readx;? The reply from the headquarters of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army made Ito Masaki, the division commander, very dissatisfied, and according to the intention of the headquarters, he wanted to use the lives of the warriors in the army to draw out the heavy weapons of the Chinese army, and then annihilate them. www.biquge.info What kind of price will this division have to pay in this way? After thinking about the telegram for a long time, Ito had an idea in his heart.

So Lieutenant General Masakami Ito called the chief of staff, Fukutaro Nishiyama, and the two discussed in the headquarters for a long time and made a plan. On the third day, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield in Nanling County and Jing County. After the attack, as long as the guns of the defenders on the position rang out, these Japanese troops quickly retreated, and Yangliu Town sent puppet troops to attack many times.

And here in Yijiang Town, although a wing of the Japanese army is also attacking, this type of ground makes it impossible for the Japanese army to approach the position west of the bridge. Only here at the Caijiaqiao position, the Japanese army was still attacking incessantly, putting a detachment of the New Fourth Army under tremendous pressure. At present, the fourth and fifth battalions of the independent regiment in Wang Haitao's hands have not moved, so after Wang Haitao saw that the New Fourth Army had more than 100 casualties every day, he wanted to replace the New Fourth Army with the fourth battalion.

As soon as Wang Haitao mentioned this matter to General Ye Ting, he was categorically rejected by General Ye Ting, first, because the battle had only been going on for three days, and the first detachment had only suffered more than 400 casualties, which was not to the point where it could no longer fight; second, Ye Ting also wanted to take this opportunity to let the troops get a tempering, and the soldiers of the detachment who went up every day were getting better and stronger the more they fought. Third, Wang Haitao's troops can hold their positions for three days with a single company, and they have to withdraw after a detachment of more than 2,000 people has to defend them for three days.

Wang Haitao saw that Ye Ting was unwilling to remove, so he didn't say anything more, but Wang Haitao thought that he should use the heavy artillery battalion in the direction of the Caijiaqiao position to support the New Fourth Army on the Caijiaqiao position, and it was best to knock out the Japanese artillery position, so as to relieve the pressure on the New Fourth Army. Wang Haitao told General Ye Ting about this idea, and General Ye Ting also wanted to see how powerful these German-made heavy artillery were, so he did not object.

With a decision, Wang Haitao immediately informed Li Dajiang, the commander of this heavy artillery battalion. After receiving the order, Li Dajiang immediately sent observers to the front. A few hours later, Li Dajiang obtained the coordinates of the Japanese artillery position, and the Japanese artillery position was 32 kilometers away from the position of his heavy artillery battalion, which exceeded the maximum range of his own heavy artillery.

If you want to hit the Japanese artillery positions, then your own heavy artillery positions must be moved forward. Li Dajiang reported the situation to the headquarters. After receiving the report, Wang Haitao looked at the map for a while, and gave Li Dajiang an order that the heavy artillery battalion should move forward in the evening to a suitable place outside Langqiao Town to re-establish an artillery position, and launch an attack on the Japanese artillery position tomorrow morning. After the attack is over, it is necessary to immediately withdraw to the existing positions in Yangong Town and stand by.

After Li Dajiang received the new order, the entire heavy artillery battalion was busy. Each of these German-made 150-millimeter heavy guns weighed nearly 20 tons, and even though they were towed by heavy trucks, they still had to be very careful when driving on mountain roads. Li Dajiang's heavy artillery battalion was busy until midnight to get the new position done, and then adjusted the muzzle according to the azimuth coordinates that had been obtained.

The next morning, Wang Haitao accompanied General Ye Ting to the new heavy artillery position, and the twelve German-style 150-millimeter K18 cannons, which were more than eight meters long and stout, had been pointed to the sky. Chen Yi, commander of the detachment, Fu Qiutao, deputy commander, and Wang Weikuan, commander of the special service battalion, also rushed to the position one after another.

Li Dajiang once again determined the azimuth coordinates of the Japanese artillery position with the front, and after checking them, he ordered to reload. Ammunition crews in pairs carried more than 50 kilograms of warheads into the chamber, loaded them with gunpowder and locked the chamber. Li Changjiang saw that the twelve cannons had finished loading, so he looked at Wang Haitao.

Wang Haitao nodded and signaled that he could start. Li Changjiang personally shouted: "Open the cannon!" The twelve heavy cannons roared in turn, this kind of roar can bring people a kind of pleasure of releasing their inhibitions, as if this is their own sharp weapon. The New Fourth Army, who saw this kind of heavy artillery firing for the first time, had a smile on their faces after being shocked.

The shells fired by the twelve heavy guns exploded on the artillery position of the artillery wing of the Akiyama detachment of the Japanese army, and the twelve columns of smoke on the Japanese artillery position rushed straight into the air, and then countless shrapnel flew in the firelight, harvesting the lives of all the soldiers on the position. As soon as one round of explosions ended, another round of twelve shells flew. Only five rounds were used, and the 48 field guns of a field artillery wing of the Japanese army and the nearly 1,000 soldiers on the position were gone, and only a few dozen craters remained, as well as the cannon parts scattered around the craters and the fragmented corpses of Japanese soldiers.

This blow made Major General Yoshizaburo Akiyama stunned for a long time and could not recover from it. At this time, Major General Yoshizaburo Akiyama remembered the words of Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, the commander of the division, who told him to be careful of the heavy artillery of the Shina people. I thought that with the strength of the Chinese army, it would be good to have a few 75 caliber artillery, but now judging from the scene, the Chinese army is equipped with at least 120 mm caliber long-range artillery, no wonder the last attack of a wing, under the shelling of the Chinese people, only a few hundred people escaped.

Yoshizaburo Akiyama hurriedly sent the news that he had been bombarded by heavy artillery of the Shina people and that all the jade of his field artillery wing was shattered by telegram to the division commander, Lieutenant General Shigeji Mimatsu. Before receiving a reply, Yoshizaburo Akiyama stopped the attack. The sound of explosions on the Japanese artillery positions and the huge columns of smoke rising up made it clear to the positions of the New Fourth Army a few kilometers away.

Although the commanders and fighters of the New Fourth Army did not know exactly what had happened, the Japanese troops in front of them quickly withdrew and did not carry out shelling and attacks for a long time. After the detachment commander on the position made contact with the command post behind him by telephone, he understood what was going on, and after the news spread on the position, it caused a cheer from the soldiers on the position.

At this time, Li Dashan was busy directing the heavy artillery battalion to transfer its position, while Ye Ting and Wang Haitao were the headquarters of Huijing County, and Wang Weikuan left Chen Yi and Fu Qiutao to eat here in Langqiao Town. At the dinner table, Chen Yi said with emotion: "This German-made heavy artillery is hard! Not only can it hit far, but it is also very accurate." It was not at all effortless to deal with an artillery wing of the Japanese army, it was simply amazing!"

Fu Qiutao also agreed and said: "Yes, I used to hear Deputy Commander Su talk about the scene of dozens of heavy artillery firing together, and I still couldn't believe it, but what I saw with my own eyes today is much more shocking than what Deputy Commander Li said." Wang Weikuan said: "Two leaders, you said that it would be great if this heavy artillery was our own, then our New Fourth Army would no longer be afraid of the attack of Little Japan and the Kuomintang reactionaries." ”

Chen Yi said: "Even if we give these cannons now, we won't use them, and if you see them, there will be dozens of big trucks busy with these twelve cannons, and even if these big trucks are these big trucks, we can't find a few people in the New Fourth Army who can drive." The car can't be driven, how can this cannon be transported?"

Chen Yi was talking about heavy artillery, but Ye Ting was knocking on the side and wanted to get two heavy artillery from Wang Haitao. Ye Ting's thoughts, Wang Haitao saw it clearly. Wang Haitao didn't want to equip Ye Ting and his New Fourth Army with heavy artillery, but Wang Haitao knew very well that the current New Fourth Army couldn't play with this kind of German-made heavy artillery at all.

So Wang Haitao smiled and said to Ye Ting: "Commander Ye, it's not that I, Wang Haitao, am reluctant to give you two heavy artillery, but only give you two heavy artillery pieces that don't work at all, this is one thing; no one in your New Fourth Army can operate this kind of German-made heavy artillery, and there is no guarantee in logistics, this is the second thing; your New Fourth Army is stationed in the mountains, and most of them have to carry out guerrilla tactics, and this kind of heavy artillery is not suitable for your tactics at all, this is the third. With these three points, does General Ye still want this kind of heavy artillery?"

Wang Haitao's words were like a basin of ice water, pouring on General Ye Ting's head, making General Ye Ting sober up at once, and General Ye Ting also understood that even if Wang Haitao gave him two heavy artillery, he would not be able to play with it, and he would be burdened by heavy artillery. So Ye Ting laughed at me and said: "Commander Wang, don't laugh at me, I'm poor and afraid, and I always want to pull a little bit of myself when I see good things." The main reason is that I think the power of this heavy artillery is indeed too great, and I think about how much confidence it can add to the New Fourth Army, so my head is like this. ”

Wang Haitao said: "It is really a blessing for the New Fourth Army to have a leader like you who thinks about the troops everywhere, and I am also happy for the New Fourth Army. In this way, for the sake of all fraternal troops, all for the sake of driving out the Japanese invaders, I will give you a few more good things for the New Fourth Army. After speaking, Wang Haitao motioned to General Ye Ting to come with him.

Wang Haitao directly led General Ye Ting to the weapons warehouse, and after signaling the soldiers standing guard at the door to open the door, he took General Ye Ting into the weapons warehouse. Wang Haitao directly came to the place where mortars of various calibers were stored in the back, pointed to a 100-00 heavy mortar and said, "Commander Ye, this is a 100-millimeter caliber heavy mortar." The minimum firing range is 170 meters, the maximum range is 4700 meters, the shell weighs eight kilograms, it is very powerful, and the important thing is that the total weight of this mortar is only 74.5 kilograms, and it can also be moved in three parts. ”

Then Wang Haitao led General Ye Ting to a larger mortar next to him and said: "Commander Ye, this is a 120 mm caliber heavy mortar, with a minimum range of 450 meters and a maximum range of 5580 meters. The shell weighs 15.6 kg, has an effective killing range of 56 * 28 square meters, weighs 175 kg, and can also be moved separately. These two types of mortars should be more suitable for the artillery used by your New Fourth Army at the present stage. ”

When General Ye Ting introduced Wang Haitao, he was immediately fascinated by these two kinds of mortars, these two kinds of mortars, with long range, flexible movement, and quite good power, are indeed the most suitable artillery for the use of the New Fourth Army. On the spot, Ye Ting excitedly asked Wang Haitao: "Commander Wang, are you going to send these two mortars to our New Fourth Army?"