Chapter 108 The maiden battle of the Flying Thunder Cannon
The level of the devil captain is not that of the devil squad leader in the Baijiazhuang stronghold, Kameda has three that can be compared!
After putting down the phone, the captain of the devil brigade was very calm, asked the officer on duty to bring the battle report of this time, read it carefully, and called the stronghold of Zongai Town again, asking if there was any news from the main force of the Eighth Route Army that went to cooperate with Lieutenant Okura to pursue the sneak attack on the airport?
The Japanese soldier on duty who answered the phone reported that half an hour ago, His Excellency the squad leader sent someone back to report that the troops had arrived in Huangling Village, but the Eighth Route Army was not found in Huangling Village, and several local cadres of the Eighth Route Army were arrested, and the interrogation yielded no results. Lieutenant Okura thought that the Eighth Route Army should have just been transferred, and led the team to continue the pursuit.
How did the captain of the devil brigade know that the person who answered the phone was Zhao Changshou, a Japanese instructor and special commissioner of the arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, and those words were all repeatedly studied by Xiao Siming and him before he left Zongai Town, and he was not afraid that the devil would not be fooled!
Put down the phone, for fear of being a fraudulent devil captain, and strengthened his courage, he directly called the Gudi agency in Taiyuan and asked if there was a lieutenant named Okura Xiong in the Gudi agency?
The officer on duty at the Gudi agency first carefully inquired about the name, position, and military rank of the captain of the devil brigade, and only after checking that there were no mistakes, did they tell him that Lieutenant Okura was a special agent of the Gudi agency, and his identity was kept secret.
The captain of the devil brigade had a little more heart, and turned to ask Lieutenant Okura if he was in the Gudi agency? Can you ask him to answer the phone?
The spy on duty was very impatient, and said "Lieutenant Okura is on a mission outside", and then reprimanded the captain of the devil brigade for not being verbose and not asking what should not be asked, and then hung up the phone.
If the Devil Captain can explain things clearly, and ask Lieutenant Okura if he is with an infantry squad of the 20th Division, this matter will probably be a goof!
It's a pity that the Japanese army's secret service is notorious, and the captain of the devil brigade doesn't dare to say more and ask more!
confirmed the identity of Okura Xiong, not worried about being deceived, the captain of the devil brigade was relieved, and once again carefully read the battle report, the captain examined the map for a long time, and came to a conclusion: The Eighth Route Army that attacked the stronghold of Baijiazhuang was by no means the Eighth Route Army that destroyed Taiyuan Airport in one fell swoop, but the Eighth Route Army that attacked Taiyuan Airport and station on the night of February 21, which belonged to the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army that went south from the northwest of Shanxi!
The reason why such a conclusion was reached was because the captain of the Devil Brigade knew that the main force of the Eighth Route Army of Jin-Cha-Ji was fighting on the Pinghan Road, the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi was fighting against the 10th Eighth Division, and the Eighth Route Army in the southwest of Shanxi had attacked Pingyao and Zhangdian on the night of February 23, but they had to withdraw to the west of Jinxi to prevent the main force of the 109th Division from capturing the crossing of the Yellow River and then killing to northern Shaanxi. Only on the 21st, the 120th Division, which also attacked the Taiyuan airport and station, lost its trace, and from the perspective of time, they were the only ones who could hide and wait in Shouyang and suddenly launch an attack on the Baijiazhuang stronghold.
The 26th Division of the Mongolian Army is besieging the 120th Division's base in the northwest of Shanxi Province in three ways, and it stands to reason that the troops of the 120th Division that attacked the Taiyuan airport and station should return to the northwest of Shanxi to fight, but the captain of the devil's brigade also knows that the Eighth Route Army is good at guerrilla warfare and often attacks it unprepared, and it is entirely possible for this 120th Division to hide between Taiyuan and Shouyang and attack the Baijiazhuang stronghold under cover at night.
From the sound of gunfire heard, it can also be judged that it is the troops of the 120th Division, because it is mainly the sound of Jin-made rifles and Czech light machine guns.
As for how the Eighth Route Army threw explosives into the stronghold, the captain of the devil brigade was not surprised. Because in ancient China, there were weapons such as stone throwers, which used stones as cannonballs to shoot at enemy positions. It is normal for the Eighth Route Army to be able to throw explosive packets!
Why don't you judge that it was the Eighth Route Army unit that destroyed the Taiyuan airport? Quite simply, that force is too cunning and does everything it takes! If they attacked the Baijiazhuang stronghold, there would be no chance for the third lieutenant Kameda to call for help, and he would have died a long time ago!
At this time, the captain of the devil brigade instead thought that the Eighth Route Army attacking the Baijiazhuang stronghold was to cover the transfer of the Eighth Route Army that had destroyed the airfield in response to the retreat from Taiyuan to the northern mountains of Shouyang, and that attacking the Baijiazhuang stronghold was a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao in the Chinese Art of War!
Just when the captain of the devil brigade was analyzing, researching, judging, and contacting, the Japanese squad leader Kameda Yuzo of the Baijiazhuang stronghold called again for help, reporting that the wall of the stronghold had been blown up by the Eighth Route Army explosives package, and if there were no reinforcements, the two artillery towers and the big pillbox might also be blown up by the Eighth Route Army explosives package!
The captain of the devil brigade, who thought he had insight into the conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army, did not hesitate to immediately dispatch two squads of the first infantry squadron, the brigade artillery squadron, and the machine gun squadron stationed in the county seat, and used the only four trucks of the transport team to transport troops, and personally commanded them to reinforce the Baijiazhuang stronghold.
Although the number of troops is not much, the firepower is strong enough, with two infantry guns and eight Type 92 heavy machine guns!
An infantry squadron, coupled with the heavy firepower attached to the brigade, is enough to flank one regiment of the Eighth Route Army, even to deal with one regiment of the Central Army or the Jin Sui Army! The tactical quality of the soldiers of the Great Japanese Army is world-class, and the guns are accurate, and the artillery is also accurate, and they are invincible in the world!
As for the county seat, because of the city walls and fortifications, the captain of the devil brigade is not worried. What's more, he also left the brigade headquarters, the transport team and a heavy machine gun squad in the county seat, plus the strength of the pseudo-Shouyang garrison, it is enough!
The captain of the devil brigade did not transfer the troops of the pseudo-Shouyang garrison to participate in the reinforcement operation, mainly because there were no cars to pull them, and if they let them walk the army, it would affect the speed of reinforcements!
In this way, the captain of the devil brigade roared out of the county seat and drove towards the road to destruction!
Sun Zhicheng, the captain of the engineer of the independent battalion of the 115th Division, looks like he is wilting, but he has a lot in his heart, and he ******** that he wants to turn the engineer team into an engineer company and an engineer battalion!
The principle of the Flying Thunder Cannon is similar to that of the trebuchet on the ancient battlefield, and the principle of the mortar is also similar. This kind of improvised launch barrel made of gasoline barrels has no sights, let alone rifling, and the fired explosive package can only roughly determine the impact point, and it is simply impossible to accurately shell!
The Flying Thunder Cannon is most effective against densely formed enemies! That guy, as soon as it explodes, the enemy often bleeds and dies, so it is also called "no conscience cannon". But to use it for precision strikes, it is too difficult and too difficult!
Originally, after these three flying thunder cannon launchers were manufactured, they were intended to be used by the artillery team to capture the Taiyuan airport. However, after the artillery team captured eight Gaoping dual-purpose guns, four rapid-fire guns, and six Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns at Taiyuan Airport, because of the limited number of troops, such good guns could not be fully put into use, and this flying thunder cannon was useless.
This is the maiden * battle of the Flying Thunder Cannon!
The first time he used the Flying Thunder Cannon, how powerful it was, Sun Zhicheng had no bottom in his heart. Therefore, when it was launched for the first time just now, Sun Zhicheng repeatedly checked it two or three times before he personally lit the fuse with a torch.
Although the first three explosive packets all fell into the courtyard of the stronghold, and the real results could not be seen, the smoke column stirred up by the explosion of the explosive bag greatly increased the confidence of Sun Zhicheng and the gunners, and they quickly readjusted the angle of the launch canister, re-fixed it, and started the second launch at the three-zhang high bunker at the entrance of the devil's stronghold. As a result, this time it was good, and an explosive bag fell on the top of the pillbox, blowing the slate away. The other two explosive packets landed in front of the bunker, blowing up in dust, suffocating the devil's machine guns and rifles in the bunker for a while.
Looking at the effect of the explosion of the explosive bag, Sun Zhicheng had a whim, if he mixed some chili powder into the explosive bag, it was estimated that it would blow up the little devil's tears, and there was no way to aim and shoot!
People learn war in war, after a while, the engineer captain Sun Zhicheng thought of the problem of doping chili powder into the explosive bag, and the Eighth Route Army later according to this idea, not only doped the explosive bag with chili powder, but also doped the mortar shell with chili powder, which became a characteristic of the Eighth Route Army and a headache for the little devil!
Originally, Sun Zhicheng and the others only needed to use the flying thunder cannon to fire at the devil's big bunker a few more times at this time, and maybe the unusually strong bunker would be blown down. But considering that this was an encirclement operation, he had to control the rhythm of the battle and give the devil reinforcements a little thought, Sun Zhicheng led the soldiers to transfer their positions, re-fixed the launcher, and fired at the wall of the Japanese stronghold.
With the experience of the first two launches, this time, the power of the flying thunder cannon was reflected, and after three loud bangs, it directly blew down the brick wall of the devil's stronghold in three sections, allowing the soldiers to rush into the stronghold.
Because of Xiao Siming's order not to have casualties, Mo Shan, Li Qi, Sun Zhicheng, Deng Wenli, and Liu Zhaoming would not have ordered the soldiers to charge and carry out a strong attack, but only ordered the soldiers to pay attention to saving bullets, aiming at the shooting holes on the Japanese artillery towers, pillboxes and the little devils climbing on the walls, aiming and then shooting. The soldiers who stayed on the northern terrace of Baijiazhuang kept setting off firecrackers, creating the illusion of fierce firepower of the Eighth Route Army!
After the wall was blown up, Sun Zhicheng and the deputy captains Tong Ming and Meng Decai led the soldiers to transfer their positions, returned to the position of the big pillbox just now, stretched out their thumbs, and after careful visual inspection, they laid out the three large gasoline barrels into a triangle.
This time, the little devil deserved to be unlucky, the flying thunder cannon that was not supposed to be accurate was so accurate, and a dynamite package was sent to the top of the devil's turret, and with a loud bang, the top of the little devil's turret was removed!
The other two explosive packets, one fell to the bottom of the turret, and after a loud bang, it actually blew a big hole in the bottom of the turret! Another explosive pack, which crossed the top of the turret, fell into the courtyard behind the turret and exploded.
If you have two more shots, the little devil's turret will collapse in an instant!
Kameda Yusan couldn't stay in the turret anymore, so he led the devils in the turret and ran out, for fear that they would run slowly, and bury them alive after the turret was blown up! (To be continued.) )