Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 494: Artillery Counterattack! (Part )
But it's too late!
The Japanese Type 240 38 howitzer weighed tons and had a huge shield on the front.

The gun cannot be maneuvered in the assembled state and its shooting flexibility is relatively poor. It is impossible to disassemble and transport it in a short time.

boom! !

More than 40 seconds later, the third test shell fell, and a huge explosion rose above the Japanese artillery position.

Although this shot failed to hit the Japanese cannon.

However, several Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces on the spot, and several other Japanese artillerymen were swept into the sky like leaves by the blast, and then fell heavily. One of the Japanese artillerymen had half of his body blown off, his head was missing, and all kinds of internal organs were scattered on the ground.

The rest of the Japanese artillerymen were not feeling well either, their ears were dazed by the huge explosion.

"idiot!"

"Speed ​​up the disassembly of the cannon!"

Major Yoshida's face changed drastically and he urged the artillerymen to dismantle the cannon as soon as possible.

If nothing unexpected happens, after the test firing is completed, the Eighth Route Army artillery will begin to concentrate fire on the 240mm howitzer position.

but.

He didn't dare to run away with the artillerymen, because if the 240mm howitzer was blown up, he and the artillerymen would have to commit suicide by disembowelment.

Because this type of cannon was only produced in the entire country of 81 pieces, it is an absolutely strategic-level cannon for the Japanese army!
More than 30 seconds later, more than a dozen sharp and strange whistling sounds were heard, and 12 152mm high-explosive grenades fell, most of which fell into the position of the Japanese 240 heavy howitzer.

In an instant, the Japanese artillerymen were torn to pieces by the shock wave of the explosion, and a 240 howitzer was overturned by the huge air wave on the spot.

In this bombardment, the high-explosive shells used by the New 530st Regiment were of the OF-80 model, weighing 5.77 kilograms and containing 70 kilograms of explosives. When each high-explosive shell exploded, the fragments produced could cover an area 30 meters wide and 3.5 meters deep, and create a crater with a diameter of about 1.2 meters and a depth of about meters!

Another type of G-530 anti-concrete shell can penetrate 1.1-meter-thick reinforced concrete bunkers.

A round of bombardment from 12 152mm howitzers directly destroyed the Japanese 240mm howitzer positions, causing heavy losses on the spot.

However, it was not over yet. Ten seconds later, the second round of shells fell.

The shells that fell outside the Japanese artillery positions caused heavy losses to the Japanese infantry.

……

"Report to the division commander!"

In the rear, about 3 kilometers away from the artillery position, on a higher hill, was the temporary field artillery division headquarters of the Japanese army.

This is also an artillery observation post. Sang Mu Chongming used the artillery telescope and looked in the direction where the artillery sound came from with a serious expression.

A staff officer rushed in and reported to Sang Mu Chongming: "Division Commander, the 1st Independent Siege Artillery Battalion and the 4th and 8th Field Artillery Regiments have come under fire from the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery!"

Sang Mu Chongming's face was as gloomy as water. The Japanese artillery suppressed the Eighth Route Army for a whole day. As it was about to get dark, the Eighth Route Army's counterattack finally came.

but.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery was too ruthless. From the direction of the shelling, Sangmu Chongming knew that the Eighth Route Army's artillery had hit the weak spot of the Japanese artillery unit.

He had just reported the results of the battle to the front-line command, but the Eighth Route Army artillery counterattacked, which made Sangmu Chongming look embarrassed.

Suddenly, Sangmu Chongming seemed to have thought of something: "There must be an Eighth Route Army artillery observer around the artillery position. Immediately order the infantry to find the Eighth Route Army artillery observer and try to capture him alive!"

"The rest of the artillery and cannons, move to safe positions immediately!"

"Hi."

The Japanese staff officer lowered his head and quickly conveyed the order.

……

at the same time.

At the various artillery company positions of the 152mm howitzer battalion of the new regiment, the elite artillerymen of the new regiment were busy and orderly. At a distance of 10 kilometers, if one gun wanted to destroy another gun, there were many factors.

First, the position must meet the requirements and the shooting operations must be unified. Secondly, the parts of the artillery must be in absolutely intact condition and cannot be loose at all, otherwise a small mistake will lead to a huge disaster.

In addition, whether the shells are loaded tightly or loosely, and whether the fuse is pulled hard or soft, will affect the shooting accuracy.

Therefore, during the entire shooting process, the aimer, loader and gunner must be the same person.

The cannon weighs a thousand pounds, but it is very difficult to take care of, just like the delicate work of a woman drawing eyebrows and applying lipstick.

The gunners of the 152mm howitzer battalion of the new regiment are all elite gunners with rich training and combat experience. Their combat skills are not inferior to those of the elite field heavy artillery regiment of the devil.

With the perfect coordination of the artillerymen, at the position of the 152mm howitzer battalion of the new regiment, the dazzling white light of the shells fired almost formed a continuous piece, and the loud noise like muffled thunder continued.

One shell after another rushed out of the barrel, soared into the air, and drew orange-red arcs in the sky, as if they had eyes, and fell on the Japanese artillery positions.

……

at the same time.

In Heyuan County, the frontline commander in the direction of Jiangjunling, Lieutenant General Iida Tsuyoshi, commander of the Imperial Guard Division, received a report from the telecommunications department that some mysterious calls of unknown origin were coming in on the radio.

At the same time, news came from the temporary field heavy artillery division that three heavy artillery positions were covered by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire.

Iida Guzhen suddenly took a breath of cold air, and cold sweat flowed down his spine into his crotch, which was a bit uncomfortable.

He had repeatedly promised in front of the Japanese government and the Japanese news media that this time when he came to China, he would definitely be able to destroy the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and kill Li Yunlong.

Unexpectedly, on the second day of the battle, the temporary field heavy artillery division suffered considerable damage.

If the temporary field heavy artillery division was severely damaged, the next battle would definitely be difficult to fight.

What a hell!

With so many infantry deployed around the artillery positions, where did the Eighth Route Army artillery observers come from?
Iida Sadatsugu gave the order, "All Imperial Guards Divisions, move out! Search within a five-kilometer radius of the artillery position. If you find any Eighth Route Army artillery observers, eliminate them immediately!"

……

In the evening, the artillery unit of the New 1st Regiment launched a counterattack which lasted for half an hour. More than 3,000 shells fell on the Japanese artillery positions.

At least thirty Japanese heavy artillery pieces were destroyed, and the Japanese artillery and infantry casualties reached 1,500.

but!

As the Japanese increased the search by two infantry regiments, the three artillery observation teams of the New 1st Regiment were gradually exposed.

On a hill about 1 kilometers away from the Japanese 1.2st Siege Artillery Battalion.

The two had just completed the task of guiding the artillery bombardment when the Japanese search team was only 100 meters away from Gao Xuezhen and Xu Deren. The two had nowhere to retreat and it was impossible to return to the cave.

Gao Xuezhen grabbed a PPSh submachine gun and fired at the Japanese soldiers. Three of them fell in a pool of blood on the spot, shouting loudly.

"The devils are coming!"

"You retreat first!"

Xu Deren also picked up a submachine gun and opened fire, knocking down two Japanese soldiers.

"We are the two of us in the Hawkeye No. 2 artillery observation team. We live together and die together!"

Japs kept falling under the fire of the submachine gun, and the two men fought and retreated behind a big rock.

The Japanese set up a machine gun not far away and madly fired at the big rocks, suppressing the two men so that they could not raise their heads.

However, more and more devils were gathering towards the top of the hill.

(End of this chapter)