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An artillery battle without suspense

In the front enemy headquarters of the Sixth Corps, although the troops successfully occupied the Japanese position after several hours of bloody fighting, they had absolute superiority in artillery fire. However, as the commander, Chen Geng, after reading the battle report that had just been counted in his hand, did not have any smile or relaxed look on his face.

Seeing Chen Geng with a solemn face in front of him, Han Liancheng, the chief of staff, who had not yet seen the battle report, asked with a puzzled expression: "Old Chen, the victory of the troops, we should be happy, how can you look at your solemn expression, as if someone else owes you a life..."

"Old Han, this is a battle damage report just sent from the front line. After reading this, you may not be so optimistic. I really didn't expect that with the absolute superiority in artillery fire, we would pay such a big price for attacking the troops....After this battle, the strength of one of our regiments can be regarded as completely reimbursed...."

As he spoke, Commander Chen Geng had already handed the battle report in his hand to Han Liancheng, the chief of staff who hurried behind him.

After reading the battle report, Han Liancheng's face, which was still full of smiles just now, suddenly became iron-blue. Then, he gritted his teeth and said, "Commander, these little devils are really a bunch of outlaws. Even the last seriously wounded who remained in the position and could not move inflicted more than 300 casualties on us. It seems that the next attack will be more difficult than expected..."

Chen Geng nodded suddenly, and continued to speak with a worried face: "Old Han, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is time, the little devil has not much time left for us. The battle just now took us three hours. I took a look, and it was still four hours before dawn at most. That is, tonight, we will have to fight for a maximum of three hours, and we will have to retreat ...."

"Three hours, judging from the battle just now, is really too tight. After all, the Japanese army sticking to the third line of defense is no longer an infantry wing just now, but a field brigade equipped with a certain amount of heavy firepower, and even the entire defensive position has a certain depth....The artillery unit of the little devil has never appeared in the two rounds of attack. I believe that in the next attack, the artillery units that they left behind will definitely show their final cards and catch us off guard. ”

Chen Geng was not wrong, in the next round of offensives, in order to ensure the morale of the troops and the momentum of the attack. The 17th Army, as a reserve, undoubtedly took over the unfinished tasks of the 16th Army and became a new offensive force.

Of course, before the infantry attacked, it was the artillery group of the East China Field Army that carried out unreserved artillery strikes on the third line of defense of the Japanese army. However, this shelling did not go so smoothly. Several artillery clusters, which had just been fired for less than five minutes. The artillery unit, which the Japanese had been hiding for several hours, finally showed his hideous face and began to carry out artillery counterattacks.

The entire field artillery wing, plus all kinds of mountain and infantry artillery attached to each infantry wing, totaling more than 50 artillery pieces of large and small calibers, were evenly divided into three artillery positions and fired a round of dense artillery shells from different directions at the field artillery regiment directly under the 17 th Army. In an instant, half of the artillery positions of the entire artillery regiment were shrouded in smoke from the explosion of more than 50 shells.

For a time, after the decisive battle of Wuhan began, the first artillery battle began.

In addition to the ability and personal qualities of the artillery personnel and the command quality of the commanders, there is also a very important and absolute point in the duel between artillery and artillery, that is, the competition between the firepower of the two sides.

There is a good saying, that is, in the face of absolute superiority, any tricks have no effect.

Although the Japanese army pieced together more than 50 artillery pieces of various calibers. However, these more than 50 artillery pieces can only be said to be insignificant in the face of the hundreds of artillery pieces in the artillery cluster under the Sixth Corps, and there is no comparison in any way.

Just in the three artillery clusters of the Japanese army, less than three rounds of shells were fired. In the middle of the artillery cluster under the Sixth Corps, a howitzer regiment directly under the corps, an artillery column cannon regiment, and a field artillery regiment, totaling more than 100 large-caliber artillery pieces, had already adjusted the direction of the shelling, and aimed their black muzzles at the three artillery positions of the Japanese army. …,

"Boom, boom..." With a series of deafening shelling sounds, shell explosions began to sound one after another in the rear of the Japanese army, and the three artillery positions, which had just been extremely arrogant, immediately died down amid the explosion of more than 100 large-caliber shells in the first round. At the same time, the sky where the three artillery positions were located was illuminated by the huge flames generated by the explosion of countless shells.

One round of shells, two rounds of shells, three rounds of shells.......three artillery regiments fired six rounds of shells in succession in the shortest possible time, totaling more than 600 rounds of large-caliber shells, before they stopped.

In an instant, as the shelling stopped, the fireballs that shrouded the Japanese artillery positions were slowly extinguished. The tragic scene of the entire artillery position clearly appeared in the eyes of all the Japanese officers and men on the battlefield.

As far as the eye can see, on the huge artillery position, dozens of minutes ago, there were rows of neat and neat large-caliber artillery, but at this moment they have long disappeared. Instead, there are barrels that have been blown into twists, or artillery wreckage that has been directly dismembered into the most primitive parts...

In a word, at this moment, not even a single intact artillery piece can be found on the huge artillery position.

Throughout the artillery position, huge craters with a depth of one meter can be seen everywhere. The corpses of Japanese artillerymen who were either killed directly, or had missing limbs and broken arms, or had been scorched by artillery fire, were also densely spread throughout the entire position, and could be seen everywhere. At this moment, if you add the remnants of the Japanese army's broken arms that can be seen everywhere on the ground, the minced meat and internal organs that were directly shattered by the shells. The entire artillery position, there was hardly a place to settle down.

In front of me, all the large-caliber artillery pieces equipped with a field division and regiment, plus several thousand artillery pieces and a brigade of garrison troops, disappeared in just a few minutes. The commander of the Japanese brigade who was sticking to the third line of defense, his face was shrouded in despair when he fell in love, and his hands holding the binoculars couldn't help but start to tremble.

I saw with my own eyes that the artillery unit that I had worked so hard to assemble was like a flock of sheep meeting a wolf in the face of the absolute artillery superiority of the East China Field Army, and the whole army was annihilated without any room for refuge. The brigade commander's heart was as painful as being stabbed into a steel knife that emitted cold light.

You must know that the artillery unit that has been destroyed in front of you is the essence of the artillery of the entire division. At the same time, in the entire war of aggression against China, this artillery unit also made great contributions to the entire division and regiment. And this is such an invincible unit, just like this, ruined in his own hands....Thinking of the various reasons, the brigade commander who lost his mind couldn't help but scold at his subordinates.

"Baga, cunning Shina, it's not fair....why, why do backward Shina have so much artillery. My artillery, my artillery...."

"Please calm your anger from the brigade commander....Judging from the artillery battle just now, in front of the strong artillery unit in China, the artillery unit in our hands is not comparable at all. And our artillery units are capable of destroying the artillery positions of the same size in China under conditions of absolute inferiority. I believe that those heroic souls of the Imperial Army who died in battle will also rest in peace after knowing the results of this battle. After reading the information just sent, the chief of staff of the brigade said in a low voice of comfort.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this is information that has just been sent from the front. In the artillery battle just now, although our artillery group was completely wiped out, in the first three rounds of salvo fire, it also dealt a huge blow to the East China Field Army on the opposite side. According to intelligence, in the artillery battle just now, the cunning Shina people paid a huge loss of at least thirty field guns...."

"More than 30 field artillery....In the face of absolute disadvantage, it is difficult for these warriors to achieve such great results...."After a long sigh, the brigade commander replied helplessly.

After all, what the chief of staff said in front of him is the truth, who makes his equipment not as good as others ....

However, thinking of the upcoming battle, the brigade commander's brow, which had just been relaxed, furrowed again, and a thick look of worry also appeared on his face. Because, at this moment, he suddenly thought that with the destruction of the artillery unit, in the next battle, the entire brigade and more than 7,000 warriors of the imperial army would fight under the fierce fire of the enemy.

"Chief of Staff, from the unsuspenseful artillery battle just now, we can deeply understand that the East China Field Army on the opposite side has a strong scale of artillery units. Judging from the caliber of the shells fired by the Shina people in the artillery battle just now, Daisaku Kanda, who was sticking to the second line of defense, did not lie in the analysis telegram that he reported to the headquarters. These fortifications that we have worked so hard to build simply cannot withstand the continuous fire of the large-caliber artillery of Zhina...."The brigade commander said with a worried face.

Compared with the concerns of the brigade commander, the chief of staff seems to be more confident. As soon as the brigade commander's words fell, the chief of staff opened his mouth to reply.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, has been overwhelmed. Our defensive line has a very long depth, and as long as all kinds of firepower are properly deployed, there will be absolutely no problem in holding the position in a short time. What's more, after the artillery battle just now, there are still three hours left at the latest, and the sky is about to dawn. When the time comes, our air support will arrive. I believe that under the blow of the power of aviation, even if the cunning Shina people have a powerful artillery unit, they will not be able to be arrogant ...."

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