Zhao Gang sounded worried: "Considering that new weapons need to be kept secret, this heavy artillery needs to be kept even more secret. We can find a barren mountain to test the cannon."
If the Japanese army knew that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with heavy artillery, they would definitely regard it as a top priority and try every means to destroy it.
In Zhao Gang's opinion, these heavy artillery should be the first-class strategic weapons of the New Regiment and even the Eighth Route Army. They should be kept strictly confidential and the fewer people who know about them, the better.
It is absolutely forbidden to show off a heavy artillery piece as soon as it is obtained by someone like Li Yunlong.
That is to say, in northwestern Shanxi, if we were in southeastern Shanxi now, Zhao Gang estimated that only one or two of these heavy artillery would be left for the new regiment.
The remaining heavy artillery will definitely be used by the head of the headquarters to form the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery regiment.
"Of course it must be kept secret." Li Yunlong said, "But, Lao Zhao, have you ever thought about it, if we fire here and kill all the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold ten kilometers away, who will leak the secret?"
Zhao Gang asked: "What about the people in Dagu Town?"
"Ordinary people are even less likely to leak secrets." Li Yunlong said, "Let's not mention that the Japanese stronghold is one kilometer away from Dagu Town. Can ordinary people tell the difference between a heavy howitzer and a mountain cannon?"
"Let's blow up the stronghold, occupy Dagu Town, and kill the traitors in Dagu Town. Do the Japs in Anhua County dare to come and take back Dagu Town?"
"This..." Zhao Gang thought about it carefully and couldn't find the words to refute.
Nowadays, in several surrounding counties and cities, Xinyiwan has a lot of fat on his lips, and he can eat it whenever he wants.
Based on this analysis, it seems that the secret will not be leaked.
Seeing that Zhao Gang couldn't find the words to refute, Li Yunlong said loudly: "That's it, the first battalion assembles, the sword squadron assembles, Wang Chengzhu and the artillery are ready to fire!"
"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao, Lu Yingjun and Wang Chengzhu stood up and shouted in unison.
Zhang Dabiao turned around and left to assemble a battalion to prepare for the attack on Dagu Town.
Wang Chengzhu turned around and asked the guards to go to the artillery camp to call some artillerymen.
The Sword Squadron is already here, so there is no need to assemble immediately.
Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang again: "Old Zhao, we are new here, and the people around us don't know the skills of our new regiment. We have to show some of our real skills to the folks from all over the country. This will help us carry out our work in the future."
There are benefits.”
"Okay." Zhao Gang nodded and no longer objected.
Li Yunlong was right about this. When the new regiment arrived in northwestern Shanxi, they really wanted to win a battle and show it to the villagers.
In the future, whether it is recruiting troops or building roads and other various tasks, it will be much easier to carry out.
Lu Yingjun personally checked the detailed data of this 150 heavy artillery with Wang Chengzhu.
Not long after, the first battalion was assembled.
At that moment, Li Yunlong gave the order to set off, and everyone followed Li Yunlong to Dagu Town.
The straight-line distance between Dagu Town and Zhaojiayu Village is about 10 kilometers, but because it is a mountain road, the distance is more than ten kilometers.
But for troops marching in a hurry, it is only more than an hour's journey.
More than an hour later, the troops arrived at Dagu Town. Under Zhang Dabiao's order, one battalion and one company surrounded the Japanese stronghold, and the other three companies and artillery company surrounded Dagu Town.
Several members of the Sharp Sword Squadron, under the orders of Lu Yingjun, took the lead on horseback and cut off the telephone lines between Dagu Town, the Japs stronghold and the county town.
Lying on a slope more than 800 meters away from the Japanese stronghold, Li Yunlong raised his telescope and looked.
This is a standard small Japanese stronghold, with a medium-sized gun tower, two bunkers, and several barracks made of bricks and stones.
The Japanese stronghold is located on the roadside into the mountains, guarding the main traffic route. The gun tower firepower of the Japanese stronghold can block the surrounding area for several hundred meters.
"Next, let's take a look at the power of this heavy artillery."
Li Yunlong put down his telescope and glanced at the people around him. Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou, Xing Zhiguo and other battalion commanders all followed to watch the excitement.
Finally, Li Yunlong stopped at Lu Yingjun: "Lu Yingjun, it's up to you!"
"Captain, please take a look!"
Lu Yingjun took out the precision shooting map he carried with him and set up the artillery scope, and began to calculate the shots for Zhu Yuan.
At a distance of ten kilometers, unless the heavy artillery is pulled to the highest mountain nearby, there is a chance to use the artillery scope to see the target 10 kilometers away.
Otherwise, the only way is to guide the bombardment.
Chen Feng provided a map of precision shooting methods throughout Shanxi. Lu Yingjun and his special team members have long been proficient in using and mastering them, and have rich practical experience.
Li Yunlong said again: "You guys, take it easy and don't direct the shells to our heads. If this one hits, all our cadres above the new regiment and battalion will be killed."
"That won't happen. Don't worry, captain." Wei Dayong said, "We are 800 meters away from the Japanese stronghold. With our captain's skills, there will be an error but it won't be that big."
"That's good." Li Yunlong nodded.
Soon, Lu Yingjun calculated the preliminary shooting elements based on the precision shooting method map.
"Monk, high-power walkie-talkie!"
Wei Dayong immediately turned around, took the high-power walkie-talkie and placed it in front of Lu Yingjun.
Lu Yingjun turned on the walkie-talkie, adjusted the channel, then put the walkie-talkie to his ear and said: "Dong San, this is Dong Liang, the target is the Japanese stronghold in Dagu Town, the scale is 957, 35 to the right, up
Thirty-one, one test shot!"
…
at the same time.
Shooting range at the back of Zhaojiayu Village.
The artillery battalion has taken over here.
Wang Chengzhu ordered the use of six military horses to pull these heavy artillery far away from each other, and then covered them with a large number of corn stalks to prevent them from being discovered by Japanese reconnaissance planes.
Although the probability of being discovered is very low, we have to guard against it.
These cannons were indeed very heavy, and it took six military horses at the same time to barely move them.
If it were a slightly steeper uphill slope, it would be difficult for six military horses to pull it up.
The 150mm heavy artillery that was about to fire found the angle and built the artillery position with the help of military horses.
Listening to the voice coming from the high-power walkie-talkie, Wang Chengzhu repeated loudly, and the artillerymen quickly adjusted their shooting at Zhu Yuan based on the data.
"Load the shells, move quickly!"
The gunner, the first company commander, shouted loudly.
After the firing elements were adjusted, the artillery crew members began to load the artillery shells. A tall and round artilleryman took out a high-explosive artillery shell from the ammunition box and walked towards the cannon.
This projectile weighs 43.52 kilograms and cannot be carried by a weak person.
Another artilleryman used a long rammer to forcefully push the projectile into the barrel, and then the artilleryman on the left charged the specified amount.
After the charge was completed, the gun breech was closed, and the artilleryman responsible for pulling the rope wrapped the match twice around his hand and held it tightly.
"Ready!"
The gunner shouted again.
Wang Chengzhu: "Fire!"
"put!"
After receiving the order, the gunner commander shouted an order.
"boom!"
Along with the huge sound of firing, a ball of flame suddenly burst out from the muzzle, and a large cloud of dust rose up around the heavy cannon.
The shell rushed out of the barrel instantly.
Seeing the noise caused by this big baby, the artillerymen were not afraid at all. Instead, their expressions were full of joy, and the first shot was fired!
Different from the 105mm howitzer, the firing sound of this 150mm howitzer is duller and more powerful, like a violent drumbeat, which directly hits people's hearts.
Obviously, this gun is much more powerful than the 105mm howitzer.
…
More than 30 seconds passed as Lu Yingjun conveyed the message to shoot Zhu Yuan.
Only then did a faint, sharp whistling sound sound in the sky.
As the whistling sound became louder, everyone looked up, but they did not see the trajectory of the ballistic missile, they only heard the whistling sound passing overhead.
The shell quickly hit the ground, erupting into a huge fireball and smoke. After several seconds, the explosion sound like a landslide and the earth was shattering came with a rumble.
Everyone quickly raised their telescopes to look, but the direction was crooked and the shells flew more than 300 meters past the stronghold.
The first shot missed.
However, this shot was a test shot, so Lu Yingjun quickly recalculated the shooting points based on the impact point and conveyed it to Wang Chengzhu.
Soon the cannonballs that were readjusted to fire at Zhu Yuan arrived.
The shot was in the right direction, but the impact point was still more than 150 meters off.
The first shot landed behind the stronghold, and the second shot landed in front of the stronghold, but it was getting closer and closer to the target.
At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold were in a panic. Even a pig-brained person knew that there were enemies shelling the stronghold.
And the cannon is very powerful.
The Japanese squad leader desperately called for help, but it was of no use because the phone line had been cut.
Then, the Japanese and puppet troops got out of their stronghold and tried to escape, but were quickly pushed back by the intensive firepower of battalions and companies.
There are a hundred ways to capture a small Japanese stronghold like this with the strength of the New Regiment.
However, Li Yunlong wanted to use this Japanese stronghold as a target to test the power of the newly acquired heavy artillery.
Soon, the whistling sound of the third high-explosive artillery shell sounded. If this shell still failed to hit the Japanese stronghold, Li Yunlong would be scolded.
The artillery shell accurately fell into the Japanese stronghold, and a huge ball of fire surged up, then turned into a huge cloud of gunpowder smoke. The Japanese bunkers and gun towers in the stronghold collapsed directly in the explosion.
These are the bunkers, gun towers and barracks scattered throughout the stronghold that were blown to pieces in the shelling.
this……
Everyone's eyes suddenly widened.
After fighting so many battles, I have never seen such a powerful cannon.
One shot can cover an area as large as a shooting range. Boss Chen will not deceive me!
Everyone was thinking about Chen Feng's words, and their eyes became even hotter at the same time.
A few seconds later, the sound of an explosion like a landslide and earth-shattering rumbled through. As the smoke rose, everyone raised their telescopes and looked towards the stronghold.
When the cannonball landed in the open space, although it also made a big crater, it was still not as intuitive as the cannonball falling in the Japanese stronghold.
I saw that the Japanese strongholds, gun towers, barracks, and even the machine gun emplacements and rocks built up with sandbags were blown to pieces. The surrounding ground looked like it had been gnawed by dogs, with pits and craters, and the radius of shrapnel scattered around was at least 50 meters.
The Japanese stronghold, which was originally relatively well defended, was almost destroyed by this bombardment.
Needless to say, the dozen or so Japanese soldiers inside, plus more than forty puppet troops, were already dead at this time.
The scene was a little quiet for a while.
They thought that this heavy artillery was a bit powerful, but its power was still far beyond everyone's expectations.
"What a damn good shot!"
Captain Li Da sounded excited.
"Good shot!"
Zhao Gang couldn't help but exclaimed.
This 150mm heavy gun will be a nightmare for little devils!