Chapter 345: There are dates and no dates
The Japanese invaders worked hard and spent huge casualties to occupy Gushan, of course, they didn't look at it anywhere.
Gushan is more than 300 meters above sea level, just the same as Luo Wenyu's main position, the total weight of the 92-type infantry gun is only 0.2 tons, almost not limited by any terrain, and the longest range of 2800 meters is just enough to kill Luo Wenyu's position 2000 meters away. The Type 92 infantry gun, which has both curved and anti-firing functions and can be used as both a howitzer and a cannon, gave Luo Wenyu a great threat to his main position at the beginning of moving to the ancient mountain.
If it weren't for the fact that the Independent Regiment still had two Bofors mountain guns that could counterattack at any time, I am afraid that the Japanese army would not have used the mountain artillery of the Eighth Artillery Wing at all, and would have completely suppressed Luo Wenyu's main position with the four infantry guns that had been moved up from the top of the ancient mountain.
In charge of the four infantry guns was an artillery squadron under the command of the 16th Brigade Regiment, yes, the same unit that had been unlucky since the brigade commander and now has only one infantry brigade left.
This artillery squadron was not very lucky, although there was no need to talk directly to the Chinese like the infantry, but as long as they opened fire, the Chinese retaliatory shelling came, and there was no need to test fire at all, each gun was very accurate, even if the infantry gun was not blown into parts, but the air wave overturned the cannon several times.
The artillery is okay does not mean that people are okay, the artillery squadron of hundreds of people, after a few rounds of Chinese mountain artillery ravages, only a few dozen people remained. The disabled artillery squadron can also be regarded as a retrospective, the Chinese have already drawn a ruler on this small hilltop, as long as their side fires the cannon, people will hit according to the preset ruler, is that not fast and accurate?
The little devils who figured out the key to it have also become shrewd, often dragging the highly mobile infantry cannon with a single shot, and then firing another shot in another position, and then running again.
Although the effect of this kind of shelling is far less than they thought before aiming for half a day and then putting it away, it is good to be alive.
Such a drama was played out almost every day for the past eight days, and the number of artillery squadrons stationed on the ancient mountain became smaller and smaller, but miraculously none of the four infantry guns were lost. The leader of the artillery squadron, Tatsuda Matsu, also gradually gave birth to hope from the initial frustration and numbness.
What is Merit? Keeping these four infantry guns is the greatest credit. As long as the four infantry guns can be saved, after the war, the promotion from lieutenant to lieutenant is almost ironclad.
The Japanese are so strange, equipment is much more important than people, especially the lives of ordinary soldiers, from generals to officers, the general idea is that the empire has tens of millions of strong laborers, so what are you afraid of lacking?
It is a pity that on this night of gunsmoke, Long Tiansong and his artillery squadron were doomed to be as unlucky as the main force of their brigade------.
This is completely a curse that the 16th Brigade will not be able to shed for the rest of its life.
The Death Company of the Independent Regiment was resurrected, under the action of Liu Lang's summoning move.
The 38 sturdy men who had been recuperating in the tunnel for eight days were barely mobilized, and they sneaked to the top of the ancient mountain from the exit on the cliff with red eyes and military thorns.
Anyone who has been facing the remains of more than 100 comrades-in-arms who have been with him day and night for eight days, and still doesn't know whether he will live or die, is probably red-eyed! Maybe for more people, this is relief, even if the next second will die.
That kind of terrible torment that lasts like years is definitely an extremely cruel test of people's willpower.
THE ARTILLERY SQUADRON HAS BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THE TOP OF THE ANCIENT MOUNTAIN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, AND USED THE SPARE TIME TO DIG THE TRENCH AGAIN, CONNECTING THE LARGE CRATERS LEFT BY SEVERAL 240MM HOWITZERS TOGETHER TO FORM A SIMPLE ARTILLERY POSITION, WHICH CAN NOT ONLY PREVENT ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT, BUT ALSO BLOCK THE ENEMY ATTACKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTAIN, ALTHOUGH IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, BUT AFTER ALL, IT IS BETTER TO PREVENT TROUBLE!
Already determined to move up the ranks, Tatsuda had tried his best to defend himself, but he didn't think about the threat from behind.
There, except for the tunnel blown up by the Chinese, there is a half-section of a cliff up to 200 meters high, and no one can climb up unless the Chinese put wings.
There is nothing wrong with Tatsutamatsu's thoughts. But he never imagined that no one would put on wings, but someone could turn into a native grandson and come out of the tomb of a dead man again.
Correspondingly, behind him, Long Tiansong did not arrange a sentry at all.
If you want to say that you are familiar with the terrain, which one is stronger than the soldiers of the Death Company who have been on this position for more than half a month? The bandits of the Death Company wanted to touch it, and it was not too easy.
No one lit the lamp, and in the dark, 38 bandits carried the Triangular Army into the temporary station of the artillery squadron.
Perhaps too tired, or accustomed to shelling Chinese positions at night, the 53-numbered artillery squadron was asleep in the trenches except for a few alert groups on the mountainside.
On the battlefield, the slightest negligence can kill you, let alone sleep and snore? It was effortless at all, and the 38 people who dared to die acted separately, killing from beginning to end from several trenches, and the sleeping Japanese soldiers were like chicks under the terrifying killing of the Triangular Army, and did not make any effective resistance except for bloodshed.
The bandits of the Death Company did not look like they were killing people at all, but killing pigs and bloodletting, and the entire position was covered with a thick bloody gas, and if it wasn't for the mountain wind to take some away, the bandits themselves might have vomited.
This kind of assassination without resistance until a bandit soldier did not cover the mouth of the Japanese soldier whose heart was inserted into the stabbing under him, and the terrible howl alarmed the remaining artillery squadron soldiers, and Ryuta Matsu also jumped up and pulled out his southern pistol, which was known as the worst Japanese military shooting during World War II
The screams made the Japanese lieutenant, who would never have a chance to be promoted to captain again, only follow the sound of a single shot, and was swept to the ground by a row of shell bullets.
The Japanese lieutenant, who did not close his eyes until he died, was probably the biggest question before he died was how the Chinese flew to the position.
Unfortunately, no one explained to him that the most important target for the bandits of the Death Company who had cleared the trenches was the four infantry guns.
The fat man said very clearly in the order, if the Japanese infantry cannon can be captured, whether there are dates or not, they will fight three poles first.
The jujube in Liu Lang's mouth is actually the headquarters of the Eighth Division of the Japanese Army, where it is about five or six miles away from Gushan, close to the farthest range of infantry artillery.
Of course, Liu Lang didn't expect the Death Company to use these four infantry guns to kill the commander of the Eighth Division, Xi Yiyi, he just needed to let the Japanese troops on the entire battlefield know that the headquarters was attacked.
After all, the story of the future Japanese "flower of famous generals" Abe Norihide being killed by the red army with five mortar shells cannot be replicated, really, in Liu Lang's view, either the red army hit the big luck or Abe Norihide fell blood mold, it completely depends on God's eyes.
Liu Lang just wanted to help Cheng Yuanshan, who was attacking the Japanese artillery position, to relieve the pressure, and at the same time, Liu Lang also wanted to give the Japanese who were attacking the position a big shock. The headquarters has been attacked, and this shocking news is definitely very bitter news for every ordinary soldier who only knows how to obey the orders of the commander.
It's just that Liu Lang didn't expect that Dare to Die really gave the Japanese a huge fright.