Chapter 288: Artillery vs. Artillery of the Battle of Xifu

The Kuomintang Fifth Corps attacked the Majiashan area, not too far from Baoji, for more than two days, and under the stubborn resistance of the Second Column of the Northwest Field Army, it consumed a large number of soldiers and ammunition and made no real progress. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for the biquge.info of Aishang Novel Network

Pei Changhui, the commander of the corps, who was usually very calm, finally couldn't sit still, and at the request of the anxious commander Pei Changhui, Hu Zongnan, who was far away in Xi'an, promised to send all the air forces he could command to provide support, and cheered him up in a telegram:

"What the communist army is best at is mobile guerrilla warfare, what are we afraid of in positional warfare? If you can seize the main force of the communist army, it is a victory, and the opportunity is rare, do not be afraid of attrition, do not be afraid of casualties, you must carry out a resolute attack, it is nothing to fight out the five corps, I will make up for you as many casualties as possible, as long as you can cripple the main force of the communist army in the northwest. ”

With Hu Zongnan's encouragement, the Fifth Corps once again launched an attack on an unprecedented scale, and the concentrated use of artillery turned half the sky red, and the artillery shells on the positions of the People's Liberation Army rained down like rain, and the explosions continued continuously, and the trenches, individual bunkers, fire points, and all the qiē were blown flat by artillery fire, including stones and trees.

The soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery hole are like sitting on a constantly shaking sieve, and their buttocks are about to leave the ground. Shoot all the shells at once? But the days?

Some soldiers looked out of the hole, then turned around and muttered to everyone: "Damn, I've worked in vain, I'm sweating profusely, the Kuomintang artillery has blown up all our trenches, and when the enemy comes up again, we can only lie on the flat ground and fire." ”

Li Yong, Wang Chengde and others, who were hiding in Wei Gang's battalion command post, covered their heads with their single military uniforms, so as to save the dirt that fell from the roof of the cave from pouring into their necks and eyes.

Wei Gang, who wanted to smoke, trembled with the lighter in his hand, and the flames were about to fail to light the cigarette butts in the incessant shaking of the earth: "Regiment commander, the Kuomintang artillery is too fierce, we are still bombed like this in the back, and the comrades in the front position don't know how uncomfortable." ”

Wang Chengde: "What's the panic, you're not just a soldier, what can you do with the enemy's powerful artillery fire?" It's not always time that we've survived, so let's protect your weapons and get ready for battle, so let's get ready for battle. ”

Wei Gang smiled: "Political commissar, don't you know about us people?" They all rolled out of the pile of dead people, are there any people who are afraid of death? Do you see me panicking, don't I want to smoke and not light a fire? ”

Li Yong, who was holding the phone, didn't look at what Wei Gang and Wang Chengde were arguing about, and asked on the phone how the artillery battalion was prepared? Gao Xiang's voice came from the microphone, which was different from usual: "Regiment commander, the enemy's artillery firing position has been calculated, and our whole battalion is ready for battle." ”

Li Yong: "Let's start, fight hard, move your position after two rapid shots, don't let the enemy get your position." ”

"Shift positions after two rapid shots, don't let the enemy figure out our position, understood." Gao Xiang, who put down the microphone, shouted violently at a walkie-talkie next to him: "According to the calibrated number, shoot and fire the whole battalion." ”

For the first time, the PLA position, which had been pressed down by the Kuomintang for more than six days, fired artillery fire from a counterattack, and more than 40 howitzers were fired together according to the pre-calibrated shooting units.

There was a huge roar from the black and gloomy muzzles, and more than 40 shells were fired out with a "tom", which was still the customary six rapid fires, and two rapid shots smashed more than 500 shells on a Kuomintang artillery position that had been reconnoitred in advance.

The explosion of several hundred shells brought a huge disaster to this Kuomintang artillery position, which was firing at all, and the soldiers who were not at all mentally prepared were blown up in all directions, and the artillery was blown up in all directions.

It never occurred to me that the PLA could use artillery to counterattack, so these soldiers were simply too careless, so careless that they piled up the ammunition in reserve not too far from the artillery, which caused the ammunition in reserve to detonate, and the entire position was in flames, and the soldiers who ran slower were either killed by shells or were lifted into the air by the shock wave and then fell to their deaths.

In ten minutes, Gao Xiang's artillery battalion only took ten minutes to knock down this artillery position, and the previously neatly arranged artillery turned into a ruin, and the officers who were not killed ran in horror and shouted hoarsely: "***, hurry up and report to the commander, our position and artillery are all finished, and the communist army also has artillery, go and report, the communist army also has artillery." ”

Pei Changhui, who received the report, scolded angrily on the phone: "Waste, rice buckets, can the communist army have more than us even if it has artillery?" Hurry up and find out the artillery positions of the communist army, destroy them with a salvo, hurry, their artillery is not our opponent. ”

After firing two rapid shots, Gao Xiang hurriedly shifted the firing position according to Li Yong's order, and the car towing the artillery had already been prepared, and his motives were in a state of idleness, so he immediately leaned over as soon as he gave the order, hung up the cannon and left.

In a few minutes, all the cannons that had been firing here before were gone, and they disappeared into the ditches and forks of the Loess Plateau.

To say that the Kuomintang artillery was really not given in vain, not long after Gao Xiang and the others moved away, a lot of shells fell on the position, but of course it was all air.

The artillery battalion, which had been transferred to another firing position, had simply prepared, and after two more rapid shots, it had shifted its position.

The artillery battalion, which had been fighting several times in a row, finally saw the effect of its hard work, and the Kuomintang attacked our army's forward positions with significantly less artillery fire.

Several artillery positions were knocked out by the artillery of the People's Liberation Army, and some had to be assigned to engage in artillery battles with the communist troops, and the pressure of the Kuomintang artillery fire on the forward positions was suddenly much lighter.

The soldiers of the second column also noticed the change, and felt the swarm of shells flying forward from their positions behind them, and the morale of the soldiers who had been held in the anti-artillery holes for a long time was greatly shaken.

The soldiers were talking in the anti-artillery hole: It turns out that our PLA also has artillery, and it can also fight against the enemy.

Commander Wang, who was directing operations at the Majiashan position, made a phone call to the command post of the Independent Regiment, and Chief of Staff Fang Xin, who remained behind, received the call to the machine-gun battalion.

Commander Wang praised loudly: "Very good job, the artillery is good, our pressure is much lighter, and the shells fired by the enemy are not so dense, but we must pay attention to the enemy's aircraft, we must preserve the living force, and do not fight hard." ”

At the headquarters of the Fifth Corps of the Kuomintang, an officer reported: "Commander, the artillery of the communist army is very cunning, and we have never been able to determine their position. ”

Pei Changhui: "The communist army is cunning and impermanent, accustomed to guerrilla tactics, I didn't think that they would use a set on artillery, it is really difficult to deal with, come to someone, answer the call of the air force, let them use their strength on the communist artillery, search and destroy it with all their might, and smash the communist artillery with bombs." ”

The walkie-talkie next to Gao Xiang, the commander of the artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment, suddenly sounded the voice of the regiment commander Li Yong: "Gao Xiang, you can accept it when you see it, hurry up and hide, and be careful of air defense." ”

Gao Xiang, who agreed, took the car to tow the artillery around the ravine, and finally returned to the anti-artillery hole that had just been dug.

Gao Xiang felt that it was better to hide the car and artillery in the cave, open the car in the cave, and then block the entrance of the cave with something, and the matter would be over.

Just as Li Yong, the commander of the verification regiment, was worried, the dozens of artillery pieces of the artillery battalion had just been dragged into the cave when news of the presence of a large number of planes came from the observation post of our army on the top of the mountain.

Gao Xiang wiped the sweat on his head with his hat: "***, I really let the regiment commander say it was accurate, and the plane was coming." ”

There were more than 20 propeller fighter-bombers that took off from Xi'an Airport, and after refueling and reloading bombs, they formed several diamond-shaped formations in the sky and pounced on Baoji.

The leader of the team was a Kuomintang air force colonel, and this guy was still muttering in the cockpit of the plane: "Isn't it the artillery position of the Tuba Road, as for letting us dispatch so many planes?" Several times more strength than the communist army can't solve the problem, and our air force has to wipe the ass, and they all say that Pei Chang will be the elite of the eighth phase of Baoding, and I don't think it's very good. ”

Dissatisfied is dissatisfied, the task has to be completed, this Air Force colonel still understands this, otherwise Hu Zongnan will not be able to spare him when he goes back.

At that time, the planes and pilots of the Air Force were very precious (and now they seem to be the same), and they had a very high status in the Kuomintang government and the army, and the air force officers of the same rank were much better treated than the 6th Army.

For various reasons, the Kuomintang air force officers were so angry that they looked down on other branches of the armed forces, so this air force colonel dared to complain to a corps commander.

The group of planes flying in formation in the sky gradually approached the area where the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were fighting, and the officer leading the group ordered to the front formation: "A large group, lower the altitude and pay attention to searching for ground targets. ”

Eight fighters descended through the clouds from a height of about four or five thousand meters, and gradually decreased in altitude, four thousand meters, three thousand meters, two thousand meters.

When the fighters of a large group descended to an altitude of 2,000 meters, the leader of the group ordered again: "A large group, maintain altitude and pay attention to the search for ground targets and anti-aircraft fire." ”

The pilots of the eight fighters who received the order were not impressed, and the search for the target was enough, what anti-aircraft fire should be paid attention to, and what anti-aircraft fire could the communist army have? It's just some machine guns and rifles, and it's a joke to confront our Air Force with such weapons.

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