Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1132

Chapter 1132 Artillery duel!

“Send the order to the artillery battalion Pang Hai to find the artillery position where the Japanese dare to move forward and kill him!” Tang Dao received a telegram from Leng Feng, commander of the third battalion on the flanking high ground, and his brows were filled with coldness.

There are only a few scout groups sent by the reconnaissance company that can carry field radios, and most of them are in Jingxing, HD, Yangquan and other directions.

That is to avoid the triangle defense line. Once there is a problem on that side, the four groups must make new strategic adjustments.

Although Tang Dao has full trust in several friendly forces, Tang Dao is now the commander of thousands of troops. He must not just start from personal feelings and make full preparations to give himself time to respond in advance. I don't know how to reduce the number of troops. How many casualties.

Therefore, among the several groups of scouts on the Niangziguan front line, only one group has a field radio. I don't know whether it is for concealment or because the signal is interrupted. There has been no movement since the reconnaissance group sent a message yesterday afternoon.

The Japanese artillery positions must have moved forward, but to the specific area, the forward artillery observers can currently only rely on the forward artillery observers to calculate the approximate direction through the trajectory of the artillery shells.

“Don't say such unclear words to me, I need to know what the odds are!” Pang Panghai angrily threw the phone receiver.

If he didn't have to personally command the mountain artillery battery, he, the current top commander of the artillery battalion, would like to go to the front line to observe the Japanese artillery fire trajectory in person.

Japanese artillery has been focusing fire on the flanking high ground for more than 20 minutes, but the calculated areas reported by artillery observers at several points are all different. How can Dahai not be angry?

In fact, this really cannot be blamed on the observers sent by the artillery battalion. Instead, the Japanese artillerymen who already knew that the Four Lines Regiment had mountain artillery made sufficient preparations to prevent retaliation from shelling. They formed a group of two guns and shot one. After the base number, it was quickly transferred, so that the artillery fire continued continuously, but the positions were frequently changed, so the observers of the artillery battalion of the Fourth Row Regiment were unable to come up with a consistent answer.

Of course, in addition to being unable to lock the location of the Japanese forward artillery positions, Pang Panghai also had to guard against Japanese sneak attacks.

This extremely experienced artillery commander knew very well that the Japanese frontline artillery observers were also staring at his mountain artillery position.

7,000 meters away from the main defense line, the Japanese artillery group consisting of four 105 howitzers has been waiting for prey. Once the target is determined, tens of thousands of square meters will be turned into a sea of fire within one minute.

Although the mountain artillery company retreated 2,000 meters overnight after yesterday's shelling, the artillery position that was re-stationed was surrounded by mountains, but it was still within the 10,500-meter range of the 105 howitzer.

However, the mountain artillery company also has a trump card that has not yet been revealed. The Japanese army only knows that the Four Lines Regiment has a 75MM caliber mountain artillery, but they do not know what type of artillery it is. If they regard it as a Type 41 or an imitation of the Type 41, The 6,000-meter range of these two mountain cannons will cause them to misjudge!

The longest range of the Bofors mountain artillery is as high as 9,300 meters. Even if the mountain artillery battery is now 4,500 meters away from the Niangziguan front line, it still has enough striking distance to hit the Japanese army's forward artillery positions!

But what if the Japanese 105 howitzer also moved forward? Or maybe they have experts who are proficient in global artillery and have identified it as the Bofors Mountain Cannon through the explosion power or fragments of the shell?

Pang Panghai had no way of knowing, but he could only take a gamble!

If you don't bet, the mountain artillery company can only watch the brothers on the high ground fighting the Japanese invaders amidst the sky full of artillery fire!

This move of the Japanese is really vicious. They exchange casualties for the opponent's casualties, which is purely a waste of troops!

“Deputy Battalion Commander Pang, lock the Japanese artillery position, the probability is 70%, area 628263, repeat, 628263!” The voice of the artillery observer came quickly on the phone.

"Okay! If it works, Xiong Aichun, I will mark you as a second-class meritorious service." Pang Panghai walked out of the temporary bunker and ordered sternly: "The mountain artillery company, 1st platoon, 2nd platoon, No. 1 to No. 8, prepare to fight with me and the Japanese artillery. Third row of gun positions No. 9 to No. 12, all retreat 1,000 meters!"

"Deputy battalion commander, you take the third platoon away, I will stay here to take command." The third platoon commander who was standing by said hurriedly.

"Your battalion commander and I, my battalion commander, obey the order." Pang Panghai glared, then ignored the third platoon leader and picked up the microphone: "Everyone stays at the gun position and listen to my order. No. 1 to No. 4 gun position, target 628265 rapid fire 20 rounds, gun positions No. 5 to 8, target 628264, rapid fire 20 rounds. After completion, all gun positions will retreat 1,000 meters according to the previously formulated plan! "

Pang Panghai did not give orders according to the grid area number reported by the artillery observer!

The reason is very simple. Since the Japanese army is constantly changing positions, the two minutes it takes to adjust fire preparations from the entire mountain artillery battery's firing range and firing range are enough for the Japanese artillery to run hundreds of meters.

Although the 21st Division is a Category B division, previous information from the scouts showed that its artillery unit has a large number of trucks. Pang Dahai has reason to believe that since the Japanese commander dares to move forward at the risk of being retaliated by the opponent's mountain artillery, To move the position, a truck would be used to drag the mountain artillery, which weighed no more than a few hundred kilograms.

Pang Panghai's calculations are absolutely correct.

In 2 minutes!

“Boom! Boom!” Accompanied by the roar of the Bofors Mountain Cannon,

The Japanese artillery positions are filled with bombs!

Eight Bofors guns opened fire with all their might. In less than 90 seconds, nearly 100 shells were poured on the position of the Japanese artillery brigade, which was still pouring firepower on the flanking high ground.

For a time, smoke billowed from the Japanese artillery positions!

However, it is unrealistic to expect that these 160 rounds of artillery shells can defeat the 12 mountain guns of a Japanese artillery brigade.

The Japanese army is not fools. They have already made sufficient preparations for the possibility of retaliatory artillery bombardment. Not only did they quickly use trucks and packhorses to drag the mountain artillery to their positions, but the entire artillery position was extremely vast, and the distance between each cannon was very large. With a height of 120 meters, even if an artillery shell explodes, other mountain artillery teams will not be implicated.

The 8 Bofors mountain cannons were smashed indiscriminately, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small. The final result was to destroy one mountain cannon, and another mountain cannon was moved by a pack horse because the truck could not be retrieved. As a result, one shell was fired at 60 An explosion occurred meters away, and the frightened packhorse ran wildly dragging the mountain cannon. When the artillery lieutenant led by him had no choice but to kill the packhorse with the Southern Type 14 pistol he carried, the tortoise box jammed again.

Then, I could only watch the frightened horse dragging the mountain cannon and fall into the ravine. Not to mention the difficulty in getting rid of these hundreds of kilograms of iron lumps, if it fell into the ravine of more than ten meters, could the cannon still be used?

Pang Panghai's mountain artillery battery dispatched 8 mountain guns and spent 160 rounds of artillery shells. The results were good, damaging 2 75mm mountain guns. More importantly, it reduced the pressure on the flanking highlands.

With less artillery shells falling on the high ground where the sound of killing is loud, the infantrymen of the Fourth Line Regiment with strong light firepower can pour bullets towards the Japanese troops down the mountain with all their strength with less scruples!

When Kameichiro Nagano, who was sitting at the headquarters of the 21st Division, heard that the artillery of the Fourth Army Regiment began to retaliate against the first artillery battalion that he had arranged to move forward, he was not surprised but happy!

The prey finally appeared.

The bait of the 12 mountain cannons he sowed was sweet enough that even if the Chinese knew that they might be retaliated against, they had no choice but to swallow it in one bite.

As everyone knows, just last night, the other two artillery brigades also quietly moved forward to the area 3,000 meters from the front line of Niangziguan, and have been quietly holding back their troops, just for the fat prey of the artillery of the Fourth Line Regiment!

Furthermore, the howitzer squadron that had been following the division headquarters also approached as close as 6,000 meters away!

The 28 artillery pieces have been on standby for a long time, waiting for the appearance of the artillerymen of the Fourth Row Regiment.

Now, they finally show up!

“Yo Xi, destroy them!” accompanied by the order of the Japanese artillery regiment commander.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!” In the mountains of the Taihang Mountains, bombs rose one after another.

The Japanese army's counterattack resolutely exceeded everyone's imagination. The concentrated bombardment of 28 artillery pieces lasted for more than 20 minutes. The artillery fire extended from 2000 meters behind the defense line to nearly 1500 meters, and nearly 1300 artillery shells were thrown. The trees on the two hills were destroyed. Completely smashed!

Looking at the thick gunpowder smoke less than 500 meters away from the headquarters of his artillery battalion, a timid old artilleryman like Peng Hai couldn't help but wipe his hands in a cold sweat.

As expected, the Japanese were holding back their efforts to use dirty tricks. The main force of their artillery regiment quietly moved forward, waiting to be swallowed up in one bite.

If the Japanese army didn't know enough about their own artillery models and miscalculated the range, the extended round of artillery fire just now would have enclosed most of their mountain artillery battery.

All I can say is that in addition to strength, you also need luck on the battlefield!

Now it seems that the Four Troops' luck is at least better than that of the Japanese army.

The Japanese major general, who lacked sufficient understanding of the heavy firepower of the Four Lines Regiment, had a smile on his face at this time, but he did not know that the more than 1,000 rounds of artillery shells he fired with all his strength only exploded some rocks and flowers in the Taihang Mountains, just a few meters away from the target he really wanted to destroy. 500 meters difference!

The tragedy is that his two artillery brigades, whose positions have been completely exposed and are still fighting happily, are still within the range of the mountain artillery battery.

When a hunter goes all out to hunt, would he still think that the prey would be so fierce and that he would be able to respond with a carbine even after being beaten to a pulp? Therefore, the two artillery brigades are lined up closely, and the distance between each gun is no more than 30 meters, which is even lower than the regulations of the Japanese Army Operation Code!

"Damn it, did you feel good about the fight? If you feel good about it, it's my turn to **** you." Through the reports of the artillery observers, Pang Panghai had already locked the area of the two mountain artillery brigades near the defense line of the Japanese army, but there was no one there. Fire.

He is waiting for the Japanese army to start to relax!

When it was discovered that the last shelling position of the Japanese 105 howitzer was about 1,000 meters in front of its own position, Pang Panghai finally judged that it should still stay 6,000 meters away from the defense line, which was their ultimate firing range. Pang Panghai finally ordered a counterattack.

This time, it is no longer just 8 guns, but the entire mountain artillery battery of 12 guns focuses fire together!

Moreover, it is no longer just 20 rapid-fire rounds, but 100 rounds for each gun, requiring them to be empty.

The so-called coming and not reciprocating is rude! If you send me more than 1,000 and I don't send you back 1,000, how can you embody the saying of our Chinese soldiers: "When friends come, they have good wine, but when the jackal comes, he is greeted with shotguns?"

The song "My China" co-written by Tang Tuanzuo and Tantai Mingyue Company Commander has recently become popular throughout Southeast Shanxi!

“A big river with wide waves

The wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both sides of the bank

My family lives on the shore

Getting used to hearing the boatman's call

Get used to seeing white sails on ships

This is beautiful China

　　is where I grew up

In this vast land

There are beautiful scenery everywhere

The girl is like a flower

You have such a broad mind, young man

In order to fight against the invading wolves

Awakened the sleeping mountains

Let the river change its appearance

This is heroic China

A female nurse from Pingbeicheng sang the song "My China" with tears in her eyes while gently wiping the blood stains on her young face with a towel!

“Da da da!” The soldiers on the high ground roared “kill” and tried their best to shoot the furious bullets in the barrels at the charging Japanese army!

"Quick! Quick! Quick!" Teams of heavy soldiers carried the shell boxes. Even if there was blood on their shoulders, even if their faces were scratched by branches and thorns, they kept walking to deliver the shells needed by the artillery company to the position. .

As for the artillerymen of the fourth regiment on the mountain artillery company position, they had already taken off their upper body clothes, exposed their chests, and were sweating profusely, stuffing heavy shells into the barrels!

Sihang Tuanshan Artillery Battery, for the first time since its establishment, opened fire with full force!

The entire battlefield was stunned by the artillery battle between the two warring parties.

From the main defense line to the flanking highlands, the infantrymen who were still fiercely competing between China and Japan seemed to have become supporting characters at this moment.

The trajectory of the artillery shells invisible to the naked eye was not clear, but the sharp whistling of the artillery shells passed back and forth from high in the sky, making the infantry completely lose their judgment.

Even veterans of the Four Lines Regiment who have experienced countless battlefields don't know if a row of bombs will hit their heads at a certain moment.

Life and death are not in your hands at all. It feels really terrible.

What military orders, bravery and sacrifices, at this moment when the roars continue to pass by, they all seem to be insignificant, especially to the Chinese and Japanese armies on the main defense line.

But no one knows how much our artillery has suffered in those mountains where there are continuous thunders, except those who are among them.

Anyway, the artillery regiment commander of the Japanese 21st Division, who was leading two artillery brigades, was dumbfounded at the time!

When the overwhelming artillery shells hit him, it was only 500 meters away from his temporary unit headquarters, and then his pupils turned red.

That is the continuous fireball that reflects the red color!

It's a pity that this is the first time for him to see such a grand scene, but he can't last long!

Soon he was thrown to the ground by several soldiers behind him!

The dedicated guards and soldiers attacked so resolutely that the distinguished Japanese Army Colonel was forced to eat a mouthful of ashes!

But this saved his life!

The 12 mountain cannons of the Four Lines Regiment fired at full strength and soon began to fire. The scorching air waves even swept away an unlucky child lying on the unbelievable Japanese colonel.

But at least the Japanese army colonel was fortunate that he managed to save his life.

But those of his subordinates who had not yet withdrawn their troops were not so lucky.

Because the formation of two artillery brigades is too concentrated, once an artillery shell hits the area, or even causes the stored artillery shells to explode, it will often sweep in the artillery or artillery dozens of meters away.

And this time the artillery of the fourth row of regiments, which was completely unloaded, fired more than a thousand rounds of artillery shells, even if the four 105 howitzers kept firing back.

"The Chinese 75MM mountain artillery has a range of more than 8,500 meters! It is an excellent artillery from the Western world!" This was the conclusion drawn by the awakened Japanese artillery commander.

The summary is correct, but don't summarize it next time!

Because, it's really too late!

Si Xing Tuan's mountain artillery battery opened fire for half an hour, completely beating the two Japanese artillery brigades that they regarded as hidden hunters into little lambs!

This was initiated by the Japanese army, and the two sides exchanged blows with all their strength, similar to a bayonet-style artillery battle. It did not end completely until about 9 o'clock!

The data collected by the Japanese army were placed in the hands of Kameichiro Nagano, whose face was ashen. He only glanced at it and almost vomited it out.

That is the result of the Japanese army major general having done enough psychological construction. Otherwise, in this artillery duel, one more person will be added to the Japanese casualty list.

The kind with internal injuries.

Of the 24 artillery pieces, 6 were destroyed, 7 were damaged, 13 transport trucks were destroyed, and more than 300 pack horses were lost. It seemed that the loss was only half, but the unprotected artillery suffered huge losses!

A total of more than 2,000 artillerymen were involved in this bombardment. More than 400 people were killed, 60 were missing, and the injured were not counted!

Those who are missing were naturally destroyed by intensive artillery fire. If they want to pick up a bone as a souvenir, no, if it is a souvenir, considering the current situation of everyone in the artillery regiment being injured, it is probably impossible.

　　Including the poor colonel-level artillery regiment captain, he was also missing one of his front teeth. In addition, he had been pressed for a long time and was somewhat deprived of oxygen. The blood-red color on his face only gradually subsided in the evening.

“The Chinese are so cunning! Damn the Germans.” Kameichiro Nagano, who was about to hold back his internal injuries, slumped in his chair and gave this bitter and helpless summary of the battle.

　　Germanic people:? ? ? ?

(End of this chapter)

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