Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 419 Launch a general attack!

Northwest Shanxi.

General Ridge.

It's a sunny day today.

At the heavy artillery position of the new regiment.

The 24 152mm howitzers are arranged in three rows, and behind each gun position are ammunition boxes stacked neatly like mountains.

The artillery position was protected by more than 40 20mm machine guns and 10 40mm anti-aircraft guns. Although there were only a few planes left from the Japanese th Flying Squadron, we still had to be on guard against the remaining few Japanese planes coming to bomb us.

"Battalion Commander, all artillery pieces are ready!"

After the firing parameters of the last gun were adjusted and the shells were loaded, the deputy battalion commander reported to the heavy howitzer battalion commander Li Songyuan.

The main task of the 152 Howitzer Battalion's artillery bombardment was to carry out a round of artillery coverage on the enemy's positions before the infantry launched an attack. Under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry arrived at a position about 300 meters away from the Japanese position.

When the infantry launched the attack, the 152nd howitzer battalion launched an artillery attack on the Japanese field artillery positions on Jiangjunling.

Although the New 1st Regiment built an artillery observation post on Yunshan Mountain, the Japanese had camouflaged the field and mountain artillery on Jiangjunling last night. The Japanese field and mountain artillery did not fire, and the artillery observers could not find the location of the Japanese artillery positions.

Some observers used precision methods to determine the shooting parameters. The 152mm howitzer had a relatively high accuracy, which allowed the new regiment's howitzer unit to carry out saturation bombardment right from the start. The error would not be large, and most of the shells could fall on the position of Jiangjunling.

The power of the 152mm howitzer is several times greater than that of the 120mm mortar and the 105mm howitzer.

Just now, the New 1st Regiment launched a feint attack and determined the distribution of the Japanese and puppet troops.

On Jiangjunling, the total force of the Japanese and puppet army, including infantry, artillery, logistics, doctors, etc., was about four to five thousand people.

After three days of fierce fighting, the Japanese had very little ammunition left. There was a Japanese battalion defending each of the positive and negative slopes.

In addition, there were more than 1,500 artillerymen, and some Japanese artillerymen also entered the tunnels with guns, ready to fight the Eighth Route Army at any time.

Li Yunlong had received intelligence that the other two main forces of the Japanese puppet army were marching quickly towards Jiangjunling and would arrive in about two days.

He planned to recapture Jiangjun Ridge in one day and eliminate all the Japanese and puppet troops on Jiangjun Ridge.

By then, even if 40,000 or 50,000 Japanese puppet troops arrived at Jiangjunling, the Japanese would be helpless.

Because Chu Yunfei led the 358th Regiment to steal the Japanese's home, and the Japanese's combat supplies and food were gone.

immediately.

Li Songyuan reported to the regimental headquarters that the artillery position was ready, and the next moment he received the order from Li Yunlong to fire.

"Target, enemy position on the reverse slope of Jiangjunling. Full speed, free fire!"

Amid the gruff voice of Captain Li, a stern-looking and broad-shouldered battalion commander, the artillery soldiers had fierce expressions and a glimmer of fire burning in their eyes.

At full speed and free firing, the artillery crews that load shells quickly do not have to wait for the slow ones to load shells, nor do they need the flag bearers to order unified firing, thus achieving the most efficient artillery effect.

"put!"

As Captain Li shouted fiercely, each artillery group fired the first shell in a salvo.

At the same time, the artillery soldier who was kneeling on one knee and responsible for firing the cannon pulled the fuse in his hand back suddenly, and the gunners all knelt on one knee, bent over and covered their ears.

"Boom boom boom..."

Along with the deafening sound of gunfire, a beautiful orange-red muzzle fire burst out from the muzzle, and the hot air wave swept across, and bursts of dust and fog flashed around each gun position.

"continue!"

Captain Li's rough voice reached the ears of every artilleryman.

Before the shell hit the ground, two burly gunners worked together to carry out the second shell from the shell box.
The 152mm high-explosive shell weighs 46.96 kg, the projectile weighs 40 kg, and the charge weighs 5.77 kg. It takes two gunners working together with tools to put it into the barrel, and then close the breech block in one go, as if it had been forged through a thousand hammers.

Although the 152mm howitzers were usually stationed in tunnels dug by engineers, the 152mm howitzer battalion was also stationed within these tunnels, where the soldiers conducted daily tactical training, including precision techniques, and artillery firing drills. Thousands of relentless training sessions culminated in the elite gunners' mastery of loading tactical maneuvers.

"Boom boom boom..."

As the gunfire sounded, another round of 152mm high-explosive shells rushed out of the barrel and were fired towards the Japanese army's reverse slope position at Jiangjunling 9 kilometers away.

At this time, the first round of artillery shells fell on the enemy position.

"Boom boom boom..."

24 152mm high-explosive projectiles landed almost simultaneously, accompanied by mountain-shaking explosions. Large explosions rose up on the Japanese positions like a carpet. The terrifying shock waves, air waves and shrapnel swept across, reaping all living things on the positions.

The rumbling sound of explosions shook the sky.

At this moment, whether on the ground or in the tunnel, there was only the sound of explosions like a landslide. The explosion was so violent that the eardrums of the Japanese soldiers, whether inside or outside the tunnel, seemed to be shattered!
Inside the tunnel, Major General Sakurada Takeshi was leaning on his saber, his face calm and steady, but his mood was extremely solemn.

The artillery firepower of the New 150st Regiment is equivalent to that of a mm heavy artillery regiment of the Japanese army!

Every time the Japanese soldiers were bombarded by the heavy artillery of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, it was an inhuman torture to their spirits. If the soldiers had a slightly weaker fighting will, they would have a mental breakdown.

"Report immediately to the First Army Headquarters. The Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery is bombarding our frontier positions. Judging from the intensity of the artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army's artillery is a heavy artillery regiment."

"Lieutenant General Shinozuka, please order the aviation forces to take out and bomb the heavy artillery positions of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Order the Field Artillery Regiment Headquarters to quickly determine the location of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery positions!"

Sakurada Takeshi looked at the communications staff officer beside him.

More than half an hour ago, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack. Several planes from the 54th Flying Squadron came to provide support and killed some Eighth Route Army soldiers, but were driven away by the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower. The casualties caused to the Eighth Route Army were very small, and they assisted the ground forces in repelling the Eighth Route Army's attack.

Obviously, the Eighth Route Army knew that the 54th Flying Squadron was stationed at Zhangjiakou Airport and that it took two hours to travel to and from northwest Shanxi, so they were not afraid of the air force at all.

"Hi."

The communications staff quickly drafted a telegram, gave it to Takeshi Sakurada for signature, and sent it to the North China Front Army Headquarters.

"General..."

About ten minutes later, the artillery fire stopped and a squadron leader hurried in to report to Sakurada Takeshi:
"The Eighth Route Army has begun its attack, and the tanks have been dispatched!"

"Nani?"

Sakurada Takeshi's face was gloomy:
"How many tanks did the Eighth Route Army deploy?"

The 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments were well-equipped with a large number of anti-tank guns and anti-tank cannons, but the th Brigade, a second-line security force, was equipped with very few anti-tank guns and anti-tank cannons.

However, the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments were completely destroyed.

"Don't be afraid of the Eighth Route Army's tanks. The terrain here is not conducive to tanks."

There was no time to think, the Eighth Route Army's tanks were already pressing forward, and Sakurada Takeshi quickly drew his samurai sword:

"My lords, the time has come to serve the Heavenly Locust!"

"Hi."

"Infantry Squadron 1, enter the station immediately and kill them!"

At the urging of the captain of the 1st Infantry Company, the newly formed 1st Infantry Company walked out of the tunnel swiftly with their weapons and immediately took up their positions.

The Japanese soldiers were generally short in stature and could move freely in the tunnels, but the temporary positions they had dug had long been destroyed, leaving only huge shell craters. The Japanese soldiers and puppet troops could only jump into the shell craters.

On the other side of Jiangjunling, Zhang Dabiao led four infantry battalions and launched a general attack simultaneously!

(End of this chapter)