The battle lasted for more than an hour. When the hour hand pointed to 10:30, the situation on the battlefield had undergone earth-shaking changes. The Japanese gunboats that were originally cruising easily on the nearby river were now heading toward the river closest to the battlefield like crazy. At the same time, Japanese reconnaissance planes that were not originally responsible for reconnaissance missions in this area also flew in from afar. However, none of this seemed to be able to change the fate of the Yamada detachment.
It's a nice day today, at least for now. Although there are thick smoke billowing on the ground and flashes of fire from time to time, the sun is high in the sky and white clouds are floating.
Weather like this is a day to win a battle. Ouyang Yun has already left the underground headquarters and is leading a group of headquarters personnel to stand on a relatively high ground and watch the battle through a telescope.
The Yamada detachment's tank regiment was now in ruins. Among the burning scrapped tanks on the battlefield, nine out of ten had the sun flag painted on them.
"Empty..." About ten kilometers away from the battlefield, southwest of where Ouyang Yun and the others were standing, the rumble of artillery fire rang out, and then, nearly a hundred artillery shells were wrapped in fireballs visible to the naked eye and flew quickly to the rear of the battlefield.
The artillery division commanded by Li Hanhun finally showed off its power, and their first target was the heavy artillery regiment position of the Japanese 11th Division.
Nearly a hundred 150 mm caliber heavy artillery roared at the same time. The scene was really impressive. Relying on technological advantages, because the diameter was far greater than the heavy artillery used by the Japanese army, the range of the Xuebing Army's heavy artillery was at least five kilometers longer than that of the Japanese army. In this way, even if all these heavy artillery are towed, they can move their positions before the Japanese army can retaliate. Of course, not to mention whether the Japanese army still has the ability to retaliate.
Speaking of which, whether it is a follow-up tank or a self-propelled artillery, it has been a while since they were successfully developed and equipped with troops. However, this is the first time that it has truly played a role and played a decisive role. Artillery is the king of infantry. As for the tank, it will be the overlord on the battlefield for a long time to come.
The Xuebing Army's tanks and self-propelled artillery have huge technical advantages, but this is the first time they have used them in combination to participate in a battle. If Ouyang Yun had not been confident enough in their technical advantages before, , then after this battle, he will have no worries in this regard at all,
Yes, whether it is a light tank or a self-propelled artillery, they are all powerful enough. At least when facing similar troops of the Little Devils, they can have an absolute advantage.
Li Hanhun was undoubtedly an outstanding commander. Just from the control of fighter planes, Ouyang Yun thought to himself that he could not compare with him.
In just five rounds of rapid fire, the Japanese heavy artillery position was destroyed. There is no doubt that the Japanese army only has one regiment of heavy artillery, while the number of heavy artillery of the Xuebing Army is more than twice that of the opponent. This is not counting, because there are With the advanced communication system, Li Hanhun obtained detailed coordinates. These coordinate data had been measured before the war. Therefore, after mastering the precise shooting of Zhu Yuan, the damage caused by the artillery strike to the Japanese army was considerable. ,
The rumble of artillery sounded, and Tada Shun's expression immediately changed. He was not far from the heavy artillery position. Within the range visible to his naked eyes, the heavy artillery regiment's position, together with the neatly arranged heavy artillery and operating artillery above, were exploding with the explosion. The fire broke into pieces and turned into corpses. "The heavy artillery regiment is just gone." He gritted his teeth, and then cursed weakly: "These guys in the aviation corps, didn't they say they didn't find out that the Chinese had artillery, but now they have? What's going on?"
Tada Shun wronged the Japanese airmen who were responsible for reconnaissance missions. In fact, in order to obtain the most accurate battlefield intelligence, these Japanese airmen lowered their flying altitude so low that they could reach with rifles when performing reconnaissance missions. , however, they seriously underestimated the camouflage ability of Xuebingjun,
There are no so-called woods in the Pukou area. The only places that can really hide large ordnance such as cannons are the sparse forest protection forests around some villages. The engineers of the Xuebing Army made full use of this " "The location is favorable", successfully hiding those heavy artillery and self-propelled artillery,
"General, the Chinese are catching up. The remaining troops of the Yamada detachment have launched sniper attacks. However, they will definitely not be able to hold out for long. What should we do." A colonel walked up to Tada Shun and asked,
The tanks of the Xuebing Army followed the retreating tanks of the Yamada Detachment in an aggressive manner, and the infantry of the Yamada Detachment, which had no solid fortifications at all, wanted to stop them. It was an almost impossible task. According to Tada Shun's judgment, the Yamada Detachment's infantry It will definitely collapse, and next, the Chinese will definitely seize this opportunity to squeeze the remaining soldiers of the Yamada detachment towards their own troops, and then take the opportunity to pursue and expand the results. The headquarters will also have no fortifications to defend. Inevitably, they were forced to use the flesh and blood of soldiers to delay the advance of the Chinese tank troops.
Now, my wisest decision should be to retreat. However, once I really retreat, there may never be a chance to realize the Pukou strategy. In this way, the next series of plans of the dispatched army will undoubtedly have extremely serious consequences. bad influence,
Tada Shun was making a difficult choice. Suddenly, there was an obvious sound of artillery shells tearing the air from the front. The artillery fire that had been raging on the heavy artillery position just now actually covered the place where he was standing. Damn the Chinese. They actually started shelling their own infantry positions.
"General, danger." The subordinates around him also heard something was wrong from the sound of flying artillery shells. Several of them shouted, and rushed over, pressing him firmly down.
On the artillery position of the Xuebing Army, after Li Hanhun contacted Qian Guangming on the front line, he learned that the several rounds of rapid fire had destroyed the Japanese heavy artillery position, and immediately ordered all heavy artillery to change their shooting targets and put the strike targets all over the place. This is what Li Hanhun said to Qian Guangming about the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, which was waiting for him: "Old Qian, if you don't do it, you might as well take it with the 11th Division."
Qian Guangming answered simply: "I have no problem here, but Commander Li, you have to be careful about the little devil's revenge."
Li Hanhun naturally understood what he was referring to and said: "Don't worry, after this appearance, we won't be able to stay in Pukou anymore. After helping you clear the road ahead, we will immediately transfer to Nanjing. I believe I'm worried about you, if the little devil's plane fails to catch us, it will throw all its anger on you."
Qian Guangming chuckled: "It's okay, we are running fast. Commander Li, do you want to talk to the commander? If there is another division of infantry, it will be perfect."
Li Hanhun smiled: "Boy, don't have a big appetite. You want to eat all the 11th Division. Be careful not to stretch yourself. Just do your part. The commander has the numbers."
"Haha, we have only consumed half of the artillery shells on average now. Well, when one-third is left, I will order a retreat."
Although it was the first time for Li Hanhun and Qian Guangming to cooperate, the cooperation was close. There were heavy artillery in front of them, which saved Qian Guangming's tank troops a lot of worry. At least, they did not have to worry about those battle defenses. Cannons and the like. The targets of these anti-defense artillery pieces were so big that no one person could handle them. So, the Japanese army over there pushed up a few cannons. Qian Guangming called out a dozen 150mm heavy Pound howitzer shells were smashed down, and those cannons, together with the dozens of Japanese soldiers beside them, immediately gave up and returned to the west after more than a dozen mushroom clouds.
Xuebingjun pointed to a high ground in front of the bunker. Ouyang Yun had a panoramic view of everything that happened on the battlefield through the telescope. The corners of his mouth were slowly curved into a smile. Liu Kui stood behind him and could only see With his blood boiling, he suggested: "Commander, put up another division and squeeze the little devils directly into the river. Hehe, if you allow me, I want to go up and eat some meat."
Ouyang Yun shook his head, looked at the sky, and said: "I'm not crazy yet if I press another division. The little devil's plane has left for more than an hour and will be back soon. I just hope Qian Guangming can speed up." Hurry up,."
The Japanese aviation force has always been a sharp sword hanging over the head of the cadet army. The reason why Ouyang Yun only devoted two infantry regiments to serve as scavengers for the tank troops was that once the Japs' aircraft swarm came, too many The investment of troops will make its bombing more efficient. As for the artillery, as Li Hanhun said, after this battle, it will definitely move towards Nanjing, and it will move as far away as possible, because after destroying the Yamada detachment, After the tank regiment, the presence of heavy artillery is no longer so important. On the contrary, once the artillery division remains in Pukou, it will definitely trigger crazy revenge from the Japanese aviation forces. Forget about those artillery pieces below 75 mm, those 105 mm The heavy artillery of the above caliber is a treasure in Ouyang Yun's heart. They cannot be destroyed by the little devil so easily.
The power of this combination of heavy artillery and tanks is really extraordinary. Even though the Japanese army was extremely ferocious, just where Ouyang Yun's telescope could observe it, the Japanese army organized at least a dozen waves of special attacks. Those who took off their helmets, The ferocious face of the Japanese with a white band on his forehead and an explosive pack in his arms was almost clearly visible. However, because Qian Guangming controlled the speed of the tank very well, and the machine gunners on the tank were not stingy with bullets at all. In addition, there were officers and soldiers from the 22nd and 40th regiments picking up the leaks. Therefore, those Japs who desperately wanted to exchange "jade scraps" for the tanks of the Xuebing Army, most of them failed to detonate the explosive packs and were directly hit by the explosive packs. And was torn to pieces with a loud noise,
And behind these death squads, there must be more Japs who are determined to die. It can be guessed from the huge series of explosions caused by the artillery bombardment. More human bombs did not even stand up. He was directly hit by the artillery commanded by Li Hanhun and was shattered in a series of explosions.
On the position of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, after Shun Tada was rescued from artillery fire by his subordinates to a safe area, he looked at the continuous explosions not far away in front of him, the sky-filling flames, and the soaring fireworks. The old Japanese soldier had a livid face. I couldn't say a word for five full minutes,
In fact, he was issuing a valid order at this time, and its effectiveness is unknown.
The Chinese artillery fire was quite insidious. It first covered the rear of the 11th Division, and then shrank backwards. In just a quarter of an hour, it covered the entire 11th Division. Taking turns to sort it out with artillery fire,
And just when the artillery fire began to sweep towards the Yamada detachment's position, bad news came one after another, making Shun Tada almost despair: "The division commander, Colonel So-and-so has sacrificed his life." "General, Captain So-and-so has died." Killed in action.”…
Finally, Shun Tada howled: "That bastard Ushijima Sadao, didn't he say that he had destroyed all the Chinese artillery? Those guys in the aviation force, why couldn't they discover the Chinese artillery, Pukou, the entire Pukou is such a big place."
After howling for a while, Tada Shun finally calmed down and realized that he needed the help of the fleet. Yes, although his original idea was to rely on the strength of his own headquarters to annihilate the entire student army here, but now, Without the heavy artillery wing and the long-range strike firepower, it seems that we can only rely on the large-caliber naval guns on the gunboats cruising in the Yangtze River to suppress the artillery of the student army.
Regardless of the Yamada Detachment or the 11th Division, the resistance of the Japanese army was very tenacious. Even when it was discovered that the artillery of the Cadet Corps began to bombard our infantry positions, the only twenty-one tanks of the Yamada Detachment's tank regiment launched an attack. A desperate counterattack was launched. Under the command of Yamada Umeji who regained consciousness, the twenty-one tanks stopped one after another, then turned around, parked directly there, mobilized the turret, and actually began to play the role of a fixed turret.
The tank that Qian Guangming was on had already rushed to the front of the entire tank unit. Qian Guangming was standing at the machine gunner's position. Seeing the fierce reaction of the Japanese tank, Commander Qian curled his lips and snorted: " If you are looking for death, you can't blame us." Then, pressing the send button, he said calmly: "It's the end of the day, the target, the remaining Japanese tanks, fire."
Yamada Meiji didn't know that the reason why the remaining Type 99 tanks on his side were able to survive so tenaciously under the attack of the Xuebing Army tanks until now was because Qian Guangming wanted to keep them to clear the way for him, and he didn't want to What we know is that shortly after Zhang Cheng's troops intercepted them on Tupo, all the tanks on our side had been targeted. As a result, the tanks on their side had not yet stopped, and there was no light in the sight in front of the gunner. As for the shadow of the Japanese tank, "Boom, boom..." After dozens of loud noises, all the tanks of the Japanese army were hit almost at the same time. Most of them were hit directly in the turret, and then in the earth-shattering "boom" "In the explosion, half of the tanks turned into pieces,
After Yamada Meiji made the decision to engage in a life-and-death struggle with the Chinese tank troops, he got out of the vehicle without hesitation and took up the position of machine gunner. This move also made him suffer because of following the tank. Chen Shaobing, the leader of the 040th Regiment of the Xuebing Army who was frustrated and dissatisfied,
When he first received the order to attack, Chen Shaobing was very excited. There was a battle to be fought. However, after running behind the tank for about two or three kilometers, he cursed the tank in his heart. Those guys from the division said: "TMD, we are all soldiers, why can't you sit in a car without the wind or the sun, while we have to be exposed to the wind and the sun and eat dirt all the way? Uh-huh. , the battle can be fought, but the machine gunners on the tank are a bit unprofessional. A few finally appeared, but I just raised the gun. There has been a violent explosion nearby, and then, a group of Japanese soldiers fell down, TMD, since you have your own machine gunners, what do you want us to do?"
Chen Shaobing was full of complaints when Yamada Meiji came to his door. In order to kill more Japs, Chen Shaobing rushed forward. Just before Yamada Meiji's tank stopped, he was thinking about whether to do something A grenade was stuffed into the Japanese tank. He was worried about how to catch up with the tank. But, Yamada Meiji ordered the tank to stop and even got out. Now, Chen Shaobing was Overjoyed, he stood still with a grin. He raised the gun, pulled the trigger, and a bunch of bullets went out. Poor Yamada Meiji had just gotten out of the car with the confidence that he would die. The POSS hadn't been set up yet, and he hit her head on. A string of bullets came over and immediately tore apart his head and upper body.
And he was also fortunate enough to become the third brigade commander-level Japanese officer to die at the hands of the Xuebing Army since the Battle of Nanjing.
With the help of the artillery commanded by Li Hanhun, Qian Guangming made it easy to crush the Yamada detachment. As the last twenty-one Type 99 tanks were all destroyed, the detachment leader Yamada Meiji also After being beaten to death by Chen Shaobing, the Yamada detachment, which already had more than half of its casualties, collapsed immediately.
At this time, the Japanese gunboats cruising on the Yangtze River finally gathered together and began to show off their power, and a silver light flashed under the clouds in the east. It was the Japanese fighter planes that were approaching quickly.
After Qian Guangming defeated the Yamada detachment, he was about to lead the troops to continue advancing, so as to give the 11th Division some color, when Ouyang Yun's retreat order arrived.
As the dispatched reconnaissance team of the Blade Regiment of the Langya Special Forces Brigade returned the news of the Japanese gunboats gathering, Ouyang Yun knew that it was time to stop when the situation was good, otherwise, if the losses of the tank troops were too large, then what would happen if the tank troops suffered too much loss? In the Nanjing defense battle, the combat effectiveness of the Xuebing Army will be greatly reduced. "Old Qian, retreat, pay attention to diversification and concealment. By the way, those who have lost the ability to move, let the 22nd Regiment and the 40th Regiment blow up." After issuing this order, looking at the dense artillery shells flying from the river in the distance, Ouyang Yun couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "What a pity, the missiles are too high-tech. Otherwise, we would have brought more than a dozen of them with us." The shore-to-ship missiles are coming, hey, this time I can really teach the little devil a big lesson."