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Chapter 385, Katyusha showed her power for the first time

"Sir, sir, what are we going to do?"

The entire headquarters was bombed into ruins, with collapsed houses everywhere.

Mashiko Shigeo and others at the door were lucky not to be killed.

But his subordinates have been blown to their wits, so they can only ask Mashiko Shigeo what to do?
Mashiko Shigeo was on the verge of collapse, but he was the officer, and when everyone had no idea, he had to stand up.

"Quick, save someone, follow me to General Fukuda."

Mashiko Shigeo didn't listen to his legs, and ran staggeringly inside.

Lieutenant General Futian was in the courtyard behind the headquarters. They looked for it and saw all kinds of horrible scenes along the way.

All that could be seen were corpses, some were blown into two pieces, some were missing arms and legs.

Some of them seemed to be completely asleep, but when they turned over, they had already lost their breath.

Some people were blown to pieces, splashing everywhere.

This place is like hell on earth.

It's not that Mashiko Shigeo has never seen a similar scene, during the Battle of Songhu in .

Not only the army used heavy artillery, but the navy's naval guns also provided fire support, bombarding the Chinese army to pieces.

The scene at that time was the same as this time, the only difference was that the roles had changed.

Their Japanese imperial army suffered heavy artillery attacks, and a large number of middle and high-level officers in the headquarters were killed in the artillery attacks.

"Doomsday, this is the doomsday."

Mashiko Shigeo whispered in frustration, and kept running inside.

He didn't dare to bet that the enemy would launch a second bombardment of the headquarters and race against time to find General Fukuda.

"General."

When Shigeo Mashiko led people into the yard, he found that the Major General Maeda Jiro he was looking for had already arrived one step ahead of him.

Maeda Jiro turned his head and glanced at him, risking the possibility of being shelled, rushing here at this time is enough to be called loyal.

"General Fukuda has been affected and the doctor is checking."

Mashiko Shigeo noticed the unconscious white-haired old man lying on the stretcher, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. As long as General Fukuda is still alive, they still have the backbone.

However, there are only two major generals who can call the shots now.

Mashiko Shigeo thought a lot on the way here: "General, this is the bombardment of a heavy howitzer, at least 150mm caliber.

In terms of quantity, at least one hundred shells were dropped just now, and all in a short period of time. The enemy has at least one heavy howitzer regiment.

We didn't get any information at all. General Fukuda is unconscious now. You are the one who can make the decision. What should we do now? "

Now the entire command system has been destroyed, and there are only three or two big cats and kittens left in the staff office that provides advice to the commander.

There is too little known information, and Maeda Jiro is currently unable to come up with an answer.

The only thing that is certain is that they were indeed attacked by the heavy artillery regiment.

Maeda Jiro said angrily: "I have sent people to inform the troops to dispatch, and the enemy's artillery is at most ten kilometers away from us.

Find them and destroy them no matter what you do.To avenge the dead soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. "

This command is the only choice at the moment. It cannot be said that there is something wrong, it can only be said that it is not satisfactory.

Mashiko Shigeo made two suggestions: "General, I think the artillery should be consulted, they are experts in this field, and they may be able to judge the enemy's position and launch an artillery counterattack immediately.

Also, we should ask for aircraft support, let them take off immediately, and help us eliminate those culprits. "

"Very good." General Maeda Jiro praised him.

Before, I paid too much attention to the safety of General Fukuda, but ignored the latter two points.

As soon as he was reminded at this moment, Maeda immediately ordered his subordinates to do the same.

Someone came to ask again: "Isn't General Ma Tian here?"

"No, someone has already been sent to look for it." A major replied.

Major General Ma Tian was transferred from North China and has rich experience in encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route.

Before that, he also participated in Okamura Ningji's encirclement and suppression against the Eighth Route Army, and played a very outstanding role.

This time, he was transferred to assist Lieutenant General Futian in commanding the troops. Once he achieved excellent results, he must be promoted to Lieutenant General not far away.

In terms of commanding the right to speak in operations, Maeda Jiro is still behind.

At this moment, the men sent to find someone came back, and the lieutenant cried a little:

"Report, General Asada was unfortunately hit by a shell and died for the country..."

"What, say it again!"

Maeda Jiro couldn't believe it, why was he hit by a shell?

"General Ma Tian was martyred. Two shells fell in the yard where he was, and the house was razed to the ground. The general was bleeding from all his orifices, and he was killed by the shells."

The shells of the 150mm howitzer are so powerful.

If you get close, the shock wave generated by the light explosion can shatter a person's internal organs.

Cannonballs do not recognize people, whether they are private soldiers who have just joined the army or high-ranking generals, as long as they touch them, they will all die the same.

Maeda Jiro muttered to himself: "He's dead, it's ridiculous that he died like this..."

The officers who could still stand and talk in the yard bowed their heads in silence.

Thinking of the familiar comrades who were blown to pieces under the shells and closed their eyes forever, they all felt scared, and fear took over their hearts.

Someone would have to cry if it wasn't considered a sign of cowardice.

"Bastard, stop guarding here, occupy a residential area next to it, and set up a headquarters. We must make the enemy pay for it."

Lieutenant General Fukuda was unconscious, and General Asada had already died for his country. At this time, Maeda Jiro took over the command power smoothly.

"Hi!"

Many officers responded and immediately turned and left.

It's better to have something to do than to think about doing nothing, which will only make them more afraid.

Maeda Jiro asked the doctor, sent someone to protect General Fukuda and sent him to the field hospital, and he took people away with him.

No one knows whether the enemy's shelling will fall on the gendarmerie headquarters again, and no one wants to continue to gamble.

……

"It's broken, the headquarters is covered by artillery fire."

As soon as the shells fell, the artillery regiment stationed in Nancheng was like a boiling hot pot.

Any veteran artilleryman with some experience came to a conclusion after a little judgment.

Colonel Yamada Kenyoshi, the captain of the duty room, heard the rumbling gunfire, and immediately dialed the phone number of the headquarters.

But no one answered.

Broken, judgment vindicated.

It was really the headquarters that was attacked, otherwise it would be impossible not to answer the phone.

Yamada Osamu was so anxious that cold sweat broke out from his head, he tried to call the other two generals, but no one answered them.

The brief shelling ended.

The chief of staff of the wing was out of breath and pushed open the door of the duty office.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked, "Did the headquarters be bombarded?"

Yamada Osamu's bitter expression is enough to explain everything.

The chief of staff held on to the door frame so as not to fall down, his voice became extremely hoarse and dry: "Hundreds of shells were fired in ten seconds, which is almost a salvo of four heavy howitzer regiments."

He judged it based on his own conditions. The maximum theoretical rate of fire of the Japanese 150mm caliber howitzer is four rounds per minute.

The German howitzers used by the Chinese Central Army will not be much faster than them.

It is impossible for an artillery regiment with 24 guns to fire hundreds of shells in a dozen seconds.

Colonel Yamada analyzed: "It is absolutely impossible to have four heavy howitzer regiments, and it is impossible for the Chinese army to have that many anyway.

Having an artillery regiment is an exaggeration. They fired a large number of shells in a short period of time, and they must have paid some kind of price.

Otherwise, why not conduct a second bombardment now?Be aware that there are many other important goals. "

At the beginning of the war, the Nanjing government spent 2000 million silver dollars to import 24 150mm howitzers from Germany.

In order to prevent the delivery of the cannon to the Nanjing government, the Japanese government also specifically asked the Germans to protest.

Although it did not prevent the delivery of the 24 cannons, it still messed up the order for the remaining 24 cannons.

After several years of fighting, the heavy artillery regiment of the Central Army has lost many cannons, and the remaining cannons have also been dismantled for use.

So Mr. Yamada said that there is an artillery regiment is an exaggeration, which is unbelievable.

It was not for the chief of staff to make a judgment about how many guns the enemy who launched the artillery attack possessed.

He also felt puzzled: "Your Majesty is right, if I am the enemy's commander.

After the artillery fire attacked the enemy's headquarters, it must be followed by the enemy's counter artillery fire.

The second is the barracks, as well as the material warehouse, etc., which will definitely not give the enemy any reaction time.

There must be a reason why they didn't.Maybe they're out of shells, maybe..."

Before the two of them finished their analysis, a call came from the headquarters, asking them to find out the enemy's position immediately and counterattack with artillery fire.

The heads of both of them grew bigger, so they fought back, where should they hit?

This is not two people shooting at each other, the bullets hit a straight line, and the enemy's position can be reversed by looking at the bullet's landing point.

If he can shoot the bullet, it proves that he can see me, and I can see him in turn.

The problem is that the shell hits a parabola, and it is shot beyond the visual range, which is not in your line of sight at all.

Even if you can determine the approximate position, you don't know the exact position of the enemy.

Where exactly?

Fighting will only waste shells.

The chief of staff bit the bullet and said: "Your Excellency, this is a wrong order, and we cannot carry it out.

The most urgent task is to immediately transfer our artillery to prevent the enemy's artillery fire from continuing to attack. "

What they can think of, the enemy must also think of.

If there is a next time, it will definitely be their artillery wing that will be bombarded to destroy their counterattack force.

"However, this is the order of General Maeda Jiro, we cannot disobey!"

Mr. Yamada's face was full of frustration, and his brows were all wrinkled together.

Once the superior gives an order, it must be carried out immediately, even if people charge to face the shooting of heavy machine guns, they must obey it knowing that they are dead.

The chief of staff was in a hurry, and there was really no worse order than this.

He anxiously persuaded: "Commander, if the cannons cannot be moved in time, once the enemy starts shelling, we will no longer be able to complete the counterattack order. Please order the cannons to be moved immediately."

The order of the superior and the cannon of the regiment are more important. After all, the feeling for the latter is deeper.

Mr. Yamada said with a serious face: "You take someone to transfer the cannon, I will call and explain to the general."

Such disobedience would of course leave a bad impression, but he had no choice.

"Your Excellency, please."

The chief of staff turned and left in a hurry, he hurriedly told his subordinates to move the cannon.

It is very cumbersome and difficult to move cannons of several tons or even more than ten tons, as well as shells stacked in the warehouse and each weighing tens of kilograms.

He didn't know if it was too late.

The personnel of the wing had already run out because of the previous shelling.

Usually, they launch crushing bombardments against the enemy, and this is the first time their own side has been bombarded and suppressed.

The officers were so stunned by this discovery that they didn't know what to do until they received an order.

The soldiers became more and more disorganized, discussing in low voices.

"What kind of cannon is this? It's as powerful as our 150mm caliber howitzer, and it fires so fast?"

The Katyusha rocket launcher is the first rocket launcher in the world. Before seeing it, it is hard to think of it just by imagination.

Of course, no one can answer it.

Some people guessed it was American guns, some guessed it was German guns, and some guessed it was Italian guns. They guessed all the developed countries they knew.

It is difficult to convince each other.

Suddenly someone said: "It sounds like a salvo of four artillery regiments. Will the Eighth Route have so many cannons?"

When he said this, many people were shocked.Will Balu really be so powerful?

Immediately someone swore: "It's absolutely impossible, the Eighth Army doesn't even have the mortars of the four artillery regiments, let alone the heavy artillery.

How many doors does our Great Japanese Imperial Army have in total?It is impossible to have so many eight ways. "

The man asked again: "But how can you explain the dense artillery sound just now?"

Immediately, people were speechless.

The larger the caliber of the artillery, because the very heavy shells take a lot of time to load, the minute firing rate will be very slow.

The fastest speed of the 150mm caliber howitzer they used was only four rounds per minute.

Enemy cannons, why are they so fast?
When the chief of staff of the regiment came running, he was so angry that his lungs were about to explode when he saw the officers' disorientation and the soldiers' laxity.

"Bastard, what are you all doing, waiting for the enemy's shells to send you to hell?"

"Let me take action and immediately transfer the cannon and shells."

The officers got the order, like a top that had been whipped, and immediately spun.The soldiers also acted immediately under the command of the officers.

Those who lead the horses lead the horses, and those who tie the ropes perform their duties.

Seeing this scene, the chief of staff of the wing was able to catch his breath, but then the last thing he wanted to see happened.

Looking up, with the sound of whistling, black dots flew in the sky, it was rockets.

The chief of staff opened his mouth wide and couldn't even yell out, only his mouth shape could still be vaguely conjured: shelling, lie down!
But it was too late.

(End of this chapter)