Chapter 928 Breaking through the artillery position
Chapter 928: Breakthrough of the Artillery Position
May 6, 1937, Japan.
"Da da da!"
Machine gun bullets were flying over the heads of the brothers, and dozens of people were suppressed until they could not lift their heads.
At this time, a shell flew towards the 091 tank, and with a "boom", the tank's outer fuel tank ignited a fire, followed by a strong explosion, which knocked out all the occupants of the vehicle.
As soon as Tao Shan woke up, he shook his head, woke up the people in the car, loaded the shells and started shooting.
With fierce fire, the 091 tank retreated while firing, and finally found a favorable terrain, and then began to fire shells at the Japanese artillery position on the mountain.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
After several rounds of artillery shells, two Japanese firepower points were finally eliminated.
With the continuous shelling down the mountain and up the mountain, the valley was filled with smoke, and all targets were shrouded in smoke.
The Japanese army placed elite troops here. Although the smoke was thick, they were still able to accurately locate the tank and shelled at the thick smoke. The shells fired by the Japanese army exploded one by one on and off our tanks.
Wang Yanwen looked at the tank in distress and thought that he would sneak into the enemy's position and take out the two artillery pieces to relieve the tank. So he sneaked forward and crawled forward. As soon as he walked not far away, he saw several people with throwers.
The Japanese army with the cartridges had already moved around to the left side of a tank, preparing to load and launch.
After Wang Yanwen found out, he turned around and fired a burst of bullets, wiping out all the Japanese soldiers with a burst of bullets. Then he quietly moved towards the mountain.
On the 500-meter hillside to the right of Tank 091, two Japanese soldiers set up a recoilless gun and aimed the muzzle directly at Tank 092. Tao Shanyi reminded Tank 092 through the radio.
I saw a thick smoke rising from the 092 tank, and with a "boom", the Japanese troops on the hillside flew into the sky together with the recoilless guns.
The 1st tank company and the 5th infantry company that got into the ambush of the Japanese army were completely glued to the Japanese army.
Tank fire at close range is difficult to exert its maximum power. The speed at which the target is found and the turret is rotated is significantly lower than that of grenades and mortars hidden in the woods.
The enemy artillerymen hiding behind the woods resorted to a tactic of firing once and then moving to another place, tempting the tanks to keep firing. However, the hit rate was that they only hit the trees amidst the roaring noises, but were unable to hit the target.
Fang Zhen realized this and shouted loudly at the radio station, "093, 500 meters behind, 096, 500 meters behind, rut, rut, rut... 091, rut behind, 091, rut behind." Watching.
091 endured several artillery attacks, and Fang Zhen called out urgently.
"Company Commander, you retreat, I'll cover you." Tao Shan replied to Fang Zhen over and over again as if he were speaking lines from a play.
At this time, the 091 tank was in the dilemma of enemy artillery fire in front and tanks blocking the rear. If the hillside was not steep, it would rather rush up and fight the Japanese army than shrink back with its shell. The best conditions at the moment
Just stay put and use the favorable terrain to keep firing at the Japanese troops, fire, and fire again.
Only until all the shells are fired.
Ten minutes later, at the front of the Japanese position, except for two tanks that were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, all other tanks withdrew.
Tao Shan looked through the periscope as Fang Zhen led the tank out of the ambush circle. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said to the others in the car, "Brothers, our mission is complete, let's withdraw."
After the gunner fired the last shell into the mountain, the 091 tank suddenly shrugged and jumped onto the road with a "boom", rumbling back with fire.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The Japanese anti-tank artillery fire chased the 091 tank and fired, and shells exploded in front of and behind the vehicle.
Shu Yuanshan hid under a cliff and watched the 091 tank rush out 500 meters away.
500 meters is beyond the effective range of armor-piercing projectiles. At such a long distance, even if it hits the target, it will be difficult to cause damage. On the contrary, it is the best range of tank guns.
The Japanese anti-tank artillery lost the best opportunity to attack the tanks, and frustratedly aimed its artillery fire at the infantry hidden behind the rocks under the cliff!
"Bang, bang!" He was doing the cannon-loading exercise listlessly.
Since the main purpose of the Japanese attack was tanks, more than 80% of the weapons they carried were armor-piercing bullets. Armor-breaking bullets rely on hitting the tank to generate high-temperature jets on the metal surface, thereby killing people.
.When it explodes to the ground, it can only make a big crater. There is no shrapnel, it poses little threat to infantry, and it has no great lethality.
Shu Yuanshan shouted to the brothers: "Brothers, the tank is safe, it's time for us to take the stage. Throw bombs far away and shoot accurately. None of these bastards on the mountain are allowed to run away... Charge!
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The brothers came out from all corners and began to prepare for a good show of wolves attacking bears. Some were crawling, some were bending down, and some were jumping up and down. They used various postures to approach the enemy artillery position on the mountain.
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When the Japanese army saw the infantry coming up, they immediately panicked. They quickly used their cannons as rifles and fired at the brothers who were rushing up.
Wang Yanwen jumped up and down. He didn't pay attention to the armor-breaking bombs at all. If the bombs hit him, he might lie down on the ground to hide. This thing... As long as it doesn't hit you, everything will be fine.
Safety.
While I was jumping, suddenly an anti-aircraft machine gun on the mountain pass rang out.
"Da da da!"
A dense barrage of machine gun bullets was fired at the charging brothers.
Wang Yanwen hurriedly lay down on the ground, thinking to himself that this guy is really in the way. If he had come out earlier and let the tank carry it, he would have saved himself trouble! Now that he is out, it is obvious that he will use the big one to suppress the small one."
After all, the Japanese army was born in long-term battles and has quite correct combat principles for protecting artillery. In order to protect the artillery from being eaten by the opponent's infantry, they have always insisted on assigning an anti-aircraft machine gun squad to each anti-tank artillery company.
Two machine guns were set up on a mountain pass 1,000 meters away, shooting condescendingly at the charging brothers. The Japanese army had an absolute advantage in time, location and machine guns, and they did not pay attention to light machine guns and submachine guns at all.
Machine gun bullets flew over the heads of the brothers in a "swish, swish, swish" manner. All the attacking brothers were pinned down on the hillside and unable to move.
Wang Yanwen looked at the dense rain of warheads flying overhead and muttered, "Tank guns, tank guns, I don't want you here just to watch a show. Fight!"
After Fang Zhen withdrew the tank company 500 meters away, he formed an offensive battle formation and prepared to attack the Japanese troops on the mountain again. When he saw the infantry rushing up, he ordered the gunner to pause shooting to avoid injuring his own people.
The two machine guns at the mountain pass sang a one-man show in the valley like kings and lords, "ta da da da." It was also like a soprano wailing at the top of their voice, shaking the brothers' ears to the point of splitting.
"Fight! Why don't you fight! If you don't fight, I will have to fight on my own." Wang Yanwen lowered his head and muttered to himself as if he was angry.
After marching with the tanks for two days, Wang Yanwen was completely convinced by the power of tank fire. Now there are more than a dozen tanks at the foot of the mountain. It is a hundred times more effective than the grenades in his hand to eliminate all the Japanese firepower points. So, it is so good.
According to the conditions, he didn't want to use his rifle to fight against the anti-aircraft machine gun. This was called using it in vain.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The three tanks fired together at the machine gun position on the mountain pass.
The tanks don't fire armor-piercing projectiles that only penetrate but don't explode. They fire explosive projectiles with a caliber of 120 mm. Compared with machine guns, they can be killed in one shot.
After three loud noises, the rain of bullets falling on the heads of the infantry stopped immediately. Wang Yanwen knew that the Japanese anti-aircraft machine gun had been blown up, so he lay on the ground and shouted happily, "Good fight, good fight."
Then he jumped up quickly, stood tall and shouted, "Brothers, charge!" This was supposed to be shouted by company commander Shu Yuanshan, but he was allowed to shout it instead.
The brothers got up from the ground one by one and continued to rush to the top of the mountain.
Hand grenades exploded on the Japanese position, and a hail of bullets flew up diagonally!
Several rifles and light machine guns on the Japanese army's position were suppressed by the fierce firepower of the brothers' grenades, machine guns, and submachine guns. They were all muted. To be precise, they were blown to pieces.
After the front corner of the triangular-shaped anti-tank artillery position was captured, it quickly lost its defensive capabilities. As soon as the Japanese troops could no longer guard it, they picked up the artillery and ran away. They ran wildly on the position, escaping east and west.
The brothers who rushed to the position used almost all the Japanese curse words they had learned. They shouted while chasing. However, these Japanese soldiers, whether they were frightened, deafened or blinded, or deliberately resisted, just ran forward and ignored the brothers' shouts.
It fell on deaf ears.
"His turtle son!" Wang Yanwen scolded in his mouth, and his hand shot in his hand, and several Japanese troops fell to the ground in several Japanese troops.
Two Japanese soldiers turned around and rushed towards Wang Yanwen. They flew away and yelled something. It seemed that they were angered by Wang Yanwen and cursed some ugly and dirty words.
Wang Yanwen had a machine gun in his hand, and he would not fight with you. Wang Yanwen raised the muzzle of the gun, and dozens of rounds of bullets penetrated the bodies of the two people.
With two "bang, bang" sounds, the two Japanese soldiers slammed into the ground from mid-air.
"Bah, I'm busy, I don't have time to play with you." Wang Yanwen turned around and spat, then moved forward to pursue him.
The Japanese troops on the position were almost wiped out, and only five surrendered Japanese troops were left, kneeling in the trench with their hands raised, not daring to move.
Wang Yanwen carried a light machine gun and walked towards several prisoners.
Looking at the blood stains all over his body and his face that had been deformed due to fatigue, anger, hunger, etc., the five Japanese soldiers stared at Wang Yanwen with wide eyes, fearing that he would do something that was not a good deed.
Wang Yanwen pointed his gun at a Japanese soldier and asked: "Are you an artilleryman?"
The Japanese soldier didn't understand and stared, trying hard to judge what he was saying.
Wang Yanwen gestured with his hand to make a cannonball movement and made a "dong" sound with his mouth to demonstrate.
The Japanese soldier understood, and turned to point at the other person, "Wow!" He didn't know what he was talking about. But Wang Yanwen understood that the other person was the shooter!