si-mexico Chapter 970 The Power of Heavy Artillery
Chapter 970 The Power of Heavy Artillery
"Damn it, you see? We've been tackling this position for days, but we haven't taken it down at all. Instead, we've lost eight or nine hundred men. Now look at these 72nd Army soldiers. Their main attack wasn't in our direction. They only took care of us when they dropped their shells. Now these devils are useless. The gap in strength is too big."
When Commander Liu of the 17th Division of the National Army saw the situation of the Japanese in front of him, he was not idle and ordered his two infantry regiments to slowly advance towards the Japanese positions. He thought it would be a fierce battle, but who knew that the Japanese in the positions in front of him all went towards Luodian, and the defensive force was not even half of the original strength. Instead, they took advantage of the opportunity and regained the positions they had lost a few days ago.
"Those are heavy artillery pieces over 100mm in diameter. They drop shells like they're free. I just made a rough estimate. Just in this area the size of a school, at least 80 shells have fallen. That's over 80 heavy artillery shells! How many Japanese are there here? And they're just simple fortifications. Their trenches have been blown flat long ago."
Chief of Staff Sun of the 17th Division said with a smile, "When we organized a suicide squad a few days ago, we got shot in the arm. Why do we need a suicide squad now? Brothers, just attack step by step. The Japanese on the position are no longer useful."
"Reporting to the division commander, Brigade Commander Guo of the Pujiang 1st Brigade is asking if we need artillery support. They have already captured Luodian and now have some artillery available, which can provide us with some support."
After hearing the words of their communicator, the battlefield instantly exploded. They were fighting hard, but the fighting on the Luodian side was even more fierce. At the most intense moment two days ago, they even drew away an entire infantry battalion.
Hundreds of people went there and never came back. I heard that they all succeeded. Now they have taken over Luodian?
"Are they still able to help us?"
Chief of Staff Sun said with some surprise that you know Luodian is not easy to attack. Although they did not attack Luodian, the two places are so close. It is also known that several ace main divisions have fought there some time ago, but all returned empty-handed in Luodian.
"Chief of Staff, since Brigade Commander Guo asked out of kindness, it means they have plenty of ammunition left. Immediately send a telegram back to Brigade Commander Guo, saying that if they have any ammunition left at the position in front of us, they should bombard us with a round. After the bombardment, all our officers and soldiers will reclaim the position."
Commander Liu felt a little guilty when he looked at the Japanese positions in front of him. Our position here is on the second line and our entire division has more than 9,000 people. More than one-third of them have been killed or wounded since they arrived on the battlefield. We are not the direct troops of the Central Army, and the number of reinforcements is very small. If we rely on ourselves to take it back, there will be another eight or nine hundred casualties.
But with the artillery support of the First Brigade, things are different.
At most, we would suffer only two or three hundred casualties to capture the Japanese position. At the same time, as the southern position of Luodian, we could also cooperate with the Luodian defenders.
Less than five minutes after the communicator's telegram came back, the other party asked us to hide well. The wording was very harsh. Conversation between friendly forces should not be like this, but Commander Liu gave the order very strictly. After a few minutes, they understood why Mayor Liu gave such a strict order.
A 155mm heavy artillery shell hit the battlefield, and a large hole with a diameter of two meters instantly appeared on the battlefield.
Don't even think about finding a single person alive within a radius of twenty or thirty meters. Basically all vehicles, including some Japanese vehicles, were overturned.
In this situation, if our people on the front line don't hide well, they will probably be affected.
Originally, friendly artillery support is a good thing, but if our people are injured, we will have to go to the headquarters to sue, and you can't expect others to help you in the future.
"Oh my goodness! So this is a 155mm heavy artillery piece. I've only heard our company commander talk about how powerful it is, but today I finally saw it. You still remember that two-story building in front? It's been blown up. More than 30 of us brothers besieged that two-story building, and half of us died before we could get in. There were only a dozen Japanese soldiers inside, and now they've been wiped out by a single shell..."
A soldier let out a long sigh and rubbed his eyes hard, as if he couldn't believe what he saw was real.
"Sergeant, you can close your eyes now. The brothers from the First Brigade have avenged us. The devils who killed our brothers are gone. Beat them hard in the underworld and don't let them have a good life."
Some of the new recruits had tears in their eyes. After arriving at the army, their squad leader was like their brother, taking care of them in every aspect. However, after a small-scale battle, the squad leader was killed by the Japanese. These people wanted to avenge the squad leader, but the weapons in their hands were useless.
Today, I have used the First Brigade to avenge my squad leader.
With the support of the Pujiang First Brigade, the positions of several surrounding infantry divisions were also recaptured. After learning of this information, the Japanese did not blindly order a counterattack, as they knew the importance of Luodian.
The entire Japanese front line pressed inward from the coastline, and Luodian happened to be the support point in the middle. If Luodian was in the hands of the National Army, it would be able to drive the front line for several kilometers around it, making it impossible for the Japanese side to push inland with all their strength.
So Japan must take over Luodian...
"I'm sorry, brothers. Even if you all sleep tonight, you have to sleep with one eye open. The Japanese may let us rest for the night, or they may launch an attack in the early hours of this morning. In short, I have arranged for one-third of the people to be on duty, and the other two-thirds to be ready for combat at any time."
Guo Shaoqiu said apologetically that when they were fighting in the past, almost half of the people could handle things at night. Even if the machine guns next to them were making a deafening noise, the other half would find a place to sleep.
Only by ensuring the troops get enough rest can they achieve victory the next day. This is what Li Shaoyi told them, but the brothers may not be able to get a good night's sleep today.
At present, Guo Shaoqiu has assembled nearly 6,000 people. It is completely possible to use 6,000 people to defend Luodian, but if the Japanese want to reinforce their troops, these people may not be enough. In addition, there are 1,900 Sichuan troops, but most of them can only be used as transport teams, and only a small part can be used to fill in.