima couldn't hold back any longer, and opened his mouth to scold: "How did your third division fight, it was just a matter of not having planes and combat vehicles to help, and even the heavy artillery was captured by the Chinese army, how can you fight such a battle?" We don't have the slightest advantage, do you want my soldiers of the 6th Division to fill it with their lives? ”
Ushijima said angrily, turned his head and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Jing Shuxuanshi in time, Jing Shuxuanshi persuaded him a few words, and Ushijima sat down again angrily.
Kanichiro Ueno said with an embarrassed face: "Although we have no advantage in these aspects, our number is more than ten times more than that of the defenders of Luodian, and it is understood that their personnel are only about 1,000 at most. ”
Niu Mandao said angrily: "What kind of bullshit advantage is this, do you know that my vanguard 2,000 people were all wiped out in two minutes by the defenders on the north side of Luodian a few hours ago with several strange-looking machine guns." In other words, we are all charged together, and in the face of such a weapon, what are the chances of winning? ”
After listening to this, Kanichiro Ueno stopped talking, and the scene became cold.
After a long time, Jing Shuxuan spoke: "I think we might as well put a truce during the day, and organize a night attack at night, if it succeeds, of course, it is best, if it doesn't succeed, we will wait for tomorrow to do this and so and so..."
Jing Shuxuan told the plan again, and when Mitsuru Ushijima and Kanichiro Ueno heard it, their eyes lit up and they applauded together!
That night, at twelve o'clock in the night, the three divisions of the Japanese army organized about 3,000 people to quietly move towards Luodian from three directions. When they touched the front 200 meters of the position, the soldiers of the Protector Army on the Luodian position were still unaware, and there were faint snoring sounds.
The former enemy commander of the Japanese army was overjoyed and immediately gave the order to speed up his advance, but he did not know that their actions had long been informed by the rear of the Protector Army special operations team who was hidden in the dark and was responsible for reconnoitring the enemy's situation.
Thinking that the night attack was successful, the Japanese army quickly ran to within 100 meters of the position, but suddenly, several flares were shot into the air from nowhere, and the bright firelight immediately reflected the land in front of the position on three sides of Luodian, and the devils who had just rushed to the front of the position were also reflected in the slightest, and the devil soldiers who exposed the hiding were a little overwhelmed for a while, and they didn't know whether to move forward or retreat, and they were stunned one by one, and the scene looked very embarrassing.
The Japanese commander was taken aback and immediately shouted to retreat, but before his words fell, the Protector Army soldiers, who had been hiding in the anti-artillery hole during the day and had a fire in their stomachs, immediately pulled the trigger, and all of a sudden the fire was full, Gatling, RPG, AK47, M16, SVD, grenades... Countless bullets and shells tilted on the heads of the night attacking Japanese troops, and the front of the Luodian position, which had been calm for a long time, immediately became an Asura hell again.
Fortunately, it was night, and the poor vision gave some devils a glimmer of life, 3,000 people attacked at night, and the Japanese troops who fled back at night on the last three sides took advantage of the night to have more than 700 people.