Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 493 Artillery counterattack!

The shells of the Type 200 heavy artillery weighed 1 kilograms and required the combined efforts of six strong artillerymen to lift them into the barrel, then insert the powder bag and fire them. The firing rate was 10350 round per minute and the maximum range was meters.

Although this was a weapon developed by the Japanese in 1912, its caliber and charge make its power extremely astonishing.

"Confirm with the artillery observer how many Eighth Route Army bunkers were destroyed today."

Yoshida told a staff officer on Monday.

Tomorrow the 1st Siege Battalion will rest, and the 2nd Siege Heavy Artillery Battalion will continue firing.

"Hi."

The staff officer picked up the radio receiver and called out. After a while, he reported to Major Yoshida: "Report to Major, we blew up 12 Eighth Route Army bunkers today!"

"Yoshi."

Yoshida nodded with satisfaction and loudly told the artillerymen about the achievement.

"Onboard!"

"Onboard!"

The artillerymen of the 2nd Independent Siege Battalion suddenly cheered.

This cannon was the first shot fired in the invasion of China. During the September 1931th Incident in , the Japanese used this cannon to attack the Northeast Army, and the Northeast Army in Beidaying was caught off guard.

On the Chinese battlefield, this heavy artillery is generally used to bombard important cities and other targets, causing significant losses to our military and civilians.

Just as the Japanese artillerymen were cheering and preparing to go off work and have lunch.

Halfway up the Jiangjun Ridge, hidden under a cliff, a secret artillery position in the rock was activated. Heavy iron doors disguised as rocks slowly opened, and one after another Soviet 152mm cannons full of technology and ruthlessness slid along the track towards the tunnel entrance, and the gun barrels extended out of the tunnel entrance.

At the same time, 152 24mm howitzers from the other two 152mm howitzer companies were pulled from the tunnels by large trucks to the reverse slope of Jiangjunling to build artillery positions.

Then, the artillerymen quickly fixed the base of the cannon. The cannon must be mounted as stably as possible. The two spades, which are the main frame of the cannon, must be strong on both sides, and the degree of strength must be consistent. If one side is strong and the other side is loose, it will cause uneven recoil and lead to excessive dispersion of the impact points.

At this time, the Japanese plane had just left, and the Japanese reconnaissance plane also left, and the detection balloon landed.

However, in order to ensure that everything is foolproof, the artillery still set up a lot of camouflage nets. At the same time, the soldiers of the 3rd Air Defense Battalion were deployed around, and the air defense firepower was extremely powerful.

"Yellow River, Yellow River."

"I'm Hawkeye No. 1!"

"I'm Hawkeye No. 2!"

"I'm Hawkeye No. 3!"

Suddenly, the radio of the new regiment became busy, with a noisy but orderly call.

“101，偏东21……102，偏东23……103，偏东22……”

In the front-line command post of the new regiment, the artillery staff officers each used the telephone to report a series of data that no one else could understand to the artillery group they were responsible for.

Li Yunlong didn't even bother to smoke. He listened attentively, letting the cigarette burn between his fingers until it burned his fingers and then threw it away.

He knew that the artillery observation teams carrying out Eagle Eye operations were already in position. The artillery observation teams located in the center of the enemy's area were using secret codes to look directly at the artillery group and adjust the firing parameters.

101、102和103代表着各炮群，每个炮群12门152毫米榴弹炮，偏东21指各炮群是需要调整的密位度。

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The three test cannons of the three artillery groups fired. The shells flashed a dazzling white light and made a loud noise like thunder when they left the barrels.

After enduring a day of bombing and artillery fire, the New 1st Regiment launched a full-scale counterattack before dusk.

……

In the direction of the Japanese army, a group of Japanese cooks carrying rice buckets came to the artillery position of the 1st Battalion of Siege Heavy Artillery.

Artillery is a technical branch of the military, especially the artillery of heavy siege artillery, which is the noble branch among the technical branches of the military.

The Japanese infantry could only eat rice balls, and the puppet army had the worst food, and could only eat dry rations.

However, the artillerymen who were using heavy artillery to attack the city could eat hot meals, and the dishes even contained a lot of oil.

The Japanese artillerymen, who had been busy all day, immediately rushed up and began to scramble to get food and dishes using lunch boxes.

at the same time.

On a hill not far away, two Eighth Route Army artillery observers were hiding in the dense grass, staring at the Japanese artillerymen who were eating.

A few days ago, three artillery observer teams from the new regiment, carrying water, dry food and radios, hid in a cave dug by engineers, just for this moment!
The entrance of the cave was camouflaged by special forces professionals to avoid the inspection of Japanese scouts around the artillery position.

The shelling ended in the afternoon, which was also the time when the Japanese infantry and artillery were relatively relaxed in their defenses throughout the day.

After receiving the order from the regiment headquarters to launch the Eagle Eye Plan, three artillery observation teams came out of the cave one after another. Following the sound of the Japanese artillery firing, they crawled forward and moved near the Japanese artillery position.

The Japanese deployed heavy troops within three kilometers of the artillery position, and even the special forces of the New 1st Regiment found it difficult to infiltrate.

But Li Yunlong used reverse thinking. Before the battle began, he predicted the approximate location of the Japanese artillery positions and deployed three artillery observation teams around them.

These two people are the Eagle Eye No. 2 artillery observation team. Gao Xuezhen is responsible for calculating the firing parameters, and Xu Deren is responsible for conveying the firing parameters to the artillery staff of the regiment headquarters via radio.

The mission of carrying out the Eagle Eye Plan is a life-or-death mission, but the three artillery observation teams have already put life and death aside and are indifferent to it, ready to do it if they refuse to obey.

A gentle breeze blew by. Looking at the Japanese artillerymen eating at the artillery position and the Japanese infantry guards with sharp eyes like knives around them, Xu Deren sneered and whispered, "101, one test shot, fire!"

Are animals worthy of eating?

Just eat the shells!

This place is about 10 kilometers away from Jiangjunling. After the order for the test launch was conveyed, it took about 20 seconds before a faint whistling sound was heard in the sky.

And then—BOOM!!
A shell exploded more than 200 meters away from the Japanese artillery position, scaring the Japanese artillerymen so much that they jumped up immediately.

"Don't panic."

Major Yoshida Shuji glanced at the impact point and said calmly, "It's just a stray bullet. Keep eating."

at the same time.

There were also artillery sounds coming from the other two directions, 1 kilometer away, which made him more convinced that the Eighth Route Army was just launching the artillery attack in anger after enduring a day of bombing and shelling.

Haha...the Eighth Route Army artillery is just incompetent and furious.

Without artillery observers, reconnaissance planes to correct impact points, and detection balloons, if the Eighth Route Army can hit our artillery positions, I, Yoshida Shuichi, will eat up the Type 45 howitzer on the spot!
Seeing this, the Japanese artillerymen continued to eat.

"Distance minus 250, direction east minus 1..."

Gao Xuezhen recalculated the shooting parameters based on the impact point, and Xu Deren conveyed it to the destination via radio.

After more than 20 seconds, another shell fell heavily, accompanied by a loud bang and a huge explosion.

Although this shell still did not fall on the Japanese artillery position, it was already very close to the artillery position.

The dust and shrapnel kicked up by the explosion directly landed in the lunch boxes of some Japanese artillerymen, making them so angry that they kept cursing.

"Oh no! The Eighth Route Army artillery is conducting a preliminary test firing!"

Major Yoshida Shuji's expression suddenly changed. He threw away his lunch box and said anxiously, "Move the artillery position quickly, quickly!"

But it's too late!
(End of this chapter)