Although the arrival of the 063rd Division did not reach the level of "ten encirclements" in the art of war, the offensive strength of the National Defense Forces doubled. No matter which town among the three towns, the strength of the National Defense Forces was enough to give the Japanese army a drink.
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"Fire!" Huang Tingzhen picked up the phone, dialed the phone number of the rocket launcher brigade directly under him, and ordered directly.
As the most avant-garde and cutting-edge weapon of this era, the "Dragon Flame 2" rocket launcher is definitely a "nightmare" for any enemy. Its attack capability may be insufficient, but it can drop hundreds or even thousands of shells at the same time, which can almost
All the oxygen in an area will be sucked up, and its flames will cover the ground with a thick layer. Even if the Japanese army drills into underground fortifications, they still cannot escape the rocket launchers.
The history of rocket launchers in various countries around the world also proves that the caliber of rocket launchers is generally relatively small, so it is not a strictly offensive weapon, but is used as an anti-personnel weapon. The Soviet Union's earliest "Katyusha" rocket launcher also posed a threat to German tanks.
It's not its armor-breaking ability, but its dense shells and the flames caused by the explosion of the shells.
Huang Tingzhen had not used the rocket launcher brigade before because what if the Japanese army abandoned their position and fled immediately after seeing the rocket launchers?
Although the "Dragon Flame Type 2" was used once by Shen Ren and Kong Wu in Nantong and showed its peerless style, the mission that time was to destroy ordinary buildings on the ground and some Japanese fortifications, but the Japanese army
However, the density was very high. Because Kenji Doihara did not consider that the "robbery trio" possessed "weapons of mass destruction", he transferred all the elite soldiers of the Japanese 4th Army to protect its baggage and artillery units, but the result was that
Stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice.
In this battle with the Japanese army, the "Dragon Flame Type 2" is the first official public appearance!
After receiving the order from the East China Wild Division and the Sixth Army, Huang Tingzhen moved the rocket artillery brigade directly under the army that had been hiding in Hongxi to Hongxi, where the Japanese army had the strongest combat power. Because the Japanese army's 6th brigade was concentrated in the Hongxi area, the brigade
The regiment leader is Major General Yamawaki Masataka. If nothing unexpected happens, Yamawaki Masataka will take over as the commander of the 3rd Division in two years.
Since the early morning, various departments of the National Defense Forces had attacked several Japanese divisions. Yamawaki Masataka, as the brigade commander, was aware of its progress. In Yamawaki Masataka's view, although the National Defense Forces' artillery fire was fierce, it was not enough to shake the Imperial Army's defense line.
Although news came from time to time that the 117th Division and the 107th Division had lost certain peripheral positions, most of them were Japanese losses at the squadron and squad level. The relatively serious losses were caused by the 9th Regiment of the 5th Brigade of our division.
In Yaozhuang, where they were stationed, from early morning to morning, a large group of Japanese troops were destroyed in the war.
Yamawaki Masataka was a complete warmonger. When the reconnaissance unit of the 6th Brigade discovered that the attacking China Army only had one regiment, they immediately requested the division headquarters to take the initiative to attack and inflict heavy losses on the China Army.
However, the commander of the Fujita Division did not approve Yamawaki Masataka's plan because the deployment of the China Army was still unclear, and if it broke away from the fortifications to attack, it might be ambushed by the China Army.
Susumu Fujita's idea was right, because he did not know the deployment of the National Defense Forces. If he agreed to Yamawaki Masataka's request to take the initiative, he might be able to disrupt the deployment of the National Defense Forces.
It is indeed difficult for a regiment of the National Defense Force to pose a substantial threat to the Japanese 6th Brigade. After Susumu Fujita vetoed the significance of Masataka Yamawaki, he directly handed over the battlefield command to the two regiment commanders.
Near noon, Masataka Yamawaki received two pieces of news from the division headquarters, both of which were not very good. One was that the 57th Tank Regiment of the 107th Division was under the protection of the Emperor, and the other was that the Third Flying Group
They suffered heavy losses in the battle with the China Air Force. These two pieces of news made Yamawaki Masataka immediately admire Susumu Fujita and fell to the ground.
Yes, it was the division commander Gao Jian! A tank regiment went out of Jiaxing to pursue the Chinese Army, and was actually ambushed. What if the 6th Brigade was also ambushed like this?
Therefore, after Yamawaki Masataka received the news, he immediately ordered the entire brigade to defend their positions and not pursue the Chinese troops without his orders.
In the afternoon, Yamawaki Masataka took a short nap, and after getting up from the camp bed, he played a game of Go with a Go master from the brigade staff team. At this time, Yamawaki Masataka thought that it was getting dark, so he decided to take advantage of the weather.
Hei Qian went to the frontier village for an inspection. So Masataka Yamawaki left the permanent fortifications of Hongxi under the escort of a squadron of Japanese troops.
The rocket launcher brigade directly under the National Defense Forces is assigned to each group army. It is organized into 3 regiments and 9 battalions. Each battalion has 8 24-barreled "Dragon Flame 2" rocket launchers. The whole brigade has a total of 72 rocket launchers and a staff of 6,000 people. Among the brigade-level establishment of the National Defense Forces, it belongs to
A technical branch with a small number of people.
The "Dragon Flame Type 2" rocket launcher has a caliber of 100mm, a range of 10 kilometers, and an optimal strike distance of 3-8 kilometers. In terms of its range, it is equivalent to the 75mm mountain cannon. However, its power is far from comparable to that of the 75mm mountain cannon.
The difference lies in the words "24 barrels". One gun has 24 barrels. In fact, it is equivalent to 24 artillery shelling one target at the same time.
The commander of the Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Sixth Group Army is named Tang Baishe. He is a commander who has grown up in the artillery system of the National Defense Forces. When Tang Baishe moved to the designated position under the orders of Ye Si and the group army, Huang Tingzhen, the commander of the 061st Division, seemed to have forgotten about their brigade.
Same. It was not until 1 p.m. that Tang Baishe received Huang Tingzhen's order, asking the rocket artillery brigade to move to the Tianxin Village area south of Hongxi and be prepared to fire at the enemy in Hongxi at any time.
With the cooperation of the 3rd Regiment of the 061 Division, the Rocket Artillery Brigade moved to Tianxin Village and quickly set up more than ten positions of various sizes in several dense forests outside the village.
The artillery of this era, due to the command system, is mostly centralized to facilitate command; but the National Defense Forces have developed a real-time battlefield command system. Therefore, as long as the commander gives an order within the "walkie-talkie" radio wave range, each gun can be
Can get specific instructions.
The biggest advantage of this arrangement is that it can prevent the opponent's air strikes and artillery bombardments; but the weakness is also obvious, that is, it is not conducive to security. However, the rocket artillery brigade is special because other artillery regiments or artillery divisions have light infantry battalions or light infantry regiments.
Guard mission; but the rocket artillery brigade just doesn't have it.
Because the principle of a rocket launcher is similar to that of a cannon, it can shoot directly or in a deflected direction. In front of a rocket launcher battery (one gun), if the enemy is smaller than a squadron, it may not necessarily be a good deal, but their squad machine guns are still configured;
However, attacks higher than one squadron are very likely to become targets of rocket launchers. Even if the enemy rushes to a distance of 50 meters, they may also become targets of rocket launchers.
In a sense, a rocket launcher is a cannon with a bayonet.
At 4:50 pm, Tang Baishe, who was bored, received a call from the forward observation post, saying that several Japanese trucks and a car were driving towards the Japanese position on the opposite side.
Car? Tang Baishe jumped like a spring. Japanese soldiers who can ride in cars are at least commander-level figures, right? According to Commander-in-Chief Wu Aihua, Japanese army captains and commander-level people mostly like to ride horses; so, inside the car,
The Japanese officer may be higher than this level. If you think about the escort of several trucks, my God, it couldn't be Yamawaki Masataka, the commander of the Japanese 6th Brigade, who came to inspect the forward position!
Thinking of this, Tang Baishe immediately ordered the forward observation post to continue to observe the movements of several vehicles. At the same time, he ordered the mobile 3rd Regiment and 3rd Battalion to follow several trucks and cars with their rocket muzzles, waiting for further orders.
When Tang Baishe received Huang Tingzhen's request for the rocket artillery brigade to move its position, it was very clear: it must arrive at the designated location before 5 o'clock in the afternoon and be ready to attack; more precise orders will be issued at 5 o'clock.
So, a few minutes before 5 o'clock, Tang Baishe was sitting by the phone waiting. When the phone rang, he picked up the phone. When he heard the words "fire" from "Hong Yao" commander Huang Tingzhen, he flicked the phone.
He shouted to the staff: "The attack has begun, order the artillery fire!"
After saying this, he picked up the phone again and said into the receiver, "Commander, I have ordered the artillery fire!"
At this time, Yamawaki Masataka had arrived at a forward command post of the Japanese army. Accompanied by the guard captain, he was observing the direction of the National Defense Forces. The soldiers he brought were distributed hundreds of meters around to protect him.
"Have you ever conducted reconnaissance on the dense forest in front of you on the left?" Yamawaki Masataka asked the reconnaissance staff around him.
"After reconnaissance, it was just a dense forest. There was a small natural village behind the dense forest. Previously, the 107th Division had stationed a small team of the Imperial Army there. Later, because the small village had no significance for garrisoning, they withdrew the small team of soldiers. Our brigade
After the regiment took over, they did not deploy any force there. However, because the small village was very close to the starting point of the China Army, it was probably controlled by the China Army." The reconnaissance staff report was very detailed and considered professional.
"So, what if the Chinese army builds an artillery position there?" Masataka Yamawaki asked.
"Of course it is possible. However, there are too many places where artillery positions can be set up in the China-controlled area!" the staff officer explained. What the staff officer said was right, because within their sight, there were at least four or five dense forests of that kind.
Wherever the Chinese army placed artillery positions, it would be a big threat to the imperial army.
Yamawaki Masataka was about to say, "Well, maybe I'm paranoid." Suddenly, he saw through the telescope that a string of orange-red flames suddenly appeared in the direction of the dense forest, and the flames were heading towards Yamawaki Masataka's position.
Come.
"Enemy attack——" As a commander, Yamawaki Masataka's reaction was quick.
However, no matter how fast he shouted, the reaction of the surrounding people was not as fast as the flying rockets. Just when Yamawaki Masataka lay down, a total of 192 shells from 8 "Dragon Flame 2" rocket launchers covered his surroundings.
Areas within one hundred meters in diameter.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The shell exploded as it hit the ground, immediately forming a sea of fire around Yamawaki Masataka.
"It's over, I'm so troublesome!" The moment the shrapnel and flames of the explosion rolled around his body, Yamawaki Masataka understood that these shells were aimed at him.
ps: Haha, it’s a little late, but it doesn’t affect reading.