The Japanese army was really frightened by the heavy artillery of the Eighth Army Division. The reason why Okamura asked two regiments of mountain artillery units and one regiment of heavy artillery units to move to the Meiling Mountains was to not give the Xuebing Army any chance. , Meiling is located between two hills. Although the two hills are only about five or six hundred meters above sea level, in Okamura's view, they are the safest areas in Xinjian County. Of course, Okamura asked Uchiyama Eitaro to lead There is another purpose for the artillery to go to Meiling, that is, once the 106th Division completes the siege of Gao'an, the Neishan Division can go directly from Meiling to Changbu to snipe the enemies of Anyi and reinforce Gao'an.
The exact time is around 1:10 p.m., and the location is Qinglan Village, two kilometers northwest of Jiaoqiao Town. On the road between the villages, Uchiyama Eitaro is urging his men to drag donkey horses and artillery through the village. On a high ground at the west end, Gu Gang slowly retracted his body behind a cypress tree bent down by heavy snow, pressed the send button and reported the location of the Japanese artillery to Zhang Tianquan.
After receiving the report, Zhang Tianquan immediately asked his men to calculate the distance between his troops and Qinglan Village. Soon, the shooting Zhuyuan was calculated.
"Big Gray Rabbit, our unit is now starting to test-fire, please pay attention to the landing point, our unit is starting to test-fire, please pay attention to the landing point, it is over."
"The big gray rabbit received it, the big gray rabbit received it, it's over."
Zhang Tianquan raised the red flag in his hand, suddenly chopped it down hard, and shouted: "Launch."
"Boom," four cannon shots sounded in succession. The four artillery guns in the four directions of the artillery array fired one after another. The four artillery shells roared out with orange-white tail flames.
At this time, Zhang Tianquan's troops were about twelve kilometers away from the Inishan Division. At this distance, the shells fired by the self-propelled artillery only took about fifteen seconds to arrive. The range of twelve kilometers was not enough for the 150 soldiers of the Xuebing Army. For a self-propelled artillery with a millimeter caliber, it is still within its optimal range. The four shells with a piercing scream first passed over the heads of Ouyang Yun and others, and then flew to the northwest, passing by in an instant. on the heads of Okamura Neji and Yoshimoto Sadji,
At this time, there was no sound of gunfire on the battlefield, so the sound of these four shells breaking through the air was particularly harsh. Okamura and Yoshimoto were shocked when they heard the scream, and the two people immediately looked at each other, His face turned pale at the same time, and Yoshimoto said: "The Chinese artillery." Okamura said with a painful look on his face: "He went for Uchiyama and the others."
Yoshimoto looked up to the northeast, where several black shadows were disappearing into the sky. These were the last few Type 99C fighters to leave.
The four shells were aimed at Qinglan Village. This village was also visited by Japanese planes during the earlier air raids. However, because the residents of the village had been persuaded to leave by the cadets as early as this morning, the bombardment by Japanese planes was not No "results" were achieved,
Fifteen seconds, just a few fingers. Okamura and Yoshimoto had just finished their sighs. At the east end of Qinglan Village, Uchiyama and several Japanese officers around him reined in their mounts and all raised their ears. The next moment, as A Japanese soldier cried out: "Enemy attack, shelling." Uchiyama raised his head and closed his eyes in pain, screaming: "Lie down."
Of the four artillery shells, two achieved results. One of them hit a 150mm-caliber heavy cannon directly at the west end of the village. A "rumbling" explosion sounded, and the heavy cannon was followed by others. The three Japs next to them were dismembered at the same time, and two wheels were blown away by the air wave. One of them hit a donkey thirty meters away on the head, knocking the donkey to the ground immediately.
The cannon was towed by a military truck. It was quite difficult for this military truck with a load of 1.5 tons to tow the heavy cannon. For this reason, the driver had to keep pressing the accelerator. After the cannon was dismembered, the cannon was towed. The load on the military truck was light, and the driver was frightened by the explosion, so he stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The military truck jumped out immediately, knocking away a Japanese guarding a heavy cannon in front...
The explosion sounded, and the donkeys and horses dragging the mountain artillery and field artillery were frightened, and they began to neigh. The artillery attack was so sudden that the Japanese artillerymen were unprepared. Even though a commander shouted in time to lie down, But there are still many people who are ignorant and have been frightened.
The test shot achieved good results, which made Gu Gang very excited. He immediately reported to Zhang Tianquan: "The big gray rabbit reported that the left one missed by about thirty meters, and the right one missed by about fifty meters. That's it."
After receiving the report, Zhang Tianquan immediately asked his men to adjust their shooting at Zhu Yuan, then waved the red flag. Five minutes later, the rumbling sound of artillery sounded, and intensive bombardment began.
Because Gu Gang reported the results of the shelling at any time, this round of shelling lasted for about twenty minutes before stopping. After twenty minutes, Qinglan Village had been completely razed to the ground, and all the artillery of the 11th Army's West Route Army Almost completely destroyed, including the escorting infantry regiment, the number of Japanese casualties exceeded 3,000.
"Your Excellency, there must be someone in the Xuebing Army who can shoot the elements at close range, otherwise it would not be so accurate." Ten minutes after the bombardment, Yoshimoto Sadashi made a hindsight conclusion,
Okamura and Yoshimoto had been pulled behind a ruins by the guards at this time. Since the artillery of the Xuebing Army could hit Qinglan Village five kilometers away, of course it could also hit the newly built city. And if Okamura was directly attacked by the enemy If they are killed by munitions and artillery, then this battle will be impossible to fight.
Okamura sat cross-legged on the ground. As a lieutenant general of the Imperial Army, he obviously disdained lying on the ground like ordinary officers and soldiers. The old devil's face was pale, and the veins on his forehead were beating. He opened his mouth several times to speak, but he still The mouth is closed,
"The intensive reconnaissance of the First Air Corps failed to detect the artillery of the Cadet Army. Could it be that they hid the artillery underground?" Gibbon said again. Being reminded by the crystal trench, he naturally guessed this,
Dense artillery shells passed through the sky about two or three kilometers away from them. The Japs left in the Xinjian area of the 11th Army's West Route Army only felt their scalps numb. Hengshan Yu listened to the rumbling explosions coming from the northwest, his face calm. Okamura was as pale as a sheet,
This round of artillery attack came so suddenly. Before that, all the Japanese soldiers did not expect that they were already within the range of the enemy's artillery fire. Therefore, although the target of this round of artillery attack was the artillery in the rear, they on the front line were It was even more difficult for them to accept than being shelled by themselves,
At the beginning of the Changsha Battle, the Japs of the 17th Division, most of whom were former reserve officers and soldiers, thought they were invincible. But now, they are truly afraid.
On the east coast, Connor stood next to Ouyang Yun. He first looked at the smoke rising in the distance, and then turned to look at Ouyang Yun. For the first time, he had this idea: I hope the Third Reich will conquer the world in the future. Don’t encounter this Chinese person around you during the process, otherwise,
Like Okamura and others, Connor couldn't figure out where Ouyang Yun hid the Eighth Master. It was precisely because he couldn't figure it out that he was sincerely shocked and subconsciously feared him.