But Zhou Qiangsheng's decision did not last too long for the good mood brought to the chief of staff. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A staff officer next to him reminded very dutifully: "The heavy artillery is so powerful, is the field artillery of our field artillery regiment an opponent?" ”

The chief of staff frowned, and then asked Zhou Qiangsheng: "Staff Officer Wang's worry is not unreasonable, division commander, don't let the Japanese heavy artillery destroy much, but our field artillery wing has been put in." ”

"If that's the case, it's better to let the field artillery regiment deal with the Japanese attacking troops." The staff officer who had just spoken immediately spoke.

"With more than 50 field artillery pieces of our field artillery regiment, before the Japanese heavy artillery counterattacks, at least five to six rounds of shells can be fired, all of which add up to more than 300 shells, and an average of one shell can destroy three Japanese troops, that is, 1,000 Japanese troops."

The chief of staff first nodded in agreement, and then suggested to Zhou Qiangsheng: "Division commander, I think Staff Officer Wang's idea is worth our consideration!" “

Hearing this, Zhou Qiangsheng couldn't help but think.

Soon, Zhou Qiangsheng decided: "Whether the field artillery regiment can knock out or severely damage a heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army, we don't count, the commander of the field artillery regiment Wang has the most right to speak!" Let the commander of the field artillery regiment come to the headquarters immediately! “

In less than ten minutes, the head of the field artillery regiment Wang ran all the way to Zhou Qiangsheng with a face full of expectations. There was no doubt that he already knew the purpose of Zhou Qiangsheng calling him over from the mouth of the combat staff officer.

As an artilleryman, what Commander Wang wants to do most is to engage in an artillery battle with the enemy's artillery, and only in this kind of battle can he show his skills.

Therefore, when he heard that the division commander had an idea to let him knock out a heavy artillery wing of the Japanese army, he rushed to the headquarters without thinking about it, wanting to tell the division commander to hand over this heavy task to himself.

As soon as Division Commander Zhou Qiangsheng was about to speak, Wang Jie took the lead and said: "Division Commander, I am confident that I will knock out a heavy artillery wing of the field artillery regiment before it is wiped out by the Japanese army!" “

Zhou Qiangsheng waved his hand and said, "It's good to have confidence, but I also have a request!" ”

"Casualties, casualties of the troops must be controlled. I don't want the equipment of the field artillery regiment, but the casualties and losses of all the artillery of the field artillery regiment cannot exceed 20%! ”

Wang Jie thought about it and affirmed: "No problem! ”

"Division commander, I have asked people to confirm again and again that the three heavy artillery brigades that the Japanese are firing at the moment are all within our range."

"The power of heavy artillery is great, but it has an Achilles' heel, that is, it is too heavy. From confirming our position to readjusting the angle of fire, they will need at least a minute. ”

"That's enough time for us to fire five shells from each field artillery!"

"Also, we have a total of nine artillery positions, and no matter how well trained the Japanese gunners are, they cannot cover all our artillery positions at once. In this way, when all nine of our artillery positions are destroyed, each cannon will be able to shoot at least seven, if not more, shells! “

"So many shells smashed into the three heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army, even if our field artillery shells could not directly destroy the heavy artillery equipped by the Japanese army, it would blow up all the artillery on the heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army!"

"Also, if we are lucky, our shells just hit the Japanese artillery pile and detonate the heavy artillery shells on the positions, and the guns on the three positions will also be blown up!"

Wang Jie knew more about professional questions than himself, and Zhou Qiangsheng didn't plan to ask more.

After nodding, Zhou Qiangsheng directly asked a question that he was most concerned about: "How do you ensure the safety of hundreds of artillery in your hands!" These artillery pieces have grown up after nearly half a year of training, and I don't want to consume them all in one battle. ”

"Experience!" Wang Jie replied in surprise.

"An experienced gunner can tell by the screech of a shell that it is not hitting him. Of course, few of our own people have this experience, but the dozens of Russian gunners in the artillery regiment can do it. ”

"We can completely let these Russian gunners take our own people to hide in the anti-artillery holes next to the artillery before the shells hit the ground."

"Unless the shells falling from the sky hit the mouth of the anti-artillery hole, those gunners will definitely be able to avoid the Japanese counterattack."

For the Japanese, half an hour of artillery fire coverage quickly passed.

As the attacking side, they wanted this shelling to last as long as possible.

However, for the Liaodong Army, which was hiding in the anti-artillery hole, the half-hour artillery attack was very long.

Fortunately, the shelling finally ended, but when they broke out of the anti-artillery hole, a picture appeared that they would never forget.

The two kilometers of depleted fortifications were blown away, and in many places there was no trace of even the trenches being built.

At a glance, there are huge craters everywhere.

As for the dozens of guard posts left behind in the trenches, they didn't see a single one at this time.

However, judging by the stumps and broken arms that can be seen from time to time in the defensive line, these guard posts have been dismembered by shells.

"What are you doing? Fix the position now! If you can't fix it, dig your position again with the help of shell craters! The battalion company commander who was scattered in the crowd quickly reacted and ordered.

At this time, the Japanese troops, who had advanced to the front of the formation two hundred meters in the shelling, also moved.

Under the cover of dozens of heavy machine guns behind him, holding rifles and light machine guns, like waves of the sea, he quickly rushed towards the Second Division.

At this time, a mountain artillery battalion scattered in three artillery positions opened fire decisively.

Eighteen mountain guns, because they were aimed well in advance, directly hit the Japanese attacking troops.

The cannonball exploded, and a fireball mixed with gunpowder smoke rose into the air. With the impact point as the center, the Japanese troops within a radius of four or five meters were instantly blown to the ground.

The Japanese army was still in a dense offensive formation just now, and it was immediately blown out of more than a dozen gaps.

On the three mountain artillery positions, no one knew when the shells of the Japanese counterattack would be smashed at them.

Therefore, as soon as the shells were discharged, they used their own speed to unload the shells of the artillery shells, clear the chambers, and then reload them under the command of their respective squad leaders.

In less than ten seconds, a new roar came from the muzzle of this mountain cannon!

The position of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade was shelled for half an hour, which made every gunner who had just fired the artillery very tired.

Now, these gunners are sitting next to their cannons, panting for breath to replenish the stamina that was about to be exhausted.

Therefore, the brigade commander, Major General Watanabe, directly ordered the three brigades that had not fired artillery just now to counterattack.

A brigade of 12 heavy artillery against a mountain artillery company of the Liaodong Army with six mountain artillery, only one salvo is needed to cover all six mountain artillery.

Therefore, as soon as the three Japanese heavy artillery brigades began to counterattack, the shelling of the three mountain artillery batteries stopped.

However, the Japanese attacking troops still withstood more than a hundred mountain artillery shells. (To be continued.) )