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Only then did he loosen his hands that were covering his ears.

“This cat ear hole is really nice.”

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Haha, the Japanese probably never thought that the artillery they are so proud of is ineffective."

"The commander of the Chu army is a master of military tactics."

The cat ear hole is actually very simple. It is a single-person anti-gun hole that looks like a cat's ear, hence the name cat ear hole.

The more powerful the enemy's artillery fire, the deeper the cat ear hole will be dug. There will be no problem in using one cat ear hole to shelter two or three people. If countless cat ear holes are connected together, they will become a large anti-artillery fortification.

Although the Japanese artillery was fierce, it had no effect on the cat-ear holes and could only waste shells.

This cat ear hole is also taught in the militia training manual.

It originated from the two mountain battles against Vietnam.

It can be said that it is very powerful.

After the artillery fire continued for forty minutes, the Japanese army commander-in-chief Shiba Goro looked through a telescope and found that there was no one on the opposite side, so he ordered: "Send a plane to investigate."

"Yes, General"

The death of 18th Army Division Commander Mitsui Tomita also taught Shiba Goro a lesson, so he avoided it very well.

The reconnaissance aircraft reported that no defenders were found.

Shiba Goro ordered: "Advance, disperse the attack, and extend the attack area by two kilometers."

"Yes"

The 90,000 Japanese troops were all holding Type 38 rifles and advancing slowly.

The five-kilometer attack area was covered with densely packed Japanese troops.

Sweeping in like a wave.

Seeing this, Chu Yunfei said: "The Japanese have finished their bombardment, it's time for us to fight back.

Let the artillery arrive at the designated location as originally planned and bombard it hard!

Let's aim all our shells at their center, and make it seem like we don't have any artillery."

"Yes, Commander."

About half an hour later,

boom! There was a loud bang.

Countless artillery shells flew towards the Japanese army like locusts.

There were hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, but they had no defensive trenches. Even if the shells were deflected, they would still kill a lot of people.

boom! boom! boom!

Every time a shell exploded, countless Japanese soldiers' bodies flew in the air and disintegrated in a very tragic way.

Chai Goro frowned as he looked at the dense artillery fire.

The enemy's artillery fire was quite powerful. Judging from the direction of the shells, the plane had obviously conducted reconnaissance just now, and there was no artillery at all. Where did it come from?

"Baga, send the reconnaissance plane to check it out immediately!"

"Hai!"

A reconnaissance plane flew over his head and indeed saw several hundred people in the southeast corner, loading artillery shells.

The scout was shocked, how could this be possible?

How could the artillery be moved so quickly?

The Japanese army had no idea that this was the latest M1 75mm howitzer produced by Shen Haojun’s factory.

Developed in the 20s, its greatest feature is that it can be quickly disassembled, making it easy for artillery to transport and carry. The entire gun weighs 635 kilograms and can be pulled by two horses.

The maximum range is 9 kilometers, the fastest firing rate is 5 rounds per minute, and the gun crew consists of 6 people.. ...

The Japanese army fired one artillery shell per minute, while we fired five shells per minute. They are simply not on the same level.

Although their number is not as large as the two field heavy artillery regiments of the Japanese Army, they are fast and move quickly.

Looking at the departing Japanese planes, Chu Yunfei ordered: "Let's show our planes and send a few shells to the Japanese. Tell them to throw them at the Japanese artillery positions."

"Yes"

All 11 planes took off.

When the soldiers on Wanwan's side saw their planes flying overhead, they were all very excited.

These 11 planes can be said to be Shen Hao’s entire assets at present.

Shen Hao's plane is different from that of the Japanese army. Shen Hao's plane has been modified.

Not only did they remove useless chairs from airplanes, they also invented seat belts. There was no such thing as seat belts in that era.

There was nothing extra on the plane, only melon grenades and explosives.

Amid the rumbling of artillery fire, the plane flew low.

The Japanese soldiers looked at the plane and were unable to react for a while, thinking it was their own plane.

No one cares.

When Chai Goro saw the plane flying towards him through the telescope, his face changed drastically.

"Baga, how come they have a plane too? Damn Shen Hao, are you not pretending anymore?"

"Shoot me down"

There were no anti-aircraft machine guns in that era, and the Japanese army had few heavy or light machine guns, so they had no way to deal with the planes.

However, the 1.2 plane was not interested in him and flew directly over Shiba Goro's head and headed towards the Japanese artillery position.

After all, bombing in this day and age depends entirely on the feel of the hands, so grenades cannot be wasted.

In later times, as soon as the artillery fired, their position would be locked, and one missile would be fatal.

But the survival rate of artillery is still very high in this era, after all, there are no missiles.

Chai Goro's face turned green as he watched 11 planes fly over his head.

With so many planes, it is comparable to Japan.

Most of Japan's funds were used to develop the navy, and all the aircraft were imported from France, totaling less than 15.

Suddenly, Chai Goro's face changed drastically: "Oh no, they are heading for the artillery position"

"Baga, go inform the artillery and tell them to focus on air defense"

"Ha!"

420. Destroy two Japanese heavy artillery brigades

Eleven planes flew side by side, like returning geese, with great momentum.

High in the sky, the leading captain made a gesture.

The other pilots flying side by side nodded.

Then, ten planes began to fly downward at a low altitude, less than 100 meters from the ground.

The planes of this era were all wooden biplanes and were very simple.

After flying for a few minutes, we saw the Japanese heavy artillery brigade.

Hundreds of cannons of all sizes were lined up in a row, covering an area of ​​several miles, which was enough to show their deterrent power.

The heavy artillery brigade has become a strategic force for Japan.

A standard heavy artillery brigade has two heavy artillery regiments.

Among them, there are 150 30mm caliber heavy artillery cannons and 150 30mm caliber heavy howitzers.

There are also hundreds of 75mm field guns and mountain guns.

There is also a 240mm heavy cannon.

These belong to the 18th Division.

In order to directly capture Taiwan this time, the heavy artillery brigade of the 12th Division was also mobilized, and an additional artillery regiment was also mobilized. It can be said that the entire Japanese army's assets were almost emptied.

There are two heavy artillery brigades in total, which can be said to be the strongest artillery in Japan at present.

Looking down from a high altitude, the uniformity is very intimidating.

This was after the Russo-Japanese War, when the heavy artillery brigade was strengthened.

The Russo-Japanese War was called a rehearsal for World War I because the battle was fought almost exactly like the trench warfare of World War I.

Both Japan and Russia relied heavily on machine guns and heavy artillery. It was this battle that made the Japanese army realize its shortcomings in heavy artillery, and they worked hard to change this predicament.

But due to its economic strength, Japan could only choose between developing its army and navy.

In the end, the Navy is still the son.

The Japanese Army was ultimately at a disadvantage in the competition for resources with the Navy.

Moreover, the expansion of the army has not been approved by the cabinet.

In addition, Japan's own land artillery technology was insufficient, and it could only watch as the navy launched rounds of shipbuilding plans.

The Japanese Army's artillery were all imitations of the German Krupp Company's howitzers.

On the other hand, Kodama Gentaro, the Army Chief of Staff who had distinguished himself in the Russo-Japanese War and was known as a wise general, proposed another plan: while maintaining the existing 19 divisions, increase the number of light weapons in the infantry battalions; add a field artillery brigade and a field heavy artillery regiment at the army level;

Set up special forces such as transportation troops (telegraph and telephone); expand the size of the railway troops.

Kodama also proposed to improve machine guns and artillery, adopt indirect-fire siege guns, and develop mortars. This plan mainly focused on enriching armaments, developing firepower, and replacing quantity with quality.

Facts proved that he was right, but the Japanese economy did not allow it and there was no money for development.

The original plan was to add a machine gun squadron equipped with six machine guns to each infantry regiment, but even so, it would take 20 years to fully equip the army with these equipment.

It can be seen that the Japanese Army is inferior to the Navy.

Soon, the plane flew over the artillery position without rushing to drop bombs.

Their purpose was to find the Japanese army's ammunition depot.

Bombing some Japanese artillery would be of no use to them and would only scratch the surface.

Only by destroying the ammunition depots of these two heavy artillery brigades can we deal them a head-on blow and inflict severe damage on them.

When the plane flew over the artillery position to a distance of less than a mile, the captain's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw dozens of white tents below and many wooden boxes filled with artillery shells outside the tents.

The Japanese artillerymen looked at the planes speeding past their heads with a look of confusion on their faces.

At first, they thought it was a Japanese plane.

But looking at the tail of the plane, there was no sanitary napkin flag.

I felt strange.

Even so, I didn't think it was an enemy attack at first because I thought it was impossible.

After all, people’s knowledge of airplanes was not very high at that time, there was no concept of bombers, and the lethality of airplanes was limited.

Another thing is that they also didn't believe that there would be enemy planes above the bend.

In everyone's opinion, the militants in Taiwan are just a group of untrained farmers. Do they have planes?

What's more, the plane flew right over their heads without making any move.

But when Shiba Goro's telegram arrived, he realized something was wrong.

Only then did they realize that they were under enemy attack.

Suddenly he shouted: "Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!"

Even though they shouted desperately, they had no way to stop the speeding plane.

The two artillery brigades had only six Taisho Type 38 heavy machine guns and four or five light machine guns.

There were no anti-aircraft weapons at all.

Japanese industry was unable to copy the Maxim machine gun because it copied the French Hotchkiss heavy machine gun.