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This side of Huangping Town.

The soldiers of the Special Forces Regiment were all excited when they saw their own artillery firing so violently.

I couldn't help but discuss:
"Wow! Why does the bombardment from this artillery battalion feel even more powerful than yesterday?"

"Yeah, the little devils had no power to fight back!"

"Do you think that all the meat will be eaten up by the artillery battalion? We won't even have soup to drink?"

"Humph, those damn Japanese are too cowardly. There are so many of them, but they still rush over and let us infantrymen have a bite of meat!"

……

At this moment, Yang Yuanshan and Zhan Haishan were standing on the broken roof, observing the situation on the Japanese side with binoculars.

Zhan Haishan saw the dense shells flying through the sky and couldn't help but ask in surprise:
"Captain, didn't our two artillery battalions suffer huge losses yesterday, with only 30-odd guns left?

Now it seems that there are sixty or seventy doors!"

When Yang Yuanshan heard this, he suddenly felt weak in his heart and laughed awkwardly:
"Really? I don't know either.

Maybe Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng accidentally picked up another batch of artillery."

After hearing this explanation, Zhan Haishan was speechless and couldn't help rolling his eyes.

God damn, I picked up a batch of artillery!

Are cannons falling from the sky?
And it just happened to fall on our own position?

Just kidding!
What kind of god is this? He is so considerate.

He's a pretty nice guy!
If Yang Yuanshan knew what he was thinking, he would probably give him a thumbs up.

Then he gave a thumbs up: Lao Zhan, you guessed it right!

……

The crazy bombardment by the 1st and 2nd Artillery Battalions of the Special Service Regiment lasted for nearly ten minutes before they encountered a counterattack from the Japanese artillery.

However, the 9 shells from the first counterattack and the dozens of shells from the second counterattack all fell on their positions yesterday.

Although a huge explosion was created, not a single soldier from the special forces regiment was injured.

Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng saw this scene and couldn't help but murmured proudly:

"You damned little devils, no matter how cunning you are, you can only drink the foot washing water of our special forces regiment!"

However, in their hearts, the two of them still had some admiration for the Japanese artillery's superb artillery skills.

Through the telescope, they clearly saw that the Japanese artillery shells were flying from at least six or seven kilometers away, and most of them landed very accurately on their previous positions, which was extremely sharp.

If they had not changed their positions in advance as ordered by Yang Yuanshan last night, then these two waves of artillery fire would have been enough to cause them to lose more than a dozen artillery pieces!

……

Although he admired the Japanese artillery skills, Gao Yuanzhi would not hold back on them.

As the Japanese artillery began to fire back, the observers of the special forces regiment deployed on the hilltop continuously reported the target parameters to the artillery positions through flag signals.

Gao Yuanzhi immediately ordered all his artillery to aim at these positions and fire three rapid rounds directly.

Use the density of shells to make up for the difference in artillery skills.

Following his orders, countless artillery shells flew towards the Japanese artillery positions like meteors from the sky.

……

As for Wang Gensheng, he took into account that the maximum range of his 120mm heavy mortar was only about 6 kilometers, and at this moment, the Japanese artillery positions were roughly distributed between 6 and 8 kilometers.

Therefore, he could only use the mountain artillery with a range of more than seven kilometers to bombard the Japanese artillery positions.

The heavy mortars continued to bombard the road between 3 and 6 kilometers, trying their best to kill the Japanese infantry and expand the results of the battle.

……

The time goes back 10 minutes.

As the gunfire from the 1st and 2nd artillery battalions suddenly rang out, in the self-propelled howitzer company of the special forces regiment which had just been established a few hours ago to the west of Huangping Town, the company commander Miao Sanmu suddenly became a little anxious.

He immediately shouted to his men:

"Comrades, have you all figured out how to use this cannon?

The 1st and 2nd artillery battalions are opening fire, and our self-propelled howitzer company cannot just stand aside and watch!

The regiment commander is still waiting to see us deal with the Japanese devils!"

Hearing his shout, more than 30 soldiers in the company immediately responded in unison:
"I figured it out!"

"I still don't quite understand. This thing is much more complicated than those mountain cannons."

"When this cannon fires, it should be turned off first, right?"

……

Seeing this, Miao Sanmu suddenly frowned.

At this time, Fang Jinsong, a soldier who had just been appointed as a platoon leader, came up to him and suggested:
"Captain, I think our comrades have almost figured it out, how about we try a shot first?

As long as the artillery test is successful, we can pull it over and fire at the Japanese positions.

Fighting instead of training!"

After hearing Fang Jinsong's words, Miao Sanmu hesitated for a moment and nodded:

"Okay! Let's give it a try!
Anyway, the regiment commander has said that we are allowed to fire live ammunition!"

Then he shouted:
"Comrades, the target is the hill seven or eight kilometers to the north. Four guns, fire one shot each!"

When they heard him give the order to fire, the soldiers were immediately excited and shouted in unison:
"Yes!"

Then he began to fiddle with the M7 Priest self-propelled howitzer in his hand.

……

Soon, the artillery preparation was completed and the gunner pressed the firing button directly.

There were only a few loud "bang bang bang" sounds, and huge shells were fired from the gun and flew towards the target hill like lightning.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

Because the target was too far away, only four unclear loud noises were heard in succession.

Miao Sanmu saw a huge smoke rising from the mountain through a telescope and was very excited. He immediately shouted:

"Launch successful!
Comrades, immediately move the artillery to the west of Huangping Town and fire at the Japanese!
Let these sons of bitches know our own strengths and weaknesses!"

Following his order, the howitzer drivers immediately released the handbrakes, restarted the gun vehicles, lined up in a row, and slowly drove towards the east.

……

Their four huge vehicles drove towards Huangping Town, and of course they were soon discovered by the soldiers on guard post west of Huangping Town.

The sentries were naturally surprised and rushed out to inquire about the situation.

When Miao Sanmu said that this was the equipment of the newly formed self-propelled howitzer company, everyone was shocked.

They have never seen this thing before!
It looks like a tank, but the barrel is so long and thick!

You can tell at first glance that it must be very powerful!
Someone couldn't help but ask Miao Sanmu:
"Captain Miao, which one is better, your gun or the 120mm mortar of the Second Artillery Battalion?"

Miao Sanmu smiled proudly:
"That must be because our artillery is so powerful!

Although its caliber is only 105 mm, it can hit targets up to 10 kilometers away!
Compared to mortars, the range is much longer!"

"hiss……

Can it hit 10 kilometers?

Wow, that's awesome!"

Several sentinels were shocked. They had never seen a cannon that could fire so far! ...

After sending away the sentries that surrounded them, Miao Sanmu continued to move eastward with four cannons.

After walking for a few more minutes, he used a telescope to observe the distance and estimated that it was less than 500 meters away from Huangping Town. He immediately ordered:
"That's it, get ready to fire immediately!
Use maximum range to fire at the road to the east!
Two rapid shots each time!

After each round of shelling, retreat 500 meters and continue shelling! "

Following his order, the four M7 Priest self-propelled howitzers immediately stopped and prepared to fire!
Soon, the four guns roared—

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

……

These four 30mm caliber shells, weighing about 105 kilograms, flew at an extremely fast speed in the sky. Almost in an instant, they fell to the Japanese side and exploded with a loud bang.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

After four earth-shattering explosions, there was a wailing in the rear of the Japanese Eighth Division.

The commander of the Japanese Field Artillery 8th Regiment, Colonel Kitagawa Ryoki, who was originally deployed behind the main division, saw the explosion in the rear and immediately cried out in shock:
"What? The Eighth Route Army actually has a 105mm heavy artillery???
And the range is so long?"

As an old artilleryman with 20 years of experience, he knows exactly the power of artillery of different calibers!
Now it is revealed in one go!

Feeling that his 48 heavy artillery pieces were already under the enemy's gun muzzles, he could no longer care about continuing to fire at the previous targets, but instead shouted loudly:

"First Battalion, adjust the bombardment parameters immediately and bombard the four heavy guns of the Eighth Route Army!"

Following his order, the 12 Type 150 mm howitzers of the First Battalion immediately adjusted their muzzles and prepared for a counterattack after the gunners reported the calculated firing parameters.

However, before they were ready to fire, four more shells hit the area with lightning speed.

All the soldiers who were still wailing within a few hundred meters were sent to hell.

Seeing this, Beichuan Linghui couldn't help but curse:

"Baga! Do these Eighth Route Army artillerymen know how to fight?
In this situation, he actually used rapid fire!

Don’t their shells cost money?”

After cursing, he hurriedly urged his gunners to open fire quickly.

By observing the landing points of the shells in this round of artillery fire, the Japanese artillerymen made some crazy calculations, slightly adjusted some artillery parameters, and then fired a salvo of 12 150mm heavy artillery.

Amidst the terrifying whistling sounds, 12 huge artillery shells flew towards Huangping Town.

It passed the town and slammed heavily within a few hundred meters west of the town.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

After a series of explosions, the soldiers of the self-propelled howitzer company of the special forces regiment said that there was no pressure at all.

Although these shells caused great damage, leaving 12 huge craters on the road that were at least 2 meters deep and two or three meters in diameter, they did not cause any harm to them.

The self-propelled howitzers with a speed of 500 to kilometers per hour had forced them to retreat to meters away.

Seeing that the Japanese heavy artillery dared to counterattack, Miao Sanmu immediately roared and ordered:

"Comrades, the damn Japanese actually dared to fight back against us. They must be tired of living!
Keep firing at full force, let them know that Lord Horse has three eyes!"

Miao Sanmu knew that although the gunners under his command were considered the elite gunners of the 1st Artillery Battalion, they did not have the ability to accurately calculate the trajectory based on the landing point of the shells and finally infer the position of the enemy's artillery.

So he still executed the strategy he had just decided: fire two rounds rapidly at maximum range each time, and then retreat 2 meters.

So repeatedly!

He thought that his artillery had a long range, and as long as he gradually moved westward and the barrage of bullets slowly advanced, sooner or later he would be able to hit the Japanese artillery positions!

……

On the Japanese side, Beichuan Linghui originally thought that his 12 150mm heavy artillery could easily destroy the opponent's four 105mm howitzers with a simultaneous fire of of his mm heavy artillery.

But he soon discovered that this was not the case.

After his 12 shells were fired, they seemed to be of no use.

On the contrary, the artillery shells fired by the enemy seemed to be getting closer and closer to their positions.

It seems that the opponent is constantly adjusting the bombardment parameters, and the results will soon be seen!
This was something he couldn't understand.

He couldn't help but ask his wing chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Fujimoto Yukawa, with a look of doubt on his face:
"Mr. Fujimoto, what's going on with the Tubalu's artillery?
Why can't our 12 heavy artillery fire at the same time hit them?"

How can Fujimoto Yukawa answer this question?
I can only smile bitterly:

"Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, there does seem to be something strange with the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

But more importantly: judging from where their shells landed, they seemed to be using a 'barrage of bullets' method to bombard us.

It will probably take just a few more rounds of shooting before our artillery is destroyed.

We must deal with them immediately!"

Beichuan Linghui was speechless at his correct nonsense.

I thought to myself: Don’t I really want to deal with the other person right away?
But it can’t be done!

asshole!

He immediately roared:
"idiot!
Mr. Fujimoto, if you say these meaningless nonsense now, you will just be watching our warriors bleed and sacrifice!

As the wing chief of staff, you must come up with practical solutions immediately!
Let our artillery destroy the enemy!"

Fujimoto Yukawa felt sweat on his forehead when he was scolded.

Quick suggestion:

"Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that we divide our 12 heavy artillery pieces into three groups and adjust the firing angles so that the shells land 100 to 200 meters apart, thus creating a larger coverage area.

This way, maybe there will be some effect!"

"Yoshi! That's a good idea!"

Kitagawa Ryoki nodded and immediately ordered his first battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Ogawa Kazutaka, to act accordingly.

Amid the rumbling of artillery fire, Ogawa Kazutaka's eyes lit up after receiving the order. He quickly directed the gunners, adjusted the artillery parameters, and opened fire quickly.

……

This time, the 12 150mm grenades they fired landed much closer to the self-propelled howitzer position of the special forces regiment.

The shrapnel, gravel and other objects rolled up by the explosion hit the armor of the self-propelled howitzer, making a crackling sound.

Several unlucky soldiers were even hit and stained with blood.

I couldn't help but exclaim:

"what--

The damn kid bit me with a bullet fragment! "

Fortunately, the injuries were not serious and did not make them lose their combat effectiveness.

Miao Sanmu saw this and immediately ordered:

"The damn Japs, their artillery skills are damn accurate!
Quick, retreat 1000 meters! "

Following his order, the self-propelled howitzer drivers immediately started the gun vehicles and retreated quickly.

Just before the next round of shelling, they escaped from the enemy's artillery coverage.

...(End of chapter)