Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 136: The Artillery Company Performs Merit Again

"Boom!"

The Japanese artillery bombardment began.

Faced with the difficult situation on the front battlefield, Ide Nobutoki directly ordered a covering artillery bombardment.

Of course, he did not forget the two snipers, and there were several special field guns to take care of them.

The Japanese attacked with 6 Type 94 rapid-fire guns and 12 Type 41 mountain guns.

For a moment, there was a roar of artillery fire on the battlefield.

But this effect is ultimately limited.

Yesterday, many soldiers may have been inexperienced, but today was different. The Japanese artillery fire caused almost no damage to the 301st Regiment.

As for Zhao Ziqing and his men, they had already hidden themselves when the Japanese retreated, so it was almost a dream for the Japanese artillery to hit them.

After five minutes of shelling, the brigade commander Nobutoki Ide was dumbfounded.

He had been observing through a telescope, but when the smoke cleared he saw that the enemy soldiers seemed to have hidden themselves.

The artillery battalion's bombardment seemed to have no effect at all.

Well... not completely, but at least dozens of tunnels were flooded.

Ide Xuanshi naturally didn't know about this. At this moment, he was furious and shouted at the signalman.

"Order the artillery to cease bombardment and immediately contact the division headquarters. I need to report the latest findings to His Excellency the division commander."

Yesterday, due to the flying squadron, the tank troops and the infantry conducted a joint operation.

He thought that even if the enemy's position had anti-artillery capabilities, it would not be as effective as it is now.

Coupled with the loss of more than a dozen tanks and the appearance of anti-aircraft machine guns, they didn't care even more.

But today was different. After five minutes of shelling, not a single person could be seen in the enemy positions.

If he can't find any more problems, then he, as the brigade commander, is a fool.

Soon, the call was connected, and Ide Nobutoki eagerly reported everything, including his guess.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke was also very surprised after listening to Inoue Nobutoki's report.

You must know that from the Battle of Shanghai to the present, the National Army troops have almost no way to deal with their artillery.

Now he was humiliated in such a small place, which made him unable to believe it.

It can be said that his mood at this moment is no different from that of Ide Nobushi.

Before he could figure it out, the artillery company led by Lu Daya was ready to take action.

"Brothers, this is the first time we face the artillery of the Japanese division."

"So we must give them a big gift. Do you have confidence?"

Lu Daya shouted loudly.

"Have."

The artillerymen responded with full energy.

"Do it."

As Lu Daya gave the order, 16 mortars roared.

16 grenades were fired at the Japanese artillery position, and then the artillerymen continued to drop bombs.

“Boom… Boom!”

The Japanese artillery position suffered a great loss, with dozens of them killed in the first moment, and four mountain cannons damaged.

No one expected that Huxu had so many mortars hidden!

Under the artillery's grenade bombardment, the Japanese artillery positions did not make any waves at all.

Especially when the artillery shells exploded, 12 mountain cannons and 6 rapid-fire cannons killed the Japanese soldiers without any accident.

Except for a few lucky soldiers who survived, the entire position was in ruins.

Lu Daya stood on a high place, watching the movements of the Japanese positions from afar, and suddenly he couldn't stop laughing.

Immediately ordered: "Stop the shelling and evacuate."

He dared not be negligent. If the Japanese heavy artillery seized the opportunity, his artillery company would be finished.

The Japs fought for five minutes, and he also fought for five minutes, but the results of the two sides were completely opposite.

"Bagaya Road."

Yoshizumi Ryosuke, who hadn't been angry just now, couldn't help it now.

As a division commander, he naturally did not take the death of hundreds of soldiers seriously, but the mountain artillery rapid-fire gun was his favorite.

Even he could not bear the loss of nearly 20 guns at once, let alone so many experienced artillerymen.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke was very angry and thought that Iide Nobutoki was in trouble, so under his order, the two battalions of soldiers quickly returned.

Ide Nobutoki ran into the command center with a panicked look on his face.

"Baga, Ide, you idiot! I told you to be careful with the Chinese, and this is how you act?"

In fact, Yoshizumi Ryosuke also knew that he could not blame the brigade commander Iide. After all, even he had not thought of this.

But if this is not the fault of his subordinates, is it his own fault?

So it must be the subordinate Ide Nobutoki who has to take the blame!

Ide Nobutoki dared not breathe, facing the pressure from the division commander alone, and the slap in the face...

That’s right, Yoshizumi Ryosuke’s slap has arrived, and saliva can’t solve the anger in his heart. Only the big pussy that everyone likes can solve the problem.

Bang bang bang......

The sound of a series of slaps in the face rang out in the command center.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke's anger lasted for three minutes.

For three full minutes, the Japanese officers in the command center watched a great show.

"Ide, I'll give you one more chance. Lead your brigade to defeat the defenders of Shuhu."

"If you can't do it, you don't have to come back."

Yoshizumi Ryosuke said coldly.

Ide Nobutoki felt that he had finally escaped this disaster and immediately bowed and agreed.

Gu Changfeng from the Huxu Command Headquarters finally smiled and said to Ji Hongru who had returned.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Ji and the brothers of the 301st Regiment. You have made an invaluable contribution to the destruction of the Japanese artillery positions this time."

"Haha, Brother Changfeng, you are slapping me in the face. The destruction of the Japanese artillery has nothing to do with us. It's all thanks to your artillery company."

Ji Hongru laughed.

He knew that Gu Changfeng's troops had mortars, and they destroyed the Japanese artillery with just one attack, which made him very happy.

So he ran back to the headquarters immediately.

"Hey, Brother Ji, without you guys at the front, we have no chance of finding the Japanese artillery positions, don't you think? Haha!"

Everyone was carrying the fancy sedan, and Gu Changfeng didn't mind the two parties being closer at this time.

Ji Hongru shook his head and said, "We've only been fighting for a short time, and before we can even achieve any effect, the devils have already withdrawn."

"You guys are really useful, especially those two snipers."

"With them around, it's hard for the Japanese grenade launchers and machine guns to fire."

Gu Changfeng naturally knew it, and said with a smile: "Brother Ji, let's stop flattering each other."

"Our mortars have been exposed this time. I guess the Japanese won't be fooled so easily. The next battle may be more difficult."

Since the Japanese knew that there were mortars hidden in Shuhu, they naturally would not deploy short-range mountain artillery, and if they did, they would only deploy long-range heavy artillery.

Ji Hongru also became serious after hearing this, and said after thinking for a moment:

"If it's just a large group of Japanese troops, with the help of your two snipers, I expect I can handle it."

Gu Changfeng said: "We can't delay too long. The three Japanese armies besieging Jinling won't give us much time."

Even if they succeed in defending this place, it will be useless if other places cannot hold on. It would be better to take this time to kill some Japanese devils. This is his idea.

Ji Hongru felt very confused when he heard this. The mission of their 51st Division was to guard this place.

Other places are guarded by other divisions of the National Army. What do they need to worry about?

"I don't think the Japs will use mountain artillery, and if they do, they'll be heavy artillery."

"If the Japs continue to attack this afternoon, I'm going to send everyone out to eat these Japs first."

Gu Changfeng didn't want to wait any longer and wanted to eat the enemy in front of him first.

As for the rocket launcher, you can hide it for now. The Japanese haven't found it yet anyway.

Ji Hongru nodded slightly and said, "That's fine too. Two battalions of devils are not too few."

Defence comes from victory, and he has a very profound experience of this.