Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 1132 Artillery Showdown!

"Order the artillery battalion to Pang Dahai, find out for me the artillery position where the Japanese army dared to move forward, and kill him!" Tang Dao received a telegram from Leng Feng, the commander of the third battalion on the flanking highlands, his brows were full of coldness.

The reconnaissance company dispatched a total of several groups of reconnaissance teams capable of carrying field radios, most of which were still in the directions of Jingxing, HD, and Yangquan.

That is to avoid the triangle defense line. Once there is a problem with that side, the Four Elements Group must make new strategic adjustments.

Although Tang Dao has full trust in several friendly troops, Tang Dao is currently the commander of thousands of troops. He must not just proceed from personal feelings and make sufficient preparations to give himself time to respond in advance. How many casualties.

Therefore, among the several groups of scouts on the front line of Niangziguan, only one group has a field radio station. It is not known whether it is for lurking or hiding or the signal is interrupted. The scouting group has not moved since sending a message yesterday afternoon.

The Japanese artillery position must have moved forward, but to move forward to the specific area, at present, only the artillery observers in front can calculate the approximate position through the trajectory of the shell.

"Don't say vague words like this to me, I need to know how likely it is!" Pang Dahai angrily dropped the phone.

If he didn't want to personally command the mountain artillery company, he, the current supreme commander of the artillery battalion, would have wished to go to the front line to observe the trajectory of the Japanese artillery fire in person.

The Japanese artillery had been firing on the flank highlands for more than 20 minutes, but the calculation areas reported by the artillery observers at several points were not the same. How can you say that Pang Hai is not angry?
In fact, this really cannot be blamed on the observers sent by the artillery battalion, but the Japanese artillery who already knew that the Four Elements Regiment had mountain cannons also made sufficient preparations to prevent retaliation by shelling. After the base number, it will be transferred quickly, so that the continuous artillery fire will continue, but the positions will be changed frequently, so the observers of the Artillery Battalion of the Four Elements Regiment cannot come up with a consistent answer.

Of course, in addition to being unable to locate the position of the Japanese army's forward artillery position, for Pang Pang Hai, he had to guard against the Japanese army's sneak attack.

This extremely rich artillery commander knew very well that the Japanese frontline artillery observers were also staring at his mountain artillery positions.

7000 meters away from the main line of defense, a group of four Japanese 4 howitzers has been waiting for their prey. Once the target is determined, within one minute, tens of thousands of square meters will be covered in flames.

Although the mountain artillery company withdrew 2000 meters overnight after yesterday's shelling, the artillery position where it was relocated was surrounded by mountains, but it was still at a range of 105 meters for the 10500 howitzer.

However, the mountain artillery company also has a hole card that has not yet been opened. The Japanese army only knows that the Sixing regiment is a 75MM caliber mountain artillery, but they don't know what type of artillery it is. Then the range of these two mountain cannons is more than 6000 meters, which will make them misjudge!
The longest range of the Bofors Mountain Cannon is as high as 9300 meters. Even if the Mountain Cannon Company is now 4500 meters away from the front line of Niangziguan, it still has enough strike distance for the Japanese artillery to move forward!

But what if the Japanese 105 howitzers also moved forward?Or they have experts who are proficient in global artillery, and they have already judged that it is the Bofors Mountain Cannon through the explosive power or fragments of the shell?

Pang Dahai has no way of knowing, but he can only gamble!
If you don't gamble, the mountain artillery company can only watch your brothers on the high ground fight against the Japanese invaders in the sky full of artillery fire!
The Japanese's move is really vicious, exchanging casualties for opponent casualties, purely fighting for the consumption of troops!
"Deputy Battalion Commander Pang, lock on the Japanese artillery position, the probability is 70.00%, area 628263, repeat, 628263!" The voice of the artillery observer on the phone came quickly.

"Okay! If it works, Xiong Aichun, I will remember you as a second-class merit." Pang Panghai walked out of the temporary bunker and ordered sharply: "The mountain artillery company has a row of two rows from the 1st to the 8th, and is ready to fight with Laozi and the Devil Artillery. Three rows of artillery positions No. 9 to No. 12, all retreat 1000 meters!"

"Deputy Battalion Commander, you take the third platoon away, and I will stay here to command." The third platoon leader who stood by and waited hurriedly said.

"Your battalion commander and my battalion commander, listen to the order." Pang Pang Hai stared, ignored the third platoon leader, and picked up the microphone: "Everyone stay at the gun positions and listen to my orders, No. 1 to No. 4 gun positions, target 628265 rapid fire 20 rounds, No. 5 to No. 8 gun positions, target 628264, rapid fire 20 rounds, after the completion, all gun positions will retreat 1000 meters according to the previous plan!"

Pang Dahai did not give orders according to the grid area number reported by the artillery observer!
The reason is very simple. Since the Japanese army is constantly changing positions, the 2 minutes to adjust the firepower preparation from the entire mountain artillery company's firing range and shooting range are enough for the Japanese artillery to run hundreds of meters.

Although the 21st Division is a Type B division, the previous information from the scouts showed that its artillery unit has a large number of trucks. Pang Panghai has reason to believe that since the Japanese commander dared to risk being retaliated by the opponent's mountain artillery, he moved forward The position must be moved by trucks dragging mountain artillery that weighs only a few hundred catties.

Pang Dahai's calculations are not wrong at all.

2 minutes later!
"Boom! Boom!" Accompanied by the roar of the Bofors cannon,

Blossoms of bullets rose from the Japanese artillery positions!

The 8 Bofors guns fired at full force, and in less than 90 seconds, nearly 100 shells poured into the positions of the Japanese artillery battalion, which was still pouring fire on the flanking high ground.

For a while, smoke billowed from the Japanese artillery positions!

However, it would be unrealistic to expect that these 160 shells could destroy 12 mountain cannons of an artillery brigade of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army is not a fool. They have already made sufficient preparations for the possible retaliatory bombardment of their own side. Not only did they quickly use trucks and pack horses to drag the mountain guns to transfer positions, but the entire artillery position was extremely wide. The distance between each gun As high as 120 meters, even if a shell explodes, it will not implicate other mountain artillery teams.

The 8 Bofors mountain guns smashed randomly, in fact, there was a lot of thunder and little rain, and the final result was to destroy one mountain gun, and another mountain gun was transferred by pack horses because it did not catch the truck. There was an explosion outside the meter, and the frightened packhorse ran wildly dragging the mountain cannon. When the second lieutenant of the artillery led by him had no choice but to shoot the packhorse with the southern fourteen-style pistol he carried, the bastard box got stuck again
Then, I could only watch helplessly as the frightened horse dragged the mountain cannon and fell into the ravine. The iron bumps weighing hundreds of kilograms were not easy to get rid of, but the cannon was still usable when it fell into a ravine more than ten meters away.

Padanghai’s mountain cannon company dispatched 8 mountain cannons and spent 160 rounds of shells, and achieved good results in destroying 2 75 mountain cannons. More importantly, it relieved the pressure on the flanking highlands.

There were fewer shells falling on the high ground where the sound of killing was loud, and the infantry of the four-row regiment with light firepower could reduce a lot of scruples and pour the bullets on the Japanese army down the mountain with all their strength!

And Nagano Kameichiro, who was sitting in the headquarters of the 21st Division, was not surprised but happy when he heard that the artillery of the Four Elements Regiment began to retaliate against the first artillery brigade that had arranged for him to move forward!
The prey finally appeared.

The bait of the 12 mountain cannons he cast was sweet enough that the Chinese had no choice but to swallow it even if they knew they might be retaliated against.

As everyone knows, just last night, the other two artillery brigades also quietly moved forward to the 3000-meter area of ​​Niangziguan front line, and have been quietly standing still, just for the fat prey of the artillery of the Four Elements Regiment!

Moreover, the howitzer squadron, which has been closely following the division headquarters, also approached as close as 6000 meters!
The 28 artillery pieces have long been on standby, waiting for the appearance of the artillerymen of the Four Elements Regiment.

Now, they finally show up!

"Yoxi, destroy them!" Accompanied by the command of the Japanese artillery captain.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" In the mountains of Taihang Mountain, flowers rose one after another.

The Japanese counterattack resolutely exceeded everyone's imagination. The concentrated fire of 28 artillery pieces lasted for more than 20 minutes. The artillery fire extended nearly 2000 meters from the 1500 meters behind the line of defense, and nearly 1300 shells were thrown. The trees on the two hills were destroyed. Completely shattered!
Looking at the thick gunpowder smoke less than 500 meters away from the headquarters of his artillery battalion, a courageous veteran like Pang Panghai couldn't help but wipe off his cold sweat.

Sure enough, the Japanese were holding back their energy and making insidious tricks, and the main force of the artillery wing moved forward quietly, waiting to swallow themselves in one gulp.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Japanese army didn't know enough about the model of their own artillery and miscalculated the range, the extension of the artillery fire just now would have encircled more than half of his mountain artillery company.

It can only be said that in addition to strength on the battlefield, one must also have luck!

It now appears that the luck of the Four Elements Group is at least higher than that of the Japanese army.

The major general of the Japanese army, who lacked sufficient understanding of the heavy firepower of the Four Elements Regiment, had a smile on his face at this moment, but he didn't know that the more than 1000 shells he fired with all his might had blown up some rocks, flowers and plants in the Taihang Mountains, and the distance he really wanted to destroy was only 500 meters away. [-] meters short!
The tragedy is that his two artillery brigades, which have completely exposed their positions and are fighting happily, are still under the range of the mountain artillery company.

When the hunter is hunting with all his strength, would he still think that the prey will be so fierce that he can return his carbine when he is beaten to death?

Therefore, the two artillery brigades are lined up closely, and the distance between each gun does not exceed 30 meters, which is even lower than the regulations of the Japanese Army Drill Code!

"Damn it, are you enjoying the fight? If it's a good fight, it's up to me to fuck you." Through the report of the artillery observer, Pang Panghai had already locked the area of ​​the two mountain artillery brigades where the Japanese army approached the defense line, but never open fire.

He is waiting, waiting for the Japanese army to start to relax!
When it was discovered that the Japanese 105 howitzers were finally shelling about 1000 meters in front of their position, Pang Pang Hai finally decided that it should still be 6000 meters away from the defense line, which was their limit range, Pang Pang Hai finally ordered to fight back.

This time, it is no longer just 8 guns, but 12 guns of the entire mountain cannon company!
Moreover, it is no longer just 20 rapid-fire rounds, but 100 rounds per gun, all of which are required to be empty.

The so-called come but not reciprocate indecent!You send more than 1000, and I don’t send back 1000. How can we reflect that our Chinese soldiers "have good wine when friends come, and if the jackal comes, there are shotguns to greet him?"

The song "My China" jointly composed by Tang Tuanzuo and Tantai Mingyue's company commander has become popular all over the southeast of Shanxi recently!

"A great river with wide waves
The wind blows the scent of rice and flowers on both sides

My family lives on the shore

I'm used to the chant of Gong Gong
Used to seeing the white sails on the boat
this is beautiful china

is where i grew up

in this vast land

There are beautiful scenery everywhere

Girls are like flowers

What a big heart, boy
To fight off the invading jackals

Awakened the sleeping mountain
让 那 河流 了 模样

This is China of heroes

"

A female nurse from Pingbei City sang the song "My China" with tears while gently wiping off the blood stains on the young face with a towel!
"Da da da!" The soldiers on the high ground yelled 'kill', struggling to shoot the bullets in the barrels of the guns that were already furious at the rushing Japanese army!

"Quick! Quick! Quick!" Teams of heavy soldiers carried the shell boxes, even though blood had been worn on their shoulders, and even if their faces were blood-stained by branches and thorns, they kept walking and sent the shells needed by the artillery company to the position. .

The artillerymen of the Four Elements Regiment on the mountain artillery company's position had already taken off their upper body clothes, bare their chests, sweating profusely, and stuffed heavy shells into the barrels!
For the first time since the completion of the Sixing Tuanshan Artillery Company, it has fired at full force!
The entire battlefield was stunned by the full-scale artillery battle of both sides.

From the main line of defense to the flanking highlands, the infantry who are still fighting fiercely between China and Japan seem to have all become supporting roles at this moment.

The trajectory of the shells invisible to the naked eye is not clear, but the sharp howling of the shells staggered back and forth from high in the sky, making the infantry completely lost their judgment.

Even a veteran of the Four Elements Regiment who has experienced countless battlefields, he doesn't know if a row of bombs will hit his head like this at a certain moment.

Life and death, not a little bit in my own hands, that feeling is really terrible.

What military orders, bravery, and sacrifices seemed to be irrelevant at this moment when the howling kept passing by, especially for the Chinese and Japanese armies on the main defense line.

But no one knows how much the artillery has lost in those continuous thunderstorms, except those who are in it.

Anyway, the artillery regiment captain of the Japanese 21st Division, who personally led two artillery brigades, was dumbfounded at the time!
When the overwhelming shells hit, it was only 500 meters away from his temporary wing headquarters, and then his pupils turned red.

It was made red by continuous fireballs!
It's a pity that this is the first time for him to see such a magnificent scene, but it can't last long!

Soon he was thrown to the ground by several soldiers behind him!
The conscientious guard soldiers rushed so resolutely that the honorable Japanese Army Colonel ate a mouthful of ashes abruptly!

But this saved his life!
The 12 mountain cannons fired by the four-element regiment with all their strength soon began to extend their artillery fire, and the scorching air waves even swept away an unlucky boy who was lying on the unbelievable Japanese army commander.

But at least the Japanese Army Colonel was fortunate that he managed to save his life.

But those of his subordinates who have not withdrawn their troops are not so lucky.

The two artillery brigades, because the formation is too concentrated, once a shell hits the area, or even causes the stored shell to explode, it will often sweep in artillery or artillery tens of meters away.

And this time, the artillerymen of the Four Elements Regiment, which was completely unloaded, poured more than a thousand rounds of shells, even if the four 4 howitzers kept firing back.

"The Chinese 75MM mountain artillery has a range of more than 8500 meters! It is an excellent artillery from the Western world!" This is the conclusion drawn by the awakened Japanese artillery commander.

The summary is correct, but don't summarize it next time!
Because, it is really late!
The Sixing Tuanshan artillery company fired at full firepower for half an hour, and the two Japanese artillery brigades who regarded themselves as hidden hunters completely beat them into lambs!
This was initiated by the Japanese army, and the two sides came and went to fight each other with all their strength, which was similar to a bayonet-like shelling battle. It didn't come to an end until 9 o'clock!

The data collected by the Japanese army was placed at the livid-faced Nagano Kameichiro, who almost didn't spit it out after only a glance.

That is the result of the major general of the Japanese army having done enough psychological construction, otherwise, in this artillery duel, one more person will be added to the Japanese casualty list.

The kind that hurts internally.

Of the 24 artillery pieces, 6 were destroyed, 7 were damaged, 13 transport trucks were destroyed, and more than 300 pack horses were lost. It seemed that the loss was only half, but the unprotected artillery lost a lot!

A total of more than 2000 artillerymen were killed in this shelling, more than 400 people were killed, 60 people were missing, and the wounded did not count!
The missing ones were, of course, blasted to pieces by intensive artillery fire. I wanted to pick up a piece of bone as a souvenir. No, if it was a souvenir, it would probably be impossible given the current situation where everyone in the artillery regiment was wounded.

Including the poor commander-level artillery captain, who also lost a front tooth. In addition, he was pressed for a long time and was a little hypoxic. The blood red on his face gradually faded at night.

"The Chinese are so cunning! Damn the Germans." Kameichiro Nagano, who was about to suffer from internal injuries, slumped on a chair, and made such a bitter and helpless summary of the battle.

Germanic: ? ? ? ?
(End of this chapter)