I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

On Yuwang Ridge.

Yang Yuanshan stood proudly behind a crooked tree, observing the situation in Xin County through a telescope.

Seeing the Japanese being blown to pieces by our army's artillery shells, he was not very satisfied.

Instead, he complained to Zhan Haishan and Han Yang next to him:
“This cannon shot is too outrageous!
At least three or four out of ten shots fell outside the city!
It seems that we have to put some pressure on the artillery battalion.

Even if we have a lot of shells, we can't waste them!"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Haishan and Han Yang couldn't help but secretly curl their lips.

I thought to myself: You told Gao Yuanzhi earlier that they should not have any psychological burden and should train their artillery skills in battle. Why are you dissatisfied now when the battle hasn't even started for long?
You change your attitude faster than turning the pages of a book!

……

A fierce artillery battle lasted from around three in the afternoon until dark, when it gradually stopped.

At this time, both the enemy and us had become numb.

The Japanese did not expect that the enemy's artillery shells would hit their positions as if they were free.

Don't consider the accuracy issue at all.

Under such intensive artillery bombardment, they could do nothing but lie on the ground and pray that the shells would not fall on their heads.

——Even screaming will become meaningless, because even you can't hear it.

Anyone would feel extremely desperate when they are waiting for trial!
After all, no one knows when a fateful bomb will fall on their head.

After several hours of despair, the Japanese soldiers had no other emotions except numbness.

All of them had only one thought in their minds: Tired! Destroy!

Some of the Japanese soldiers who had weaker endurance even collapsed directly.

He suddenly jumped up from the ground and shouted loudly:
"Baga! Damn Chinese, hurry up, use your shells to blow me to death!!
I am a warrior of the empire, I am not afraid of death!"

For these guys who are looking for death, of course there are shells to teach them a lesson and send them back to their hometown directly.

……

The soldiers of our army's various units were waiting for the order to attack, waiting until they were numb.

Originally, they thought that the artillery of the special forces regiment would only be able to fire for half an hour or even an hour at most, and then they would be able to launch a charge, approach the city, and happily use the sophisticated weapons in their hands to wipe out the Japanese.

however--

An hour passed and the earth-shaking sound of artillery fire was still ringing.

Two hours later, the tanks of the special forces regiment had used up all their artillery shells and heavy machine gun bullets and retreated, but the sound of artillery fire was still ringing.

Three hours passed, it was getting dark, and the sound of artillery fire was still going on!
In this situation, who wouldn't be numb?

Everyone is smart and they know that if the commanders don't order a night attack, they won't be able to fire a single shot today!

In the New Second Regiment, those soldiers who were arranged by Kong Jie to be the assault team members at the front could not help but curse:
"This is fucking over, is it ever going to end?

Were all the rats killed?"

"Yes! If the special forces regiment continues bombing like this, I'm afraid we can only go into the city to collect the bodies of the Japanese."

"The meat was eaten up by the artillerymen of the Special Forces Regiment, and we can only enjoy the sight!
I don't want to fight this kind of battle anymore!"

……

At this time, on Yuwang Ridge, Yang Yuanshan had long lost interest and continued to observe the miserable situation of the Japanese devils through a telescope.

After handing over the battlefield command to Zhan Haishan and Han Yang, he found a comfortable place to lie down and began to think about the personnel and weapons and equipment deployment of the special forces regiment in the next stage.

In particular, which battalion to choose to carry out the mechanization pilot project was a very puzzling question for him.

Need to think about it carefully!
……

The sky gradually darkened.

Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng both ordered their artillerymen to stop firing at the same time.

They began to count casualties, treat the wounded, and prepare to report to Yang Yuanshan.

On the other hand, Kong Jie from the New Second Regiment was much faster than the two of them.

As soon as the cannon fire stopped, he hurried over to ask Yang Yuanshan:

"Captain Yang, is your regiment preparing for a night raid tonight?"

Yang Yuanshan shook his head:
“No need to do it tonight.

Our regiment has suffered heavy losses of veteran soldiers and a high proportion of new recruits. If we attack at night now, I'm afraid the casualties will be considerable.

If the Japanese in Jinchang don't break out tonight, I plan to have the battalions slowly advance into Jinchang tomorrow under the cover of tanks and artillery fire to wipe out the Japanese."

"What? We still need artillery cover?
Captain Yang, if you have so many artillery shells that you can't use them all, can you provide more support to our other brother units?

It's such a waste to waste it like this!"

Kong Jie advised with great sorrow.

He wished he could give an order and have his men confiscate all the artillery shells from the special forces regiment to prevent him from wasting them.

Seeing that he had some stress reaction, Yang Yuanshan was speechless.

He quickly responded:

"Captain Kong, it's not like I haven't provided support to other troops!
Not to mention that our troops in northwest Shanxi have obtained a lot of equipment and ammunition from me.

Just this time, the troops from other divisions came to me, and I gave them a lot!
Otherwise, do you think that the regiments of the Yanbei Detachment and the two detachments of Suinan can hold out against the 26th Division for so long?
No matter how weak the Japs are, they still have more than 10,000 men!"

As soon as he said this, Kong Jie was speechless and his face turned pale and red.

He knew that this was absolutely true!

He himself has received a lot of equipment from Yang Yuanshan!

Quickly laughed awkwardly:
"Ha ha……"

Then he quickly took out his pipe, put it in his mouth and took a puff to hide his embarrassment.

Then forcefully change the subject:

"Captain Yang, the Japanese were badly damaged by your bombing today. I guess they are currently busy treating the wounded and reorganizing the team. They are at their weakest.

We must not allow them to recover their fighting capacity comfortably.

So I plan to have our regiment's soldiers launch a night attack on the Japanese under cover of darkness. What do you think?"

Yang Yuanshan shook his head:
“Captain Kong, I really don’t think it’s necessary.

Doesn’t your regiment have so many artillery pieces?
It would be better for you to do as we did and wait until tomorrow morning, then advance towards the city under the cover of artillery fire.

It would take half a day or a day to wipe out all the Japanese devils.

This will greatly reduce the casualties among the soldiers.”

Kong Jie thought to himself: Artillery fire cover?
Put lightly!

Do you think my family is as wealthy as yours, with endless supply of ammunition?

He knew that he could not persuade Yang Yuanshan, so he could only say helplessly:
"Captain Yang, since you are not interested, our group will do it on their own."

"Captain Kong, please do as you please."

Yang Yuanshan waved his hands and didn't care.

He estimated that tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers had suffered at least several thousand casualties from his bombing today.

There shouldn't be much risk if the New Second Regiment launches a night attack now.

After all, night combat has always been our army’s strong point.

……

After sending Kong Jie away, Yang Yuanshan sent someone to inform Zou Qingzhi and others, asking them to be more vigilant tonight and be careful of the Japanese devils who might take the opportunity to break out.

It was a rare opportunity for him to surround so many Japanese soldiers with superior forces. Of course, he didn't want even a single remnant of the enemy to escape from his Five Fingers Mountain!

...After finishing these things, Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng came together and reported their situation to Yang Yuanshan.

Yang Yuanshan was basically satisfied when he learned that the First Artillery Battalion had lost two howitzers and dozens of artillerymen, and the Second Artillery Battalion had lost six mortars.

After all, in several hours of artillery battles, they completely destroyed all the artillery that the Japanese could use to counterattack them, and the results were already quite outstanding.

So he patted the two on the shoulders and praised:

“You two did a great job.

The credit for this battle belongs to you!"

Gao Yuanzhi and the other two finally felt relieved after receiving his recognition.

He immediately asked expectantly:

"Captain, what mission do we have next?"

Yang Yuanshan did not answer directly, but asked them:

"We fired so many shells today. How are the gunners in your battalion doing with their artillery skills?"

Gao Yuanzhi smiled confidently:
"Captain, we have already fired hundreds of tons of artillery shells. If they still don't make any progress, then wouldn't it be a waste of artillery shells?"

Wang Gensheng also responded excitedly:

"Captain, although we can't say we can hit whatever we point at, at least our operational proficiency is definitely no problem.

These bastards all told me that they could fire the shells with their eyes closed!"

"Humph, just shooting it out is useless.

I want fast and accurate!"

Yang Yuanshan knocked the two men.

Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng quickly put away their smiles and answered seriously:
"Captain, we can now basically make sure the shells land within 500 meters of the target!

Some skilled gunners can make sure the target lands within 200 meters! "

"500 meters? That's good enough."

Yang Yuanshan nodded.

He knew very well that in the absence of fire control radar, the sighting and observation equipment was very rudimentary, and the gunners had very poor math and physics skills, he really couldn't ask for too much!
After all, the reason why the Japanese artillerymen have superb artillery skills is that they have undergone several years or even more than ten years of high-intensity training.

It is simply a pipe dream for our artillery battalion to catch up with or even surpass them in a short period of time.

So, he pondered and arranged:
"At dawn tomorrow, you will aim your guns at Jinchang County and continue shelling to provide artillery cover for our infantry.

You can slow down the shelling, but don't hurt our own people, understand?"

"understand!"

They both shouted in unison.

Then he hurried away.

Yang Yuanshan looked at their backs, called the telegraph operator, and gave the order:
"Send a telegram to the leader, informing him that we have completely destroyed the artillery regiment of the Japanese 26th Division today.

The plan is to launch a general attack tomorrow morning to wipe out this group of Japanese devils!
He was told not to bring any troops with him and to rush to Xinkou."

……

At this moment, Li Yunlong had just rushed back to Heyuan County with the Independent Regiment and the Guard Regiment.

Then, according to the telegram Yang Yuanshan had sent earlier, they found the weapons and equipment he had left behind.

Li Yunlong felt a sense of happy distress as he looked at the 24 brand new 75mm mountain cannons neatly arranged in the abandoned yard.

The artillery is in place, enough to form two mountain artillery regiments, but where the hell can I get the personnel for two artillery regiments?
……

Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao also brought their men to find the equipment they had exchanged with Yang Yuanshan.

Naturally, they were both very happy.

Especially after they counted all the equipment, they were shocked to find that Yang Yuanshan had actually given them a batch of extra gifts, and they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

Each of those things is good stuff!
Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but sigh:

"Yang Yuanshan is indeed worthy of being my old subordinate. He treats me, his old battalion commander, very well!"

Xing Zhiguo nodded repeatedly.

Being an honest man, he never thought that this was Yang Yuanshan's reward for his gratitude by giving him the manpower in advance!

It was not out of respect for the old battalion commander Zhang Dabiao.

……

However, after the excitement, they both felt the same troubles as Li Yunlong.

The independent regiment is now short of personnel and can only barely maintain its status.

Now that Yang Yuanshan has given them so much equipment, where can they get enough people to make full use of these equipment?

……

Just when several people were having a headache, Yang Yuanshan's telegram arrived.

Li Yunlong was naturally very surprised and a little unhappy when he learned that the special forces regiment had fought so smoothly.

How could he enjoy himself when the Japanese 26th Division surrendered so quickly?

Couldn't help but curse:
"Damn it, the Japs are too weak to fight!"

When the telegraph operator Cai Xuan heard what he said, he was immediately surprised and asked:

"Leader, do you still hope that the Japanese will be stronger and cause trouble for Captain Yang and his men?"

As soon as he said this, Li Yunlong felt a breath stuck in his chest and was very depressed.

He slapped him on the forehead and cursed:
"What the hell are you talking about!"

Then ordered:

"Hurry up and send a telegram to Lao Zhao, asking him to contact the brigade headquarters and find out the current movements of the three Japanese divisions heading towards Jinyang City!"

"Yes!"

Cai Xuan agreed with a grin and immediately went to work.

……

About an hour later, he came back to report to Li Yunlong:
"Leader, Political Commissar Zhao sent a telegram saying that the three Japanese divisions are retreating back to their original cities while sweeping our military bases along the way!"

"Returned?
Damn little devils, it seems like they are afraid of me, Li Yunlong!"

Li Yunlong was somewhat proud.

Afterwards, he called the commanders of the supplementary regiments under his command and ordered them to disband their respective troops early tomorrow morning and let the militia and guerrillas return to their homes and find their mothers.

The backbones of each supplementary regiment gathered together to form two understaffed artillery regiments, which temporarily stayed in Heyuan County for training.

After arranging this matter, he sent someone to call Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao.

Arrangement Road:
"Old Xing, Da Biao, the battle in Xinkou is almost over.

Your independent regiment should withdraw to Shuiquan for rest tomorrow.

We must strive to replenish our manpower and restore our combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time!"

Xing Zhiguo was immediately confused and asked in shock:

"The battle is almost over?

Lao Li, what's going on? "

And Zhang Dabiao also had an expression as if he had seen a ghost!
Obviously he didn't dare to believe what Li Yunlong said!

...(End of chapter)