Heroes of the War of Resistance

The so-called "new soldiers are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of machine guns." If he wants to capture the town at the lowest cost, Hu Biao must first eliminate the artillery in the hands of the Japanese army.Only in this way can the strength of the 51st Army be brought into full play when a general offensive is launched later.

Although the task force and the prisoner-of-war camp will still serve as the main offensive force, attacking the Japanese army in the small town.However, in order to reduce casualties, Hu Biao must also make full use of the 51st Army that is cooperating with the operation and let them share the offensive pressure.

For Hu Biao and the officers and soldiers of the task force, if the plan goes well, this should be their last battle in Anhui Province.Whether to fight or not has nothing to do with Hu Biao.But for the 51st Army, they cannot retreat.

If the main force of the No.13 Division still stays in the town, sooner or later they will attack Lu'an City where the 51st Army is stationed.This also means that the Japanese army stationed in the town is a time bomb for the 51st Army.

And tonight is their chance to dismantle this time bomb.If the Japanese army can successfully defeat the small town, I believe that the 51st Army will not be threatened by the Japanese army in a short time, and it will be able to preserve more strength.

Watching the little devils in the town begin to launch artillery fire to counterattack, Yu Xuezhong, who was staying beside Hu Biao, also smiled and said: "Brother Hu, you sent troops to launch a feint attack, just to attract the little devils' artillery?"

"Indeed! If we want to capture the town, we have to destroy the artillery of the little devil first. If we don't get rid of these artillery, our attacking troops will probably suffer heavy casualties when the general attack comes. However, the little devil still remains One hand!"

"Why?"

Hearing what Hu Biao said, Yu Xuezhong naturally asked curiously, and Hu Biao quickly said: "According to what I know, the little devils in the town still have a certain number of heavy artillery. It is not used now!

Most of the artillery used by the little devil at this moment are infantry artillery and a small number of mountain artillery.It seemed that the commander of the little devil did not want to expose their artillery positions easily.It seems that it is necessary to rekindle the fire! "

After saying this, Hu Biao called Tian Tiezhu to explain something, and a group of artillery on standby, under the cover of infantry, approached the town again.After setting up the artillery, the Japanese army in the city was quickly bombarded.

Xu Sandao and others, who were suppressed by the little devil's artillery fire, also smiled when they saw the artillery fire coming from behind: "Order the troops, continue to attack! Be careful, you must disperse the attack and dig more individual bunkers!"

The officers and soldiers of the task force responsible for the feint attack, during the attack, many team members were secretly digging individual soldier pits.With the excavation of these individual pits, the combatants also have a simple defensive bunker.

Fighting against the little devils defending the town, the combat team members are also safer and have an advantage.If you really want to put the machine gun on the open ground, it will be easy to be attacked by little devils. It will undoubtedly be more convenient to have a bunker with a hole.

The officers and soldiers of the guard regiment who cooperated in the battle looked at the combatants who were digging holes, and said in surprise: "Do you still carry a shovel when you fight? What's the use of digging such a small hole?"

"This is a soldier pit, and it is safer to lie down in the pit. Even if the little devil's shell falls, as long as he does not fall into the hole, he will not be injured by the shrapnel if he lies in it. With a soldier pit, it is equivalent to having a defense Bunker, understand?"

In fact, every combat member of the task force is equipped with an engineering shovel.Hu Biao, who came from later generations, knew very well that this kind of engineering shovel seems to have little power, but it can play a big role on the battlefield.

Especially troops like the task force, which may need to build defenses or ambush fortifications at any time.Carry an engineering shovel with you, and you can dig fortifications anytime, anywhere.In contrast, many anti-Japanese troops rarely prepared for this.

Sometimes on the battlefield, I want to dig fortifications or reinforce the fortifications temporarily, but find that there is no equipment at all.It's really unique like a task force doing this.Digging individual pits is a combat skill that the task force must learn!

Seeing the attacking troops outside the town, they launched a counterattack with artillery fire. Many of the little devil artillerymen who fired earlier also ran away with their heads in their hands.And the little devil's artillery, which had not moved before, immediately joined the artillery battle.

According to Hu Biao's previous instructions, a team of three infantry guns and a team of five mortars each looked for a temporary artillery position suitable for evacuation.According to the agreed shelling sequence, the position was quickly shifted after five rounds of shelling.

Changing the artillery battle to guerrilla warfare really made the little devils in the town tired of coping.The little devil artillery who was in charge of the counterattack, seeing the artillery shells fired from east to west, also knew that it would be very difficult to completely wipe out the artillery outside the town.

Yu Xuezhong, who was watching the battle at the back, watched the confrontation between the artillery of the special detachment and the artillery of the little devil, and said curiously: "Brother Hu, isn't concentrated firepower more powerful in the confrontation of artillery? Why do you still disassemble the artillery?" to use?"

"Brother, you should have heard of guerrilla warfare, right? Infantry can do guerrilla warfare, why can't artillery? The artillery that was dispatched earlier carries very light artillery. It can also effectively reduce casualties by withdrawing after a wave.

There is another purpose of doing this, that is to prevent the little devil's artillery counterattack.In terms of the combat level of the artillery, the artillery we have trained is definitely not as good as the artillery of the little devil.Although I don't want to admit it, it's true!

Sending the artillery out is more to distract the little devils in the town, and let the little devils expose more artillery positions.My mountain cannon and heavy cannon have not been used all the time, just to give the little devil a fatal blow.

If I fire first, the little devil's heavy artillery will soon launch a counterattack.In order to avoid this from happening, I must first let the little devil expose the heavy artillery position, and then cover it with artillery fire as quickly as possible. "

As Hu Biao said, although the artillery trained by the national army is much better than ordinary anti-Japanese troops.But in terms of professionalism and actual combat experience, it is still not as good as the professional artillery of the Japanese Army Division, even the task force.

If Hu Biao used mountain artillery and heavy artillery as soon as he came up, the artillery units of the Japanese army divisions who clung to the town would surely launch a thunderous counterattack.Without artillery to assist in the battle, it is almost impossible to attack the heavily defended town.

It was supposed to be an offensive and defensive drama where infantry played the leading role, but it soon turned into an artillery battle between the enemy and us.Compared with the Japanese army in the town, the artillery positions were mostly fixed, but the artillery of the task force that harassed outside the town changed their artillery positions from time to time.

Many fortifications built by the Japanese army outside the town became the primary targets of the artillery of the task force.The Japanese artillery in the town had to adjust the direction and angle of some artillery in the face of the call for help from the defense forces.

Dizhou Libing, who was staying at the headquarters and learned of the situation, sighed slightly: "Baga! These Chinese troops are very cunning. They use this kind of artillery harassment tactics to continuously consume our shells. Their commander is very powerful. ah!"

"General, can you let the peripheral troops withdraw to the second-line positions and give up some peripheral defensive positions. In this way, our artillery squadron can suppress the harassing artillery of the Chinese army and let the mountain artillery team preserve their strength!"

A staff officer who stayed beside Dizhou Libing quickly gave his suggestion.As a result, Dizhou Libing still shook his head and said: "No! It's still early, we can't give up the outer blocking positions at will, it will become very dangerous.

If we give up our outlying positions, the Chinese Army will continue to compress our living space.This small town is not very big. If we shrink the defensive circle and face the artillery fire from the Chinese army, our casualties will be even greater. "

Let Dizhou Libing say this, and a brigade leader immediately said: "General, just fight with the Chinese army. They came from afar, and I believe that there should not be many shells in storage. Most of the artillery they use is similar to ours. Same.

As the offensive side, they must consume more shells than us.With the ammunition we currently stockpile, there should be no big problem for the time being.When the Chinese army finished shooting the shells they carried, they had to engage in a positional offensive and defensive battle with us! "

This kind of play that hurts both sides and fights for consumption, although a bit helpless, is still more feasible.In view of this situation, the Japanese army immediately adjusted the counterattack speed of the artillery, and engaged in artillery battles with the harassing artillery outside the city.

Hu Biao, who was in charge of the command, saw that the mountain artillery unit of the little devils in the city had basically been locked.Immediately said: "Zhuzi, inform the first team of Shanpao to hit me hard! The second team of Shanpao, continue to stand by! Don't attack without my order!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The mountain artillery team, the heavy artillery team, and Hu Biao were all deployed in two artillery positions.This was also done to prevent the Japanese army from being hit by the little devil's artillery when they counterattacked.Now that the little devil Shanpao has already started, Hu Biao will naturally not be idle.

After the calculation and analysis of the scouts, the first mountain artillery team has adjusted the corresponding shelling angle.If there is no accident, these shells will fall accurately on the little devil's mountain cannon position.This can be regarded as a late-strike artillery tactic!

Waiting for the little devils in the town to see the sound of artillery fire coming from outside the town again, and seeing the shells heading straight for the mountain cannon position, many little devils lying in the defensive position couldn't help but worry: "Baga! Zhina The army also has mountain cannons!"

In the eyes of many little devils, it is relatively common for anti-Japanese troops to be equipped with mortars.As for the Type [-] infantry artillery, most of them were captured from the battlefield.The [-]-caliber mountain artillery is rarely seen in the anti-Japanese troops.

Unexpectedly, the troops attacking the town tonight were equipped with mountain cannons.Listening to the movement, at least it was the movement of more than six mountain cannons.When the shells exploded on the ground, the Japanese artillery positions in the town quickly became a mess.

The harassing artillery, which had been suppressed by the Japanese mountain artillery before, stepped up their shelling when the Japanese mountain artillery was unable to fight back.Continue to destroy the defensive positions built by the Japanese army outside the town, clearing the way for the subsequent offensive troops to charge!

Chapter Table of Contents Chapter [-] Happy too early!

Faced with the task force's use of mountain artillery to carry out long-range strikes, the Japanese mountain artillery units used to suppress the harassing artillery outside the town soon stopped.Even if some artillerymen escaped, the artillery on the position still lost a lot.

The artillery guerrillas responsible for the harassment outside the town, seeing the little devil's mountain cannon go off, naturally would not miss this golden opportunity.The artillery from all walks of life advanced the artillery again, aimed at the little devil's defensive position, and launched another round of covering artillery.

Under the cover of artillery, the combat troops responsible for the feint attack dug many individual pits at the front of the Japanese positions.Even some individual soldier pits can be connected together to form small defensive positions to cover more troops from attacking.

Dizhou Libing, who was staying at the command post in the town, learned that the mountain artillery squadron had been hit by artillery fire. He was a little surprised and said, "What? The Chinese army is equipped with mountain artillery? Damn it, we are really in trouble now!"

"General, don't we still have heavy artillery? Why don't we fight back?"

"Have you forgotten the telegram from Luzhou? This mysterious armed force used heavy artillery when attacking Luzhou City. If we use heavy artillery, who can guarantee that the Chinese army outside the town will not use heavy artillery to fight back? "

Following Dizhou Libing's words, several Japanese commanders also felt a little headache.Let the heavy artillery squadron counterattack, it is very likely to expose the position of the heavy artillery squadron, and attract heavy artillery strikes from the task force outside the town.

If the artillery units in their hands are lost, they will fall into a very dangerous situation in the subsequent offensive and defensive battles.But if they don't fight back, the opponent can continue to destroy their defensive positions with only the use of mountain artillery troops.

They even used mountain artillery units to continuously consume the strength of the defenders in the town.Let the heavy artillery fight back, and it is possible to lose the heavy artillery.Don't let the heavy artillery strike back, and the infantry in the town will be in trouble.The dilemma of choice is indeed a headache!

Listening to the field calls that kept coming into the headquarters, looking at Dizhou Libing with a tangled face, a commander soon said: "General, do you think we can do this? The heavy artillery squadron is equipped with eight heavy artillery. Launch a counterattack for the second.

First use four heavy artillery to destroy the mountain artillery units of the Chinese Army outside the town.If the Chinese troops outside the town were really equipped with heavy artillery, they would definitely counterattack quickly.At that time, we will use the remaining four heavy artillery to fight back! "

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of all the commanders suddenly brightened and said: "Hey! General, this method should work!"

With the approval of many commanders, Dizhou Libing didn't say anything more, and immediately said: "Just follow this method! Order the heavy artillery squadron to launch a counterattack quickly! After the other four heavy artillery have established a position, immediately implement the artillery counterattack! "