Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 492 Artillery suppression!

Early the next morning.

Northwest Shanxi battlefield.

After finishing their breakfast, the Japanese puppet troops immediately launched an attack on various positions including Jiangjunling, Majiapo, Shaohukou and Yunshan.

As soon as the Japanese came up, they used the Type 150 240mm howitzer and the Type heavy howitzer.

at the same time!

The Japanese 21st Flying Regiment also joined in the fun and once again bombed the Eighth Route Army's defense groups and the newly built highway bridges.

The fighting on the Jiangjunling defense line was particularly fierce.

The Japanese first bombarded the New 150st Regiment's concrete fortifications with 240mm howitzers, and then used 10mm heavy howitzers at almost the maximum range of kilometers.

The Japanese did not dare to bring the 240 heavy howitzer close to aim and fire directly, and only dared to shoot from a distance, otherwise the heavy mortar battalion of the new regiment would be able to kill it.

Huge explosions rose up on the position of the New 1st Regiment, and each shell could create a deep pit as big as a house.

This is a powerful weapon that can blow the American soldiers into pieces with one shot!
As the Japanese artillery observers continued to correct the firing parameters, finally, a 240 shell hit a reinforced concrete bunker of the New st Regiment. Amidst the mountain-shaking explosion, the entire bunker shattered like dry wood and rotten wood.

The soldiers of the two machine gun squads inside were killed on the spot with the explosion, and the two MG42 general-purpose machine guns were also blown to pieces.

What’s even more terrible is that the enemy’s infantry has already rushed up, using the same tactics as yesterday - the infantry charging while the artillery bombards.

The Japanese commander knew very well that the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was not an ordinary unit. If he still used the old tactics of infantry charging followed by artillery bombardment, and artillery bombardment followed by infantry charging, it would definitely not work. The attacking infantry would be shot to death by the Eighth Route Army's bullets like raindrops.

The MG42 general-purpose machine gun equipped by the Eighth Route Army caused great damage and deterrence to the Japanese and puppet army infantry. Bullets rained down on them, and even the King of Hell had to bow his head.

Seeing that a huge Eighth Route Army bunker firepower point that had been difficult to capture for a long time was blown up, the attacking Japanese soldiers and puppet army infantry suddenly became excited.

"Kill to—"

The captain of the 26th Infantry Battalion of the Japanese 5th Division raised his major's sword and pointed it forward suddenly.

The Japanese and puppet soldiers lying on the ground suddenly jumped up and launched an attack on the position of the New 1st Regiment.

It seemed that the Eighth Route Army's indestructible fortress was not so scary at this time.

at this time.

"call out!"

A sharp and piercing whistling sound rang in my ears, and a 240 high-explosive grenade fell into the offensive formation of the Japanese and puppet troops. A huge fireball flashed by, and smoke billowed into the sky.

Even though the Japanese skirmish formation was spread out, more than a dozen Japanese and puppet soldiers around them disappeared instantly, and dozens of other Japanese and puppet soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

This shot directly poured cold water on the excited Japanese and puppet troops. They crawled and hid in fear and dared not continue to charge.

The disadvantage of the artillery bombarding while the infantry charged was fully exposed, and the Japanese artillery shells might also hit the charging devils and puppet army infantry.

The Type 240 1912mm howitzer was a product of the Japanese army in . These heavy artillery were basically used for Japan's coastal defense. However, in order to invade, the Japanese took great pains to transport them to China.

but……

At a distance of 10 kilometers, the accuracy of the Type mm howitzer has been compromised.

More than ten minutes later, the Japanese 240mm high-explosive grenade blew up the second bunker of the New st Regiment.

"Zhang Dabiao, ask Yunshan if anyone has come over. Why haven't the firing signals from the Japanese artillery positions been transmitted yet?"

Li Yunlong learned about this situation at the command center and frowned slightly.

On the Jiangjunling defense line, the New 150st Regiment built over 240 reinforced concrete pillboxes. These pillboxes could withstand 240mm shells, but not 150mm high-explosive grenades. While the 90mm shells were only mm larger in caliber than the mm, their impact was exponentially greater.

Although the Japanese artillery fire had low accuracy, if it continued like this, it would only be a matter of time before the Japanese 240mm heavy howitzers would blow up all the bunkers of the New st Regiment.

Once all the bunkers were blown up, with the troops under Li Yunlong's command, even with the tunnels, they would not be able to defend the fortifications of Jiangjunling under the enemy's tactics of infantry charging while artillery bombarding.

If Jiangjunling was captured by the Japanese enemy prematurely, it would not only affect the morale of the troops, but also affect Li Yunlong's subsequent combat plan.

"Captain."

After Zhang Dabiao made a phone call, he immediately reported to Li Yunlong:

"The artillery observation post on Yunshan reported that the enemy's artillery position is more than 10 kilometers away from Yunshan. Moreover, the weather is bad today. Even with a telescope, the location of the Japanese howitzer position cannot be seen."

"Damn it!" Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes. The situation was not good.

At this time, the Japanese reconnaissance planes were flying in the sky, and the Japanese launched observation balloons to find the locations of the remaining artillery positions of the New 1st Regiment.

"Captain, should we activate Project Hawkeye?"

Zhang Dabiao asked sharply, "The Japanese 240mm heavy howitzers are not easy to move. If we fire at their 240mm heavy howitzer positions now, we will surely achieve good results!"

The New 1st Regiment had no observation balloons, no aerial reconnaissance aircraft to correct impact points, and no anti-artillery radar.

The only source that could provide the location of the enemy's artillery positions was the artillery observation post on Yunshan Mountain.

The Japanese had suffered losses at the Yunshan artillery observation post last time, and the Yunshan artillery observation post also had great limitations.

So before the war, Li Yunlong also developed an emergency plan called Eagle Eye.

The eagle's vision range can reach 36 kilometers, which is six times that of human vision. It can not only see targets at a long distance, but also maintain high clarity at close range, which gives them a great advantage when hunting and avoiding danger.

Li Yunlong looked at the watch on his hand:
"No rush, let the devils bomb for a while."

"Order the soldiers in the bunkers to leave one machine gun team in each bunker, and the rest of the soldiers to retreat into the tunnels."

"At 5:30 pm, when the Japanese artillery units are relaxed, we will activate the Eagle Eye Plan."

Launching the Eagle Eye Plan will inevitably affect another plan. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the two plans, Li Yunlong can only wait a little longer.

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao straightened his body and quickly went to convey the order.

The next day, the whole day was filled with the rumbling sounds of explosions and the popping sounds of gunfire.

The battle entered a fierce stage. The Japanese army failed to capture the Jiangjunling position, and the Eighth Route Army killed some more Japanese soldiers.

Both sides suffered casualties, and the situation was not good for the New 1st Regiment.

Around 5:30 p.m.

At the position of the First Independent Siege Artillery Battalion of the Japanese Army, an artilleryman quickly walked up to the artillery battalion commander and reported, "Major Yoshida, we just received an order from the artillery division headquarters to cease firing today and resume the day after tomorrow."

"Stop firing!"

Yoshida Shuichi stretched out his hand and shouted orders.

Hidden beneath the camouflage nets are four huge gun barrels, with their muzzles pointing towards Jiangjun Ridge.

(End of this chapter)