Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 400 The artillery firepower of a heavy artillery division!

Colonel Tetsuzo Suzuki, commander of the 1st Imperial Guards Regiment, an adjutant and several staff officers rode their horses along the winding road.

"Boost!"

"Hey Gu!"

"Hey Gu!"

Suzuki Tetsuzo kept waving his command sword, urging the soldiers of the 1st Guards Regiment to run forward.

Colonel Yukame Fukahori, commander of the 2nd Guards Regiment, had led his troops in pursuit, putting some distance between them and the 1st Guards Regiment.

Although the credit for attacking the Jiangjunling position belonged to the 1st Guards Regiment, the credit for the pursuit would be taken by the 2nd Guards Regiment.

"Your Excellency, the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is also vulnerable."

"It's not as powerful as the legend says."

At the side, Lieutenant Colonel Jiro Kojima, the adjutant of the 1st Imperial Guard Regiment, said with disdain:

"The General Ridge defense line, which even the First Army Command had serious expressions on its face, was completely captured by our 1st Guards Regiment in just one morning."

"Our Guards Mixed Brigade will soon be able to capture Ping'an County, the stronghold of the Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment."

Beside them, the armored vehicles and tanks of the 1st Guards Regiment, and small trucks pulling mountain artillery and infantry guns passed by quickly, which was quite impressive.

"Yes," said a staff officer. "I don't know what's wrong with the North China Front Army and the First Army. They can't even defeat a bunch of peasants."

Colonel Suzuki Tetsuzo snorted coldly, his tone arrogant: "What's so strange about this? Don't you see what kind of troops the North China Front Army and the First Army are? The combat effectiveness of the 14th Division and the 20th Division is so low, how can they be called standing divisions?"

"Only the Fifth and Sixth Divisions can compare with our Imperial Guards Division in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting spirit."

"As for the other troops of the North China Front Army, they are just ordinary peasants with weapons. They have no fighting power at all!"

"Your Excellency, the Regiment Commander, is right!" Kojima Jiro echoed. "So what are the Chinese Army's ace troops? Once they encounter our Imperial Guards Division, they'll be nothing but chickens and dogs."

At this moment, some strange whistling sounds appeared in the sky, passing over the mountains on the left side of the road, from far away to near.

Suzuki Tetsuzo and Kojima Jiro, two veteran Japanese soldiers, were on the battlefield for a long time. Their faces changed drastically in an instant. As professional soldiers, they certainly knew that this sound was made by high-speed projectiles cutting through the air.

And judging from the whistling sound, there were a lot of shells.

Suzuki Tetsuzo and Kojima Jiro's anus tightened at the same time.

He was about to dismount and crawl to avoid the attack, but it was too late. The first round of 24 152mm shells had already landed on the road and its vicinity.

Boom boom boom...

Amidst the earth-shaking explosion, the entire highway and its vicinity were engulfed in smoke and fire, with shrapnel and shock waves sweeping across.

A Soviet-made 152mm high-explosive grenade from the 152mm howitzer group of the New st Regiment landed right in the middle of where Suzuki Tetsuzo and Kojima Jiro were riding their horses, turning the surrounding Japanese soldiers and horses into pink blood mist.

When the smoke from the first round of artillery fire cleared, Colonel Suzuki, Lieutenant Colonel Kojima and several major staff officers disappeared out of thin air.

The first round of more than 100 shells from the four artillery groups of the Eighth Route Army stationed nearby seemed to have eyes, flying over the layers of mountains and landing in the Japanese formation on the road.

Soon, before the Japanese could react, the second and third rounds of artillery shells arrived!

For a moment, the whistling sounds of artillery shells flying through the sky, the explosions of artillery shells, and the Japanese-style screams of the devils at the top of their lungs filled the entire road.

Since it was artillery coverage, there was no prior test firing. Instead, artillery observers and special forces used precise methods to determine the firing parameters, called on various artillery groups, and opened fire on the Japanese in various areas.

If they are poor, they will be attacked with precision; if they are rich, they will be covered with artillery fire.

"Shhhhh-"

From the hills surrounding the highway, red flares shot up into the sky. As the artillery groups opened fire, hundreds of signal guns in the ambush positions opened fire almost simultaneously. As strings of red flares ascended, the soldiers in ambush leaped from their positions.

The infantry approached the highway with guns in hand, and the artillerymen under each infantry battalion quickly set up mortars and fired at the Japanese on the distant highway.

After the battle started, Li Yunlong took Zhang Dabiao, Dong Dahai and others to climb to the commanding heights on a nearby hill, from where they could almost overlook the entire battlefield.

Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao raised their binoculars and looked at the battlefield.

On a road three or four kilometers long, more than 300 artillery pieces opened fire simultaneously. One could even see the trajectories of a large number of shells streaking across the sky. The elite Japanese soldiers of the two Guards Regiments were shrouded in smoke and fire.

Zhang Dabiao said, "Commander, look, the 2nd Air Defense Battalion has already seized the hilltop over Cuijiazhuang."

Li Yunlong quickly raised his binoculars and looked over. He saw 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 20mm machine guns, and a large number of light and heavy machine guns deployed on the hilltop of Cuijiazhuang. He nodded with satisfaction.

"They moved pretty quickly. Close the door and beat the dog. Close the door and beat the dog. The most important thing is to close the door."

In the last battle in Heyuan County, although we failed to completely wipe out the Japanese Air Force's 54th Flying Squadron.

But most of the Japanese planes were shot down. In this operation, the 1st Air Defense Battalion continued to perform air defense tasks.

However, Li Yunlong used the 2nd Air Defense Battalion to deploy the task of closing the door. He deployed the 2nd Air Defense Battalion in the most critical position. When the door was closed, he could shoot the dogs inside. It could be used for air defense and the anti-aircraft guns could be placed flat to block the Japanese reinforcements.

"Hehe." Zhang Dabiao said with a smile, "There are newly dug positions over at Cuijiazhuang, and there are also a lot of ammunition in the tunnels. In addition, the 2nd Air Defense Battalion has conducted more than 2 exercises in Cuijiazhuang. The nd Air Defense Battalion has leveled its anti-aircraft guns here, which is enough to give the Japanese a hard time."

"Not bad!" Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction again. This was the combat plan he personally formulated and the training plan formulated by Zhang Dabiao. The soldiers of the 2nd Air Defense Battalion executed it very well.

Li Yunlong glanced at his watch, his expression stern yet revealing a hint of murderous intent. "Stop the bombardment in half an hour. All artillery groups take cover. Send the infantry up to harvest the corn!"

Zhang Dabiao: "Yes!"

……

"Brigade Commander!"

At Jiangjunling, the communications officer hurriedly ran to Major General Sakurada Takeshi and reported:
"We've made contact. The Locust Army unit ahead is under fire from a heavy artillery division. Colonel Fukahori, commander of the 2nd Guards Regiment, is requesting tactical guidance."

This place is not far from the ambush battlefield, only about five kilometers away, and the rumbling sound of artillery can be heard continuously.

The momentum was extremely frightening.

"What?" Sakurada Takeshi suddenly stood up, a look of disbelief and shock on his face. "A heavy artillery division? How is that possible?"

A heavy artillery division, that is, two heavy artillery brigades, at least four heavy artillery regiments, each heavy artillery regiment has at least 36 105mm howitzers, and a heavy artillery division has at least 144 105mm howitzers.

After being hit by this artillery fire, is there any chance for the 1st Guards Regiment and the 2nd Guards Regiment to survive?

However, Sakurada Takeshi had seen a lot of big scenes before. He took a deep breath, quickly regained his composure, and issued a series of orders:

"Order! The 4th Brigade and the Locust Army will attack immediately to rescue the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments."

"The mountain artillery regiment will immediately suppress the Eighth Route Army's artillery!"

"Immediately report this situation to the First Army Headquarters and request..."

At this point, Sakurada Takeshi paused, feeling that it was a bit embarrassing to ask for tactical guidance as the battle situation was not yet very bad.

After all, it is the Guards Mixed Brigade. It is too embarrassing to ask for tactical guidance on the first day of the war.

Then he changed the subject: "Requesting reinforcements from the aviation unit to attack the Eighth Route Army artillery positions!"

The communications officer suddenly lowered his head: "Hey!"

(End of this chapter)