Chapter two hundred and eighty second grass team artillery
Fighting started on both sides of the Le'an River at the same time. Although Jiang Tiezhang only placed one brigade on the south bank, the terrain of Tietou Peak was very convenient for him to learn the unique "grenade tactics" of the guerrillas from the Seventh Brigade. In terms of battle, there was almost no suspense in the battle on the south bank. The 7th Xuexue Brigade defeated the Japanese vanguard with just one charge. Next, with the support of the mortar battalion, they attacked the troops assembled at the south end of the Iron Chain Bridge. More than 2,000 Japs launched an attack. After the mortar battalion destroyed the Japs' military jams, they quickly gained an overwhelming advantage and formed an encirclement and annihilation situation.
The battle on the north bank was very difficult from the beginning. Although the Japanese army was caught off guard, because its main force had already assembled at the north end of the chain bridge, after the first ten minutes, Aragura Kazuno stabilized the situation. Not only did they withstand the attack of the Ninth Brigade, but they also started to launch a counterattack along the route. Soon, they and the more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers who were behind were besieging the Eighth Brigade. Shinokura Kazuno actually had two choices at this time. , to the south or north, and he resolutely chose to go north because the only artillery brigade was in a bitter battle at this time.
Jiang Tietou chose a very clever time to attack. The Japanese artillery brigade received the order from Xiancang Yinong and was about to deploy on the spot. He issued an attack order. More than two hundred reconnaissance battalion soldiers came from Guantang, which was only thirty or fifty meters away from them. Climbing up from under the river embankment, they wiped out most of the Japanese artillery in a volley. By the time the Japanese infantry brigade escorting the artillery came up from the front and rear, they had already rushed into the Japanese artillery formation, and relied on artillery and Under the cover of a military truck towing a cannon, we started a street fight with the Japs.
The two sides fought fiercely for more than half an hour. The Japs' artillery was slaughtered by Jiang Tietou's reconnaissance battalion. The Eighth Brigade, which was responsible for cutting off the main force returning to support the Japanese army, also suffered huge casualties because it was attacked on both sides. Field battles, melees, and no solidity The fortifications made it very uncomfortable for the guerrillas who were used to ambushes and sneak attacks. Although the weapons in their hands were advantageous, when the little devils spread all over the mountains and plains, the casualties of the guerrillas inevitably appeared. ,
Xincang Yinong was very decisive. He left the Ninth Brigade in the southeast alone and focused on attacking the Eighth Brigade. This led to a situation where, fighting and fighting, the main battlefield moved from the north end of the Zhangyang Iron Cable Bridge to Guan In the wild fields at the east end of Guantang Village and Guantang Village, the Eighth Brigade laid a large number of landmines. These mines were originally intended to protect the villagers of Guantang Village, but now they have become a cliff that changes the direction of the Japanese attack. After the landmines were sounded, the Japanese army's attack direction moved north from Guantang Village, then deviated from the road they came from, and pressed directly up from the south of the Eighth Brigade.
The battlefield moved and expanded infinitely. The Japanese army's local strength advantage was amplified. The Japanese's individual soldier quality and the range and accuracy advantages of the 38th Brigade were also expanded. The Eighth Brigade was outnumbered and began to suffer huge casualties. About a quarter of an hour later, Luanshan Seeing that the Ninth Brigade was unable to attack, he was worried that the main force of the Japanese army would bypass him to rescue the artillery units, so he reported the battle situation to Jiang Tiezhang and asked for support. At the same time, he divided the more than 1,800 men on hand into two teams, and he personally led one of them. More than 800 people resisted the main attack of the Japanese army, and Chief of Staff Zhang Yifan led others to attack the Japanese who were lagging behind, hoping to cooperate with the reconnaissance battalion to destroy all the Japanese artillery first.
The Japanese troops behind them included two brigades and an artillery brigade. Almost all the Japanese soldiers in the artillery brigade had been killed by the reconnaissance battalion, but the infantry brigade responsible for protecting them still had more than 600 people. Jiang Tie The leader saw that there were fewer and fewer brothers around him. There were only less than a hundred of the more than two hundred people left, and the Japanese attacks became more and more aggressive. He became more and more anxious, and finally made a decision: blow up these cannons. Break out immediately from now on,
Exploding artillery is not difficult. Twelve of the Japanese army's fourteen cannons are 75mm-caliber field guns. For such field guns, a grenade thrown in through the mouth of the barrel can solve the problem. As for the one hundred Fifty-mm-caliber heavy artillery and cluster grenades can also solve the problem. However, after exploding ten field artillery pieces at the expense of five brothers, the Japanese offensive became fiercer. Apparently, they realized the dangers of bombing operations in the reconnaissance battalion. Sexually, he did not want the remaining four cannons to be blown up. The two heavy cannons were at the end of the artillery formation. They were originally Jiang Tietou's key blasting targets, but now they have become the focus of the Japanese army. Jiang Tietou fired three bombs in a row. His actions were all repulsed by the Japanese, and he couldn't help but become a little anxious.
At this time, Huang Zhongming, whose face was scratched by a bullet and disfigured, flashed over to him and said: "Boss, there are two cannons over there. Why don't we use cannons to fire cannons?"
These words sounded quite awkward, and Jiang Tietou didn't understand them for a moment. He was staring at Huang Zhongming with his eyes blinking, while Meng Taishan on the side retracted and said, "Good idea, I'll do it."
Ten of the twelve field guns were blown up, and two more were located on the embankment near the Guantang River. This was the place where the reconnaissance battalion first attacked. At this time, it became the edge of the battlefield.
The two men ran over without waiting for Jiang Tietou's approval. After watching the two people run behind the two cannons, Jiang Tietou finally understood the meaning of Huang Zhongming's words, and he immediately shouted to his brothers : "Cover them." Then he dodged out of the hidden military truck, first threw a grenade, and then with a sudden burst, forced the little devil back behind the scrapped military truck where he was hiding.
Over there, Huang Zhongming and Meng Taishan stabbed open a shell box with bayonets. He picked up a shell first and said to Meng Taishan: "Brother Meng, teach me how to shoot."
I don’t know if it’s because of his relatively rich knowledge. Although Huang Zhongming joined the Xuebing Army not long ago, he learned things very quickly. At present, he can play well with both assault rifles and machine guns.
The situation was urgent, and Meng Taishan was not pretentious. He removed the tarpaulin on a field gun and said: "No problem, you remember, before firing the gun, you must first fix the gun position. Now that the situation is urgent, we will not The gun position is fixed, well, this hinge can play a certain role in fixing it."
The fourteen cannons were all towed by military trucks. The muzzles of all the guns were facing backward. The two heavy cannons were at the end. They were in the shooting direction of the field cannon. Meng Taishan operated the crank and tilted the barrel angle downwards. At a very large angle, he then opened the fire door, took the shell from Huang Zhongming's hand and stuffed it directly, closed the fire door, grabbed the gun rope and said: "The first test shot, watch it." After that, he pulled hard. With a "boom" sound from the gun rope, the artillery barrel violently flipped back. Almost at the same time, a ball of fire erupted from the muzzle, and a ball of fire flew out, instantly exploding two hundred meters away.
This shell was a bit far away from the target heavy artillery, but it hit a military truck. After the explosion, several Japanese soldiers hiding behind the military truck were blown away and killed. Meng Taishan was very embarrassed. He