Chapter 207 The Power of Rocket Artillery
Just when the militia column and the Suiyuan Division of the Kwantung Army began the first round of competition, the Mongolian cavalry division, who was in charge of the rear of the Suiyuan Division, suddenly saw a huge armored army appearing in front of their positions. Behind this armored army that began to open the front and prepare for assault, there were also cavalry units that made these Mongolian army feel a little sweating.
Thinking of the Mongolian cavalry division who suddenly cut off their retreat from the rear, the Mongolian cavalry division came to support him, he immediately reported the situation to Kawakao and requested the dispatch of a chariot brigade to support him. Because the two troops in front of them were undoubtedly mantis armed to block the chariot!
When the Mongolian cavalry division reported that the rear was blocked, the plane reconnaissed that the militia armored troops had actually gone around their rear, Lieutenant General Kawahoka no longer had the same calmness as before. He immediately ordered the division's chariot brigade to quickly move to the rear cavalry division's position to block the raid of the militia armored troops. If a simple defensive position like these simple built by these armored troops rushed in and waited for the defensive infantry on those positions, it would be a devastating blow.
At this time, Lieutenant General Kawahika realized that he was really too arrogant. With their division and the Mongolian military advisor to deal with such a powerful militia main force, they should not be head-on and hold on to the waiting for assistance. In this way, they will undoubtedly be put to death. As for whether they can live a life, it depends on the development of the battle situation in the future.
Seeing that the positions ahead were still under artillery bombardment from the militia units, Kawakazu said angrily: "Adminton, ask me what the hell are they doing, why don't they fight back?"
Thinking of his power, Lieutenant General Kawahika felt that the most likely to turn the situation around the war was the artillery brigade of his division. As long as the artillery brigade could destroy the opposite Chinese artillery position, facing a more militia armored troops in the rear than them, they could rely on the support of their artillery troops to destroy the chariots of the militia armored division as much as possible, and narrow the gap in the number of combat vehicles in the second army.
Just when Kawahika felt that the artillery brigade was too slow, the artillery roared like a roaring sound of artillery shells on his artillery position. Seeing the howitzers of the artillery brigade began to counterattack, Kawahika picked up the telescope with a little satisfaction and observed the movements of the enemy artillery positions ahead.
Unfortunately, the distance is a bit far, so I can't see it very clearly. The only thing I can see is the smoke and dust that flew into the air after the shells fell. But Kawaka could clearly feel that after the artillery brigade counterattacked, the number of shells landed on their frontier positions was much smaller.
Lieutenant General Kawahisa Kawa, who felt that the opponent's artillery should have been hit, showed a little smile and said, "Yeah, this is the artillery of our Great Japanese Empire!"
When Lieutenant General Kawaho and the artillery captain were both beginning to reduce shell attacks for the artillery opposite, Situ Liang also felt distressed when listening to the losses received from the artillery positions below: "These Japanese guys, this cannon is really accurate! However, now it's our cannons' turn to appear. Hurry up and ask, has the first regiment calculated the approximate location of the opponent's artillery position?"
By the time the correspondent replied, the commanders and soldiers of the first regiment had roughly calculated the Japanese artillery positions. However, from the bounce point, it can be seen that the opponent's artillery positions seemed to be relatively loose and were not concentrated in one area. This means that once they counterattack and the first round did not solve them, the Japanese artillery positions were likely to calculate their location.
At that time, their artillery division, which had not been established for a long time, may not be able to win the artillery battle. The first regiment commander also suggested on the phone whether the division's rocket launcher regiment could be allowed to participate in the artillery attack. Because the rocket launcher has a wide coverage, it can fully cooperate with their artillery regiment to cover all the estimated Japanese artillery positions. In this way, the Japanese artillery brigade will be inevitably severely damaged.
Regarding the suggestions of the first regiment commander, Situ Liang looked at the map and carefully pondered: "Agree with the suggestions of the first regiment, let the rocket artillery regiment be ready for launch. When the first round of artillery attack of the first regiment is over, undifferentiated coverage will be implemented for suspected targets in these directions. After the attack, order the rocket artillery regiment to transfer positions as soon as possible and not let the Japanese artillery soldiers bite them. When the infantry attacks later, they still need their support!"
Staying behind, I watched the other troops of the artillery division fighting fiercely. The officers and soldiers of the Rocket Armored Forces had long been unable to wait to prepare for action, but because of the orders of their division commanders. The Rocket Armored Forces is still in the confidential stage, and they still need to be used as a killer weapon to secretly touch the Japanese!
Now that Situ Liang's order is ordered by him, he was able to cooperate with him to participate in an attack, although the officers and soldiers of the Rocket Arsenal Regiment felt that it was a bit unsatisfactory to only fire one round of shells. But when he thought that the infantry still needed their support to attack, he was obviously a little satisfied.
After they set up the shelling parameters, the communicator immediately notified the first regiment to fire the artillery first. After the dozens of 150 caliber howitzers in the first regiment roared, the Japanese artillery captain and Lieutenant General Kawahika both changed their faces and said, "Baga, the Chinese artillery opposite actually had heavy artillery!"
As the first round of artillery shells fell, damage began to occur on the Japanese artillery positions. However, seeing the troops whose strength was not completely damaged, the artillery brigade captain immediately ordered the previous attack parameters to be abandoned and focus on counterattacking the current China heavy artillery positions.
Unfortunately, the idea is good, but the reality is cruel. Before these artillery soldiers could adjust the parameters, the Japanese who were standing in front of them looked at the dense fireworks that were flying in front of them and seemed a little stunned. The Japanese who knew a little bit that should not be easy to provoke. Without saying a word, they found a place to bury their butts like ground rats, regardless of the other Japanese who were still staring at the rockets like a "meteor shower".
The rockets that fell densely like rain immediately covered the several artillery positions that the Japanese artillery captain had deliberately dispersed. The Japanese artillery captain was speechless and said, "It's over!"
As soon as he finished speaking, rockets that were densely sprinkled from mid-air directly detonated bombs on their artillery positions. The Japanese cannons, which were not attacked by rocket launchers, were unfortunately sent to mid-air by their own artillery shells.
Listening to the sound of shells detonating from the artillery positions behind him, Lieutenant General Kawahika said in disbelief: "Hey! What kind of cannon is this? Can it fire shells so quickly? Is this still the Chinese army?"
The addition of the rocket artillery regiment undoubtedly made the Japanese artillery completely useless. After waiting for the Artillery Division's group to make matters worse, it was even worse for several rounds of howitzers to eat. The Japanese artillery shells that could fly to the artillery positions of the militia column were not visible.
After realizing that he finally knocked down the Japanese artillery position, Situ Liang seemed very excited to report to Deng Chenggong. The first battle of the Artillery Division had been successfully completed and asked for the next combat mission. Deng Chenggong just felt that the artillery fire strike of the Artillery Division just now was slightly qualified. After training for so long, he used the artillery fire of a division to attack an artillery unit that was less than brigade level. If he could not defeat Situ Liang, he could go to the logistics army to raise pigs.
He told that except for the rocket launcher regiment to stand on site, the troops of the other artillery divisions could start to move towards Rehe, which was the next key trouble that the militia column needed to solve. After knocking out the Suiyuan Division in front of him, Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army and the two expanded divisions later joined, he could not get Suiyuan, which had no main force in charge. Then the 35th Army was not very useful to incorporate. For this reason, he, the commander, knocked out the hard bones for his subordinates, and let the other miscellaneous fish be dealt with by himself.
Seeing that the Japanese infantry were hiding in defensive positions and refused to come out, Deng Chenggong ordered the first infantry division to come forward to test the firepower first, and that the attack must be stopped five hundred meters away from the Japanese front position. Wait for the rocket launcher regiment to clear some Japanese defensive forces for them.
First, the Japanese were called out from the tunnel, and they were caught off guard by relying on the dense coverage of the rocket launcher regiments. Deng even ordered the rocket launcher regiment to use half of the incendiary bombs in the next round of artillery attacks. At that time, the first militia division and the fifth militia division would go up and collect the corpse for the Japanese. The Japanese division in front of him would be annihilated, but they could not use their militia to exchange with the Japanese. Compared with the lives of the militia, Deng Chenggong felt that it would be more worthwhile to use artillery to deal with the other party.
The Japanese hiding in the tunnel heard no sound of shelling outside. Just as they were about to watch secretly, the Japanese observer responsible for observing outside began to shout: "Everyone goes to the position, the Chinese army has begun to launch an attack!"
However, when the infantry of the militia column bent over and advanced carefully, the Japanese were waiting for the other party to enter their range. Unfortunately, just when they almost felt they could shoot, the life-seeking beep came from behind the infantry again.
With the recognition I just now, the Japanese officer in charge of position defense quickly shouted: "Baga, the Chinese artillery shelling all returned to the tunnel. Hurry!"
Unfortunately, the Japanese who were already lying in the tunnel were lying intently. When they heard the officer's screams, before they could dodge, the rockets had already fallen from the sky. What even scared many Japanese soldiers was that the Japanese who had already hidden in the anti-aircraft artillery holes in the tunnel were directly hit by a fire bomb falling from the sky. The Japanese soldiers who were staying outside saw that the soldiers who had just made them envious of running fast were like firemen who were fuming out of the fire. They crawled out of the anti-aircraft artillery holes. Even if they rolled on the ground, they could not extinguish the fire that was stuck on their bodies.
Just as the Japanese defensive positions were in a miserable situation, the militia commanders who counted the batches of rockets falling from the sky, saw the ninth round of rockets falling from the sky, immediately jumped from the ground and shouted: "Brothers, rush! Kill the Japanese!"
The power of this kind of joint combat of infantry and artillery is naturally extraordinary at this moment. The militia infantry, which is not far from the Japanese defensive position, broke into the Japanese defensive position with one charge. At the Japanese defensive soldiers who were still howling, these militia were shot directly without saying a word.
It is also strictly forbidden for those burned Japanese to approach and throw the Japanese who are still blocking the tunnel to avoid baptism of shells, one by one, three or five grenades in one person. After the grenade explodes inside, these militias began to rush in with smoke and shot the Japanese who are not dead.
Lieutenant General Kawahomori, who was staying in the command post, knew that he had lost this time when he looked at the miserable situation on the front line. The militia unit in front of him was far more powerful than he thought. Especially the weapons they equipped were even stronger than their main divisions. Fighting with such an army with less victory, he was really kicked by a donkey in the head.
While ordering the radio operator to report the attack on his division to the Kwantung Army headquarters in detail for support, Lieutenant General Kawahomori knew that he would be really dead if he didn't break through. He hurriedly ordered the troops that were still resisting wildly at the forefront to gain time for them to break through. Now he could only hope that his chariot brigade could make a bloody way out of the rear encirclement. Or this would be the last battle since joining the army!
Chapter completed!