Chapter 140: Artillery Position
Yamamoto thought that his bad luck had passed, and it was obvious that His Excellency Lieutenant General did not know much about the Chinese I Ching gossip, and he had only heard of the doctrine of Yundao. He didn't understand the words "Happiness and Misfortune" at all, since bad luck came, how could it be so easy to pass?
Just as the commander of Yamamoto's division, Mei Zizi, was cleaning his bed and preparing to welcome his two field wings home, a fierce artillery bombardment suddenly woke Lieutenant General Yamamoto from his dream!
The follow-up troops of the Five Hundred Army came up. Qian Sixi took the new 501st Division, the artillery regiment, the special service regiment and the military headquarters to finally arrive before the two field wings of Lieutenant General Yamamoto came! When Gao Quan knew that his 500 troops had arrived, he immediately gave an order to the first artillery regiment, ordering Fan Xiaosi to swing the cannon and first shell the field artillery position of the devil in the northwest suburbs of Jianli!
This artillery position poses too great a threat to our army, and the reason why the two brigades of the 500th Division have taken turns to go into battle but have never broken through the devil's defense line is because the devil's field artillery has been carrying out suppressive artillery bombardment on our attacking troops by virtue of its great power and long range. Okay, this time, our heavy artillery is also up, why don't you teach the devil a good lesson, and let out this evil breath in your heart, how can you do it?
Listening to the earth-shattering sound of cannons, Gao Quan showed a pleased smile on his face, "Let's go, Xiao Cai, Shishi, Biaozi, gather the troops and let's go find the devil's bad luck!" "The big troops are coming up, Gao Quan wants to take the troops at hand to attack the devils from behind, and take advantage of the chaos to attack and disrupt the deployment of the devils when they can't take care of their heads!
"Yes!" Cai Feng and Biao Zi agreed together, only Shi Lei was a little embarrassed, "Junzao, Director Hong said that I will see you at noon today." If you don't go to meet her, Director Hong will find her personally. As soon as he said this, Xiao Cai and Biaozi's faces changed color at the same time! Director Hong! How did you forget about this stubble?
"Don't talk nonsense, am I the commander or is she the commander? Do you listen to me or to her? ”
"Of course we're listening to you." Gao Quan's face softened, who knew that Shi Lei added next: "But Director Hong, we can't afford to provoke us." The other two nodded together in agreement. Director Hong is very powerful, no one in the 500 Army is willing to be taught, there is a Huang Sanpao who once drank too much wine and wanted to use alcohol to make trouble, but he asked people to beat his nose and face with three punches and two feet, and he was embarrassed not to mention, and he lay on the bed for half a month, and all the middle-level officers of the 500 Army were deeply warned, and no one dared to provoke the mother worm anymore.
"I'm on top of something if something happens, what are you afraid of?" Gao Quan patted his chest to support his generals, but when he said it, why did it sound so wrong? It's as if he's a little lacking in confidence! "The military situation is urgent, and you still regard a woman's words as a holy decree? Look at the little bit of luck you guys! Okay, pass on my order, the troops will be placed in an attack formation, Wang Erzhu will be the vanguard in front, the stone will be on the left, Xiao Cai will be on the right, and after Biao Zi is broken, he will immediately launch an attack on the devil's defensive position! ”
After the military order, these people didn't have anything to say anymore, and each of them quickly rushed to their respective positions with a few guards, only Biao Zi hesitated slightly, he didn't bring any of them, so he walked to the back of the team alone. The commander of the guard battalion left all the guards to Gao Quan, and with Biaozi's skills, in fact, he just put on a show with the guards.
The artillery regiment of the 500th Army came up with a shell and smashed Yamamoto Sano into a daze, and when the shelling stopped, Lieutenant General Yamamoto just wanted to order his artillery to counterattack, and the phone call from the artillery wing had already called.
The call was made by the commander of the artillery wing, Kakutaro Inoue himself, "General! It's over, our artillery wing is finished. The shells of the Chinese army just now all fell on the heads of the artillery positions! Cannons, my cannons are all done! On the other end of the phone, there was a howl from Inoue Osa Bottom, and his voice was still a little hoarse, as if His Excellency Osa had been hoarse from the shelling just now.
"Calm down! Inoue-kun, you have to be calm! "In the end, he is worthy of being the commander of the lieutenant general's division, and at the critical moment, Yamamoto Sano can really calm down, "Is the artillery position all over?" All the cannons were blown up? Not a single one left? Have all the shells been detonated as well? How many soldiers are left? ”
"Well, all the howitzers have been blown up, there seem to be two Type 92 infantry guns left, and the shells don't seem to have been detonated, so there may still be half of the soldiers, right?" Suddenly, the division commander asked about the loss figures, and Inoue Osa immediately broke out in a cold sweat on his head that had just been blown up. The artillery positions were bombed, and he was in a hurry to report the funeral to the division commander, but he forgot to count the losses!
"Hmph, I knew it was so! If the ammunition truck is blown up, I'm afraid Inoue-kun has become a god by now, right? You immediately report to me the casualties of the troops, and besides, don't spread panic. Inouue-kun understands why I'm doing this, right? ”
"Yes, yes. Inoue understands! Please rest assured, Your Excellency! I'm going to count the losses. Kakutaro Inoue assured Mitsuo Yamamoto on the phone that he didn't carefully put down the receiver and wiped his sweat until the sound of hanging up came from the phone.
The artillery positions of the 3rd Division are finished! The final statistics showed that there were only three infantry guns left, more than a dozen mortars, and even more grenadiers in the entire artillery position, but the 105-mm howitzers, which could be used as heavy artillery, were completely lost in this shelling, and the 3rd Division could no longer have an advantage in artillery fire.
In addition to cannons, what advantages do devils have? It seems that the quality of individual soldiers is also stronger than that of 500 troops! At that time, the Japanese soldiers, whether they were shooting alone or fighting bayonets, were generally better than the national army. Although they are not as good as the reconnaissance regiments and special service regiments of the 500 Army, compared with ordinary field troops, it is estimated that the two regiments of the 500 Army's two divisions and one brigade, at most, the 500 Brigade, can compete with the devils in shooting and fighting bayonets.
Although the quality of individual soldiers is good, it also refers to Lieutenant General Yamamoto's field wing, like artillery, baggage soldiers, and engineers, what individual soldier quality can they have? What shooting accuracy can they have? That is, it is stronger than the strong men captured by the national army. With such a soldier, Yamamoto Sano doesn't have many on hand! When the follow-up troops of the 500th Army came up, the numerical disadvantage of the 3rd Division was immediately highlighted!
Although the artillery on the artillery position was almost wiped out, there were still quite a few of them left. Originally, there were 18 howitzers and infantry guns in this artillery position, but after a burst of artillery bombardment by our artillery regiment, there are now only three Type 92 infantry guns left. There were still seven or eight hundred men, and these people were fully capable of forming an infantry brigade to support Lieutenant General Yamamoto's Sixth Wing, and the commander of Yamamoto's division intended to do so.