The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 137 Barbecuing the Japanese Army
"Instruct each company to prepare for area fire. The main infantry position in front of the target is divided into five distances. Wait for orders to fire one round."

Cao Huiguo said to the telephone soldier beside him that he already understood what He Wei meant. This was a fishing tactic. Cao Huiguo had already understood the bullet resistance of the bunkers in the Sixth Company. Since machine gun firepower could no longer stop the onslaught of Japanese troops, , then simply don't block it, put the Japanese troops directly into the position and bombard them with artillery. Since the Japanese are willing to die, He Wei is also willing to bury them.

As for the timing of the bombardment, He Wei obviously left it entirely to Cao Huiguo. While Cao Huiguo praised He Wei for his quick wit, he couldn't help but feel that this guy was really brave enough to go crazy and not lose to the Japanese army. In desperation, , Cao Huiguo actually forgot to tell the number of ammunition for each gun.

The telephone soldier immediately reported: "Battalion Commander, the firing order has been conveyed. The two company commanders asked about the number of shots of each gun per distance?"

Cao Huiguo immediately said: "Each battle cannon fired ten rounds, no, twenty rounds at each distance. His grandma took out all the money in the house. The fourth artillery company went from far to near, and the fifth artillery company went from near to far. Also, inform the Jin Dynasty. The field artillery battalion of Sui Army's friendly forces, when our mountain cannons fired, they also fired freely, and the target was the Japanese troops on the infantry positions."

After conveying the supplementary order, Cao Huiguo stared at the Japanese troops who rushed to the Sixth Company's position. The Japanese soldiers were crazy, He Wei was crazy, and now Cao Huiguo was going crazy too. The so-called five-range area shooting meant that the Sixth Company's position was shot. The depth and width are equally divided into five distances, and each gun fires twenty shells at each distance. In this way, one gun will fire one hundred shells, and a battalion of eight guns will fire [-] shells. Cao Huiguo dug out After the entire battalion's ammunition was released, not only his mountain artillery battalion, but also the field artillery battalion of the Jinsui Army was brought in. They went crazy, all of them went crazy.

On the Sixth Company's position, all bunkers stopped firing, and all the nozzles inside the bunkers were blocked with sandbags filled with sand. The soldiers in the bunkers were guarding the exits of the bunkers, guarding against Japanese troops who might break in at any time. , the crazy Japanese army saw that the Chinese army had ceased fire, and rushed more fiercely than before. They used a skirmish line to directly press into the Sixth Company's position. The densely packed Japanese troops rushed into the Sixth Company's trenches and used flame spray. The engineers of the weapons began to perform fire-breathing operations on the bunkers under the cover of the infantry.

Whoosh - when more than two-thirds of the Japanese infantry broke into the Sixth Company's position and continued to advance deep into the Sixth Company's position along the communication trenches, the terrible sound that had just caused the Japanese army to pay more than 300 casualties came again. Cao Huiguo I have been observing the movements of the Japanese troops through the artillery mirror. At this time, most of the Japanese troops have broken in, but their footing is not stable and they are advancing in depth. If we don't fight now, when will we wait?

The eight Bofors Mountain Cannons roared again, and dense shells hit the Sixth Company's position like raindrops. The Sixth Company's infantry hiding in the concealment was safe, and the Sixth Company's bunker was enough to carry it. With artillery shells under 150 mm, those who are in trouble are naturally the Japanese troops scattered on the surface around the position.

Boom boom boom - the barrage of one artillery company moves from far to near, and the barrage of another artillery company moves from near to far. The two opposing mountain artillery barrages leave the Japanese infantry in the position with nowhere to hide. The trenches and communication trenches were not conducive to concealment, and the large number of infantry crowded together restricted the mobility of the Japanese army, and screams continued one after another.

The scene on the sixth company's position now is a real shell and a pool of blood.

The Japanese army's disaster did not stop there. After the 75mm Bofors Mountain Cannon opened fire, the twelve Jin-made No. 88 88mm field guns from the Jinsui Army Field Artillery Battalion also began to rain down bullets. Under the command of the artillery battalion commander Major Zheng Yinfeng, twelve field guns lined up in a row, roaring and roaring. The prototype of the Jin-made Type [-] [-]mm field gun was also the Swedish Suratun field gun, and the Bofors Unlike the high-end indirect cluster area fire of the Qiwu Mountain Artillery Battalion, the artillery of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army still adopts the direct aiming and shooting method inherited from Yuan Datou's Beiyang Army decades ago. The muzzles of the twelve field guns spit out a flower. A yellow flame appeared, and the low-stretching trajectory of the field gun brought favorable conditions for direct-aiming shooting.

"open!"

A Jinsui Army artillery platoon leader waved a machete and ordered to fire. The gunner beside him immediately pulled the match rope. The nearly flat artillery barrel immediately recoiled with a loud bang. A shell flew out of the barrel and shot directly towards The second row of bunkers of the Sixth Company, which was ignited by flamethrowers, hit the trench next to the bunker accurately. The 88mm grenade exploded instantly, blowing a dozen Japanese soldiers around into pieces. Seeing the shell hit The gunners of the Shanxi-Sui Army who fired at the invaders who invaded their hometown applauded.

The slightly crisp sound of the 75mm Bofors Mountain Cannon and the dull sound of the Jin-made [-]th Field Artillery were intertwined, turning the Sixth Company's position into a real death zone.

Suddenly, the 75mm Bofors Mountain Artillery Battalion started a new round of shooting. However, after the shells fired this time exploded, the position of the Sixth Company began to be filled with red flames. Under such high-intensity shooting, The Bofors 75mm mountain artillery shells were being consumed at an extremely fast rate. After several rounds of rapid fire, the explosive grenades were quickly consumed. The gunners who had fired all the grenades seemed unwilling to cease fire. Everyone was red-eyed. When the grenades are exhausted, replace them with arson bombs.

As a result, arson bombs hit the position of the Sixth Company one after another and exploded rapidly. The position was ablaze with gas. Countless Japanese soldiers were ignited by the flames that spread after the explosion of the shells. They were rolling on the ground crying and calling for help. , grenades, and arson bombs mixed together, turning the surface of the Sixth Company's position into a barbecue machine. Not long ago, the Japanese army was still feeling complacent about using flamethrowers to burn the Chinese army, but now, the same fate It also fell on the Japanese army, and the power and speed of arson bombs from mountain artillery were not much weaker than those of flamethrowers. Amidst the strange screams of ghosts and wolves, the pungent smell of barbecue and burnt stench filled the Sixth Company's position.

Boom boom boom - the last round of Bofors Mountain artillery fire, almost eight artillery guns fired at the same time. After the last eight shells flew out of the barrel and landed and exploded, Cao Huiguo's mountain artillery battalion finally stopped firing. The gunners were sweating profusely. They all looked at the masterpiece they had created on the Sixth Company's position, and they were all very happy. White smoke was rising from the muzzles of the eight Bofors Mountain Cannons. Soon, soldiers wrapped the cannons with water-soaked gun cloths and prepared them for cannons. Despite the cooling down, there are very few shells left on the ammunition carts of each mountain artillery. Many gunners are still not satisfied, but the ammunition has been exhausted. Under He Wei's mad dog fighting style, the Bofors Mountain Artillery Battalion has indeed laid a heavy blow to the Japanese army today. A pot of steely broth.

boom, boom, boom,
The Bofors Mountain Artillery Battalion stopped firing, but the Shanxi-Sui Army field artillery battalion was still firing. The shells of the Bofors Mountain Artillery were precious, but the eighty-eight field artillery shells of the Jin-made field artillery were available in Taiyuan every day. To supplement the arsenal, the twelve Jin-made 88 field guns were still firing. One after another, [-]mm explosive shells hit the raging fire of the Sixth Company's position. Once the gun hit it, a flower exploded. of sparks.

The Jinsui Army's field artillery fired all shrapnel shells. The shells exploded in the flames, and the dense steel balls flew out, turning an unknown number of Japanese troops into sieves. Eight hundred 75mm Bofors Mountain Artillery grenades and arson bombs, and then With the addition of nearly a hundred 88mm field artillery shells, five minutes after the Bofors Mountain Artillery Battalion stopped firing, the Japanese infantry on the Sixth Company's position finally collapsed and could no longer maintain it, just like the tide that had rushed into the Sixth Company. It was like a strong position, and now it receded like a tide.

In the command post of the Sixth Company, He Wei felt like his ears were going deaf. Tao Heiwa, who was tall and pale, squatted on the ground and retched. The smell of roasted human flesh filled the command post. The quartermaster sergeant also suppressed his nausea. He approached He Wei and asked, "Sir, what does this smell like?"

"The taste of human flesh must be caused by the artillery using arson bombs. You really shouldn't ask this question. I'm afraid you will feel sick when you eat meat in the future." He Wei said in a accustomed voice, with a loud voice. He was completely unaware of the smell of cooked human flesh. No idea, but this shelling was really uncomfortable. When our own artillery bombarded the sixth company just now, he was shocked to the core and had tinnitus again.

This desperate style of play must pay some price.

The sound of shelling became weaker and weaker. As the Japanese army continued to retreat, the Shanxi-Sui Army's field artillery battalion slowly stopped firing. When he felt that the shelling had completely stopped, He Wei quietly removed the sandbags at the nozzle of the bunker. He opened a small gap and carefully looked outside through the small gap. At this time, He Wei was shocked by the situation outside. He saw at least hundreds of Japanese soldiers, dragging weapons and carrying wounded soldiers on their backs. The situation in the company's position was quite chaotic, and some Japanese soldiers were still on fire. The vigor and fearlessness they showed during the attack could no longer be seen at all now.

"Mom, tell all platoons to open fire quickly. It's time to beat up the drowned dog."

With that said, He Wei pushed away several sandbags at the shooting port, and a burst of hot and smelly air rushed in instantly. He Wei raised the Type [-] rifle in his hand, aimed at a Japanese soldier, pulled the trigger, and the gunfire sounded. rang out, knocking down a Japanese soldier, and then fired all the bullets in a row, hitting all the bullets in the magazine. He Wei fired the large-caliber heavy machine gun again and fired fiercely at the retreating Japanese soldiers. Fire.

"go to hell!"

He Wei held on to the trigger tightly, and a fire dragon slammed into the retreating Japanese army. Blood and flesh flew everywhere where the bullets hit. Soon, the bunkers of each row of the Sixth Company also resumed shooting, and various light and heavy machine guns Firepower was fired fiercely at the retreating Japanese troops, and large groups of Japanese troops were mopped down. The tank defense artillery platoon, which had been holding back its fire, also took action.

Platoon leader Chen Xinsheng personally operated the captured rapid-fire artillery fire, and the [-]-type grenades were fired into the retreating Japanese army. Although the Japanese army was tough enough, the joint shelling of mountain and field artillery just now had completely broken the spirit of the Japanese army. On the defensive line, under the firepower of various light and heavy machine guns from the Sixth Company, the Japanese troops withdrew one by one.

In the artillery command post, Cao Huiguo and Pan Qi were very happy to see the defeated Japanese infantry fleeing under the resurrected machine gun fire of the Sixth Company, especially Pan Qi. This was the first time he had seen a Japanese beaten like this. In this way, he said to Cao Huiguo: "It's so happy, so happy."

Cao Huiguo said: "This He Wei is indeed a madman."

After saying that, Cao Huiguo gave another order: "Come here, order the entire battalion to collect artillery, maneuver and hide, and notify the friendly forces of the Jinsui Army to retreat as soon as possible."

Pan Qi, the infantry company commander, said with some confusion: "Captain Cao, why are you retreating now? The Japanese have collapsed, so why not continue firing and kill him?"

Cao Huiguo smiled bitterly: "This He Wei really doesn't take his own life seriously. He asked me to fight, and I fought what I should fight. If we don't retreat now, the Japanese artillery will come soon."

After the crazy firing, Cao Huiguo quickly recovered his senses. As an artillery officer, he knew very well that the artillery of the two battalions would inevitably expose their firing positions after high-intensity shelling. In fact, the Japanese artillery positions and the artillery of the Sixth Company The position was beyond the visual distance of the artillery observer using the artillery scope.

However, the Japanese deployed school-launched balloons, which can be called a sharp weapon in counter-artillery operations. Once the Japanese used school-launched balloons for counter-artillery operations, the artillery units behind the Sixth Company would suffer.

Just as He Wei continued to organize the entire company to pursue the retreating Japanese army with firepower, Cao Huiguo decisively organized the retreat. Perhaps he was too worried about the enemy's school-launched balloons. This time, Cao Huiguo also used smoke grenades to fire at the artillery positions. After a circle of smoke bombs was fired all around, the Bofors Mountain Artillery Battalion and the Shanxi-Sui Army Field Artillery Battalion completed the position change and withdrew from the original artillery positions.

In front of the Sixth Company's position, the intensive sound of gunfire had just stopped. During the retreat, the Japanese infantry left behind the bodies of more than one infantry squad. Of the more than 1000 Japanese troops during the attack, only about [-] were able to safely withdraw from the battle. .

In the Japanese army's school-launched balloon, the observers saw only black and white smoke in the sky through high-magnification telescopes. The large number of arson bombs fired by the Bofors Mountain Cannon burned many Japanese soldiers alive and also burned them to death on the battlefield. A fire was ignited, and some wooden fortifications on the surface of the position, such as lifting doors, were the best combustion aids. The corpses burned with the wood, and thick black smoke floated over the position, plus the dust from the artillery explosions. With the smoke grenades launched by Cao Huiguo, the sky near the Sixth Company's position was full of thick smoke. The observers on the balloon were unable to determine the specific location of the Chinese army's artillery. The only thing they knew was that the Chinese army had carried out a fierce shelling.

Of course, the observation soldiers on the school launch balloon were not without gain, because the place where the Japanese cavalry regiment was completely wiped out could now be clearly observed, and what they saw was the corpses of men and horses all over the ground.

(End of this chapter)