Rise from the sword

Chapter 462 'Large-scale' artillery battle!
The Japanese army in Ping'an County, the second position, the artillery position behind.

Four 105 grenades weighing [-] kilograms soared into the sky driven by the propellant, drew a low arc in the sky, and finally dived and landed on the front of the independent regiment's road fifteen kilometers away.

boom boom boom

In the distance, at the front end of the highway being built by the Independent Regiment, four explosions of gunpowder smoke rose from the surrounding mountainous areas.

A few hundred meters in the air, the observation balloon raised by the devil saw the landing point for the first time. In the hanging basket, the devil's artillery observer holding a telescope frowned.

He didn't frown because the shell's landing point was too far away.

No matter how powerful the cannon is, no matter how elite the gunner is, it is impossible to hit the road target fifteen kilometers away in the first shot. It needs constant correction and shooting before it can hit the target accurately.

The better the weapon, the better the gun crew, the less time it takes, and the fewer shells wasted.

He believed that the 105-type [-] cannon, the pride of the empire's ordnance industry, was highly accurate, had a long range, and was completely independently produced by the empire. Under the control of the elite artillery warriors of the heavy artillery regiment, it would soon be able to complete the calibration and hit the target.

What really made him frown was that he found that the explosion wave in the distance and the smoke from the gunpowder were really a little small. It seemed that the 105 cannon, known as the heavy artillery in the empire, was not very powerful!
Why do you feel this way?
The devil was stunned.

He has been a military observer for a long time. He has always been in the heavy artillery wing directly under the First Army, responsible for guiding and correcting the 105 long-range cannon. He came here to survey and map 20 days before the cannon.

The Imperial Type 105 [-] long-range cannon has always been the pride of his heart.

Great power, long range, high accuracy.

The stupid and pitiful civil positions built only by people can be easily destroyed with one shot, but they are only equipped with small-caliber mountain cannons and are unable to fight back. They can only let the imperial heavy artillery troops bombard them like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Why do you suddenly feel powerless today?
Before he could figure out the reason, he came to urge the observation results. He could only keep his doubts in his heart, and quickly passed the observation results to the artillery positions below, and continued to hold the telescope to observe.

Soon, the second round of shelling was fired again. In order to demonstrate the firepower of the empire, this time it was still four guns fired in unison.

After calibration, the shell landed much closer to the target, and the observers on the observation balloon continued to give feedback on the landing point. In the end, after only a few rounds of shelling, the shell landed exactly [-] kilometers away on the road of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in a few minutes. on the camp.

I have to say that the quality of the little devil's heavy artillery team is really not covered.

"Continue to extend forward and destroy its road-building camp."

After the school shooting, the Captain of the Devils Artillery Battalion issued an order.

"Worthy of being the elite of the empire."

On the observation balloon, watching the continuous explosion in the distance, the artilleryman observed the devil with pride, and his smile suddenly froze.

At this moment, the puff of gunpowder smoke fifteen kilometers away made him finally understand why he thought the 105 grenade was weak just now.

Because it is really weak.

He has been here for almost a month, and has been surveying and mapping the terrain in the mountains. Although most of the battles took place at night and he was not there, not long ago, he was fortunate enough to witness a large-scale battle that took place during the day.

At that time, the imperial army sent a brigade to penetrate the weak point of the Tuba Road defense line, almost breaking through the enemy's forward position, but the enemy quickly launched a counterattack, more than 1000 people rushed up, and even used large-caliber mortars to counterattack.

Six 120mm mortars fired at full speed at the breakthrough imperial brigade.

Although he was shocked by the ferocious firepower at that time, he didn't pay much attention to it. At this moment, seeing the gunfire of the imperial army in front of him, a huge gap appeared unconsciously in his heart.

The gap is huge.

Whether it is the power of a single shell or the density of firepower, there is a huge gap.

Compared with the battle he saw last time, the gunpowder smoke rising in front of his eyes was smaller and less than others. The opponent exploded about 1 times a minute, while the imperial army exploded less than ten times a minute.

Is this an independent group?
No wonder General Shinozuka's [-] troops were not wiped out.

"but···"

Taking a deep breath, the devil suppressed the discomfort in his heart:

"The best thing about the imperial long-range cannon is its range, not its power and firepower. It has the advantage of range. No matter how many cannons you have and how dense the artillery fire is, if you can't hit it, you will only be bombed."

"Moreover, the imperial army in Ping'an County still has 29 mountain artillery pieces, which is close to the artillery force of an artillery regiment."

With the firing of long-range cannons, the devils on the front line also began to attack the road construction site of the Independence Regiment, and the troops of the two sides exchanged fire again during the day.

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The first time the shelling happened.

At the construction site at the forefront of the road from Gecun to Ping'an County, Master Luo, who was in charge of the road construction team, issued an order to stop the construction and asked the construction team to pick up tools and follow the troops to retreat.

Semi-military management, cultural knowledge training, and a sound reward and punishment system made the road construction team extremely efficient, and all members immediately began to retreat.

Although many people think that it’s okay to brave the devil’s artillery fire to build roads. If the frontline soldiers can fight against the devil’s artillery fire, can’t they stare at the devil’s artillery fire to build roads?

If the devils can blow it up, they can repair it.

Who is afraid of who!
However, after Master Luo emphasized that this was an order from the regiment headquarters, he also carried out the retreat order one after another.

As the road construction team leader of the construction brigade, and also passed the assessment to join the organization, Master Luo naturally knew that their roads today were actually honing foreign workers and showing them to the little devils.

If you let go of your hands and feet to repair, it will be open to traffic in Ping'an County long ago.

And it is a hard two-lane carriageway as required by the regiment.

The road widening project is not difficult, and it is not a cliff to build roads. Although the regiment lacks construction machinery, it has enough manpower and explosives. The most important thing is that the construction brigade has the same ideological education as the army, and it is very complete. reward and punishment system.

The workers are highly motivated and efficient, and the grassroots cadres managed by the construction brigade set an example.

Compared with the past, the construction of the Burma Road is much more vigorous.

Isn't it easy to build a [-]-kilometer road in two and a half months?
In order to slow down the progress of the project, after discussing with the political commissar, Master Luo changed the two-lane lanes into four-lane lanes, and increased the requirements for hardening the road surface, honed the road repair skills of the workers, and taught some civil engineering techniques with a cultural foundation. .

That's why it didn't appear that the road construction team with tens of thousands of people was idle, so that the devils wouldn't see the problem.

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Ping An County.

Inside the Japanese Army Headquarters.

"Master."

A staff officer ran in:
"Reporting from the front line, the independent regiment's road repair team is retreating, and the front construction site has also been abandoned. Currently, the heavy artillery unit is extending its bombardment and destroying the bridge [-] kilometers away as planned."

"Yo Xi."

Koza Shinji nodded in satisfaction:
"As long as the independent regiment cannot continue to extend the road, our fortress positions are safe."

Yamamoto on the side also nodded slightly.

As expected, the Independent Regiment already had large-caliber assault mortars, but they were heavy and unable to maneuver in mountainous areas, so they had to build roads first and advance the assault artillery to the strong fortification positions of the empire.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the independent group built a four-lane mountain road with a width of more than ten meters. Was he in a panic?

"Li Yunlong should launch a counterattack soon."

Koza Shinji said to Yamamoto:

"It is estimated that Li Yunlong should launch an attack, advance the position, and gain a position to counterattack my long-range heavy artillery position. The Bofors mountain artillery they are equipped with has a range of up to ten kilometers and is extremely maneuverable."

"We must make preparations in time to deploy elite troops on the front line to prevent them from obtaining artillery positions."

Yamamoto nodded in agreement:

"Long-range artillery positions also need to strengthen vigilance, deploy sufficient security forces, build a solid position, and prevent small-scale troops from penetrating and attacking."

"in addition."

Speaking of this, Yamamoto hesitated for a while before saying:
"The heavy artillery units should also be prepared to retreat."

"Yes."

Shinji Kozuo also nodded solemnly.

Opposite is the independent group, Li Yunlong, an opponent who does not play cards according to common sense and does not conform to normal rules. There is no logic at all, and it is always right to be cautious.

He wants to build an artillery fortress for the long-range cannon unit.

However, this thing will limit the shooting angle of the shells, it is troublesome to build, consume materials, and it will be troublesome to transfer the cannon after repairing, so in the end I had to give up.

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Simultaneously.

"battalion commander."

"The devils are attacking."

Gecun, the frontline headquarters of the Independence Regiment, ding ding ding ding ding, the phone rang, and Zhang Dabiao picked up the phone casually, which contained news from the frontline reported by Xu Husheng.

In fierce battles and training, the most important thing is communication.

It used to rely on the legs of a communication soldier, but now that the territory is large, let alone riding a horse, it is too late to drive three times.

In order to ensure the smooth communication of the troops and the timely summary of the information on the battlefield to the headquarters, Li Yunlong exchanged a large number of telephone systems, telephones, wires, and wiring machines and other equipment.

After the appearance of the radio station, this thing was sold at a tearful sale. It was exchanged for a hundred dollars, and a telephone was also given away. Commander Li Datuan almost covered the telephone lines of all positions of the independent regiment, and the rear factory also had a complete network of wires.

Xu Husheng continued to report:
"We are organizing the retreat of the construction brigade according to the scheduled plan."

"The little devil used four artillery pieces to shell fourteen kilometers away from our position. The artillery fire is extending along the road. It is estimated that it intends to shell the first bridge on the road."

"it is good."

Zhang Dabiao nodded and warned:
"Pay attention to protecting the safety of the construction brigade."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Dabiao looked at the head of the group and reported the situation:

"Regimental Commander, the Devil's artillery is [-] kilometers ahead and is shelling the first bridge. The construction brigade has retreated as planned."

"Hey hey..."

Leader Li gave a satisfied smile, then looked at Yan Sheng aside:

"let's start."

"According to the scheduled plan, one hour later, the frontline troops will launch a counterattack to advance the position. You let the gunners of the artillery company take turns to take turns to suppress the devil's artillery, and feel the artillery battle by the way."

"Yes."

Yan Sheng nodded immediately, his tone a little excited.

This is the first real artillery battle since the formation of the Independent Regiment Artillery Unit.

After Yan Sheng left, Li Yunlong continued to look at the map on the table, lost in thought, while Zhang Dabiao looked at his head, rubbed his chin, also lost in thought.

Now the Independent Regiment has one hundred mountain artillery groups. Although some of them are members of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment accounts for the majority, but it is still the first artillery group.A battery of a hundred guns.

Every time I asked the team leader, he said that the time was not up and the scale was not enough.

A hundred guns are more fucking than a regiment of artillery.

At first, Zhang Dabiao just thought that the head of the regiment was talking nonsense, and he didn't want to form an artillery battalion. After all, the brigade headquarters only had an artillery battalion, and he was afraid of being plundered, but now it seems that this is not the case.

The regiment leader's salary has been improved now, and after the base area is established, it will not be the same as before, just by looking at the tank.

One hundred guns, plus the upcoming 12 105 howitzers, are enough.Others have only eight cannons in a battalion, and there are only twelve cannons in the battalion, breaking the sky with eighteen cannons.

What's more, a battalion is only five or six hundred people, one hundred artillery crews plus the transport team, and the artillery crews participating in the training are almost 600 soldiers.

Where is the scale not enough...

Thinking of this, Zhang Dabiao's eyes suddenly widened, and he took a deep breath.

warrior!

cannon!

Could it be that the head of the group did not say enough to mean...
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Dabiao regained his composure, but his eyes still flickered.

If his guess is true, then the artillery unit on the base of the Independence Regiment will be very, very, very exciting in the future!

With the big business of tanks, this can totally be done.

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Yansheng left the command post, rode on the three bungee, and quickly arrived at an artillery position on the front line through the road. With the help of the phone on the position, he issued an order to the artillery company:

"The first, second, third, fourth, and fifth artillery teams are starting to prepare, and the rest of the artillery teams are on standby, firing in rotation, changing people without changing guns..."

In order to facilitate management, Yansheng divided one hundred cannons into ten artillery groups, each with ten cannons.

Follow his orders.

The first [-] artillery crews opened the gun cover, unfolded the large frame, and raised the gun barrel. The soldiers began to repair the position. The ammunition hand went to the warehouse in the anti-bunker hole at the back, and moved the shells out to the predetermined position. Available anytime.

During this period, Li Yunlong also gave the order to attack.

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front.

Following the order of the head of the regiment, more than [-] independent regiments were dispatched.

Some of them gradually gathered towards the road, and this part of 3000 troops established a position along the commanding heights near the road to block the devil troops who came to seize the road. attack.

The battalion has 120 mortars, the company has 82 mortars, and the platoon has 60 mortars, all firing together.

There are more than 5000 troops on the front line, two battalions, each with 500 people, a total of twelve 120 mortars, 36 82 mortars, and one hundred and four 60 mortars.

In an instant, a series of explosions and gunpowder smoke rose from the entire position.

Under the cover of ferocious firepower, the offensive troops of the independent regiment broke through the temporary forward positions of the devils one by one like a crushing one, and quickly approached the fourth main position.

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"Nani!"

Fifteen kilometers away, on the artillery observation balloon of the Devil, seeing the huge force that suddenly sprang out and the smoke of the artillery shells all over the place, the Devil who was in charge of observing the impact of the shell directly bit his tongue.

In such a small position, there were more than 150 mortars, which shocked the devil who was directly under the Heavy Artillery Wing of the First Army.

"Does this mean that the Empire has no artillery?"

Taking a deep breath, the devil gritted his teeth, reported the news to the following, and began to direct the 105 long-range cannons to shell these artillery positions.

However, the mortar has strong maneuverability. Even the 120 mortar has a total weight of more than 200 kilograms. When necessary, it can be lifted by ten soldiers and can be directly placed on the back of a big mule for short-distance maneuvers. The long-range cannon can hardly hit accurately. , most interfere with shooting.

The situation on the front line was also reported to Shinji Kozu as soon as possible.

After fighting for so long, the devils in Ping'an County are also aware of the terrifying mortar firepower of the Independence Regiment, so they naturally have a countermeasure.

Koza Shinji calmly gave the order:

"The mountain artillery units in each position opened fire to suppress the enemy's mortars, and the frontline troops relied on their positions to block them."

"The third and fourth battalions are ready to support the fourth position at any time."

His tone is lighter.

The fourth position is nearly [-] kilometers away from the long-range cannon position in a straight line. This distance exceeds the range of the independent regiment's mountain cannon. As long as the fourth position does not break through, the independent regiment can only let the imperial army bombard it. .

"Hi."

The staff officer quickly conveyed the order.

Following Shinji Kozuo's order, twenty mountain cannons opened fire at the rear of the devil's third position, and dense 75 shells sprang out, flying towards the mortar positions of the independent regiment and the forward offensive troops.

The mountain gun is light, and the firing angle can be adjusted quickly. It has the ability to suppress mobile and flexible mortars through the front-line artillery observation point.

The mortar firepower of the attacking Eighth Route Army was suppressed, and the number of shells falling on the positions decreased. The devils finally breathed a sigh of relief. The squadron leaders in each position quickly adjusted their troops and spread their firepower. Finally, they suppressed the independent regiment's attack and controlled it. situation.

Seeing this scene, the observer on the artillery observation balloon also smiled.

But at this time.

On the independent regiment's position, the artillery observation point located at a commanding height marked the position of the Guizishan artillery position on the map, and then passed it to each artillery position by phone.

On the positions of five artillery groups.

Behind the emplacements of fifty Bofors guns.

Loaders, push the rounds into the breech and close the bolt.

　The typo will be corrected......
　　
　
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