Predator Reborn

Chapter 367 Heavy artillery shows off its power (Part 2)

"Okay, good job... just blow it up for me and bury all the little devils in their turtle shells." Seeing the effect of the bombardment, Shen Qinghua couldn't help but cheer loudly. At the same time, he turned around and looked at the communications staff officer next to him.

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"Commander Wang, immediately send a report to the 2nd and 3rd regiments to get them ready for battle. If nothing happens, the little devil will definitely retreat to the county town and will not wait there to die. When the time comes, we will see

Their combat effectiveness has been reduced." Shen Qinghua ordered loudly.

Sure enough, as Shen Qinghua said, the Japanese captain at this time was standing blankly in his gun tower, looking in disbelief at the bunker dozens of meters away that had been blown into ruins. As a member of the field force

Captain, he heard the shelling just now in the sound of artillery. There are two types of artillery shells. One is a 75mm mountain cannon that is very common in the Japanese army, and the other is rarely equipped even in the Japanese Empire.

150mm heavy howitzer.

"Baga, how come the Eighth Route Army has artillery support, how can it have such a powerful heavy howitzer..." the captain said to himself. At this moment, the phone in the running building rang. A sharp phone call

The ringtone woke him up from his shock. The captain picked up the phone on the table and put it to his ear.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, the Eighth Route Army has heavy howitzers. In the shelling just now, one of my bunkers was directly destroyed, and all the soldiers in the two surrounding machine gun fortresses were shattered. I just counted it, and in the shelling just now,

, my squadron lost a total of 36 warriors of the empire..." The voice of a squadron leader came from the microphone.

"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army...Why didn't we get the information about the heavy howitzers of the Eighth Route Army, Baga..." Hearing the explosion of just two shells, he had lost more than half of his squadron. The captain endured

I couldn't help being surprised for a while, and roared loudly to the squadron leader on the other side of the phone.

"Hi, Captain. Captain, now the Eighth Route Army is supported by heavy howitzers. Should we continue to hold on? In front of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery, our bunkers and gun towers are as fragile as a piece of paper. Captain, if the enemy continues

If we use heavy artillery shelling, we will all be smashed in these gun towers. Please think twice, Captain. Our Imperial Japanese Army would rather be smashed on the way to charge than die in the enemy's artillery fire without even seeing the enemy.

Underneath." The squadron leader begged loudly,

Just as the captain was deep in thought, the 12 heavy howitzers and 12 mountain cannons that had adjusted their shooting angles again began to pour ammunition into the Japanese bunkers at almost the same time. A huge whistling sound reached him.

In his ears, there was a burst of dense explosions all around him. The huge air wave generated by the explosion of the artillery shell passed through the shooting hole of the turret and almost knocked the captain holding the phone to the ground.

"Beep beep..." Just when the captain was pushed staggered by the huge air wave and was about to give the order to retreat, a busy tone came from the other end of the phone. It was obvious that just now,

In the explosion, the communication lines of the bunker cluster were completely destroyed.

At the same time, after just a round of 24 rounds of bombardment, many of the bunker groups surrounding the main gun building where he was located had been turned into piles of ruins. Countless imperial warriors were dragging them down.

Holding his own stumps and severed arms, he shuttled back and forth among the ruins, screaming...

Seeing the tragic scene outside, the captain finally made up his mind: "Commander, please notify the squadron commanders immediately to abandon all gun towers and prepare to retreat. Let's return to the county seat. Hurry..." Having lost the communication equipment such as telephones, he made up his mind.

The determined captain could only roar loudly at the messenger who was still standing in the running building.

"Hi, Your Excellency Captain... Woo hoo hoo... Boom boom boom..." Just when the ordering soldier took the order and just walked to the door of the gun tower, the second round of artillery shells was fired from the artillery position.

It had landed in the bunker cluster. A huge explosion exploded only a few meters away from the central turret. The huge air wave generated by the explosion of the artillery shell immediately threw the messenger who had just walked to the door of the turret, and

He fell heavily against the solid wall of the turret and became a corpse.

At the same time, the strong turret also shook violently with this violent explosion. As the turret shook, some stones and cement powder continued to fall from the top of the turret. Seeing that this could collapse at any time

The captain couldn't help but turned pale with fear. You must know that he was a major captain, and he couldn't just be buried in the ruins of the gun tower. He wanted to fight, and he wanted to pick up his command knife.

, fighting with his own people on the battlefield.

However, God didn't seem to want to give him this opportunity. Just when he turned around and picked up the command knife placed on his desk, and was about to go downstairs and rush out of the turret, there was another huge explosion, almost exploding in his ears.

.A 75mm mountain gun shell accurately hit the turret, which was already in danger and could collapse at any time.

Although the power of 75mm mountain cannon shells is not particularly powerful, it is simply incomparable to 150mm howitzer shells. However, the shells that hit the wall of the turret directly still produced huge power. An explosion sounded, and the position where the shell was hit

, a large hole with a diameter of two meters was blown out at once. At the same time, the turret, which was already in danger, lost its center of gravity and tilted directly towards the big hole.

"Rumble..." A huge noise sounded. After hitting two artillery shells, the enemy's central turret suddenly collapsed and turned into a pile of ruins three meters high. Together with several little Japanese communication soldiers in the running building

Together with the captain, they were buried in this pile of rubble.

As a result, the order just issued by the captain was buried in the ruins for the so-called "Co-Prosperity of Greater East Asia" before it could reach the ears of several squadron leaders. As for the little boy hiding in the bunker at this time,

The Japs, since there is no order to retreat, the only thing they can do at this time is to kneel on the ground and pray to their Amaterasu, praying that the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells will not fall on their bunkers, and that they can finally stay.

The whole body of the next body...

However, in the end, there were still two squadron captains. After seeing that the battalion captain was buried in the ruins, they resolutely ordered their subordinates to abandon the defensive bunkers and gun towers and prepare to retreat to the county. The remaining more than 300 squadrons of the two squadrons

The Japanese took advantage of the break in the shelling to break out of the cluster of bunkers that was about to become a hell on earth and wanted to retreat into the county town.

However, the second and third regiments had already been serious about this matter. Seeing the hundreds of little Japs swarming towards them, without the commander's order, the soldiers took the initiative to set up the light and heavy machine guns.

On the ground, the bullet was loaded. The rifleman also pushed a yellow bullet into the barrel of the gun, and steadily aimed at the little Japanese who was getting closer and closer.

"Comrades, beat me hard, don't let a little devil go... Ta da da..." As the regiment leader Wang Hao issued the order, the hundreds of soldiers standing in front of the little devil all buckled down.

He moved the trigger in his hand. In an instant, a dense rain of bullets was fired at the little Japanese who was getting closer and closer. At the same time, a dense firepower network composed of more than a dozen light machine guns, with his fastest speed,

Speed, constantly harvesting the little devil's life.

In the end, under the sudden attack of the soldiers, no one of the more than 300 little Japanese was left, and they all fell on the charging road. At this time, the artillery bombardment also stopped. Amidst the loud blasts of charging horns,

Nearly 6,000 soldiers from three regiments launched a charge towards the cluster of bunkers that had become ruins.

"Comrades, charge...boom, boom, boom..." Amidst the shouts of killing and the loud explosions, all the stronghold gun towers passed by the soldiers were bombarded with explosives.

It was blown into ruins. Half an hour later, the sound of guns and artillery on the battlefield finally stopped. Due to the outflanking of the soldiers, a Kwantung Army brigade stationed outside the city, including the brigade captain, was all surrounded by the soldiers.

To be wiped out completely.

"Correspondent, send a report to the division commander immediately. The 1st brigade of my direct column has eliminated a Japanese brigade stationed on the outskirts of the county with a small cost of casualties. Now please ask the division commander to arrange the next combat mission of the 1st brigade... 1st brigade commander

Shen Qinghua..." Shen Qinghua ordered loudly to a communications staff officer who was following him.

"Yes, brigade commander..." The communications staff officer ran towards the radio operator following behind with a smile on his face.

"Division Commander, Division Commander, good news from Brigadier Shen..." Just as Zhang Hua and Zhao Dahe were sitting in the temporary headquarters, discussing the situation of the defenders in the county, an exclamation came through

The thick command curtain reached their ears.

"Reporting to the division commander, Brigadier Shen called. A brigade of little Japs stationed in the outer positions have been wiped out by our first brigade, and no one has escaped... Brigade Commander Shen asked us for the next step of combat instructions, which is to continue the attack.

It's better to retreat now." Chief of Staff Li Qing reported loudly.

"Haha, so fast. It seems that the first contribution of our battle in this battle is our artillery. Chief of Staff, Political Commissar Zhao, what do you think? Should we withdraw our troops according to the original plan and continue the attack tomorrow night, or should we change the battle plan?

, we will attack tonight, capture Yangquan County, and wipe out the more than 2,000 remaining Japs in the city..." After hearing the words of Chief of Staff Li Qing, division commander Liu Hua said with excitement on his face.

"Division Commander, what I mean is to change the battle plan. The entire battle, from the beginning to now, has just passed in less than four hours. It can be said that the entire battle went smoothly beyond imagination. I think the Japanese troops in the city now

The captain of the regiment was also as shocked as we were, shocked by the speed of our independent division's attack. If we attack now, it will be a victorious division fighting a demoralized force. What's more important is that it is not yet twelve o'clock in the evening.

, we have six full hours to attack the city. Therefore, I agree to completely resolve the battle in one night and annihilate all the little Japs gathered in Yangquan County." Chief of Staff Li Qing answered first.

"Commissar Zhao, what do you think?" After hearing Li Qing's answer, Liu Hua nodded in agreement and looked at the political commissar Zhao Dahe next to him.

"Division Commander, I completely agree with the Chief of Staff. Now there are only 2,000 Japs and more than 3,000 puppet troops left in the entire county. And with the support of artillery fire, we are fully capable of eliminating the remaining remaining soldiers in the city before dawn.

The enemy below will occupy the entire county." Zhao Dahe replied loudly.

"Okay, since you all agree to change the combat plan, then we will change the entire combat plan. Immediately call back to Brigadier Shen Qinghua and ask him to send a regiment of troops to block the west gate of Yangquan County. The remaining main force will attack the east with all its strength.

Gate, and can call for artillery support at any time. Order, Political Commissar Zhao Dahe, Zhao, you take the independent one and two regiments and set off immediately to reinforce Shen Qinghua. The guard regiment is responsible for protecting the artillery position. Before dawn, regardless of whether our army attacks

When we get to the county town, we must move our positions to prevent bombing by Japanese aircraft..." Liu Hua ordered firmly.

After receiving the order from the division commander, Shen Qinghua also knew that time was running out. Without any hesitation, he immediately ordered Hou Guoying, the commander of the first regiment, to lead his troops to block the west gate of Yangquan County to prevent the little Japs from abandoning the city and escaping. At the same time, he led

The troops of the two regiments rushed through the ruins of the outer stronghold and headed towards the east gate of Yangquan County.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, the Wulongshan and Fushan garrison has lost contact, and it is estimated that all of them are now in pieces. In addition, there was a violent explosion just outside the bunker group outside the county. If nothing else, they have been hit by the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery.

During the shelling and siege, at the same time, the defenders outside Hecheng also lost contact..." The chief of staff hurried into the headquarters and reported loudly.

"Baga, how come the Eighth Route Army's progress is so fast? Block, you must contact the garrison outside the city and order them to retreat immediately and withdraw into the county town, block." Seeing that it was only a few hours, he said

The two impregnable highlands were easily occupied by the Eighth Route Army. After hearing that the outlying strongholds of the county were also attacked, the commander of the regiment could no longer bear it and roared loudly at the chief of staff in front of him.

"Hey, Wing Commander, I'm going to call..." However, just when he turned around and was about to leave, a combat staff officer hurriedly rushed into the headquarters.

"Your Excellency, Captain, Chief of Staff, something happened... The Eighth Route Army, the city guard reported that traces of the Eighth Route Army were found at the west gate. There are thousands of Eighth Route Army..." Seeing that he seemed a little dissatisfied with his behavior

The satisfied commander and combat staff officer rushed in and said quickly.

"Nani, how is it possible? Isn't the Eighth Route Army still fighting with our guarding troops on the outside? Why did Yu Ran appear at the west gate? Yes, it must be a small unit of the Eighth Route Army, ready to cut off our retreat..." Captain

I asked in disbelief.

At this moment, another staff officer ran into the headquarters with an almost pale face. "Report to the captain, the soldiers guarding the city reported that a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers were found in the direction of the east gate. Preliminary statistics indicate that these people

There are at least four thousand men, and they are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars."

"Baga, why is this happening? We have a brigade guarding the outer positions. Why haven't we received any reports from them? Why..." Seeing a large number of Eighth Route Army troops appearing in both directions of his county, at this time

The commander of the regiment had no choice but to believe that his county town had fallen into the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army's independent division.

"Hey, Captain, if nothing else happens, an infantry brigade defending outside the city was also shattered by the intensive explosions just now..." the chief of staff replied with his head lowered.

"Nani, Baga, you cunning Eighth Route Army, you and I are at odds with each other..." The captain clenched his fists tightly and cursed loudly.

"Hey, your Excellency, Captain, now is not the time to curse. The Eighth Route Army has now tightly surrounded our entire Yangquan County, and may launch an attack at any time. Captain, what should we do now?" Looking at the angry face.

The captain and chief of staff quickly reminded.

"Baga, do you need to say more? Chief of Staff, please immediately order all the Imperial Army soldiers in the county to stick to the city wall and stop the Eighth Route Army's attack. As long as we hold on until dawn, we will be able to get support from the air force. By then, we will

With the support of the air force, we can safely evacuate the county." The commander loudly ordered.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Captain..." In fact, the Captain didn't know that this order of his had reduced the burden on the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division. Because, after gathering all the Japanese troops to the city wall, they would

The artillery in the hands of the independent division caused a lot of casualties to the Japanese army. Coupled with the casualties caused by the infantry, it can be said that the more than 2,000 little Japanese remaining in the city were almost completely wiped out on the city wall.

"Report to the brigade commander. The commander of the first regiment called. The west gate of the county has been completely blocked by our army. In addition, all artillery has adjusted its shooting angle according to the report of the artillery observer. The division commander sent a telegram to ask whether to launch an attack. Leave it to

We don't have much time." A communications staff officer came to the brigade commander Shen Qinghua and asked loudly.

"Captain Wang, have there been any changes to the defenders on the city wall?" After hearing the communications staff officer's question, Shen Qinghua was not in a hurry to answer, but looked at the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment who had been observing a few hundred meters away.

Chang Wang Hao.