Guo Bingxun, who had just finished listening to the report of the forward observation post on the effect of the shelling, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Yang Zhen's insistence on fighting the 24th Division. In his opinion, Yang Zhen's idea is a bit too fanciful. Obviously, you can only eat eight taels, but you have to insist on eating one catty, can this work? Don't be unable to eat at that time, but tear your belly.

When Yang Zhen analyzed the enemy situation, Guo Bingxun pondered for a long time before saying: "Commander, you only put the backbone regiment of the second division in Foshan on the western front to guard against the first division, is this a bit risky?" The mountains are high and the terrain is complex. This is good for us. But it will also bring great inconvenience to our blocking. ”

"With such a large mountain forest, you can't see a single person for 180 miles. When you stand on the opposite hill due to dense vegetation, you may not be able to see anyone on the other side. With the strength of a single regiment and a small number of local armed forces, it is simply impossible to achieve complete surveillance. ”

Regarding Guo Bingxun's doubts, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Old Guo, it is indeed not enough to rely on a sub-district cadre group. But we have another force at our disposal. Have you forgotten the main force of the First Route Army that is currently resting in Luobei? ”

"Their commander-in-chief and commissar-in-chief have unusually rich experience in guerrilla warfare. Now they have been replaced with a full set of Japanese-style equipment, and the initial training has been completed. Although we are limited by strength and do not yet have the ability to confront the Japanese army head-on, it is still possible to assist us in monitoring the movements of the 1st Division. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's desire to mobilize the first army, Guo Bingxun seemed very hesitant: "Is this good?" After all, they are friendly forces, not our subordinate troops. Although the strength is not large, the level is there. Can we mobilize? Besides, their political commissar is still your immediate boss, the second secretary of the Northeast Bureau. ”

"In the national army, even if it is a small guerrilla detachment with only 100 men, as long as the detachment leader is at the level of a major general, even if there is a little central background. Not to mention the major general and brigade commander at the same level as him, if he changes to a miscellaneous army, even a lieutenant general and division commander may not be able to command the move. ”

Regarding Guo Bingxun's hesitation, Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "Old Guo, our team is not a national army. It's true that there are mountains, but there are no factions. You wait, our side is fighting so lively, the first army will definitely not be able to sit still. I don't think we need to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the 70th Wing, and the telegram from the commander-in-chief and the general political commissar of the 1st Route Army will come. ”

The full affirmation on Yang Zhen's face made Guo Bingxun, who had suffered enough in the national army, not to save him. Not to mention that the First Route Army will take the initiative to ask for battle, even if Yang Zhen can transfer the commander-in-chief of the First Route Army, who is at the same level as him, but whose qualifications are far above him, he Guo Bingxun will immediately write it into the party application according to Yang Zhen's persuasion.

Hearing Guo Bingxun's somewhat angry words, Yang Zhen and his three high-fives came with a smile: "Old Guo, you are doomed." Don't regret it. But I'll say it first, a gentleman can't stand without faith, and your old Guo is a gentleman, so you can't talk and don't count. ”

Yang Zhen's words, Guo Bingxun smiled slightly: "As long as the commander of the First Army's telegram for war arrives, I will no longer object to you fighting the 25th Division." But as for writing it into the party application, I'll surprise you when the time comes. As for what this surprise is, I can't tell you for the time being, but you'll know when the time comes. ”

Now that the two of them have made an oath, they have not dothered on this matter any longer. After all, now his own troops are in a bloody battle with the 70th Wing, and whether or not to fight the 25th Division will depend on the development of the form.

In fact, the cautious Masao Iwabe did not relax his vigilance because he had not been attacked since leaving Yubara County and entering the mountains. After the two scout teams entered the Jianshanzi area and lost their news, he already had a keen sense that something was wrong.

Although his reaction speed is not slow, it is still too slow for him to get into the pocket formation that his opponent has painstakingly arranged. Just as Iwabe Masao was about to give the order to disperse into a battle formation and prepare for battle, a burst of artillery fire that can be described as overwhelming had already smashed on the heads of the 70th Wing.

When the 70th Wing was launched at this time, apart from the swishing sound in the sky, there was no ordinary artillery fire when the loud sound of the cannonballs smashed into the marching columns of the 70th Wing, and the officers and men of the 70th Wing thought that they were flying in the sky with a new type of aircraft developed by the Empire, and they were completely defenseless. All of a sudden, the entire procession of the Seventy Wing could be described as flesh and blood.

For MLRS, the most powerful weapon is to strike at the opponent's marching brigade or heavy concentration area. Basically not too high accuracy is used to combat such swarm targets. Especially for this kind of covered shooting, which is more particular about the density of fire and the rate of fire, it is precisely when this weapon plays its strengths.

When the first rocket smashed into the Japanese marching column, the air that was blown off the horse by the explosion of the shell, and Iwabe Masao, who had escaped by relying on his mount to block the shrapnel flying everywhere, finally suffered from the end of the shelling, and looked up to see that he had a crying heart.

His subordinates, who were still lined up in a neat queue before, are now being blown up in scattered places. In the trees and grass on both sides of the mountain road, there were stumps and severed arms that had been blown away. A squadron of artillery squadrons belonged to the 41 type mountain gun was actually blown up and flew to a thick tree on the side of the road.

After gathering those who could still stand up, they counted the remaining numbers. I found that the 70th Wing, which originally had 3,000 people, was able to stand up and still fight for combat strength after this period of shelling. Masao Iwabe's first thought was that he should commit suicide by seppuku to apologize.

Not counting the 16th mixed brigade of the puppet Manchu Army, the 70th Wing alone, the entire infantry wing with full strength did not fire a single shot, and lost two-thirds of it. Iwabe Masao knew that when he went back, the Kwantung Army Headquarters would not spare him, and His Excellency the division commander would not spare him. The loss is so huge, it is impossible for me to get a ticket back to China.

Masao Iwabe, who wanted to cry without tears, is now in the guts of repentance. Yesterday the division commander sent a telegram informing him that his 24th Division had been attacked by a strange kind of artillery from his opponent during yesterday's battle. This kind of artillery is very weird, and when it is fired, you can't hear any shelling.

Only when the cannonball is on your head can you hear the swishing sound of the cannonball breaking through the air and see the fireworks behind the cannonball. Let him be careful when marching and fighting.

The 24 th Division suffered no less from this kind of artillery in yesterday's battle, and not only the infantry suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of this artillery, but even the artillery was destroyed under the covering fire of this artillery.

It's just that the command of the Kwantung Army did not figure out what kind of artillery this kind of artillery was. It is not clear whether the other party made it himself, or whether it was given by Jiangbei. But judging by its ability to fire a large number of shells in a short period of time, it is certain that the opponent has a large artillery in his hands.

It's just that the arrogant Iwabe Masao was very scoffing at the reminder telegram of the 24th Division transferred by the division commander. In his opinion, this was purely an excuse for the 24th Division to lose its battle. The other side is nothing more than a bandit army that relies on the capture of some of the imperial army's weapons and equipment. Maybe there are some artillerymen, but they don't have the military-industrial capabilities to be able to build such powerful weapons there?

The telegram of the 24th Division forwarded by Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwabara before, Masao Iwabe did not believe it at all. By the time he believed it now, it was too late. Most of his Seventy Wing had already become gods with this artillery bombardment of unprecedented firepower. It can be said that it has lost its combat capability.

Compared with the 70th Wing, which suffered heavy losses, the losses of the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Manchukuo Army, which was placed on the periphery by Iwabe Masao to serve as a meat shield, were not small, but they were much better than those of the 70th Wing. Except for the major general and brigade commander who closely followed the pace of the imperial army and the entire personnel of the headquarters, it was generally complete.

Just as Iwabe Masao was looking at his subordinates who had suffered heavy casualties in a daze, before the officers and men of the 70th Wing who had escaped could breathe a sigh of relief, a dense burst of shells smashed again. Although there was finally the sound of artillery this time, it was obviously too close, and there was not much time left for the officers and men of the 70th Wing, who had not yet recovered from the loss of soul caused by the shelling that had just ended, to react.

The 70th Wing, which had taken a lot of effort to complete the regrouping, was blown up by an anti-personnel blasting grenade from the opponent.

Originally, according to Yang Zhen's plan, the artillery regiment's shelling was used to carry out supplementary firing after the rocket artillery firing was over. However, after the rocket artillery fired a salvo according to the predetermined plan, Ma Qichang, who was in command from the front, found that the effect of the artillery bombardment was unusually good. It was temporarily decided to postpone the firing of the field artillery regiment. Wait until the Japanese troops who were blown up and scattered regrouped.

If it is according to the original plan, after the little devil has just received a fat beating, he may not be able to completely knock him down with a supplementary punch. After all, they were already prepared. Using a field cannon to deal with the devil lying on the ground is not very effective. Rather than waste some of the shells in vain, it would be better to wait for them to regroup and make up for them.

According to his understanding of the Japanese army in the puppet Manchurian army for many years, Ma Qichang knew that the artillery bombardment that had brought huge casualties to the devils in this period of time might not be able to defeat the arrogance of the devils, but it was likely to stimulate their ferocity. The little devil has never suffered a loss and does not retaliate.

Inexplicably took a fat beating, and these devils are bound to gather forces to retaliate. When the devil's troops regroup, and the prepared field artillery starts firing again, the effect of the artillery bombardment will definitely be much better than that of the Japanese troops who have been blown up by rocket artillery. So he decided to delay the firing of the field artillery for twenty minutes.

In Ma Qichang's view, cannonballs are very precious, and they can't be wasted in vain, and good steel still has to be used on the blade. The commander of the province always inked in front of him, how much is a 75-mm mountain artillery shell worth, and how much is a 75-mm field artillery shell worth? You, the deputy commander of the artillery and the captain of the teaching team, cannot bankrupt him as the commander of the military region.

Mr. Ma's decision seems wise, at least for now. The 70th Wing, which had already lost a full two-thirds of its strength under several salvos of rocket artillery, lost nearly forty percent of its remaining strength under his careful calculations. also blew up the 16th Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Manchu Army, which had already collapsed.

Ma Qichang's hand was about to attack the 70th Wing according to the scheduled plan after he fired a volley of rocket artillery, but he was forcibly stopped, and at this time, Liu Changshun and Du Kaishan, who were quite dissatisfied with him in their hearts, brought great convenience to the follow-up battle.

What the two people who were in charge of the main attack did not expect was that after receiving another old punch, the remaining troops of the 70th Wing saw the attacking troops rushing up from several sides, and they actually had a tendency to be surrounded, so they did not make any resistance, turned around and ran. The speed caught the two of them off guard.

Because he always has too many scruples on the battlefield, and Liu Changshun, who is always criticized by Yang Zhen, reacted extremely quickly this time. At the instigation of Ma Chunsheng, he did not even ask for instructions, and immediately launched his troops to take a parallel pursuit, trying to intercept the remnants of the defeated army of the 70th Wing in front of Du Kaishan, who had been carried out according to the predetermined plan.

It's just a pity that Du Kaishan didn't give him this opportunity at all. While the rocket artillery was still firing a salvo, Du Kaishan had already launched an offensive first. Concentrate a main regiment, already dense and detour, to a place that is only three miles away from the marching brigade of the Seventy Wing.

As soon as the shelling ended, the tactics of three battalions marching in unison were adopted and the attack was immediately launched. The action is so fast, almost seamless with Ma Qichang. Outsiders suddenly looked at it, and thought that the two of them had practiced how many retrospective artillery coordination tactics.

In fact, after Du Kaishan returned to his position, while the rocket artillery was still firing a salvo there, he had already set up a telephone line connected to the artillery position at his new command post as quickly as possible. When Ma Qichang commanded the field artillery to shell the 70th Wing for the second time, he had been talking to a staff officer from the 3rd Regiment beside Ma Qichang. When the last shell was fired from Ma Qichang's side, his troops were already attacking.

Although the Seventy Wing turned around and ran away, which was somewhat unexpected to him, he was not as busy as Liu Changshun. If it weren't for the bold chief of staff, he would have almost been blown away by the duck in his hand.

Du Kaishan's hand made the remnants of the Seventy Wing, which had already been frightened, and at this time there was only one thought in his heart was to run, run, run as far as he could, and the remnants of the Seventy Wing did not run far, so they were blocked back.

One is in a hurry to flee for his life, and the other is afraid that the credit will be snatched away again. As soon as the two armies met each other, they burst into each other's unexpected enthusiasm, and warmly entertained their opponents with all the weapons in their hands. After a lapse of a few months, the 24th Wing of the 12th Division once again sounded dense gunfire on the front line of Jianshanzi, which had brought the 12th Division to the Great Bad Luck.