Chapter Ninety-Seven: Surprise Attack on Artillery Position
When all the paratroopers had finished their jump, all the planes turned around and flew back.
Xu Shiyou skillfully controlled the parachute and landed firmly on the ground, and at this time many paratroopers had already assembled. The companies began to assemble in formation and count the number of people.
For those troops who have not yet returned to the unit, they began to use walkie-talkies to communicate.
Xu Shiyou did not wait for the rest of the troops to return, so he led more than 1,000 people who had been assembled and went straight to Jinan City. It's just that after the soldiers who have not yet returned to the team converge, they follow directly behind him.
In this battle, the paratroopers were very well prepared, and all kinds of ammunition were doubled, although it would cause a lot of burden to the soldiers, but the strict training made the paratroopers accustomed to such a load. The rapid march along the way, in less than ten minutes, had reached the periphery of the Japanese position.
Xu Shiyou did not plan to go directly into the city to help the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the best defense was to attack. The paratroopers are also not a defensive force, and the most trained is how to attack. He intended to directly annihilate the troops outside the city and directly support the troops defending the city. As for whether he had the confidence to do it, he didn't think about it.
The soldiers of a sharp squad unloaded their burdens, took their respective weapons, and gradually approached the periphery of the Japanese position.
To say that the training of the Japanese army is really good, although now they are still on the attacking side, they have also built a defensive position, although due to time, the position is not very complete. In the event of an emergency, there would be no problem in blocking the attack of the Northern Expeditionary Army for a while, but now they are facing the paratroopers of the People's Army. And it was when the Japanese army knew nothing, which was completely fatal to the Japanese army.
A squad of 12 people quietly approached the Japanese army, and gradually touched the side of the detachment's guard position by means of the camouflage on the camouflage uniform and the green camouflage on the face.
This squad did not attack directly, but marked the number of Japanese troops, and the defense quietly retreated.
Ten minutes later, the outlying areas of the Japanese defensive array were marked by the top squad, and according to the number of people in the outlying positions, the size of the opponent's troops was directly deduced.
Another squad of soldiers went directly to the rear of the Japanese army, and after marching for a kilometer or two, under the gesture of the squad leader, the soldiers of one squad immediately became hidden.
Peeling through the grass in front of them, the soldiers didn't even need binoculars, and when they looked down the hillside, they could see the Japanese artillery building positions in a col in the distance.
This was a complete field artillery wing of thirty-six 120mm howitzers of the 6th Division to support the siege wing. Howitzers have just arrived, and the artillerymen are building emplacements.
The squad leader of the top soldier squad who touched this place immediately sent a soldier back to report to Xu Shiyou.
More than 1,000 paratroopers were resting in a forest, and the intelligence of the two elite squads was gathered in Xu Shiyou's hands.
Looking at the intelligence from the spying, Xu Shiyou thought for a while, and then ordered the troops to continue to pull out, and directly launched a covert march towards the Japanese artillery position.
Although one of Xu Shiyou's regiments also had artillery, it was all mortars and bazookas, and now the Japanese army had heavy artillery under their noses. Of course, he will not be polite, with these heavy artillery, this battle will be much easier.
It didn't take long for Xu Shiyou to come to the position of the top soldier class. Seeing that the Japanese troops in the distance were still building artillery positions, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. Immediately, the two squads of special forces left the main unit and went to the col. This is the only special force under Xu Shiyou's hands, although every paratrooper can be regarded as a special soldier, but there is still no professional special forces specialty.
When the more than 20 special forces were still 200 meters away from the Japanese army, they all stopped, and they took out their weapons one after another, and the two special soldiers with daggers in their hands rushed out with agility, and the two Japanese soldiers who were standing guard did not even react, and were directly cut open throats, hugged the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and gently placed them on the ground. Under the cover of the grass, the two special forces began to move forward again, and the special forces behind them also quietly followed.
The two Japanese troops were just sentry posts outside, and the artillery position at this time had a brigade of Japanese defense, but the defense was not very strict, as if it was just a routine matter, and even the defensive position was not built, at most it was just a pile of sandbags on the periphery. Indeed, according to the assumption, this place is absolutely safe, and only the city has a squadron in the whole Jinan. Kill them did not expect that there was a squadron in the rear. They are also about to pay a heavy price for their carelessness.
At this time, when more than a dozen sentry posts were killed, the special forces were already on the Japanese position. Less than fifty meters away from the Japanese sandbag defense ring, they lay on their stomachs in the grass one by one. Wait for the final attack.
At this time, Xu Shiyou's troops also quietly approached the Japanese artillery position, and the distance between the two armies was only less than 200 meters. Each fighter is also checking the condition of weapons and ammunition, and the snipers are finding their own sniper positions.
Before I knew it, ten minutes passed, and the Japanese artillery position was completed, and the first round of firing began.
A burst of cannon fire rang out, and the sniper's gun rang out at the same time.
On the Japanese position, a devil soldier saw that the cannon in front of him roared angrily, revealing a proud expression. This is their own country, it is so powerful, I heard that the people of China do not even have many small artillery, let alone artillery of such caliber, it is estimated that they have never seen it. Thinking that the division commander promised them that they could do whatever they wanted after they captured Jinan, the male hormones made him feel excited. Just as he was imagining how to kill the people of China after entering the city, he felt some liquid splash on his face, and it was a little moist and hot. Interrupted by his fantasies, he thought that his comrades-in-arms were joking with him, and turned his head unhappily. At this time, in his eyes, a headless corpse was slowly falling, and blood was still spraying from his neck, and the liquid on his face was obviously the blood spurting from the necks of his comrades. At this time, he also reflected, just about to shout an enemy attack, he felt a sharp pain, looked along the sore spot, he didn't know when a big hole was punched in his chest, he opened his mouth, and when he thought of shouting something, his consciousness was blurred for a while, and gradually disappeared.
His death was not the first, nor was it the last.
In a round of shooting, with the sound of artillery, hundreds of snipers shot together, and they all killed the vigilant forces on the periphery. Strict coordination training, there are no repeated targets, basically one sniper is aimed at the other.
Surprisingly, those Japanese soldiers on the perimeter were killed, and the Japanese troops inside did not find out. This made Xu Shiyou feel puzzled for a while, and originally thought that after so many people died, the Japanese army would reflect it, and then it would be time for them to make a move. The result made him a little stunned, but his good military qualities made him reflect that now is not the time to think about this, and he will not find it better.
With a wave of their hand, everyone moved forward a little more. At this time, the artillery was finished firing and the official shelling began. By the sound of shelling, blockers and special forces came into play. This time, the Japanese army also found that they had a lot fewer comrades-in-arms, and a piercing whistle sounded. However, it was too late to reflect at this time, and the paratroopers had already advanced to their outer cordon, and with the help of the sandbag positions built by the Japanese themselves, they shot inside, and the dense net of semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns made the Japanese soldiers fall down in rows like wheat cut by a cutter. Mortars and bazookas were fired, and shells exploded in the middle of the Japanese troops.
If the level of gunners of the Japanese army has reached a high level, then the gunners of the KPA are of the perfect level, with a strong degree of training, and an unlimited supply like shells that do not cost money. The current artillery can completely bomb wherever it is pointed, and the current artillery does not even need to shoot at each other, as long as there are accurate coordinates and high-quality artillery, there will be no mistake of deviating the shells at all.
Such conditions can only be given by Chen Shao, and the United States can naturally sit down, but he has only a few soldiers in the United States now, and with its natural geographical advantage, the United States has no enemies at all. Taking advantage of the end of World War I, the good world environment is stepping up to make money, thus neglecting army building. At this time, the US ** team was only a few hundred thousand people, including the National Guard, with poor equipment and poor training. If it weren't for the good industrial foundation, the United States would not have been able to win the war by relying on its soldiers during World War II, otherwise it would not have been defeated by Japan in the Pacific War that had just begun, and even the Philippines was taken by Japan.
Chen Shao walked on a double line, not only to strengthen the industrial base, but also to constantly train soldiers. He's trying to max out his stakes for victory.
The Japanese were stunned, and after a lot of soldiers died, under the command of the captain of the brigade and the commander of the artillery wing, they reluctantly began to lie on the ground and counterattack. However, it did not have much effect, in the face of the strong offensive of the paratroopers, more and more Japanese soldiers were killed, and they were still relying on machine guns to shoot at the paratroopers, but under the powerful counterattack of mortars and bazookas, the counterattack looked very pale.
The captain of the brigade guarding the artillery position, seeing that his troops were losing and retreating, was so angry that he kept "Baga, kill and give", and a command knife was waved more frequently, maybe his movements were too big, or maybe he forgot that he was still within the opponent's attack range. Just when he was about to shout "kill to give", a special forces anti-equipment 12.7mm sniper rifle in the distance was already aimed at his head, and when he just shouted "kill", the sniper decisively pulled the trigger, the bullet was discharged, and the strong recoil directly made the sniper shake unconsciously. And in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers behind him, the whole head of his captain suddenly disappeared, and blood spurted out of his neck, splashing the clothes of several guards around him.
After the death of the captain, the commander of the field artillery wing took over the command, but he still did not remember how the captain died, in order to boost morale, he ran directly to the body of the captain, and before he could command the troops, another bullet directly exploded his head.