Half an hour later, the Eighth Route Army artillery position.
On the high ground northwest of Fengmen Village, there is a temporary high platform. This is the artillery command post for this operation, and Director Zhao, holding a portable communicator, is sitting here.
Beside him were a group of young staff officers who had just graduated from the Eighth Route Army Artillery Academy. The fledgling comrades were carefully checking the data on their opponents.
After confirming that all preparations were correct, the artillery commander looked at the clock on the table, and then issued the final order through the entire communication channel.
“The general attack begins!”
“The first and second artillery regiments! Give me half an hour of bombardment first. I want to see how hard the enemy's turtle shell is! No one is allowed to stop before the gun barrel reaches its limit!”
“Attack!”
Following Director Zhao's order, the soldiers of the two artillery regiments immediately removed their camouflage on their respective positions.
One 105mm barrel gun pointed directly at the Japanese defense line in the distance. As soon as the signal bomb took off, it began to pour out a metal storm.
"put!"
At the moment when the signal flare took off, the storm-like shells, with a scream that tore the air, started from many different angles and flew towards the defense line in the west of Jiyuan.
Before the Japanese soldiers could react, hundreds of fireballs exploded and covered their carefully constructed "Magino".
In this battle, a total of ninety-six 105mm artillery pieces participated. In addition, two battalions of forty-eight Red Arrow self-propelled rocket launchers will be added.
This kind of quantity, which far exceeds the strength of the Asian battlefield, brings the peak projection volume of the artillery to an astonishing 41 tons per minute.
The case has been solved. Today is the chapter with the most advantageous firepower. We found a very small amount of human tissue among a large number of metal fragments.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The continuous shelling caused the earth to groan in pain, and even Wangwu Mountain in the northwest was affected.
The mountain shook one after another and the gravel rolled down, as if a unique Foolish Old Man Moved the Mountain was staged.
Under the output of the two artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army regardless of consumption, lucky Japanese soldiers were constantly shot to death on the spot. Even if they hide in a solid anti-gun fortification in time, they will be killed by the shock wave generated by the explosion.
Blood, ashes and mutilated limbs are mixed with soil, nourishing the land in northern Henan again and again. Perhaps after the war, Jiyuan will be the first area to escape the famine.
“Attention, everyone!”
“Add the howitzer battalion and begin the orderly transfer according to the combat plan!”
"Howitzer battalion, self-propelled rocket launcher battalion! Attack with the main force! Put the gun barrel on the shoulders of the commando!"
That's right, even though the current Eighth Route Army has lived a prosperous life, bayonets on cannons are still the most important skill of the artillery troops.
At the end of the artillery preparation phase, the Red Arrow self-propelled rocket launcher and the relatively light-weight M1935b howitzer, which had been reloaded in a hurry, resolutely accompanied the offensive troops to continue the forward pressure.
Comrades will form artillery groups of several sizes in the open areas of the battlefield to provide fire support to the assault troops with direct targeting.
The reason for this simple and crude tactic is simple.
Compared to some of the Holy Mule and Horse Empires on the European battlefield, the Eighth Route Army artillery is equipped with a large number of tractor trucks, which has obvious advantages in mobility.
With air superiority and heavy fire suppression, the Japanese artillery had no chance to counterattack.
While he is sick and will kill him, the most efficient way to attack is to shoot from close range and ride on the face to output.
Time goes back five minutes to the Japanese headquarters in Jiyuan.
After inspecting his own defense line, the top commander of the ManchuriMongolia Development Youth League returned to his combat conference room. Looking at the busy staff officers, he asked in a hoarse voice:
“Where is the reconnaissance team? Have they sent back any useful information?”
In large-scale battles, intelligence support is also an important part of combat effectiveness, and it directly affects every decision-making step of the command system.
In order to guard the entrance to northern Henan, Onodera and Den had dispatched special high-tech elites as early as a week ago in an attempt to spy on the Eighth Route Army's troop deployment before the war began.
Facing the questions from their own parents, the Japanese staff officers in the war conference room fell into silence. For a while, no one dared to stand up and answer the questions.
Seeing this, the old devil could only sigh helplessly.
There is no way, who can make one's own skills inferior to others? Whether it was a local puppet army team or a professional agent who had experienced hundreds of battles, they all seemed to be lost in the sea after setting off, unable to return any useful intelligence.
In the duel with the Eighth Route Army's reconnaissance force, they were completely defeated.
After a while, Onodera and Noboru adjusted their mentality as much as possible, pretending to be confident and forcibly boosting morale:
“Continue to send agents, this time let them sneak into the control area of the Guo Preserved First War Zone, and then pretend to be fleeing civilians and go north across the Yellow River to see if they can sneak into Zhongtiao Mountain.”
“We can't just defend, so intelligence is very important.”
Hearing this, the Japanese staff officers in the war conference room all cheered and agreed.
At the moment when the gate is blocked, the only breakthrough is preserved fruit.
After all, Bald's border defense capabilities are very poor, and many departments can even be described as unilaterally transparent.
If the agents are lucky enough, they might be able to find out information about the Eighth Route Army in western Henan.
After arranging a series of battle plans, Onodera and Noboru silently came to the military map and ordered to the staff in the conference room:
“Inform troops at all levels that in the first stage of this campaign, we should make full use of the solid fortifications and strive to defeat the enemy's first echelon offensive while consuming the effective strength of the Eighth Route Army.
“As soon as the opponent shows signs of fatigue, we will put all our troops into battle.”
“Combine the main force, reserve forces and the Imperial Army, combine large-scale attacks with small-scale attacks, and strive to bring the war to the territory of Jin Province.”
The above-mentioned combat plan is basically the best solution that the old devil can come up with at this stage. According to him, this is called using the enemy's tactics to deal with the enemy.
At that time, the Eighth Route Army endured this for more than two years. I only need to persist for three months, so there should be no problem.
He seemed to have thought of something important, and he emphasized:
“The enemy's artillery is indeed superior in quantity and quality, but their tactics are very rigid, and a round of test firing is inevitable before each attack.”
“As long as we make good use of the time difference, we will be able to reduce the losses of our troops.”
As soon as the old devil finished speaking, an earth-shattering explosion sounded from the west. The violent shaking almost collapsed the command post that had been set up just a few days ago.
"what's the situation!?"
Realizing that something was wrong, Onodera and Noboru hurriedly rushed outside, picked up their binoculars and looked at the first line of defense.
I saw dense and synchronized explosions constantly rising on our own positions. Many semi-buried bunkers and turrets were like paper, easily erased by enemy artillery fire.
Soon, news from the front line came back through the phone lines.
“Your Majesty the Major General! A call came from the independent 8th Brigade! They were attacked by a group of 155mm artillery! According to the current strength, the defenses on the defense line will definitely not survive tomorrow!”
As soon as these words came out, Onodera and Noboru felt their faces burning with pain, as if they had been slapped hard.
I just said that the Eighth Route Army's artillery was very rigid and would not bombard without test firing. Who would have thought that just a few seconds later, the other party would slap him in the face with actual actions.
Actually, in this matter, it's really not the fault of the old devil who has never seen the world.
Strictly speaking, the Japanese army in Jiyuan was extremely unlucky. Because the enemy in front of them was the first batch of outstanding graduates of the Eighth Route Army Artillery Academy.
TG artillery that has undergone systematic learning will pre-calculate a large number of shooting parameters based on the reconnaissance results of many methods before the war.
Every time there is a battle, comrades only need to find the data corresponding to the current conditions and set up formulas to complete accurate artillery strikes.
In this way, the enemy will not encounter a test fire warning of one or two shells at all.
Faced with a sudden attack by a large number of artillery shells, using the time difference to evade has become a fantasy.
It is worth mentioning that in order to get off to a good start, Director Zhao specifically chose the simultaneous bombing tactic that had both visual effects and surprise effects.
Before the attack begins, all artillery groups within the firing range will be notified, and comrades need to calculate the shooting elements based on the flight time and distance of the artillery shells.
The cumbersome process makes the first shell fired by each gun fall on the target point almost at the same time.
This kind of concentrated fire shooting will produce a thunderous, direct damage effect that destroys the heaven and earth. Enemy positions will be torn apart by an almost brutal barrage of artillery fire, leaving no room for target personnel to dodge or cover.
Overall, the biggest difficulty with this tactic is coordination.
It not only requires the communication equipment of each unit to be perfect, but also has high requirements on the military quality of the commanders and fighters.
However, for TG, the above difficulties are not a problem. Because the simultaneous bombing tactic happens to be one of the primary training courses of the Eighth Route Army Artillery Academy. (End of chapter)
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