Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 113 Comrades, follow me to attack!

At this point in the battle, no one had expected that the Eighth Route Army could surround the Japanese Kawagishi Division Headquarters.

As a result, the battle changed from ambushing the Japanese supply troops to destroying the Japanese Kawagishi Division Headquarters.

From the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the present, in the several months that have passed, there has been no record of a Japanese division commander being killed.

If this battle can destroy the Kawagishi division headquarters and kill or capture Kawagishi Fumisaburo alive.

At this time when the nation is in danger and the argument that it is impossible to defeat the Japanese army is prevalent, it will surely greatly boost the morale of the people across the country, effectively strike a blow against the Japanese army's crazy arrogance, and dampen the devil's fighting spirit.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army dispatched its most elite troops.

The Japanese reinforcements also attacked the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions frantically, as if they were risking their lives.

but.

Even though the troops responsible for blocking the enemy fought very hard, not a single soldier retreated a single step, and they defended their positions with their lives and blood.

The 686th Regiment, which was responsible for attacking the Japanese division headquarters, did not succeed and the battle became fierce.

"Target, Japanese left wing fire position, distance 1130 meters."

At a mortar position on the reverse slope of a hill on the south side of the valley road, an artilleryman from the New 8st Regiment first raised his thumb to visually estimate the distance, then used the x telescope provided by Boss Chen to calculate the distance and shouted loudly:

"One test shot, fire!"

This is Zhang Shuanglin, an elite gunner assigned to the new regiment by the headquarters. At only 23 years old, he is already an old gunner. Before the reorganization of the troops, he belonged to the artillery company of the th Division of the Red Third Army, and his company commander was the genius gunner Zhao Zhangcheng.

At present, all five mortar teams are under his command.

Five 5mm mortars were lined up in a row, and behind the gun positions were ammunition boxes piled up like a small mountain.

At this moment, the old artilleryman's heroic and resolute face flushed slightly, and his expression was a little excited.

The regimental commander had just given him an order to cover the enemy's left-wing machine gun positions with artillery fire.

Artillery fire coverage, this is real artillery fire coverage!

During the Red Army period, soldiers were extremely short of ammunition and needed personal approval from their superiors to fire a mortar shell.

Everyone knows that 17 brave warriors forced their way across the Dadu River, but few know about the master gunner Zhao Zhangcheng, who personally operated the mortar and used the only three shells left in the artillery company to hit all the enemy's firepower points without missing a single shot. The enemy was frightened by Zhao Zhangcheng's mortar and had no idea how many shells the Red Army had left, so they lost all their fighting spirit.

Zhang Shuanglin did not have as good artillery skills as the company commander, but the artillerymen trained by the master gunner were not much worse.

The gunner in charge of firing loaded a 60mm mortar shell into the barrel.

The training of mortar gunners is relatively complicated. Unless they are extremely talented, like Zhao Zhangcheng and Wang Chengzhu, it will take at least half a year and a lot of artillery shells to feed them before they can operate effectively on the battlefield.

Even for Wang Chengzhu, it would be difficult to hit the target with the first shot using a mortar with poor accuracy.

Direct fire from infantry guns is simpler, after all, they are equipped with a gun scope, and the aiming method is simpler than that of mortars. You just need to aim through the gun scope. However, the difficulty of indirect fire is similar to that of mortars, and it takes a lot of time for an infantry gun crew to be run-in.

However, the new artillerymen who had just joined the artillery platoon for less than a month were able to achieve proficiency in loading artillery shells.

"Tom!"

With a muffled sound, the first shell landed about 30 meters in front of the Japanese machine gun position.

"Left and right scales remain unchanged, increase distance by 30, test fire one shot, fire!"

Another shell burst out of the muzzle, and the second shell accurately landed in the Japanese machine gun position, raising a cloud of mud in the field of view of the eight-fold telescope.

"Target enemy left wing artillery position, distance 1160, all guns fire at full speed!"

Along with Zhang Shuanglin's roar, the gunners, who had already placed the tail of the shell at the muzzle with burning eyes, loaded the shell into the barrel without hesitation.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!" Fireworks burst out from the muzzle of the cannon, and the hot air waves swept past, raising clouds of dust.

Before the first round of shells landed, the gunner took the shells from the ammunition handler and quickly loaded them.

With the continuous bombardment, the gunners and ammunition handlers moved faster and faster, their coordination became more and more tacit, and the firing rate became faster and faster.

Zhang Shuanglin held up an 8x telescope and looked towards the Japanese machine gun position.

In just a short while, dozens of mortar shells drew arcs in the air and fell into the Japanese machine gun positions on the commanding heights, causing explosions.

At the same time, the other five artillery groups of the New 5st Regiment's artillery platoon also launched artillery fire coverage on the Japanese machine gun positions on the right wing.

After a burst of concentrated fire, the Japanese machine gun position on the right wing was immediately engulfed in smoke and fireballs.

At the attack position, Commander Li held a telescope in front of his chest and observed the situation of the Japanese machine gun position.

Seeing that the machine gun position that posed the greatest threat to the attacking forces was covered by artillery fire, Captain Li's mouth curled up.

Although the explosive power of 60mm mortar shells is average, and even relatively small among all artillery, it is still much more powerful than grenades and produces more explosive fragments.

But if power isn’t enough, you’ll make up for it with quantity!

Hundreds of 60mm mortar shells fell on the Japanese temporary machine gun positions, which was enough to kill several Japanese machine gunners.

Li Yunlong put down the telescope and looked at the soldiers of the New First Regiment, the temporary Fourth Battalion, which was composed entirely of Red Army veterans.

"See? The Japanese are also human beings. They will die if they are hit by artillery shells."

"This time, our attack has artillery covering the enemy and providing us with artillery fire cover."

Amidst Li Yunlong's cold voice, there was also a raging fire in the eyes of the veteran Red Army soldiers.

In their previous military careers, they lacked artillery support in almost every battle, and even lacked guns and bullets. They had to withstand enemy artillery and machine gun fire after firing a few shots, and sometimes they were even bombed by enemy aircraft.

This time, they don't need to worry about lack of artillery support or lack of ammunition.

Because there are brother troops providing artillery coverage support!
Real artillery fire! Plenty of bullets too!

"Comrades, follow me to attack and kill Kawagishi Fumisaburo."

Li Yunlong suddenly raised the submachine gun in his hand above his head, and a long howl rose into the sky at the same time.

Although the head of the headquarters would never allow Li Yunlong to participate in hand-to-hand combat, once the battle started, Li Yunlong and his guard Zhang Hu became excited.

Moreover, Li Yunlong had his own reasons for leading his troops to charge, which was not called hand-to-hand combat.

Then, Li Yunlong led 300 elite veterans and attacked Hufeng Village, where the Chuan'an Division Headquarters was located, like an indestructible sharp blade.

The two battalions on the left wing were unable to fully deploy their forces, so Li Yunlong and Cheng Shifa discussed it and decided that Cheng Shifa would lead the third battalion of the 772nd Regiment to attack the machine gun positions on the left wing.

Li Yunlong led a battalion and a Type 92 infantry gun to attack Hufeng Village head-on.

Compared with the other three battalions of the New 1st Regiment, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion had the same skirmish formation, but their movements were faster. They lowered their bodies and ran quickly from one hiding place to the next, spending less time exposed. They could also easily pull the bolt and shoot during the attack.

Behind the infantry, without any orders, the machine gun teams quickly found positions to set up MG42 general-purpose machine guns to provide fire cover.

Each machine gun fire group would quickly change positions after firing for a while and would never fire at the same position for a long time.

What is elite?

This is called elite!
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