People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 118

Sun Xiong's artillery fired a series of six Jin orogenic cannons in scattered operations. They continued to bombard and attack the heavy weapons exposed by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army's heavy machine guns, mortars and other weapons were forced to hide and did not dare to continue shooting.

The new second regiment seized the opportunity and immediately launched a fire attack from the flank.

On the frontal defensive position of Yangcun, the battalions also began to organize sharpshooters to shoot.

Hundreds of puppet troops were attacked one after another, and the number of casualties soon exceeded 100.

The rest of the puppet army dodged in embarrassment, but they didn't have the guts to continue charging.

The Japanese tactics were cracked, and they even paid casualties again.

Major General Shotaro Katayama, the brigade commander who supervised the battle behind, was full of anger, and he held the binoculars tightly with both hands.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the artillery of the Jinsui Army is scattered to fight, and they use six Jin orogenic cannons to continuously bombard."

"These six Jin-made artillery shelled at close range on both sides, posing a greater threat to our heavy weapons."

"So our heavy weapons are unable to carry out effective operations, and the Royal Association Army has been attacked one after another, and its combat strength is only more than 400 people."

"According to the current combat situation, our combat plan of using the Imperial Association Army to attack the Eighth Route New First Regiment has completely failed."

The chief of staff of the brigade came to Shotaro Katayama quickly, and he immediately reported.

Katayama Shotaro gritted his teeth and glanced at Yangcun with an angry expression on his face.

"What the hell are these bastards of the artillery team doing? Why don't they quickly locate them and destroy them quickly."

"They only have six mountain cannons, and the range of these Jin-made mountain cannons is far inferior to the [-]-type mountain cannons and the [-]-type field cannons."

"Moriki Koichi, an idiot, how did he command the artillery to fight!"

Seeing that it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, Katayama Shotaro roared angrily.

The chief of staff of the lieutenant officer had a fearful expression on his face, and hurriedly explained.

The artillery company's six Jin orogenic cannons operate in artillery squads, but these artillery squads are strengthened by transport squads and ammunition platoons.

This means that every mountain cannon is accompanied by transport soldiers and heavy soldiers, and they can quickly transfer at any time.

In addition, the overall weight of the Jin Mountain Cannon is relatively light, and it can be pushed by two soldiers in areas with flat terrain.

What's more, Chen Ziyun also dispatched two infantry companies from the fifth and sixth battalions to follow them separately to ensure the absolute safety of the mountain artillery.

At this time, each mountain cannon has a lot of personnel, and they can move quickly.

It is difficult for the Japanese artillery team to lock their position and launch an attack.

It's not that Koichi Moriki is incapable, it's just that the six Jin orogenic cannons were scattered and maneuvered quickly, so they couldn't launch effective bombardment.

Katayama Shotaro had a thoughtful expression on his face after listening to the explanation given by the Chief of Staff.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down as much as possible.

The six Jin orogenic cannons left the position of the 358th regiment and moved to both sides of the attacking troops of the Japanese and puppet troops for close combat.

This was a tactic to bayonet the cannon, but Katayama Shotaro quickly found a loophole.

It is difficult for the artillery team to lock their position for precise bombardment, but if they can send infantry to search.

Once the infantry finds these artillery, it must be able to bring them a devastating blow.

The Japanese and puppet troops attacked the position of the 358th regiment before, and they were attacked by these artillery, so they did not obtain results for a long time.

Now these artillerymen of the Jinsui Army are actively attacking. If Katayama Shotaro can completely annihilate them, it will naturally weaken the combat effectiveness of the 358 regiment to a large extent.

"Order..." Katayama Shotaro was about to put all the more than 600 reserve troops in his hand into the battlefield, so he immediately launched a search and destroyed the six Jin orogenic cannons.

It's just that before he gave the order, some staff members came over quickly to report.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Jinsui Army has launched an attack, and their hundreds of people are advancing towards our artillery position."

"According to their deployment, they are very likely to launch a combat strike against our artillery."

"These Jinsui troops advanced in a net-like skirmish line, pulling out a large space from each other, and the artillery team could not launch effective shelling."

After the staff came over, they immediately reported the combat actions of the 358 regiment.

At this time, Wu Ziqiang's second battalion had already acted according to Chen Ziyun's order, and more than 500 troops pulled out a large skirmish line and gradually advanced towards the artillery position.

The second battalion carried out operations in units of squads, and there was a large distance between each squad.

Even the fighters of their various classes have a certain distance.

More than 500 troops, very sparse and loose.

The Japanese artillery team was able to launch shelling, but their shells would not achieve much results.

In particular, eight field guns are currently suppressing the 358 regiment, and the shells of these eight field guns are very precious.

The [-]th modified field gun is an improved version of the [-]th type field gun, and its shells have been enhanced, thereby increasing the range and lethality.

However, the production costs of the March [-]th modified field artillery and shells are very high, so the Japanese army has not produced them on a large scale until now.

Therefore, it is difficult to replenish these shells after they are fired.

As for the Liao-made Type 14 field artillery, this is a long-range artillery produced by Fengtian Arsenal for the Northeast Army.

Its caliber is 77MM. After the Japanese army seized the Fengtian Arsenal, they had already given up the production of this artillery and shells.

Therefore, the shells of the Liao-made Type 14 field artillery are more precious, and there is almost no place to replenish them after they are fired.

If these eight cannons were to kill a Jinsui army with one grenade, it would obviously be of no value.

The little devil's artillery has achieved such a result, not to mention the army headquarters, even Katayama Shotaro would not agree.

After all, the Japanese army has limited resources, and these shells are going to be of greater value!

"Baga Road, more than 500 Jinsui troops dare to attack our artillery position, it is simply courting death!"

"All the reserve forces...all launched defenses to ensure the safety of the artillery positions."

"The infantry entered the position to defend, brought them closer and started shooting, and the cavalry blocked their back, thus completely eating up the Jinsui army."

"Order to attack the left troops of Yangcun, and carry out a diversion attack on the new regiment of the Eighth Route of Yangcun."

"Order, attack the troops on the right side of Yangcun, give up fighting against Yangcun, immediately search for the artillery units of the Jinsui Army on both sides, and completely annihilate them!"

Katayama Shotaro pondered for a while, and he decisively issued a combat order.

Originally, he planned to arrange more than 600 reserve infantry and cavalry to take the initiative to attack Wu Ziqiang's second battalion.

But thinking of the combat effectiveness shown by the Jinsui Army before, coupled with the fear of the artillery units of the Jinsui Army.

In the end, Katayama Shotaro adopted a safe defensive operation to fight a defensive counterattack.

The reserve team needs to deal with Wu Ziqiang's second battalion, but Katayama Shotaro will not let go of the six Jinshan cannons that are scattered in battle.

So he dispatched more than 1000 troops from the right to disperse and search on both sides to encircle and wipe out the six Jin orogenic cannons.

As for the Yangcun Xinyi Regiment, they could only give up the attack temporarily and arrange left troops to contain it.

Katayama Shotaro's overall deployment is very clear, he gave up attacking the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment, and went all out to encircle and wipe out the attacking Jinsui Army troops.

But he made a big mistake in the overall combat arrangement.

The Japanese army did not pay attention to the new second regiment attacking from the flanks. They just thought it was the troops arranged by the new first regiment to attack from the flanks.

Secondly, they believed that the six Jin orogenic cannons in scattered operations would be able to easily eat them as long as their own infantry pursued them.

But these six mountain cannons are currently composed of artillery, infantry, and heavy soldiers.

Not only do they have artillery combat capabilities, but they are also individual small-scale combat groups.

Moreover, on the left and right sides of the Japanese and puppet troops, there are three small-scale combat groups on each side, and they can cooperate with each other in combat.

It is obviously not easy for the Japanese and puppet troops to rely on infantry to solve them.

What's more, among the attacking troops this time, more than 500 people from Wu Ziqiang's Second Battalion swaggered and were directly exposed to the little devil's sight.

However, Chu Yu's guard company and Zhang Wu's cavalry company were advancing covertly on both sides.

These two companies, according to Chen Ziyun's previous plan, were going to raid the Japanese artillery positions.

As long as these two companies can penetrate the Japanese artillery positions, it will definitely bring a devastating blow to the Japanese artillery.

The most important point is that at the frontline position, Li Yang commanded the Second Artillery Company's six Bofors Mountain Cannons to be in place.

The Bofors Mountain Cannon with a range of more than 300 meters can launch artillery support at any time under the guidance of the observation team.

All these situations were unexpected by Katayama Shotaro.

In the next battle, the Japanese and puppet troops encountered these troops, and the situation can be imagined.

The Japanese and puppet troops began to mobilize, and two assault troops composed of hundreds of people quickly searched and advanced towards the two sides, preparing to annihilate the Jinshan Cannon.

Among the hundreds of people, there are a certain number of heavy machine guns and mortars, and their combat strength is not weak.

A reserve team of 500 people was put into the defensive position, and they were ready to attack Wu Ziqiang's second battalion.

More than 100 cavalry units are concealed on the flanks. This group of Japanese cavalry will attack at critical moments and cut off the second battalion's retreat path.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, a major commander commanded about [-] Japanese and puppet troops and began to search from the north side.

They want to find the three Jin orogenic cannons on the north side, so as to completely annihilate them.

However, as soon as the Japanese and puppet troops attacked, they were hit by Jinshan cannons.

A grenade shot over one after another, and the three Jin orogenic cannons were deployed in different positions, firing a total of nine shells.

Casualties occurred in the Japanese and puppet troops, and Takeda Shao Zuo, who commanded the operation, raised his binoculars to observe immediately.

"Your Excellency, the Jinsui Army's artillery is located in three different directions, about 2000 meters away from us."

"The five mortars we carry can quickly launch suppressive shelling to pin down their troops."

An artillery lieutenant came over immediately and quickly reported.

Takeda Shao Zuo brought five heavy machine guns, five mortars, and more than 500 Japanese puppet troops.

After all, the Japanese lieutenant in charge of commanding the mortar was a professional, and soon he locked the position of the Sanmen Jin orogenic cannon.

And according to the battlefield situation, he put forward combat suggestions.

Takeda Major raised his binoculars to observe, and then he immediately issued a combat order.

The five mortars suppressed the bombardment, preventing the three Jin orogenic cannons from being able to move quickly in place.

Four hundred little devils were divided into four groups to carry out combat operations, while more than 100 puppet troops stayed in place and served as a reserve team while protecting the safety of the mortars.

After Takeda Shao Zuo issued the combat order, the four hundred little devils took the lead in taking action.

The five mortars launched shelling, and one after another grenades continued to hit the distance.

One hundred little devils carried two heavy machine guns to attack head-on, and two hundred little devils carried two heavy machine guns to outflank from the left and right sides.

The remaining one hundred little devils carried a heavy machine gun and directly made a large-scale detour to block the back road.

They wanted to encircle the mountain artillery unit on all sides and completely annihilate it.

But at this moment, Takeda Shaozuo overlooked one point, that is, there is Ding Weixin's second regiment on the north side of Yangcun.

"Regimental Commander, the artillery units of the Jinsui Army are fighting on both sides. Now the Japanese and puppet troops have sent troops to search the sides and attack this artillery."

"At present, more than 600 Japanese and puppet troops are engaged in combat operations. They are advancing in multiple ways and want to encircle the artillery units of the Jinsui Army fighting on the north side."

"More than 100 mortars attached to the puppet army are shelling and suppressing. Four hundred little devils carry heavy machine guns and start to advance in multiple ways. Their forces are very scattered."

At the position of the new second regiment, some cadres quickly came to the head of the regiment, Ding Wei, and reported immediately.

Ding Wei also observed the actions of the Japanese and puppet troops through the binoculars, and he couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

For Ding Wei, these Japanese and puppet troops are simply fat on the lips.

"The artillery of the Jinsui Army was suppressed by the mortars, and they were temporarily unable to conduct mobile transfers. They will definitely fight the little devils."

"Contact the new regiment, our whole regiment is going to attack, let them pay attention to the safety of the north side."

"Assemble the troops and secretly approach the artillery unit of the Jinsui Army. This time we will show our hand."

Ding Wei gave the order decisively, and the four hundred little devils who attacked naturally became Ding Wei's serious delicious Jiayao.

He was going to command the whole regiment to take the initiative and eat up these little devils in one bite.

At four o'clock, under the command of Major Takeda, the four little devils gradually approached the artillery unit.

Because of the mortar attack, the Sanmen Jin orogenic cannon did not move quickly, but built a position on the spot for defense.

The three small-scale battle groups built a defensive position with the Jin Mountain Cannon as the core.

"Boom boom boom."

As the little devil continued to approach, the three Jin orogenic cannons started shelling.

A grenade hit them, and the little devils continued to suffer casualties.

"Think of a way to cover Shanpao's transfer. With so many little devils encircling them, Shanpao will be in danger."

"The task assigned to us by Chen Tuan is to fully assist the artillery in combat and ensure the absolute safety of the mountain artillery."

"Our troops can be exhausted, but there must be no accidents in Shanpao."

The infantry platoon leaders who fought with the mountain artillery showed firm expressions on their faces, and they immediately proposed to cover the transfer of the mountain artillery.

"We all fight together, and we cannot leave the infantry behind."

"What's more, with our support in the battle, it is difficult for the little devils to approach. If we leave, they will definitely easily break through your defense."

"If you want to go together, if you want to stay, let's all stay. Even if they all die here, we will have to make the little devils pay heavy casualties."

The artillery squad leader who commanded the mountain artillery operation directly refused to evacuate alone.

From the artillery point of view, they could not leave the infantry alone and withdraw from the battlefield alone.

A large number of little devils quickly surrounded them from all sides, and the three mountain cannons continued to shell.

It was at this time that Ding Wei commanded the troops of the New Second Regiment to quickly launch combat operations.

The new second regiment takes the battalion as a unit, and quickly launched a strike against the little devils!

(End of this chapter)