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East of Huangping Town.

With the full-scale firing of the Second Battalion's artillery company, the battle entered the stage of mutual fighting between the artillery of both sides.

On the Japanese side, Major General Yoshino Hideki, the brigade commander who was in charge of commanding all the artillery of the 12st Infantry Brigade that was shelling the enemy, was shocked to see that in addition to the dozens of unknown artillery pieces that were shelling his own tanks, the enemy actually had Type infantry guns.

Adding all of them together, that’s dozens of artillery pieces! !

In the past few days, tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers have been harassing them, and these are the only artillery pieces that have been exposed!

He couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Baga! This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers actually have so many artillery pieces???
And the artillery is so powerful!"

At this moment, he had mobilized all the infantry artillery of the two infantry regiments under his 24st Infantry Brigade, a total of guns, but he still couldn't quickly eliminate the enemy!
Instead, they kept seeing their own Type 92 infantry guns and gunners being blown everywhere by shells.

How could he know that at the position of the Second Battalion of the Special Service Regiment, Chen Sansheng and the soldiers of the artillery company were hiding behind fortifications and firing artillery. The probability of suffering a devastating blow during the artillery attack was much smaller.

On the contrary, the 24 cannons under his command could only be deployed on this unobstructed road and were easily destroyed by the shock wave of the explosion.

Not to mention the shrapnel that sweeps across everything and can often kill people with one shot.

……

Colonel Jiro Uchiyama, Chief of Staff of the 1st Brigade, was extremely anxious when he saw this situation.

Quick suggestion:

"Your Excellency, the Type 92 infantry gun is not powerful enough to suppress the Eighth Route Army artillery!

We should immediately order Yokoyama-kun's mountain artillery to deploy!"

When Yoshino Hideki heard this, his eyes lit up and he nodded quickly.

Then he shouted loudly:
"Mr. Yokoyama, deploy your mountain artillery immediately and destroy the infantry artillery that is blowing up the Tubalu!"

Following his order, Captain Atsushi Yokoyama, commander of the artillery squadron directly under the 6st Infantry Brigade, immediately commanded his six Type 41 75mm mountain cannons to deploy on the spot and prepare to start shelling.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The battle became more intense amid the sound of dense artillery explosions.

The artillery of both sides were trying their best to fire shells at the other side's positions.

……

At the position of the Second Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment, He Yunfu lay on the edge of the trench observing the situation with a serious expression.

He could see that although his artillery company had the advantage of terrain and the first move, the number of artillery pieces was only half of that of the enemy, and the gunners' artillery skills were not as good as those of the enemy. At this moment, they were clearly at a disadvantage.

Although they can still hold on to the battle now, as one artillery piece after another is destroyed, they probably won't be able to hold on for much longer.

Deputy Battalion Commander Xia Dayi, who was standing next to him, also saw that the situation was dangerous and quickly shouted to him:
“Battalion Commander, Sansheng’s men are short of artillery, and I’m afraid they can’t hold on.

Hurry up and ask the regiment commander for help, can you ask the artillery battalion to support us?"

He Yunfu heard this and shook his head:
"No. The artillery battalion has other tasks. We can only rely on ourselves."

When Yang Yuanshan brought Chu Kun and the others here before, he had clearly rejected his idea of ​​letting the artillery battalion blow up the Japanese tanks.

Naturally, he would not cause trouble for the other party.

Besides, he believed that the comrades in the regiment must be paying attention to the battle situation.

If I can't handle it anymore, someone will definitely come to help.

After hearing what He Yunfu said, Xia Dayi could only punch the ground hard and curse:
"The damn Japs only know how to bully us when we have fewer guns than us!"

But he didn't know how the Japanese soldiers sent down to hell by the special forces would react if they heard these words.

I guess these damned guys will all jump up and yell: Who is the one with more guns bullying the one with less guns? Explain it to me clearly!!!

……

Although He Yunfu was determined not to ask Yang Yuanshan for help, someone soon came to help them.

That was Chu Kun, who was originally commanding his gunners to bombard the Japanese tanks.

After at least ten minutes of shelling, he found that none of the dozens of Japanese tanks were able to fire back.

Either they were blown to pieces by his shells, or they were burned by the flames, causing the fuel tanks to explode.

So at this moment, seeing that the Japanese had more than 20 Type 92 infantry guns wreaking havoc, he immediately shouted and ordered:
"Yang Dawang, take two teams and focus fire on the Japanese infantry artillery!
Everyone else, continue bombing the Japanese tanks!"

Upon hearing his order, Deputy Company Commander Yang Dawang immediately yelled:
"Yes!"

Then he commanded two groups, with a total of more than 20 recoilless guns, to begin adjusting the direction and angle and fired at the Japanese infantry artillery positions.

Although he knew that the Japanese infantry artillery position was at least 2 kilometers away, his own recoilless guns had no accuracy at this range.

But not important.

The artillery of the Special Forces Regiment never relies on accuracy to win battles.

Instead, we rely on firepower coverage to crush the enemy!

Under saturation bombing, even if the Japanese soldiers have nine lives, they will be blown into ashes!

……

As soon as these 20-odd recoilless guns were fired, they immediately destroyed two or three infantry guns of the Japanese.

This made the Japanese gunners feel tremendous pressure.

Under the threat of flying shrapnel, they had to slow down the speed of the artillery fire and also allocated several cannons to counterattack Yang Dawang and others.

At the Second Battalion Artillery Company, the artillery company commander Chen Sansheng also breathed a long sigh of relief.

He knew that with the help of his comrades from the recoilless gun side, his artillery company would not be wiped out.

However, before he could finish his breath, a huge whistling sound suddenly came from the sky the next second, deafening.

He looked up and saw several huge shells coming towards his position.

In a flash, he understood: the Japanese heavy artillery opened fire!

His heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately shouted loudly:

"Everyone get down! Get out of the way!"

However, the speed of these shells was as high as 300 meters per second. Before Chen Sansheng's order was delivered, he heard the shells explode on the ground.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The earth-shattering explosion made the ears of the soldiers of the Second Battalion on the battlefield buzz. Many soldiers even had bright red blood flowing from their ears, obviously their eardrums had been ruptured.

A few soldiers who were unlucky enough to be near the point where the shells landed, although they hid in anti-shell holes, were still shocked and vomited blood, and their injuries were serious.

Fortunately, their anti-gun caves were supported by wood, so they were not completely collapsed by these artillery shells.

But the explosion also caused a lot of sand and soil to fall, turning the soldiers hiding inside into "natives".

……

Faced with such a terrible bombardment, the second battalion commander He Yunfu screamed:
"Oh no! This must be the Japanese mountain artillery firing!"

Xia Dayi, who was lying on the side of the trench observing with a telescope, did not jump into the trench to avoid the bombardment just now. He immediately responded:

"Captain, this is not good!

The Japanese mountain artillery position is at least 3 kilometers away. Our infantry artillery has insufficient range and we are definitely unable to counterattack."

He Yunfu looked unhappy:
"Now we can only rely on the artillery battalion to take action."

Then he shouted and ordered:

"Order Chen Sansheng and Chu Kun to stop the shelling!

Everyone, hide in the bomb shelters, don't die in vain!"

Following his orders, the artillery soldiers had to give up their plan to counterattack under the artillery fire and went into the anti-artillery cave cursing.

……

The huge explosions of these shells, of course, also alarmed Yang Yuanshan who had been watching the battle.

Instead of being angry, he was delighted and said excitedly to Zhan Haishan beside him:
"The damn Japs finally used their mountain artillery."

Zhan Haishan was a little puzzled by the excitement on his face:
"Commander, I'm afraid the Second Battalion can't handle such a fierce bombardment?

Should we quickly give orders to the artillery battalion and have them take action to destroy the Japanese mountain artillery?"

“We don’t need to give orders.

Gao Yuanzhi should be able to take action soon." Yang Yuanshan was full of confidence.

Sure enough, just as he finished speaking, there was a loud sound of artillery shells being fired from the position of the First Artillery Battalion.

"Bang bang bang... bang bang..."

At least twenty 75mm caliber artillery shells were fired at the Japanese mountain artillery position.

……

At the position of the Second Artillery Battalion, Battalion Commander Wang Gensheng had been waiting for the Japanese heavy artillery to be exposed so that he could give them a good beating. However, when he saw that his men were not yet ready for the bombardment, the First Artillery Battalion had already opened fire. He was so angry that his nose was crooked.

He immediately pointed at the gunners and yelled:

"You bastards, why are you so slow?
Now the meat has been snatched away by the First Artillery Battalion, and we can only watch helplessly!! "

The gunners felt very aggrieved when they were scolded.

Everyone was thinking: We have worked hard enough, who knew that those guys in the First Artillery Battalion could move so quickly?
Seeing that the soldiers were being scolded unjustly, Deputy Battalion Commander Ding Yongkuan quickly stepped forward to smooth things over:

“Lao Wang, there are too many new recruits in our battalion, so we can’t help but move slowly.

The Japanese definitely don't have only these few mountain cannons, so you don't need to be too anxious.

We will definitely have a chance to eat meat!"

After hearing what he said, Wang Gensheng calmed down a little and nodded.

Only then did he calm down a little and continued to yell:

"Hurry up, everyone!

Listen to my orders at any time and be ready to fire! "

Seeing that he didn't continue to curse, the artillerymen breathed a sigh of relief and shouted:
"Yes!"

……

On the Japanese side, the commander of the 6st Infantry Brigade, Yoshino Hideki, was very satisfied when he saw that his six mountain cannons immediately blew up the enemy's artillery so that the enemy dared not to fight back.

I couldn't help but brag to the Chief of Staff, Colonel Jiro Uchiyama:
"Uchiyama-kun, although the Fire and Earth Eighth Route Army is very powerful, it is still nothing compared to my great locust army."

Seeing this guy starting to show off, Uchiyama Jiro was speechless.

Quick reminder:

"Your Excellency, our infantry artillery has just encountered enemy fire. I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties. We should order them to reorganize the team immediately and arrange for medical soldiers to treat the wounded."

Yoshino Hideki nodded and was about to hand the job over to him when he suddenly heard someone shouting:

"Baga! Artillery fire! Avoid the artillery fire!!!"

He quickly looked up and saw a dense mass of black spots flying in the distant sky.

Immediately screamed:

"Damn it! The Tubalu actually dared to fight back???
This is outrageous!!!"

Hearing this, Uchiyama Jiro almost vomited blood due to anger.

I was screaming madly in my heart: Are we at a war now?

If the enemy doesn't fight back, will he just lie down and wait for death?
However, before he could spurt blood, the shells in the sky fell on his own mountain artillery position -

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

After the dense and fierce explosions, their mountain artillery squadron was blown to pieces on the spot, and no mountain artillery could continue to fire.

As for the artillery, most of them were turned into broken limbs and flew into the sky.

More than 20 75mm mountain artillery shells, the shock waves and shrapnel produced by the explosion on the ground, were enough to completely cover their not-so-spacious mountain artillery position!
Even the artillery squadron leader, Captain Atsushi Yokoyama, was shot by a shrapnel that went into his brain through his eyeball and killed him instantly.

The huge explosion, coincidentally, caused more than a dozen shells they were about to fire to explode.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The huge explosion not only killed all the few Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to survive, but also created huge craters on the road where their positions were located.

……

In the distance, the smile on Yoshino Hideki's face froze in an instant.

Then it suddenly became incredible.

He couldn't help but trembled his lips and said:
“Bagya Road!
The Tubalu still have so many mountain artillery???"

Next to him, Jiro Uchiyama also had a look of doubt on his face and couldn't utter a word.

Infantry gun and mountain gun are two different concepts!

……

At the Japanese division headquarters, the division commander Saburo Nakazawa was stunned when he saw the battle situation in front of him.

He yelled madly:

"Baka! What is that bastard Imai Masahiko still hesitating about?
Why don't you quickly destroy all the artillery of the Eighth Route Army???"

……

Behind their army, at the position of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, the regiment commander, Colonel Masahiko Imai, was unaware that the 1st Brigade in front of him had already suffered a great loss.

I don’t know if the division commander, Saburo Nakazawa, was so eager to rush over and slap him hard in the face.

He was still commanding his two artillery battalions in an orderly manner.

——The sound of the huge artillery explosion also reached his ears faintly.

But at this moment, they were several kilometers away and could not clearly distinguish the source of the explosion.

……

It took about ten minutes for Lieutenant Colonel Jiro Kimura, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, to come over and report:

"Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, the 12 guns of the Fourth Artillery Battalion are ready!"

"Yoshi! Open fire immediately and destroy the Tubalu's artillery!"

Masahiko Imai nodded with satisfaction and gave the order.

"But, Commander, our observers report that the Eighth Route Army has deployed multiple artillery positions. Which target should we attack first?"

Kimura Jiro asked carefully.

“Multiple positions?
Baghya Road!

You idiot, of course I'll blow them all up!"

Imai Masahiko answered sharply.

I cursed this guy in my heart. No wonder he could only lead 12 Type 75 mm field guns. His ability to respond in battle is too poor!
I really need to ask for instructions on this issue.

Is your mind filled with shit?

……

However, when Jiro Kimura heard his answer, he was a little confused.

I thought to myself: Isn’t it the same as not saying anything when you say this?
But when he saw that the other party was furious and his right hand was shaking, as if he was about to hit him, he did not dare to ask any more questions.

He immediately nodded and bowed and left.

When he returned to his gunners, he shouted:

"First and second squads, bombard the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery positions!

Squadron Three, bombard the enemy's infantry artillery positions!"

That's right, this was the solution he had just come up with on his way back.

We have a total of 12 guns, and we need to bombard two targets, so we might as well divide them into two groups to provide full coverage and leave no one out.

Following his order, the gunners of the Fourth Battalion immediately adjusted their firing parameters, and then suddenly pulled down the gun ropes.

"Bang bang bang... bang bang..."

12 shells flew out of the barrel!

...(End of chapter)