The artillery position set up by the Japanese army on Huludao basically has no defenses except for the north, northeast, and northwest directions, and the back facing the sea, except for some sandbags. And the two single-seat Japanese coastal defense ships are equipped with
The 120mm naval gun has a range far beyond that of all Japanese artillery except for the two Type 89 long-range cannons.
These two long-range and powerful guns were designed and manufactured by the Japanese themselves. In the hands of the once glorious Japanese Navy, they were at best medium-caliber artillery pieces. But among this small formation of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, they were the most powerful and powerful guns.
It is the farthest and best-performing naval gun. The key firepower targets are the two Type 89 long-range cannons located at the eastern foot of Ma'anshan.
Those gunboats equipped with German-made Type 33 150mm infantry cannons had only paratroopers and naval equipment to replace naval guns during the Anti-Japanese War. Although the number of artillery guns was not large, the number of artillery shells was sufficient, so
No one cared about these shells. The only difference was that the naval gun was temporarily modified from an infantry gun, and its rate of fire was much worse than that of a professional naval gun.
This German-made large-caliber infantry gun is very powerful, and its range is acceptable as an infantry gun. It weighs more than two tons, which is a bit heavier as an infantry gun, but it is still acceptable as a naval gun. However, the rate of fire of this infantry gun is too slow.
, the rate of fire is only two to three rounds per minute, which is much worse than that of professional naval guns.
After this battle, this temporary replacement was all dismantled. The main guns of these gunboats were all modified to use the disassembled turrets and tank guns from the destroyed American M-4 medium tanks as the front main guns. At the same time, they were used as front main guns.
All German-made 150mm infantry guns equipped by the Allied Navy have also withdrawn from front-line combat.
The modified artillery equipment, including the paratrooper division, has also withdrawn from front-line combat. It is bulky and has a short range. Even though the artillery shells are powerful, its limited advantages cannot cover up too many shortcomings. This artillery has withdrawn from front-line combat early, which means it has
It was a matter of course. As for the replacements among the paratroopers, they were replaced by 120mm mortars and Japanese-style 94 mountain guns.
However, although the German-made 150mm infantry gun currently used as the main gun has a somewhat slow rate of fire, this small fleet is currently using its own ships, although their tonnage is small, to be flexible and maneuverable, with a shallow draft and easy to turn around.
It is possible to drive to a place close to the Japanese artillery position and have the advantage of firing.
Cooperating with the troops in frontal combat, from the sides and rear of the Japanese artillery positions, the high-density artillery deployed in Huludao, a small peninsula, can be considered a devastating blow. The rate of fire is slower, but this is
Under such circumstances, the power of this 150mm caliber artillery meets the needs. After all, where is the 150mm caliber?
He once made a great contribution to blocking the Anti-Japanese Alliance's attack on Huludao. His accurate cross-fire, taking advantage of the innate geographical advantage of the narrow attack channel, covered every offensive channel of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Wang Guangyu made great achievements in Huludao.
The offensive on the island is progressing slowly, and the casualties are quite heavy.
But now, under the glare of the anti-Japanese aircraft in the sky, the Japanese artillery did not dare to move their positions. With basically no defense behind them, they could only watch their artillery being destroyed by the enemy.
The shells fired from the sea behind them were destroyed one by one.
The artillery of the Japanese army and the small gunboats equipped with large artillery of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are extremely troublesome. If you turn around and want to fire to suppress it, they will immediately withdraw from your artillery position. Wait until you respond to the Anti-Alliance offensive in front.
, suddenly fires a cannon behind you.
In order to eliminate these abominable thieves who have no Bushido demeanor and only carry out sneak attacks from behind, the Japanese commander once mobilized artillery and tried to conduct a counter-sneak attack when the resistance ship group sneak attacked a certain artillery position. These were
The nasty thieves were all sunk to the bottom of the sea.
According to the judgment of the Japanese commander, a 75mm field artillery shell is enough to send these small gunboats to the sea to visit guests. But for Huludao, a small peninsula, the entire terrain is too narrow. Its narrow terrain,
Although it brought great benefits to the defending side, it would not take too long for the small fleet of the resistance alliance to circle the entire peninsula.
Moreover, the commander of the small fleet of the Anti-Japanese Alliance seemed to have been prepared for this move by the Japanese army. When bombarding its heavy artillery group, five gunboats equipped with 150 mm infantry guns, plus a former Puppet Manchukuo
Gunboats from the Coast Guard also quietly appeared in the sea outside the Japanese mountain artillery positions in the west of the peninsula.
As soon as the fire started here, the small anti-alliance fleet immediately covered the Japanese mountain field artillery positions with accurate and fierce artillery fire. As a result, the Japanese artillery was unable to steal the chicken and lost the rice. Instead of taking advantage, it was destroyed.
More than half of the artillery pieces. In the ensuing battle, the remaining artillery pieces were either destroyed by the Anti-Alliance aviation on the way to transfer, or were destroyed by naval artillery on the position.
The fleet destroyed these artillery positions, which relieved the huge pressure on the frontal attack of the Anti-Alliance forces. The remaining Japanese artillery, which consisted of a small number of mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and mortars, posed a threat to the anti-Alliance front-attack troops.
Greatly alleviated. In the artillery battle that followed, the Japanese artillery was no longer able to pose any fatal threat to the anti-alliance offensive forces.
In particular, the destruction of the two Type 89 cannons that pose a great threat to the Alliance in depth ensured the safety of the troops, ammunition, and material delivery roads involved in the attack on Huludao. Moreover, without these two cannons, the range of more than 18,000
Meter's cannon threat, the heavy artillery position of the Anti-Japanese Alliance can advance more than three thousand meters. The destruction of these two long-range cannons and the howitzer group deployed by the Japanese army in the same area can be said to have solved Wang Guangyu's serious problem.
When fighting against the Japanese artillery positions in Huludao, the small-scale naval fleet of the Anti-Japanese Alliance almost went crazy. Those who were strictly taught by the Japanese Navy and operated in strict accordance with the regulations of the Japanese Navy during the battle, the former puppets of the uprising
Former puppet Manchukuo troops on board the Manchurian Maritime Police Force ship.
I was dumbfounded as I watched the small gunboats of the Anti-Japanese Alliance dare to sail to a place only a few hundred meters away from the coastline and open fire. They used artillery and bayonet tactics on the sea, trying their best to suppress the Japanese artillery group. At the same time, they didn't care at all.
The service life of these naval guns allowed the naval guns in their hands to shoot at a high rate of fire that they could hardly imagine.
Inspired by the morale and fighting will of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, these former Puppet Manchukuo policemen also worked hard. The skills they had painstakingly trained in the Japanese Navy were also fully displayed. Although they were not as desperate as the Anti-Japanese Army, they were
The shooting accuracy of naval guns is slightly better than that of the sailors who became monks during the Anti-Japanese War.
Especially the 76mm naval guns on the three gunboats. Although their caliber is not large, their shooting accuracy is very accurate and tricky. The coastal defense ship and gunboat group that cooperated with the Anti-Japanese Alliance provided Japanese ground artillery.
A lot of damage. These former Manchukuo policemen who had not yet changed their military uniforms performed very well in this battle.
This small fleet, which is small in scale and equipped with mainly light ships, exerts great power when cooperating with frontal troops in combat. It especially plays a decisive role in destroying Japanese artillery positions. Let
Wang Guangyu, who had been unable to break through the frontal defense of the Japanese army, was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. At the same time, he also had a bold plan in mind.
He immediately reported to Yang Zhen, and with the approval of the headquarters, he asked this small fleet to mount an infantry regiment in Jinzhou, avoid the Japanese defense line deployed in the northern part of Huludao, and force a landing in the southern part of Huludao by sea to speed up the attack on the trapped Huludao.
The speed with which the remaining Japanese troops on the island were eliminated.
Although Huludao is only a small peninsula, as the name suggests, the entire terrain is like a gourd. The entire terrain slopes from northwest to southeast, with a large tail and a small head, and a narrow break in the middle. Although Wang Guangyu successively captured the northern part of the peninsula during his attack.
The further south you go, the narrower the terrain becomes. The attacking troops cannot display either their strength or their firepower.
As a result, although Wang Guangyu invested a division in the Anti-Japanese War and a brigade from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Province, although they had a military advantage, this advantage could not be transformed into an absolute advantage. Especially the seven-kilometer-long stretch east of the Mazhanfang controlled by the Japanese army
The last area is more narrow and long, and has mountains and mountains. Although the altitude is not high, it is not the same thing to climb one mountain top after another.
Although the main force of the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army has been destroyed at sea, the Japanese army stuck on Huludao has almost no way out. However, the remnants of the Japanese army rely on the mountains of Huludao and continue to resist desperately. Every hilltop has to go through repeated
Fight for it. Treat Wang Guangyu’s ultimatum as if you haven’t heard it.
Faced with the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army and the unfavorable terrain, Wang Guangyu simply decided to use this small fleet on the spot, mount an infantry regiment, use a roundabout method on the sea to land from behind the enemy, and adopt a front and rear pincer attack to completely defeat the enemy.
to deal with the remaining few thousand Japanese troops.
After obtaining Yang Zhen's approval, Wang Guangyu mobilized the most complete infantry regiment among his troops to board the ship in Xingcheng. However, when it came to the selection of the landing site, Wang Guangyu did not choose another direction, but chose the landing site
It was placed directly at Huludao Pier. In order to cover the regiment's forced landing at the pier, Wang Guangyu mobilized all the tactical aircraft he could mobilize.
The troops on the front concentrated a tank regiment, plus two infantry regiments, using a two-wing breakthrough method to force their way to the final area held by the Japanese army. After advancing to a depth of less than three kilometers on the front, the German-made 210mm howitzers,
And under the cover of a large number of covering artillery groups, forced penetration operations were carried out.
After knocking out the two Type 89 long-range cannons, Wang Guangyu's artillery had a lot more room for action on the front line. The artillerymen, who were stunned, even pushed the German 210mm howitzers directly into the air.
Arriving only three kilometers away from the forward Japanese positions, they directly bombarded the Japanese defense system.
Wang Guangyu increased the intensity of the offensive on the front, and asked Colonel Mu Dafu, the senior staff officer of the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army who was behind, to command. Although he knew that something was wrong, he could only use most of the last remaining mobile power in his hands, and
The last anti-tank gun squadron was also deployed to the front line of the great wasteland in the north to strengthen defense forces.
As the senior staff officer of the Fourth Army in charge of operations, Colonel Mu Dafu felt very uncomfortable with the sudden increase in offensive power of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Indeed, the enemy's previous offensive routes and areas had always been limited by the narrow use of his own artillery group.
The terrain suppressed the enemy's ability to deploy its forces.
It can be said that there are no large numbers of artillery and carefully selected favorable positions to block the enemy's attack route with cross-fire. It can cause huge damage to the enemy during the battle. In addition, with the help of the convenient location,
The enemy force was forced to the north of Huludao.
Under the enemy tank group offensive, the entire Huludao was lost long ago. The main force of the Fourth Army did not need to go to the sea for a circle and then report to the Sea Dragon King. Instead, they would be driven off Huludao on the spot.
Colonel Mu Dafu did not think that even if the main force of the army was present, they would be able to withstand it for too long.