Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

A squadron of Japanese devils has a standard organization of 180 people, and their equipment is still from the early days of the War of Resistance. Logically speaking, they are still very elite.

However, the current equipment of the Japanese is only of average standard for the new Second Regiment, and is outdated equipment for the main regiment, one generation behind.

Therefore, Wu Gui, the new commander of the fifth company who had just taken over the Shouyang city wall, only told the soldiers to prepare for artillery defense without giving any other instructions. The battle had come to this point, testing his ability to lead troops as a company commander, and also testing the combat command capabilities of the three platoon leaders and more than a dozen squad leaders under him!

The position of platoon leader is neither high nor low, and usually it is not seen that there is any role. But at this time, the role of platoon leaders is reflected. For example, on the earthen ridge outside the east gate, Wang Hui, the 5rd platoon leader of the 3th company, is arranging tactics.

"Heavy machine guns, remember, don't rush to fire, wait for my order. Squad leader 9, your position is the front, wait a moment..."

The Japanese squadron had already reached the location where the engineering regiment had been bombed, but they did not move forward immediately. Instead, they sent more than 100 Japanese soldiers to carry sandbags on the ground and form a circle. Then, the engineers used pickaxes and shovels to quickly build a simple heavy machine gun ring.

At this moment, the Japanese soldiers from the heavy machine gun squadron rushed over with heavy machine guns and put the heavy machine guns in place. It can be seen that the two waves of Japanese soldiers cooperated very well and grasped the timing very well.

"Sergeant, the Japanese were blown away there. Now aren't they afraid of our artillery bombing them?" asked a newly enlisted soldier on the city wall.

"Silly boy, do you see the Type 92 infantry gun to the south? That is the enemy's artillery's way of counterattacking us! You are still young, so follow your leader and learn from him when the battle comes."

There are other things that the squad leader didn't say, for example, everyone is testing the waters now, everyone has a back-up plan, and now is just the beginning. In fact, for veterans, whether it is the Japanese infantry or artillery, there are ways to deal with it! Only the bombers, there is really no good way.

Even though the quick reaction team shot down a plane, it was still dangerous. If the enemy still had bombs and dropped a wave of retaliatory bombs, the casualties would be huge...

Ga, gaga, gaga... The Japanese heavy machine guns opened fire. Although 600 meters seemed far away, the Japanese heavy machine guns were equipped with scopes, and the threat was still great when they fired suppressing shots.

However, although the city wall was shattered by the bombing, the fifth company reinforced the outer protective layer with sandbags after coming up. Therefore, the soldiers hid firmly behind the sandbags, just turning their heads to watch the devils continue to advance.

Chirp, chirp, chirp...Boom, boom, boom...At this moment, suddenly a shell from the Type 92 infantry gun flew over and exploded on the city wall, raising a large amount of dust and taking away several unlucky soldiers.

The span of the wall is about three meters. The Japanese can accurately hit it with their shells. Their skills are not bad! Of course, this is not good news for us.

"Damn it! The Japs have no martial ethics at this time. They use artillery fire at this time! Artillery company, don't worry about so much, just destroy the Japs' infantry artillery for me!" Xing Weiguo shouted loudly in Shouyang City.

"Comrades, don't be afraid of wasting shells, blow them up for me!" On a street in the city, the artillery company commander was also ruthless. The artillery company is still there, but if their own infantry is bombed, it will be a bit shameful! People in the city shouted, and on the city wall, looking at the explosion point where sand and soil were flying, the 5th company commander's eyes flashed fiercely: "Where are the grenade launchers? Bomb the heavy machine gun fortifications of the devils, blow them up, blow them all up!"

The 5th Company Commander was not unable to deal with the enemy's heavy machine gun positions. At a straight-line distance of 600 meters, the Dinglong grenade launcher's maximum launch distance was 950 meters, and the maximum effective killing accuracy distance was 780 meters. A grenade launcher with good skills could completely achieve 600-meter precision bombing!

The reason why they didn't bomb before was to give the Japanese some confidence and to allow the artillery to have real-time bombing data to calculate the trajectory. Now, the Japanese don't follow the routine, and the 5th company commander doesn't plan to keep the Japanese heavy machine gun position! That's right, this is revenge, just can't stand the Japanese artillery's arrogance!

Time passed quickly. Inside the city, the nine artillery groups had already calculated the parameters. Now they only needed to move their fingers and adjust the parameters to the right position. The Type 9 infantry guns of the Japanese were within the bombardment range. On the city wall, the grenade throwers braved the artillery fire without raising their fingers to aim. They just adjusted the muzzle angle, adjusted the scale of the plumb bob on the side to a distance of 600 meters, and then decisively pulled the trigger!
Boom, boom, boom... On the city wall, six grenade launchers fired grenades. The grenade launcher soldiers quickly pulled back the firing trigger, and a new grenade slid into the muzzle. They adjusted the angle again, then pulled the trigger and fired another shot.

At the same time, the mortars in the city also fired the first round of shells.

Chirp, chirp... The sound of shells cutting through the air flew over the heads of the Japanese who were still attacking, and then exploded behind them.

The Japanese were still proud of their own artillery, but the result was that they saw more artillery shells flying back to their own positions, and they couldn't help but look back.

At this moment, loud explosions were heard from behind, and the explosion scene was also reflected in the eyes of the Japanese.

But the heavy machine gun ring that was intact just now was now full of flying dust and some limbs were flying. As for the heavy Type 92 heavy machine gun, it was also blown out of the ring and fell sideways in the field. That was not all, there was also the sound of a grenade breaking through the air, and it fell on the heavy machine gun position again and exploded.

On the railway line further away, the Type 92 infantry gun, which was in good condition, was also blown apart from the gun barrel and the gun carriage. It looked like it could no longer be used! Artillery? Just like the infantry gun, it was probably no longer usable.

The Type 82 infantry gun is a good weapon in the hands of the Japanese. It can fire directly or projectile at a large angle to attack the top. However, its inherent short barrel makes its range less than that of the Type 82 mortar. Therefore, the Type infantry gun is useful, but if it is targeted by the Type mortar, it is likely that it will not be able to escape!

Of course, it all depends on the quality of the artillerymen! The artillerymen of the main regiments of the New Second Regiment were indeed trained by the artillery school where the great gunner Lao Zhao was the instructor. They were all elite.

The key is that Lao Xing of the New Second Regiment has decided to defend the city. There are still two days of preparation time. The artillery has already mapped the area outside the city and made a fence map! The prepared ones will beat the unprepared ones, and they will definitely win!

Why did the existence of shore-based artillery in the past protect the safety of nearby waters? Although the ship-borne artillery is powerful, it drifts on the sea and does not have the advanced fire control system of later generations, so its accuracy is worrying. Want to fight against the stable shore defense artillery? You'd better run away quickly...

(End of this chapter)