Unparalleled Warriors of Anti-Japanese War

In He Zhengdao's view, fighting against these warlords from various places and the commanders of the encirclement and suppression coalition forces requires not only fighting bravely, but also fighting wits.Now a reconnaissance company led by Li Xiangdong himself has entered the other side of the Dadu River.

This ensures that when the enemy discovers the Red Army's intentions, it can also control a bridgehead, allowing the army to cross the river smoothly.What's more, at this moment, one battalion of the Fourth Regiment, which is building a defensive position outside Hanyuan City, has already left ahead of schedule.

These troops, under the support of the reconnaissance company, will cross the Dadu River in advance and lie in wait.Once the main force arrives, it can ensure that the main force can cross the Dadu River smoothly.I am afraid that the story of flying over the Luding Bridge will never happen again.

Compared with the history when the Red Army entered the river, it was besieged by heavy troops before and pursued by pursuers.Now the main force of the Red Army looks more relaxed.Just follow the passage opened by the independent division and stride forward.

At least in He Zhengdao's view, the route of the Red Army's Long March has not changed much.However, the losses suffered by the main force of the Red Army on the Long March, as well as the hardships they endured, should be less than in history, and they can retain more energy to reach northern Shaanxi.

It is learned that the independent division has captured Hanyuan and built fortifications outside the city of Hanyuan.Mao Taizu also ordered that the main force once again speed up to enter the Shimian area captured by the independent division, and from there began to prepare to smuggle across the Dadu River.

Although the troops were resting in Hanyuan, He Zhengdao was still not idle.Find a lot of blacksmiths from the city, and personally guide these blacksmiths to make a convenient but sharp offensive weapon.

After three days, the last group arrived.He Zhengdao ordered that the logistics brigade led by Yao Shengjun be the town of Hanyuan, and the remaining four main regiments plus the recruit regiment all participate in the attack on the Yingjing defenders.

Liu Wenhui also knew that the main force of the Independent Division had come straight to Yingjing.Whether this battle can be fought well will also be related to whether Ya'an can hold on.If this battle can be fought well, perhaps he can continue to serve as the provincial chairman and army commander.

If this battle is not fought well, even if the Red Army does not deal with him, I believe Lao Jiang will not let him go easily.Therefore, in order to ensure that his territory and status are not lost, Liu Wenhui also issued a death order to the defenders of Yingjing.

The attacking independent division of the Red Army must be severely damaged outside Yingjing City.If there is another surrender without a fight, everyone from division commanders to ordinary soldiers will be subject to military law.This kind of order is undoubtedly forcing this master to fight Yingjing to the death!

However, the Sichuan army with only one division, or the Sichuan army without large artillery, wanted to stop the attack of the independent division.The probability of its success is very small!

Chapter 99 Pre-built Weapons

After learning that the independent division of the Red Army had assembled in Hanyuan, the soldiers rushed straight to Yingjing.Although the Sichuan army guarding Xinghong was fearful, they also knew that this battle had to be fought.If they are afraid of not fighting, they will not be able to explain to Liu Wenhui.

Although Liu Wenhui stationed the main force of a division in Yingjing, there was only one main regiment in Yingjing City.The remaining two main regiments guarded the two important passages into Yingjing.

Leading the main force of the division, he arrived at He Zhengdao outside Yingjing City, and looked at the defensive positions set up by the Sichuan Army in front.Frowning slightly, he said: "It seems that Liu Wenhui has invested a lot of money. This defensive position is very well constructed!"

Through the binoculars, He Zhengdao could clearly see that the defensive position in front of him had not only a complete defensive trench, but also a machine gun bunker.This kind of dark fort is probably not easy to deal with with only mortars.

Zhang Cheng, the head of the first regiment who was also conducting pre-war reconnaissance, said with a bit of gritted teeth: "Master, if we attack by force, I'm afraid the casualties will be difficult to control! I tried it earlier, and our mortars can't bite those turtles." Shell!"

Regarding Zhang Cheng's worries, He Zhengdao smiled and said: "It's okay, when the former reconnaissance battalion was conducting enemy reconnaissance, I have already fed back this news to me. Therefore, I have prepared magic weapons for you!"

'Is it those cannon tubes? '

When fighting in Yingjing, many officers and soldiers of the Independent Division saw that the artillery battalion commander of the Independent Division, Zhu Yiyi, was marching with more than a dozen strange cannon barrels.Regarding this kind of weird thing, Zhu defined it as a cannon!

Because the first regiment joined the division headquarters at the latest, Zhang Cheng didn't even know when the new weapon was being tested.But He Zhengdao believed very much that the big killer he had prepared in advance would make these machine gun bunkers completely useless.

He smiled and said: "Old Zhu, bury these cannon tubes in front. Zhang Cheng, order the troops to provide fire cover for the artillery battalion. Old Zhu, don't push too close. Let's not worry, move forward a little bit, slowly Slowly crack his turtle shell."

'Yes, sir!Just look at it, my old Zhu will definitely let them know.This tortoise shell is ineffective against our Red Army! '

The officers and soldiers of the other regiment waiting to attack soon saw that Zhu Yifei led the officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion to assist the regiment in fighting, and carefully pushed the iron barrels used to hold oil to the offensive position.

The defenders of the position also saw this scene, and they were very surprised: "What is the Red Army going to do? Bring some oil barrels over, what do they want to do? This oil barrel, could it be possible to fire cannonballs!"

If Zhu Yiyi heard this, he would definitely smile and say, "This oil barrel can't fire cannonballs, but it can fire explosives! Although the range is not as good as that of mortars, it can also throw explosives to 300 meters away!"

If there are people from later generations at this moment who see this simple weapon, they will definitely know it.This is the alternative heavy artillery developed by the Eighth Route Army, which suffered from no siege weapons during the War of Liberation.

And this kind of simple artillery, what He Zhengdao told Zhu Definition is called Feilei Cannon.But in fact, He Zhengdao prefers another name for it, which is 'Unconscionable Cannon'.This thing seems simple, but its power should not be underestimated!

As these oil barrels were buried one after another, the eight artillerymen with ignition objects also appeared to be very agile under the order of "ignite" shouted by Zhu Dingyi, and ran to a place tens of meters away from the oil barrels.

This kind of behavior made the Sichuan Army who watched this scene also feel inexplicable.But at this moment, after a loud bang, many fighters from both sides who were staring at the oil barrel saw a thing in the shape of a pot flying out of the oil barrel.

When the pot cover flew to the defensive position of the Sichuan Army, there was a sudden violent explosion, which made many Red Army soldiers who were about to attack feel a little unbearable.One can imagine the reaction of the Sichuan Army on that front!

This seemingly simple weapon has amazing lethality.Although the accuracy is not very good, if you touch a dynamite bag, the enemies within a radius of 20 meters will completely lose their combat effectiveness.

Until an explosive package accurately hit the machine gun bunker in the defensive position in front.After the loud noise, the bunker, which had been hit by mortars that didn't work, turned into a ruin and collapsed.

Seeing this situation, the attacking Red Army soldiers knew without thinking that the enemy in the bunker might not survive.The lethality of this simple shell was beyond their imagination.

Just when the Sichuan Army on the ground was blown out of their wits by the dozen or so shells from the Flying Thunder Cannon.Mortars, which have a longer range than the Thunder Cannon, launched an attack on the front position again.

Zhang Cheng, who has been paying attention to the battle situation, said with joy on his face: "The first battalion, prepare to attack!"

The two machine gun bunkers that threatened them the most were completely reduced to ruins.The defenders in the front line defensive positions were also surrounded by these bombs, and seemed to have lost their fighting spirit.If you don't attack at this time, when will you attack again!

He Zhengdao, who was fighting with the same regiment, said cautiously: "The enemy's defensive position is very deep. When the first battalion is attacking, don't rush to break through. You just need to control the enemy's frontline position first.

We must take the method of breaking the surface to completely defeat the fighting spirit of this defender.Be steady and steady, don't be too eager to win.Compared with the fighting spirit of our soldiers, these Sichuan soldiers are not very determined to stick to it. "

'Yes, sir!I see! '

After making another modification to the order, the artillery battalion's mortars had just stopped, and the first battalion was ready to charge.Amidst the battalion commander's roar, he charged for the first time.

'Comrades, go! '

Under the leadership of the company platoon leaders, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion quickly rushed to the position along the route previously blocked by the enemy.The machine gun bunker that has been on tenterhooks seems to have misfired in the previous shelling.

On the ground alone, those defenders who had lost their fighting spirit did not dare to resist the charge of the first battalion.Not long after, except for the Sichuan army that fled to the second line of defense, the remaining Sichuan army surrendered to the first battalion.

I always felt that the machine gun bunker could effectively kill the independent division troops attacking Yingjing.But with the early appearance of the Thunder Cannon, these machine gun bunkers have become living targets.

Zhang Cheng, who came to the first-line position, looked at the corpses of some Sichuan soldiers on the position, and there were no wounds from the bullets on the outside.But the appearance of bleeding from the seven orifices really made the group of officers and soldiers who took over the position fearful of the oil barrel cannon.

Even the remnant soldiers who had fled to the second-line position looked at Zhu Deyi who started to bury the oil barrels again, and said in a panic: "Shoot, shoot quickly, we can't let them set up this kind of gun again. Otherwise, we will all Fuck it!"

It's just that when they counterattacked, the Red Army, which had already seized the first-line positions, naturally wouldn't make it easy for them.In this process, Zhu defined and led the artillery battalion, and once again deployed this oil barrel gun.

Looking at the oil barrel cannon that was ignited again, the soldier who was lucky to save his life before immediately ran away without saying a word: "Run! If you are hit by this kind of shell, you have no chance of surviving!"

He Zhengdao, who saw this scene through the binoculars, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Zhang Cheng, you can take down this defensive position in one go later. These Sichuan troops have lost the courage to fight us!"

Compared with the lethality of the Flying Thunder Cannon, He Zhengdao felt that this weapon was more shocking.As long as you have heard and seen the horrific consequences of this kind of artillery firing, I believe that no officer or soldier will feel unafraid.

In this way, it was originally thought that these two blocking positions with complete fortifications could reach the Independent Division for at least a day.As a result, the battle that started in the morning was declared over before lunch.

The independent division of the Red Army, which followed the rout of the two positions, also launched a coordinated attack from inside and outside at the same time as the reconnaissance company that had sneaked into the city.Under such circumstances, the commander of the Sichuan Army who guarded Yingjing also knew that the situation was over.

Accompanied by the commander of the Sichuan Army, he led his confidant troops to break through and fled in the direction of Ya'an.He Zhengdao, who had already captured Yingjing, also really felt the importance of weapons to an army.

If he hadn't made this batch of unconscionable cannons in Hanyuan in advance.I'm afraid it's impossible to take Yingjing so quickly today.Even if Yingjing can be won in the end, I am afraid that the independent division will pay a heavy price.

But now, with the help of more than a dozen heartless cannons, the battle has undergone a fundamental change.In addition to greatly reducing the casualties of the attacking troops, the independent division also completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the defenders.

When they came here earlier, the main regiment leaders who thought these oil barrels were too ugly, immediately said expectantly: "Master, can this thunder cannon be used by our regiment? This guy looks inconspicuous. But the effect is amazing!"

'what?Are you still planning to take this gun on the road?This thing is not light!Compared with this is a way to come up with no other way, I hope that in the future, our independent division can be equipped with large-caliber howitzers earlier, which is the truth! '