Predator Reborn

Chapter 366 Heavy artillery shows off its power (Part 1)

"Baga, it's impossible, absolutely impossible. Even the artillery wing of our division is not equipped with 150mm heavy artillery. How could the Eighth Route Army have such powerful heavy artillery? It's absolutely impossible. You must be lying about the military situation, it must be.

.." Looking at the affirmative answer of the squadron leader in front of him, the captain still had a look of disbelief on his face and roared loudly.

"Hi, Captain. Just now, a total of 36 Imperial Warriors died under heavy artillery fire. Please Captain, please issue an order immediately to order all Imperial Warriors in the bunker to retreat immediately. The bunker we built

, cannot resist the heavy artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army at all..." the squadron leader advised with an anxious look on his face.

However, it was already too late at this time. At this moment, according to the accuracy of the first shooting, the 12 heavy artillery, after slightly adjusting the shooting angle, had already begun to attack the two hills at the fastest speed under the command of the battalion commander.

At such a speed, before the little Japanese on the position could react, heavy artillery shells weighing dozens of kilograms were poured out.

"Woooooo..." A huge whistling sound reached the ears of every kid on the battlefield. Six artillery shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew towards one of the Japanese army's hilltop positions.

"Your Excellency, Captain, be careful... boom boom boom..." A deafening explosion sounded on the Japanese position before the squadron leader could finish his words. Six calibrated shells were fired accurately.

fell on the Japanese position. In the middle of the position, six huge craters with a depth of two meters were blasted. Even the captain in the headquarters was given a splitting headache by the huge explosion produced by the shells.

"Block, immediately order all the imperial soldiers in the bunker to retreat. Block... Signal Corps, immediately send a report to the commander of the company in the county. Our army was bombarded by the Eighth Route Army's 150mm heavy artillery. The troops suffered heavy casualties. Please support, request support."

...Hurry up and send the report..." The captain got up from the ground, looked at the chaotic command post, and roared loudly at the several panicked soldiers in front of him.

"Hi, Mr. Captain..." The signal soldier turned around and started using a radio in front of him to send a report to the county wing headquarters a few miles away. Soon, the wing captain received the battle report from the front line.

"Nani, Chief of Staff, the explosion on the front line was caused by the shelling of the Eighth Route Army, and it was a 150mm heavy artillery... Baga, how is it possible? Even the regular troops of the Kuomintang are not equipped with such heavy howitzers. How could the Independent Division of the Eighth Route Army do this?

Yes, where did they get this kind of heavy artillery? Baga, the frontline troops must be unable to stop the Eighth Route Army's attack and are lying about the military situation..." Listening to the constant explosions outside the city, I looked at what I had just received.

"The telegram," the commander asked in disbelief.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Captain, you may not know something yet. This independent division of the Eighth Route Army once completely annihilated the Sakai Brigade and the Fifth Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. And this unit used the heavy equipment captured from the two armies.

equipment, and formed their first heavy artillery regiment, which included not only 150mm heavy artillery, but also 105mm howitzers, as well as countless mountain and field artillery pieces. According to the intelligence of Tigaoke, the number of artillery pieces equipped by this independent division was enough.

It is enough to match the equipment of our two Class A divisions." The chief of staff quickly explained.

"Baga... Itagaki Seishiro is not a warrior of the empire. How could he let the independent division capture such a powerful heavy weapon? Baga, now that the Eighth Route Army has such a powerful heavy weapon, what about our county?"

, our city defense. The chief of staff immediately gave the order to the four squadrons of the imperial army in Wulongshan and Fushan to retreat. Hurry... I can't let my imperial soldiers be shattered into pieces in the enemy's artillery fire.

...." The shocked commander quickly reacted and gave a loud order to the chief of staff who was waiting for orders in front of him.

However, at this time, ten minutes had passed since the independent division began its shelling. During these ten minutes, the entire artillery battalion fired 60 rounds of heavy artillery shells on two hilltops in just three minutes.

Above. As the artillery fire ceased, the entire Japanese army position was bombed into a mess. Although there were only 30 rounds of artillery shells, they caused astonishing destructive power and lethality on the Japanese army position.

Looking around, on the whole mountain, except for dozens of little Japs who were lucky enough to survive, the rest were either torn to pieces by the powerful shells, not even a scrap was left, or were shocked to death in the bunker.

In the middle or in the trenches. Even those who were not directly shocked to death were stunned by the huge shock wave in the bunker. As for the Japanese command posts on the two hills, they were all directly destroyed by accident.

One artillery shell hit directly. A dozen little Japs in the entire command post, together with the battalion leader and a squadron leader, were buried in the ruins of the command post.

"Tick-tock...tick-tock..." Just as the artillery fire stopped, bursts of loud charge bugles sounded at the foot of the two highlands. The strength of the two infantry battalions and intensive machine gun fire at the foot of the mountain

Under cover, he quickly launched a charge towards the ruined position. He hoped that before the Japanese troops on the top of the mountain could react from the recent shelling, they could rush into the true essence of the Japanese army and start a close battle with the Japs.

However, it was beyond everyone's expectation. The two offensive troops attacked quickly and rushed into the Japanese position without almost any attack. Perhaps the little Japanese guarding the position also

I was stunned by the artillery fire just now. Looking at the Eighth Route Army rushing towards the top of the mountain and getting closer and closer, not only did they not fire, but under the command of the commanders, they raised their rifles with bayonets in their hands and fired towards them.

Two battalions launched a countercharge.

It turned out that it was not that the Japs did not shoot at the Eighth Route Army, but that almost all their light and heavy machine guns were buried in the bunker during the shelling just now. Without the cover of the machine guns, they faced the fire from the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the mountain.

With the dense firepower network, if they fight back, they will undoubtedly become a living target for the soldiers. Before they meet the attacking Eighth Route Army, they will fall in a pool of blood. However, if the two armies get together and fight for bayonets, the Eighth Route Army will

Losing this firepower advantage, I will rely on my excellent assassination skills to eliminate the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side as much as possible.

However, would the soldiers who rushed up be so easy to fight with the little devils with bayonets? You must know that this unit is a unit of the Independent Division. In the words of the division commander Liu Hua, there is no need to deal with these little devils who are worse than beasts.

Tell them about humanitarianism. As a soldier, you must try your best to kill all the enemies who invade China without leaving a single one.

Facing more than a hundred little Japs swarming towards him, the battalion commander who led the team not only showed no fear, but showed a smile: "Order, all machine gunners move forward, prepare to shoot, all fire.

...ta da da da" A dense rain of bullets was shot out by the soldiers. More than a hundred little Japs looked at the Eighth Route Army in front of them in disbelief. They did not obey the rules at all and actually opened fire on them.

With a trace of unwillingness, they fell into a pool of blood one after another.

"Comrades, rush to the position and give each of the little devils a blow. The old rule is to leave no one alive. Correspondent, send a signal to the division commander. The enemy position has been occupied by our troops." Looking at the hundred people lying in a pool of blood.

There were many little Japs, and the battalion commander did not show any pity and gave loud orders to the soldiers behind him.

"Yes, battalion commander... the correspondent replied loudly. At the same time, he took out a flare gun and fired a bright flare into the sky.

"Bang bang..." Two bright signal flares, drawing beautiful curves, flew into the sky. It was sworn that nearly a thousand little Japs in two highlands and four squadrons were all wiped out by our army.

"Reporting to the division commander, we have received the telegram from Political Commissar Zhao. The troops encountered almost no resistance and went to annihilate all the defenders on the two highlands. As for the number of enemies annihilated, many little Japs were buried directly in the bunker.

They are still being counted. However, if nothing unexpected happens, more than a thousand little Japs should have been wiped out." Chief of Staff Li Qing said loudly while holding a copy of the success report just sent by Zhao Dahe.

"Okay, the fight was good. It only took less than an hour to eliminate nearly a thousand Japs. The fight was great. Order the artillery positions to be ready to provide fire support to the front line at any time. Brigadier Shen Qinghua, immediately

Lead the troops to attack, go straight to Yangquan County, and eliminate all Japanese strongholds outside the county. It is best to wipe them out. In addition, you can provide artillery bombardment coordinates to the heavy artillery battalion at any time and request artillery support." For the troops to occupy it so quickly.

The two highlands could be said to be beyond Liu Hua's expectation. However, after getting excited, Liu Hua did not forget the next battle mission tonight. He gave a loud order to the chief of staff in front of him.

"Yes, division commander..." As the chief of staff left, the first brigade of the direct column, led by brigade commander Shen Qinghua, went straight to Huanxian County, a few miles away. However, in less than half an hour of the troops' urgent march,

At that time, a group of fortifications lined with bunkers outside the county town appeared within Shen Qinghua's field of vision.

Through the telescope, he saw the dark shooting holes in the bunker tower. Brigadier Shen Qinghua didn't know if there were any Japs stationed in the bunker. Because the shelling of the heavy artillery battalion just now had such an impact on him.

He was deeply afraid that the Japs would take the initiative to retreat after learning that the independent division carried heavy artillery.

"Commander Hou, order a company to bring explosive packs and conduct a tentative attack to see if there are any Japs in the bunker tower in front of them to prevent the Japs from escaping. In addition, the Second Regiment and the Three Regiments respectively launched from the enemy's gun tower.

We will use two wings to outflank them. If the little Japs in these bunkers do not retreat, then our first brigade will surround them and not let anyone go." Brigadier Shen Qinghua ordered loudly.

"Yes, brigade commander..." Just do it. The troops of the two regiments, under the leadership of their respective regiment commanders, quickly separated from the regiment preparing for the frontal attack and moved towards the two wings of the enemy's bunker group. At the same time,

, a company of soldiers was also sent out by Captain Hou Guoying. The soldiers carried explosive bags and, under the cover of heavy machine gun fire, slowly advanced towards the Japanese stronghold a few hundred meters away.

"Baga, your Excellency, Captain, what exactly do the Eighth Route Army want to do? Do they want to surround our entire group of bunkers?" In the highest central building of all the bunker groups, there was a Japanese major officer and four captain officers.

, were holding up the binoculars in their hands, watching every move of the first brigade a few hundred meters away. When they saw the two outflanking troops of the first brigade, a captain and squadron leader said with disbelief.

"Yo Xi, gentlemen, if nothing else happens, the Eighth Route Army outside must want to eat all the Imperial Army soldiers in one of our brigade with its own strength of several thousand men. However, I just don't know if he is so

You know, you know, we are the most elite Kwantung Army in fighting the Japanese Empire..." Captain Major nodded and said with a mocking look on his face.

"Hahaha... Captain, this time we must let the so-called independent division on the opposite side have a good taste of the power of our Imperial Japanese Kwantung Army. Let our stronghold be covered with the corpses of the Eighth Route Army for our colleagues to see.

Take a look at the combat effectiveness of our Kwantung Army..." Upon hearing the captain's words, several squadron leaders burst into laughter, and one of the squadron leaders said with confidence.

It turned out that in order not to affect the combat effectiveness of the troops and the defense of the county, the Japanese commander in the county did not spread the news that the Eighth Route Army carried heavy artillery. Therefore, the little Japanese outside the city saw thousands of independent divisions and

There was no panic, but a face full of pride, and the independent division suffered heavy casualties.

"Yo Xi, I hope you all will work together this time to inflict as many casualties on the Independent Division as possible. Now that the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack, you all will return to your combat positions immediately. If there is any situation, report it immediately."

The captain nodded and ordered loudly.

"Hi... Mr. Captain..." Several squadron captains replied loudly. They all left the squadron leader's office with confidence and returned to the defensive area of ​​their squadrons.

Just when all the little devils had just entered their fighting positions, a company of Eighth Route Army soldiers had already entered their shooting range. However, these arrogant little devils did not rush to open fire. Instead, they fired at a squad leader.

Amidst the orders, he waited until more than a hundred soldiers had attacked to a place only 50 meters away from them before giving the order to fire.

Although each of the soldiers was as cautious as possible during the attack, and when they heard the sound of gunfire, they lay on the ground as fast as they could. However, Qiba Tiao came from different bunkers and gun towers.

The crossfire net fired from different heights still killed dozens of soldiers in an instant. More importantly, the explosive package held in a soldier's arms was hit by a machine gun bullet without any deviation.

Get hit.

"Boom..." A huge fireball was produced in the attacking formation of the soldiers. This soldier, along with several people around him, were torn into pieces. Seeing his company, more than half of them were killed or injured in just a moment.

, the company commander who led the team no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the remaining soldiers to ignite the explosive bags in their hands and throw them out with all their strength. Only a few dozen remaining soldiers exploded when the explosive bags exploded.

Under the cover of the smoke, they retreated in embarrassment with the remains of the fallen soldiers.

"Damn, the little Japs are so ruthless... It's really unacceptable to lose more than half of a company like this." Looking at the soldiers of a company of mine, they lost more than half in just a few minutes, and they have no record.

He was shot back by the little devils. Hou Guoying, the leader of the regiment, couldn't help but cursed...

"Haha, Commander Hou, although we have sacrificed dozens of soldiers, this sacrifice is worth it. The sacrifice of the soldiers just now at least lets us know that according to the store, a group of Japs have not yet evacuated. How about it?

"Have the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment returned to their positions?" Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua was not unhappy at all, but said with excitement on his face.

"Report to the brigade commander, two roundabout troops are now in place, and a Japanese brigade has been completely surrounded by our troops." A communications staff officer came to Shen Qinghua with two telegrams and reported loudly.

"Okay, immediately notify the accompanying artillery observer and ask him to report the bombardment coordinates to our artillery group and request artillery support. Today, I will bury all these little devils in their turtle shells." Brigadier Shen Qinghua said loudly

commanded.

"Yes, brigade commander..." Following Shen Qinghua's order, the accompanying artillery observer immediately reported the coordinates of the artillery strike to the artillery position several kilometers away. With the coordinates of the artillery strike,

Almost at the same time, the 12 heavy guns on the artillery position and the 12 mountain guns in the first division adjusted their muzzles and prepared for the bombardment.

"Fire...boom..." As soon as the order was given, two huge noises were heard on the artillery position. A howitzer shell and a 75mm mountain gun shell, with a huge whistling sound, broke the

He jumped out of the air, climbed directly over the two highlands in front of him, and flew towards the Japanese bunker group a few kilometers away.

"Boom boom..." Two huge explosions sounded. Two huge explosions came from the Xiaojiazi bunker group. Hearing the explosion of the artillery shells, Zhang Hua quickly raised the telescope in his hand.

Among the enemy bunker clusters a few hundred meters away, two huge fireballs suddenly exploded. As for a bunker that was directly hit by a powerful howitzer shell, it turned into a pile of ruins in an instant.