Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 677

Chapter 677 Potential Stimulation

The fat sea and the artillery battery cliff are the only existence of the independent battalion!

Not to mention that half of the packhorses of the baggage company are dedicated to transporting artillery shells for the artillery company. The food for the officers and soldiers of the artillery company is better than that of the infantry. Even when potatoes are distributed, one artilleryman needs one more than the infantry.

This kind of "unfair" treatment is not something no one has complained about. For example, a pervert like Li Jijin especially likes to complain in front of Tang Dao.

Tang Dao just said: "Well, let your second company carry the artillery cannons and shells. I will give you two extra potatoes for each person in the second company!"

Li Jijin quickly shut up.

Artillery is not only a technical arm, but also a physical job. If there is not enough strength to carry artillery shells, who will ensure the artillery support of the infantry? Everyone in the independent camp actually understands this truth, and it is normal for them to have better food and treatment.

Moreover, the infantrymen are well aware of the importance of the artillery batteries to them. If they encounter difficult and dangerous sections on the march, they often go out of their way to help the artillerymen carry the heavy cannon bodies and shells.

But even such a company, which received preferential treatment from the whole battalion, was scolded by the battalion commander of Tang Dynasty one day, and he was merciless.

Even Pang Dahai felt aggrieved. The whole company had just returned to the mortar position from the "Heartless Cannon" position. The observers of each artillery squad were still desperately calculating the coordinates of the positions that the Japanese army had deployed in a hurry, so that there was a gap in artillery fire. Japanese grenadiers scattered in the valley frequently launched counterattacks.

"The platoon commanders and squad leaders of each artillery platoon and artillery squad, please listen to me. The commander said that if my artillery company doesn't color the Japanese grenades, I will go to the cooking squad and become the squad leader of the cooking squad. But there is only one of you, so you idiots can go to the cooking class and help me. You should steam the buns, and take the blame for the ones you should take the blame for! No one of you can give me an easy life. "Pang Dahai. The fat on his face trembled, and he gave orders to his subordinates with big eyes.

A group of lieutenants and sergeants dispersed suddenly, shouting at the top of their voices to order their soldiers to increase the speed of artillery preparation.

“Mom, hurry up, hurry up, if I'm sent to be a cook, you **** will eat vegetables without salt, and your teeth will gnash when you eat!”

　　“What the hell, it's so shameful. You've shamed us, the people in the artillery company, and I've been completely disgraced by you.”

"Have you seen my face? It's not the red face of the company commander, it's the red face. No matter how good you are, if you don't kill the little devil's grenade, I will take you to pick up the rifle and go kill them. ”

The roars of officers and soldiers were heard one after another on the battlefield!

Even if the official matter is trivial, they can't lose face. If they carry that big iron pot on their backs, they may not be able to get rid of the reputation of "the pot-carrying soldiers" for the rest of their lives.

Of course, this is not meant to ridicule the cooks. After all, if they want to eat hot meals on the battlefield, they all rely on the efforts of the cooks. But as a combat unit, they are asked to serve as cooking soldiers, mainly composed of young people from Songjiang who join the army temporarily. Isn't it difficult to overcome this hurdle?

This is the legendary sense of honor among soldiers.

Although the independent battalion was formed not long ago, its grassroots officers and backbones are all elites of the 88th Division, 67th Army, and 43rd Army. After nearly half a month of fusion of old and new, the soldiers have gradually forgotten their original identities and regard their respective companies as their home.

Having been called a dog by the respective platoon leader and squad leader, and even saying harsh things like eating vegetables without salt and grinding your teeth, who among the artillerymen wouldn't feel resentful?

The artillery preparation that originally required ten minutes was abruptly shortened by two minutes.

As the small red flag waved, ten mortars lined up in the open space behind the ridge opened fire.

Yes, the current independent battalion artillery company has not only the previous standard 6 mortars, but up to 14 mortars. Those are the mortars owned by the 145th Division of the Sichuan Army, and Tang Dao personally borrowed them from Commander Rao.

Four mortars were ordered to be transferred to Leng Feng's first company to strengthen their defense, and the remaining 10 were manned by Pang Panghai's artillery company.

If the most frightening weapon at the Japanese infantry squadron level is the grenade with a range of up to 500 meters, then the most terrifying weapon at the Chinese infantry regiment level that makes the Japanese cry is the mortar.

The 81mm caliber is much larger than the 50mm caliber of the Japanese grenade. The power of the 4kg shell is naturally far greater. What is even more terrifying is its range of up to 2500 meters. On the battlefield with a radius of 2.5 kilometers, it can be hoisted almost without blind spots. beat.

In addition to being useless against armor and permanent targets, this thing is a nightmare for pure infantry.

However, Pang Panghai did not completely follow Tang Dao's orders to suppress the Japanese grenadiers. Those guys were all veterans. The positions they chose were concealed, widely dispersed, and very slippery. Once they found that there were artillery shells falling around them, , transfer immediately.

There is no telephone or wireless communication between the artillery observers and each artillery piece, so there will inevitably be a time delay. If we attack like this, the gain will definitely outweigh the loss.

So, Pang Panghai ordered all mortars to hit Japanese infantry. Because the Japanese army began to gather together to build fortifications to resist, the target was very clear to artillery observers.

What's even more terrible for the Japanese infantry in the river valley is that the temporary field positions they worked so hard to build can only protect against bullets, and have no ability to resist such mortars falling from the sky.

As a result, in the next ten minutes or so, an extremely strange situation appeared on the battlefield.

The Japanese grenades continued to explode into clouds of smoke in the mountains and forests, while loud noises continued to be heard in the river valleys.

The grenades could not hit the mortars behind the ridge, and the mortars ignored them and captured and attacked the Japanese infantry who were still trying to establish positions.

This time it is not like the "heartless cannon" that just shoots a few random shots and throws them away. The mortar fires accurately. If one shot fails, the second, third and fourth shots will follow.

Shallow trenches and stones can stop bullets, but they cannot stop such artillery shells falling from the sky.

The stones on the river beach once again became the accomplices of mortars. Countless gravels shot out in all directions, leaving the Japanese infantry bloody.

For a time, the screams on the river beach even surpassed the rumble of cannons.

In fact, there were more injured than dead.

Some were hit by flying shrapnel, and some were injured by gravel that was like a Pegasus meteor fist. In comparison, the Japanese infantry who were directly thrown away by the air waves and basically lost their breath when they fell were more comfortable. .

At least, you don't have to enjoy the pain that hurts your bones.

Think about it, what does it feel like when a stone as big as an egg is embedded in the meat? The pain is so severe that it can cause convulsions. The large number of bacteria carried on the stone is far more terrifying than the copper bullets. Without antibacterial drugs such as penicillin, 90% of the wounded soldiers who suffered such injuries would die from bacterial infection. .

Of course, the Japanese army can't think so much at the moment. If they don't work hard, it will be difficult to survive this afternoon, let alone survive until tomorrow.

The Japanese troops, who were screamed by the mortar shelling, finally made a desperate move. The heavy machine guns and infantry artillery finally took the risk and opened fire, trying to cover the infantry to attack the mountain again.

"Okay, Pang Panghai did a good job, tell Pang Panghai again to kill all the Japanese heavy machine guns, and I will give him first-class merit for the artillery battery!" Tang Dao's eyes lit up.

Compared with the infantry artillery that can only blindly fire at the mountains, the 20 or so heavy machine guns equipped by the Japanese army are his biggest concern when he wants to quickly solve the battle. As long as they are killed, the Japanese army cannot stop the heavy equipment with rifles alone. The officers and soldiers of the independent battalion charged with ten submachine guns and nearly a hundred shell guns.

Yes, once the scouts on the other side of Qinglongling Village find signs that the main force of the Japanese army is moving this way, Tang Dao, no matter how hard he wants to, can only use his last resort to deal with the enemies in the valley.

Otherwise, when the remaining soldiers here join the main force of the Japanese army, hundreds of officers and soldiers in Qinglongling Village will become completely abandoned, and no one can survive.

But the Japanese army was also very smart. They did not dare to take out the heavy machine gun positions before they were completed. They mainly used light machine guns and more flexible grenade launchers to cover infantry attacks.

But now, seeing that the infantry is constantly being ravaged by the opponent's artillery, if you continue to play like this, sooner or later you will be dead, so you have to risk your weapons at the bottom of the box.

These are all the work of the artillery company. The precise artillery fire of more than ten minutes destroyed the Japanese infantry enough. Although on the positions on both sides, the Chinese infantry also suffered dozens of casualties due to the crazy counterattack of Japanese grenade launchers.

Even Tang Dao almost scolded him like a dog, how can the artillery company not unleash its full potential?

Even the commander of the artillery company, Pang Dahai, was currently the gunner of a mortar, using his two fat palms to adjust the parameters of the artillery at high speed according to the coordinates passed by the artillery observer.

It's winter, shirtless, still sweating profusely!

(End of this chapter)

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