Chapter 543: Cannon Cover
FOUR LARGE FIREBALLS QUICKLY HIT THE EXPOSED GUERRILLA DETACHMENT FIGHTERS, ONE BY ONE THE LARGE FIREBALLS BEGAN TO FALL ON THE GROUND, A POWERFUL EXPLOSION SOUNDED, AND FOUR HUGE CRATERS BEGAN TO APPEAR ON THE GROUND, WHICH WERE GRENADES FIRED BY FOUR 105MM CANNONS IN THE TOWN.
Dozens of fighters paid for the casualties, one heavy machine gun was blown up along with three light machine guns, and four shells showed amazing lethality.
"Boom, boom!" The four cannons continued to fire, one shell after another were fired, and the fighters of the guerrilla detachment that ambushed the Japanese troops paid heavy casualties.
THIS IS A CONSPIRACY OF THE JAPANESE ARMY, THEY SENT AN INFANTRY SQUADRON OUT TO ATTRACT THE TROOPS OF THE EIGHTH ROUTE ARMY TO OPEN FIRE, AND THE ARTILLERY UNITS HIDDEN IN THE VILLAGE LAUNCHED AN ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT AFTER THE TROOPS OF THE EIGHTH ROUTE ARMY WERE EXPOSED, AND FOUR POWERFUL 105MM CANNONS FIRED SHELLS, CAUSING HUNDREDS OF CASUALTIES TO THE FIRST BRIGADE OF THE GUERRILLA DETACHMENT IN A SHORT TIME.
This is still a relatively large distance between the troops, and if the troops are densely packed, I am afraid that the number of casualties will be even greater.
Gao Shu, commander of the 117th Wing, personally commanded the troops to go to Pingding County to meet the breakthrough of the First Brigade of the melee.
Although this plan was very devastating to the troops of the Eighth Route Army, the speed of the Japanese army's march was delayed, and until now, the Japanese troops are still in the town of Lijiazhuang.
The partisan detachment paid casualties, the troops quickly began to disengage from the battlefield, the infantry squadron began to stop advancing, and under the cover of artillery, this infantry squadron began to search the surroundings.
THE FOUR 105MM CANNONS BEGAN TO STOP FIRING, AFTER ALL, THIS TYPE 92 105MM CANNON IS A TREASURE, THEY DON'T WASTE SHELLS.
BUT THIS TIME TAKAKI KAICHI ALSO BROUGHT AN INFANTRY ARTILLERY SQUADRON, AN ARTILLERY SQUADRON, ALTHOUGH THE 105MM CANNON IS NO LONGER FIRING, BUT THE FOUR INFANTRY GUNS, FOUR MOUNTAIN GUNS, ARE CONSTANTLY EXTENDING THE FIRE TO COVER THE ACTIONS OF THE INFANTRY SQUADRON.
The order of the commander of the Gui detachment had not yet been conveyed, but the first brigade had paid hundreds of casualties, and the snipers behind the first brigade of the guerrilla detachment couldn't help but shout a fluke.
Zheng Guan Zilin, who originally wanted to concentrate the main force of the squadron to attack the Japanese troops, couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, but he couldn't imagine how many casualties his troops would pay if his sniper team ambushed this Japanese army, once they encountered the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army.
After Zheng Guan Zilin and Chen Hao discussed, the two decided to transfer the ambush location, and at the same time, because of this incident, they already had some worries in their hearts.
Even if they shifted their positions, even if they encountered a small group of Japanese troops again, they might not dare to strike as before, after all, the threat of Japanese heavy artillery was very great.
The shells fired by this kind of heavy artillery have great lethality, even if they are not directly hit, even if they are within the killing range of the shell, they may be shocked to death.
The sniper rifles of the sniper team were all found by Sun Weiguo with great painstaking efforts, and all the soldiers in the sniper team are veterans with outstanding marksmanship.
Whether it is weapons or officers and soldiers, the sniper squad cannot afford to lose.
The night was dark, and at half past eleven o'clock in the evening, the Japanese troops in Lijiazhuang Town began to move, and an infantry brigade was the first to leave Lijiazhuang Town, followed by this infantry brigade, as well as an infantry artillery squadron and an artillery squadron, while Gao Shujiayi stayed in Lijiazhuang Town with a machine gun brigade, an infantry brigade and a heavy artillery squadron.
Obviously, the Japanese troops staying in the town are still playing a covering role, as long as any Eighth Route Army troops dare to ambush the marching Japanese troops on the road, the four heavy guns in the town will still shoot, this 92-type 105MM cannon is the farthest range of all 105MM caliber guns in this era, more than 18 kilometers of range, but it can directly escort this infantry brigade to the county seat of Pingding County.
More importantly, as the third brigade drawn from the independent field heavy artillery brigade, Fukuda Jiuei's unit has a series of professional artillery equipment and talents, and they have already marked all the shooting elements in Xiyang County and Pingding County, and as long as the front-line troops give a firing position, they can accurately hit the shells to this position.
The little devils are not tofu scum troops, although their country is an island country, but the Japanese troops are professional, and their various branches of the army have very excellent technology, whether it is infantry or artillery, their shooting skills can be said to be 100 shots.
It was precisely because of the artillery's excellent shooting skills that Takaki Kaichi Osa would have developed such a plan.
In Gao Shujiayi's opinion, with the help of four heavy artillery pieces, his troops could enter the county seat of Pingding County all the way unimpeded.
At 12 o'clock in the morning, the sniper squadron and the guerrilla detachment joined forces to ambush the Japanese troops, but soon after the two units began firing, they were attacked by Japanese heavy artillery, and after paying the price of dozens of casualties, the two units were forced to withdraw from the battlefield.
At this time, an infantry brigade and two artillery squadrons of the Japanese army were very close to Pingding County, and they were almost about to step into the range of Pingding County with one foot.
After the commander of the Gui detachment learned of this situation, he immediately discussed with Zhao Lerong, and the two made a decision, they transferred the assault detachment that had not made progress to Lijiazhuang Town, and at the same time they strengthened the sniper squadron into the assault detachment, and the Gui detachment leader and Zhao Lerong gave an order to the assault detachment, and they asked the assault detachment to enter Lijiazhuang Town at all costs and destroy the four heavy artillery of the Japanese army in the town.
The battles in Pingding County and Xiyang County continued, and the battle in southeastern Shanxi Province was also fiercely carried out.
As the Japanese troops began to threaten Qinxian, the headquarters of Mr. Zhu and Deputy General Peng had begun to be transferred, and the Japanese army had made some progress in the nine-way siege of southeast Jin, but the Japanese troops who participated in this operation paid a lot of casualties.
Due to the heroic fighting of the various units of the East Route Army, most of the Japanese troops of the Ninth Route were blocked, and the Japanese troops that entered Liaoxian, Wuxiang County, Qinxian and other county towns gradually became isolated enemies.
The Jindong operation and the Jindong operation naturally seem to have no connection in the eyes of the division commander, but in the eyes of Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng, this is a great connection.