Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 102 Special Operations Led by Rocket Launchers
Another group of team members also swiftly dealt with the remaining two guarding Japanese soldiers, and then pounced on the sleeping Japanese soldiers like soul-snatching messengers;

The reconnaissance platoon had received special sentry training, so it was no problem for them to deal with a few Japanese soldiers who were sleeping like dead pigs. They quickly sent them back home. The air was filled with a faint smell of blood, which disappeared in an instant as the night wind blew.

After eliminating all the Japanese devils, Platoon Leader Jiang sent someone to inform Yue Qianli. He did not dare to use the signal light for fear that he would be discovered by someone with ulterior motives. One negligence might expose himself and make the operation fail.

At around six in the morning, Yue Qianli and others came quietly to meet up, and then continued to hide. In order not to attract the attention of the Japanese, they even arranged for people to pretend to be on guard.

The Japanese's communication methods are also backward, and outer surveillance points like this will not attract other people's attention in a short time.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the heavy artillery commander, Colonel Yoneda Jushi, who had rested all night, hurriedly finished his breakfast and came to the artillery position to check the preparations.
Seeing that all the heavy artillery had been stripped of their gun covers, boxes of thick shells were neatly arranged aside, and even the lids of the wooden boxes had been pried open, revealing the bright yellow shells, it made him happy just by looking at it.

Soon these shells will be dropped on the defenders on the south bank of Yunzaobang, where there are tens of thousands of elite Chinese troops.

The effective killing radius of a 150mm heavy cannon shell exceeds 50 meters, and it can still be killed by shrapnel at a distance of meters. If he is lucky, one shot can kill half a company of Chinese people. The thought of this makes him excited.

"Yoshi, what a beautiful morning. Unfortunately, it will become a nightmare for many Chinese people. It's time to let them have a taste of the Empire's heavy cannon!"

He had already obtained the geographical coordinates of the defenders sent by the 9th Division. With these important data, the heavy artillery regiment only needed to convert them into shooting parameters. The terrifying lethality of the heavy artillery did not require too high accuracy. An error of dozens of meters was the same. No Chinese could be destroyed under the coverage of the heavy artillery.

When the battalion commander, Major Nishihara, saw the battalion commander coming to inspect, he ran over to report and offered his courtesy. Colonel Yoneda waved his hand casually and said:
"Xiyuan-kun, are you ready?"

Major Nishihara bowed and said:

"Sir, the commander is ready and can fire at any time. These heavy artillery pieces of the Empire will surely become a nightmare for the Chinese people. No flesh and blood can withstand the blow of a cannonball."

"Xiyuan Jun, I really envy you. You can send the Chinese to hell with your own hands. Start the artillery attack on time at 8:30. The artillery preparation time is one hour. You must flatten all the Chinese positions on the south bank of Yunzaobang. The infantry will act as the corpse collection team."

Colonel Yoneyama couldn't help but smile triumphantly after he finished speaking. He really couldn't stand the arrogance of the infantry regiment. Without the assistance of artillery, they couldn't even take the small Yunzao Bay.

Nishihara also joined Yoneda in mocking the infantry. The pride of the artillery was engraved in their bones, especially the heavy artillery brigade, which was at the strategic level;

Once the heavy artillery brigade appears, who can compete with it?

(Who else? Who else!)
Then Colonel Yoneda inspected the 2nd and 3rd Battalions. Their preparations made Yoneda very satisfied. The tactical qualities of the heavy artillery regiment were still very strong, which was also the source of Yoneda's pride.

The time for bombardment is approaching, and one huge cannon after another reveals their ferocious fangs. Artillery is hailed as the god of war, and is the crushing of agricultural civilization by industrial civilization.

At Yunzaobang, several main regiments of the 8th Division were also ready for a general attack. It was very rare to get heavy artillery support, so they would not miss this great opportunity. They planned to deploy infantrymen to tear apart the defenders' defenses in one fell swoop.

The storm is about to come, and the defenders seem to have sensed the oppression before the storm, but they have no way to retreat and can only endure it silently - if the enemy comes, we will fight him; if the water comes, we will block it with earth!

Unfortunately, this time they were carrying 150 heavy cannon shells, which meant that they would be baptized by fire, and how many of them could survive depended entirely on luck.

"On the vast sea, the strong winds rolled up the dark clouds. Between the dark clouds and the sea, the seagulls were flying proudly like black lightning..."

Sun Liren, who graduated from Tsinghua University, recited "The Seagull" by himself when facing the heavy pressure from the Japanese invaders.

"It had long since sensed fatigue in the rage of the thunder, and it firmly believed that the dark clouds could not cover the sun. Yes, they could not!
The wind howled... the thunder roared..."

"Boom!" A huge bomb pierced the sky like a thunderclap, and landed heavily on the periphery of the position, creating a pit several meters deep. This was obviously a test fire of the Japanese artillery. Captain Sun did not even frown, and continued to sing the lyrics loudly -

"—Storm! The storm is coming!

This is the brave petrel, flying proudly over the roaring sea, amidst the lightning;

This is the cry of the prophet of victory:

——Let the storm come more violently! "

"Boom boom boom..."

A row of heavy artillery shells, which exceeded everyone's expectations, smashed into the positions on the south bank like a tidal wave, just like a storm coming, and countless people were swept away by the storm...

"Boom boom boom..."

Another round, the blood flowed like a river in the storm at Yunzaobang, but they still stood firm, no one was afraid, no one retreated, just like a brave petrel, shuttling between the rain and thunder——

As long as you are still alive, you must fight to the death!
On the north bank of Yunzaobang, Lieutenant General Yoshika was also shocked by the bombardment effect of the heavy artillery group. He said excitedly:
"Warriors, be proud. This is the power of the empire, enough to destroy the world!"

On the nameless slope, Yue Qianli was also shocked by the noise made by the Japanese heavy artillery. He was glad that he took the risk, otherwise the south bank of Yunzaobang would be littered with corpses and blood would flow like a river...

"Let the devils see the power of us Chinese people - fire!"

Following Yue Qianli's angry cry, the main gunner excitedly tightened the gun rope, then quickly let go, and a 107mm rocket flew out of the barrel, whistling towards the Japanese artillery position;

The shell exploded dozens of meters away. Although it did not cause any damage to the Japanese artillery, it still made Colonel Yoneda break out in a cold sweat.

As a professional artillery commander, he could tell at a glance that this was a calibration shot before the artillery group covered the area, and that what would follow would surely be a tidal wave of artillery shells. He asked in horror:

"Bakayaluo, where did the heavy artillery come from?"

Yue Qianli did not give the devils any time to adjust. He personally corrected the shooting parameters according to the bullet impact point, then a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he shouted:
"Target, zone A, one salvo—fire!"

The main gunner excitedly tightened the gun rope, and 11 shells were fired within 0.8 seconds at intervals of 10 seconds;
The artillery shells accurately hit the artillery position of the first battalion of the Japanese. With a series of explosions, the artillery position of the Japanese was engulfed...

"Yamaidi!"

Colonel Yoneyama's eyes widened with anger and he let out a wail. Then a series of heavy artillery shells exploded and his first battalion disappeared.

"Bagaya road!"

"Quickly notify the second and third battalions to move positions - enemy attack!"

(End of this chapter)