Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 49 Prepare for the general attack!

On the morning of January 1940, 1, in front of the Shankouxu position, the difference from the previous day was that this time it was not the Japanese fighter planes that bombed first.

Instead, it was the long-lost artillery company of the 714th Garrison Regiment that opened fire.

In recent days, Sun Qi has already recorded the coordinates of the Japanese army's positions clearly.

At this moment, the artillery company only needs to follow the coordinates.

Even the test launch was skipped, and they just bombarded the target according to the coordinates.

Originally according to Takeshi Sakurada's plan, the three squadrons should have taken turns attacking today, using rotation warfare to deplete the ammunition and morale of the defenders at the Yamaguchiru position.

As a result, a squadron had just been assembled here, and the squadron leader was giving a speech, which was nothing more than nonsense like "The Emperor is on board" and "Long-lasting military fortune", which were all meaningless.

The next second, a 105mm howitzer shell smashed down, directly blowing the Japanese squadron that was giving a speech into pieces, and the Japanese soldiers who were still giving the speech in front of them looked dazed.

I saw several shells falling to the ground one after another.

boom!
boom!
boom!
In an instant, dozens of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground. Seeing this, the other Japanese soldiers fled in panic.

Unfortunately, the location where they gathered every day had already been marked.

In the end, out of a squadron of more than 200 Japanese soldiers, only a few dozen were quick-witted and managed to save their lives. The others were either blown beyond repair or missing limbs, and their wailing echoed throughout the entire position.

Colonel Watanabe Takuryu, commander of the 1st Guards Regiment, was stunned when he received the news in the rear.

Not attacking yet?

Another one of my squadrons is wiped out?
A regiment consists of three infantry battalions and twelve infantry companies.

As a result, after three days, I had lost three squadrons.

Including the two squadrons of the 2nd Regiment next door, five infantry squadrons and more than a thousand people have been lost.

He finally understood why Major General Sakurada Takeshi had such a gloomy expression.

Don't talk about him, I can't hold it anymore.

The key point is that his squadron was wiped out before it even assembled. This is simply unimaginable.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese army on the opposite side has completely marked out our coordinates these days. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why our troops were bombarded as soon as they started to fight." The chief of staff of the regiment explained with a stiff upper lip.

As a result, I saw Colonel Watanabe Takuryu's murderous look.

Do I need you to explain this?

I'm not a fool, how can I not see it?

The question now is whether to continue the attack.

If they were exposed to the Chinese artillery, today's attack would be in vain.

Major General Takeshi Sakurada's plan of launching successive attacks to consume the Chinese army's ammunition was completely in vain.

Perhaps realizing that his stupidity had angered Colonel Watanabe Takuryo, the regiment chief of staff quickly added a sentence.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, our artillery squadron only has four Type 4 infantry guns, which are simply not enough to reach the enemy's artillery positions. Now we can only ask your Excellency, the brigade commander, to mobilize the field artillery battalion."

"Well, this is the only way." Although Colonel Watanabe Takuryu was very distressed, he also knew that only heavy artillery could solve the problem at the moment.

Otherwise, there would be no need to attack today, just stare at each other.

In fact, he didn't even need to report it, Major General Sakurada Takeshi had already seen it.

After all, he was looking forward to whether there would be a surprise today.

The surprise came from the other side.

The troops encountered heavy artillery bombardment as soon as they assembled. This was just a squadron, so the losses were not great.

Even so, his good mood was instantly gone.

"Baga, notify the field artillery battalion immediately, find the Chinese army's artillery positions for me, and completely destroy their positions." Major General Sakurada Takeshi roared angrily.

"Also, urge the air force to speed up."

"Hay."

On the battlefield, Lu Yuhua put down the telescope and showed a smug smile. "Not bad, one round of salvos brought thousands of merits, but such a good opportunity doesn't come often."

When the 150mm heavy howitzer arrived at five in the morning, Lu Yuhua decided to use the heavy artillery to teach the Japanese a lesson today.

First, Sun Qi's 105mm howitzer fired first, focusing on bombing the Japanese positions that had already been marked.

The first to be hit was the Japanese army's assembly area.

He didn't suffer the Japanese bombing for nothing during these three days.

When dusk fell, Lu Yuhua asked Liu Yi to send out a reconnaissance team to find out the Japanese positions and record them.

A considerable price has been paid for this in the past few days, with dozens of casualties.

But the effect is definitely good.

"That's almost another squadron. The Japanese army shouldn't have many squadrons left."

"The efficiency of one squadron a day is really too slow." Lu Yuhua was somewhat dissatisfied with this efficiency.

"Commander, should we move Sun Qi's artillery position first? The Japanese hot air balloon has risen, and it should be looking for our artillery position." Liu Yi reminded at the right time.

Hearing this, Lu Yuhua shook his head.

"No need to move, keep firing. Also, have the artillery observation post immediately find the Japanese artillery position and tell Zhou Yi to find a way to destroy it."

Hearing this, Liu Yi was stunned. Is he going to use Sun Qi's artillery company as bait?

Of course, this tactic is very common. During the Battle of Nomonhan, the Japanese heavy artillery division was pinned to the ground and beaten to pieces by the Soviet army in this way.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have lost so badly.

Now it is nothing more than a reappearance.

Lu Yuhua calculated accurately that the Japanese army did not know that he still had 150mm heavy howitzers. If they had known, they would not have dared to fire their heavy artillery.

If you plan without intention, you will definitely get a big bargain.

That's how war works.

Especially when the firepower gap between the two sides is very obvious, there is no need to use any tactics, just bombard directly.

In other words, there is no guidance, otherwise why would we go through so much trouble, we could just fire directly at it.

"Also, let the anti-aircraft artillery company prepare. The Japanese fighter planes will be here soon, and we will give them a surprise then." Lu Yuhua added.

In addition to the 37mm anti-aircraft guns, the 88mm anti-aircraft guns that arrived at the same time were also temporarily incorporated into the anti-aircraft artillery company.

Because Lu Yuhua found that his side clearly had a huge advantage, the 88mm anti-aircraft gun could not be used for the time being, so it would be better to incorporate it into the anti-aircraft artillery company first.

"Yes." Liu Yi responded immediately.

"Whether we can inflict heavy damage on the 1st Guards Brigade today depends on whether our heavy artillery can keep up the good work. Notify everyone and be ready to launch a general offensive at any time." Lu Yuhua said proudly.

Kou can go, so can I!

In the past few days, the Japanese army took the initiative to attack, and now it is their turn to launch a general offensive.

"Yes, Commander." Liu Yi responded.

Long Wenjian and Lu Yuyan, who received the order, looked confused.

Launch a general attack?

What has happened to our group leader that has made him crazy?

There are thousands of Japanese troops on the opposite side?
Launch a general attack?

Is this an old man hanging himself because he thinks he has lived too long?

"Did you hear it wrong?" Long Wenjian looked at the signalman with a frown.

"Battalion Commander, you heard me right. Be ready to launch a general attack at any time." The signalman repeated it again.

(End of this chapter)