Chapter 541: The Destruction of the Japanese Heavy Artillery Squadron!
He Shili's forty rapid-fire guns were ready to go. These forty rapid-fire guns were produced by the German Krupp Company. They were well-crafted and of perfect quality, but they were thrown into the warehouse by the Japanese and were not equipped with troops.
This is a cheaper Dongzong!
Maybe the Japanese don’t want to use them now, but they are all their own things anyway. If you want to use them, do you take them out and use them whenever you want...
Not only forty rapid-fire cannons, but also the ammunition of the corresponding caliber was naturally in the hands of Dong Zong, but the number was not large, with only three thousand rounds.
Three thousand shells are enough for the Dongzong to fight a battle. As for ammunition, the Dongzong now has engineers in this field, so it is not a big problem if it is copied.
These forty rapid-fire cannons are Lei Dong's treasures, and he did not use them even at the most critical moment on the southern line.
Now, they have to be taken out and used.
To deal with the Japanese heavy artillery positions, the saturation coverage of rapid-fire cannons must be used to attack. Only in this way can these two heavy artillery be completely destroyed!
Lei Dong and He Shili both spent a lot of money. As long as the coordinates of the Japanese heavy artillery position were determined, he would use these forty rapid-fire cannons to shoot out ten shells in the shortest time without guns in the shortest time.
One is ten, forty is four hundred. At this moment, one tenth of all the shells are in stock.
The price is not small just for two heavy artillery, but no matter how big the price is, it is far less than the huge threat to the southern front of the two heavy artillery.
Even if there are more shells, Lei Dong will not be stingy.
He Shili was already eager to see. Finally, when he saw a communications officer at the command headquarters galloping all the way, he immediately trotted all the way to meet him.
"Brig Commander He, this is the coordinate map of the Japanese heavy artillery. The commander-in-chief ordered you to destroy these two artillery positions immediately!" The communications staff jumped down from the horse's back, rushed over, and after a hurry salute, he took out a map and handed it to He Shili.
"Okay, report to the commander-in-chief, He Shili will definitely complete the task!" He Shili said without leaving the water when he got the coordinate map of the Japanese heavy artillery.
"Yes!" The communications consultant turned over and left.
"Command. Each cannon corrects the parameters and prepares for battle!"
"yes!"
The artillery positions became busy immediately, and the artillery soldiers nervously debugged the parameters of the artillery in an orderly manner.
Soon, according to the data transmitted from frontier reconnaissance, each artillery completed the adjustment of the parameters of each artillery.
"Prepare each gun and calibrate the numbers!"
“Prepare to load!”
"emission!"
Whoosh...
A cannonball roared out of the muzzle and roared towards the predetermined position!
The defeat in the direction of the Yingzui Battalion had already aroused the concerns of the Japanese command and the 28th Brigade, and was quickly reported to the division headquarters.
The commander of the 28th Brigade, Seizo Hiraga, was shocked to receive the news and quickly drew a brigade from the troops attacking the East Canyon to rescue and command Colonel Okahara, who was attacking the 50th Regiment attacking the Eagle-Book Rock.
Jin Yutian, who was guarding the East Canyon, felt the pressure lighter. Just as he was surprised, Lei Dong's telegram made him hold back the enemy's possible support to the direction of Yingzui Rock.
This time, Jin Yutian also understood, suppressed all his strength and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army!
The first part of the 15th Japanese Regiment that attacked the East Canyon suddenly became a little panicked, and with the dispatch of troops, the offensive was immediately stopped!
The Eastern Column defenders of other fronts also launched a defensive counterattack. At this moment, the Japanese offensive was curbed, and at the same time, it also restrained a considerable number of Japanese troops!
The Japanese heavy artillery position was less than one kilometer away from the 14th Division. At that time, the division was also considered to be hidden, so it was set up with the heavy artillery position. But it was not completely together.
This setting allowed the 14th Division to escape a disaster.
It was only after Heiga Shizuka sent reinforcements to the Bellibeshiro Division that he reported to the commander of Matsubu Naoliang's division that the Bellibeshiro's attack was frustrated.
Not only was the attack frustrated, the Japanese army originally wanted to use Yingzuiyan to accidentally capture the Dongzong's rear route, but now it is not them who capture the Dongzong's rear route. But the Dongzong's rear route has come!
This made Matsuki Naoki curse Hiraga Sadatsu and Okahara Hiroshima!
So, Naoki Matsuki personally ordered the heavy artillery troops to fire a heavy artillery on Yingzui Rock!
In Matsuki Naoliang's opinion, if this shell was taken down, not many of the Chinese people should have survived, and good news should be coming!
However, Matsuki Naoki, who was sitting in the military tent and preparing to listen to his subordinates, did not wait for any good news at all. Instead, it was a huge bad news!
Dozens of shells were dragging orange-red flames, rubbing against the air, making a harsh sound, whistling towards the heavy artillery position!
Two heavy artillery pieces, each weighing dozens of tons, and it is difficult to move. Even if you can run, can you still run over the shells?
I never thought I would be bombarded, and the heavy artillery squadron was shocked by the shells flying from the sky.
"Run!"
The artillery soldiers ran in all directions in various scattered ways!
This is only the first batch of forty. Due to the accuracy of the shells, shells rarely fall at the same point. The explosion power of the rapid-fire cannon may be far less than that of the heavy artillery, and even ten cannons are not as good as one of them. However, the continuous explosion of forty cannons will produce a shock effect that is definitely no smaller than that of a heavy artillery cannon.
After the first round of explosions, there were already wailing on the Japanese heavy artillery position, and the gun mount supported by a heavy artillery was blown off, and the parts were also blown up by a small part. Obviously, for at least a long time, this heavy artillery could not be put into the battlefield!
There is also a heavy artillery, which was also bombed, but it looks like it is not damaged and should be useful.
"Hurry, hurry up, rescue heavy artillery..." The captain of the artillery squadron ordered the surviving artillery to do whatever he had on his forehead.
However, he seemed to have forgotten that the enemy would not only shell once!
Sure enough, in less than ten seconds, the sound of howling and thorning sounds sounded again in the sky. The captain of the artillery captain did not shout at the rescue of the artillery, but shouted: "Lying down, lying down..."
Unfortunately, his order was a little late. The artillery soldiers who could have escaped ran back to the heavy artillery under their orders, and all ended up being under the shells!
The explosion sounded again!
The artillery captain was once again injured by the flying shrapnel. This time it was not his forehead, but one of his eyes!
There is no doubt that if he survives, he will only be able to see things with one eye in the future.
The violent and continuous explosion sounded that had already shocked the generals of the division headquarters, including Matsubu-jirao and others.
"What's going on? Why did the Chinese suddenly have so many artillery?" The explosion of fire rose up, and the heavy artillery position was almost plowed, and there was no moving object.
The shelling was wave after wave, and the opponent obviously used the purpose of continuous saturated shelling to completely destroy the heavy artillery position.
The explosion of heavy artillery shells made the generals and assistants of the 14th Division of Zi feel desperate. The fireballs that rise up one by one swept up and wrapped both heavy artillery in. By the time you can see clearly the situation on the position, you can no longer see the original shape of the two heavy artillery.
All of them turned into a pair of broken steel. Not to mention repairing it, even if you take it back to make steel, it will be troublesome.
The staff of the division headquarters were all pale, and most of them had a thought. If the division headquarters and heavy artillery positions were set up together, then the 14th Division would probably be headless at this moment.
The Chinese had a very high artillery accuracy, but they did not fail in a single shot. They all landed on the heavy artillery position, and bombed the heavy artillery position back and forth ten times.
After the shelling, there was almost no complete body on the heavy artillery position except scrap steel. The heavy artillery squadron suffered heavy casualties, with only more than ten people running out, and a few were scared.
"Second Commander, this is a rapid-fire gun made by the German Krupp Company. I saw it when I was studying in Germany!" A major adviser came to Matsuki Naoki and whispered in a low voice.
"What, German artillery?" Matsuki Naoki was shocked, "How could it be in the hands of the Chinese people?"
"Second Commander, I have heard that the general from China and Manchuria once ordered a batch of artillery and parts from the German Krupp Company, as well as three thousand shells!"
"This batch of artillery and shells have fallen into the hands of our great Japanese Empire after the Manchuria Incident, but how could it be in the hands of the Chinese people? This is really puzzling!"
"You mean, there are people in our great Japanese Empire?" Matsuki said.
"No, division commander, do you remember that the Chinese bandit army sneaked into our airport and arsenal more than 20 days ago?" said the Grand Secretary. "If I expected it would be fine, these cannons and shells would be stored in the arsenal's warehouse."
"What do you mean is that these cannons and shells fell into the hands of the Chinese people?" Matsuki Naoki understood what his subordinates meant.
"Hay, the division commander!"
"The Chinese army on the opposite side has been fighting bloody battles with me for almost a month. If they had such a batch of powerful artillery in their hands, why did they only take it out now?" Matsuki Naoki asked.
"Chinese people want to like mysterious and mysterious secrets. Hiding their clumsy is one of their best methods. I think they want to keep it for the end and use it to catch us off guard!"
"Well, your analysis makes sense!" Matsuki said, "It's a pity that these two heavy artillery and the plan to attack Benxi are about to fail again!"
"The division commander, I'm afraid there is no chance of a strong attack, so I'd better evacuate first. Their losses will be much greater than ours. It won't take long before Benxi City will be ours."
"Well, order the troops to retreat quickly and be careful of the pursuit of the Chinese people!" Matsuki Naoki gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat decisively.
As a commander, both offense and retreat test his ability and wisdom. In fact, everyone can do the orders of offense and retreat, but when they can achieve the maximum effect, it is not something that ordinary people can do.
Chapter completed!