Chapter 299: Breaking the Enemy

The artillery platoon, which had reinforced the preparatory battalion, received the order and quickly moved into the village, and the artillerymen pushed the artillery with manpower, and the route they traveled was the route that the officers and men of the second company had fought.

The artillerymen looked at the ruins along the road, the houses that had been blown up, and the corpses of both sides on the ground, and they could also imagine what kind of fierce fighting had just taken place here.

"Hurry up! Carry the cannon away! The platoon commander of the battle defense artillery platoon shouted, the front was blocked by the collapsed earth and rocks, Zhang Wei urged in front, and the battle defense artillery platoon commander also knew that the battle ahead was fierce and needed artillery when he listened to the sound of gunfire.

He personally grabbed the gun wheel, let the soldiers get together, and lifted the gun body of the entire battle defense gun and stepped over the obstacle below.

"One, two, up!"

At the sound of the battle defense artillerymen, the two guns were lifted up and stepped over the earth and rocks blocking the front......

"Battalion commander, the anti-aircraft artillery is here!" Zhang Wei looked back, and the artillery door was pushing the artillery hard, moving forward, but the road was really difficult to walk, and it was all ruins.

The soldiers of the second company stepped forward to help push the gun wheels, carry the shells, and little by little the artillery was withdrawn, and found a relatively intact civilian house nearby, which was hidden in front of the rain of Japanese machine gun bullets.

"Let's take a look." Zhang Wei nested his body, crawled forward, climbed to safety, and came to the house where the concealed war defense artillery was located.

"Sir!" The platoon commander of the anti-aircraft artillery platoon carried a flag and binoculars, and led the whole platoon of men and horses to hide behind the houses.

"It's coming! Now you have to do it. "Just say it." Zhang Wei looked in the direction of the core courtyard wall guarded by the Japanese army.

"Now all the Japanese troops are relying on these compounds, using machine guns and grenadiers to hit us, the fire is very fierce, the courtyard wall has opened a firing port, there are grenadiers to shoot out, there are many infantry, our battalion brothers can't rely on it at all, if you want to fight down, you have to blow down the courtyard wall, you need to use artillery to blow up the wall."

The platoon commander of the anti-aircraft artillery glanced at the courtyard wall in front of him and immediately replied: "No problem!" "The combat defense artillery is shooting at this kind of courtyard wall at close range, the technical content is not high, and it is hitting a fixed target, and the platoon commander of the combat defense artillery platoon is completely sure to knock it down.

"Then let's get started." The platoon commander of the anti-aircraft artillery platoon first observed the target, and then ordered the two guns to prepare for firing, and the soldiers turned the gun body, slowly withdrew the artillery outside the civilian house, and turned the muzzle of the gun to the courtyard wall of the Japanese army

"Spread out, spread out!" Many officers and men of the second company were firing at the Japanese army, blocking the way of the anti-Japanese artillery, and they scattered one after another, making way for the anti-aircraft artillery, and the location of the anti-aircraft artillery was only more than 100 meters away from the courtyard wall of the Japanese army, which was exactly within the firing range of the Japanese army.

The appearance of the battle defense gun is low, but there are also stray bullets constantly coming, hitting the defense shield of the battle defense gun, clanging.

The two guns were assigned in two directions, firing in different directions, and after pushing the guns to the position, the platoon commander of the battle defense artillery platoon asked Zhang Wei if he could fire, and Zhang Wei looked at the advance position of the two guns, which was just the right distance from the courtyard wall in front.

"Okay, prepare to shoot, herald, tell Company Commander Mu, now hurry up and cover the artillery fire, wait for the cannon to sound, after the breakthrough is opened, immediately as the vanguard of the whole battalion, launch an assault, and you must attack the courtyard!"

The two guns carried by Zhang Wei were arranged in the direction of the second company, and the two guns had to be used intensively, first blasting the courtyard wall here, and the infantry of the second company would first launch a surprise attack, and then support the attack direction of the first and third companies.

"Yes!" The platoon commander of the battle defense artillery platoon waved the order flag and roared in the dense sound of gunfire to give the command to operate the artillery. "Each squad starts shooting, target the courtyard in front!"

The gunners of each squad were hiding behind the defensive shields of the artillery, and if the anti-artillery wanted to hit the courtyard wall, the gun body would inevitably be exposed to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army saw that there was artillery, and the dense firepower came in an instant, and the artillery shield of the anti-aircraft artillery added many gray and black traces caused by bullets.

Mu Chao received Zhang Wei's order, now the battle defense artillery did not fire, before the fire, the battle defense artillery was threatened by the Japanese fire, the second company began to organize people to strengthen the cover fire, rushed to the front of the courtyard wall to throw grenades, interfering with the Japanese machine gun fire.

Many grenades exploded in front of the courtyard wall, and the Japanese machine gunners relied on small holes to shoot, and it was okay when there was no interference, but a large number of grenades exploded, and the smoke and earth and rocks that exploded seriously affected the accuracy of the Japanese machine gun shooting.

The "boom" Japanese army was very shrewd, and the machine gun fire was affected, and the grenadier fire in the courtyard increased sharply. The two artillery squads quickly bolted and loaded the artillery, and many of the prescribed procedures and passwords were omitted for the sole purpose of firing the cannon as quickly as possible and taking down this damn yard.

"Open!" With a bang, the first artillery opened fire, and the 37 caliber shells smashed straight towards the courtyard wall in front, the elevation angle of the artillery was a little high, and the first shell hit the courtyard wall, and the grenade exploded, blowing up the upper half of the courtyard wall, and the machine gun muzzle in the lower half escaped by chance.

"Put!" The firing of the first gun provided a reference for the second gun, the elevation angle of the gun was reduced, and the second 37 shell accurately entered the courtyard wall, and the explosion not only opened a big hole in the courtyard wall, blew up the courtyard wall, but also directly knocked out a Japanese light machine gun crew.

Adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan, the two artillery guns increased the frequency of firing, one by one shells smashed on the courtyard wall, after each explosion, the courtyard wall will be blown down a piece, the Japanese army relied on the good concealment, in the face of the war defense artillery is also useless.

The attack of the anti-aircraft artillery caused confusion in the defense of the Japanese army, and the Japanese soldiers in the courtyard could be seen through the smoke of the collapsed courtyard wall, and the courtyard wall in the direction of the second company had been completely torn apart.

"Rush forward!" The soldiers of the second company saw that the Japanese defense was broken, and quickly launched a charge under the command of Mu Chao, and most of the courtyard wall in the direction of the second company was collapsed, and the light and heavy machine guns concentrated their fire and fired at the courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, the riflemen rushed forward with rifles and grenades, and in less than a minute they entered the courtyard.

"Beautiful! Keep the artillery attacking visible targets on the left and right flanks and smash this yard to pieces! Zhang Wei said to the platoon commander of the anti-artillery platoon beside him.

Again, a combination of flags and commands, the two guns adjusted, opened fire, and blasted the courtyard walls in the direction of the 1st and 3rd companies with blasting grenades.

The first and third companies also entered along the courtyard wall that was blown up, and the courtyard wall was beaten on all sides, and there were loopholes everywhere.

The explosive grenade knocked out a lot of Japanese light machine guns, and the general attack of the preparatory battalion began, and three companies rushed into the courtyard, where they began a melee with the Japanese army, face-to-face melee.

"Let's go, everyone press up!" Zhang Wei picked up the flower mechanism, and rushed into the courtyard in the fierce battle with the herald and the soldiers left by the second company to guard the battle defense artillery.