Chapter 687 - Hit the Artillery Position
Kenichi Kamiki's message was soon sent to the artillery positions, and the thirty-six mountain guns of the artillery wing began to prepare for firing.
AS THE COMMANDER OF THE ARTILLERY WING GAVE THE ORDER TO SHOOT, 36 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS BEGAN TO SHOOT, AND ONE SHELL AFTER ANOTHER CAME TOWARDS GUANSHAN TOWN.
THE ARTILLERY WING OF THE 21ST DIVISION HAS 24 41-TYPE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND 12 94-TYPE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS.
The range of the 41-type mountain artillery is only 6,300 meters, and this kind of mountain artillery is generally equipped with an artillery squadron of an infantry wing, but the 21st Division is a garrison division of the third regiment, and their infantry wing has only one infantry artillery squadron and no artillery squadron.
Speaking of which, Japan is, after all, an island country, and their resources are limited, and the equipment of the police reserve third wing division cannot be compared with that of the permanent division and the special division.
The thirty-six guns of the artillery wing are quite a lot, and you must know that the most elite infantry corps of the Chinese army will not have such a number of guns.
However, compared with the troops of the New Second Brigade, the Japanese artillery wing is obviously at a disadvantage, especially the 24 Type 41 mountain guns have a very short firing range, which cannot be compared with the heavy artillery of the First Battalion of the New Second Brigade Gun.
At the same time as the artillery wing of the Japanese army launched an artillery bombardment on Guanshan Town, the first artillery battalion was positioned on the high ground near the county seat of Pingding County.
Liang Zerui, the artillery commander and commander of the 1st Artillery Battalion, and Chen Haojie, the deputy battalion commander, immediately measured the location of the Japanese artillery, and the personnel of the 1st Artillery Battalion were in a hurry.
The map on the table began to quickly lock on to the location of the Japanese artillery, and groups of shooting elements began to be marked.
DEPUTY BATTALION COMMANDER CHEN HAOJIE IMMEDIATELY CONVEYED THE SHOOTING ZHU YUAN TO THE FIRST COMPANY, THE SECOND COMPANY, AND AFTER THE TWO COMPANY COMMANDERS GOT THE FIRING ZHU YUAN, FOUR 105MM CANNONS AND FOUR 105MM FIELD GUNS BEGAN TO ADJUST THE FIRING ANGLE.
Liang Zerui immediately contacted the brigade headquarters by phone, and when the phone was connected, Liang Zerui began to report the situation to Sun Weiguo.
Great chefs don't have to eat food, they know what seasoning is used in the food just by smelling it.
Excellent artillerymen do not need to look at the artillery, but by listening to the sound of the artillery, they will know how many guns the other side has and what type of artillery it is.
Twenty-four Type 41 mountain guns, 12 Type 94 mountain guns, after learning the number and model of Japanese artillery, Liang Zerui was confident that he would destroy the Japanese artillery position.
Although the eight guns of the 1st Artillery Battalion could not be compared with the Japanese artillery in terms of numbers, in other aspects, the 8 guns of the 1st Artillery Battalion completely occupied an overwhelming advantage.
THE RANGE OF THE 105MM FIELD GUN IS 10,800 METERS, AND THE RANGE OF THE 105MM CANNON IS MORE THAN 18,000 METERS.
In terms of firing range, the Japanese artillery's Type 41 mountain artillery and Type 94 mountain guns could not be compared, and the same was true in terms of power.
After Sun Weiguo got Liang Zerui's report, he gave Liang Zerui an order to shoot.
Eight guns began to fire, and one shell after another began to fire at the Japanese artillery positions.
In Queshan Village, the Japanese artillery position, 36 mountain guns deployed in different positions were still firing fiercely.
The captain of Dazuo was in his wing headquarters, and he looked towards Guanshan Town with a telescope.
Looking at the black smoke that continued to come from the direction of Guanshan Town, the captain of the Great Zuo Wing showed a smug smile on his face.
"Wing Commander, our artillery bombardment will definitely be able to blow Guanshan Town into ruins, maybe when our artillery bombardment is over, the infantry will only be able to go to the position to collect the corpses of the Zhina troops. A young man came to the captain of the big Zuo wing, and he said with a flattering face.
"Mixi, what you said is very reasonable, our artillery wing has sufficient ammunition, and we will strike hard at the troops of the new second brigade. This new Second Brigade is a serious problem for Your Excellency, the two commanders of the North China Front and the First Army, and if we get rid of them, we will naturally be rewarded. Ordered the troops to shoot carpet, and after the shelling was over, I hope that the town of Guanshan is in ruins. The captain of the Great Zuo United said triumphantly.
As soon as his words fell, the captain of the Great Zuo United couldn't help frowning slightly, and then his face became solemn.
"HIDE IT IMMEDIATELY, IT'S A NINETY-TWO 105MM FIELD CANNON, NO, THERE'S A MEIJI THREE-EIGHT 105MM FIELD CANNON!"
The captain of the Great Zuo Wing shouted loudly, but it was too late to say anything at this time.
Eight shells fell from the sky as quickly as eight huge fireballs, and one by one the shells began to fall on the Japanese artillery positions.
THE GRENADE FIRED FROM A 105MM CANNON HIT A TYPE 94 MOUNTAIN GUN DIRECTLY, AND THE MOUNTAIN GUN WAS BLOWN UP ON THE SPOT, A HUGE CRATER APPEARED ON THE GROUND, AND DOZENS OF JAPANESE ARTILLERY WHO DID NOT HAVE TIME TO HIDE WERE KILLED.
The explosions of the Japanese artillery positions came one after another, and one shell after another hit without warning.
"Immediately look for the artillery positions in China and immediately counterattack!" The captain of the Great Zuo Wing shouted in a solemn tone.
"Yes!" Officer Shaozo saluted in a panic, and he walked out quickly.
As soon as the officer left the wing headquarters, a piece of shrapnel quickly attacked the officer of the young officer, and the sharp shrapnel slashed through the neck of the officer of the young officer, the eyes of the officer of the young officer widened, and blood flowed out of the wound on his neck, and the officer of the young officer slowly fell to the ground.
Under the command of Liang Zerui, the four cannons and four field guns continued to fire rapidly, and grenades were quickly fired.
The Japanese artillery has an advantage in numbers, and if you want to defeat them quickly, you can only keep firing shells, using the huge lethality of shells, so that the Japanese artillery has no chance to react.
In a short period of ten minutes, hundreds of shells were fired at the Japanese artillery positions.
The Japanese artillery positions were already in shambles, with blown up artillery everywhere and the corpses of Japanese artillery everywhere.
The wing headquarters where the captain of the Great Zuo Wing was also attacked, but fortunately it was not directly hit by the cannonball, and at this time, the captain of the Great Zuo Wing was squatting on the ground in embarrassment, and his face was full of angry expressions.
The new 2nd Brigade used Japanese-made heavy artillery, and was attacked by artillery produced in his own country, and the captain of the Osa Wing couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.
"Boom, boom." The sound of shell explosions continued, and the shelling of the 1st Artillery Battalion lasted for half an hour, and more than 300 shells were all fired.
The Japanese artillery positions were completely destroyed, there were many huge craters on the ground, 17 of the 36 mountain guns of the Japanese artillery wing were destroyed, and the artillery wing of more than 1,000 people was also killed and wounded more than 500 people.
"Battalion commander, according to the habits of the Japanese army, there will definitely be their command organ in the artillery position, and the Japanese artillery position is a wing level, which means that there will definitely be their division headquarters nearby, this is Queshan Village, and we infer that the Japanese division headquarters should be here."
On the position of the first artillery battalion, deputy battalion commander Chen Haojie came to Liang Zerui with a map and reported.