Chapter 360 Don’t save shells, shells are covered!
"Commander-in-Chief, the 1st Battalion Commander just reported that the 3rd Company had another fight with the Japanese."
"Dozens of Japanese have been killed, and the 3rd company has withdrawn from the battle."
At the Sidingshan headquarters, Huang Erhu reported to Li Yunlong.
"Zhang Dabiao did a great job!" Li Yunlong looked satisfied and immediately said, "Huzi, ask the scouts immediately if all the Japanese have entered the encirclement."
"Yes!" Huang Erhu turned around and picked up the high-power walkie-talkie to call.
After a while, Huang Erhu stood up and reported: "Commander-in-Chief, there are currently two Japanese infantry regiments entering the encirclement."
Li Yunlong frowned: "Two infantry regiments, and one infantry regiment?"
Huang Erhuhui reported: "According to Zhang Tianfu of the Sharp Sword Squadron, there is still a regiment of Japanese soldiers who have stopped moving in Nangou Village."
Li Yunlong found the location of Nangou Village on the map, and then marked it with a pencil, showing his thoughts.
This Nangou Village is about 3 kilometers away from Gujia Village.
The Japanese regiment refused to leave here, and for a while Li Yunlong couldn't guess what the Japanese were up to.
His battle plan was to wait for tens of thousands of Japanese from three regiments to enter the encirclement, then use aerial bombs to clear the ground, then artillery shells to clear the ground, and the infantry to rush in to collect corn.
But what is certain is that his ambush has not been exposed, otherwise the Japanese from these two regiments would never have entered the encirclement with such arrogance.
Li Yunlong was not ready to wait for the Japanese army in Nangou Village.
By the time the Japs detachment from Nangou Village left, the two Japs detachments that entered the encirclement had already walked out of the encirclement.
Come to the 3rd Alliance and do whatever you want, and come to the 2nd Alliance to do the same thing.
Li Yunlong looked solemn, turned around and walked to Huang Erhu: "Huzi, connect the artillery groups for me."
"Yes!" After a moment, Huang Erhu handed the high-power walkie-talkie to Li Yunlong, "Commander-in-Chief, it's connected."
Li Yunlong picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and said: "Attention, all artillery groups, attention, all artillery groups, I am Li Yunlong, I am Li Yunlong. Now I order all artillery groups to fire at the Japanese immediately. Don't save shells. Give me a hard blow."
Beat that son of a bitch!"
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South of Huojiazhuang, halfway up the mountain 4 kilometers away.
Six mountain guns were lined up in a row, and behind the gun positions were neatly stacked cannon shell boxes as high as a mountain.
A camouflage net was stretched over each gun to cover the entire gun body, and each shell pile was also covered with camouflage net to increase concealment.
Each cannon was pointed in the direction of the canyon where the Japanese were marching.
There are seven or eight artillery positions like this within 6 kilometers of the canyon, and some cannons are located in cave dwellings.
Each artillery position has a high-power walkie-talkie.
In addition, there are hundreds of fake positions around. Once a fight breaks out, militiamen will be responsible for setting off smoke at the fake artillery positions to ensure that the Japanese pilots who fly to support the aircraft are stunned.
As for the shooting direction of the mountain cannon, the special forces of the Sword Squadron used precise methods to determine the shooting direction. The gun barrel was raised high and pointed in the direction of the Japanese march.
Qiu Zhangcheng, commander of the division's artillery regiment, looked at his watch and saw that it was already 10:30 in the morning.
At this moment, the high-power walkie-talkie next to him was buzzing with electricity. He quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and put it to his ear.
At the same time, I heard Li Yunlong's voice coming from the walkie-talkie.
After a while, Qiu Zhangcheng put down his walkie-talkie and shouted loudly: "Get ready for each artillery position!"
The artillerymen who were resting on the ground jumped up quickly when they heard the roar and returned to their respective fighting positions.
The distance of 4 kilometers is almost half of the maximum range, and there is a mountain in the middle. There is no sign of the Japanese at all. In the absence of precise methods, the observer can report the distance and orientation by phone or radio communication machine.
Then, continuous bombardment based on the impact point of the projectile, correcting the shooting elements can achieve the best effect.
However, now the Eighth Route Army will not only use precision artillery bombardment.
Communication is also extremely convenient after being equipped with a high-power walkie-talkie.
Ability to contact and correct shooting elements at any time.
This configuration and artillery quality are ten times better than the Japanese artillery.
"Each gun fires at full speed, no need to save shells, until stop is called!"
"This time, we will cover the Japanese with artillery fire!"
Commander Qiu's rough voice made the eyes of the Eighth Route Army artillery soldiers seem to be burning with blazing fire.
Since the establishment of the artillery regiment directly under the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the regiment leader has always emphasized precise artillery bombardment and required that every artillery shell fall on the enemy's head.
The infantry sings that one bullet kills one enemy, and the artillery sings that one cannonball kills ten enemies.
The artillerymen of the artillery regiment all learn and train in this direction.
Although there are 3 base numbers of cannonballs, the cannonballs are relatively abundant, but they must not be wasted.
Only when fighting with Commander Li of the new regiment can you have the opportunity to cover the Japanese with artillery fire, such as the last battle at Guanjianao.
And this time.
Because Commander Li was reimbursed for the shells fired, and even the cannons damaged in the battle were reimbursed.
Captain Li is so generous...
The artillerymen were thinking in their minds, but the movements of their hands were not slow at all.
The rate of fire of this beautiful Chinese M1-style 75mm mountain gun is 5 rounds per minute. If the artilleryman is not skilled, he can only fire 3 rounds per minute.
Artillerymen train hundreds of times in order to maintain a rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute on the battlefield.
Cannonballs, loading, and closing the breech were done in one go. The six mountain cannons were loaded in less than 10 seconds.
"preparation!"
The word "prepare" sounded, and behind the six mountain cannons, the first gunner slowly backed away with a match rope in his hand. Behind the first gunner was the third gunner holding a cannonball in his arms.
"put!"
The flag commander's expression was stern, and the flag in his hand fell suddenly.
At the same time, the six first gunners also grasped the match rope and pulled back. When the cannon was ejected from the chamber, the first gunner and the second gunner knelt down and covered their ears.
Boom boom…
The muzzles of the six mountain cannons instantly burst into flames, which then turned into smoke. Hot air waves swept past, and a cloud of smoke and dust rose around the gun positions.
"Don't stop, keep firing!"
The second gunner stood up, took the 14.2-pound M48 grenade from the third gunner, stuffed it into the barrel again, closed the breech, and bent down to avoid the explosion.
Then a cannon pulled the rope back, and another cannonball rushed out of the barrel.
At this time, because the initial speed of this mountain cannon shell rushing out of the barrel was only 381 meters, the first round of shells had not yet landed.
The artillerymen's movements were crisp and neat, and their proficiency was superb.
"continue!"
Commander Qiu's shouts continued.
The gunners performed their duties, stuffing 14.2-pound grenades into the barrel of the gun and firing them in the direction of the Japanese in a steady stream.
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canyon.
Looking at the dozens of wounded and corpses being carried down from the front.
Colonel Tadao Matsui, the commander of the 3rd Regiment, looked as if he was constipated.
He recognized that these dozens of soldiers were the ones that the 3rd Regiment added to the Search Regiment two hours ago.
Only 2 hours had passed, and the 3rd Regiment had added more than 200 soldiers to the Search Regiment, and they had already suffered all casualties.
Search team leader Imaka Takeyoshi rode a military horse and stopped beside Tadao Matsui's tank.
"Matsui-kun, please give me two more squadrons of soldiers." Takeyoshi Imaka said to Tadao Matsui.
"I don't have any here. Go to Goto-kun and ask." Matsui Tadao refused decisively.
One squadron was wiped out in less than 2 hours, and was almost completely wiped out. The mortality rate of the search wing was too high.
Behind the 3rd Guards Regiment is the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Guards Division, whose captain is Colonel Juro Goto.
"The eight-pronged force in the new sneak attack is very powerful."
"Matsui-kun, in order to reach the outskirts of the Eighth Route Arsenal as early as possible, please give me two more squadrons."
Takeyoshi Imaka looked ugly. If it weren't for the order, who would be willing to be the captain of this search team?
The search wing is the most dangerous unit.
"Matsui-kun..."
Suddenly, Takeyoshi Imaka's voice stopped mid-sentence, and the Japanese including Takeyoshi Imaka, Tadao Matsui, and the 3rd Regiment looked at the southern sky at the same time.
They heard what seemed to be a strange whistling sound coming from the sky, and the sound was somewhat familiar.
The flight speed of mountain artillery shells is slower than the speed of sound, so on the battlefield, soldiers usually hear the whistling sound of the shells flying through the air first.
It took a second or two for the shell to hit the ground.
"Cannonballs, those are cannonballs..."
A Japanese veteran suddenly screamed with horror on his face and fell to the ground at an extremely fast speed.
However, it was already too late. Not all Japanese soldiers had such fast reaction speed. Although under the cover of artillery fire, fast reaction was of no use.
Because from all directions, the exact same whistling sound of cannonballs blazing into the air was heard.
The first to land were the six grenades fired from Commander Qiu's position, which was relatively close to the Japs.
Boom boom boom…
Six artillery shells landed in the Japanese formation and exploded. Along with six deafening explosions, orange fireballs erupted, and shock waves swept across with terrifying projectiles.
A dozen Japanese soldiers were thrown into the air by the shells on the spot. After landing, their bodies were broken into several pieces or they were blown to pieces. It was up to them to decide their fate.
Anyway, there is no whole body.
One of the shells happened to hit a Type 95 tank. The shell hit from the top of the turret. The diesel explosion and the shell exploded. An explosive fireball suddenly rose up and turned into a cloud of mushroom smoke!
The enemy inside the tank had no time to react and was shattered in the explosion.
At this time, the shells fired by each artillery group had already fallen down, shrouding the entire canyon in the smoke of gunfire.
Firing a cannon is a signal to attack.
Immediately afterwards, the mortar groups at each artillery position began operations.
On the position of the 1st attack group, more than 100 artillery shells rushed out of the muzzle accompanied by a continuous rapid and continuous muffled sound of "Tum-Tum".
It drew beautiful arcs in the air and landed among the devils.
Along with the continuous roar, the shells extended wantonly, and the explosion fireball and gunpowder smoke enveloped the entire canyon.
The Japanese who were completely unprepared were stunned by the explosion.
A total of more than 300 artillery pieces, including mountain artillery and mortars, fired simultaneously, launching shells onto the heads of the Japanese.
Although more than 300 cannons are nothing in a big battle, the shells all fell in the narrow canyon. The power of the shells continuously fired by more than 300 cannons was undoubtedly terrifying.
The shells continued to fall among the Japanese, knocking them into confusion, knocking them unconscious, and killing them.