After Major General Eddie, the commander of the 30th Army of the US Army, returned to the command center, immediately summoned his subordinate division commanders to prepare for the attack. Now, the defense zone of the 30th Army has been handed over to other troops, and they have all retreated from the defense line. Of course,
, This is not because General Pershing felt sorry for them and planned to let them rest. General Pershing did this just to let the 30th Army take the lead tonight.
The four division commanders of the 30th Army were in a bad mood, especially the commanders of the 117th Infantry Division. The target of the Chinese army's focus on attacking today is the defense zone of the 117th Infantry Division of the US Army. It can be said that the positions occupied by the Chinese army are almost always occupied by the positions.
They are all positions of the 117th Infantry Division of the US Army. The 117th Infantry Division also suffered heavy losses in today's battle. The entire division had 12,000 people, and less than 4,000 people were withdrawn from the position. In addition, the 117th Infantry Division was reinforced.
The 118th Infantry Division also suffered more or less losses. The other two infantry divisions also paid some losses, which led to the casualties of the 30th Army of the US Army reaching 40%.
"I just came back from General Pershing. In an hour, the attack will begin. The artillery will carry out half an hour of artillery preparation, and it will be up to us next! Unfortunately, our army will be the first batch.
The troops that launched an attack on the Chinese!" Major General Eddie said.
"General, how can this be done? Our army has suffered heavy losses. Is General Pershing doing this to make all our army die?" The commander of the 118th Division of the US Army said with great dissatisfaction.
"Maybe this is the punishment that General Pershing punished us for losing our position! Saying that the others are useless, everyone go back and prepare! Even if the battle tonight will be a tough battle, we also want to
Fight this battle well! After all, we are American soldiers!" Major General Eddie said. Even though they were a little dissatisfied with General Pershing's order, it was not that they did not fight hard, but that they were more unlucky and the Chinese army attacked
The goal happened to be their position. However, since the order has been issued, they must abide by it. The military's duty is to obey the order, even if the order is wrong.
"Yes, general, we know!" Several division commanders nodded and left the command center after saluting. Even if they were resentful, they had no choice. What else could they do besides following the order?
?Maybe, this is because they are more unlucky! If the attack location selected by the Chinese army was the defense zone of the 30th Army, perhaps they would not have been so unlucky!
Time passed minute by minute, the sun set, and the afterglow in the sky disappeared, and the sky had completely dimmed. In the sky tonight, there was no moon, only stars that appeared immediately. Although it was not yet at the point where you could not see your fingers.
But the line of sight is also very bad. If you do not rely on other lighting equipment, the human eye can only see that it is less than a meter away.
The original position of the US military was now occupied by the Chinese army. After the US military retreated, the Chinese army immediately began to repair these positions. Relying on the trenches and transportation trenches originally built by the US military, two trenches with a distance of about 300 meters were built.
The defense line formed. However, because time is limited, they can only clear out some positions and cannot use steel and cement to reinforce it. It is difficult to tell whether the firepower point of the civil structure can withstand the heavy artillery shelling of the US military. The key is probably
It depends on whether our artillery can suppress the US artillery. If the US artillery cannot be suppressed, then the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries guarding the positions will be miserable.
It was soon 8 pm, and the US military had completed its preparations for the attack. Admiral Pershing, Admiral Davis and Payton.
Lieutenant General March came to a hill to watch the attack tonight. When the pointer on his watch pointed at eight o'clock, General Pershing personally issued an order to attack!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The US artillery soldiers who had already prepared opened fire one after another, ran to the group and burst into earth-shaking roars. During the day, in order to avoid the attack of the Chinese Air Force, they could only watch it.
The Chinese army's artillery was raging. Now, it was finally their turn to play. The US artillery that had been waiting for the whole day seemed to have endless energy to use, desperately stuffing the shells into the barrel and then firing them out. Although they were also
I don’t know whether these shells can destroy the evil Chinese army. But at this moment they don’t care about so much. Their main task is to fire the shells, that’s all!
"Boom! Boom!" A dense explosion sounded on the Chinese army's positions, and balls of orange-red fireballs rose on the position, illuminating the entire position.
The power of the shell explosion blew up the positions that the Chinese army hastily built. The firepower points of the civil structure were directly blown to the sky.
Although, after the US military's artillery began, the Chinese army on the position hid in the anti-aircraft artillery holes, these anti-aircraft artillery holes were originally built by the US military, and during the daytime battle, they had been heavily artillery and aircraft from the Chinese army.
Due to the destruction of the destruction, some anti-aircraft artillery holes were directly blown up, and many of the remaining were seriously damaged. When the US military launched a large-scale artillery bombardment, the Chinese army hiding inside was not safe at all. There were many defenses
The cannon hole was blown up, and the Chinese army hiding inside was buried alive, and very few could escape.
In addition to the positions occupied by the Chinese army, the surface of the Grand River is also a key target of shelling by the US military. Several pontoon bridges on the Grand River have become a major concern for the US military. If these pontoon bridges are not destroyed, the Chinese army will be able to
Through these pontoon bridges, we continuously reinforce positions across the river. If the US military wants to regain the defense line and drive the Chinese army out of the river, it is impossible. Therefore, four of the twelve heavy artillery regiments involved in the artillery bombardment have been used.
The target was placed on the Grand River. The dense shells exploded in the river, splashing high columns of water. The water splashed on the river, making a "rattle" sound, just like it was raining heavily.
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"Damn it, the Americans have used so many heavy artillery, and they are really trying their best! Order the artillery to counterattack! Suppress the Americans' running group!" At the command of the 7th Army, General Du Qizheng saw that the US troops were dispatched in scale.
After such a large group of running, his face changed drastically. If Marshal Zhao Bowen had not re-scored 5 artillery battalions to support him, the artillery of the 7th Army alone would probably not be comparable to that of the US military.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The running group of Chinese troops on the south bank of the Grand River also began to open fire at the US army. The dense shells, with the sharp roar of cutting through the air, flew across the Grand River and towards the US artillery soldiers.
The position was smashed. However, this encountered a problem. Most of the US military's running groups were arranged in a relatively low position. Apart from the 155mm heavy howitzers and 155mm heavy cannons, they could not threaten the US military's running groups at all.
When the brigade commander of the 7th Army's artillery brigade reported this situation to General Du Qizheng, commander of the 7th Army, General Du Qizheng directly cursed!
"Bastard, how could this be like this? Find a way to suppress the Americans' running group immediately, otherwise the brothers on the other side of the river will pay a heavy price!" General Du Qizheng said furiously. Without the suppression of artillery, let the US military run away
If a group of bombardment positions is attacked, the troops that hold on the other side of the river will definitely suffer heavy losses under the US shelling.
"Yes, commander!" The brigade commander of the artillery brigade went back and figured out a solution without saying a word. At this moment, they only had 168 55mm heavy howitzers, and only 48 155mm heavy cannons. Although this kind of heavy cannon of the air force is extremely powerful
, but it is very difficult to suppress the US military's heavy artillery of up to 700 to 800 pieces. Especially at night, it is impossible to accurately determine the position of the US military, and can only make a general judgment based on the flames generated by the muzzle when the US military opens fire.
, the results obtained in this way are not accurate. In addition, the US military's running groups are relatively scattered. If the US military keeps changing positions after opening fire, it will be even more difficult to suppress them. However, the US military does not have these worries, they have long since
The shooting elements have been marked, just bombard the target according to the target position and plan.
The Chinese Army's artillery had to move the artillery position further forward and advance to a position only a few hundred meters away from the Grand River. This would allow the US Army's artillery position to reach the dark night.
The artillery of the Chinese and American troops was still very difficult. At this time, the Chinese army and Japanese mercenaries on the positions north of the Grand River had already suffered heavy casualties under the shelling of the US troops.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Xiao Wang, a soldier hiding in the anti-cannon hole, was very frightened when he heard the sound of shells exploding above his head and the mud and sand that kept surviving on the top of the anti-cannon hole.
I kept praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, begging that their cannon holes would not be blown up. Otherwise, all the brothers who were hiding inside would be finished.
However, his prayer was not successful. At 8:14, two shells exploded on the top of their anti-aircraft hole. The shock wave generated after the explosion of the shell completely destroyed the anti-aircraft hole.
The soil fell down and buried all the entire platoon of officers and soldiers in it. Under such circumstances, the officers and soldiers inside had no chance of being pregnant. No one had time to rescue them in the position where artillery fire was everywhere.
There are many such examples. It was not until the Chinese army's artillery opened fire violently and hit several US artillery positions one after another that the Chinese army's situation was slightly better!