Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 274 What? Xu Jin Danmu!
The fake artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army were so realistic that during the battle, Junji Amano's mind was full of destroying the Eighth Route Army artillery positions and avenging the two major generals and 21 pilots. He didn't think too much.

But now that I think about it carefully, the Eighth Route Army's fake artillery positions had many loopholes.

At that time, he only saw a small number of Eighth Route Army artillerymen, and a large number of Eighth Route Army artillerymen were standing there motionless. It was obvious that those motionless Eighth Route Army artillerymen were dummies.

Thinking of this, Junji Amano was so angry that his nose was crooked.

When the other Japanese pilots heard what Junji Amano said, they were so angry that they almost vomited blood.

A fighter plane, an excellent pilot and dozens or hundreds of aerial bombs actually blew up a fake artillery position of the Eighth Route Army.

"Captain, if we try again, we will definitely be able to blow up the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions!"

"Yes, we can't just let it go like this!"

A Japanese pilot said in a deep voice with a livid face.

Most of the Japanese pilots looked tired.

These days they have been flying almost all day long to support the operations in southern Shanxi and central Shanxi.

After saying this, all the Japanese pilots turned around and prepared to walk towards the plane.

Junji Amano shouted, "Stop! You can't blow up the Eighth Route Army mortar position like this!"

"But, Captain..."

A Japanese pilot looked angry and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

They have always attacked from high altitude and low altitude, bullying and playing tricks on the Chinese troops on the ground, and have never been bullied or played tricks by the Chinese troops.

Some Japanese pilots were so angry that their lungs were about to explode. This is unbearable!

After a pause, Junji Amano said, "Report the situation to headquarters first. Have the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade cooperate in the attack to draw the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar units into firing. We will then suddenly appear, leaving them no time to escape. This is how we can destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery units."

"Hi Yi!"

The Japanese pilots suddenly came to their senses and bowed their heads in unison.

Now if we load the aerial bombs and fill up the fuel and fly over, the Eighth Route Army artillery unit will surely hide again.

In fact, Junji Amano hesitated for a moment. If he insisted that the air force destroyed the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions, the headquarters would not be able to refute it. After all, even the intelligence department did not know the number of heavy mortars and artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

What if the Eighth Route Army has two regiment-level heavy mortars?

But he still didn't do that, and decisively took the blame for his misjudgment.

In the inner city of Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka soon received a call from Junji Amano.

On the phone, Yoshio Shinozuka scolded Junji Amano harshly because Junji Amano's misjudgment caused the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade to lose many officers and soldiers.

Junji Amano didn't dare to refute. Every time Yoshio Shinozuka cursed, Junji Amano would say "Hi" on the phone.

……

A few minutes later.

Headquarters of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade.

Tatsuo Yamazaki received a radio call from the communications room of the First Army Headquarters.

He immediately reported this to Yanagishita Shigeharu.

"Brigade Commander, the headquarters communications officer just spoke to me and said the aviation unit bombed a fake artillery position belonging to the Eighth Route Army!"

"Lieutenant General Shinozuka ordered us to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army, drawing the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar firepower to cooperate with the aviation unit to destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar unit!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Japanese staff officers started cursing again.

"Baga, the aviation corps is a bunch of rubbish."

"Are their eyes on top of their heads?"

"You can't even tell the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions apart?"

"The entire aviation unit should commit seppuku!"

"..."

If the aviation unit had not spread false intelligence, the 8th Infantry Battalion would not have been attacked by the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortars.

Yanagishita Shigeharu coldly rebuked: "Shut up!"

The Japanese staff officers were suddenly silent.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, come and see, the Eighth Route Army is using the Xu Jin Barrage Tactics!"

Yamazaki Tatsuo spoke hurriedly while standing by the window of the command center.

Yanagishita Shigeharu hurried over, got close to the artillery scope, and looked at the battlefield.

However, the field of view of the artillery telescope was relatively narrow, so Yanagishita Shigeharu raised the telescope on his chest and looked again.

Through the telescope, the 8th Infantry Battalion, which had retreated out of the attack area, was still under attack from the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar fire.

Moreover, no matter where the 8th Infantry Battalion retreated, the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells seemed to have eyes and followed the 8th Infantry Battalion forward.

"idiot!"

When Yanagishita Shigeharu saw this scene, his face suddenly fell.

It turned out to be Xu Jin’s barrage!
Two conditions must be met to use Xu Jin's barrage: one is that there are enough cannons and shells, and the other is that the artillerymen are all elite.

Due to the lack of resources of the Japanese army, even the elite artillery units rarely used the tactic of slow-moving barrage on the battlefield.

I didn't expect the Eighth Route Army to use Xu Jin's barrage!

Now, even if the 8th Infantry Battalion was not completely wiped out, it was at least crippled and severely damaged, losing its combat effectiveness.

What Yanagishita Shigeharu found hard to accept was that the morale of the entire independent mixed brigade was severely damaged because of the annihilation of the 7th Infantry Battalion, the failure of the 6th Infantry Battalion's attack, and the heavy damage to the 8th Infantry Battalion!
In the attacks of the past few days, his soldiers suffered hundreds of casualties, and today's losses were the most serious.

Today's battle lasted the whole morning, and the Independent Mixed Brigade suffered about 1500 casualties!
Because the mountain artillery positions were also bombarded in the morning, the piled up shells exploded, and the artillerymen also suffered heavy casualties.

"Damn the aviation unit!"

Yanagishita Shigeharu threw the telescope to the ground again, almost breaking his back teeth.

"Brigade Commander, we should head back to the brigade headquarters!"

Tatsuo Yamazaki reminded from the side.

The brigade headquarters was not far from the battlefield.

If the brigade headquarters was hit by a 120mm mortar grenade, all the Japanese would be killed.

Judging from the power of the explosion, the power of this 120mm mortar shell is much greater than the locust army's 105mm grenade.

"Baka!" Yanagishita Shigeharu shouted, "Move the brigade headquarters immediately and order the 9th Infantry Battalion..."

Having said this, Yanagishita Shigeharu paused.

If the 9th Infantry Battalion is ordered to enter the second line of defense.

I'm afraid that in less than half an hour, the 9th Infantry Battalion will be completely destroyed like the 7th Infantry Battalion under the bombardment of the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar unit.

Yanagishita Shigeharu immediately changed his tone and said, "Order the 9th Infantry Company of the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 6rd Regiment of the 3th Division of the Locust Army to enter the second line of defense. Then notify the aviation unit to take off immediately and bomb the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar positions."

The old Japanese soldier Liuxia Shigeharu has some combat skills. He thinks about defeat before he thinks about victory.

Since the engineers were idle anyway, he ordered them to build two defensive fortifications in the past few days to prevent any accidents.

Once these two lines of defense were broken through by the Eighth Route Army, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade would have no choice but to retreat, and the plan to attack the Jinzhong base would be declared bankrupt.

But it is impossible to attack. The Eighth Route Army is attacking now. If he orders the troops to attack, he is seeking death!

His entire 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade and the 3rd Division of the Locust Army would be easily defeated by the Eighth Route Army's infantry and artillery coordinated tactics.

but.

Send the Locust Army and the Locust Association Army to hold the second line of defense and attract the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar units to fire, so that the air force units will have the opportunity to blow up the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar positions.

As long as the heavy mortar unit of the Eighth Route Army is destroyed, the sacrifice of the locust army will be worth it.

Various thoughts flashed through Yanagishita Shigeharu's mind like sparks from a television, and he immediately continued, "Also, order the feint attack troops on the flanks to quickly move closer to the main force!"

"Hi Yi!"

Yamazaki Tatsuo suddenly lowered his head and quickly conveyed the order. The Japanese staff officers and guards also quickly gathered their maps and canteens and began to move the brigade headquarters backwards.

As the brigade headquarters issued the order, the Japanese quickly adjusted their deployment.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Da da da…"

Reinforcements from two infantry battalions of the Eighth Route Army arrived and, together with the first battalion of the new third regiment, attacked behind Xu Jin's barrage.

"Haha, this artillery support is awesome!"

A company commander of the new regiment grinned, stepped on the hot soil, reloaded a wounded Japanese soldier with a PPSh submachine gun, and then led his soldiers to continue the attack.

He was originally a member of the Northeast Army. He was captured while fighting against the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. Because he could not stand the young marshal's weak attitude towards the Japanese, he simply joined the Red Army.

"Company Commander, this is called Xu Jin Danmaku!"

"Captain Wang of the artillery battalion said that Xu Jin's barrage is the highest reward for our infantry!"

A soldier said to the company commander.

"What a piece of shit!"

"How could I not know Xu Jin's comments?"

"Follow me, watch out for the Japanese artillery shells!"

"Yes!"

The company commander shouted and led the soldiers forward, shooting at the enemies lying on the ground.

"This battle was so exciting!"

"We just have to harvest the corn in the back!"

"I have never fought such a rich and easy battle!"

"..."

The soldiers of the New Third Regiment also felt refreshed.

Wherever the 30 120mm mortars plowed with their shells, there were only shell craters and broken limbs, and occasionally a living person would be quickly shot.

Soon, the remaining Japanese soldiers of the 8th Infantry Battalion ran to Yanagishita Shigeharu's second line of defense.

The artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar position also followed the Japanese from the 8th Infantry Battalion towards the Japanese's second line of defense.

On the enemy's second line of defense, the puppet soldiers were shaking like sieves, their eyes full of fear as they watched the approaching barrage of Xu Jin's bullets.

“Boom boom boom, boom boom boom…”

But soon, explosions suddenly occurred on the positions defended by the Japanese and puppet troops, and flames and smoke enveloped and covered the entire position.

……

"About 200 shells were landing on our positions every minute."

At the new brigade headquarters, Yamazaki Tatsuo had a grim expression on his face as he estimated a number.

After narrowing his eyes and thinking for a moment, Yanagishita Shigeharu gave a more precise number.

"240 rounds, with an error of no more than 10 rounds."

All the devils in the brigade headquarters fell into silence.

A Japanese field heavy artillery regiment equipped with 36 105mm howitzers could only fire about 200 shells per minute.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery firepower, both in terms of the power of a single shell and the density of firepower, was greater than that of the Locust Army's 105mm howitzers.

The scene before them made the Japanese feel very uncomfortable.

It has always been the locust army that bullied the Chinese army with artillery fire, but today they were bullied by the Chinese army with artillery fire...

It's hard.

……

Three minutes later, the artillery fire extended to the Japanese second line of defense.

At the advancing Eighth Route Army Front Headquarters, Li Yunlong put down his binoculars and issued an order: "The enemy planes should be approaching soon. Pass on my order: the heavy mortar battalion will cease bombardment and quickly move to concealment. After the infantry captures the hilltop, continue the attack and engage the enemy."

Although the bombardment of the Japanese second line of defense had only lasted three minutes, more than 700 shells had been fired.

The Japanese second line of defense was plowed back and forth twice like plowing land.

It is estimated that all the snakes and rats on the Japanese position were blown to death, and there must not be many enemies left.

Li Yunlong kept calculating the time when the next round of Japanese planes would arrive.

This place is very close to Taiyuan, only a few dozen kilometers away, and it can be reached in 20 minutes at most at the speed of the Japanese planes.

Including the time taken by ground crew to inspect the aircraft, mount aerial bombs, and refuel, the Japanese air force only needs one hour to fly a round trip.

Judging from the time, the Japanese planes will be arriving soon.

"Yes!"

Zhao Gang quickly conveyed Li Yunlong's order to all troops.

Ding Wei said, "Old Li, once the troops capture this hill, there won't be any dangerous terrain behind. We can rush the main force of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade to the Xiyan Basin in one go."

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "I guess Lao Kong is lonely. Send him a telegram, the guests are coming soon, and ask him to prepare to entertain them!"

Ding Wei chuckled: "I understand!"

The hospitality that Li Yunlong mentioned naturally could not be fine wine and good food, but rather using bullets and artillery shells to entertain the Japanese.

As Zhao Gang's order was issued, the heavy mortar battalion immediately stopped firing and the artillery fire gradually subsided.

The shouts and cries of killing were deafening in the front. Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and other staff officers immediately raised their binoculars and looked towards the battlefield.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers all over the mountains launched an attack on the second position of the Japanese devils.

The attack is swift and fierce!
The soldiers carried out Li Yunlong's pre-war instructions of "fight hard and hit fiercely" very well.

The Japanese infantry artillery and mortar positions opened fire, and bursts of explosions rose in the middle of the soldiers' formation.

However, the Japanese artillery firepower could not compare with the Eighth Route Army's artillery firepower in terms of shell power and artillery fire density.

Even though some Eighth Route Army soldiers were knocked to the ground by the Japanese artillery fire, the remaining soldiers continued to attack one after another.

If you run too slowly, your meat will be eaten by others.

……

"idiot!"

"Order the 9th Infantry Battalion to attack and recapture the second line of defense!"

At the headquarters of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, Yanagishita Shigeharu's expression and eyes were still as sinister and cold as before.

But the careful Japanese staff discovered that the brigade commander had cold sweat on his forehead, indicating that he was not as calm as he appeared.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery firepower was simply too strong.

The loss of the second line of defense was inevitable.

Now Yanagishita Shigeharu is like a gambler who has lost all his money at the gambling table.

If we order the entire brigade to retreat now, the soldiers and officers who retreated before would have died in vain.

But now the 9th Infantry Battalion was ordered to press forward and attract the Eighth Route Army's heavy mortar fire to continue firing.

Then when the locust army's aviation unit arrives, they can wipe out the Eighth Route Army's artillery unit in one fell swoop.

So Yanagishita Shigeharu had no choice but to put the few chips he had on the gambling table.

"Hi Yi!"

Tatsuo Yamazaki suddenly lowered his head and turned around to quickly convey the order to the 9th Infantry Battalion.

(End of this chapter)