Chapter 67, Rocket Artillery Washing
Okamura Ningji was assassinated, this is even more terrible, Wuhan that was originally under martial law suddenly became nervous, the patrolling Japanese troops doubled several times, and the sentries also cheered up, paying attention to the surroundings, and whether there was any previous laziness, as soon as there was a stir, they immediately became nervous.
The Japanese army was under martial law, and the sky was slowly getting brighter, and the special combat team became more difficult to operate, given that this was the first mission, the requirements were not high, so they all hid, did not go out of the mission, and waited for an opportunity to get out of the city.
The Japanese soldiers who were running back and forth outside had arrested a lot of people, but none of them were special combat teams, most of them were members of the Red Party of the Fruit Army, and there were some ordinary people who did not know the truth. Anyway, the whole Wuhan was in chaos, and the people were all closed and hiding at home, for fear of provoking the fire, and for a while, the whole Wuhan city was panicked.
Early in the morning, at six o'clock, the sky was getting brighter, and the Japanese army, who had been busy all night, finally got a notice and had a chance to rest for a while, but the puppet army was still making a lot of noise in the city. On the artillery position of Dawang Village in Dabie Mountain, a 152mm howitzer that had been brought in a long time ago stood in a forest, and the barrel pointed obliquely to the sky, while the B-4203mm howitzer slowly drove into its own gun position under the operation of the driver, and under the operation of the gunner, the barrel of the gun pointed at the Japanese army in the distance.
Early in the morning, Lu Qiang deliberately got up early, released the drone, that is, the aerial photography, and began to monitor the movements of the Japanese army.
On the forward positions, Lu Qiang's more than 10,000 combat troops will be divided into nine parts, and the Japanese troops will be blocked in nine places, and they will be evenly divided, with a maximum of 1,500 people on each blocking position.
1,500 people, facing a Japanese army that is more than ten times its own strength is obviously not enough. A comparison of the current military strength of the two sides shows that the Japanese army has an absolute advantage in the number of soldiers. In terms of the quality of the soldiers, the gap between the two sides is not too big, and these Japanese troops are all newly transferred from Japan, and most of them have not yet been on the battlefield, and those who have not been on the battlefield are all considered to be new recruits. And the soldiers on Lu Qiang's side only have more than ten days of training and are absolute recruits, so they are inferior to the Japanese army in terms of military quality. Of course, there is also an advantage, and in terms of geographical location, they will occupy some, because they will inspect the position in advance, choose a suitable blocking position, and build fortifications, which has an advantage. And the biggest advantage is that in terms of weaponry, it surpasses the Japanese army's armament for several decades, which is also far beyond the Japanese army.
If there is a shortage of personnel, equipment will be replenished. In order to deal with the Japanese army, this time there were more than 1,500 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100mm, and those below 100mm were 60 mortars and 82 recoilless guns, and as for the 107 rocket artillery, because the maximum range was only more than 8,000 meters, it could only be used as a battalion and company-level support weapon.
In terms of continuous firepower, the Japanese army is far from being able to compare, not to mention the machine gun, and the 81 bar alone will compare with the crooked handle of the Japanese army. Not to mention the 81 squad and quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns.
The strong firepower added a powerful screen to Lu Qiang's defense.
The pointer slowly pointed to seven o'clock, on a cleared flat ground, there were Japanese artillery, there were 100 15cm guns of all kinds and more than 300 guns of 15cm below 100mm or more, at the moment when the pointer pointed to seven o'clock, the Japanese artillery commander immediately ordered to fire, more than 400 guns spewed flames in unison, and more than 400 projectiles flew to the defenders' positions with different ballistic trajectories.
"Boom!" A 105mm shell fell on the position, blowing up a cloud of dust.
"Shelling, dugouts." After the first shell landed and exploded, someone immediately shouted, everyone swarmed to drill into the bomb shelter, some recruits were stupid by the sudden artillery, standing in place, most of them were made under the cannon souls, and if they were lucky, they were dragged into the bomb shelter by their comrades.
It was rare for the Japanese army to spend such a large amount of money at one time, and the shells fired by more than 400 artillery pieces rained down on the positions of the 250th Division. The elongated line of defense was plowed by artillery.
The Japanese army was so generous, with more than 400 artillery pieces, back and forth, blowing up the old and long defense line from beginning to end, blowing up three times in key places, three times in key places, and three times in key places...... That's right, those places where strong fortresses were built, important places, which were taken care of by the Japanese artillery, were bombed by shells over and over again.
"Found it." Looking at the artillery group on the LCD screen widely, they were firing the cannons in unison, one by one, dragging a cannon line through the air, which was clear by the model aircraft in the sky.
"It's really a matter of remembering to eat and fighting, and actually concentrating artillery together, isn't this for me to fight, and I still have the same set of ideas in my head as to fight the fruit army, should I be happy or happy?!" Looking at the flame-spewing artillery group, Lu Qiang muttered to himself. "It's a little far away, let the plane blow it up, the devil is really ruthless this time, so many cannons, being bombed is enough for their heartache." Immediately, he notified the Air Force and sent the coordinates over, and Lu Qiang didn't ask what to do over there.
The Japanese artillery on the front line exploded frantically for half an hour, and just when the recruits were about to lose their support, the artillery slowly stopped, and then the Japanese infantry slowly approached from many places under the cover of armored vehicles and thin-skinned tanks.
Type 89, Type 91, Type 94, Type 97 and other types of tank armored vehicles roared their engines and covered the infantry rushing towards the position.
At this time, the position of the 250th Division was very quiet, and only those who were quiet could hear each other's heartbeats and the "Herod" sound of friction between the tracks of Japanese tanks. "You guys listen to me, if anyone keeps commanding the chaos, don't blame me for not saying ...... if you lose your life" "Don't be afraid, the weapons in our hands are better than the devils, and the devils should be ...... to be afraid" "If anyone is a deserter, see ...... in the small dark room" All platoons and company commanders are doing the final mobilization work.
In the face of such a large formation of the Japanese army, some recruits were stupid, or directly threw their guns and ran back, or their legs were weak and could not walk, and they urinated in their pants. Some people are in this situation, and no one laughs at them. The first time I fought with the Japanese army, I saw the Japanese army put down this formation, if you are not afraid, it is all fake, and even the veterans' hearts tremble. For recruits, it's like a newcomer in the game who has to face a top boss.
The Japanese attacked, but the artillery of the 250th division did not sound, mainly because of the fear of being counter-artillery by the Japanese army, before the Japanese artillery was not blown up by the aircraft, only 82 recoilless guns or 60 mortars could sound, and the 107 rocket artillery was considered the limit.
Since the 107 rocket artillery can be used, then the defenders are naturally not polite, "Notify the rocket artillery battalion and let them open fire." "A regiment and a brigade have two rocket artillery battalions, and four brigades are eight rocket artillery battalions, with a total of 192 launchers, although there are many, but they are relatively scattered, there are a total of 8 battalions, one guard and one battalion, and one point is not, only 60 rocket artillery, or 82 recoilless guns.
Twenty-four launchers were stuffed with rockets, 12 at a launcher, a total of 288, and after an order, they were sent out at once. The Japanese attacking team, in addition to tanks and armored vehicles, a total of 18 squadrons of infantry, attacked nine points at the same time, that is to say, there were two squadrons of nearly 300 Japanese troops at each point, and the offensive formation was relatively scattered.
"Whoosh~~" The rockets on the launch pad screamed, and under the impetus of the engine, they flew out with flames, and in two seconds, the rockets on the launch pad were already empty, leaving the hot launch pad burned by the tail flames.
"Whoosh~~ Boom!" The first rocket screamed and landed next to the Japanese attacking team, 50 meters away from their team, but it also frightened these Japanese soldiers, but looking at the explosion point, the heart calmed down a lot, indicating that the opponent's accuracy was not good.
A Japanese soldier unintentionally looked up, and then almost collapsed, only to see stars shining in the sky, dragging tail flames, flying towards them, "Rockets." "This Japanese soldier has a little knowledge, and immediately called out, just when he wanted to evade, these rockets have all been smashed down, in an instant, that large area was directly engulfed in flames, the Japanese army couldn't react at all, 3 seconds, all the rockets exploded, the Japanese army didn't have time to react, so they went to see Aunt Amaterasu. In a bunker, a battalion commander held a telescope, looked at the Japanese army bombed by rocket artillery with satisfaction, and nodded secretly in his heart.
Under the attack of rockets, there were few people left alive in this wave of attacks, and they could not form combat effectiveness at all, so the remaining Japanese troops hurriedly withdrew.
The commanders of the nine divisions had solemn faces, although they knew that it was impossible to defeat the other side with just one attack, but they didn't expect the outcome to be like this, the other side actually used rocket artillery, looking at the appearance of this explosion, there were at least thousands of rockets. The division commanders all expressed their shock and at the same time some shock. They don't have rocket artillery, and they have also developed some, but they only have very little equipment, because it costs too much ammunition, and rocket ammunition is much more expensive than ordinary shells of the same caliber, and it is better to build rocket artillery than to make more artillery. And what shocked them even more was that the power of the rocket artillery salvo would be so great, and the two squadrons, under this shelling, disappeared directly. After the shock, the eyes of several division commanders rose with desire to possess such a good equipment, it is correct for us to use it, and it is simply a waste to use it for the people of China. A few people thought.
The ordinary soldiers of the Japanese army didn't think so much, they were shocked by the power of this rocket artillery, and they thought in their hearts whether they could survive if they were themselves, and the final answer was no. It is common to lose the first attack, but it was crippled without even touching the enemy's hair, and by the way, the people of the other teams were frightened, which is a bit strange.
"Ten minutes later, organize a second attack." Several division commanders deliberated for a moment, and then ordered.