Rise from the sword

Chapter 471 Extended-range projectiles and recoilless guns debut!
Under the night.

The crescent moon hangs high in the sky.

Behind the Devil's second stronghold, in the artillery observation balloon basket on the long-range cannon position, the Devil's artillery observers stood against the biting cold wind in the sky, holding a telescope to observe the impact of the distant shells.

"Yo Xi."

Looking at the flames bursting out of the eight 105 long-range howitzers, the devil sincerely admired and smiled.

Artillery, look at the overall performance.

Range, accuracy, power, rate of fire, maneuverability, none of which can have obvious shortcomings.

A single outstanding performance is of little use in the modern battlefield.

For example, those antiques from World War I, heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100, were so powerful that they could destroy a squadron’s position with one shot, and penetrate concrete bunkers with one shot, but they were still eliminated because of the weight of tens of tons. More than [-] people are needed to move the position, and it takes at least half a day, and the range is obviously not good, and it can be easily suppressed by the enemy's mountain artillery.

However, as the best cannon of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Type 105 [-] long-range cannon is excellent in terms of range, power, and accuracy. It can fire outside the enemy's range, and it is powerful enough to destroy the enemy's forward positions.

The rate of fire and mobility are also good, making it a perfect artillery piece.

This is the real God of War.

Cannons that control the situation on the battlefield.

Last time, four long-range 105 cannons combined with twenty 75 mountain cannons under the infantry company were able to fully suppress the enemy's fifty artillery pieces, and even had spare power to support the forward positions.

But this time, the number of long-range cannons has been increased to eight, and the number of mountain cannons under the infantry wing has also been increased to 35. It will definitely be able to severely damage the enemy's artillery unit, and it will also support the infantry to a greater extent in combat and wipe out the enemy's forces.

under his vision.

The imperial army's eight 105 cannons and 35 75 mountain cannons have been fully fired. The dense shells fell on the position of the Eighth Route Army opposite. The imperial army on the fourth stronghold also began to move. Under the cover of artillery fire, they gradually approached the enemy's position. , Prepare to rush to the enemy's position while the artillery fire is extending forward, and completely wipe out this group of enemies that hinder the imperial jihad.

"Come out."

The corner of his mouth curled up, and the Devil Artillery observer looked behind the Tuba Road position in the distance.

Once the enemy's artillery fire appeared, he would report the position of the enemy's artillery to the long-range cannon brigade as quickly as possible. He believed that the artillery of the empire could quickly suppress or even destroy the enemy's artillery, clearing the way for the army's attack.

Not beyond his expectations.

Soon, the artillery of the independent regiment began to counterattack.

He can see clearly.

On the forward position of the Independent Regiment, dense muzzle fireworks began to flicker. This is a mortar with a 120-caliber heavy mortar and an 82-caliber medium mortar. Behind the position, different muzzle fireworks also rose. This Bofors 75 mountain cannons.

The mortar shells flew towards the attacking troops of the empire that were gradually approaching. The mountain artillery shells crossed an arc and landed in the direction of the imperial mountain artillery positions. This time the enemy gunners were better than last time, and the accuracy was not bad. The shooting direction was right up.

The counterattack target of the independent regiment did not exceed the expectations of the devil observer.

The improvement of the artillery was also within his expectations. The Independent Regiment was able to fight the Empire for so long without being wiped out, so it must not be a waste.

but!

"Nani?"

Looking at the number of cannon flames in his field of vision, he suddenly widened his eyes:

"One... a hundred gates?"

"The number of mortars on the front line has not decreased?"

"how can that be!"

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"One hundred mountain cannons?"

"The number of mortars has not decreased?"

After receiving the news, Kazuki Yamamoto and Shinji Kosa looked at each other in the headquarters of Ping'an County, and the same thought flashed in their eyes.

Li Yunlong concealed his strength.

In the last attack, the independent regiment had only fifty mountain cannons, but in front of it, there were a hundred mountain cannons firing.

Moreover, according to the predictions of the two, since Li Yunlong sent troops to attack Heyuan County, and basically occupied the county seat in just six hours, this shows that he sent a lot of troops, and they were all elite troops.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the imperial garrison in Heyuan County could be wiped out so quickly.

No wonder.

At the same time, the two were stunned.

No wonder Li Yunlong dared to divide his troops to attack Heyuan County during the confrontation with them.

"General Yamamoto, what should we do?"

Shinji Koza looked at Kazuki Yamamoto.

Compared with Yamamoto, Kozuo Shinji is very clear that his background is too poor. After he made achievements in Ping'an County and collected a large number of urgently needed supplies for the empire, he and Yamamoto were promoted to major general at the same time.

He was promoted alone, without anyone to celebrate.

As for Yamamoto, a group of lieutenant generals and division heads from the real power faction called to congratulate, which shows the huge gap.

The decision of the base camp also explained the problem. There are a large number of recruits around Ping'an County. After fierce battles, several new regiments have been formed. These troops are under the command of General Yamamoto, and he is responsible for assisting them.

Those who wanted to pick peaches, the major generals of the Chinese Expeditionary Army, etc., seemed to be blocked by General Gangmura and General Shinozuka who had resumed his post.General Gibbon also contributed a lot.

Obviously, General Yamamoto is a celebrity in the imperial military at this time, with a backstage at the top and real power at the bottom.

So hold on to your thighs.

"Keep attacking."

Kazuki Yamamoto flashed sharply.

After commanding the fierce battle in Ping'an County for so long, he also has some experience in commanding large troops.

It took just over a month for the last attack. In such a short period of time, it is absolutely impossible to say that the independent regiment can double the artillery force. Then, Li Yunlong deliberately concealed his strength in the last battle.

That being the case, let's take advantage of this opportunity to test out the specific strength of Li Yunlong's independent group.

"Hi."

Shinji Kozuo bowed his head, like a subordinate.

"Let's go to the front line to see."

Yamamoto ignored Kozuo's flattery, or he didn't realize it yet.

As the commander of the special team, Yamamoto was different from most devil commanders. He knew very well that what he saw at the headquarters was different from the actual situation on the front line.

Only by going to the front line can we see the most actual battlefield and make the most appropriate judgment on the situation.

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Gecun to Ping'an County mountain range.

The devil garrison in Ping'an County and the Independence Regiment fought again, and compared to the last time, the scale of the battle was larger, with more troops deployed and more artillery used by both sides.

under the night sky.

Cannonballs flew across like meteors, and then fell into the opponent's position, and the sky was illuminated by bursts of explosion flames.

From the very beginning of the battle, it became intense, and the two sides directly launched a large-scale artillery battle.

Artillery is the guts of the army, the soul of the infantry, and the god of war.

In the last battle, the Devils had four long-range cannons and 27 mountain cannons, together with their superior artillery quality and familiarity with artillery battles, they completely suppressed the fifty Bofors mountain cannons of the Independent Regiment, making them unable to breathe.

But after the last artillery battle, the artillery unit of the independent regiment has been completely reborn.

For more than a month, Yansheng not only organized personnel to familiarize themselves with the new long-range 105 howitzer, but also trained all artillery units, improved the problems found in the last battle, and conducted targeted artillery training.

Considering that the devils have observation balloons, the artillery of the independent regiment is weak in observation, and the devils have long-range cannons, Yansheng boldly arranged some artillery in the forward position, and the observation team was even placed directly at the forefront, and chose to concentrate at the beginning of the battle Artillery fire, taking advantage of the number of artillery pieces of one's own side, formed a partial three-on-one, four-on-one, or even five-on-one situation.

After Yansheng's arrangement, even though the artillery of the independent regiment was still not as good as the devils, but this time when the two sides started fighting, the situation fell into anxiety.

The devil has eight long-range 105 cannons and 35 mountain cannons, and the independent regiment has a hundred Bofors mountain cannons. Although they have a certain advantage, in a short period of time, no one can do anything to each other.

The purpose of artillery battles is to suppress and annihilate enemy artillery and gain artillery advantage.

But now, the artillery battle situation is anxious, and no one can spare any energy to support the frontline infantry.

The independent regiment did not panic, each battalion had mortar groups, the artillery fire was fierce, but the devils could not. Although they were equipped with Type [-] mortars, there were very few of them, and they were all counting on the artillery support from the mountain artillery!

then.

Compared with the anxiety of the artillery battle, the battle between the frontline infantry is completely different. Facing the fire support of hundreds of mortars with three calibers of 60, 82, and 120, the devils' several attacks were directly forced by the mortar fire. Just beat back.

No way, the independent regiment's firepower is too strong.

"attack."

Seeing this situation, Zhang Dabiao, who had already gone to the front line to command, personally led the troops to launch a counterattack, and he was about to occupy the devil's fourth position in one fell swoop.

And Yamamoto was not to be outdone, and mobilized a large number of recruits to launch a counter-charge, and at the same time, elite troops were mixed in to wait for the opportunity.

As the commander of the special forces, Yamamoto is naturally very clear that a unit with inferior equipment and a serious lack of military training can only make up for the shortcomings in firepower and training by relying on morale.

So after the arrival of the domestic recruits, while providing fine food, meat and other delicious food, he increased the brainwashing of Bushido, day and night to publicize his loyalty to the locust and the imperial jihad, and even reduced military training for this reason time.

Only after at least a month of bushido training did Yamamoto release recruits into the field.

The effect is obvious. Although the military quality of these heavily brainwashed recruits is still in a mess, their courage is no different from that of the elite divisions at the beginning of the war. They never hesitate to charge while staring at the machine gun firepower net.

Of course, Yamamoto did not forget to teach these cannon fodders to set up a large-space skirmish line.

Faced with these scattered cannon fodder groups, coupled with the weakening of firepower at night, at dawn, the counterattack launched by the two battalions led by Zhang Dabiao with nearly [-] troops was abruptly repelled.

At this moment, the artillery of both sides also began to gradually begin to tell the winner.

The devil's eight long-range cannons sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. Under the command of the aerial artillery observation balloon, they suppressed the artillery of the independent regiment, gradually controlled the situation, and even destroyed many artillery of the independent regiment. It's not good, and under Yansheng's concentrated fire, the loss is also not small.

In terms of the number of battle losses, the two sides are evenly matched.

"Three battalions, five battalions."

Zhang Dabiao seemed to be angry after being beaten back by the crowd tactics. He grabbed the hat on his head and slammed it down. He mobilized the reserve team of two battalions to prepare for another attack.

Following his order, the third and fifth battalions of the independent regiment that had been prepared in the rear entered the position.

Needless to say, the third battalion is one of the main battalions of the independent regiment, and its combat effectiveness is resounding.As for the Fifth Battalion, it was adapted from the New First Regiment. The backbone of the battalion was all soldiers from the First Battalion of the New First Regiment.

Different from the frontline troops, the teams of these two battalions are generally equipped with recoilless guns.

Simultaneously.

Yansheng also picked up the phone:

"The first, second, and third artillery groups, change to extended-range bombs, the target: the devil's long-range artillery position."

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The front line of Ping'an County.

In a bunker in the third stronghold of the Japanese army, this is a front-line command center.

"Fortunately, the opponent does not have long-range artillery."

Seeing that the situation was gradually shifting towards the imperial army, and watching the attacking troops of the Independence Regiment begin to retreat, Shinji Kosawa finally let out a long sigh of relief.

He was extremely nervous watching the battle just now. Under the support firepower of the terrifying infantry from the Independence Regiment, the imperial army's attacking troops could not get close to the opponent's position at all, but the Independence Regiment could easily launch an attack.

At night, if the enemy attacks on a large scale, the outer positions in front of the fourth stronghold may not be able to block it.

Fortunately, the long-range artillery can suppress the enemy's artillery, and fortunately, the organized counterattack drove the enemy back in time. Otherwise, once the enemy artillery gets a position to suppress the long-range artillery, it will be troublesome.

Shinji Kozuo couldn't finish his breath. Suddenly, there was a series of explosions from behind. Before Yamamoto and Kozuo could wonder what the explosion was, the phone rang.

The telegraph staff member picked up the phone and immediately reported to Yamamoto:

"General, the long-range cannon position has been shelled by mountain artillery, and there is no damage so far. The heavy artillery brigade is organizing the transfer."

"what happened?"

Kozuo and Yamamoto looked at each other with doubts in their eyes.

The long-range cannon positions were bombarded by mountain artillery!
Wasn't the independent group repulsed?

How did they get the bombardment positions?
The two knew very well that the Bofors Mountain Cannon of the Independence Regiment had a maximum range of only [-] kilometers, and unless they reached the rear of the fourth position, they would never be able to hit the long-range cannon.

Soon, the phone rang again, and the message sent answered the doubts of the two:
"The artillery of the independent regiment is in front of the opponent's position, and its Bofors cannon has a range of [-] kilometers."

"Nani?"

"This is impossible!"

Kozuo and Yamamoto suddenly felt dizzy.

This situation was really beyond the expectations of the two of them. They had thought that there might be new long-range artillery in the independent regiment, and the European and American powers had heavy artillery with a range of seventeen or eighteen kilometers.

But what happened to the Bofors Mountain Cannon with a range of more than [-] kilometers?

In this era when the development of shells is far behind that of cannons, the most mainstream way to increase the range of cannons is to increase the barrel.

Compared to the shock of Yamamoto and Kozuo, over the long-range cannon position, the devil artillery observer held up the high-powered artillery sighting glass and looked at the dozens of firing mountain cannons on the independent regiment position in the distance.

At this time, the sky had already dawned, and with the help of the high-power scope, he could clearly see the guns on the Independence Regiment's position in the distance. The guns were still the Bofors Mountain Cannons, but why did the range suddenly increase by three kilometers?

what happened?

what's the situation?
His eyes were dull.

In the frontline temporary headquarters, the phone rang again, and the staff officer continued:

"The Independence Regiment has launched an attack."

"Withdraw the offensive troops and rely on the fourth stronghold to block the independent regiment's attack."

Yamamoto took a deep breath and regained his composure.

The enemy's mountain artillery suddenly increased its range by three kilometers for no reason. Although he didn't know what happened, he believed that with the solid bunkers in front of the fourth position, this wave of attacks could be blocked.

but····
Next, there is no long-range heavy artillery to suppress the independent regiment's construction of roads. Once the road extends to the range of large-caliber mortars, it will be a matter of time before the fourth stronghold is breached.

It's just that Kazuki Yamamoto obviously didn't realize a rule. So far, none of his speculations are accurate.

Just two hours later, he received the message again:

"General, all the outlying positions in front of the fourth stronghold have been breached, all the firepower points have been destroyed, and the three new brigades on the front line that will have time to retreat in the future are surrounded by the enemy."

After the staff officer finished speaking, the headquarters suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Yamamoto and Kozuo looked at each other even more.

In just two hours, nearly a hundred circular fortifications and machine gun forts outside the fourth stronghold were all cleared?

and!

Li Yunlong, he is outside the strong positions of the imperial army, planning to encircle and wipe out the three brigades of the imperial army?
Yamamoto's chest heaved violently, his face was livid, and the veins in his hand holding the samurai sword were exposed. He was obviously annoyed by this behavior, but after taking a few breaths, he let go of his hand without giving any orders.

Taiyuan Airport has been unable to take off planes, and the planes have been transferred to the south to prepare for the No. [-] operation.

The mountain artillery units suffered huge losses, and the long-range cannon units were also suppressed.

Facing Li Yunlong's superior long-range artillery unit and the overwhelming mortar firepower, attacking during the day can only be a waste of troops.

"Go, go to the fourth stronghold to have a look."

Yamamoto gritted his teeth.

He wanted to see why all the frontier positions had been breached in less than three hours.

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time to evening.

In front of the devil's position, after completing the annihilation of the three surrounded devil brigades, Zhang Dabiao ordered the troops to retreat.

"Pity."

Looking at the group of half-buried devil bunkers not far away, Zhang Dabiao clicked his tongue.

The devil's bunker looks very solid, but in fact, the 160-degree force is no different from paper, one shot is easy, unless there is a concrete bunker, but the devils in Ping'an County obviously don't have such a thing.

It's just a pity that the time has not yet come.

According to the group leader's plan, they will wait until the independent regiment has the ability to swallow the more than [-] devils gathered outside Ping'an County, and wait until the devils in the south launch an attack before doing anything.

At present, the first condition of the independent group has not been met.

However, after this battle, the independent regiment will have enough cement and medical kits, so they don't have to worry about running out of medicines anymore.Tank units and mechanical units can also continue to expand.

"It should be soon."

Beside Zhang Dabiao, Yan Sheng licked his lips.

　The battle is finished.

　　Deleted [-] words... I spit it out
　　
　
(End of this chapter)