Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 108 Sudden bombardment!
"Report to the platoon leader, the Japanese have started to set up small steel cannons, a total of 6."

The Third Battalion set up an observation post on the commanding heights. Since the Japanese artillery position was not far from Songqu Village, the observation post saw it at the first time with a four-fold telescope and conveyed the situation to the battalion headquarters communicator in the form of a signal.

After the ambush on the Japanese training team, the observation posts of the New 1st Regiment were also equipped with four-fold binoculars.

"Six small steel cannons, the damn Japanese cavalry is really rich."

The third battalion commander licked his lips and smiled grimly.

Although the Japanese's small cannon was not far from Songqu Village, it was still about one thousand meters away and the firepower of the Third Battalion could not reach it.

The Japanese Type 90 mm mortar has good performance.

The 90mm shells were also very powerful. After a few rounds of shells, his Third Battalion would have been blown to pieces by the Japanese mortars.

But, the Japanese have cannons, so doesn’t the New 1st Regiment have any?
……

"Ha Ya Gu, Ha Ya Gu."

In the direction of the Japanese artillery position, under the urging of the Japanese cavalry artillery squadron leader, the well-trained Japanese artillerymen were setting up the artillery.

After tamping the base, install the gun mount, and then install the gun barrel. The gunner unloads the ammunition box from the horse, opens the ammunition box, and prepares the ammunition.

After completing this set of operations, the movements are smooth and perfect.

Six small steel cannons were lined up in a row. The Japanese gunners quickly adjusted the firing parameters and pointed the muzzles towards the position of the Third Battalion of the New First Regiment.

"Report to the regiment commander, the artillery position is ready."

"You can fire at any time."

The captain of the cavalry artillery squadron walked up to the regiment commander, Colonel Takeda, and reported to him with a bow.

"fire."

Colonel Takeda gave the order with a gloomy expression.

"One test shot."

"put!"

The captain of the cavalry artillery squadron immediately waved his command knife, his expression and tone fierce and arrogant.

The mortar has a high rate of fire and good power, but its disadvantage is poor accuracy. Even the best Japanese gunners must conduct a test shot before officially firing, as a reference for the shooting parameters.

The Japanese gunner slid a shell into the barrel.

"Tum."

The captain of the cavalry artillery squadron and Colonel Takeda both held up binoculars and looked towards the direction of the third battalion's position.

In the field of view of the telescope, an explosion occurred about 30 meters away from the position of the third battalion, raising a large amount of mud.

Two seconds later, a loud explosion sounded, echoing through the valley and spreading far away.

The Japanese gunner quickly adjusted the firing parameters and fired another test shot, which landed directly in the middle of the third battalion's position.

"Yoshi."

"According to the new firing parameters, begin full-speed artillery fire."

Colonel Takeda bypassed the captain of the cavalry artillery squadron and gave orders directly to the artillery.

If we delay any further, the infantry and tank units will arrive soon, and the credit for reinforcing the division headquarters will definitely go to our cavalry regiment.

Have these Eighth Route Army soldiers on the opposite side ever seen the Locust Army’s 90mm mortar shells?
suddenly.

A sharp whistling sound was heard overhead.

"Colonel, be careful of the artillery fire."

The captain of the cavalry artillery squadron reacted extremely quickly, and knocked Colonel Takeda to the ground like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey.

boom…

An explosion occurred near the artillery position, and all the surrounding Japanese cavalry guns and gunners fell to the ground.

The Japanese soldiers looked around vigilantly, but no one noticed where the shells came from.

"idiot."

Colonel Takeda cursed angrily, shook off the captain of the cavalry artillery squadron, and waved the colonel's sword in his hand hysterically:

"Fire, keep firing."

The Japanese gunners stood up and put the shells in their hands into the gun barrels.

"Boom boom boom..." With a series of muffled sounds, six mortar shells from the Japanese suddenly flew into the air, drew an arc in the sky, and fell towards the position of the Third Battalion of the New First Regiment.

Before the first round of shells landed, the second round of shells was put into the barrel by the Japanese gunners.

But the second shell also fell into the Japanese position at the same time, causing an explosion and overturning a Japanese mortar. One Japanese artilleryman was killed on the spot and two were injured.

The Japanese artillery had only fired five rounds of artillery shells when a steady stream of 5mm shells fell into the formation of the Japanese cavalry artillery squadron.

Sudden.

Boom…

Accompanied by an unprecedented explosion, a huge cloud of smoke rose near the Japanese artillery position. Several Japanese soldiers around were blown into a bloody mist, forming a large open space.

"Baga, what's going on?"

Colonel Takeda shook his body to get rid of the dirt on his body and asked in a deep voice.

"Colonel, our shells have been blown away."

The captain of the cavalry artillery squadron reported in a difficult tone.

As a vanguard unit, the cavalry artillery squadron did not carry many artillery shells, and the artillery shells were mainly carried by the baggage troops.

"idiot."

Colonel Takeda slapped the captain of the cavalry artillery squadron to the ground. At this point in the battle, Colonel Takeda had already lost his mind.

Anxious and corrupt.

At the same time, shells continued to fall into the Japanese artillery positions, covering the Japanese cavalry artillery positions in smoke.

It is easy to set up the gun but difficult to dismantle it. In addition, the Japanese artillery position was under bombardment, so it suddenly became a mess.

"Colonel, the enemy artillery position is on the hillside in the southeast direction."

The captain of the cavalry artillery squadron quickly got up and reported to Takeda Yonehachiro.

Takeda Yonehachiro raised his telescope and saw some smoke and shells rising on the hillside a thousand meters away.

"waste."

After slapping the cavalry artillery captain once again, Colonel Takeda angrily issued an order:

"Order the 1nd Platoon of the 2st Cavalry Squadron to destroy the enemy artillery positions."

"The heavy machine gun squadron occupied advantageous terrain and provided cover for the cavalry."

"All cavalry dismount and attack the enemy positions."

"Kill me..."

After all, he was the captain of the Japanese cavalry regiment and a colonel in the Japanese Army, only one step away from being a general. Takeda Yonehachiro was not completely out of his mind.

Judging from the sudden fire attack on the cavalry vanguard squadron just now, this enemy force is not large, only about three or four hundred people at most.

The cavalry regiment also has eight or nine hundred people, as well as a heavy machine gun squadron equipped with 12 Type heavy machine guns.

As long as the cavalry squad can destroy the enemy artillery position halfway up the mountain, he will still have the advantage.

But after suffering a great loss a few days ago, Takeda Yonehachiro would never dare to charge on horseback.

In this narrow terrain, the enemy's firepower points have not been completely eliminated, and charging on horseback is just a sign that they are not dying fast enough.

As Takeda Yonehachiro's order was issued, the Japanese responded quickly and a cavalry squad rushed towards the mortar position of the New 1st Regiment.

Takeda Yonehachiro personally led the main force of the cavalry and charged towards the position of the third battalion of the new first regiment.

Seeing the Japanese squad approaching the mortar position of the New 1st Regiment, the Japanese mortar position was destroyed and the artillerymen had completed their mission.

So the artillerymen put away their mortars, carried their ammunition boxes and ran away.

Some of the soldiers were holding the gun carriage, some were holding the base or the gun barrel, and some artillerymen were carrying boxes of ammunition, and they were moving very fast in the mountains.

By the time the Japanese cavalry squad arrived at the artillery position, the artillerymen of the New 1st Regiment had already disappeared on the ridge.

"idiot…"

“!@#￥%%…”

The Japanese soldiers' mouths were like those smeared with honey, and they couldn't help but spit out the fragrance.

(End of this chapter)