Chapter 1230 Waiting for the arrival of the cannonballs!
The Japanese ammunition depot is three rows of bungalows, and the bungalows on both sides only have one floor, but which one in the middle is two floors. There is an underground arsenal under this two-story building. But I don’t know how big it is, what the facilities are inside, etc.
According to information, before the war started, the Japanese stored a large amount of weapons and ammunition in this ammunition depot. However, at the beginning of the war, the Japanese took away a large amount of weapons and ammunition from here. Moreover, although the Japanese were arrogant, their military literacy was still very good. They would never put weapons that were prone to explosion in these three rows of houses that basically did not have much defense. Therefore, in order not to give sneak attackers an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity, the Japanese would definitely put all the heavy weapons in the basement.
In other words, there are probably no weapons and ammunition in these three rows of bungalows, but there must be a lot of ammunition in the basement. In this way, the assault company must rush into the house in the middle, rush into the basement, and completely destroy it to be considered as truly completing the mission.
The bombardment of the Japanese ammunition depot can only be a preparatory plan: once the assault company cannot rush in directly, then they can only rely on artillery. But the problem is that at the Japanese level, there will be no general mistakes. Even if there is no information to judge the situation of the Japanese basement, the top floor of the Japanese basement will definitely not be less than two meters and five to three meters away from the ground, and the more inward it will be, the thicker the thickness. In addition, under the shelling, the two-story building must be destroyed and collapsed first, which indirectly increases the thickness of the basement.
In this way, with the explosion power of the small steel cannon, the chance of success is that there is no way to penetrate such a thick ground... Of course, it would be possible if it was replaced by that heavy cannon. But the problem is that the artillery company only carried one heavy cannon this time, and there were not many shells, only twenty rounds. Whether it could succeed was really worrying.
Therefore, everyone put all their hopes on the assault company, hoping that the assault company could rush in and blow it up directly.
These three rows of houses side by side are not an obstacle to the advance of the first row of the assault company. The reason for stopping is that one is to wait for the arrival of the second row and the third row to clench the hard fist of the assault company and attack in one go; the other is to follow the plan in advance - shelling!
"Old Liu, do you think we have to retreat a little?" Looking at the three rows of bungalows more than 20 meters away, Zhao Shanhe was a little worried: Although in the analysis, there could be no artillery shells or other things that can cause big explosions in these three rows of houses, which are more than 20 meters away, and the power of the small steel cannons is not great, and everyone is hiding in the walls or houses now, it should be safe. But the problem is that if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of if you are afraid of one. If the Japanese are nervous, they will really put some shells or * in one of the houses. At that time, if a shell falls into it, it will cause a big explosion... Think about it, if one shell does not explode on the spot but is blown away and falls directly to the side of the row, it will be really unfair.
But on the other hand, Zhao Shanhe knew that the closer to these three rows of houses, the better, because after the shelling, the Japanese who woke up would definitely rush in crazily. At that time, the first thing to compete was time: not to mention how much time it was to defend, nor to say that those who arrived at the Japanese basement entrance after the explosion could gain advantage in the territory. Just say who arrived at the basement entrance first, who would have the initiative: If the Japanese arrived at the basement entrance first, the assault company wanted to attack again, unless it achieved the effect of a sword sealing the throat and could attack in one breath, otherwise, it would be likely to be eaten by the Japanese who were frantically counterattacking, let alone attacking the entrance... Even if they could attack in one go, the assault company would definitely pay an extremely heavy price. As the company commander, Zhao Shanhe would naturally not want to see this.
If the assault company arrives at the basement entrance first, then they can blow up the basement within a few minutes of resistance, not only to complete the task, but also to retreat calmly with the help of a huge explosion.
To put it bluntly, after the shelling, whoever arrives at the basement entrance first will have the initiative and the right to win or lose.
Therefore, the assault line will suddenly rush so close.
But now, facing this problem, Zhao Shanhe felt a little unsure and had to ask the row leader Liu Qinghe around him.
After expressing his concerns, he asked, "Old Liu, how far do you think we should retreat is appropriate?"
Liu Qinghe is really a brave general. For him, the first task is, and everything else has to be aside, including his own life. Otherwise, he would not have been able to incite Zhao Shanhe before, but was scolded by Zhao Shanhe.
So, when he heard Zhao Shanhe's question, he said without thinking: "Company Commander, there is no need to retreat. Our current distance is just right. We can avoid the impact of necessary explosions and charge at a relatively closest distance..."
After pondering for a while, he answered the "What if!" that Zhao Shanhe was most worried about, "What if!"
"Company Commander, if an explosion really occurs, I believe it will not be that kind of extremely huge explosion. After all, the Japanese are not idiots. They cannot store all the shells in this defensive ground house... Besides, if people are unlucky, they will choke to death when drinking cold water, let alone shells? If there are shells flying over in the explosion, we can only blame ourselves for being so lucky. If they are the ones, it will be useless to hide far. It is better to bet with the Japanese here."
Zhao Shanhe thought about it and thought this made sense: if you really have to be lucky, it would be the same no matter how far you stay. It would be better to try here and get the initiative.
At this time, the second and third rows arrived almost at the same time.
Zhao Shanhe immediately let the two platoons scattered to the left and right of the one-row line so that when the attack was over, the two platoons would be allowed to restrain the Japanese's fight for initiative, and also act as a flank to cover the one-row line.
After the two platoons executed the order and left quickly, Zhao Shanhe took a deep breath and nodded to the platoon leader. Then he ordered everyone to avoid being affected by the possible big explosion.
A platoon leader immediately turned his head and nodded solemnly to a soldier behind him.
The soldier took out the signal gun and fired three flares in a row at three seconds apart.
Erlangzi was waiting with the artillery company, but unlike the previous anxious mentality, I don’t know if it was because of the artillery bombardment on the "construction site", Erlangzi’s anger that had been held in for a long time vented. This time, whether it was Erlangzi or an ordinary artillery soldier, he seemed particularly calm about this waiting.
Of course, there are also factors such as "tiring".
Because after the previous artillery bombardment of the "construction site", the Japanese artillery counterattacked very quickly, and directly bombarded the hill where the previous artillery company was located.
Fortunately, the people in the artillery company had long judged this situation, so after a series of artillery bombardment, they knew that their position had been exposed, so they quickly retreated. Fortunately, the small cannon was easy to carry, so the evacuation was very fast and there was no loss.
After the Japanese attacked the mountain, everyone quickly came back with small steel cannons, just to kill one and fight the Japanese with a misunderstanding of thinking: Japanese must have thought that under their dense shelling, the enemy's artillery did not strike back at all, so there were only two meanings: either they had retreated or were killed.
However, the big explosion caused by not seeing the shell box being hit, which made the Japanese realize that it was the former.
At this time, the Japanese must have thought that the artillery company would not dare to come back. After all, the Japanese had discovered that there were few people who had the courage and courage to return to the exposed position and do it again.
And this mentality was taken advantage of by Erlangzi: We just want to return to our original position and give it to you again.
As for the mountain cannon that was used as the last killer weapon by the artillery company, it was also a mountain cannon that was transported through great difficulty, and was hidden in the forest at the highest point just in case. This is also the indirect factor why Erlangzi wanted to kill a resurgent in his position, because he did not want the Japanese to mistakenly think that they would retreat to the top of the mountain, and thus threatened the mountain cannon under the shelling and destroyed the last hope.
The artillery soldiers were ready, but everyone's expression was still relatively relaxed. Although everyone did not leave their respective positions, they were all sitting on the ground, talking quietly while waiting.
When he saw a flare appearing in the county town, it was like a star rising in the night, very dazzling, and the two lances and the others were all excited.
Without Erlangzi's orders, everyone took action immediately with tacit understanding and prepared each other, waiting for Erlangzi's coordinate report and order.
Erlangzi first made sure with his naked eyes. When the second flare was launched, he quickly picked up the telescope to observe.
When the third flare was launched, Erlangzi immediately reported the coordinate data loudly, rushed to the nearest small cannon at a speed of 100 meters and modulated it himself.
After everything was ready, Erlangzi took a shell, wiped it with the corner of his clothes, and was about to put it at the muzzle, but suddenly stopped, and handed the shell to the artilleryman beside him, saying, "You'd better come, I'll continue to observe, otherwise I'm not relieved."
Then, Erlangzi stood under the big tree in front, looked at the county town, looked back at everyone, and shouted: "Prepare... let it go!"
"Dong!Dong!Dong..."
The twelve small steel cannons lined up in a row, not to mention the "bang" sound of the cannonballs coming out of the bore, even the harsh sound of the shells slashing through the air is enough to make people frightened.
However, for the people in the artillery company, they didn't care about it at all. No one even covered his ears with his hands or turned and bowed his head as before. Because everyone was very concerned about the result of this round of artillery bombings, everyone was watching and waiting for the final result.
Finally, twelve shells fell...
Chapter completed!