Now that Commander Wang has determined the approximate location of the neighboring troops, he no longer has to worry about calling for artillery support and accidentally injuring his own brothers' troops. The gathering of Chinese and Japanese troops now is the best opportunity. This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back. , Li Mingqing still understands.
Having made up his mind, Li Mingqing, who didn't care about anything at the moment, took the telescope, and with the help of a flare fired by Wang Deyao behind him, he quickly recalculated the ruler and quickly reported the new coordinates to the artillerymen behind him. In fact, he didn't need to. There were too many recalculations. He just subtracted one degree from the originally reported scale. However, considering safety, he recalculated again.
With the evaluation of the full-time artillery observer next to Wang Deyao, Li Mingqing, who can be said to be very confident at this moment, quickly calculated the coordinates one by one in a clear and articulate manner. Knowing that time is his life at this moment, he did not even review it, and directly The calculated coordinates were reported to the artillery.
And he knew very well that if you hit a snake, it will suffer the consequences. He opened his mouth and asked for ten rapid fire shots without any courtesy. Even if the Japanese army can't kill them all at once, they still have to try to completely paralyze them all at once.
Seeing Li Mingqing opening his mouth in front and firing ten shots rapidly, which seemed to have an excessive appetite, Wang Deyao next to him not only did not object, but looked at this subordinate with admiration. In Wang Deyao's view, Li Mingqing's actions not only did not The reason for his objection was actually to his liking.
Procrastinating on the battlefield, unwilling to give up this or that, is definitely not Wang Deyao's style. For him, it is either not used or used at once. In his eyes, the value of artillery shells is far greater. Far less noble than the warriors under him.
If Xiaojiazi is constrained by his anger when it comes to the use of artillery shells, then wouldn’t the opportunity that Li Mingqing and his men fought hard for an hour have been wasted? Either don’t do it, or do it to the end and send these gangs with artillery shells. It is better for the little devil to return to his hometown than to use the flesh and blood of a soldier.
Since there are so many artillery shells, why don't they use them if they can't produce cubs? According to the number and caliber of the artillery that Qiu Jintang allocated to him later, ten rapid fire rounds from each cannon were enough to completely cover the group of Japanese troops in front of him, even if It's much easier to fight back by yourself.
Wang Deyao doesn't care that the artillery shells currently needed for the entire Linxi battlefield need to be transported from Qiqihar to the Hailar line by railway, and then transported thousands of miles to the Linxi battlefield by road, or they need to use transport planes from Hailar and spend a lot of energy on transporting them. Come here, for him, how to replenish ammunition is a matter for his superiors, and what he needs to do is how to win this battle at the minimum cost.
After getting the new coordinates this time, the artillerymen behind me were not as hesitant as the last time they received Li Mingqing's request to fire on me. After all, this time we were not firing on our own people, so there was no such taboo about firing at his coordinates. Less than two minutes after leaving, the sound of the first round of 155 howitzer and 75mm field gun shells piercing the air passed over the heads of Li Mingqing and his men and hit them less than fifty meters away from him. .
It seems that the artillerymen at the back, for such a long time, only watched the infantry in front fighting in full swing. They really had no place to use their energy. They were really exhausted. Except for the first shell used to correct the accuracy, The remaining artillery shells were accurate and hard, with almost no need for any correction, and they hit directly on the heads of the Japanese troops who had completed their assembly and were preparing to launch the final attack with all their strength.
According to the data of the artillery observer Wang Deyao brought, a 75mm field gun that fired alone was repairing the Japanese nails driven into the front of his position along the periphery of his position. Due to the layout distance, this distance Heavy mortars are out of reach, and the 155 grenade is a bit too lethal. The 75 field gun is suitable for its purpose in terms of accuracy, range, and lethality.
Under the guidance of the accurate coordinates in Li Mingqing's newspaper, the artillery bombs exploded accurately and hard. The generals were gathering. They did not expect that the Anti-Japanese League who would sneak attack on them would come with heavy artillery, let alone these heavy artillery that had been silent in the previous battle. , the Japanese army suddenly showed its power without taking any precautions, and the entire Japanese army position was blown into a mess by this intensive and accurate artillery fire.
Seeing the Japanese troops in front of them who were showing off their power before, being blown up into a mess by the rapid firepower of the artillery behind them, most of the new soldiers on the position, who had experienced what real war was for the first time, almost all cheered. Many people even stood up and cheered, regardless of the risk of being accidentally injured by artillery shells.
In the previous battles, they had been suppressed by the Japanese army, and their defenses almost collapsed several times. Now these soldiers, who have basically defeated the fear caused by the first real battle with real swords and guns, can only describe it in one sentence at this moment, That is hearty.
Compared with the cheering soldiers, Wang Deyao and Li Mingqing looked very calm. The company behind Wang Deyao that had remained motionless was now fully prepared to attack and was hiding behind Wang Deyao waiting for orders, but Wang Deyao was delayed. He did not issue an order to attack, but held up his binoculars and estimated the results of the bombardment by the light caused by the shells.
Li Mingqing quickly used the cover of artillery fire from this position to regroup the troops with only one reinforced platoon left in his hands. He also adjusted the weapon configuration and concentrated all the submachine gun bullets into the hands of a few people, leaving only a limited number of bullets. The grenades were all concentrated on a few people.
As for the rest of the people, after smashing their excess weapons, they all replaced them with captured Japanese-made 99 rifles or Polish-made rifles received from their sacrificed comrades. At this moment, the 60 gunner, who had already used up all the shells, lost his weapon. He also assigned each of the heavy machine gunners a rifle and twenty rounds of bullets transferred from the security company next to Wang Deyao and organized them into the commando team.
As for the only three remaining light machine guns, except for one that was replaced with a new captured Japanese light machine gun, the remaining two concentrated the remaining more than a hundred rounds of bullets on one machine gun. The light machine guns they equipped themselves, the bullets. There are not many left, but the new Japanese machine gun that was seized has quite a sufficient number of bullets because the bullets are the same as those used in the Japanese new rifles.
The veterans sent by Li Mingqing previously collected four to five hundred rounds of ammunition for this machine gun from the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who were shot. Now, they are just in use. Although there are only three magazines, and there are no new magazines to use. It is used for replacement, but the number of bullets is enough for at least a short time.
Li Mingqing, who was eager to participate in the counterattack, moved very quickly, and his remaining subordinates did not need to make any adjustments. The guns in his hands, together with those of the captured Japanese soldiers and those of his own martyrs, made it easy to adjust. In just three minutes, Li Mingqing completed all his adjustments and was ready to attack with Wang Deyao's reserve team.
However, after the bombardment ended, Wang Deyao did not rush to give the order to attack. Instead, he said to the artillery observer next to him who finally did his job: "Tell the 155 howitzers behind to fire another salvo of incendiary bombs to let the field. The artillery fired several rounds of incendiary bombs at the hilltop on the east side of the battlefield, setting fire to the pine forest on the mountain."
After hearing this order from Wang Deyao, the artillery observer looked a little weird, but he still followed his order. However, Li Mingqing was a little puzzled. The artillery behind him fired ten shots at a rapid rate, which was enough to deal with the enemy troops in front. , and then firing a volley of incendiary bombs, wouldn’t that be a pure waste?”
Besides, although the number of these dozens of incendiary bombs is not large, it is enough to ignite the battlefield where the grassland and hills intersect. Once this large grassland burns, the fire may not be very big, but the smoke is destined to Not to mention, it not only had a certain impact on the Japanese army's battle, but also had an impact on the counterattack of our own troops.
Not necessarily all the Japanese soldiers were choked, and it wasn't just the Japanese who were burned by the smoke. Aren't our own troops also choked by the smoke? Moreover, the weather in Western Manchuria has entered early autumn, and the grass and trees are a bit dull. It is withered and yellow. If the fire cannot be stopped, won't it also affect the follow-up actions of our troops?
Perhaps seeing the confusion on the face of Li Mingqing next to him, Wang Deyao put down the telescope in his hand and said with a smile: "We don't have many flares in our hands anymore. Using incendiary bombs to ignite this grassland can give us lighting and save us a lot." The flares, what kind of weather it is now, and what direction the wind is blowing, don’t worry, no matter how strong the smoke is, it won’t smoke us.”
"There are also incendiary bombs to clean up the fish that have slipped through the net after the shelling. For us, after the counterattack is fully launched, we will save a lot of energy. Tonight, our battle in the Aru Horqin Banner is truly At the beginning, if we suffer too many casualties on the first day, it will be difficult to predict the rest of the battle."
"The casualties you suffered in the battle before are enough to make me feel distressed. Now for us, every soldier is extremely precious. I don't want to spend more because of my underestimation of the enemy for the second time. The necessary price, we can no longer afford unnecessary losses."
"You, I thought that you were really a mature commander because of your decisive killings in the previous battles. I didn't expect that you are still a little green. Fighting a war depends not only on the amount of equipment and troops, but also on the weather conditions. Things that a commander should consider.”
"I am a bit disdainful of those guys who have learned how to fight from books but have no actual combat experience and can only talk eloquently. But this does not mean that I do not read books or study. I do not look down on them. It is because They lack practical experience and can only talk, not because they have any objections to study. You also know our rules. If you don't pass the exam, no matter how capable you are, you will not be promoted. I am a deputy teacher, but he Damn, I passed the exam too."
"Although I don't have a lot of ink in my belly, I learned it from the first level of the teaching team at all levels. Although I didn't get too high marks in the graduation exam, I didn't eat duck eggs, and the books Schooling is one thing, practical experience is another.”
"I still think that No. 3's statement that theory must be combined with practice is the real military knowledge. Therefore, although I cannot be said to be tireless, when it comes to theory, I am not as good as those scholars, but I still I have read some books, and I still know that the impact of climate must be taken into consideration during combat. This thing cannot be touched or seen, but the impact is still considerable. On rainy days, you have to worry about ammunition, and on windy days, you have to worry about visibility. , grandma’s, is more trouble than the little devil.”