Chapter 380: Artillery Attack
Thick black smoke covered the entire battlefield with a large amount of smoke and dust, and the sunlight was blocked by this thick smoke and dust, and the air was dull and oppressive in the trenches. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Boxes of bullets and grenades were delivered to the forefront, and the brethren with loaded guns packed up and lay on their sides in the trenches, quietly awaiting orders to attack.
Although the brothers maintained the silence before the war, they were in high spirits, their faces were full of excitement as if they had been beaten with blood, and their heads still echoed with the inspiring pre-war mobilization speech of the regiment commander Zhang Handuo.
"The devil is shrunk in the inner Huangcheng to be the king, they have pillbox fortifications, but we also have bullets and machine guns, our regiment is the most capable regiment of the entire 74th Army, this time they have given Lao Tzu enough strength, no matter how hard the devil's Wang Ba shell is, this time it will be crushed by Lao Tzu!"
Yang Ling had to admit that the regiment commander Zhang Handuo had a hand in raising morale, and his casual words could make the brothers' blood boil and morale high, this momentum was a necessary factor for winning the battle, Yang Ling admired the regiment leader Zhang Handuo very much.
Although the 301st Regiment fought well in several battles, they were not outstanding in the strong 74th Army, but the regiment commander dared to shout their strongest slogan, and the brothers were too lazy to care so much, they already had preconceived ideas that they were the strongest, so they would not die in a fight, and did not want to lose to friendly troops.
Yang Ling walked around the trenches with his waist bent, and found that the brothers' enthusiasm for fighting was very high, and he also put his mind at ease, this battle does not need anything else, what is needed is a momentum that is not afraid of death and does not admit defeat, so that he can quickly tear a hole and quickly win.
"Questions?"
Yang Ling finally returned to the forward trenches, where more than 50 carefully selected soldiers led by Captain Company Commander Liu Yidao were resting, and they would be responsible for lurking at night, waiting for the general attack to begin, and tearing through the Japanese defense line as quickly as possible.
Liu Yidao was still grinning, and smiled in the face of Yang Ling's question: "Deputy Tuan, you can rest assured, the brothers have all drunk blood wine and sworn blood, if we can't tear our mouths, we are not ready to come back." ”
Yang Ling patted Liu Yidao's shoulder and said, "Don't say those unlucky words, you must live well, and I will invite you to drink when you come back." ”
In the past, Yang Ling could also personally lead the team to participate, but now he is the deputy head of the regiment, and he can no longer leave his post willfully, so such a task can be handed over to the most trusted brother, he believes that Liu Yidao's sharp knife will definitely be able to poke a hole in the Japanese defense line.
In this wilderness overgrown with weeds and small trees in the area south of Inner Huangcheng, there are twenty-five companies of troops hidden, and they are the main force of this southern front attack, and there are five companies of reserves behind them, which can be said to be strong and strong.
There are also a large number of troops of the 71st Army in the area west and north of the city, and they will attack together with the troops of the 51st Division.
It was getting dark, and the brethren in the trenches near the low frontier were already a little restless in the long wait.
"Shots, shots." In the darkness, one of the brothers heard the shrill sound of the flute in the darkness and shouted excitedly.
On the horizon behind Yang Ling's forward position, a strong fire suddenly surged, illuminating half of the sky, and the artillery fire, which had been prepared for two hours, finally revealed a hideous face.
The artillery fire and aircraft of the Japanese army were very strong, and the artillery of the National Revolutionary Army was scattered and hidden in various places during the day to prevent destruction, and only at night did they dare to concentrate and pour shells on the Japanese positions.
There was a whistling sound tearing through the air in the dark night sky, and one after another cannonballs dragged the orange streamline towards the east gate of the Inner Yellow City, and the whole earth trembled, and with the deafening explosion, the Japanese position outside the east gate suddenly fell into a sea of flames and fire.
"Fuck him hard!" The brothers in the trenches were excited to see the red light in the direction of the east gate.
The shells swept through the Japanese positions in the direction of the East Gate like a flood, and all the firing coordinates had been secretly calibrated during the day.
The 74th Army's artillery bombardment to the east gate was gradually expanding, and the Japanese fortifications were destroyed one by one in the fierce bombardment, and the Japanese artillery also launched a timely return fire, but their artillery positions soon fell into a sea of gunsmoke.
The artillery positions of the Japanese army in the city had just not fired a few shells, and the artillery unit of the 71st Army located in the west immediately seized the opportunity and poured shells into the city one by one, as if they had to run out of shells.
"Let's go, remember to be hidden." Seeing that the artillerymen were fighting lively, in the infantry trenches at the front, Yang Ling gave the order to attack Liu Yidao, who was in charge of the assault.
"Brothers, go up!"
Liu Yidao nodded, greeted more than fifty elite veterans, they grabbed their guns, like a tide, silently spread out of the trenches, touched the front line of the Japanese army, and soon disappeared into the darkness.
Liu Yidao's task was to touch the front line of the Japanese army and conceal it, and when it was dawn to really attack, they would suddenly launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army, in order to quickly tear apart the Japanese defense line.
The rumbling of the cannon covered up Liu Yidao's actions, and the Japanese flares also rose, but Liu Yidao and their veterans reacted more quickly, lying down in the pile of dead people in the open field, and the Japanese soldiers couldn't see why, and continued to touch forward when the flare was extinguished.
They did not stop until they were only a hundred meters away from the Japanese front line, and then they wiped blood on their faces and lay down in the pile of corpses on the spot, quietly waiting for the attack at dawn.
The sound of the artillery finally stopped, and the artillerymen vented their anger in their hearts, they could only be bombed during the day and could not return fire, but at night it was their world, blowing up the Japanese defense line to a pulp, providing cover for the attack of the Dawn infantry.
Liu Yidao and they were lying in the pile of dead people at the front and smelling blood, and they could even hear the Japanese army's conversation clearly, but they did not dare to move, because the slightest carelessness would lead to the annihilation of thousands of troops.
In the long torment, the sky in the distance revealed the white of the fish's belly, and the battlefield that had been fired by cold guns and cold cannons all night gradually quieted down, and the Japanese soldiers who had been busy repairing fortifications all night also began to sleep with their guns, but Yang Ling's attack really began.
The horizon flashed with fire, and the overwhelming shells were once again smashed out towards the positions of the Japanese at the east gate, and the Japanese fortified fire points were again covered with carpets.
"Rush!" In the midst of the roaring artillery, a regiment in charge of the feint sounded the trumpet of the charge, and then the black pressure rushed towards the direction of the east gate, and the shouting of the tsunami made the Japanese captain guarding the east gate frightened his face.
"Wing Commander, Wing Commander, the main force of the Chinese army has launched a fierce attack on the east gate, and we ask for reinforcements!" All indications were that the Chinese army would attack from the east gate, and the captain in charge of the group hastened to report the situation.
The co-captain sitting in the city still maintained enough composure and composure, and his small eyes purred around, and he inquired about the situation in the rest of the directions, and learned that there were small Chinese troops attacking, which should be a feint.
"Brothers, kill devils!" The regimental commander Qiu Weida, who was in charge of the feint, took the lead and led the company platoon commanders to rush to the front, and they rushed fiercely, breaking through the first line of defense of the Japanese army, and quickly pushed towards the Chenghuan defense line.
"Captain, all the jade shatters of the 3rd Machine Gun Squadron!"
"The first squadron can't stop the Zhina Army, and the outpost trenches have been lost!"
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Although Qiu Weida's regiment was responsible for the feint attack, it played the posture of the main attack, and the Japanese troops guarding this side were bombed to the ground, and now they are facing a fierce attack, and they can't stop it at all.
"The third, fourth, and fifth infantry squadrons reinforce the east gate, and the artillery brigade immediately shoots in the direction of the east gate, be sure to block the Chinese people!"
In the face of the continuous calls for help from the east gate, the commander of the Japanese army in the city could no longer sit still and began to draw reinforcements.
When the east gate was in full swing, the artillery fire that extended to the city suddenly turned around and smashed into the Japanese defense line at the south gate.
The barbed wire fence of the Japanese pillbox fortifications was all blown up and thrown into the sky under this fierce artillery fire, and the broken bones were also flying all over the sky, and the Japanese troops here were suddenly blown up, and the Japanese positions at the entire south gate were almost swept over by the artillery fire under the ferocious artillery fire, becoming a scorched earth.