Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 373 Hirata, Hirata, why are you provoking Li Yunlong?
Liu Wenbin: "Open the floodgates!"

Wang Chengzhu: "How much water is flowing?"

Liu Wenbin: "Water flows four hundred!"

Wang Chengzhu shouted loudly: "Prepare to fire!"

Behind him, the artillerymen lifted up the camouflage nets one after another, and the gunner and three gunners of each gun crew quickly got busy and took their positions.

The soldiers of the 12 artillery groups have burning eyes. This is a practical training!

And there is no need to hit the target accurately, just cover the enemy with artillery fire right from the start!

Each 120mm shell is extremely powerful. If hundreds of shells fall into the enemy formation, the scene will definitely be beautiful.

"Distance 5120, Direction 06, Altitude 52!"

"Third Company, First Platoon, First Squad, one test shot, fire!"

Liu Wenbin conveyed the shooting information via the radio, and Wang Chengzhu gave orders loudly.

"Tom!"

At the command of the gunner, the loader put the shell in his hand into the barrel. Immediately, the gun body shook, making a muffled thud, and the shell rushed out of the muzzle.

The ammunition handler hands the shells from the shell box to the loader. The loader holds the shells in both hands and is ready to load them again at any time. The sighter is also ready to recalibrate the shooting parameters at any time.

"Add 100 to the distance, keep the direction unchanged, and subtract 1 from the height!"

"Third Company, First Platoon, First Squad, one test shot, fire!"

The spotter quickly adjusted the shooting parameters, and the loader placed the shell into the huge barrel.

"Tom!"

Then there was another muffled sound, and the shell had already rushed out of the barrel.

"Distance 5220, Direction 06, Altitude 51!"

"All company, 10 rounds rapid fire!"

The second shell hit the target accurately. Liu Wenbin conveyed the message to Wang Chengzhu on the radio, and Wang Chengzhu shouted orders.

“Boom boom boom boom…”

As the loaders placed the shells in their hands into the barrels, there was a series of rapid muffled sounds at the heavy mortar position. Hot flames flashed from the muzzles. As the strong wind swept across, huge shells drew graceful arcs in the sky and fell towards the target with a sharp whistling sound.

"continue!"

Wang Chengzhu's rough voice rang in the soldiers' ears. The first round of shells had just landed when the second round of shells rushed out of the muzzle.

Wang Chengzhu looked at the watch on his hand. The soldiers' movements were still relatively unfamiliar, and they did not cooperate with each other well. They were far behind the elite artillery crew.

The elite artillery team of the new regiment can fire 120 shells per minute with a rapid-fire 10 mortar.

The new artillery crew in front of us can only fire four to six shells per minute on average.

However, the genius gunner Wang Chengzhu also knew very well that unless one was a natural-born genius gunner, no artilleryman could become an elite artillery crew right from the start.

Every elite artillery crew has undergone extensive training and a lot of actual combat, and their movements are perfect and coordinated. The gunner and the spotter are experienced, which is why they can become an elite artillery crew.

"Direction and altitude remain unchanged, distance increased by 150!"

"5 rapid shots!"

Obviously, the target was running away, but the artillery observation squad leader Liu Wenbin was experienced. Based on the location the enemy was about to escape to and the time when the artillery shells would arrive, he directly guided the novice artillerymen to fire.

As soon as the fleeing Japanese soldiers arrived at the target area, artillery shells fell from the sky like black crows and landed in the Japanese soldiers' fleeing formation. Fireballs exploded and the air was filled with smoke.

Since the puppet troops were on both wings of the Japanese and the Japanese were marching on the road, Liu Wenbin had no interest in the puppet troops and led the artillery company to fire all the shells at the heads of the Japanese.

Wherever the Japanese fled, the shells followed them as if they had eyes.

In a quarter of an hour, more than one hundred and forty Japanese soldiers were covered in blood and flesh in the explosion!
"withdraw!"

Only after seeing the Japanese soldiers who had managed to survive disappear from sight did Liu Wenbin lead the artillery observation squad to retreat quickly.

Wang Chengzhu also led the second heavy mortar company to retreat quickly and hide.

Soon, news of the Second Infantry Company being bombarded by the Eighth Route Army reached the Japanese Military Police Headquarters in Heyuan County. Hirata Ichiro coldly asked, "What are the casualties?"

The staff officer who came to report lowered his head and replied: "The 2nd Infantry Company suffered 68 killed and 96 wounded, 52 of whom were seriously injured. The squadron leader, Captain Uchida, was killed."

"Baga, Yalu!"

Hirata Ichiro lost his temper and grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it to the ground.
boom!
The ceramic teacup shattered, and tea and tea leaves spilled all over the floor.

"What are the casualties of the Locust Association?" the puppet army commander asked hurriedly.

"The Locust Alliance suffered almost no casualties, but more than 100 Locust Alliance soldiers escaped during the chaos," the staff officer replied.

When the puppet soldiers saw the powerful artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, they instantly lost their will to fight. Some puppet soldiers did not want to die and fled in the chaos.

"idiot!"

Ichiro Hirata's face became increasingly gloomy. Before the Eighth Route Army officially launched the attack, one of his squadrons was severely damaged and lost a puppet army infantry company.

The pseudo-corps commander asked, "Hirata-sama, are you still sending troops to capture civilians?"

"waste."

These words seemed like a mockery, and Ichiro Hirata slapped the pseudo-corps commander on the left cheek with his backhand.

"Hi."

The pseudo-corps commander quickly lowered his head.

Ichiro Hirata slapped the pseudo-corps commander on the right cheek again, and then kicked him away.

"waste."

"Take your soldiers to the construction site and build fortifications. If you can't finish it within the specified time, you'll die!"

"Hi."

The pseudo-corps commander hurried out.

"Have the locust army watch them. If they are found slacking off or running away, they will be killed without mercy!"

Ichiro Hirata looked sternly at the staff officer who came to report.

"Hi!"

The staff officer's expression froze, and he turned around and walked out quickly.

Then, Ichiro Hirata quickly walked to the phone, picked it up, turned the handle quickly, and then put the receiver to his ear: "Moshimoshi, this is the Heyuan County Military Police Headquarters. Please connect to the Datong 26th Division Headquarters immediately!"

A moment later, the call was connected, and Ichiro Hirata immediately said, "An Eighth Route Army heavy artillery unit, approximately the size of a heavy artillery regiment, has been spotted 10 kilometers southwest of Heyuan County. We are requesting aviation reinforcements!"

"Yes, we were bombarded and one squadron was badly damaged!"

"Please dispatch the aviation forces immediately!"

After receiving Ichiro Hirata's request, Datong quickly dispatched a reconnaissance plane, but found no trace of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery unit.

It is much easier for the 120mm heavy mortar unit to conceal than the 105mm howitzer and 152mm howitzer units. They can just find a forest and cover the cannon with camouflage nets, weeds and branches.

The next day, Li Yunlong ordered people to spread the word that Ichiro Hirata ignored the warning and desperately ordered the troops to capture civilian laborers, which made Li Yunlong very angry and the consequences were serious.

The news that the New 1st Regiment was about to attack Heyuan County, kill the Japanese and puppet troops in the county, and invite the people of Heyuan County to watch spread like wildfire.

Upon hearing the news, Ichiro Hirata sent a large number of scouts towards Ping'an County, called for support from the First Army Headquarters, and at the same time, he firmly spread the message, asking Li Yunlong to come forward, saying that the Japanese locust army was not afraid of him, Li Yunlong!

However, the puppet troops in Heyuan County were already trembling in fear.

The puppet regiment commander was so anxious that he was running around in circles at the regiment headquarters: "Hirata, ah Hirata, why would you mess with a lunatic like Li Yunlong when you can mess with anyone else?"

Three days later, in the open space outside Ping'an County.

Li Yunlong ordered the assembly of two battalions of infantry, a 105 howitzer battalion, and a tank company, a total of about troops.

An infantry battalion has a total strength of 105 men, a 12mm artillery battalion has a total strength of men, and a tank company has tanks.

There is also a logistics transport team consisting of 150 large trucks and 500 large mules.

All the soldiers are ready to go, with murderous eyes!
(End of this chapter)