Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

To tell the truth, everyone here has heard about "Unconscionable Cannon", but at most it is only used as an after-dinner talk, no one takes it seriously, they only think it is an excuse from the outside world to deify Jiang Haoran, no one can believe an oil barrel Stuffing a pack of explosives in it can produce the terrifying lethality in the rumors.

Therefore, when Leng Rushuang brought this up, all of them had weird expressions, and their expressions were full of indifference, but they didn't dare to ignore Leng Rushuang's intentions, and immediately sent someone to find the oil Leng Rushuang needed. Barrels, explosives, and caltrops, of course, cannot be mass-produced by machines, so I temporarily smashed an iron pot and replaced it with small pieces of iron.

"Unconscionable Cannon" is not a high-tech in the first place, and its production is quite simple. With Leng Rushuang's proficiency, a sample was quickly produced.

Clever as cold as frost, of course he knows that everyone doubts the power of the "unconscionable cannon", so he volunteered to test the cannon in the field.

A few soldiers carried a "big oil barrel", followed by a large group of lieutenant generals and major generals. The scene seemed a bit weird. The cooperation in the front was as cold as frost, and the things in the back were more or less disdainful and whispering.

Under Leng Rushuang's command, the soldiers quickly set up the venue. Dozens of straw figures were placed in an open space 600 meters away. A "big oil barrel" was placed at a 45-degree angle. Leng Rushuang gave an order, Fire and fire.

With a loud "boom", a huge black "cannonball" roared out, and then exploded in the air.

Before the gunpowder smoke cleared, everyone rushed to the explosion site, and they were all dumbfounded. They saw that dozens of straw figures had been torn apart and dilapidated. Even the wooden sticks supporting the straw figures were scattered on the ground, covering an area of ​​hundreds of rice.

Those present are all those who have been fighting on the battlefield for many years. One can see at a glance what this kind of bomb means to the infantry group charge. Although the distance is short, if it is used to deal with it, the Japanese army advanced to a distance of 150 meters in the morning and hid behind the tank. The attack, this cannon went down and exploded in the air, unless it hid under the tank chassis, there was no way to hide, basically it was a dead end.

Chen Mianwu immediately ordered to mobilize all military experts from the military headquarters and divisions to make "unconscionable cannons". The iron pan is sharper and lighter in texture, and its lethality and killing area will be enhanced.

After finishing these, Leng Rushuang's task was considered complete, and he was ready to go back to the headquarters. Before leaving, Leng Rushuang specially called Chen Mianwu aside, and told him in a low voice not to be worried about the chief's reprimand. Virgo's temper is relatively stinky, but when he is willing to scold someone, he basically regards him as one of his own.

Leng Rushuang also told Chen Mianwu that it is basically impossible for Wu Huawen, the former commander of the No.70 Fifth Army, to return to the position of army commander.Moreover, the chief executive has already asked Chen Chen for instructions on this matter. At that time, Chen Chen will also mediate and try his best to make it happen.But the premise is that Chen Mianwu is going to win the battle in front of him, and the chief executive and Chen Chen will have the confidence to speak at the Military Commission.

Chen Mianwu was overjoyed immediately, and unconsciously stood up and said that even if Meng Gong confessed his more than [-] catties, he would keep the Japanese army out of Meng Gong, please rest assured the chief executive and Chen.

Chen Mianwu had no doubt that Leng Rushuang's words were false. He was originally from Chen Chen's Department of Civil Engineering. With such a good opportunity, Chen Chen would naturally consider it for himself. Jiang Haoran is Chen Chen's son-in-law, which has long been recognized. Man, even without Leng Rushuang's words, Chen Mianwu knew what he should do.Of course, with these words, I have taken my reassurance.

Leng Rushuang, escorted by more than a dozen members of the Snow Wolf Special Forces, quickly left in a jeep, more than 100 miles away, and there was a danger of being attacked by small troops infiltrated by the Japanese army on the way. Chen Mianwu repeatedly insisted on sending himself But Leng Rushuang politely refused. There was a small team of snow wolf special forces escorting them, and they were in their own defense zone. In Leng Rushuang's view, any small Japanese army was not enough to fear, so Chen Mianwu had no choice but to give up. .

But what Chen Mianwu didn't expect was that two hours later, he received the news that Leng Rushuang was attacked by the Japanese army, which scared him into a cold sweat.

However, a Japanese squad of more than ten people was completely wiped out by the Snow Wolf Special Forces, and Leng Rushuang was unharmed.The reason why Chen Mianwu was told was to remind him that their defense line was no longer absolutely safe.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that the entire river defense is more than 100 miles long, and there are too many places that the Japanese army can penetrate. It is impossible to cover everything with just one division. The soldiers of the group set up defenses behind Meng Gong.

After the Japanese attack in the morning, there was no further Japanese action for the rest of the day.Nearly [-] tanks were destroyed, and more than half of the infantry of a regiment was killed or injured, which was not a small casualty for the Japanese army. They suffered such heavy losses in the first battle, and the Japanese army also needed to adjust their tactics. After this battle, they can also see that, Powerful artillery and air support alone are not enough. If you want to capture Meng Gong, infantry is still the key.

This also gave Chen Mianwu enough time to build artillery positions and reverse slope trenches. At the same time, he also built several fake artillery positions in the valley to confuse the high-altitude reconnaissance of the Japanese army. Although once fired, the artillery positions will be invisible. But at least before that, the Japanese army could not carry out purposeful precision bombing.

In the early morning of the next day, the sun cast thousands of strands of golden light on the earth, showing that it was another hot and sunny day.

The plains are no better than jungles, there is no fog in the morning, and the visibility is extremely high.So at [-] o'clock in the morning, Japanese planes appeared densely over Menggong, and carried out carpet bombing on the front of Menggong again.Several fake artillery positions that deliberately exposed their flaws to attract the firepower of the enemy planes were completely blown up by the enemy planes in the first round of bombing, costing countless enemy aerial bombs.The real artillery position built on the mountainside was unscathed because of the ingenious camouflage

At the beginning of the enemy plane's attack, the expeditionary force began to frantically fire at the enemy planes in the sky in the main position at the front and in the hidden areas behind.

At the beginning, the enemy came up with low-altitude strafing and dive-bombing, and soon paid the price. Three or four fighter jets and bombers were swept down by dense bullet nets. bomb.

The current anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the Expeditionary Army are all provided by the United States and the United Kingdom. The anti-aircraft machine gun uses the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun. The gun has a caliber of 17.7 mm. The rate of fire is 450 to 550 rounds per minute. Compared with the 7.7mm rotary machine guns equipped on Japanese aircraft, the firepower is much stronger.

On the cannon, both sides use the Swiss Oerlikon 20mm cannon. The difference is that the expeditionary army uses the British imitation version, while the Japanese army uses the nine-nine machine gun developed on the basis of Oerlikon. Type [-], the actual firepower is almost the same.

However, the shooting accuracy of the aircraft is incomparable with that of ground weapons. The anti-aircraft firepower on the ground is strong, and the aircraft has no choice but to pull up, which leads to a decrease in the accuracy of the aircraft's bombing.

Both the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun and the Oerlikon cannon have an effective range of 800 meters, which means that the Japanese aircraft must drop bombs at an altitude of more than 2000 meters. Looking down from an altitude of 2000 meters Meng Gong's frontier position is not much bigger than a steamed bun. It is conceivable that it is difficult to accurately drop aerial bombs on this "steamed bun".

After losing the meaning of the airdrop, the Japanese aircraft quickly left the sky over Menggong, and immediately, the Japanese artillery began to cover the forward positions intensively.

The anti-slope trenches began to play a huge role. Amidst the rumble of artillery, the soldiers of the expeditionary army still sat leisurely in the trenches, smoking and watching the excitement.They found that no matter whether the Japanese army's curved artillery or direct artillery, either landed in the main trench on the ridge, or flew over their heads, and landed directly in the valley behind them, in short, they did not fall on their heads.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese army finally began to attack, and this time it was a mass charge of tens of thousands of people. Yesterday's disastrous defeat allowed them to sum up their experience. Only when they attacked the hill with superior forces, could they take down the Meng Gong position. possible.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the soldiers of the expeditionary army also quickly entered the main position on the top of the mountain from the trenches on the reverse slope. The engineers quickly swung their engineering shovels to build the collapsed trenches. The infantry carried ammunition boxes and heavy weapons, entered the position and began to defend .

Chen Mianwu's 55th Division was in charge of the defense this time. However, in the team, on the same defensive position yesterday, Chen Feng, the commander of the 93th Regiment of the 340rd Division, still appeared.

In yesterday's battle, the last 93 people of the 2000rd Division were severely injured again, with nearly half of the casualties, and most of them died from the crazy Japanese bombing. Basically, only one regiment was guaranteed. Strictly speaking, they Even the organizational system is not in order, and they should have retreated to the rear to rest a long time ago, but the more than 93 soldiers who survived all pleaded for orders last night, asking to go to the battlefield today to avenge their dead brothers.Even Lu Guoquan, the commander of the [-]rd Division, and Wu Chaowen, the chief of staff, joined the pleading team and shouted. The momentum was so loud that Chen Mianwu was so excited that he couldn't bear to refuse.

As a commander, everyone wants to see soldiers with a strong sense of combat and strong morale. In addition, the 55th Division is also a unit with a serious shortage of troops. Chen Mianwu immediately agreed to their combat request and reduced the 93rd Division into a regiment. On the front line, the commander is still Chen Feng, the head of the 340 regiment.