Jinzhou Bay, the forward position of the 8th Army of the Fourth Field Army.
The fog is thick and Captain Liu Zhijun is inspecting the position of the company's 1st platoon.
Captain Liu is already a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles. Although he did not participate in the First Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Wuhan, he did participate in the expedition to Burma and fought half the battle with the Japanese in Mandalay.
More than a month later, when the Fourth Army expanded for the second time, he was transferred to the 8th Army as captain and company commander.
Before being transferred to the 8th Group Army, he also spent three months training in a crash course for non-commissioned officers in Yangon.
Objectively speaking, Captain Liu has both practical experience and theoretical knowledge, and is already an outstanding grassroots officer.
Therefore, when arranging the troops, Captain Liu did not place all the more than 180 people in the company at the forefront. Instead, he placed one platoon on the defense line, which was only more than 200 meters wide, while the other two platoons were placed at the front.
Recharge your batteries in deep positions to prepare for the front line at critical moments, or to cooperate with armored forces to launch counterattacks against the Japanese army.
Seeing Captain Liu Zhijun enter the position, the officers and soldiers who were reinforcing the fortifications stood up and paid tribute.
Captain Liu nodded and was about to say a few words of encouragement when a faint scream suddenly came from the northwest. Captain Liu's face changed suddenly, shelling! The bombardment of the Japanese heavy artillery group began! It was too late and it was too soon.
Captain Liu shouted at the top of his lungs: "Japanese bombardment, hurry up, hide now!"
More than half of the veterans hid in the shell-proof holes without waiting for Captain Liu to remind them. The remaining recruits were stunned and hurriedly crawled and hid in the shell-proof holes reinforced with reinforced concrete. When Liu
After the captain gave the warning and got into the anti-aircraft hole, the grenades from the Japanese heavy artillery were already raining down like a mountain.
In an instant, Liu Lian's position was completely covered by the flash of light and thick smoke caused by the explosion!
In the anti-aircraft hole, Liu Lian kept reminding the recruits with his toes and fists, forcing them to keep a safe enough distance from the ground. The Japanese army's 150mm caliber heavy howitzer was no joke. The projectiles it fired were heavy enough.
It weighs more than 40 kilograms. If a person is close to the ground, even if there is a layer of soil several meters thick, he will be killed by the shock wave generated by the explosion!
However, it is basically safe to hide in bomb-proof caves, because bomb-proof caves are different from surface fortifications. Bomb-proof caves are hidden deep underground and are reinforced with reinforced concrete. The chance of being bombed is very small. Of course, if you are
It's another matter if the cannonball directly hits the top of the fortification. It just shows that your character is really poor.
Unlike the nervous and nervous recruits, the veterans looked calm.
Especially the communication soldiers sent by the headquarters carrying walkie-talkies were so nervous that they were shaking all over.
Veterans all know that once you go to the battlefield, life or death is no longer up to you. Whether you are afraid or not afraid, the result will be the same. If your life is good, bullets will fly around you. If your life is not good, a stray bullet fired from thousands of meters away will not matter.
It will make your head spin. Also, the iron law of the battlefield is that the more you are afraid of death, the faster you will die, and the less you are afraid of death, the harder it will be to die.
Captain Liu Zhijun was the calmest and most calm one. Amidst the rumbling cannons, he had already ordered the guards to take out the map from his bag and spread it out on the ground. He immediately marked a location on the map with the light of the flashlight, and then turned back to
Not far away, the communications soldier covering his ears with his hands and shivering said: "You, come here!"
The signal soldier didn't respond because he didn't hear it at all.
It wasn't until he received a slap on his helmet that the communications soldier suddenly woke up and looked at Captain Liu who was so close in horror.
Captain Liu grabbed the communications soldier by the collar and yelled: "Call the air force, heavy artillery division, and naval gunners immediately. We have discovered the Japanese heavy artillery group, coordinates xxx, yyy!"
Although there is no satellite positioning in this era, artillery observers can also guide their own artillery to carry out precise artillery strikes by relying on longitude and latitude coordinates. However, people like Liu Zhijun do not need to raise a hot air balloon for aerial observation. They can basically just listen to the whistle of Japanese artillery shells.
There were only a few observers who could judge the position and distance of the Japanese artillery group.
The communication soldier did not dare to neglect, quickly turned on the walkie-talkie, and risked his life to climb to the surface and shouted loudly.
Just tens of seconds later, the naval guns parked in the open sea and the heavy artillery division more than ten kilometers away began to counterattack at the same time. A dozen Mustang fighter jets that were fighting with the Kwantung Army aviation force in the air quickly got rid of the Japanese aircraft.
He swooped down toward the pointing area, and in an instant, that area was engulfed in a continuous sea of fire.
Jinzhou, Kwantung Army South Manchuria Headquarters.
Tamura Yoshitomi hurried into the combat hall and reported angrily to Umezu Yoshijiro: "Your Excellency, Marshal, the artillery position of the 3rd Battalion of the 27th Regiment of the 9th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade was accurately shelled by the Chinese artillery, and at the same time it was attacked by the Chinese Air Force.
Rocket strikes, 9 of all 12 heavy howitzers were completely destroyed!"
"What!?" Umezu Yoshijiro suddenly looked up and said in disbelief, "This is impossible!"
"Have the Chinese artillery and the Chinese Air Force developed clairvoyance and perspective?" Yoshimoto Teiichi said in disbelief, "The artillery positions of our Kwantung Army are all hidden in dense forests. Even low-altitude reconnaissance is difficult to detect. What's more,
There is still heavy fog on the ground, how could the Chinese army find our artillery positions?"
"Order." Umezu Yoshijiro calmed down and ordered, "The aviation cluster will entangle the China Air Force at all costs, and then order the heavy artillery brigades to do their best to find the artillery positions of the China Army and concentrate their firepower to destroy them!"
"Hai." Tamura Yoshitomi suddenly lowered his head and immediately took the order.
Jinzhou Bay, the forward position of the Communist Party of China.
Half an hour later, the Japanese shelling finally ended, and the heavy fog on the position began to dissipate.
Captain Liu Zhijun immediately led a platoon of officers and soldiers to the surface position again. Looking around, he saw that the entire surface fortifications had been plowed into shape by Japanese artillery shells. I am afraid that it will take some effort to repair and strengthen them, but there is no time now.
Because after the artillery bombardment, the Japanese infantry will begin to attack.
Sure enough, as soon as the fog lifted, the Japanese troops appeared in darkness.
Only thousands of Japanese infantry appeared in the field of vision of the Japanese officers and soldiers, but not a single Japanese tank. Obviously, the little devil also knew very well that before the anti-tank trenches were filled, it was not of great significance to launch a tank charge.
Meaning, it will make the tank a living target for Japanese artillery, causing unnecessary losses.
However, even without the cover of tanks, the Kwantung Army's firepower was obviously superior to that of the Japanese.
At this time, the Kwantung Army had already abandoned the traditional thinking of the Japanese Army. Not only was it equipped with a large number of submachine guns and improved light and heavy machine guns with better performance, but the grenades that were originally fired based on experience were also replaced with mortars.
Rows of grenades were thrown at them, filling the *** position with smoke and dust, sending shrapnel everywhere, and the casualties were quite high.
With their absolute superiority in military strength and firepower, the enemy troops at the front of the formation were so suppressed that they could not even raise their heads.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, hundreds of teams of Japanese engineers carried ladders and rushed forward quickly. Some teams of fast-moving Japanese engineers even set up ladders and descended into the anti-tank trenches that were more than six meters deep, and immediately wielded engineer pickaxes.
Start digging.
The strength of one Japanese engineer is nothing, but if hundreds or even thousands of Japanese engineers work together, the efficiency is quite impressive. In just a few hours, the Japanese engineers can dig out several passages for tanks to pass through. Then
By that time, the anti-tank trenches dug so painstakingly by the 8th Army had lost their barrier function.
Just when the situation was about to get out of control, hundreds of armored trucks suddenly drove up to the *** position. Rows of upward-tilt rocket launchers were installed on the carriages of these trucks. Suddenly, rows of rocket launchers were fired.
Trailing a long tail flame and carrying a piercing scream, it continuously shot towards the Japanese position on the opposite side.
In an instant, the Japanese position opposite was completely enveloped in flames and smoke from the explosion.
Captain Liu Zhijun looked across through the artillery mirror and saw that the Japanese positions within a few kilometers of the explosion had been completely shrouded in flames and smoke from the explosion. The scene was as terrifying as the end of the world! Captain Liu and
The veterans were still calm, but the new recruits and communications soldiers were frightened out of their wits!
With such intensity and such a large area of artillery fire coverage, the Japs didn't even have time to dig a few foxholes. How could they still survive in such an unprotected environment?
The fire coverage of the rocket launcher battalion achieved immediate results, and the Japanese firepower on the opposite side quickly thinned out.
Captain Liu took the opportunity to lead a platoon of officers and soldiers to fight back. He went up to the south edge of the anti-tank trench and used machine gun fire to slaughter all the Japanese engineers who had descended into the trench. The first wave of the Japanese offensive collapsed and 1 was eliminated.
In the previous Japanese artillery attack, more than a dozen officers and soldiers were buried alive, but there were no other casualties.
The coordinated operations of the army, navy and air force proposed by Mr. Li showed their sharpness in the first battle!
Japanese forward observation post.
General Shizuo Yokoyama, commander of the Kwantung Army's 5th Front, was staring at the battlefield ahead through the artillery mirror. He couldn't believe his eyes!
An entire infantry regiment, more than 2,000 elite infantrymen, just disappeared!?
What kind of artillery did the Chinese *** team use just now? Is it an artillery similar to the Russian Katyusha rocket launcher?
Regarding the use of rocket launchers, the Japanese base camp has always had a negative attitude. The reason is very simple, because the rocket launchers of this era only have the most primitive optical sighting system, the hit rate is not high, and the range is extremely close. Except in certain specific terrains, the rocket launchers cannot be used at all.
It cannot compete with anti-tank artillery or tanks.
The negative attitude of the Japanese army base camp towards rocket launchers also affected the equipment and use of rocket launchers.
Unlike the Russian, U.S., German and Chinese troops, which are all heavily equipped with multiple rocket launchers, the Kwantung Army is hardly equipped with any type of rocket launcher. The Japanese stubbornly believe that, as an infantry suppressive firepower, vehicle-mounted rocket launchers are indispensable.
The maneuverability is not as good as the light mortar carried by a man, and the lethality is not as good as the heavy howitzer. It is a typical useless weapon.
However, the cruel scene in front of him hit Shizuo Yokoyama's heart like a whip. In the plain terrain with relatively convenient transportation, the vehicle-mounted rocket launcher actually showed such terrifying lethality! A whole regiment of elite infantry plus a regiment of
The engineers, under the intensive firepower of more than a hundred rocket launchers of the Chinese *** team, were collectively shattered!
When Shizuo Yokoyama was in shock, Chief of Staff Shiro Makino walked into the observation post with a livid face. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, General, the offensive of the 3rd Front Army on the Western Front was also disrupted by the China Army.
The infantry regiment and the engineer regiment also suffered heavy losses, with many casualties!"
"Baga Yalu, it seems that we can't do it without dispatching tanks." Yokoyama Shizuo frowned and said, "Order, the 10th Tank Division sends a tank regiment to suppress the Chinese Army's rocket launchers from a long distance, cooperate with the infantry and
Engineers destroy anti-tank trenches!"
"Hai." Makino Shiro lowered his head suddenly and accepted the order. Although the rocket launcher group of the Chinese *** team is extremely lethal, its range is insufficient. As long as a tank regiment is dispatched, it is enough to intercept the rocket launchers of the Chinese *** team.
Once the rocket launcher group of the Chinese *** team cannot get close to fire, the infantry and engineers of the Kwantung Army can safely enter the trenches to carry out demolition operations.
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Four frontier positions.
"Company commander, the Japs' tanks are coming!" Scout Monkey jumped up and rushed to Captain Liu Zhijun, panting, "At least one regiment must have ten tanks!"
"A regiment?" Captain Liu said and raised his binoculars.
At this time, the smoke and dust on the opposite position had gradually faded away, and a large number of dark figures gradually revealed their ferocious true appearance. They were not Tiger heavy tanks, but Type IV tanks produced in Japan. After a rough count, it turned out that there were close to
There were hundreds of them! The metallic sound made by the mechanical tracks rolling could be heard clearly from hundreds of meters away.
"Good fellow, there really is a regiment!" Captain Liu said, sticking out his tongue and licking his chapped lips, and then sneered, "However, with these hundred and ten tanks, they want to suppress our army and destroy the anti-tank ditch, but they fail.
It may not be too wishful thinking." After that, Captain Liu turned back to the communications team and shouted, "Call the Army Aviation, Navy and artillery immediately for fire support!"
A regiment of Type IV tanks of the Japanese army had just entered the position, and before they had time to fire an artillery demonstration at the Japanese position opposite, the Japanese artillery fire came overwhelmingly from dozens of miles away. After another ten minutes,
Dozens of armed helicopters appeared above the battlefield with huge roars, and rows of rockets rained down on them. The last dozen Type IV tanks that were lucky enough to escape the cluster bombardment were completely destroyed.
Japanese forward observation post.
Shizuo Yokoyama was so shocked that his eyes almost bulged out!
How is this possible? The artillery of the Chinese *** seems to have eyes, and its accuracy is so high? And their armed helicopters, their response is so fast? From the moment the Kwantung Army's tank regiment appeared on the battlefield to
The Chinese armed helicopters appeared in just ten minutes. Such a reaction speed is too scary!
"General, what should we do now?" Shiro Makino suddenly realized that the battle plan formulated by the Kwantung Army General Staff was too wishful thinking. They did not expect that the artillery of the Chinese Army would be so accurate, let alone
, the response of the Chinese *** team was so quick, and the cooperation of the army, navy and air force was so tacit!