Chapter 297 Artillery's Resentment
More than two kilometers north of the security regiment's position, the valley of the west source of the Qingzhang River was pinched by the mountains on both sides, and a spoon-shaped bend appeared. Just at the mouth of the spoon in this bend, there is a 100-meter-high
’s hillside.
The artillery of the 105th Regiment is placed here.
Directly south of them is the spoon handle. To the south of the spoon handle is the defensive position of the security group, which is on both sides.
When we arrived at the security group's position, the width of the valley became larger, with a span of about 500 meters and a full length of two kilometers, with a road running through it.
And here is where the Japs brigade was ambushed. The little Japs were very obedient and walked along the road, just in time to set fire to them. Now, the corpses of more than a thousand Japs were placed on the handles of the spoons, waiting for the Japs.
They will be shipped back.
But in fact, the little Japs were already doing this. Trucks were trudging through the river valley one by one, transporting back the bodies of the Japs one by one.
When the Japs were transporting the corpses, the security team did not attack them. The weather was hot, so they had to dig holes and bury them here to dispose of the bodies, which was perfect for the Japs to transport back.
At the southernmost end of this section of the river, the valley turns eastward for about a thousand meters, and the width here becomes extremely narrow, with the narrowest point being less than 100 meters. The two hills to the south of the river are the positions of the guard company.
Such a terrain, neither good nor bad, greatly limits the performance of the Japanese artillery units. Because the peaks on the east and west sides are very high, and there are many east-west ridges, they are enough to block the performance of the Japanese artillery shells.
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However, the artillery still had to be fired. The target of the mountain artillery was the position of the guard company directly to the south. Their position was right across the corner of the river valley, about 4 kilometers away from the Japanese artillery position, and could just be reached by the mountain artillery.
As for the positions on the hillsides on the east and west sides of the river valley, the Japanese decided to hand over the positions to the 92 Infantry Cannon. The 92 Infantry Cannon had a large range of high and low shooting and could shoot at an elevation angle of more than 80 degrees.
In fact, the role of infantry artillery in mountain warfare is similar to that of mortars, but they have more functions. At least mortars cannot directly shoot at civil or masonry fortifications, while others can.
Little devils would not have thought that the Chinese defenders had mortars. Of course, they did not take it seriously. After fighting so many critical battles in the past, the performance of the Chinese artillery units was really poor. Regardless of the hit rate,
Not even the number of artillery pieces!
It is said that during the Battle of Luodian in Songhu, the Japs encountered an army of Chinese defenders. At that time, the army wanted to gather all its artillery and engage in a duel with the artillery troops of the country.
As a result, after a concentrated firing by the division's artillery regiment, all Chinese artillery was destroyed...
Of course, the little devil also knew that China had a very accurate artilleryman, who caused great damage to the underground army in the battle of Baoshan City.
However, after the battle in Baoshan City, I never met that man again! Perhaps, that man had died in Baoshan City!
The rhythm of the Japs' attack is very interesting, it is artillery bombardment and infantry attack, but their group operations are centered on grenade launchers.
As we all know, the little devil's crooked handle is very poor. It has a biased center of gravity, takes up too many people, likes to jam bullets, and is not easy to troubleshoot. Even the little devil himself is not willing to use it.
Therefore, the little devil's small unit attack revolves around the grenade! Because the crooked method is really unreliable!
This is often the case. A small group of Japanese troops conduct a trial attack. After testing out the opponent's machine gun firepower, they then use grenades or infantry artillery to destroy it. Then they can use the machine gun to suppress the firepower, and the infantry can fire accurately.
Before this, it was normal for the artillerymen to carry out bombing raids on a routine basis.
Therefore, after collecting the bodies of the fallen soldiers and setting up the artillery positions, the Japanese attack began with the roar of eight artillery pieces.
"Chirp chirp..." The whistling sound of artillery shells resounded in the valley.
"Boom, boom, boom..." On the positions of the second and third battalions, artillery shells exploded one after another, and fire, smoke, and shrapnel began to wreak havoc.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Explosions sounded from time to time in a trench on the guard company's position.
only……
"Battal Commander, isn't this kid's accuracy too bad? The shells are still dozens of meters away from our trenches. Is this a mistake?"
On the reverse slope on the top of the mountain, Jiang Dajiang and his guard squad were observing the Japanese artillery fire. A soldier looked at the impact point of the artillery shells on the position below the mountain and couldn't help but begin to despise the Japanese artillery.
"It's just blind! Look, across this mountain, the little Japs can see where our trenches are? This is just to scare people!" Another soldier said disdainfully.
"The kid's artillery literacy is pretty good. Look at the guard company's position hill. Did you see that the impact point of the artillery shells is basically around their first trench? Look at that one, it just fell into the trench!"
Jiang Dajiang spoke.
"Isn't the guard company in trouble?" the soldier who spoke at the beginning asked.
"Trouble? What's the trouble? There's no one in the trench! Keep observing!" Jiang Dajiang said.
On the guard company position, the soldiers hid on the reverse slope behind the hilltop, looking at the artillery shells that kept falling into the trenches. They not only looked at each other: "Company commander, the artillery of the little devil is very powerful! This landing point is so accurate! Back then, you followed
The regiment commander was also like this on the Songhu battlefield?"
"Back then... the artillery fire was much more violent than this! Those were big artillery shells from the Japanese warships. If one was dropped, a whole platoon would be blown up!" Fang Hao said calmly as he looked at the shelling in front of him.
Fang Hao's current state of mind is very calm and calm, and he has a feeling that "it was once difficult to make a difference in the sea, and I didn't look at the clouds when I returned from Huangshan." After experiencing the raging artillery fire on the Songhu battlefield, this small shelling was just scratching my itch.
"Company commander, how did you come up with the idea to let us dig a temporary trench overnight? We have been busy for half the night, how many artillery shells will we have to trap the little Japs in this time! We have made a lot of money!" A soldier asked Du Wei, the deputy
Company commander.
"It's not what I thought, it was what the regiment leader said! He told us at the beginning that this first trench was never used to defend against the Japanese, but was prepared for the Japanese's artillery shells! Anyway, our strength does not cost money, little one
Let the Japanese shoot as many shells as they want!" Du Wei said.
"Oh, I don't know where our captain is. He is not here for such a wonderful thing!" said a soldier.
"Although the leader is not here, he knows every move we make! How about you bastards being equipped with semi-automatic and sniper rifles? Just dream!" Fang Hao said.
"By the way, where is our artillery? Why didn't it get blown up by the Japanese artillery?" a soldier asked.
"I also want to fire! But the battalion commander said what if the Japanese artillery destroys it and the Japs stop attacking? I don't want to either!" These were the thoughts of the artillery company commander Zhai Changlin...
Chapter completed!