Chapter 361: God forbid
"Boom ......"
The artillery of the artillery squadron of the 18th Division opened fire, and the formation ......
A division of the Japanese army invading China was equipped with as many as 488 artillery pieces and 432 grenadiers. But that was when it was fully loaded, not to mention how much the 18th Division had suffered all the way from the Songhu battlefield to here.
Let's just say that Lu Feizhou used their own heavy artillery to hit and lose a lot of artillery this morning.
Despite this, the shells fired with the help of flares caused heavy casualties to the tentative attacking forces that were on the assault.
Grenadiers threw 50-millimeter grenades into the soldiers who were trying to attack, and although their skirmish lines were rather scattered, many people were killed.
But this time, no one ran away directly, because the armored troops behind them were really killed, and they didn't give them a way to live at all.
Rather than running backwards with the name of a "coward" and being beaten to death in shame, it is better to lie in a safer underground.
Shells that could be fired from artillery positions everywhere fell around tanks and cars.
The hit tank let out a loud explosion, the infantry protecting the tank was also blown to the flesh and blood, and there was a huge fireball caused by the explosion of ammunition, tumbling into the sky and rising into the sky.
However, no one fled backwards, and no one dared to run away. Because they were followed by another unit that pulled out the stragglers, those who ran back would be brutally executed.
The battlefield will always be so brutal, especially when the artillery superiority is not on your side. In any case, it is impossible to gather more than 20,000 infantry at this moment, and to rush out without paying the price of casualties.
As for the front line in the back as a supervising team, shooting all the soldiers in front who dare to run back is also a helpless move.
Of course, Zhang Sixing did not fail to take into account the problem of Japanese artillery, and when they fired the first round of artillery and caused damage to the troops attacking in front, the people arranged by Zhang Sixing to deal with the artillery had already reached the sky.
It's just that they hide under the clouds of the night sky.
What is better than before is that at this moment, all the delta wings of the delta wing night raid force led by Hansen are installed with walkie-talkies.
"Guys, the devil's artillery came out, do you see the location clearly, give them a good taste, God bless our cluster bombs can ignite their ammunition."
With Hansen's order, ten delta wings dived downward.
Despite the fact that they have cluster munitions on their delta wings, they are fully capable of surface attacks. But everyone was careful to turn off the engine, trying not to make a little noise on the battlefield where the guns were cluttered.
At the moment, no one paid attention to the air, and even if they did, the Japanese were not equipped with any more anti-aircraft guns other than rifles and crooked handles. Compared with their artillery, the Japanese army divisions did a very poor job of air defense, and it can only be said that it is better than nothing.
In fact, he didn't have to worry too much about accuracy, because the delta wing dive was slow and silent. Especially when the engine is turned off, the dive is quite fast.
When it was about 100 meters above the ground, it began to sprinkle the 150 submunitions of the 50-kilogram cluster bomb and the 150 submunitions carried by the 50-kilogram cluster bomb from the air.
A series of submunitions detached from the parent body, like abstract floor-mopping skirts, are evenly sprinkled from the parent body of the bomb, and then exploding fireballs rise from the ground.
The submunitions based on the 158 clay porcelain grenades could not have been more shocking than the explosion of a 150-mm heavy artillery shell.
However, in the huge coverage area, one after another earthen porcelain grenades exploded, and shrapnel that was almost denser than dust flew everywhere. The shrapnel of a submunition explosion known as the "Celestial Maiden Scattered Flowers" covered an effective killing area of more than 1,000 square meters.
Of course, the following situation will not only create chaos, but also create greater lethality.
In the dust and smoke from the freshly exploded submunitions, the parent body spun in the rear cruciform rotors, like a merry dancer, listening with interest to the applause of the audience.
It landed on its head in the ground, and then it exploded suddenly, a small bomb containing the earth-napalm egg substance exploded, and a large spark flew out of its place.
Egg-like droplets mixed with white phosphorus burn violently wherever they fall, with or without an open flame.
Of course, Zhang Sixing, who designed this device, did not expect such a device to hurt people, and his purpose was very clear, that such a device could completely destroy the "mother" of the "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers" cluster bomb when it exploded.
Although as long as the equipment is used on the battlefield, it will not go unnoticed by the enemy.
But isn't it better to be later?
And the biggest credit for tonight fell on this napalm burning egg that destroyed the mother.
At the ammunition accumulation field of the artillery of the 18th Division, because of the rush of time, the ammunition transported by the vehicle had to be piled up on the spot, and it happened that a few droplets that had been extinguished fell on it.
And this has formed a terrible result, although it is winter temperature, and there is no reason for white phosphorus, which has a flare point of 40 degrees Celsius, to spontaneously combust.
Unfortunately, when these droplets are blown out by the night wind in flight, they themselves have a high temperature. In addition, saltpeter powder, which is added as a strong oxidizing agent, further worsens the situation.
A small yellow-white cannon unobtrusively rekindles on the ammunition, and then more white phosphorus, saltpeter, and gasoline are added to the reaction in those viscous droplets, and the pyrolyzed bitumen releases more combustion-fueling substances.
Finally, when someone shook his head from the explosion of a piece of clay porcelain grenade, and found the fire rising on the ammunition box, the shell explosion had developed to an irreversible level.
"Run...... Run......"
I don't know who reminded them, and the people who were still looking at the flames in a daze, the surviving gunners turned around and ran away in panic as if they were being chased by evil spirits.
But before they could take a few steps, a loud bang came from behind them.
The shells that are killed are not like the explosions in the movie, which can only happen when the bullets are detonated. The detonation of a cannonball will detonate all the explosives in the explosion area around it.
That's why the T72 explosion is bound to fly the turret, since its ammunition bay is just below the turret. As soon as one shell is killed, all the tank shells will explode together, and then the turret will fly again.
Hundreds of shells of different calibers exploded together, and the scene was spectacular.
Like the heaviest bomb, it feels like the sky is falling apart.
A white flash appeared outside the explosive fireball, spreading rapidly outward.
Surprisingly, not only people will be torn to pieces, but all the objects affected by it along the way will fly uncontrollably like leaves.