Strictly speaking, the relay-type self-propelled artillery with a caliber of only 120 mm is not considered a heavy artillery. However, due to its technological leadership, the 120 mm caliber artillery shells can perform as well as the 150 mm caliber artillery shells. The destructive power is even superior in terms of breaking armor and burrowing into the ground, so there is no problem in defining this self-propelled artillery as a heavy artillery.
"Don't stop, shoot quickly." Wen Mingjian stood behind the artillery formation, looking at the direction of the cannonballs with a serious look on his face, and said.
The information fed back from the front line was not very good. The front-line artillery units were unable to stop the Japs' offensive even for a minute. This was beyond Wen Mingjian's expectation. The distance was still too far, and the lookouts were not professionals, so Wen Mingjian had to worry about such an accident, that is, due to the coordination problem between the lookout and the rear headquarters, the troops could not guarantee the strike efficiency. Once the Japanese tanks rushed into the unknown position, it would pose a threat to the back of Zheng Dongguo's troops. , then their interception will be considered a failure.
Wen Mingjian didn't even dare to think about what it meant for more than 20,000 pure infantrymen who lacked large anti-tank weapons to be outflanked by a tank force from behind.
"Take a seat, if we continue to fight like this, we won't be able to join the battle later." Xue Dayun, the chief of staff of the heavy artillery brigade, came over and shouted to him.
The roar of cannons made normal communication impossible, so whether Wen Mingjian or Xue Dayun wanted to speak, they could only shout.
After all, the Third Expeditionary Army is fighting in a foreign country. Even though the Supreme Command attaches great importance to the supply of the army because of Ouyang Yun, due to restrictions, the military supplies of the Third Expeditionary Army are not very sufficient.
For self-propelled artillery, rapid fire is not a problem, but as a result, the shells are consumed too quickly. Xue Dayun, as the chief of staff of the heavy artillery brigade, has been in charge of the logistics supply of the troops. He just made some careful calculations. He found that the army only had enough artillery shells for a quarter of an hour of rapid fire, so he rushed over and said those words.
Staring at him, not in the mood to explain anything to him, Wen Mingjian once again cast his gaze into the distance. Officers trained by the Xuebing Army naturally do not lack the overall situation, and because they often have to preside over the distribution of bonuses and trophies for the troops, they are very concerned about numbers. It is also relatively sensitive, so it is naturally impossible not to consider this issue. If possible, Wen Mingjian certainly hopes to leave a certain amount of artillery shells for emergency use. But now, because he knows the significance of stopping the Japanese tank troops in this war, Wen Mingjian That's why Wen Mingjian seems so hysterical.
"One moment there was sunshine, the next moment there was a violent storm." This is what a captain named Sato Uhei under Miyamoto Shin wrote in his diary three years later when he recalled the battle.
It is very appropriate. Before the heavy artillery brigade took action, the attack of the Chinese artillery troops was certainly not appropriate to describe as sunshine, but it could also be regarded as gentle breeze and drizzle. In this way, when the heavy artillery brigade took action, because the contrast between the front and back was too great, for For a little devil, isn't it just a "stormy storm"?
The rapid fire rate of the heavy artillery brigade of the Third Expeditionary Group Army is naturally inferior to that of conventional artillery. However, compared with conventional heavy artillery, it is not only comparable to the word "rapid". This is naturally not what Miyamoto Nobu believes. It is understandable that the so-called heavy artillery of the Imperial Japanese Army that Miyamoto Nobu knows is because loading of artillery shells depends entirely on manpower, so being able to fire one round per minute is considered "rapid", and the 120 mm caliber of the heavy artillery brigade Self-propelled artillery, because the loading system is semi-automatic, can fire one round in an average of twenty seconds. The resulting dense rain of shells can be described as a violent storm.
Nobu Miyamoto was lucky, because even though the artillery shells fired by the Chinese heavy artillery brigade were as dense as rain, almost completely covering the field where his headquarters was located, from beginning to end, the "Min" class vehicle he was riding in was never affected. Of course Well, compared to his subordinates who died heroically, he was so unlucky. After the heavy artillery bombardment that lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, in the end, only three "Agility" class vehicles survived this "storm". …
"This is the first time I have witnessed the scene of a saturation attack by a large-scale heavy artillery force. One after another, fireballs came from the west overwhelmingly. Wherever they landed, a large crater with a depth of more than five meters was instantly blasted. And if that happens, If a tank is unfortunately directly hit, then what awaits it will be a broken fate... I heard earlier that China's artillery was ferocious, and I didn't think so, but after this battle, I just hope that I will never encounter China again in the rest of my life. Human artillery... I saw Commander Miyamoto from a distance. I couldn’t believe it. The Commander, who was so high-spirited before setting off, was now hunched over. For him, this battle should be considered the heaviest in his life. It’s a big blow, after all, before setting off, he swore that we would definitely win..."
Sato Youbei was also lucky. Although he was only a tank soldier, because the armored vehicle he was riding in happened to break down when the Chinese heavy artillery brigade launched an attack, he was able to avoid being in it and became a lucky man. bystander.
When the dull sound of artillery fire suddenly sounded in the distance in the west, Hyakutake Haruyoshi noticed something was wrong, "Heavy artillery, China's heavy artillery." He murmured, turned his head to the east, and then looked at the battlefield in front of him where the fighting was going on. There was a little more worry in his eyes.
"Your Excellency, Commander, would you like to call General Miyamoto to remind you?" his adjutant stepped forward and asked.
Hyakutake shook his head. Miyamoto Nobu was able to become the division commander of the only organic armored force of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army. Naturally, he was not an ordinary person. Moreover, according to his previous report, they had already entered the minefield. "Now it depends on them." The advance speed has increased." He whispered, suddenly raised his head to face the battlefield, and shouted to the adjutant: "The National Independence Army's advance speed is too slow, take people down to urge them, tell them not to think about escaping, I have already set up here. Got a machine gun."
The adjutant said "Hai" and walked down the mountain. As he made gestures along the way, some Japanese soldiers wearing military police armbands followed him.
Stimulants are not a panacea, and as the number of injections increases, their effects will become less and less obvious. As far as Hyakutake Haruyoshi can see, he has seen soldiers of the National Independence Army slowly retreating. He is worried that Miyagi There will be problems there, so naturally we will pay more attention to the use of the National Independence Army.