Rise from the sword

Chapter 260 Artillery and Maneuver

"Hurry up····"

On the mountain road in the early morning, after the cavalry squad had investigated, the devil's artillery squadron leader brandished a samurai sword and directed a group of devils to dismantle the six 41 mountain cannons, and then jumped on their shoulders to carry the mountain peak marked as No. [-] Highland .

Although the mountain artillery can be disassembled, compared with the infantry artillery, the overall weight is still too heavy. Some objects such as the barrel weigh more than 100 kilograms. I can carry it.

Devils can only use mules and horses.

Highland No. [-], although there is an old horse path, but it is too steep and rugged, not suitable for mules and horses. Even though the mules used by the Devils are powerful, they still carry hundreds of kilograms of artillery pieces on their backs. It is extremely difficult to walk along the way. , Even mules staggered and fell from time to time.

As a last resort, the devil could only push behind the mules and horses.

Behind the struggling artillery squadron, the ghosts of the remaining two squadrons were carrying shells.

This time, in order to eliminate Li Yunlong and completely solve his headache, Yoshio Shinozuka bled profusely. He not only strengthened Oshima Kan's artillery squadron, but also deployed twice as many shells as usual. The sexual transfer is over.

From the dawn of the morning until about eleven o'clock, moving the cannons, building the artillery bunkers, and moving the shells, after half a day of busy work, the devils finally built the artillery positions.

"Report to Captain Oshima."

Seeing that the artillery position was established and the muzzle pointed directly at Yang Village in the distance, the artillery squadron leader raised his binoculars and looked at the silent Yang Village in the distance.

"The artillery position has been built, and the artillery's six mountain cannons are ready to fire at any time."

Although the mountain artillery is much heavier than the infantry artillery and difficult to maneuver, it is relatively more powerful and has a much longer range.

The No. [-] highland is four kilometers away from the edge of Yangcun in a straight line. The range of the [-]-type mountain cannon can cover the entire Yangcun, and what Li Yunlong is equipped with, no matter what kind of mortar, or the [-]-type infantry that I don’t know where to get Cannons are beyond reach.

Li Yunlong and his independent group can only be beaten passively.

The 75mm mountain artillery shells are also enough to destroy its trenches and simple civil bunkers, clearing the way for the offensive of the imperial infantry. Without the extended edge positions, only a few strong fortresses will be easily breached by the warriors of the imperial army.

In the face of his shelling, Li Yunlong could send troops to raid the No. [-] highland, but Yangcun was already half surrounded by Captain Oshima Suga, and they couldn't get out at all. Moreover, he had two squadrons of infantry guards here. Nothing goes wrong.

Unless, they have troops ambushing around in advance.

However, the cavalry scouts have searched the surrounding land for more than ten miles, and have not found any hidden enemies.

"It seems that I think highly of Li Yunlong."

After seeing the semaphore of the artillery squadron, Oshima Kan shook his head.

After he launched the attack yesterday, according to the report of the scouts, Li Yunlong still did not retreat. At this time, the position was full of soldiers from the Eighth Route Army, which made him feel joyful and ridiculous.

Facing the attack of his permanent division brigade of the empire, he actually wanted to use the mountainous position to fight against himself, it was really beyond his control.

He thought that relying on geographical advantages and sudden attacks, he defeated several second-tier brigades of the empire, so he really thought he was invincible?Do you think you can compete with the elite brigade of the empire?

"Starting from Chief Sakata, Li Yunlong has taken advantage of the empire many times in the past year, and his light weapons are not weaker than the empire. This person's heart has been extremely inflated, and it is normal to look down on the imperial army."

The adjutant at the side nodded, and took over the words of his captain.

"Then, gentlemen."

Pulling out the samurai sword, holding it high, the blade pointed directly at Yangcun, Oshima Kan looked around at the five squadron leaders around him, and said arrogantly: "Let us tell Li Yunlong what is the true identity of the Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire. strength."

"Hi."

All the squadron leaders nodded in unison.

"Start attacking."

Oshima Suga samurai sword fell heavily and slashed fiercely on the table, cutting the dilapidated table in two.

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After the artillery bombarded the infantry, they charged, and the infantry rushed after the artillery bombarded them.

The kid's tactics were the same as before.

The first wave of attack was the devil artillery. The six mountain cannons fired a steady stream of shells at the Yangcun position at a rate of fire of twelve rounds per minute.

boom boom boom

The shells fell from time to time, and with the sound of the explosion, the shock wave splashed a puff of mud and spread outward.

This time, the little devil put the ruler on the area where the devil team that attacked yesterday was ambushed, that is, the first fortification of the first battalion, intending to completely destroy the first battalion's position.

The power of the 75 mountain artillery shells is actually not strong. In terms of explosive power, it is not as good as the 82 mortar shells loaded with Hesorkin from Boss Chen. The shell density of twelve rounds per minute is far inferior to the intensive mortar fire. For the first time, the soldiers of the first battalion who had seen the world felt that this was the case, and so did the little devil.

However, compared with mortars, mountain artillery shells with high muzzle velocity and low angle of fall are much more powerful in destroying the battlefield.

Those solid multi-layer earthworks can withstand the bombardment of the 75 artillery, but the exposed trenches, foxholes, and light machine gun temporary shooting positions cannot withstand the bombardment of the 75 artillery. As the shells fall and the explosion waves rise, these bunkers And the fortifications were directly blown into pieces of earth pits.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the first battalion hid in the anti-gun hole behind, and there were not many casualties.

Then, the rate of fire of the Little Devil Mountain Cannon became faster and higher, and the accuracy became higher and higher. At first, some shells flew hundreds of meters away from Yang Village, but after a few minutes, the shells almost completely covered the front bunker of the First Battalion.

The little devils of the permanent division, the artillery strength is not covered.

"attack···"

At the foot of Yangcun Mountain, he looked at the watch in his hand, and Kotaro Ito waved the samurai sword in his hand and ordered the troops to attack.

Under his order, more than 100 devils bent down along the mountain road, opened the sparse line of skirmishers, and launched an attack on Yang Village. The smoke from the gunpowder had already covered the entire position.

The first wave of attack was a squadron of the Shouxian Brigade. The purpose was to attract the enemy's firepower and guide the artillery squadron to destroy it.The essence is that it is also cannon fodder. Naturally, the squadron stationed in Shou County will carry out this work.

However, not long after the group of little devils set off, a few devils stepped on the landmines laid overnight by the first battalion and were directly blown away.

"idiot."

"If there were no landmines yesterday, does that mean there are no landmines today?"

Seeing this scene, Ito Kotaro cursed.

Fortunately, only a few devils were killed, which is not too many for a squadron of devils. The troops continued to attack, and when these devils reached halfway, only more than 400 meters away from the independent regiment's position, the shelling stopped suddenly.

"sharp····"

Seeing this scene, Kotaro Ito was unconsciously amazed.

The artillery of the permanent division is really powerful. If it is his brigade... oh, his brigade is a second-line brigade with only infantry artillery and is not qualified to be equipped with mountain artillery.

Even a small team is not eligible.

"Long live the locust..."

As soon as the gunfire stopped, the squadron leader leading the team launched an assault with the troops.

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"The devil is coming up soon."

"Hurry up and enter the position."

It was also at the same time that the artillery shells had just stopped, the second company of the first battalion deployed on the first position quickly entered the position under the urging of the company commander.

As a company commander, he is an elite veteran of at least two years. He has fought dozens of times with the devils. If the response is not timely, it is very likely that the position will be directly occupied.

However, when he saw the devastated position of the bombardment, the company commander still couldn't help being stunned.

"You little devil."

The second company commander cursed.

The destruction of the battlefield by the Devil's artillery was beyond his expectations.

Due to the lack of materials, the positions of the independent regiment were all civil bunkers, covered with a layer of sandbags, with limited defense and insufficient resistance to artillery bombardment.

But it was also severely damaged, especially the bunkers such as traffic trenches and foxholes, which were bombed to pieces, and most of them were covered and buried by the soil blown out by shells.

That was the result of the direct hit of the shell on the edge of the trench.

This time the little devil's shelling seems to be more fierce than before... the company commander muttered in his heart.

"Company commander, the little devil is coming up."

At this time, the front sentinel shouted: "We are only 300 meters away."

"Every squad enters the position."

"Listen to my order and fire again."

He glanced at the position in front of him carefully. Although it was destroyed to pieces and the effect of the position was greatly reduced, the overall structure was still there and could be used.Furthermore, the three main civil fortresses are still intact, as are some of the deep moats and salients.

Tightening the shell gun in his hand, the company commander didn't panic at all.

Today's independent regiment is no longer the same as the previous army that lacked guns and ammunition.

Following the order of the company commander, under the command of the squad leader, the soldiers of the ten squads of his company searched for usable bunkers, or some soldiers directly picked up the shovel and dug out the bunkers covered by the mud.

When the devils reached a distance of 150 meters, the company commander gave the order to fire.

Da da da····

For a while, there was loud gunfire, and a dense rain of bullets enveloped the front of the position. The bullets hit the ground, splashing a cloud of mud and debris.

But the little devils are not covered, even the second-line divisions, the quality of individual soldiers is not bad at all, when the first battalion opened fire, a group of devils who were charging would either lie down on the spot, or one would roll into a stone or Hidden behind the mound, the devil's skirmish line was stretched wide, coupled with timely evasion, only a few devils were hit, and the number of casualties was in single digits.

It's completely different from last night's recruits.

At the same time, a few grenadier soldiers behind the devil team quietly took off the grenades on their waists, staring fixedly at the blazing machine gun in the distance, operating the grenadiers in their hands, almost Seconds later, several 50mm grenades drew an arc and shot towards the front or side positions.

boom boom boom

The grenades exploded in the forward position of the first battalion. Although the power was far inferior to that of the mountain artillery, it also caused more than half of the dozen machine guns to misfire.Only the machine guns in the three civil fortresses were still ringing.

This is not to be hit. After fighting with the little devil for so long, it is impossible for the machine gunners not to guard against the grenades that are the most threatening to them. After the first magazine is finished, all the machine gunners will move at the same time, so that the little devil The grenadier exploded into loneliness.

Moreover, because of this wave of attacks, these devil soldiers were discovered. Several machine gunners who took the lead in moving their positions aimed at the target. Cooperating with the riflemen, a slap of bullets and rain flew over, killing two grenadier devil soldiers on the spot. .

But this wave also won enough cover for the little devil.

The devils who had been hiding all rushed out from the temporary bunkers, carrying the [-] cover, and launched an attack again.Several crooked machine guns also took the opportunity to suppress the forward positions.

Da da da····

The dense bullets pulled several emerging machine guns back into position.And because of the serious damage to the position, coupled with the occasional shooting of the devil infantry, some machine gun groups also slowed down a lot when moving.

For a while, the Devil forward quickly advanced to a distance of less than 100 meters from the second company's position.

Although the machine guns in the three fortresses were still firing, the firepower of the three machine guns was not enough to suppress more than 100 devils. The firepower of the rifles had limited suppression effect on the flexible devils.

But even so, the little devil still paid a big price, at least nearly twenty devils fell under the guns of the second company.

This is condescending shooting, pre-prepared positions, and even side-firing firepower from salient positions. Even if most of them are suppressed by grenades, they should not be underestimated.

boom boom boom

As soon as the little devil was close to 100 meters, the three 60 mortars behind the position opened fire. Dozens of 60 mortars exploded in the devil formation, and the fragments scattered at high speed made even the devil squadron with the largest skirmish line spread out Another nearly ten devil casualties.

However, to the surprise of the commander of the second company, as soon as the mortar fired, the devils in front of the position retreated back with a clatter, which was faster than the attack.

In a daze, he, who has rich combat experience, suddenly realized that the devil was going to shell.

"Leave the position and return to the artillery hole."

At the same time, the firepower company behind the position received an order from Zhang Dabiao on the position of the 60 mortar artillery:
"Transfer the position, the little devil is about to shell."

However, both of them miscalculated this time, not because they miscalculated the devil's actions, but because they miscalculated the devil's speed. The little devil's attacking troops had only withdrawn 300 meters before the little devil's artillery opened fire.

The powerful mountain artillery shells landed precisely on the forward position and the position of the original fire company artillery position.

The fire company moved quickly, and the artillery did not suffer any losses. However, the second company had a relatively large position, and the Japanese artillery fire was relatively fierce. Two machine gun teams and a dozen soldiers were enveloped by artillery fire because they did not retreat in time.

"Damn..."

In a bunker in Yangcun, Zhang Dabiao held up his binoculars, looked at the mountain more than four kilometers away from Yangcun, and slammed his fists on the table.

Originally, the second company had the upper hand, but after the devil artillery came, the casualties of both sides were even.

That mountain was much higher than Yangcun, and the devil could easily observe Yangcun. Once his mortar fired, the devil could know the location, and the condescending artillery was more accurate.

"It depends on the artillery company."

Zhang Dabiao narrowed his eyes.

If the little devil's condescending artillery fire is not resolved, even if he can defend this time, he will suffer heavy casualties and cannot launch a counterattack.

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In a mountain depression fifteen miles away from Yangcun.

At the same time as the ghost mountain artillery was fired, the troops that had been hidden here set off.

There are two teams, each advancing along different routes, but the destination is the same, going straight to the little devil's mountain artillery position.

The deputy commander of the artillery company carried two 82 mortars, and the commander of the firepower company carried an 82 mortar. Under the load of several big mules, the two teams marched extremely fast, and even the rugged mountain roads were comparable to Running march.

　The battle scene is really...
　　
　
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