Section 180 Prelude to the attack

If it was said that when the artillery company participated in the Battle of Shanggao a few months ago, the newly formed unit was still a little jerky, then after the training of the Battle of Shanggao, the artillery company has completely matured. This kind of maturity not only refers to the fact that the officers and men of the artillery company are more proficient in the control of artillery and shoot more accurately, but also their psychological proficiency and calmness in the face of war. Compared with ordinary infantry, the growth of artillery may be slightly faster, in any case, they do not have to face bloody death, do not have to face the Japanese charge, the requirements in terms of psychological endurance are slightly smaller, one battle, several battles, they are already familiar with the battlefield.

"Open fire" Ou Zhanpeng did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to fire, and one of the six guns lined up in a row immediately burst out with astonishing flames, only to see an astonishing flame suddenly rise into the air on the enemy position more than a mile ahead. The firelight illuminated the surroundings in the distance, and everyone hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance, and vaguely could see that on the position occupied by the Japanese army, there were figures running away, obviously the Japanese army was frightened and panicked just now. Although the Japanese knew that there must be artillery in a unit like the 74th Army, they obviously did not expect that the enemy's artillery would appear here, after all, in today's battle, the front line of Chunhua Mountain is the main battlefield, and this is just a flank position.

The artillery of the independent regiment did not give them a chance to breathe, and after the test firing of one shell, the artillery calibrated with the crosshairs immediately opened fire after correction, and the six guns burst out with an astonishing sound in vain, throwing shells at the Japanese positions with impunity, destroying the defensive line.

In the blink of an eye, the Japanese position was plunged into a sea of fire, perhaps at night, the fire was too dazzling, and I saw that everywhere the artillery fire reached, there were flames everywhere. The Japanese positions on the south bank under the cover of night were as terrifying and bloody as purgatory on earth at this moment, and the Japanese positions under the ravages of artillery shells fell into deep fear and panic.

It is no wonder that the Japanese army reacted in this way, but the power of the artillery was too terrifying. At the time of the Battle of Songhu, 800,000 troops of the National Army occupied a geographical advantage, but they were defeated by 200,000 troops of the Japanese army. Why? Although the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers is amazing, the generals of the national army defend their homes and defend the country, and would rather die than retreat, let alone 800,000 soldiers, that is, 800,000 ordinary people, and the strength in this situation is enough to be amazing. However, the main reason why the Japanese army advanced all the way and almost became crushing was because the Japanese artillery was too sharp, and the pressure on the officers and men of the national army was too great.

And the people who have survived this terrible war until now have become the elite of the elite, why? It's not because they really practiced any amazing marksmanship in the war, but after the baptism of corpses and endless artillery fire, their fear of artillery has been greatly reduced, and they have been able to calm down and find life in this chaotic battlefield.

The Japanese troops on the south bank of the Chishi River were different, as the elite of the 6th Division, not to mention the support of air planes in every battle, the field artillery wing to which the land division belonged was enough to provide them with amazing assistance, and every battle could be described as smooth sailing. In this case, over time, they became accustomed to this mode of warfare. Accustomed to the enemy's weak artillery fire, weak firepower. However, tonight was destined to be an unforgettable day for them, although the number of artillery companies of the independent regiment was small, the strong combat power of the six infantry guns was undoubtedly brought into full play, and after a series of artillery fire, the Japanese position not only suffered heavy casualties, but also became a mess.

Seeing that the enemy's position was already in chaos, Shi immediately waved his hand to the front, and the soldiers of the first battalion, who had been waiting for his order, immediately sneaked into the night under the command of the battalion commander Liu Wenfeng, and rushed quickly into the distance.

"Tanks! Devil's tank! Shen Qingyun on the side suddenly shouted, he roared a few times but didn't get any response, and then he reacted, everyone's ears were stuffed with cotton, thinking of this, he couldn't help but reach out and pat the shoulder of the stone, and pointed to the tank in the distance.

The stone had been found when the devil's tank rushed out of the position, the Japanese army didn't know whether they were worried that the tank would be destroyed in vain if they stayed in the position, or they wanted to use the tank's attack to buy more time to arm the defense, at this moment the two tanks crossing the river did not hesitate to rush out of the position and rushed towards them, a battalion had launched an attack on the Japanese position at this moment, there was no doubt that it would soon meet the Japanese tank, which was also the reason why Shen Qingyun was quite nervous.

However, the stone is very calm about this, the tank is certainly an infantry killer, a difficult land overlord to deal with on land, but no matter what, it has its strengths and weaknesses, and tanks are no exception. The strength of the tank is that its armor is strong, the artillery fire is sharp, and the Japanese army hides in it like a moving pillbox, and the lethality is amazing. But after so many battles, they have a wealth of experience in fighting against Japanese tanks, in addition to destroying tanks with shells, the usual practice of the national army is to blow up the tracks of the tank, so that the tank loses the ability to advance, so that the power of the tank is greatly reduced, at best it is just an additional pillbox on the battlefield. In the afternoon battle around the Chishi River, Stone used a two-wing attack to attract the attention of the Devil Tank, allowing the Demoman in the middle to successfully blast the tank's tracks.

At this moment, looking at the figure of the tank in front of him, it was particularly hideous in the firelight, and the stone just gestured at Ou Zhanpeng not far away. Ou Zhanpeng comprehended, and immediately ordered the six pieces of artillery that had just destroyed the devil's position with a series of artillery fires to move quickly, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese field artillery had not yet returned fire, so that the artillery company officers and men quickly moved towards the darkness of the flank, and at the same time, the two light artillery guns were escorted by the two squad soldiers, and quickly rushed towards the darkness in front of them, and fearlessly faced the Japanese tanks in front.

The tanks of the "bombardment" Japanese army seemed to sense the presence of the enemy in front of them, and suddenly fired a shell at the front. A flame rose in the air not far ahead, but no one was seen around the flames, so that the Japanese artillery fire did not catch anything. The Japanese tank was obviously not reconciled, and immediately moved the barrel slightly, and fired another shot into the other side.

This time, under the light of the flames in the sky, it seemed that there seemed to be a figure shaking on the mound on one side, and it was unknown whether he was evacuating here to escape the artillery fire or if he was injured. Such a discovery suddenly allowed the Japanese tanks to find the target of the attack, and in the sound of "boom", the tanks quickly rushed to the flank.

"Boom" was also at this time, a violent explosion sounded from under the tank, and flames rose into the air, stinging people's eyes. The officers and men of the Independent Regiment from a distance couldn't help but be overjoyed that the soldiers of the first battalion had blown up the tracks of the Japanese tanks in such a short period of time, which was really amazing. After all, it was only a matter of a blink of an eye when the Japanese tanks rushed out of their positions at this moment. Could it be that the brothers of the first battalion had long expected the appearance of enemy tanks? Long before the Japanese tanks appeared, they were prepared?

Li Shijian looked at the confrontation between the electric lights and flints in front of him, and couldn't help but have some understanding. The combat effectiveness of the 1st and 2nd Battalions is astonishing, and it seems that not only are there many veterans and their combat effectiveness is amazing, but also that these officers have too much experience in fighting wars and have encountered everything on the battlefield. It seems that there are still a lot of things to learn, Li Shijian couldn't help but think with deep emotion.

At this time, another tank not far away also fired, it seemed that because of the encounter of their companions made them feel the fear and pressure of death, this tank that had not moved before suddenly sounded the sound of intensive machine gun fire, the Japanese soldiers in the tank seemed to be afraid of being like their companions by the enemy demoman to rush to the side, and immediately used the intensive strafing of machine guns to reconnoiter the surroundings, in case the same thing happened. In fact, the performance of the two Japanese tanks has clearly illustrated the panic in their hearts at the moment, perhaps because they have never suffered such a terrible shelling again, or maybe the enemy's attack tonight has given them too much pressure, so that they can only deal with the next attack in this way in this way.

However, after all, the Japanese army still underestimated the opponent in front of them too much, the tanks were inconvenient to move in the night, not to mention that the attack at the moment was not accompanied by the infantry, two isolated tanks, how much pressure could the opponent in the dark night? In the face of an enemy hidden in the depths of the night, how can they inflict a lot of damage on each other? In fact, such a sortie has already shown that the Japanese army is not confident in holding its position, and it is weak in its heart to deal with the enemy's attack next.

"Boom" At this time, a violent explosion was heard next to the Japanese tank. The flames rose into the sky, and the explosion was so loud that it almost engulfed the tank. It's just that everyone couldn't help but panic when they saw such an attack, obviously the shot just now didn't hit the tank, and such an explosion alone couldn't destroy this behemoth at all.

The Japanese troops in this tank were obviously blinded, and under such a blow, I don't know whether the Japanese soldiers in the tank were injured or frightened, not only did the machine guns stop firing, but the entire tank was silent. But the tank on the other side was moving at this time, and it was obvious that through this gun, the Japanese troops in the tank discovered the enemy's attacking position.

Just as the barrel in front of the Japanese tank began to turn, a figure jumped up in vain, a puff of sparks rose, and a burned* was thrown into the barrel.

A muffled sound of "bang" came, the sound was not loud, but it made the Japanese soldiers in the tank desperate in vain, and the Japanese tankmen who were responsible for controlling the artillery instantly soaked their bodies in cold sweat.

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