Chapter 314: Reinforcements from the Kwantung Army have arrived
When Zhu Tingwen and the others were about to send someone over to help, the soldiers guarding the temporary airport stopped them.
Military supplies are generally not carried by strangers, especially near airports. When the supplies are brought off the plane, some of them can be carried by the workers, and some of them are not allowed to be moved, depending on the situation.
"Ah, where do you still use us to carry it, they just take the car with them!" Guo Songshu next to him exclaimed loudly, and the nose of the stabilized ME323D giant glider was opened, and the first thing that came out was a Dodge truck. Behind was dragged a ZIS-3 76-mm cannon.
Although the ZIS-3 cannon weighs 1.85 tons on the march, it has a maximum range of more than 13 kilometers, which is farther than the normal range of the German 105mm S.FH18 light howitzer, and the sustained rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute can also form an effective suppression.
Three more ZIS-3 cannons and their ammunition were brought down one after another.
At this time, what the paratroopers needed most was to suppress the surname heavy weapons. Although the Americans' M1 75mm howitzer is lightweight, only 653 kg, its range, rate of fire and power are much worse. Although it could be lowered by parachute, Meng Xiang chose the ZIS-3. After all, the vanguard army has limited capacity at this time, and what the aircraft needs at this time is to transport more troops, and the equipment needs to be quality and power.
The ME323D plane was quickly towed away, and another one landed immediately afterward, and the area of the flat and hardened landing site specially prepared in advance was limited and could not accommodate more planes to land. But even this place was built here under the guise of drying mountain goods, otherwise ordinary sites would not be able to bear the take-off and landing weight of ME323D.
"The little devil is coming!" At this time, someone shouted.
Matsushita Heifumi looked at the gatehouse of the mountains and seas that were faintly visible in the distance, waved his hand and said, "Get out of the car and move on!" ”
They were the vanguard of the 2nd Wing of the 16th Division. Hearing that there were traces of the vanguard army in Shanhaiguan, their brigade put down all their baggage and rushed to Shanhaiguan in advance. The 2nd Division mainly fought in the area of the Songhua River with Harbin as the center, but the 16th Wing was transferred early to participate in the battle of Chahar. Because of the appearance of the vanguard army, they did not participate in the Battle of Xuzhou, and only returned to the northeast after being on guard in North China for a while. As North China needed support, the 16th Wing was transferred out early. When the vanguard army raided Shanhaiguan, they were about to take a car to Tianjin, and they were the closest devil team.
The vanguard army was short of manpower, and after conquering the Shanhaiguan station, it destroyed a section of the railway at a distance of more than a dozen kilometers and five or six kilometers along the railway. It does not need to be demolished by manpower, and it is directly blasted with explosives. The devil's train stopped a dozen kilometers away, and they didn't find enough materials to repair it, and they didn't have time to repair it. Only a part of the people were left to look for materials from the surrounding area to repair the railway, and the large army continued to advance on foot. By the time they arrived at Shanhaiguan, they were already tired enough.
"Lack of personnel, request for support!" Feng Liu directly led the paratroopers to participate in the operation, and after the battle, he said categorically after carefully calculating the personnel. The clones do not have this face-saving statement, and the paratroopers have only one battalion in Shanhaiguan this time, which is a three-three formation, with subordinate brigades, squadrons, and squads, and each squad has only 12 people. The number of people in one battalion was only about 400.
The assault of the Combat Vanguard at Shanhaiguan Pass went well, with only 13 soldiers killed, while the attack at Shanhaiguan Station ran into some trouble and 43 were killed. This is mainly caused by the lack of firepower of the paratroopers, and there are more firepower points such as machine gun bunkers of the devils around the station, so even if it is an unexpected surprise attack by the devils, but only relying on the Suomi submachine gun, the casualties are still not small. However, this is much smaller than the losses of the frontal assault.
But it was precisely because of this battle that Meng Xiang realized the inadequacy of Suomi's submachine gun when fighting alone. If it is used in conjunction with the machine gun to create a machine gun-based squad offensive core, the Suomi submachine gun is definitely very suitable. At the end of World War II, the Somi submachine gun battalion built by the Germans was the envy of everyone. However, it is inconvenient for paratroopers to carry machine guns, and it takes time to find weapons and equipment boxes to land, and it is okay to deal with emergencies only by relying on Suomi at close range, but it is a bit difficult to attack fortified positions and combat at a slightly longer distance.
There needs to be another gun to match with Suomi to form a close and mid-range combination.
"Reinforcements are moving in your direction, resolutely resisting, waiting for reinforcements to arrive." Feng Liu soon received this secret telegram from the headquarters, he was silent and did not say anything, and continued to arrange personnel to arrange defensive positions.
said that I came faster than I imagined, and the 2nd Division was one of the motorized divisions with few devils. Although the train stopped, the six Type 95 Douding tanks they had brought with them arrived ahead of schedule. They were followed by less than a squadron of soldiers who came from the assault.
"Capture the Shanhaiguan and enter the customs for lunch!" Matsushita Hirafumi, who followed, said arrogantly.
However, he does have the ability to be arrogant.
The code for the 2nd Division is Yong. This is the name of the largest night attack on the Russians launched by them at Gongchangling during the Battle of Russo. In 918, it was their 2nd Division that attacked the Beida Battalion as the main force. Facing Soviet Russia for a long time, they may not have the confidence to win, but for the docile Chinese, they are naturally a little arrogant and arrogant.
"The vanguard army of China has artillery, they also have chariots, and the surnames of our chariots can be slightly inferior." Yoshino, the leader of the chariot squadron that followed, said with a little shame. He had heard a lot of news that the Douding Chariot had been easily killed by the Vanguard Army, and he was also very worried about it.
"Do you know how they got here?" Matsushita said that although he was arrogant, he was not so arrogant that he lost his mind.
"They parachuted down from the sky!" Matsushita Heifumi's eyes showed a fanatical light, this is a new method of warfare, a way of fighting that belongs to brave people, and Soviet Russia has also established such a team a few years ago, so he also knows something about it. It's just that they didn't expect that the first thing they encountered was the paratroopers of the Chinese people.
"The Chinese people have limited parachutes and planes, and there will not be many people, about one or two hundred. They also don't carry artillery, planes and parachutes can't stand it, at most a little small-caliber mortar, even their guns, at most submachine guns, even machine guns they can't carry. "Because of the relationship between the Soviet and Russian paratroopers, the military headquarters of the Kwantung Army studied it for a while, and Matsushita Hirafumi also heard about it. At this time, the paratroopers could only fight with light weapons, and the explosion of the grenade was heavier firepower.
"We have received information that they have just occupied Shanhaiguan, and they can take advantage of this attack at the right time, even if they have fewer troops, they can be caught off guard. Besides, their grenades can't hurt our chariots. Matsushita smiled smugly.
"Hey, you don't have to wait for the chariots in the back, these six are enough!" Yoshino Yoda was also immediately full of confidence, his chariot was once invincible in the black soil of the northeast, and at this time, facing the vanguard army without heavy weapons, he would definitely be able to break the record of the Peatian tank repeatedly suffering in the face of the vanguard army.
"The devil only got six tanks?" Huang Wenhua was a little surprised.
When he was in the guerrilla brigade, sometimes a guerrilla squadron dared to directly ambush the devil's six Peanding tanks. The guerrillas' large-caliber heavy machine guns could directly penetrate the armor of the Douding tank, and sometimes without a machine gun, the K-type bullets could penetrate the thin armor of the devils. Later, the guerrillas were also equipped with anti-tank guns, and they were not afraid of the devil's Douding tank, but the devil's Douding tank did not dare to show its head easily.
"Let them come over and fight slowly!" Feng Liu said in a deep voice. Now the vanguard army needs time, and since the devil is so despised, it can be used to delay time until reinforcements arrive.
"Get the RP-54 ready!" Feng Liu ordered again.
In this operation, in addition to Iron Fist, the rocket launcher equipped also has the RP-54, mainly considering that Iron Fist is too close. Sometimes, even if it's less than 100 meters, it's a big mistake. The RP-54 is relatively better, not only can the effective range reach 200 meters, but also the power is much greater.
There are not many RP-54s equipped, only 20 units. With the help of the railway workers organized by Zhu Tingwen, all the weapons and equipment boxes were found. One machine gun and three mortars were missing, three boxes of ammunition were missing, and other weapons were damaged, but fortunately the bazookas were not missing. No one knows these things, and it's useless to take them. Even the MG-42 machine gun, because of its ugliness, lost only one.
There were also damaged weapons, and in the battle, he even opened a box by himself, but because he couldn't open it, he detonated the grenade inside and blew it up, and killed two devils. On the contrary, it is better to lose the two weapons and equipment boxes, and the rattan and bamboo on the outside were directly cut open with knives and the weapons were taken.
Meng Xiang had some hesitation about the use of these advanced weapons. The bazooka technique is simple and cheap, and it is easy to learn if I get it. At that time, the greatly increased strength of the Yue himself may turn around and threaten the tanks of the vanguard army.
However, the lightweight bazooka is really easy to use, convenient and affordable. In the end, Meng Xiang also thought about it, what if the devil learns? When the time comes, the vanguard army will come out with more advanced weapons and overwhelm them forever.