Chapter 473: Heavy Artillery
The reaction speed of the first regiment commander was very fast, and as soon as he encountered the Japanese army's blockade, he pressed the remaining two companies of the first battalion up, light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, all of which greeted the Japanese puppet army.
Not only that, but nine mortars of the mortar company directly under the regiment were also erected by him.
"One cannon and five shells, shoot out as fast as possible and kill the Japanese puppet army in front of us."
After all, this defense line was hastily established by the Japanese puppet army, and the total strength was only more than 100 people, so how could it withstand such a fierce attack.
In less than five minutes, a regiment broke through the defense line and continued to fight in the direction of the road.
"Your Excellency General, a unit of the Eighth Route Army has come to kill us, and they have broken through our two lines of defense in a row." A captain's staff officer gasped as soon as he stormed the temporary command headquarters.
"Draw a squadron from the reserves, plus a regiment of the Imperial Allied Army, meet them and block them!" The brigade commander, who was staring at the map, ordered without replying.
"Hey!" The captain immediately rushed out.
As soon as the captain left, the brigade commander's eyes staring at the map finally moved, and he turned his head to analyze to the chief of staff beside him: "This Eighth Route Army is killing us very quickly, and it must want to divide us in two, and then divide and destroy us." ”
"Chief of Staff, we must not allow the treacherous scheme of the Dirt Eight Road to succeed. Infantry reinforcements are not enough, but also artillery. Contact the artillery unit, transfer a large group of field artillery, and give me a fierce bombardment of the offensive troops of the Eighth Route Army, and let me scatter them, so that there is no way to concentrate superior forces to break through our defensive line. ”
The third line of defense of the Japanese puppet army encountered by the detachment was a small hill next to the road, less than fifty meters above sea level, and it was also the last line of defense of the Japanese army.
In order to take this hill, a regiment and a battalion have already rushed twice, and after losing nearly a company, they were blown up by a burst of grenades by the Japanese puppet army.
This was the third attack of the first detachment on the hill, and the attacking force had been replaced by a battalion.
"Detachment leader, the troops are about to rush up!" Holding a pair of binoculars, a regimental commander with a pair of eyes firmly fixed on the battlefield shouted excitedly.
"As long as the devil doesn't have reinforcements, we will definitely be able to take down this mountain!" The detachment commander was also full of confidence.
"Woo woo woo ......" But at this moment, the scream of cannonballs across the sky suddenly reached everyone's ears.
The detachment leader's face changed, and he shouted: "It's not good, it's the little devil shelling, our attacking troops are in danger!" ”
As soon as the words of "boom ......" were finished, a violent explosion sounded on the battlefield.
Everyone witnessed dozens of soldiers being shrouded in gunsmoke after the explosion of the shells, and their lives were uncertain. There were even a few fighters who were blown up directly by the shells, and after being smashed on the ground, they were motionless and turned into corpses.
That's not all, there weren't many people on the mountain just now, and hundreds of people popped up all of a sudden, including devils and the Imperial Army.
As soon as they rushed up the hill, they opened fire on the 2nd Battalion, and the sudden increase in fire swept down the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion who were rushing to the front in pieces.
The shells that fell overhead, the bullets that came from the head, and the second battalion quickly suffered more than 100 casualties.
And as the fighting continues, casualties continue to mount.
"Retreat, order the second battalion to retreat immediately. The artillery company covered and continued to shell the mountain, the firepower of the Japanese puppet army on the hill was too fierce! "When the commander of the regiment hesitated whether to give the order to retreat, the detachment commander had already made a decisive decision.
Seeing that the shells fired by the Japanese field artillery brigade on the battlefield continued to kill and injure the attacking troops, Wang Ping, who had not spoken, spoke.
"Detachment leader, hand over to me the field artillery brigade where the devil is firing artillery! Don't forget, I also brought a battalion of heavy artillery! ”
After speaking, without waiting for the detachment commander to answer, he ordered: "First company, quickly find the position of the Japanese field artillery brigade, fire five rounds rapidly, knock it out for me, and then quickly transfer!" ”
"The second company, the support artillery company shelled the mountain, and the cannon was also five shells, and it retreated after the fight, and the third company was on standby!"
The leader of the heavy mortar detachment brought by Wang Ping saw it and was full of expectations. However, as the battle was fought, the detachment commander ignored it. After all, the heavy artillery battalion did not belong to the first detachment, it was temporarily strengthened by the military district to itself.
After listening to Wang Ping's order, the detachment commander did not speak, and quickly raised his binoculars to stare at the battlefield, hoping that the heavy artillery battalion could bring him an unexpected surprise!
Soon, the dull sound of explosion-like shelling sounded behind everyone, and then a piercing scream reached everyone's ears.
A few seconds later, a violent explosion sounded on ......the mountain.
Because the Japanese puppet army was lying on the ground, or squatting in temporary bunkers. Unless ordinary mortar shells explode on the side, the flying fragments of artillery shells cannot cause much damage to the Japanese puppet army.
However, the scene of the shell explosion in front of you is different.
Fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke rose into the air, and more than a dozen Japanese puppet soldiers were directly blown up.
There are also several devils who may have been unlucky, and when they flew up, they were directly dismembered into several large pieces by the fragments of shells flying in the air.
With the impact point as the center, the devils within a radius of six or seven meters, whether they were lying on the ground or not, all stopped moving after the explosion. Many Japanese puppet soldiers who were lying on their stomachs were directly blown over in the explosion, and then lay on their backs on the ground, motionless.
A total of nine fireballs rose into the air, and in the opinion of the detachment leader, they brought at least fifty casualties to the Japanese puppet army on the mountain.
"Okay, fight well, just blow it up like this, blow up all the Japanese puppet troops on the mountain!" The excited captain shouted.
After the second company fired the third round of shells, the first company began firing.
The Japanese field artillery brigade, twelve field guns lined up in two rows, and more than a hundred artillery pieces shuttled back and forth around these artillery, busy.
At that moment, a screeching cannonball slammed in.
The artillerymen are the most familiar with artillery, and the caliber of the shells can be heard just by the sound, especially some devil artillery officers in the middle.
As soon as he heard the scream, his face turned pale, and he subconsciously threw himself on the ground, opened his mouth, and shouted loudly: "Baga, it's heavy artillery, there are heavy cannons on Tubalu, cannonballs are flying towards us, everyone is hidden!" ”
"Boom......" The sound of a violent explosion immediately sounded in their ears.
A field cannon was hit on the spot, and the field cannon weighing several thousand catties was directly overturned in the explosion.
"It's heavy artillery, it's definitely heavy artillery! Only heavy artillery shells have such power! The devil officers who were lucky not to be killed shouted one after another.
The captain of the field artillery brigade looked at the tragic scene after the explosion in front of him, and the whole person was stunned.
On the battlefield in China, it has always been the Chinese army that has been ravaged with the field artillery in its hands, and when has the Chinese army ravaged itself with artillery, and it was heavy artillery as soon as it came up.
But he quickly reacted, and his mind quickly wondered if he had the ability to fight back.
"Bageya Road, Tubalu is equipped with heavy mortars, right under our noses, fast rate of fire, powerful, we are definitely not opponents in the opposite shot, unless we are out of the range of mortars! That would have a chance to fight back! The captain soon found that he could not fight back, and shouted helplessly.
Then he ordered: "Retreat and transfer, get out of here immediately, no more artillery." The rate of fire of the mortars is so fast that even if we are all killed, we will not have time to divert the field artillery! ”
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