Chapter 779: The Battle of Jinmen (End)
"Boom...... All evacuation! Circumvent!! "Most of the battles between armored groups that Lao Junwu participated in, and he did not have this experience in the face of heavy artillery bombardment.
For a while, when he heard the roar of heavy artillery coming from the rear of the Japanese position, he became nervous, and kept roaring at the communicator. Fortunately, although the tank units did not experience heavy artillery attacks, they also learned to evade artillery fire in actual combat.
As a result, the entire tank group began to disperse the assault. Towards the Japanese position!
"Chirp...... Boom Boom Boom ......Boom "Japanese artillery shells fell like raindrops, shaking the whole earthquake. Countless dusts and destroyed Japanese tanks were thrown into the air like garbage.
At this time, the entire North China Front Army had a total of 740 heavy artillery pieces! The main belligerents of World War II usually used howitzers of caliber (6 inches) or more, and cannons of caliber (4 inches) or more as heavy artillery.
Because the divisional artillery of the main belligerents has caliber howitzers and caliber cannons, it is actually said that the artillery above the divisional artillery is regarded as heavy artillery.
In other words, Terauchi Shou Hand now has more than 740 cannons of caliber. The damage caused by these guns to the Wehrmacht's armoured units was so great that they would have died had it not been for the great mobility of the armoured units.
It can only be said that Lao Junwu's command experience is too shallow and his desire to win is too strong. He did not judge in time that the Japanese army would be forced to use heavy artillery to bombard himself in an all-out way.
"Boom, boom, boom...... In the roaring artillery fire, countless Wehrmacht tanks were not killed in the battle with the Japanese tanks, but they were blown over in this array of artillery fire.
"I'll your grandma!!" Lao Junwu's eyes were red, and he roared into the communicator: "Follow Lao Tzu and rush up!" Slaughter these bunches of!! ”
At this time, the Wehrmacht side also reflected it. First of all, the Wehrmacht warhawks in the air were the first to reflect, and these warhawks did not do reconnaissance work less, and they roughly judged the location of the Japanese artillery positions in just three or two clicks. At the same time, the approximate coordinates were reported back through the tower.
The Air Force did not hesitate at all, and directly transmitted the coordinates to Li Yannian. Only Li Yannian's Second Artillery Corps had the fastest movements and the best mobility.
After receiving the coordinates, the Second Artillery Corps carried out a mapping survey in a frustrated manner, and after summarizing, it judged the location of the Japanese heavy artillery group, and then the entire Second Artillery Corps' Storm 75 40-barreled self-propelled rocket launcher roared!
"Whoosh...... Boom Boom ......Boom Boom "Shouichi Terauchi didn't expect the Wehrmacht to react so quickly, and it didn't take long for him to judge the location of his heavy artillery group. There was even a retaliatory artillery return fire.
I have to say that although Li Yannian, a veteran of the battlefield, has been hidden by Tu Qianjun for a long time, he is still not old! Even, the precipitation that has been silent over the years has given him more accurate judgment and more decisive command.
After the Wehrmacht's armored units were shelled, the commander-in-chief of the Second Artillery Corps did not hesitate to immediately ask the entire Second Artillery Corps to begin calculating the position of the Japanese heavy artillery group, and at the same time ordered the troops to begin reloading rockets.
When you get the coordinates of the Air Force report. The commander-in-chief of the Second Artillery Corps immediately shocked the Japanese army! But earlier than the Second Artillery Corps. That's the Wehrmacht's air force.
These eagles were originally responsible for the task of covering the armored forces, and after the Japanese air force in the sky was completely annihilated, the eagles did not hesitate to kill the Japanese heavy artillery position.
......The 20mm caliber cannon and the 14.5 machine gun are not a joke, and the Japanese troops below are splashed with flesh and blood. The heavy artillery was hit and exploded on the spot, shattering into parts all over the ground.
The wing guarding the artillery position was helpless at all, and that little machine gun was really harmless to the Tiger Shark B. Fortunately, they had just experienced an air battle, and the warhawks did not have much ammunition left. After strafing for a while, they could only leave in hatred.
......As soon as the warhawk left, the rockets of the Second Artillery Group attacked! Bursts of explosions roared from several positions of the Japanese heavy artillery group, and countless heavy artillery pieces were directly blown into broken parts under the bombardment of rockets.
The commanders of the Japanese heavy artillery wing who commanded the heavy artillery group of the Japanese army could not understand the death. How exactly did he get exposed? Even if it were calculated, it would take a long time to adjust the gun position, coordinate the shots, and even reload.
This is enough time for their heavy artillery group to withdraw, and they are not as good as their opponents, who actually have extremely high mobility and strong firepower coverage.
They didn't bother to aim accurately, and only needed to determine the approximate location before launching a barrage of fire on the Japanese artillery positions. A total of more than 400 Storm 75 40-barreled self-propelled rocket launchers launched a counterattack against 740 Japanese heavy guns in six places.
The casualties caused by this counterattack were extremely great. There were hardly any Japanese troops
Heavy artillery is out of the range of shelling. Even the wing with the garrison heavy artillery group suffered greatly.
After all, rockets are covering firepower, and a hit is basically a pot. Maybe the main target may not be able to destroy all of them, but the surrounding targets definitely didn't run.
"Boom, boom, boom......" In the sound of rocket explosions, the Japanese army's heavy artillery group turned into flying ashes. They never had a chance to launch a second round of shelling, and the entire artillery position was filled with screams and wails and incessant explosions.
"Boom!!" A rocket struck an artillery shell on the periphery of the position, triggering an earth-shattering detonation. All of a sudden, the entire Japanese artillery position was overturned.
At this time, Lao Junwu finally rushed into the Japanese position.
Rumbling under the roar. The Tiger B unceremoniously crushed the Japanese defenses. The tank's double-armed heavy machine guns were fired at the Japanese positions in an unceremonious "sudden ......".
"Tom...... Rumble! "The 37mm anti-tank guns equipped on the Japanese positions hit the Tiger B and were worse than tickling. There was no way to stop the advance of the Tiger Type B, and the defensive positions of the Japanese army were broken one by one.
The Japanese lost artillery stops, and the infantry units of the Wehrmacht finally had the opportunity to charge. Without hesitation, they swooped out from the positions they had previously occupied. The shouts came towards the Japanese position.
Three-dimensional combat! This is a typical three-dimensional infantry, tank, and air operation, although it seems that it is still very immature now, and it has not even met the requirements of real three-dimensional combat in later generations.
However, in this era, this mode of warfare and concept is undoubtedly ahead of its time. The Air Force is used as a cover, and observation, early warning and targeted killings are carried out. At the same time, artillery was supplemented by fire support.
On the ground, the armored forces will be the vanguard of the breakthrough positions, and then the infantry will work with the tank units to directly carry out a complete sweep of the entire enemy position.
Under this offensive, the entire Japanese position completely collapsed. When Lao Junwu broke through the second-line position of the Japanese army, the entire Japanese front collapsed.
The Wehrmacht's infantry group smashed into the position, and the Japanese continued to retreat in despair amid the shouts.
Defeat is like a mountain! Shouichi Terauchi closed his eyes in pain and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and then was forced to withdraw to the rear by the adjutant's forced push.
The remnants of the Japanese troops and armored groups retreated on all fronts and withdrew in the direction of Shandong. Wehrmacht tank units followed in pursuit until the three remaining Japanese lines were crushed.
When the sun set, the battle slowly ended. The entire Japanese North China Front retreated to the Cangzhou line, reorganized the defense and dug new fortifications. And anti-tank trenches were dug.
The Second Army Corps of the Wehrmacht and the First Division of the Armored Group Army directly under the Wehrmacht broke into the Japanese positions and confronted the Japanese troops outside the Cangzhou position. After hearing the news, the Japanese troops entrenched in Bazhou were forced to withdraw to the vicinity of Baoding.
At this point, the Japanese defense line of Jinmen had become fragmented. Unable to resist the Wehrmacht's attack again, Terauchi Shouichi sent an urgent telegram to the Japanese military headquarters that night, asking for an apology and requesting the military headquarters to send someone to take his place.
In Tokyo, Japan, there was a gloomy fog in the military headquarters. The Chief of Staff, Prince Kanin Palace, pinched the telegram of Terauchi Shouichi's face and became extremely ugly, he did not expect that the Wehrmacht would break through the position of the North China Front so quickly.
What I didn't expect was that the North China Front would suffer such a huge loss. The chariot division, which had more than 200 chariots, eventually escaped with less than 80 vehicles.
The army and navy units lost more than 100 fighters in battle. The losses of the ground forces were even greater, and after several days of fierce fighting, the losses of the North China Front were not small, and the onslaught of the Wehrmacht caused more than 50,000 casualties.
Coupled with the more than 30,000 casualties that had been suffered one after another, the North China Front's original 240,000-strong army was suddenly reduced to less than 200,000. And they have to rely on this to resist more than a million Wehrmacht troops.
The palace chief of the Xianyuan Palace sighed, for the first time he was wondering if the war he supported was the right one.
"Your Highness, you can see the situation of the temple ......-kun" Except for Ishihara Wan'er, no one dared to speak at this time. Kanin Gong glanced at Ishihara with his cold eyes.
This made Ishihara feel cold, and it took a while for the eyes of the Idle Yuan Palace to ease.
"This war is not a crime of war, Your Majesty, I will explain it...... Tell Terauchi to keep him useful to fight for the Empire. Instead of simply apologizing, if he has the blood of the emperor, then he will behave on the battlefield......"
After speaking, Xianyuan Gong stood up and walked out of the conference room. There was silence in the conference room, and all the complicated thoughts of everyone finally came to a long sigh.
"Boom, boom, boom......" Outside Wuchang City, the 60th Army has already killed here. In the shouting and fighting, the Japanese positions were crumbling. Luhan commanded the battle from the forward position with red eyes, and he knew that his time was running out. It is necessary to break the Japanese siege of Wuchang City as soon as possible. (To be continued)