Rise from the sword

Chapter 478 Yamamoto sighed deeply and rubbed his forehead.

"what's the situation?"

Yamamoto and Kozuo rushed out of the bunker at the same time and looked at the fourth position several kilometers away.

At this time, the two of them could still see the gunpowder smoke rising from the distant position. After all, after some time, even with a distance of several kilometers, they couldn't see clearly, so they couldn't make a specific judgment.

Soon, the news came back from the forward position through the laid telephone wires.

"The frontline reported that they were bombarded by heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 150, and the ground troops of the Independent Regiment also launched an attack."

The staff officer said while holding the phone.

Heavy artillery.

150 caliber and above heavy artillery.

Yamamoto and Kosashi Shinji looked at each other with serious eyes, but they didn't wait for the two to make any further moves.

boom boom boom

The explosion sounded again.

This time, Kozuo and Yamamoto could see clearly that in the fourth stronghold, in the half-buried bunkers distributed along the ridgeline of the mountain top, the huge explosion smoke rose violently, setting off a cloud of soil debris.

"This is····"

Yamamoto and Kozuo suddenly widened their eyes.

Both of them were Colonels before, and their military ranks were not small. They had gone through a series of battles and had seen many heavy artillery and even heavy artillery in the empire. They also saw the most powerful 240 caliber heavy artillery of the imperial army in the battle of Shouxian.

Although that gun was blown up by the Independence Regiment.

The power of the explosive wave in front of him is much more powerful than the empire's 150 field artillery, and only less powerful than the 240 field artillery.

"What caliber cannon is this?"

Shinji Kozawa muttered to himself.

He has seen the Imperial 150 heavy artillery, and the shells weighing more than 36 kilograms killed a large number of people in one shot, but compared with the explosion wave in front of him, it is far behind!The difference in explosive power is about double.

The issue is.

The semi-buried civil bunkers on the first four positions were all laid out according to the power of the 150 heavy artillery, and were reinforced so that even if the 150 heavy artillery hits directly, it will not cause too much damage.Now facing such a powerful heavy artillery, then...
Big trouble!

"The front-line troops look for the enemy's heavy artillery positions, and the long-range cannon troops immediately destroy them."

While Shinji Kozuo was stunned, Kazuki Yamamoto quickly issued an order.

Such powerful shells have already exceeded the anti-strike capability of the fourth stronghold. If they are not quickly suppressed and eliminated, the four positions in front of Ping'an County will soon be occupied by the independent regiment.

This will greatly affect the follow-up combat plan.

So this must not be allowed to happen.

only····
Yamamoto felt anxious.

The long-range cannon Li Yunlong is very clear. Since he dared to attack and dispatched heavy artillery, he must have countermeasures. Moreover, when Taiyuan Airport was bombarded and General Gibbon was broken, Li Yunlong showed a 105 artillery with a range of more than [-] kilometers.

But even though Yamamoto was anxious, there was nothing he could do.

That's all he has in his hand.

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Yamamoto's order was quickly passed on to the long-range artillery positions in the rear.

After being bombarded by the Bofors Mountain Cannon with extended-range shells, the devil moved the eight [-]-type cannons to the first position, [-] kilometers away from the front line.

On the ground, a group of devils began to deploy cannons, lifted the cannon coats, and raised the barrels.

"Lift up, lift up."

The commander of the Devil's Long-range Heavy Artillery Brigade howled.

rear of the position.

At this time, the devil artillery observer completely lost the confidence he had when he first arrived. He sighed deeply when he walked into the running position, and then glanced at the pride of the Imperial Army beside him, eight 105-type [-] long-range cannons .

Then he sighed again.

After the last large-scale and long-term artillery battle, the artillery of the Imperial Army in Ping'an County suffered heavy losses. Only twelve of the 37 mountain artillery pieces survived, and a total of 25 pieces were lost. Of course, the number of artillery pieces lost by the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was also quite large, and even slightly redundant. imperial army.

But the problem is.

Even after supplementation, there are only [-] mountain cannons and eight long-range cannons left in the imperial army of Ping'an County.

The independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has one hundred mountain cannons, and there are at least seventy left without supplements. Moreover, the maximum range of the opponent's mountain cannons is as high as [-] kilometers, and its performance far exceeds that of the imperial mountain cannons.

Seventy to 38, the empire was completely defeated.

Information came from Taiyuan that the enemy had many 105-caliber mountain artillery with a range of more than twelve kilometers.

This time heavy artillery appeared again, heavy artillery capable of destroying solid half-buried fortifications.

Infantry is also not dominant.

No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning this artillery battle.

Full of frustration, the ghost observer slowly floated up with the observation balloon, and he settled down. He held up his binoculars and looked at the position of the independent regiment in the distance.

"Find the position of the enemy's heavy artillery."

The condescending field of vision and the super observation ability trained by the observer allowed him to see the battlefield situation clearly by looking around.

"Azimuth, distance, number... six."

The location of the independent regiment's heavy artillery was quickly discovered, and the huge muzzle blast couldn't be covered up anyway, even if it was daytime.

"Azimuth, distance...fire."

The captain of the Devil Artillery Corps, who received the data below, gave the order to counterattack. The muzzles of the eight [-]-type cannons burst into the wind, and the eight shells took off into the distance.

boom boom boom

The explosion wave rose in the direction of the heavy artillery position.

After conveying the news, the Devil artillery observers continued to observe the battlefield.

On the distant position, there was already a sea of ​​gunpowder and flames. The troops of the four battalions of the Independent Regiment launched an attack with the fire support of mountain artillery and mortars.Faced with the sudden appearance of heavy artillery, several commanding heights were caught off guard and were directly captured by the forward troops of the Independent Regiment.

"At least 100 barrel artillery pieces."

The smoke from the explosion behind the imperial army's position made the devil's mouth twitch.

The enemy not only made up for the loss of cannons in the last artillery battle, but also more, and even more advanced 105 artillery pieces, the number is about 130.

And the Royal Army...

Fortunately, the enemy has no long-range artillery.

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"Order."

The shells fired by the devil's long-range cannon had just exploded, and Yansheng conveyed the order through the voice function of the radio:
"The frontline position observation point quickly finds out the position of the enemy's long-range artillery position."

"The 105 howitzer position is ready."

Following Iwamori's order.

front.

Several groups of soldiers carrying radio stations and high-magnification artillery observation glasses walked up to the commanding heights that had just been occupied, and began to deploy observation glasses to find the location of the enemy's artillery positions.

After the last artillery battle, Yan Sheng deeply felt the difference in observation methods between his side and the Devil Artillery. After discussing with Li Yunlong, the two strengthened the equipment of the artillery observation team without the Air Force and the artillery observation balloon. .

The new 32 times artillery observation mirror enhances the observation ability, and the high-power radio enhances the communication ability.

In the rear position.

Twelve 105 howitzers raised their barrels, and the communicator's ears were close to the receiver of the radio.

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"Six heavy guns."

After receiving the news from the artillery observers, Yamamoto and Kozuo, who had moved to a safe location, changed their expressions at the same time.

Six heavy guns of more than 150 calibers.

This is really not good news.

Fortunately, the position of the artillery positions of the subsequent independent regiment made the two breathe a sigh of relief.

"It seems that although this heavy artillery is very powerful, its range is seriously insufficient."

Shinji Kozawa breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the 160 mortar is powerful and has a range of more than eight kilometers, the biggest problem with the mortar is that its accuracy is much worse than that of the barrel gun. The longer the range, the more difficult it is to guarantee the accuracy. Sheng directly pushed the heavy pressure to the front line.

Only four kilometers away from the devil's position.

As long as the enemy's heavy artillery can be suppressed, it is not difficult to defend with a strong half-buried fortress.

"Pity."

Kazuo then shook his head.

If the imperial artillery has an advantage, even if there are a few more mountain cannons, under the command of the high-altitude observation balloon, these heavy artillery can be easily suppressed or even eliminated, but this is just a thought.

According to the news sent back by artillery observers, the independent regiment dispatched more than 130 barrel artillery this time.

Equivalent to three artillery regiments of the empire.

This is not counting the mortars of various calibers that number more than two hundred.

Jia Zuo also thought about it for a while, and immediately cut off his thoughts.This artillery fire, the two full divisions of the empire do not have this firepower.The same is true for Type A divisions. The only advantage is a little long-range artillery.

I don't know how long this advantage can last.

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After a while, on the 105 howitzer artillery position that had been waiting for a long time, the earpiece next to the correspondent's ear finally rang.

"Find the enemy's long-range artillery position, azimuth, distance..."

"Fire."

Receiving the position, Yansheng's eyes widened, he personally manipulated the cannon to aim, and then pulled the firing rope fiercely.

boom boom boom

Twelve 105-inch concave howitzers weighing 100 kilograms flew towards the Devils artillery position.It landed precisely near the Devil's long-range cannon position. Coincidentally, one of the shells even exploded more than [-] meters away from the position.

Seeing this scene, the artillery observer's face changed drastically. He raised the observation mirror and quickly discovered the almost unhidden long-range artillery position.

"Long-range artillery."

"Number of 12 doors, azimuth...distance..."

When observing the distance, the devil watched it several times before saying in disbelief:
"The distance... is nineteen and a half kilometers."

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"Twelve 12 artillery pieces with a range of 105 kilometers."

Command.

Yamamoto, who received the news, suddenly sighed and rubbed his forehead.

He suddenly understood why General Shinozuka had a headache.

　A short chapter.....

　　Before twelve o'clock in the evening in the next chapter, the number of words will be more, and the plot will be finished.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)