Kumejun's shouts did not attract the attention of the Japanese army, and most of the Japanese soldiers at this time did not have this in their minds, on the one hand, they were hungry, on the other hand, they were sleepy, for them, this kind of day was extremely tormenting. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Kume Jun kept shouting about the enemy attack, but the soldiers around him were dragging their feet, and they didn't look like an army at all.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, but most of the soldiers were not ready for war, in a hurry and anxious, Kume Jun directly took out his pistol, aimed it at the sky and pulled the trigger fiercely.

The sound of gunfire is the most sensitive sound of soldiers, as long as there is a gunshot sound, no matter whether the army is the best or not, it will always be prepared in the first time.

With the sound of gunshots, the soldiers around Kumijun finally reacted, and they picked up their weapons in a little panic, and those with poor psychological quality directly threw the kettle in their hands on the ground in a panic, and stuffed the half-eaten steamed buns back into their pockets.

The veterans with slightly better psychological quality accelerated the speed in their hands, ate the remaining steamed buns in three or two bites, and then drank a sip of water, then slowly closed the bottle cap, hung the kettle on their bodies, picked up their weapons and ran forward.

'Tom......'

In the distance, a dull sound came faintly, because the distance was too far to be heard if you didn't listen carefully.

However, more than 80 percent of the Japanese troops who appeared near Pyongyang had heard this sound, and the fear of this sound was even more extreme.

Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns, and it seems to have become a joke in front of this kind of artillery that can go straight up and down, and in front of it, whether it is a recruit or a veteran, there is no one who does not feel a headache.

'......Boom'

An ordinary artillery shell of 60 mm caliber, after a few seconds of flight, finally plunged headlong into the formation of the Japanese army.

In fact, the Japanese army has no formation to speak of now, because they only arrived here last night, although the high-level intends to let the soldiers immediately build fortifications, but the troops below are already tired and feet to the sky, and most of the Japanese troops are still short of food and lack of rest. At this time, it was obvious that they could not continue to build fortifications, so the top brass of the Japanese army originally planned to wait for this morning and immediately order all units to build fortifications.

The trench fortifications learned from the Chinese Empire were still very effective, and the Japanese even did many tests in the country, and with the assistance of the fortifications, the strength of a brigade could easily resist the offensive strength of a brigade, and even its own casualties would not be too great.

According to the simulated offensive and defensive exercises, a brigade of a second-class unit, with the help of five heavy machine guns, actually defeated the frontal attack of two brigades of the first-class unit with less than one-third of its own losses, while only about one-third of the attacking two brigades returned unscathed.

The Japanese army also discovered a very exciting thing, on a 500-meter-long defensive line, a heavy machine gun was arranged every 100 meters, and at the same time, the front and rear high and low positions of the heavy machine guns were staggered, and under the premise of tacit cooperation between the machine gunners, with only these five heavy machine guns, they were able to use the method of crossfire to beat the enemy 500 meters away without raising their heads.

After entering the range of 500 meters, the crossfire of the machine gun will gradually weaken, but the effect of weakening is not obvious, at about 200 meters, with the addition of rifle fire, the density of firepower will instantly increase by a level, at this time the enemy that appears within the range of 200 meters, it may be an exaggeration to describe it as not one out of ten, but it is not too much.

Upon learning of this conclusion, the Japanese top brass immediately ordered the military-industrial complex to begin work on the development of a new weapon capable of filling the gap in firepower between 200 and 500 meters.

It's not that the heavy machine gun can't be used, but the weight of the heavy machine gun is a problem, at this distance, the heavy machine gun can't move flexibly, and it's a fixed position, so it can't take on the task of defending at medium and close ranges.

The Japanese military industrial enterprises have put forward a completely new concept, that is, to reduce the weight of heavy machine guns, and appropriately weaken the power of heavy machine guns, although the power is small, but its own weight has also been reduced by several times, and even one person can run around with it, and there is still a greater threat to the enemy at medium and short ranges.

As a result, the Japanese side began to work on the development of a new generation of light machine guns.

Of course, since the Japanese can think of a problem, how could Wang Sirui, who promotes the development of the entire history with his own butterfly effect, not think of it? When the Japanese began to want to study the light machine gun, the light machine gun on the side of the Chinese Empire was already lying quietly in the laboratory, making final modifications.

But then again, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The Japanese high-level wanted to give the soldiers a night to rest and recuperate, and at the same time rectify the morale of the successive defeats, but they did not expect that as soon as the next day dawned, the Royal Army would hit the door, and the Japanese army at this time could be described as hungry and cold, and low spirits, and everyone's combat effectiveness had dropped by at least two percent.

And the headquarters of the Japanese army is still worried about how to raise more food at the moment.

An ordinary 60-millimeter shell smashed straight into the center of a group of Japanese troops, and the Japanese had no way to avoid this kind of shell.

With a violent explosion, the two Japanese soldiers near the explosion point instantly rose into the air, blood flew sideways, and some of the high temperature generated by the explosion of the shell instantly evaporated, and the rest turned into hot blood, which formed a blood mist with the huge impact of the explosion of the shell.

With all that black dirt, debris, broken corpses, etc., the originally unremarkable outskirts of Pyongyang suddenly became a hellish Shura field, full of corpses.

Well, in fact, the first wave of attacks killed not many Japanese soldiers, but this kind of scene is extremely shocking.

The three main divisions of the Volunteer Army poured out, two of the four divisions of the Korean Army were also charging closely behind the Volunteer Army, and two divisions were cruising around the periphery, ready to encircle and suppress the Japanese troops who broke through at any time.

The whole five divisions, more than 90,000 Chinese and North Korean coalition troops launched a frantic charge against the Japanese army of only more than 20,000 people, if it was just a numerical advantage, it would be counted, but the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces occupied an absolute advantage in all aspects.

'......Boom'

In the city of Pyongyang, there was finally a loud noise, but then, in the ranks of the charging volunteers, suddenly a burst of black smoke rose, accompanied by fragments of soil, and kept smashing on the bodies of nearby soldiers, and several soldiers were directly blown away.

Pyongyang was an important transit city for the Japanese army to support the front, and it was originally the most convenient to go directly to Sinuiseong by sea, but it was a border area, and there were many Chinese Imperial troops stationed on the other side, so if the Japanese army supplied from there one after another, it would be easy for the other side to see the intentions of the Japanese army.

Therefore, they chose to dock in Nampo and then transport the supplies to Pyongyang for transit.

According to the original plan, the artillery with limited mobility did not need to follow the infantry to the mountains to hide, so the artillery of the 2nd and 6th divisions was all concentrated in Pyongyang, and as long as the Japanese decided to attack, these artillery would only need three days to reach the border, so there was time to do so.

Therefore, at this moment, there are two brigades of artillery in Pyongyang, of which there are 29 guns of 75 mm caliber, and originally they also have two 208 mm heavy guns, but because the weight is too large, the navy refuses to help them transport them, so these two guns can only be placed on the mainland.

Of the 29 75-millimeter guns in Pyongyang, five of them have not yet been officially put on the market, and this is the latest artillery piece developed by the Osaka Arsenal, which is currently in the experimental stage and has not yet been finalized.

Because the Osaka Arsenal had a good relationship with the Second Division, they stuffed five guns into them and asked them to test them on the battlefield.

The remaining twenty-four guns were divided into three-year-old mountain artillery and three-year-old field artillery, each accounting for half, that is, in order to save money, Japan only equipped each division with twelve artillery pieces, of which the second division had five more guns because of personal relations.

The approximate data of mountain artillery and field artillery are similar, the weight is the same 908kg, the caliber is the same 75mm, the muzzle velocity is 487m/m, the high and low firing range is also the same, -5-38 degrees, two different ammunition is used, grenade (explosive 800g, full ammunition 6.1kg) and grenade shrapnel (marble 234, full ammunition 6.0kg), in addition, the maximum range of field artillery is 6500 meters, mountain artillery is 4300 meters, this is the only difference except for ammunition.

The war has now been fought, and the Japanese have finally discovered where their advantages are.

The Royal Army of the Chinese Empire on the opposite side was tired and half dead because of the Japanese army chasing the Japanese all the way, and the artillery dragged heavy artillery and a large number of shells, how could they keep up with the speed of the infantry?

Moreover, there is no artillery in the Imperial Chinese Army units, and the artillery is assembled separately to form a royal artillery unit, unified command and coordination, which can facilitate the troops to form an artillery group effect in the shortest possible time when needed.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, once the artillery group leaves, then the troops will fall into an embarrassing situation with no artillery available.

This is the case with the current Royal Army, where an artillery regiment sent by the artillery unit has been unable to keep up, and the front-line troops are advancing too fast, so the front-line troops can only use mortars equipped with platoons to suppress fire.

They can still ensure their superiority in the face of scattered Japanese troops, but once they face the enemy's artillery group, the end will be miserable, and they have no chance to fight the enemy's artillery group.

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