Speaking of this, Yasuhiro Takada gritted his teeth and said: "Tell the guys in the artillery squadron that even if I shoot out all the artillery shells, I will destroy all the machine gun firepower of the defenders. Especially those damn anti-aircraft guns."
The machine guns and that weird artillery thing have to be eliminated."
"Tell the troops at Yamashita that I will give them another half hour. If they are unable to break through the defenders' position despite the artillery cover, then there is no need for him, Captain Miyamoto Musashi, to come back and he will directly commit seppuku to express his apology to His Majesty the Emperor.
And that damn Cui Sihu, if his subordinates are hesitant and afraid to move forward, they will all die."
"With such a large number of troops, the distance is only more than 200 meters, but they have not been able to get close to the defender's position despite four attacks. The Imperial Army of Japan has been completely humiliated by these losers. If Miyamoto Musashi is really powerless,
If you can't break through the defender's position, just raise it as soon as possible, and I will go down and personally take over his command position."
After receiving his order, even though the few remaining subordinates behind him were also in a state of embarrassment, they were a little confused as to why the previously formulated combat plans had changed so quickly. It was not yet time to launch the planned attack in the direction of Murakami.
, and the original plan of the artillery was to cover the offensive to the west of the village, not to provide fire support to the north of the village.
These combat plans were originally negotiated. How can they be changed? If the firepower originally planned to support the west of the village is transferred to the north of the village, will this affect the combat in the west of the village? Without the support of artillery fire, even if the terrain to the west of the village is favorable,
, this breakthrough will probably be quite difficult.
They were just confused, but under the tough attitude and livid complexion of Major Yasuhiro Takada, who was ordered to command everything, the few subordinates who were lucky enough to escape did not dare to take out their flare guns without any hesitation.
Three red flares were fired into the air to herald an all-out attack order. At the same time, an order was given to the artillerymen to change their original plan and turn their guns around. The planned artillery attack range was shifted from the west of the village back to the north of the village.
After receiving the order from Yasuhiro Takada, although this order was somewhat different from the previous plan, the two infantry guns deployed behind the ridge of the mountain immediately moved the artillery without any hesitation and adjusted the artillery from the original anti-slope position to the surface position.
On the hillside facing the north front of the village.
Taking a direct aim approach, the infantry cannon was changed to a flat-firing cannon and fired at the defenders' positions at the foot of the mountain. They tried to suppress the seemingly abnormal firepower of the defenders at the foot of the mountain and covered the troops at the foot of the mountain for another attack. Anyway, the 92 infantry cannon also served as a howitzer.
It has two functions as a cannon. Its ability to shoot at high elevation angles is comparable to that of a mortar. As a direct-aiming artillery, it is equally powerful.
It can be used as a light howitzer with direct fire, or as a cannon with flat fire. Now the battle plan has changed, and the method of direct flat fire is more powerful. Anyway, the maximum downward shooting capability of this artillery is about ten degrees. It is used on hillsides.
The tactics of downward shooting and direct aiming do not hinder the use of this artillery.
Although the Japanese army has a small number of artillery, only two 92 infantry guns, and the power of these artillery shells is incomparable with mountain field artillery, the threat to the defenders' positions has greatly increased. After all, it is not an offensive built with reinforced concrete.
No matter how strong these fortifications are, which are simply transformed from stone walls built by ordinary people, they cannot withstand the continuous bombardment of more than a dozen 70mm grenades in one location.
Yasuhiro Takada shot down more than half of the artillery shells in one go, and finally saw results. Under the Japanese bombardment, the firepower density of the defenders dropped significantly. The stone wall that was used as a bunker was also destroyed during this period.
The artillery fire opened several large gaps.
Although it is still unclear whether the small-caliber artillery position was destroyed, the large-caliber machine gun position was hit by two shells at the same time. Based on the current quality of the Japanese artillery, Takada Yasuhiro has reason to believe that it is quite abominable.
The large-caliber machine gun has been destroyed.
Looking at the situation at Yamashita, Yasuhiro Takada touched the snot under his nose, and finally a smile appeared on his tense face. Although the Chinese army at Yamashita had new weapons, modern warfare does not rely on one or two new weapons.
Weapons can achieve victory.
In the final analysis, it still depends on strength and national power. Without the support of artillery, even one or two new infantry weapons cannot save the war situation. How about you having new weapons? The empire has cannons. I will use artillery to suppress you. Look at those of yours.
What about infantry weapons that don’t have very long range?
But is the actual situation really what he imagined? I'm afraid not necessarily. When the anti-union company took over the defensive position in the north of the village, Yang Zhen reminded them repeatedly. Although the Japanese army did not use it in the previous offensive
Artillery, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they don't carry artillery. During the battle, you must pay attention to anti-artillery.
In addition, so far, the Type 92 Infantry Cannon is still the standard regimental artillery configuration of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Among the Japanese army, it is the standard Japanese army cannon. This company commander is still quite good at the performance of the Type 92 Infantry Cannon.
Understood. He knew that under the current situation, the most important thing to guard against was this kind of lightweight artillery equipped by the Japanese standard brigade.
Therefore, when the company was deployed, he placed a platoon reinforced with two platoons of general-purpose machine guns at the forward position. The rest of the troops were not hidden in the houses in the village. Because if the enemy was equipped with artillery,
Troops inside the house are likely to suffer heavy casualties.
The houses in Rehe are not made of reinforced concrete, which has become quite common in rural areas in later generations. The houses in this small mountain village are basically the typical adobe houses in northern China, and there are very few houses with brick structures.
.This kind of adobe house has extremely poor anti-cannon capabilities.
Not to mention large-caliber mountain artillery, they are light mortars or shells fired by the 92 Infantry Cannon with a low muzzle velocity. With one shot, the entire house will basically be completely destroyed. Put the troops away.
In a house like this, the casualties from a single shot would be extremely small.
The company commander who led the team, except for a platoon at the front, placed the rest of the troops in several larger courtyards behind the front that were connected to each other. One courtyard placed a squad, that is, it served as the second line.
Blocking positions may also be killed by possible Japanese artillery fire because the troops are too concentrated.
As for the Japanese and puppet troops who launched the attack, they were intercepted by dozens of machine guns. It was just the automatic rifles in the hands of this platoon of defenders. As for the rest of the firepower, it was just three squad light machine guns plus two general-purpose machine guns.
.It’s just that the continuous firepower of these general-purpose machine guns that use ammunition belts and the squad machine guns that use seventy-five-round drum magazines made the Japanese and puppet troops feel that they were being swept away by more than five heavy machine guns.
Yasuhiro Takada placed the main artillery firepower on the walls and machine gun positions, which had almost no impact on the troops behind. Even two of the three infantry squads in a platoon at the front were firing
When the sound rang out, they quickly retreated behind the stone wall and took cover in a half-man-deep trench dug by the advancing army's guard regiment.
Although this trench is not deep, only half a person deep, it is built in a snake shape and is enough to avoid the Japanese artillery fire. In fact, it is not a trench dug specifically for combat, but after the advancing army stationed its headquarters in this mountain village,
It was dug in order to strengthen the outer defense line and take soil to build fortifications. It was just dug into a snake shape in case it was needed in case of emergency.
It is impossible for the headquarters to be stationed in one place for a long time, so no special fortifications were built here. After the headquarters was stationed here, it only connected the stone walls built by the villagers, and built slopes suitable for combat behind the stone walls, forming a
It's just a circular fortification. This so-called trench was dug behind the stone wall in order to collect soil nearby.
For this matter, the person in charge of the security group was severely criticized by the political commissar. The reason is very simple, because most of the courtyards of each household are their own vegetable plots. If you dig the soil there, the vegetable plots will basically be used.
Ruined. This kind of action, for the advancing army that does not take the masses one step at a time, is undoubtedly an act that destroys the mass discipline of the army and destroys people's vegetable fields. If these Japanese and puppet troops come one day later,
These so-called trenches will probably have to be filled in.
However, although this approach is suspected of violating the discipline of the army, these shallow trenches are currently playing a role in preventing artillery. As soon as the sound of the artillery fire was heard, most of the troops at the front immediately withdrew into the trenches. Basically,
There was no damage on the ground. The only injured person was bitten by a snake that swooped in at some unknown time while he was lying down.
As for the machine gun position, it was moved immediately after repelling the first attack by the Japanese and puppet troops. The machine gun position that was directly hit by two grenades was just one of the many positions for this machine gun.
Takada Yasuhiro shot down half of the number of portable artillery shells in one go, causing only one soldier to be slightly injured, and several big holes in the wall. This was the contribution of the Anti-Japanese Alliance company during this shelling by the Japanese and puppet troops.
the entire price of.
The firepower dropped? Of course, only one squad and one machine gun were left to block the subsequent intrusion of the Japanese and puppet troops. How could the firepower not drop? If it were not for the Japanese and puppet troops who launched the charge in front, they would have been killed by their own artillery fire.
It is dangerous to launch a charge immediately following the explosive point of the artillery shell. When the Japanese artillery bombards, it is enough to leave only one or two observers.
Although the frontier defenders were changed from a platoon to a squad, the charging Japanese and puppet troops still did not gain much advantage. However, the Japanese and puppet troops who launched the charge this time took advantage of the temporary decrease in the firepower density of the defenders.
opportunity, unlike the previous few times, they were not driven back to the starting point at the foot of the mountain after each failed attack.
Instead, under the cover of artillery fire, they pushed the starting point of the attack forward more than a hundred meters regardless of casualties. Even if they could not move forward, they did not retreat. Instead, they built fortifications with corpses and wounded soldiers on the spot and fought with the defenders.
Counter-fire. When the artillery fire from behind came again, under the cover of the artillery fire, they launched another charge.
Although this attack method seems a bit embarrassing, it can even be said to be forward one meter by one meter, and the casualties are also larger. Using corpses and wounded soldiers to build fortifications also has a great impact on morale. But the effect is still What is more obvious is that with successive attacks, the gap opened by Japanese artillery fire is getting closer and closer.