noffsinger Chapter 123 God of War
Chapter 123 God of War
"How are the soldiers prepared? Do they have enough ammunition?"
"Don't worry, Chief of Staff. The soldiers have been drooling over Shipo Township for the past few days. They have been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time and are eager to take action. A base amount of ammunition has been allocated."
Wang Meng nodded. One base number was more than enough to fight a medium-sized battle.
The rifle has a base capacity of 80 rounds.
The submachine gun has a base capacity of 140 rounds.
The basic capacity of a light machine gun is 800 rounds.
The basic capacity of a heavy machine gun is 1600 rounds.
The base quantity of a 50mm light mortar is 40 rounds.
The basic quantity of an 81mm heavy mortar is 30 rounds.
The basic quantity of a 37mm anti-tank gun is 200 rounds.
The basic capacity of a 37mm anti-aircraft gun is 200 rounds.
The basic quantity of a 75mm infantry gun is 100 rounds.
The basic quantity of a 150mm infantry gun is 60 rounds.
If it was a few years ago, who would dare to think of a base number? It was a good year for a person to have ten bullets in his hand, how could he dare to think of 80 bullets?
"Captain Wang, let the soldiers work as hard as they can. If artillery shells can solve the problem, use them. The lives of the soldiers are much more valuable than artillery shells and bullets!"
Wang Huaibao was somewhat moved. Thinking about the changes in the past two years, it was really like heaven and earth.
In the past, people had to exchange their lives for bullets and artillery shells. Sometimes, an entire squad of soldiers had to be sacrificed in order to seize a light machine gun.
Now, the tide has risen and the soldiers are familiar with using bullets to deal with the enemy.
There is a saying that has been circulated in the Independent Column: There is no problem that cannot be solved with bullets, and if that doesn't work, use artillery shells!
"Hey, I want to thank you on behalf of the soldiers. It was really painful to see the soldiers blocking bullets with their chests!"
"Alright, alright, quickly collect the cat urine and prepare for battle! According to intelligence, the Japanese have infantry artillery and mountain artillery, you have to be careful to prevent it!"
"Yes!"
After Wang Meng finished his instructions, he went to Wangjiazhuang on the left side of Grand Canyon Town.
Wangjiazhuang is two kilometers away from Grand Canyon Town. Wang Chengzhu built a permanent artillery position there with reinforced concrete in advance, which can provide 30 gun positions, just enough for a 105mm howitzer battalion.
The reason why Wangjiazhuang was chosen as the position was mainly because the effective range of the 105 howitzer was 10 kilometers, while the range of the Japanese 94 mountain cannon was 8 kilometers.
If the Japanese's 94 mountain artillery wanted to attack the Grand Canyon Town, it would have to advance within 8 kilometers. At that time, the howitzers in Wangjiazhuang would be able to hit the Japanese's 94 mountain artillery and would not be threatened by the Japanese's mountain artillery.
In order to be on the safe side and prevent enemy air raids, Wang Chengzhu transferred an anti-aircraft artillery company to organize an air defense network with the anti-aircraft artillery company of the second regiment.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, a roar was heard in the sky. All the light and heavy bomber aircraft of the Japanese Taiyuan First Flying Regiment took off and arrived over Shipo Township.
The anti-aircraft artillery group of the independent column began to closely monitor the movements of enemy aircraft.
The Japanese also began to test and slowly descended their altitude, but as soon as they came into the range of the anti-aircraft guns, they would be hit by two shells.
"Baga, don't the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells cost money?"
The Japanese plane was furious and helpless in the air, dropping two bombs at random.
But they all fell in front of the Shipo Township position. If they deviated even slightly, they might have fallen on the heads of the Japanese.
"Baga, these idiots flying airplanes, do they want to blow up the Empire's soldiers?"
Four fifteen.
The Japanese planes began dive bombing the Shipo Township positions and the Grand Canyon Town with death orders. The anti-aircraft artillery groups at the two positions began to weave a fire network in the air, firing a barrage of bullets.
But the Japanese planes remained fearless and continued to rush down one after another.
At the same time, the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, coming from the direction of Handan, took advantage of the fact that the independent column's howitzers did not dare to show up and began to advance towards the Grand Canyon Town. The Japanese's four-door mountain cannon also began to bombard continuously.
At Wangjiazhuang, Wang Meng heard from the walkie-talkie that the enemy troops from the Grand Canyon were advancing, and he became extremely angry.
"Captain Wang, how long will it take to drag out the howitzers, deploy them, and fire?"
Wang Chengzhu thought for a while. Because the independent column had countless steel bars and concrete, the hole for the howitzer was dug deep and high.
"Chief of Staff, we will pre-adjust various parameters in the cave, then quickly pull out and deploy, and correct the target. It will take about five minutes!"
"Okay, I'll buy you five minutes, and then fire the shells as quickly as possible! Don't worry about accuracy, as long as the explosion radius is large, accuracy is not a problem!"
Wang Chengzhu was ready to go. This kind of rapid shooting was a must-practice item in daily artillery operation, so he was full of confidence.
Wang Meng pressed the walkie-talkie and dialed the artillery position in front of Taihang Mountain.
"Push out the wooden howitzer!"
The wooden howitzers that the independent column usually used for teaching were pushed out and displayed brightly in front of the Japanese planes.
Then a group of soldiers were "busy" next to the wooden howitzer.
"Yoshi, it finally showed up, dive bombing!"
The Japanese's ten planes began to dive one after another and dropped bombs on the howitzers that appeared on the ground.
Forty-five howitzers began to weave a barrage of artillery in the air, immediately shooting down two Japanese bombers, but the "howitzer" position was also destroyed.
The Japanese planes that had completed the bombing mission looked at the wood chips all over the sky, but saw that there was no explosion. Only then did they realize that they had been fooled again.
"Baga, cunning Eighth Route Army, I didn't expect it was another fake howitzer!"
When Shipo Township was bombed, Wang Chengzhu quickly pulled out thirty howitzers and adjusted the parameters.
The Japanese soldiers high in the sky looked at the howitzer positions below with disdain.
"Stupid Eighth Route Army, do you think we will be fooled?"
But when the independent column's howitzers began to spray flames, they regretted it.
Soldiers never tire of deceit.
Thirty howitzers fired at the maximum rate of 6 rounds per minute, and a total of 900 shells were fired in five minutes, pouring down on the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade marching towards Grand Canyon Town.
Artillery is worthy of being called the god of war. 900 shells kept exploding in the Japanese ranks.
The Japanese soldiers on a forced march had no anti-artillery preparation and were killed piece by piece.
The brigade commander, Major General Rikio Komatsuzaki, slapped his hands on the ground and watched his marching troops being blown to pieces.
The originally neatly-lined team was like an old woman's teeth, with gaps here and there.
"Baga, where did the Empire's air force go? They can't even suppress the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery!"
With a "boom", a deafening explosion was heard behind Rikio Komatsuzaki.
Looking back, I saw flames shooting up into the sky and fragments of steel everywhere.
There is no doubt that the four Type 4 mountain guns of the Japanese were blasted into the sky, and the Japanese lost their long-range support artillery.
"Baga, charge at Grand Canyon Town at full speed!"
Komatsuzaki Rikio, who was domineering in Handan, never thought that the Eighth Route Army had such strong firepower. Could it be that they were not the Eighth Route Army that once held swords and spears?