Chapter 316: Preemptive Strike

"Sun Youdao and Sun Xiucai, have they measured the coordinates of the position? Tell them to hurry up, knowing that every minute of delay will cost the soldiers on the battlefield a lot of sacrifices. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhang Cheng asked anxiously.

"Yes, division commander, I'll go over and urge you again." The Signal Corps replied.

But at this time, another communications soldier broke in and reported loudly: "Report to the division commander, the coordinates of the devil's artillery position have been measured, please instruct." ”

Zhang Cheng immediately said: "No need to ask for instructions, order them to open fire immediately and knock out the devil's artillery position!" ”

"Yes!" The communications corps quickly moved forward to deliver the order.

After receiving Zhang Cheng's order to open fire immediately, the artillery brigade and heavy artillery brigade under the command of Sun Youdao and Sun Xiucai immediately took action, and the artillerymen loaded the shells into the cannons, and then quickly opened fire, shooting continuously at the artillery positions of the devils.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

In the black night sky, orange-red shells were overwhelming, and although the caliber of the shells fired by the 1,000 guns of the artillery brigade was small, the dense shells of the 1,000 shells were enough to completely submerge the entire Japanese position.

"Woohoo! Woo Woo ......"

Thousands of shells poured down like a torrential rain, and the Japanese artillery looked at the dense shells flying from the sky, and their scalps were numb, and they only felt the end coming, and they trembled with fear.

"Get out of the way!" The devil artillery was completely frightened, they had never seen so many shells since they joined the army, and the worst thing was that these shells were aimed at them.

"Boom! Thundered! ”

The shells fired by the 36 152mm howitzers and 36 122mm cannons aided by the Soviet Union were heavy and large, and the speed was amazingly fast.

The entire field heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army was blinded by the sudden artillery attack of the instructor, and they did not expect that the Tubalu, which had been ravaged by their artillery fire before, had heavy artillery that was not inferior to them, and the number of conventional artillery far surpassed them.

In the face of the unprecedentedly powerful artillery attack of the Eighth Route Army, the officers and men of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade who were caught off guard were killed and wounded. It was not that the artillery had thought of launching a counterattack against the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, but the time was too hasty, and they could not measure the coordinates of the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army for a while, resulting in the Japanese army having heavy artillery in hand but nowhere to exert its strength.

Even though some artillerymen with superb artillery skills opened fire on the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army with their hands, the Japanese artillerymen, who had long been the targets of the Eighth Route Army's artillery, were soon blown to pieces by the shells fired from the concentrated fire, and they died before they could fire a few shots.

Not to mention that the Japanese army launched a counterattack at this time, it was fortunate that it could even escape the artillery attack of the Eighth Route Army. Under the firing of more than 1,000 shells per round, the Japanese artillery positions were almost razed to the ground, and the artillery of more than 8,000 people rushed to the ground, constantly looking for anti-artillery holes to avoid the pursuit of shells.

Under the artillery attack of the Eighth Route Army, those very conspicuous 155 howitzers became the target of concentrated attacks by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and in less than five minutes, more than a dozen heavy guns of more than 100 caliber were scattered by the Japanese army, becoming piles of scrap metal parts.

In the endless dark night sky, the shells on the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army were as brilliant as meteors, and the explosive flames generated after the shells fell quickly spread to the ammunition depot where the Japanese bombs were concentrated.

"Boom!"

A large explosion that was much more terrifying than lightning and thunder suddenly sounded, and within a radius of 100 meters from the ammunition depot, a large mushroom cloud suddenly rose, and all people and things were reduced to nothingness in this amazing explosion.

The smoke and dust dissipated, and what appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a huge pit of 100 meters in size, up to 10 meters deep, the pit was black, and the remains of the Japanese corpses could be vaguely seen.

The high-ranking officers of the Japanese army, who watched the battle with binoculars from a distance, were dead silent, and their faces were ugly, as if they had died of their fathers and mothers. They were completely stunned by the powerful artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and no matter how much they overestimated the instructor, they never imagined that the instructor's artillery far exceeded the Japanese army's heavy artillery brigade, so that the Japanese army's heavy artillery brigade was stunned in the first place.

Lieutenant General Uemura Kiyotaro put down the binoculars with trembling hands, his face was extremely pale, and at this moment he finally figured out why the Itagaki Division, which was previously well-known in the Japanese military circles and terrified the people of China, was planted in the hands of the instructor, that is, the instructor's massive artillery strikes destroyed the entire Itagaki Division.

Previously, Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura had privately ridiculed Seishiro Itagaki for being in vain and being overturned by a small unit of the Eighth Route Army. Now, he didn't dare to think so anymore, because his 12th Division was about to follow in the footsteps of the 5th Division.

"Nope! I can't let my 12th Division repeat the mistakes of the Itagaki Division, I have to stop all this. "Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura's mind was racing to save the field heavy artillery brigade that was about to be destroyed.

"Is there anything else you can do? It should be clear to you that we must not lose the field heavy artillery brigades, and if we lose the cover of the artillery brigades in the attack, we will most likely be defeated by the chinas. Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura asked everyone.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, this passive situation cannot continue any longer, we must immediately launch an attack, rush to the positions of the Chinese people, and completely destroy the artillery positions of the Chinese people, so as to save our field heavy artillery brigades." The division chief of staff, Nagato Yoshihito, opened his mouth to suggest.

"If you want to attack, you must send out the chariot wing, otherwise it will be too late, Your Excellency the division commander, please give an order, if it is too late, the artillery brigade will all be shattered." Another staff officer added.

"Well, order the 1st Tank Wing to be dispatched immediately, and the 12th Infantry Brigade will follow from behind, with the goal: to destroy the artillery positions of the Chinese people!" Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura ordered decisively.

"Hey, let's do it now!" The Wing Commander of the 1st Tank Wing, Goro Inamoto, and the Commander of the 12th Brigade, Major General Tsuyoshi Domoto, received the order at the same time.

In desperation, Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro had no choice but to use the last killer weapon of the Japanese army, and if this attack still failed, then Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro could prepare for seppuku.