Chapter 0327 The counterattack starts from this moment!
The Pak37 combat artillery is a light towed artillery produced by Germany during World War II. It has a total combat weight of 432 kilograms and a maximum range of 4.025 kilometers.
The length of the gun is 42 times the caliber of 1.665 meters. The gun runs on two large wheels equipped with pneumatic tires. It relies on the manual operation of a four-man gunner squad and is easy to use.
It can be towed by a car or some similar light vehicle, and it is also very easy to put it on a truck bed or a railway flatbed, or it can be towed by animal power or even human power.
In mountainous areas, it can even be quickly disassembled and transported, and then reassembled on the position. After all, the total weight of the Pak37 combat anti-cannon is only more than 400 kilograms, and several people can easily transport it to any location.
In terms of ammunition, the Pak37 combat anti-cannon can fire both tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles and super-caliber grenades as a supplement to its power.
When firing super-caliber grenades, they are powerful enough to penetrate 12.7mm thick armor plates.
The Little Devil's Bean Tank, in front of it is the Sun Tzu, one cannon at a time.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the Pak37 combat anti-aircraft gun is an all-round artillery.
It was simply a killer weapon for China at that time.
On land, it can fight against Japanese tanks, at sea it can fight against Japanese warships, and in air defense, it can be used as an air defense weapon.
That's why from the very beginning, Dragon Boat Festival had the confidence to annihilate the little Japanese's flying wing.
Of course, he had no idea at the time that the Japanese army would go to such great lengths to fight for a small Yushan position.
A flying wing bombing Yushan is enough to flatten the top of Yushan.
But how did he know that in order to eliminate Dragon Boat Festival and take down Dragon Boat Festival's head, the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, Matsui Iwane, had no regard for the cost.
Duanwu led the troops, which not only severely damaged the Japanese army five times, causing huge casualties to the Japanese army, but also greatly inspired the Chinese soldiers' enthusiasm for the war of resistance.
So when he heard that the Dragon Boat Festival was in Yushan, Matsui Iwane made a desperate move and had to take his head quickly.
So a flying wing came out in full force and conducted repeated bombings on the Yushan position.
As for this point, Duan Wu did not expect it. He guessed at the time that it would be good for the little devils to send out a flying brigade for a small area like Yushan.
But who would have expected that it would be a flying wing?
However, this is not important to Duanwu because he understands the weaknesses of Japanese bombers.
Before 1938, the bombers in Japanese service were basically Type 93 bombers.
The weakness of the Type 93 bomber is that it burns fuel. And it burns very much fuel. As long as there are two fighter jets that can entangle them in the air, there is no need to fight them. They will fall from the sky because they are out of fuel.
However, the appearance of the Japanese Type 97 fighter jets made Dragon Boat Festival somewhat unexpected.
The Type 97 fighter was the most advanced fighter in service in Japan at that time. At least that was the case in 1937. And this fighter was developed for the purpose of invading China.
In comparison, the Hawker III fighter jet produced in the United States is slightly insufficient in speed and performance, and can be said to be outdated.
But there was no way. At that time, China only had such conditions. As long as there were weapons that could be used, it was better than nothing. What's more, the performance of the two Hawker III fighter jets was better than the Japanese Type 93 bombers, which was enough.
A wing of Japanese air force made this Dragon Boat Festival plan a bit risky.
However, in a war, unless the troops and weapons are superior to the opponent by a large proportion, there is no sure win for the war.
Therefore, in this battle, Dragon Boat Festival and the Japs were gambling with their lives. Moreover, they were gambling with their own lives.
Some people say that this is irrational and that it is not calm enough for a commander to gamble his life with the Japanese, because the commander's task is to conduct combat operations in the command room, not to run to the battlefield to fight the enemy desperately.
But in fact, Duanwu didn't want to, because he had no one to use, so he used combat anti-aircraft guns to masturbate. No one among the artillerymen present had done this, including Sun Shiyu. This was the first time.
So what should we do? Dragon Boat Festival must choose a Sun Shiyu who has the best tacit understanding with him to take the adventure with him.
The 37 anti-tank guns moved very fast and were arranged early on on two raised highlands twenty meters apart.
This is the artillery position selected in advance for Dragon Boat Festival. It has a wide view, and the high ground is not wide. Its usable area is less than 20 square meters, and it can only accommodate four or five people and a 37-mm anti-aircraft gun.
This was also specially arranged by the Dragon Boat Festival, because on such a high ground, the elevation angle of the anti-war artillery can be adjusted quickly and arbitrarily according to the slope of the mountain.
This is simply a natural and excellent anti-aircraft artillery position.
"Quick! We must move quickly! There is no time for us to waste time. The brothers of the Mixed Company fought for us with their lives for forty minutes. We cannot let their blood be spread on this land in vain.
We need to use our artillery fire to let those lousy Japanese know that China has backward weapons and equipment, but it is not something they can bully just because they want to."
The roar of the Dragon Boat Festival caused the inner fanaticism of the soldiers to burn again. They roared and straightened the 37 anti-tank guns. Using the slope of the hillside, they adjusted the firing angle of the anti-tank guns to 45 degrees, facing directly.
Oncoming Japanese bombers dropped bombs on the Beishan position.
The Beishan position turned into a sea of fire when a large number of bombs poured down.
In the sea of fire, the eight soldiers in the second platoon were still roaring and shooting at the Japanese bombers whizzing past in the sky.
The roars of the soldiers seemed to break their throats, and the high-speed firing of machine guns kept making clicking sounds.
Their unyielding spirit was as contagious as the plague. Zhao Shitou and others at the Yushan position were already prepared to die. They jumped out of the trenches where they could save their lives, and aimed various machine guns at the aircraft in mid-air and fired wildly.
Since there was no support point for the heavy machine gun, a row of soldiers used their bodies as a stand for the heavy machine gun.
The noise of heavy machine gun fire made his ears bleed.
But the stubborn soldier gritted his teeth and held on, using his last stubbornness and strength to once again compose a heroic song of resistance against Japan!
The enemy's bombs roared in, and the heat waves generated by the explosions cut through their flesh like knives.
But none of them flinched, and they continued to fight in the flames and wind.
Blood spilled on the earth, life and soul forged the steel-like Great Wall.
They were overwhelmed by enemy artillery fire, but bought enough time for the Dragon Boat Festival artillery attack.
"put!"
Amidst the roar of the Dragon Boat Festival, two 37 anti-tank guns were fired at the same time. After the two howitzers flew out of the muzzles, they went straight to the third group of Japanese bombers.
The Japanese of the Third Group were celebrating their successful bombing, but at this moment, there was a flash of fire in front of them, and the two bombers exploded and disintegrated in mid-air at the same time.
The shells of the 37mm howitzer are enough to tear up the entire Little Japanese Type 93 bomber.
The fuel on the plane and the bombs that had not yet been dropped were detonated in the explosion. Flames and fragments of the broken plane flew, affecting five nearby bombers.
One of the bomber's propellers was broken, and the plane plummeted toward the Japanese position with thick smoke.
The old devil, Namada Chuichi, was still leisurely watching the Imperial plane complete its final kill. However, he did not expect that after the sudden explosion, an out-of-control Imperial plane would come towards him.
The old devil changed from the sitting posture of a boss to a bereaved dog, rolled down and ran away.
The commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment, Mr. Zhongye, who had been flattering him all the time, stopped flattering him and ran wildly behind Namada Chuichi.
The other Japs were not fools. They saw the plane crashing and if they didn't run away, they would be waiting to die.
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers fled in all directions. You can imagine the embarrassing scene.
That old devil Hatada Chuichi looked bloated, but he ran as fast as a ball. He covered a distance of one hundred meters in less than ten seconds.
If he participated in the Olympics, he would have no choice but to take first place. Even Mr. MCC had to admire the speed of Chuichi Namada when he escaped.
However, at this moment, after a loud bang, Namada Chuichi's headquarters disappeared. It was blown to pieces by the crashed Japanese aircraft.
The reason is also very simple. The Japanese plane dropped bombs on the Beishan position and the main position, but before it had time to drop bombs on the Nanshan position, the plane crashed and the bombs on the plane exploded together.
Not only were all four Japs on the plane wiped out, but the explosion spread to a hundred meters away. More than thirty Japs were damaged beyond recognition in the explosion.
"idiot!"
The disgraced Namada Chuichi looked confused, because he still didn't know how the Imperial plane was shot down.
Are you kidding? He has never heard that there are anti-aircraft weapons on Yushan Mountain. And if there are, why not use them from the beginning?
Of course, he would never have imagined who Duanwu was. If he didn't take action, he would definitely take the enemy's life if he did.
Because from the very beginning, what Dragon Boat Festival wanted to fight was not one or two Japanese fighter planes or bombers. Instead, he wanted to destroy them all.
This is just like a killer hiding in the dark. He looks harmless on ordinary days, and even if you punch him twice, he will smile in response. But once he takes action, he will definitely kill people.
And this is Dragon Boat Festival. He is not only a madman, but also an assassin.
His forbearance is not that he is cowardly, but that he is waiting for this moment of Jedi counterattack. Just when the Japanese fighter planes thought that everything was over, they did not expect that this was just the beginning.
Duanwu and Sun Shiyu killed three bombers with two shots, causing damage to the other three fighters to varying degrees.
The captain of the Japanese flying wing was suddenly blinded and did not even know what weapons the enemy used.
Because when you look at people on the ground from an altitude of more than a thousand meters, they look like ants.
But at this moment, Duanwu and Sun Shiyu fired again. The two guns hit again, smashing two other Japanese fighter jets that looked like headless flies in the air.
The iron sheet of the Japanese Type 93 bomber was like paper, and it was defenseless against the 37mm howitzer.
Coupled with the remaining bombs and fuel on the Japanese aircraft, the Japanese aircraft looked like brilliant fireworks after they exploded.
But it is a pity that at this time, the old devil, Namada Chuichi, is no longer in the mood to enjoy the Empire's fireworks.
With a gray face, he was looking in the direction of the Yushan position with horrified eyes. Because there, there were not only his enemies, but also one of the craziest commanders in China! ...