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

Chapter 72: Army Idiots Still Want Us to Die? (Subscribe!)

"Commander, if it really doesn't work, just move the artillery position forward. In this way, the range of our artillery should be enough." Long Wenjian couldn't help but say as he looked at his position being covered by artillery fire.

"No, I don't agree. This is too risky. Not to mention that the artillery positions are dug to the south, so close to the front will inevitably attract Japanese fighter planes." Liu Yi rejected Long Wenjian's proposal.

"Don't we have anti-aircraft guns? They can definitely block the Japanese fighter planes." Long Wenjian felt that the anti-aircraft guns' performance last time was pretty good and thought it was worth trying again.

"Last time we caught the Japanese army off guard. This time, the Japanese army will definitely be prepared. It is almost impossible to achieve the same results as last time." Liu Yi shook his head.

"Then what do you say we should do? This doesn't work, and that doesn't work. What should we do? Are we just going to passively take the beating? In just a short while, more than 30 people in my Second Battalion were killed in the explosion." Long Wenjian was immediately furious.

There is no such thing as war without risks. Although moving the artillery forward is risky, if it succeeds, the Japanese artillery fire will not be so arrogant.

"Okay, stop arguing. The Japanese artillery fire is not as powerful as you think. In fact, if it were not restricted by the terrain, our 150mm howitzers could suppress them." At this time, Lu Yuhua, who had been silent, signaled the two people not to quarrel.

This sentence is really correct.

Looking at the artillery of the great powers, under the same caliber, the Japanese artillery is always the worst.

Because of World War I, the German army was suppressed in the development of artillery, so their artillery was not outstanding.

The most criticized is the 50mm mortar, which can be said to be useless.

Even the heavy artillery at the back is not very effective.

Even so, the seemingly rubbish heavy artillery could still suppress the Japanese heavy artillery of the same caliber.

The quality of heavy artillery mainly depends on the industry of the entire country. For example, the caliber determines the range.

If one is not capable of high-precision industry but has strong industrial production capacity, one can defeat the opponent by piling up numbers.

The biggest example is that the Sherman could not beat the Tiger.

But I will use numbers to wear you down.

"Go and appease your respective troops. I will find a way to deal with the Japanese artillery." After Lu Yuhua finished speaking, he began to think about how to solve the problem.

He has thought of several solutions so far.

The first is the Paris Cannon, which is a super-range cannon. It was originally named "William Cannon" and later became famous for its shelling of Paris, hence the name "Paris Cannon".

The cannon has a caliber of 210 mm and a barrel length of 36 meters.

If the gun is erected, its muzzle will be higher than the roof of a 10-story building.

The gun’s maximum range: 131km.

Especially the last sentence, the maximum range is up to 131KM, which was really beyond his expectations.

According to the journey from Nanning to Liuzhou, you can reach Nanning in one shot when you are almost halfway there.

The only trouble was that the Paris guns were transported on the railways on flatbed trains.

This mode of transport allowed the Parisian artillery to be moved over long distances via the rail network while remaining intact.

Otherwise, if we rely on car transportation, I'm afraid no train can handle it.

Because it is too heavy.

More importantly, it is difficult to load the shells.

As for the power, it is naturally very strong.

But after reading it, Lu Yuhua refused without hesitation.

It's not that we can't afford it, and the price is not very expensive, only five million silver dollars per door, which is okay and acceptable.

But the fact that it would require train transportation made him completely give up.

I don’t know what the Guangxi clique were thinking. They stopped repairing the line at Liuzhou.

It would be great if it could be built to Nanning. We could use the railway to transport the Paris cannon to the front line, and then all the troubles would be solved with one shot.

The second way is to produce German-made 240mm heavy artillery with a maximum range of 52 kilometers, which can definitely crush all the Japanese heavy artillery and leave the Japanese army staring blankly, unable to fight back and only be bombed.

The price is much cheaper than the Paris Cannon, not that exaggerated, but if the quantity is large, it is not cheap, especially the shells. You can't just fire a few shots, right?
If the number is large, it would be quite touching.

The third way is to go to the Allied Combat Lab which still has 32 hours left and wait for the fighter plane.

At that time, fighter planes will be used to destroy the Japanese army’s heavy artillery positions, but attacking the city will be more difficult due to the lack of siege weapons.

So we go back to the second option, which is to produce German 240mm heavy artillery.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuhua no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the production of four 240mm heavy artillery.

Looking at the production time, Lu Yuhua could only sigh, it was too slow.

All we could do now was watch the Japanese bombing.

"Commander, you can't just take the bombing without fighting back, right?" Long Wenjian returned again, saying with an indignant look on his face.

"We can't reach it. Didn't I tell you that? The Japs are very smart. Do you think they are fools? They have obviously calculated the distance of our artillery and deliberately stayed in a position where we can't shoot. If they move forward, they will be sitting ducks." Lu Yuhua was too lazy to waste words with him and directly stated that the Japanese army was waiting for them to take the bait.

"No, what I mean is that although we can't bomb the Japanese artillery positions, we can bomb the Japanese soldiers on the city wall. We can't just let us get bombed and let them watch the show, right?" Long Wenjian pointed at the Japanese soldiers on the city wall and said.

Hearing this, Lu Yuhua touched his chin, thought for a while, and felt that he really couldn't let the US military watch the show.

Although they could not bombard the Japanese artillery positions, they could bombard the Japanese troops on the city walls.

Moreover, our own K18 170mm cannon has been exposed, so we might as well not hide it and just fire it directly.

"Well, this is a good suggestion. Let the 150mm howitzers bombard Nanning city for me. We can't just let the Japanese watch the show." Lu Yuhua thought about it and gave the order.

"Yes."

.........

"Damn Chinese army, it's finally their turn to be bombed." On the northern wall section of Nanning, soldiers from the 5th Engineer Regiment of the Japanese Army were chatting while watching a show.

Some Japanese soldiers even held cigarettes in their mouths and spoke lazily.

"This time, a heavy artillery brigade has arrived, which will definitely be able to destroy the Chinese army on the opposite side."

"Mr. Yutian, I heard that you got a lot of good things in this operation. You will definitely become rich after you return." A Japanese soldier nearby said enviously.

Because the Japanese army's pay was very low, they would plunder every place they captured.

Now that I have nothing to do, I just start chatting.

"Yes, I got a jade pendant. It looks very good and could be worth some money. I plan to keep it as a family heirloom."

"The Chinese are really rich, especially the big families. There are so many good things inside. Unfortunately, most of them were taken away by the officers."

"Well said."

The topic then became more and more off-topic, but at the same time, everyone couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Just then, bursts of sharp whistling sounds came from the distant sky.

So, the Japanese soldiers subconsciously raised their heads and saw dense artillery shells flying in the distance.

"Bombardment... bombardment..."

"Hide quickly, hide quickly!"

Shrill cries rang out across the entire city wall.

But soon, it was covered by the whistling sound of explosions.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Flames shot up into the sky and deafening explosions sounded!
Most of the shells landed accurately on the city walls, of course, a small number fell under the walls.

The power of the 150mm howitzer explosion is still very huge.

The secondary damage caused by the splashing debris is also great.

Not to mention the impact of the explosion, the fragments of the shells, and so on.

As long as we hit those on the city wall, we can take away at least a dozen people.

The Japanese troops who were originally densely packed on the city wall ran directly towards the bunker.

No figure could be seen on the entire position on the city wall.

"Moses Moses, I'm from the wing headquarters, I'm from the wing headquarters, the front line, the front line, please answer if you hear me, please answer if you hear me." The communications staff officer of the 5th Engineer Regiment held the phone and yelled frantically, but there was no sound from the other end of the phone except for the beep.

"Sir, the commander of the wing, we are unable to contact the front line. The telephone line must have been blown off."

"Baga, keep in touch, send the signalman out, and fix the telephone line immediately."

"Hay."

In fact, it wasn't just his phone lines that were blown up.

The division headquarters was also calling him, but the call couldn't get through.

"Moshimoshi, I'm from the division headquarters, the 5th Engineer Regiment, the 5th Engineer Regiment. If you hear me, please answer. If you hear me, please answer."

"Damn it, haven't we contacted them yet? The 5th Engineer Regiment has been completely wiped out?" Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi roared angrily.

He also didn't expect that the Chinese army would use heavy artillery to directly attack their city walls.

Is this just a matter of not caring?

Or do they just not care?
"Baga, what the hell is the Heavy Artillery Brigade doing? Why aren't they firing yet?" Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi roared angrily.

I originally thought that with the arrival of the heavy artillery brigade, the situation would get better.

Who knew that there would be no change at all? Thinking of this, Imamura was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of the First Guards Brigade.

Then your reputation will be ruined.

Do not!
no way!

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, we are temporarily unable to contact the 5th Engineer Regiment. The artillery bombardment just now must have cut off the telephone line." The communications officer's expression also looked grim.

I just called them not long ago and asked them if they had seen the Chinese army's artillery positions.

Because they guessed that the other side would move forward.

result?

No!

This made the Japanese army somewhat disappointed.

I originally thought that there would be peace for a while, but who knew that they would suddenly launch an attack again.

And judging from the intensity of the bombardment, it was obvious that it was very powerful.

He believed that the 5th Engineer Regiment in front would not be able to withstand a bombing of this scale.

Although the Japanese Type A Division had very high tactical skills, their flesh and blood bodies, no matter how strong their morale, could not withstand this kind of bombing.

The 21st Brigade suffered a disastrous defeat because it could not withstand the heavy artillery bombardment of the Chinese Army.

I didn't expect it would be their turn so soon.

The bombing lasted for half an hour, and there was no sign of the artillery fire stopping.

Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi sat aside with a gloomy face, leaning on his command sword.

"Baka, they've been bombing for half an hour and they haven't stopped yet. When did they get so many shells? Are the Empire's intelligence officers all idiots? Haven't they figured out where their shells came from?"

At this time, he finally understood the anger of Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi.

Very angry indeed.

The source of the enemy's artillery shells has not been found so far.

Anyone would feel aggrieved.

If it only lasted ten minutes, it wouldn't be a big deal, but now it's been going on for half an hour and there's no sign of stopping.

This means that the shelling lasted for at least an hour.

More importantly, our heavy artillery has not yet killed the enemy.

This made him curse for half an hour.

"Baga, after continuing the bombing for such a long time, aren't you afraid that the gun barrel will be damaged?" Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi roared.

Normally, high-intensity bombing would cause enormous damage to the gun barrel.

If you think about it, the enemy must have fired quite a few shells. It should be time to replace them, right?
Don't you really care about the damage to the gun barrel?

When did the Chinese army become so heroic?

"Tell the commander that if the heavy artillery brigade can no longer destroy the enemy's artillery positions, I'm afraid our city walls will be destroyed, and by then everything will be too late." Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi took a deep breath and said loudly.

"Hay."

Lieutenant General Seiichi Kuna would also feel helpless when he received the news.

He also didn't expect that the other party would just ignore them and directly bombard their city walls. Are they going to die together with them?
Or is it the method of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of your own?

Exchange the limit for one?

But then he shook his head, saying that this was impossible.

Absolutely impossible.

But if not, then why is it still being bombed?
Damn it!
Why do they have heavy artillery?
Why do they seem to have endless shells?
Looking at the smoke and loud noise rising into the sky outside, as well as the shaking of the chair, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi felt a little tired.

"Send a telegram to the Heavy Artillery Brigade, urging them to destroy the Chinese Army's heavy artillery positions as soon as possible."

"Also urge the air force to speed up."

"Hai!"

.........

"Commander, well done. This is how we should bomb the Japs. We can't just let us get bombed and let the Japs watch the show. Otherwise, we all get bombed together." Long Wenjian trotted into the command center and said excitedly.

"Did the city wall collapse?" Lu Yuhua asked.

"No, it's too damn solid. But I saw the Japanese soldiers running away in panic after being blown up. They no longer dared to stay on the city wall. They were too arrogant before and even smoked on the city wall." Long Wenjian said angrily.

"It's much better now. We have all become cowards. It's good to be cowards. Let's all be cowards together."

Hearing this, Lu Yuhua was speechless. This guy never had anything serious to say.

"This city wall is really solid. The Japanese are quite capable of repairing it. They must be professional engineers. Otherwise, it would not be able to withstand the bombardment of so many heavy artillery. The gun barrels are almost at their limit."

"Then stop first?" Long Wenjian asked hesitantly.

"Well, let's stop for now and wait for Sun Qi and the others to replace the gun barrels and replenish some artillery shells. Just now, three 150mm howitzers were hit by the Japanese heavy artillery. We have to say that the Japanese artillery level is still quite good." Lu Yuhua nodded.

"Tell your snipers to use cold shooting, specifically targeting the veterans and officers of the Japanese army, and beat them so hard that the Japanese dare not raise their heads."

"In short, there is only one thing: we cannot let the Japanese troops sit idle."

"Yes, I understand. But if the Japanese army surrounds us, we will be in trouble." Long Wenjian asked with some concern.

"What you are talking about are nothing more than the 18th Division and the Japanese troops at Gaofengai in the north. Don't worry about the north. The 36th Army is on the way to support. I plan to let them block the Japanese troops in the north from moving south." Lu Yuhua shook his head, not panicking at all.

"As for the 18th Division in the south, for now, don't dare to approach them even if they have the guts, unless they don't want to die."

Without solving the problem of heavy artillery, who would dare to move forward rashly?

Do you really think that a body of flesh and blood can withstand artillery shells?

A 150mm howitzer shell, if it hits, can take out at least a dozen people.

And the thing that was most in short supply was artillery shells. He wondered whether the Japanese army could afford them.

"Okay, the battle situation won't change much in the short term, and the next focus will be on air defense." What Lu Yuhua is most worried about now is the air defense issue.

Another thing is that the spy has not reported to the Japanese military headquarters yet.

Another function of the 240mm heavy artillery is to see if it can destroy the Japanese headquarters with one shot.

It would be great if this hits the target.

Now we can only wait for news.

…………

The 64th and 31st flying squadrons have been procrastinating after receiving orders from Kuna Seiichi.

The loss of twelve fighter planes by the Naval Aviation Force scared the Japanese army.

The last time we air raided Guilin, we also encountered anti-aircraft artillery attacks from the Chinese army, resulting in three fighter planes being shot down.

That's the latest fighter jet.

Now they are asked to bomb the Chinese army.

If it was a ragtag Chinese army without anti-aircraft weapons, they would definitely rush over excitedly.

But facing the Chinese army equipped with anti-aircraft guns, they naturally had many concerns.

Low-altitude flying is definitely not an option.

In that case, it is inevitable that the bombing results will be unsatisfactory.

Just looking at Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi's order, they wished they could destroy the Chinese army's artillery positions immediately.

Intelligence brought back by the reconnaissance planes sent ahead showed that China’s artillery positions were all in the mountains and forests, all hidden by trees and impossible to distinguish.

There was no other way, the Japanese reconnaissance plane could only lower its altitude, and as a result it was hit by 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

If it weren't for his quick eyes and hands, he would have been shot down again.

It is precisely because of the lessons learned from these few times that the two teams deliberately shirked their responsibilities.

Either the fighter plane is undergoing maintenance and reloading, or it needs to be refilled with fuel and bombs, etc.

Anyway, he was temporarily busy, which made Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi a little angry.

But there is no way, the army also has a chain of contempt, that is, the pilots look down on the group of deer on the ground

They thought the air force should be separated, but unfortunately no one agreed.

"Baga, are you asking us to die? The Chinese anti-aircraft guns must be waiting for us in the woods. Unless they agree to high-altitude bombing, we will never fly at low altitude." The commander of the 64th Flying Squadron roared angrily.

"That's right. Our precious pilots must not lose their lives here." The commander of the 31st Flying Squadron also said.

When they didn't have anti-aircraft guns, they were very arrogant, but now that they have anti-aircraft guns, they are dragging their feet.

When Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi received their telegram, he was so angry that he cursed at these bastards.

(End of this chapter)