In a confrontation between artillery, according to common sense, the side that reveals its position first will definitely be passive, and may lose the entire battle. Of course, this has a prerequisite, that is, the range of the artillery on both sides is similar, and the soldiers The quality and quantity of artillery are not much different,
Lu Chengtai thought he had seized the opportunity to attack the artillery of the Xuebing Army first, but he forgot that the artillery regiment under his command was inferior to the artillery of the Xuebing Army in terms of the number of artillery, range and quality of the soldiers. They were all down by more than one grade, and he didn't know that the activity patterns of the artillery regiment of the Independent Ninth Brigade and the artillery brigade of the Fourth Division had long been grasped by the student army in front of him, and the reason why they chose to do nothing Reserve all the artillery to deal devastating blows to the infantry positions, but in fact you don't regard them as a threat at all.
Lu Chengtai was a complete layman in the artillery battle, but the commander of the artillery regiment under him was an "expert" who had been trained by the Japanese. After receiving the order, Xiaobangzi made a careful visual inspection and found that the artillery positions of the Xuebing Army were already within a certain distance. The maximum range is at least five kilometers, so he truthfully reported to Lu Chengtai,
Lu Chengtai had not yet completely sobered up. He saw that the Xuebing Army's artillery fire had begun to move into the city and was about to cover their defense line. While he ordered the troops to retreat, he cursed the commander of the artillery regiment on the phone. , tell them to fire quickly. If they don't carry out the order, then don't blame him for engaging in military law.
The commander of the artillery regiment had no choice but to order the artillery to be fired. It would have been better if they did not fire the artillery. Once the artillery was fired, Ye Zhao remembered that there was such a potential threat, so he telegraphed to Shi Zhengguo and asked him to divide the heavy artillery of a regiment and first remove the sticks. The artillery was destroyed,
The artillery of the Bangzi adhered to the old rules. After entering Jiangshan City, the Communist Party of China opened up a few artillery positions, and then moved around in them. They were so happy that they thought they were well hidden, but they didn't know that they had already been attacked by the regime. The national mark was marked on the combat map, so just twenty minutes later, not only the artillery regiment of the 9th Independent Brigade whose position was exposed suffered a devastating blow, Shi Zhengguo also took the opportunity to move the artillery of the 4th Division that was still in a state of panic. The brigade was also destroyed,
The destruction of the army's artillery regiment was a wake-up call for Lu Chengtai, making him realize that the Xuebing Army was not easy to mess with. Seeing the endless artillery fire of the Xuebing Army, it seemed that the shells were free of charge. In his eyes, those who were as solid as Panshi's bunkers and bunkers were unable to resist at all. He first sent a message to the Co-Prosperity South China Army Headquarters to report the situation and request tactical guidance, and then called the garrison in neighboring Changshan County to ask for help.
The headquarters of the Co-Prosperity South China Army is located in Wenzhou. The commander is a lieutenant general named Cui Chengmin. At this time, Cui Chengmin was worried that the Aoshui front line in Pingyang County had been bombarded with unprecedented intensity by the Xuebing Army. Lu Chengtai's telegram immediately realized that the Xuebing Army's offensive on the Aoshui front line was not isolated, but most likely a long-planned major battle. Before coming to China, Lao Bangzi was just a guard for the North Korean puppet army. He was just a commander. He had never seen such a scene before. He immediately panicked. Regardless of his dignity, he personally asked Major General Kaneda Changchun, the head of the advisory group stationed by the Japanese military in the legion, to
The Japanese are not completely at ease with the Koreans. Although they have given all the command of the front-line troops to the puppet generals, they have stationed regiment-sized Japanese troops in each legion in the form of advisory groups. Deterrence, the Japs of this regiment are enough to solve any level of rebellion or mutiny by the legion-level puppet army.
When the artillerymen of the Fourth Army just started bombarding the positions of the Bangzi Army on the east bank of Aoshui, Jintian Changchun was alarmed by the explosion, and then walked out of the room wearing a coat. He was looking to the west when he heard from the door. Cui Chengmin's panicked voice came: "Is General Jintian here? I have something urgent to report to him."
Since he and Cui Chengmin worked together, this was the first time that Cui Chengmin came to him at this time. Realizing that something big had happened, he approached him with a sharp look and asked in a calm tone: "Your Excellency, Army Commander, what happened. "
The headquarters of the South China Army of Co-Prosperity is not far from here, but Cui Chengmin still broke out in sweat. He stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat and said: "General Jintian, the Chinese launched an offensive against Pingyang County and Jiangshan City at the same time. The scale of the artillery attack was Quite, quite astonishing, are the Chinese going to counterattack?"
"I should ask you this, right? Don't forget, you are the military commander here."
"Your Excellency Kaneda, please don't make fun of me. My commanding ability is not as good as yours. Your Excellency, please come up with countermeasures."
Kaneda was originally a supporter of the policy of "using barbarians to control barbarians". He once wanted to use his own strength to build a retinue army with considerable combat effectiveness for the empire. However, after staying in Wenzhou for three months, he discovered that the so-called Korean Corps was really a piece of dead wood. , it was simply not enough to carve, so the ambition was extinguished and the Koreans were used wholeheartedly as civilians. This is how the group of bunkers and bunkers on the south bank of Aoshui River, Jiangshan City and Changshan County were established.
The Koreans shout fiercely and claim to be the third strongest army in the world, but they have no confidence in their hearts. Therefore, once the cadet army comes to kill them with real swords and guns, they will immediately show a serious lack of self-confidence and turn to Japan. The master became extremely dependent on him,
Jintian was quite confident in the Aoshui defense line and Jiangchang defense line that he had personally participated in designing, so he seemed quite calm at this time and did not comment on Cui Chengmin's words. He went back to the house and dressed up, then came out and said to Cui Chengmin: "Why are you panic, Ao Are the reinforced concrete structures of the water defense line and the Jiangchang defense line so easy to defeat? As a legion commander, if you panic about something trivial, do you know that this will affect the morale of the entire army? Let's go to the headquarters. "
"Yes, yes."
When he arrived at the headquarters, he saw that the staff of the advisory group had already started working on the map, but the North Koreans were all at a loss. Kaneda lamented that the mud could not cover the wall and thought: "It seems that the establishment of the Communist Army is still going on. Reform, otherwise it won’t be enough to achieve great things.”
Approaching the map, he asked one of the commanders: "Yoshino-kun, how is the situation on the front line now?"
Yoshino's face was not very good. He saluted Kaneda first, and then replied: "Sir, according to the intelligence sent back from the front line, the Chinese used a considerable number of heavy artillery. Our defenses are not enough to withstand this level of attack. Shelling."
"Ba Ge." Jintian's expression changed: "What is the living condition of the bunker group?"
"unknown."
"Unclear." Kaneda's eyes widened angrily.
"According to our speculation, the situation should not be optimistic."
"Ba Ge, that is a reinforced concrete structure, and the deepest part is already two to three meters deep into the stone layer."
"Sir, the sharpness of the Chinese heavy artillery is far beyond our expectation. Our previous efforts are probably in vain."
"Ba Ge." Kaneda scolded again, then forced himself to calm down and asked, "Then have you come up with any countermeasures?"
"We can only wait until dawn to call for aviation support, but I guess the Chinese will definitely be prepared for this."
Jintian's eyes stayed on the Aoshui defense line, frowning and falling into deep thought.