Chapter 75, Japanese Reinforcements
The Type 66 plus howitzer completely overturned the entire devil's camp, and there were fires, messy figures, and broken corpses everywhere.
After the Type 66 howitzer fired, the Type 59 cannon was not to be outdone, and the trajectory of the direct fire allowed it to better destroy the city wall. "Boom, boom!" The cannonballs hit the earthen city wall, and the blue bricks on the surface were blown up everywhere, exposing the soil in the city wall, and the cannonballs were blown away. The two-story city walls, under the bombardment of cannons, gradually flattened.
After the heavy artillery roared for half an hour, the rate of fire gradually decreased, and the gunners had more and more difficulty in lifting the shells, and their physical strength was a little exhausted; the fastest rate of fire of each gun was originally 1.8 rounds a minute, but now it is only 0.77 rounds in a minute.
At six o'clock, the east appeared white, a new day was about to begin, the rate of fire of the artillery was not as dense as it had been at the beginning, the efficiency dropped a lot, and the gunners who carried the shells, tired like dogs, sat on the ground to rest whenever they had time.
At the same time, the Japanese headquarters, which was far away, received a telegram from the young man and immediately held a meeting, while the army aviation waited for the eastern sky to clear before pushing the plane out of the hangar, refueling and hanging bombs, and then taking off. The nearest airfield to Lu'an was in Wuhan, but because of the needs of the front line, the planes in Wuhan could not be dispatched, so they had to be transferred from other places.
Lu Qiang's artillery position, the cannon fire of the howitzer gradually stopped, and the cannon rested after the city wall collapsed, and the artillery sat on the ground to rest, because they had to do support troops after a while, the beam of the cannon was straighter than the grenade, and the accuracy of direct aiming was higher than that of the howitzer, and the bullet speed was also faster, so when the street battle was fought for a while, if there was something difficult to bite, it would be powerful.
The whole sky was white, the night was gone, "Attack!" The order was issued from Lu Qiang's mouth, and the tank troops that had been prepared long ago carried the infantry and slowly advanced towards Lu'an City.
The 15th Division lost nearly half of its personnel because of the previous incident, and as the division commander, Matsuiwa Yoshio has been called home, uh, no, it was called by their Heaven/Emperor His Majesty to meet Japan, ready to accept the verdict from the military court, so the current 15th Division is in a state of leaderlessness, although it can barely operate, and the next division commander is now on the way to and from here.
Now the command post of the 15th Division, there is only a group of big Zuo Zhongzuo, sitting together with a sad face, for Lu'an was attacked, they no longer have too many troops at hand to support, because they want to maintain law and order in the occupied area, the army has been scattered, before the assembly of half of the division to find trouble with others, the result was a pot of people, resulting in a shortage of manpower, for this reason, had to give up some useless cities.
A group of big Zuo Zhongzuo stayed together, discussed for a long time, and finally came to the result, let Lu Hang go to support first, and then they gathered another wing to go over.
After all, Lu'an is also a key point leading to the front line, so nearly 100 planes took off from airports around the country with ammunition and fuel, and rushed to Lu'an to support.
"Rumble !!" The T-34 spewed black smoke and slowly moved forward, getting closer and closer to the ruined city walls.
"Bang!" Suddenly, a cannon rang out, and a shell hit a T-34 straight up, exploding, and the flames of the explosion wrapped half of the tank. The fragments of the exploding shells, like a sharp throwing knife, were immediately sliced by the bullets of several infantrymen who were leaning forward.
Two were slashed in the chest and instantly killed, one was hit in the abdomen and was seriously injured, and one cut into the thigh. The division was unfavorable, and before he could make contact, he lost four combat powers. The wounded and the dead were immediately dragged out of the back, and the bodies were wrapped up in something and brought back to be buried after the war, and the injured were treated briefly, after all, they now have no medical soldiers and field doctors, so they can only rely on monkeys.
The T-34 that was hit did not suffer any damage except for an extra black patch on his face, and after a pause after being hit, he continued to move forward. After another cannon fire, the hidden devils came out one after another, took the 38 big cover, hid in the ruins, and shot at Lu Qiang's team.
The T-34 in the first row immediately turned the turret and the 76mm tank gun locked on one enemy after another. "Boom, boom, boom!!" The guns staring at the turret opened fire, and another batch of shells hit the ruins of the city walls. The explosion scattered rocks and scattered corpses.
The hidden Type 92 infantry gun fired again, this time with ordinary bullets, not high-explosive grenades, and the 70mm shells smashed the front slope of another tank, with a "clang" sound, the T-34 body was shocked, and the shells were ejected by the tank's armor, leaving only an oblique white mark on the tank.
"Quick, leave the creeps alone, quickly find out the devil's artillery." The commander of Tank No. 1 picked up the radio and shouted loudly that his tank had just been hit by a shell, and there was still a white mark on his "face".
As soon as the order was given to the No. 1 tank, all the tanks abandoned the Zero Soldiers, and the commander of each tank looked for the location of the devil's artillery through the viewing glass.
"At one o'clock, there are two Type 92 infantry guns!" The commander of a tank was sharp-eyed, and soon found the 92 infantry gun after the ruins, I have to say, its concealment position is excellent, the gun body is low, it is difficult to be found, if it is not for this tank hit a shot, through the smoke of the cannon, found the 92 infantry gun, and then a few meters next to him, found another cannon, good guy, the two are actually together.
Two 92 infantry guns were discovered, and the result was that a batch of 76mm shells flew by, boom, boom, and dense explosions, mixed with ammunition. Two guns were removed, and the next target was on the Japanese infantry. A 7.62mm vehicle-mounted machine gun, spitting flames and spraying bullets, and a 76mm F-34 L/42 cannon on the turret above fired high-explosive shells.
Jingle, the 6.8mm Tomosaka bullet hit the 45mm thick inclined armor, all in vain, all of them were bounced away, leaving only a white dot on the tank, and the front of the tank was full of dense white spots, like a pockmark on a person's face, which was all shot out.
Hum ~~ Dozens of Type 97 monoplane fighters Type 95 biplane fighters, and then at an altitude of 1000 meters, in the clouds, their goal is to support Lu'an, it seems that because of a group of blind-eyed branches/that person attacked Lu'an again, and the army defending the city was very wasteful, and a lot of them were knocked out, and the city was about to break.
Lu'an City as an important place, once Lu'an is taken away, then Wuhan's army will be isolated, if the branch / that assembles a group of troops, take the opportunity to attack Wuhan, when they want to support, but are blocked by Lu'an, the consequences are unimaginable, they don't want Wanjialing Taierzhuang to happen again, so, must at all costs, eliminate the mysterious army that attacked Lu'an.
Precisely because it was an important place, in addition to an infantry wing put together by the 15th Division, the Japanese had to suspend the offensive on the front line, and hurriedly transferred two brigades, an armored wing, a 105mm howitzer wing, and the only wing on their front line equipped with 96-type 150mm howitzers, the purpose of which was to destroy the enemy attacking Lu'an in the shortest time and at the fastest speed.
The Type 96 150mm howitzer was designed as a new artillery gun in 1933. In September 1935, the trial production of the cannon was completed. After testing the use in 1936, the usefulness of the artillery was confirmed. Later, winter tests were carried out in northeastern China, and the situation was good, and the formation of the troops began after the practical tests were completed. It was formalized in May 1938. And this wing is currently the only one equipped with a Type 96 150mm howitzer. COMPARED WITH OTHER 150MM HOWITZERS DEVELOPED IN JAPAN, THIS GUN HAS BETTER PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF RANGE, RANGE, MOVEMENT, SHOOTING ACCURACY, AND TIME REQUIRED FOR DEPLOYMENT. Compared with the 150mm howitzers of various countries, in addition to the shorter maximum firing range, the light weight is an advantage, so in the process of transportation, the speed is faster than other guns.
The Japanese army's abnormal movement immediately attracted the attention of all quarters, because the Japanese army suddenly withdrew the strength of a division and a heavy artillery wing, and the goal and direction of action were unknown.
"Check, check immediately, why did the Japanese army suddenly withdraw so many troops?" On the front-line position of the anti-Japanese resistance, many senior generals of the country/army held a meeting again, and the main reason was why the Japanese army withdrew so many troops, and where did they go?
Wuhan had just been lost not long ago, and they had not yet caught their breath, but the Japanese army suddenly came like this, but it scared them enough, for fear that the devils would engage in some conspiracy and tricks, so they had to be treated carefully.
The Japanese army suddenly withdrew the strength of a division of the first division, the movement was too big, and it couldn't hide it from others, of course, the devils didn't want to hide it from others, their purpose now is to kill the mysterious army that attacked Lu'an, the mysterious force has one to two thousand people, as for why so many troops were dispatched, there are three reasons: 1, quickly solve this team and resume the transportation from Lu'an to the front line; 2, this team appeared too suddenly, and its equipment is extremely strong, if he is allowed to develop, it is a big threat, so in order to strangle this threat and then in the cradle, not an inch of grass is left. 3, and the most important thing, because the appearance of this team is mysterious, and the weapons and equipment in hand are very advanced, defeat them, and then take these weapons and equipment to develop and make better weapons, moreover, they have so many weapons, they must have bought them from foreigners, which means that they have this channel, and these weapons are advanced and have never appeared in the world, it is estimated that which country newly developed them, and they were brought to the Chinese battlefield for trial, so they must take advantage of that country did not react and ship them back to Japan, by that time, Raw rice is cooked and cooked, and they can't do anything.
The base camp of the Japanese army thinks so, but Lu Qiang doesn't care, his primary goal now is to lay down Lu'an, and then say, a division of the Japanese army, others are afraid, but he is not afraid, because "the system is in hand, I have it in the world", this is not his conceit, but the system has this ability.