Chapter 1064 Artillery preparations!
"Swish~!Swish~!Swish..."
"Arson~!"
The second company commander and Wang Dagui gathered together. Just as they were about to retreat, the sound of Japanese guns and shells cutting through the air sounded one after another. Wang Dagui was so scared that he threw the second company commander down and shouted loudly to remind everyone.
The second company commander was thinking about how to let the two small steel cannons exert their power later, and whether the Japanese had already started to transfer the bunch of shells, but Wang Dagui suddenly threw him down, causing his chest to hurt.
But before the second company commander had time to scold, Wang Dagui's roar came from his ears.
Immediately, before the second company commander could react too much, the shells fell down.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
Looking down from a high altitude, these shells basically exploded in front of everyone, and the most recent ones also exploded five or six meters away, and a few fell on both sides. Basically, they did not cause much substantial lethality to everyone. From this point of view, the accuracy of this shell was somewhat deviated.
Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, this is probably worth understanding. After all, the Japanese artillery soldiers did not know the specific coordinates of the second company commander and theirs at this time, and could only cover artillery on a large scale... In fact, the Japanese artillery skills are really powerful.
Previously, because the Second Company and the Japanese fired each other across the road, the Japanese artillerymen did not dare to fire in order to prevent accidental injuries from artillery attacks. In addition, they had an absolute advantage in firepower, so there was no need to waste shells. However, now the Second Company has retreated and the distance between them has been widened. In this case, the Japanese artillerymen have a place to use their skills.
This time the artillery attack seemed to be a mistake, but if you stand in the identity of the Japanese artillery, it would definitely be a precise strike: if calculated based on the speed of the first squad retreat just now, then the first squad should be covered by the shells. However, the Japanese did not expect that the first squad will be in harmony, paused for a few seconds, greeted each other if they were injured, and then set off immediately. But it was just such a few seconds that the Japanese made a mistake in judgment, which would blow most of the shells in front of the team. Otherwise, the shells would definitely fall into the team.
However, the second company commander didn't care about this, because he had a fellow villager who was a platoon leader of the artillery. After long-term contact, he naturally heard of a special term for artillery - test artillery!
So the second company commander jumped up and roared: "Don't rush forward, retreat to the left, hurry! Quick!"
Everyone obeyed the orders naturally.
The next artillery bombardment by the Japanese artillery soldiers is enough to prove that their first artillery was really not a test artillery, but an accurate artillery bombardment.
Because the second round of shells is only about five seconds apart from the first round, from the time point of view, we can know that these five seconds are definitely not enough to debug coordinates. Moreover, the coverage area of the explosion after the shells of the small steel cannon falls is only five to ten meters higher than the explosion point where the first round of shells falls.
From this we can see that the Japanese judged that the target was rushing forward, so they continued to shell forward.
But the Japanese did not expect that the second company commander thought wrongly, but he successfully avoided the subsequent shelling. It can only be said that on the battlefield, luck is really one of the most important factors that determine success or failure.
While listening to the explosions getting farther and farther away, he was talking happily. Everyone admired the experience of the second company commander, and the second company commander finally showed a smile. Although he didn't know that this was just his luck, he thought that experience was also very important.
A few minutes later, I finally arrived at the mountain that was about twenty meters high when I set out before, which was a place full of sand trees. The two small steel cannons and a dozen artillery soldiers hid here.
From the left side of the mountain to go up the mountain, the second company commander ordered Wang Dagui: "You send someone to count the casualties of each platoon, and at the same time, you are personally responsible for the transfer of the wounded."
Speaking of this, the second company commander stopped, looked at Wang Dagui, and said solemnly: "Remember, if a wounded person is left behind, I want your head."
"Yes! Ensure the task is completed."
Seeing Wang Dagui running to the back mountain with the soldiers in the first and second rows, the second company commander frowned slightly. Finally, he sighed and said to the two squad leaders behind him: "Second 2 stay, and the first squad members will also go to the back mountain to help."
When I arrived at the top of the mountain, I saw the artillery soldiers sitting on the ground and talking in a low voice. The second company commander was in a bad mood. I was fighting to the death in front of me, but your artillery soldiers were chatting here. Do you still have a little comradeship and comradeship?
However, the second company commander was not an impulsive person. He knew that he could not ignore the overall situation at this time, let alone seeking others... In fact, in terms of level, the second company commander was angry with this attitude. However, he was the company commander of the Second Company of the Fourth Battalion, not the direct commander of the artillery. If he really wanted to talk about it, if the other party didn't give him face, he had no choice. At most, he would report to his superiors afterwards or ask Erlangzi to reason with him.
The second company commander suppressed his unhappiness, strode over, and asked the platoon leader who was leading the artillery team: "How are you preparing?"
"I've been ready for a long time, and I'll wait for your order."
Having said that, the other party's brows were still frowning together, which made the second company commander feel a little better: Well! You, the platoon leader, are quite aware that your comrades have suffered heavy casualties, not like someone who is fine.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, but..." Speaking of this, the artillery platoon leader looked at the second company commander hesitantly. His look of wanting to speak but stopping naturally made the second company commander unhappy and said in a deep voice: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Company Commander, it's not that we don't want to fire, but that we just passed through the telescope and found that the Japanese on the opposite side seemed to be transporting ammunition."
The second company commander was shocked and quickly picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and looked at the opposite side.
Without the reminder of the artillery platoon leader, the second company commander saw through the telescope that he could not see all the Japanese under the firelight on the opposite side, but he clearly saw some Japanese carrying ammunition boxes and quickly transporting shells to the mountain... All the big cars and the supplies on the cars were blown up, and now the cannon shells carried on the Japanese shoulders were naturally the only pile of ammunition before.
"Why not fire?"
Facing the angry tone of the second company commander, the artillery platoon leader lowered his head, quickly raised his head and glanced at the second company commander, then lowered his head, looking very aggrieved.
The second company commander immediately came to his senses.
This time, the main task of the artillery was to assist the Second Company to destroy all the Japanese cars, rather than specifying that they would blow up all the Japanese shells. Although from a private perspective, this fully reflects the vision, courage and wit of a commander. But the problem is that soldiers are soldiers, and orders are orders. Obeying orders is the duty of soldiers. They must not be modified randomly or executed randomly, and they must not be allowed to make the main tasks unfinished, and they can only be smart enough to attack other people... A brave man like Zhang Qingshan, unless he has to force him, will never take action on the battlefield.
From this point of view, it is absolutely wrong for the artillery platoon leader to obey orders. You should know that the battlefield situation changes rapidly, and a bad situation is likely to be a helping hand. For example, if the 1/2nd Company does not destroy all the cars, but the artillery privately shells the pile of ammunition on the opposite side. Even if the pile of ammunition is blown up, it will also alarm the snake and expose itself. Then, what should we do with the undestroyed cars when the Japanese artillery fights back?
Therefore, the second company commander must not blame the artillery soldiers for watching the Japanese urgently transporting the shells without any hesitation.
Helplessly, the second company commander had to ask with the last little hope: "How long have they been moving?"
After looking at the watch, the artillery platoon leader said, "It's a little longer than thirty-seven minutes."
"So long?"
It’s not that the second company commander was so surprised, but had to be shocked: at first, he thought that even if the Japanese transferred half of the ammunition from the car to the ground, there would definitely not be too much. However, the telescope clearly showed that the Japanese were basically transporting ammunition one after another. Looking at the place where the pile of ammunition disappeared from the Qinglong Mountain, he guessed that there was a brigade or a squadron of Japanese soldiers carrying shells. And these hundreds of people kept transporting for more than half an hour, how much ammunition would they have to transport?
This made the second company commander doubt that the ammunition reserved by the Japanese here is definitely not the two places that everyone sees on the surface, because the pile of ammunition on the ground is definitely not required to be transported by so many Japanese people for half a minute. In other words, it is very likely that the ammunition parked in the car is not as much as expected, even less than one-third. Moreover, this also includes other materials such as food and medicine.
Then, everyone had to give a certain discount on the significance of the attack of the Japanese convoy. Therefore, they had to make a new judgment on the next actions of the Japanese main force, which was the most important thing.
Fortunately, the second company's mission was completed: no matter how much ammunition the Japanese had, they would have lost the transportation volume of large cars. It would be a big burden to walk dozens of kilometers to Sanqiao County on their legs. Moreover, the speed would never be fast, which would be beneficial to the next attacks along the way. Of course, it would be even better if the Japanese were angry and they would fight with everyone here... This would be a kind of self-comfort after the second company commander analyzed the results.
"Yes! Basically, when the car was attacked, the Japanese began to urgently transfer the shells."
This sentence made the second company commander's brows, which had just stretched, frown, because his analysis was probably correct.
"Now, no matter how much ammunition they have left there, you must take it down for me accurately."
"Yes!" After the artillery platoon leader responded, he did not turn around to execute the order. Instead, he glanced at the left and right with a guilty conscience, approached a little, and suggested to the second company commander: "Company Commander, I think after we complete the shelling of the guns there, will we also have a few shots to the Japanese machine gun positions on the opposite side of the mountain?"
As he said that, seeing that the second company commander's eyes were a little complicated, he quickly added: "This can be considered avenging the comrades who died under those machine guns, right?"
The second company commander nodded immediately without hesitation, but he still said, "Yes, but you must ensure that you cannot lose money when you fire the Japanese artillery fire."
"Don't worry about this. We have discussed it for a long time and have been ready to deal with it."
Chapter completed!