I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 446 Defense of Huangya Cave ([-])

At the front line of Huangyadong, the seventh company and the eighth company of the headquarters spy regiment are being bombarded continuously by the devil's mortars.

In the early hours of the morning, the devils first attacked the outpost of the Seventh Company in a sneak attack, but the soldiers of the Seventh Company defended the position when they stepped on a landmine. Facing the attacking devils, the soldiers resolutely fought back.

Seeing that the sneak attack failed, the devils turned to a frontal attack, but even though the devils continued to attack the Seventh Company's position, they failed to take down the Seventh Company's outpost.In the end, seeing that the Seventh Company's outpost could not be captured in a short time, the devil had no choice but to give up and continue the attack.

After dawn, the devils launched an attack again. This time they used heavy artillery and mountain artillery to extend their artillery fire, and at the same time they concentrated their mortars to continuously attack the outpost of the Seventh Company of the Secret Service Regiment.Considering that they had not been able to capture this position in the previous attack, the devils fired mortars for an hour before attacking again.

The soldiers of the Seventh Company hid in the positions. Every fortification in Huangya Cave was built by Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan after surveying the terrain. There are more than 300 fortifications in the entire Huangya Cave.The fortifications were built with great care, and it was impossible for the devils to destroy all of these fortifications.

Staying in the fortifications, some soldiers observed the movements of the devils, and when the shelling of the devils stopped, the soldiers emerged from the fortifications one after another.The soldiers all knew that with the devil's combat style, stopping the shelling meant that they were about to start attacking the position!

Facing the attack that the devils were about to launch, the soldiers of the seventh company did not feel nervous at all. They believed in the fortifications in front of them.

Although the general fortifications, traffic trenches, and firepower points in Huangya Cave are all made of gray stone except for some key points of steel and concrete structures due to limited materials, the special terrain of Huangya Cave makes these fortifications even more difficult. Difficult to capture.

The outposts defended by the Seventh Company are made of reinforced concrete, and it is precisely because of this that they can successfully persist under the constant shelling of the devils.It's just that even if it's a reinforced concrete structure, there are still some gaps in the Seventh Company's position, but these gaps can't have much impact on the defensive position.

After the fortifications, the Seventh Company has a light and heavy machine gun position, with sufficient cover around it, and the defensive position combined with the circular defense system of traffic trenches, rock masses and obstacles, so that the Seventh Company can receive rapid support.

It's just that the area where Huangya Cave is located is not small. When the bosses arranged the defensive position of Huangya Cave, they divided the defense area into seven defensive areas, defending in different areas, and fighting in coordination, so that the support that the Seventh Company can get is not enough. That's a lot.

The devils have so many troops. During the attack, they didn't just use the area where the seventh company was located as a breakthrough point. In other areas, the devils also made tentative attacks, but the area where the seventh company was located was the focus of the devil's attack.

"Damn, devils learn to be smart! Fortunately, we have already prepared!" The seventh company commander looked at the devils who were about to attack, and couldn't help but cursed.

The soldiers looked towards the attacking devils, and they could see more than 300 devils driving the goats they had snatched from the villagers, and they were proficient in the positions defended by the Seventh Company.Obviously these devils had suffered enough from the mines, and they wanted to use these goats to detonate the minefields set up by the soldiers of the Seventh Company.

It's a pity that the soldiers have been prepared for a long time. At the south entrance of Huangya Cave, which the Seventh Company is in charge of defending, the soldiers planted a lot of landmines, but these mines are "big stepping mines", which can only be detonated when people step on their horses. , When the goat passed through the minefield, only a few sporadic mines were detonated.

There are still a large number of mines lying underground in the minefield, and when the devils attack, they will definitely be able to surprise the devils.

"Company Commander, these devils are really cunning, they even found goats to destroy minefields."

"If we hadn't been prepared, the devils might easily destroy the landmines we worked so hard to arrange. At that time, the regiment leader will definitely teach us a lesson." A soldier said.

The seventh company commander laughed, took out the dry tobacco he had rolled, and took a puff lightly, with no trace of tension on his face.

"Just wait. After these devils find that the minefield has not been destroyed, they will definitely start clearing the mines. Let's not worry, wait until the devils are close, and save some bullets."

"Let's get our light machine guns ready, don't reveal the position of the heavy machine guns at first, I want to give these devils a surprise!" The seventh company commander said with a smile.

The soldiers couldn't help laughing when they saw how relaxed their company commander was, and they didn't have much fear of the devils.These devils are very powerful, but so what?Why not find a way to get past this minefield, otherwise it would be impossible to seize their base!

Soon, the attacking devils rushed into the minefield. Not long after entering the minefield, several landmines were detonated, and more than a dozen devils were killed or injured.The devil commander forcibly ordered the devil to charge, but on the way of the devil's charge, landmines were detonated one after another.

When these devils approached the Seventh Company's defensive position for 50 meters, the Seventh Company Commander led the soldiers to shoot actively. The firepower of the three light machine guns was not much. Even though these devils were well-trained, casualties continued to occur.

Faced with the strong firepower of the Seventh Company, the devils chose to retreat. There was no position where they could not charge up to the Seventh Company, let alone successfully take down the Seventh Company's position!The most frustrating thing for the devils is that while they are dealing with the soldiers of the Seventh Company shooting, they also need to prevent themselves from accidentally stepping on landmines.

Among them, the landmines caused great troubles to these soldiers, making it impossible for these devils to fully devote themselves to the battle, and these devils could still accept being shot and killed by soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.But if you accidentally step on a landmine and be killed by a landmine, it will be unacceptable to the attacking devils.

After these devils withdrew, the devils started shelling again, but this time their target was the minefield at the south entrance of Huangya Cave.Under the continuous bombardment by the devils, most of the landmines arranged by the soldiers of the Secret Service Regiment on the Nankou Road were detonated, leaving only a few mines.

"boom"

Suddenly, shells rang out from the devil's mortar position, and successfully killed one of the devil's mortars. Immediately, the devil's artillerymen who were shelling stopped their movements and quickly moved with the mortar.

The shell came so suddenly that the Devil Artillery couldn't easily find the Eighth Route Army Artillery's location. Without knowing the enemy's location, these Devil Artillery chose to be cautious. They didn't want to be killed by the Eighth Route Army Artillery.

"Chaozi, you did a good job!" At 300 meters behind the Seventh Company's position, several instructors from the Artillery School, including Wang Chao, fired at the devils.Seeing Wang Chao manipulating the mortar to directly kill one of the devil's mortars, the instructors present couldn't help but praise.

Wang Chao laughed, "Let's spread out, we each have a mortar in our hands. With everyone's skills, I believe we can achieve something!"

"I hope everyone will bear in mind what Principal Liu once taught us, look for opportunities, and move immediately after the bombardment without any hesitation. Don't think I killed a devil mortar easily, but this is because the devil has no defense at all, otherwise we It won't be so easy."

"I hope that after this battle is over, we can continue to meet at the Artillery School! Take care!"

Several instructors laughed one after another, and naturally understood what Wang Chao meant. It is important to kill devils, but it is still important to ensure their safety.It's just that after stepping on the battlefield, no one knows whether they can walk out of the battlefield alive.

"Everyone take care of yourselves! Stay safe!"

"Take care of yourself!"

"..."

After a brief farewell, Wang Chao and the others dispersed, each followed by a soldier who was responsible for carrying the shells for them.It is also because this is an arsenal that Wang Chao and the others have sufficient mortars and shells in their hands. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have a mortar in hand in other troops.

Wang Chao led a soldier to look for an opportunity to attack again, but he could see that after being attacked once, the artillerymen of the devils became extremely cautious, and they all distanced themselves to avoid being attacked by the artillerymen of the Eighth Route Army again.

At the same time, when the Devil artillery fired again, a part of the artillery was obviously separated to observe the surrounding movements.With the ability of Devil Artillery, as long as they can notice the movement of Wang Chao and others when they are shelling, they can easily find where Wang Chao and others are, and then launch an attack quickly.

Commander Ou, who was commanding at the front line, noticed that the devil's mortar had been directly killed, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion for the excellence of Wang Chao and others.Sure enough, Wang Chao and others were very capable to be chosen by Liu Gen to stay in the Artillery School as instructors, and it seemed that their decision was correct.

When Wang Chao and others came to report in front of Head Ou before, Head Ou was a little helpless, he didn't know how to arrange Wang Chao and others.If Wang Chao and others were allowed to join the artillery of the Secret Service Regiment, then it would be easy for them to not cooperate well enough. After all, Wang Chao and others did not train with the artillery of the Special Service Regiment.

What's more, Captain Ou also knew that in this battle, it was impossible for the artillery owned by the secret service group to concentrate on shelling the devils. That would easily attract the attention of the devils, and then be destroyed by the devils' artillery in one fell swoop.

Commander Ou is very aware of his artillery capabilities, and he has paid close attention to them in daily training.As the head of the special task force, Head Ou did a very good job. He has a clear grasp of the combat effectiveness of each unit in the special task force.

The first batch of graduates from the Artillery School are good. With their help, the Artillery level of the Secret Service Regiment has improved significantly, but compared with the Devil Artillery, there is still a certain gap. The number of artillery is Incomparable.

Once the artillery battle with the Devil Artillery begins, it is impossible for the Artillery of the Secret Service Regiment to persist for too long, perhaps within a few minutes, before they will be killed.This is not because Captain Ou exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Devil Artillery, but because the Devil Artillery is so strong, and besides, there are too many artillery pieces that the Devil can put into battle.

The devil's heavy artillery, mountain artillery, mortar, and infantry artillery all add up, and there are probably dozens of them.If it weren't for the terrain advantages and a large number of fortifications in the defense of the Huangyadong area, then Captain Ou would not know how to fight this battle!
It is precisely because Captain Ou clearly knows the strength of the devil's artillery that he chooses to let Wang Chao and the others carry a mortar each to carry out guerrilla warfare against the devil. Only in this way can Wang Chao and the others be fully utilized Ability.

Commander Ou is also ready to disperse the artillery of the Secret Service Regiment. As long as Wang Chao and others can make certain achievements, then he will definitely let the artillery of the Special Service Regiment do the same!As long as he can kill as many devils as possible and help the soldiers relieve the pressure on the devils, then Captain Ou is willing to do anything.

At the south entrance of Huangya Cave, after the devil's shelling stopped, the devil's troops launched an attack again. Due to the terrain, the devil could only attack in squadrons when attacking, which relieved the pressure on the soldiers' defense a lot.

If a large number of devils could come forward, even if all the soldiers of the seventh company were equipped with heavy machine guns, they would not be able to defend the position at all.

"Comrades! Get ready! The devils are coming soon! Heavy machine guns, get ready! Wait until the devils rush to 20 meters in front of our position, and then shoot!"

"Taking advantage of today's good opportunity, our Seventh Company will kill more devils!" The Seventh Company Commander shouted loudly.

The soldiers of the seventh company looked serious, they stared at the devils who were constantly rushing towards the position, holding their weapons tightly in their hands!More than 100 people from the Seventh Company stayed in the position without any voice coming out. Under such circumstances, the soldiers had no idea of ​​talking.

"Damn it! Fight!" Seeing the devils enter the front 50 meters, the commander of the seventh company shouted loudly.

The soldiers who had been prepared a long time ago fired at the targets they had observed a long time ago. Since the special mission group trained the soldiers very well, the soldiers did not panic in the slightest when they were shooting.In the battle, the soldiers are extraordinarily calm, and shoot after aiming for a short time.

Perhaps the shooting accuracy of the soldiers cannot be compared with that of the devils, but compared to ordinary troops, the soldiers of the secret service group are already very good.

Faced with the continuous shooting of the seventh company, the attacking devils kept falling, and at the same time they continued to launch counterattacks. The skilled tactical movements of the devils gave them a certain advantage when dealing with the soldiers' shooting.When some devils found the bunker and counterattacked the soldiers of the Seventh Company in the field, the Seventh Company inevitably suffered casualties.

After 10 minutes of shooting, the devil seized the gap between the firepower of the Seventh Company, rushed towards the Seventh Company's position frantically, and soon entered 20 meters in front of the Seventh Company's position.

"Heavy machine gun! Fire! Kill these bastards!"

In the well-concealed bunker, the ready heavy machine gunners immediately fired at the oncoming devils, and the bullets flew wildly from the barrel of the heavy machine gun, attacking the approaching devils.

The devils rushing to the front just showed their excitement about successfully rushing to the Seventh Company's position, when they heard the sound of heavy machine guns, and the devils could even see a particularly obvious line of fire coming towards them.Immediately, the excitement on the faces of these devils disappeared, leaving only the horror on their faces.

It's a pity that the panic on their faces could not keep these devils alive. The bullets from the heavy machine guns struck and smashed the bodies of these devils directly. They could no longer take a step forward, and the casualties of the devils increased rapidly!
(End of this chapter)