Chapter 49: The Battle of Mukden 3
After the sound of the cannonballs, the dust and smoke were quickly blown away by the light breeze, and the Qianqian Village reappeared in sight with potholes, and after the baptism of shells, there was no one intact house in the whole village, and the village was littered with Japanese corpses and severed limbs.
The broken adobe bricks pressed against his body, and Mikugawa Saguro's red face showed a painful look, and the ground on his body was stained red with blood. Hit by at least four or five pieces of shrapnel on his body, Mikukawa Saku struggled to crawl out of the adobe bricks beside him.
In a hurry, the footsteps of the brigade sounded, and Mikugawa looked up with all his strength, and saw several teams of soldiers of the Northeast Army who had come to clean up the battlefield.
"Damn, there's another one alive here." A soldier of the Northeast Army picked up a bayonet. Blood splattered.
"Yaga!" News of the loss of Qianjin Village soon appeared in Amano's temporary headquarters in a wealthy compound in Honglingbao Town.
What made Rokuro Amano even more angry was that half of the divisional artillery had been lost in Mukden the night before, and now there were only 12 75MM mountain guns that could be used on his side. The Northeast Army on the opposite side mobilized 4 guns in a small village, as well as a variety of mortars, and two infantry squads died collectively in Qianjin Village without even being able to support it for an hour.
Benfanzhuang is still on the way over, and it is useless to send a telegram now. AMANO ROKURO'S FACE WAS GLOOMY, I AM AFRAID THAT THIS FANZHUANG IS COMING, ALTHOUGH A FIELD HEAVY ARTILLERY BRIGADE OF 12 105MM CANNON GUNS CAN RELIEVE A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE SITUATION THAT THE JAPANESE FIREPOWER IS SUPPRESSED. But the precedent of retreating without a fight must not begin with him. Even if you grit your teeth and stiffen up, you have to stand up until Benfanzhuang arrives. As for the death of those soldiers, they can't care so much about it for the time being, and it is their honor to be loyal to the emperor.
The offensive momentum of the 7th Brigade will not be halted by the embarrassment of Rokuro Amano, and the Japanese will have to be beaten before intercepting the rear of the Japanese army.
At 11 o'clock in the morning of September 19, Ben Fanzhuang rushed to the vicinity of Mukden with the division headquarters to join Amano Rokuro, and so far, the main force of the Kwantung Army has been gathered, and the strength of the army once exceeded 9,000 people. However, after the initial rest and recuperation of the 7th Brigade, all the artillery mobilized from the arsenal was also transported across the Hunhe River, and this time Jiang Li assembled 72 artillery pieces mainly 75MM mountain artillery and field artillery, 24 150MM mortars, 37MM flat-fire guns, 50MM grenadiers, and 82MM mortars. Even the German mechanics in Nanjing were not so ashamed. This is still the 7th Brigade with a little artillery knowledge has been called, otherwise this number can go up a little more. Anyway, there are hundreds of artillery pieces lying there in the arsenal.
With sufficient fire support, Jiang Li commanded the 7th Brigade to launch a simultaneous onslaught on the Japanese from the directions of Cao Zhongtun, Xiawanhe, Xiaoxibao, and Shangxian Village. Nearly 100 artillery pieces were concentrated on the five-kilometer front, and for a time the rumbling sound of artillery fire resounded on the west bank of the Hunhe River, and the sound of explosion and thunder could be heard as far away as Shenyang City, seven or eight miles away.
IN ADDITION, THE JAPANESE ARMY'S 12 105MM CANNON GUNS AND 12 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS CAUSED THE MOVEMENT TO SHAKE THE GROUND AND SHAKE THE MOUNTAINS. The people on both sides of the Hunhe River looked at the center of the battlefield with such fierce artillery fire, even if a piece of steel was thrown on the battlefield, it would be melted.
THE POWER OF THE 105MM CANNON CANNON IS NOT COMPARABLE TO THE 75MM FIELD GUN OF THE 75TH BRIGADE.
Xiao Weiguo, the commander of the artillery regiment, was also majestic at this time, and an artillery group of such a scale was nothing more than an artillery brigade.
"Damn, hurry up, the little devil's 105MM cannon is blowing up our brothers, we have to give these little devils some power to see, this cannon was used by the Japanese army to blow up our Beida camp before, and now let the little devils know what it means to use the way of others and govern their bodies!"
XIAO WEIGUO JUMPED UP AND DOWN IN FRONT OF THE 240MM CANNON, IN HIS WORDS, HE COULD COMMAND A CANNON OF THIS CALIBER, AND HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR A SCORPION, AND HE WOULD HAVE THE CAPITAL TO BRAG IF HE DIDN'T FIGHT IN THE FUTURE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS KIND OF CANNON WAS TOO TROUBLESOME TO TRANSPORT, AND THE JAPANESE DIDN'T BRING MANY SHELLS TO MUKDEN CITY, ONLY 31 ROUNDS WERE FOUND. There was no need to bring both guns over.
"What are those guys in the secret service for, this is what they call the weak Zhina Army? This is just an infantry brigade, and even the most elite divisions have not so fierce firepower! ”
The Imperial soldiers on the front line were experiencing the baptism of metal storm from the 7th Brigade, and the cries and cries of help from all fronts were transmitted to the command post of Benfanzhuang one after another. Ben Fanzhuang was so angry that he scolded, listening to the movement outside, on such a narrow front, even the Russo-Japanese War of that year, there was no artillery density of such a scale. The other side's shells were shot down as if they didn't want money. For a whole quarter of an hour, except for intermittent breaks, the artillery fire did not stop. Even Japan would not have misused shells so brazenly, it would have been a waste.
When it was so violent, the effect of the shelling was also very significant. In addition to the west side of Shangxian Village and Xiaoxi Fort, where the Japanese army was pressed by heavy artillery brigades, several other key defensive places were painfully bombed, and calls for emergency fire support were made one after another. The command couldn't pick it up at all.
On the contrary, Rokuro Amano breathed a sigh of relief at this time, the burden is now carried by Ben Fanzhuang, even if he loses the battle, the biggest responsibility will not fall on his head, as far as it seems at present, it is impossible for the reinforcements from the Korean side to reach the Mukden battlefield for a while, and the possibility of the main force of the Kwantung Army suffering is quite large.
"Shoot back, shoot back!" THE CAPTAIN OF THE HEAVY ARTILLERY BRIGADE, BAI ZE, WIELDED A COMMAND KNIFE, ALTHOUGH THE FIREPOWER OF THE CHINA ARMY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WAS FIERCE, BUT THE POWER OF THE DOZEN OR SO 105MM CANNON GUNS IN HIS HAND WAS NOT COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY. Honfanzhuang continued to exert pressure, and Shirasawa was an experienced artillery expert, and he could soon see that although the opponent's firepower was fierce, most of the artillerymen were of very low quality. Under the fierce artillery battle, in just about an hour, Bai Ze Dazuo commanded the defeat of the opponent's 4 artillery pieces, while the Japanese side lost only one cannon. This is a very impressive record.
Under the rapid expansion of the number of artillery, it is not possible to train enough artillery at once, which is the shortcoming of the 7th Brigade, but Jiang Li also expected this in advance, so except for the artillery of the headquarters of the 7th Brigade Headquarters Artillery Regiment and the specialized headquarters artillery, the other firepower with poor ability is aimed at the infantry of the Japanese army.
Just when Benfanzhuang was glad that there was still a heavy artillery brigade to hold up the façade, a shell rose from the position of the 7th Brigade and fell over a distance of several kilometers to the Japanese troops on the opposite side.
Rumble! EVEN IN THE DAYTIME, THE FIRE WAS DAZZLING ENOUGH, AND THE STRONG SHAKING COULD BE FELT SEVERAL MILES AWAY, ALTHOUGH DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, THIS SHELL DID NOT GIVE THE JAPANESE TROOPS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUT THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE 240MM MORTAR ON THE ENEMY'S HEART WAS UNPARALLELED.
The people in the headquarters staggered for a while, whether it was Rokuro Amano or Ben Fanzhuang, they were all colorless, under this kind of artillery, it didn't matter whether they hid in the temporary bunkers set up in the headquarters, they were just buried alive and shocked to death. If you are unfortunate enough to be affected by a cannonball, the huge energy emitted can directly evaporate the person. Maybe the quality of the opponent's artillery is not high, but the blind cat also has a time when it encounters a dead mouse, who can guarantee that the opponent will not suddenly burst out, one shot, as long as one shell falls on the division headquarters, or the Japanese artillery position, it is enough to cause devastating consequences.