Chapter 4 Effort Shooting
Is the Sakata Regiment currently fighting in full force in the Cangyun Ridge area, and whether they plan to break through the Cangyun Ridge blocking position and pursue the transferred division headquarters.
But at Cangyunling, Li Yunlong's new regiment and the first group of the decisive column fought desperately to block the transfer, and tried their best to cover the transfer of the division headquarters command organization.
At this time, Nobuyuki Sakata commanded the First Battalion to attack head-on, while the Second and Third Battalions carried out detours from both sides.
The troops on both sides fell into a fierce battle. The New Regiment defended tenaciously, and the First Battalion was repulsed after several group charges.
Even though the Moon Army launched a red-blade battle, there was no progress at all, which made Nobutsu Sakata very angry.
Therefore, he advanced the regiment headquarters and personally supervised and commanded the battle, hoping to quickly break through a new group to block the attack from the front.
As for the 358th Regiment, Sakata Nobutetsu was not prepared.
Even if he felt that it was unlikely that the Jinsui Army would participate in the war, he would arrange for the mountain artillery squadron directly under the regiment to deploy and take precautions.
The mountain artillery squadron received the order and immediately advanced to an open space.
At this time, in its artillery position, four Type 41 mountain guns were deployed, and the black holes of the muzzles were misaligned with the 358th Regiment's position.
According to common sense, the Lunar Army's artillery tactics are relatively advanced and would no longer set up such exposed positions.
But in the opinion of Captain Sakai of the Mountain Artillery Squadron, his deployment in this way can completely frighten the Shanxi-Sui Army troops and make them have no courage to participate in the battle.
Four mountain cannons frightened a reinforced regiment of 5,000 men from the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Captain Sakai was very proud of this mistake and felt that the 358th Regiment was nothing more than a bunch of losers.
"The only thing that poses a threat to them is the artillery of the Shanxi-Sui Army."
"But their artillerymen don't know the artillery tactics of covering positions and indirect fire."
"They will shoot directly, just ask them to shoot directly, and they can quickly lock their position and strike!"
"Even if the Shanxi-Sui Army artillery wanted to fire indirectly, they did not have enough equipment to accurately calculate the tracking parameters of their artillery positions."
Faced with the concerns of his boss, Captain Sakai said firmly.
He did not take the 358th Regiment Artillery Battalion seriously. He even felt that his four mountain cannons could withstand the attack of the artillery battalion's eight mountain cannons.
However, soon, Chen Ziyun fired a series of benchmark cannons.
The grenade landed directly on the Lunar Army's artillery position. As the explosion sounded, shrapnel quickly spread in all directions.
The scorching air waves spread in all directions along with the flying dust, and a crater soon appeared on the ground.
The four mountain artillery pieces of the Moon Army were in the open space without any cover, and shrapnel hit the artillery pieces and made a tinkling sound.
And as shrapnel hit the Moon Army artillery, those little Japanese artillerymen began to wail in pain.
One Yue Army artilleryman fell into a pool of blood one after another, and the smell of blood filled the air.
Captain Sakai couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that scene.
"Squadron Captain Ge Dong, the observation post has not found the location of the enemy artillery!"
"The enemy has probably set up a covering position, and they are conducting indirect fire!"
Soon, a kid ran to Captain Sakai to report.
"Then...they...covered their position...indirect fire!"
"It's impossible, it's absolutely wrong, it's impossible for them to be at this level."
"Then it's a test firing. Even if it's not, they still can't accurately hit the target with one test shot."
Captain Sakai shook his head. He did not believe that the artillery of the Shanxi-Sui Army on the opposite side could have such strength.
But as soon as he finished speaking, an overwhelming barrage of artillery shells continued to fire towards him.
The four Jin orogenic cannons were directly directed to the east by Chen Ziyun, and they launched effective fire!
One after another, artillery shells landed on the position of the Yue Army's mountain artillery squadron, and explosions occurred one after another.
As if in the blink of an eye, the Moon Army's artillery positions were filled with smoke.
The four Jin orogenic cannons fired a total of twenty rounds.
The Mountain Artillery Squadron of the Yue Army was directly bombarded by the enemy's exposed position due to underestimating it.
A Type 41 mountain gun was blown up on the spot, and the Moon artillery suffered more than thirty casualties.
Captain Sakai's face was filled with dirt and smoke. He stared at the scene in front of him in stunned silence. It was completely unbelievable.
"Bagaya Road, move the gun position quickly!"
"The first team, the second team, and the ammunition team quickly move the mountain artillery!"
"Baga Yalu, they... how on earth did they manage to launch such a precise bombardment!"
Captain Sakai gritted his teeth and roared viciously.
The Moon Army attached great importance to artillery. To describe it in one sentence, if the artillery is there and the people are there, the artillery will kill the people.
Captain Sakai's first thought now is whether to quickly save Chengdong's three artillery pieces!
As for Chen Ziyun, he had already received the latest information provided by the Artillery Observation Office.
Groups of fire were sent to Zhu Yuan again, and the four Jin orogen cannons were recalibrated under the command of the gunner.
Immediately afterwards, the four Jin orogenic cannons started firing again!
The Yue Army's mountain artillery squadron, which wanted to move, was once again bombarded by cover.
Each grenade seemed to have eyes, and it landed accurately near the Moon Army's artillery.
As the explosion sounded, a large amount of shrapnel quickly spread in all directions.
Craters appeared one after another on the ground, and thick smoke completely covered the artillery positions.
Captain Sakai had no thoughts at this time, because in that round of shelling, a grenade landed near him.
The shrapnel and the shock wave instantly tore Captain Sakai's body apart, turning him into puddles of broken flesh!
A company of four Shanxi orogenic guns from the 358th Regiment Artillery Battalion, under Chen Ziyun's effective command to the east, launched artillery attacks one after another.
They fired a total of 81 rounds of grenades. The Bantian Regiment of the Lunar Army was directly under the mountain artillery squadron and suffered heavy losses.
Four Type 41 mountain cannons were destroyed one after another, and about 150 little Japanese soldiers were killed, resulting in about 100 casualties.
There were more than 40 people left in the east, who hurriedly dismantled the artillery pieces and asked for the parts to be taken away, and evacuated towards the wing headquarters in panic.
When Chen Ziyun received the report from the observation post, he decisively ordered a battery of four mountain cannons to advance quickly.
Four draft horses took the lead in pulling the two Jin orogenic cannons of the second platoon to move, while the first platoon quickly dismantled the Jin orogenic cannons.
The Jin-made Type 13 mountain gun can be disassembled into eight large pieces, which can be carried and transported by pack horses and mules.
When the group is in critical condition, it can also be transported by manpower.
Draft horses are very precious, there are four in a row, and the remaining ones are pack horses and mules.
So Chen Ziyun stipulated that the second row should be hauled and transported by draft horses, while the first row should be dismantled and transported on piggyback.
The few remaining artillery shells of the other company were transported directly by manpower.
Chen Ziyun commanded the first company to advance quickly, preparing to start artillery bombardment at Sakata Regiment Headquarters.
At the same time, at the regimental headquarters of the 358th Regiment.
As the sound of successive shellings sounded, Chu Yunfei took Chief of Staff Fang Ligong to the roof again for observation.
At first, when they heard a test firing of the benchmark gun, they thought that the Eighth Route Artillery had launched a bombardment.
But as the shelling continued one after another, they realized something was good.
After they came to the rooftop for observation, they found out whether the artillery shells had actually been fired from the 358th Regiment's position!
Chapter completed!