Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Drawing due north!"

"Elevation angle 2500, distance meters, ten rounds rapid fire!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"put!"

Following Zhuzi's order, all the artillerymen placed the shells into the mortar barrels, then covered their ears and leaned sideways.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

After a series of dull artillery fire, the ammunition handler behind him immediately handed over the second mortar shell.

Ten rapid shots means firing ten shells at the target area as quickly as possible. There is no need to observe the landing point or adjust the coordinates, just fire the shells!

After firing ten rounds, Wang Chengzhu immediately said, "Everyone, follow the established plan and move the artillery positions immediately. Quick!"

You must run away after fighting and cannot stay for too long. The Japanese artillery is not a pushover. Once the artillery position is exposed, the Japanese can quickly calculate the location of the artillery position based on the landing point of the shells and retaliate. The range of the Japanese mountain artillery exceeds that of the mortars used by the independent column now.

At this time, outside the city, the commander of the Japanese 13th Regiment, Okabe Michino, watched the defenders of Ping'an County suddenly open fire. There was no expression of surprise on his face, but he looked at the county seat of Ping'an County indifferently.

"Judging from the current firepower, the enemy in front of us should be the Eighth Route Army Independent Column!" The staff officer of the 13th Regiment said excitedly, because he had just discovered that many of the Ping'an County defenders were using submachine guns.

"Yoshi, it looks like we're going to make a name for ourselves this time. Order the artillery squadron to prepare!"

"Hayi!"

But at this moment, a series of sharp sounds of breaking through the air suddenly rang out in the sky.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

"..."

The mortar shells made a sharp sound as they fell, instantly making these elite Japanese soldiers realize that they were under fire.

"Bombardment!"

"avoid!"

In an instant, the Japanese soldiers began to disperse to avoid the attack of artillery shells.

"boom!"

As the first shell fell, it was followed by the second, third, fourth... shells that fell among the Japanese like raindrops.

The sound of explosions continued, and the shock waves and shrapnel generated by the falling mortar shells continued to take the lives of the Japanese.

"Nani?"

Okabe Michino was held down by a staff officer and a group of soldiers to ensure his safety. After the shelling ended, he looked towards the direction of Heian County with some surprise.

"Where did the Eighth Route Army get so many mortars?"

Okabe Michino was very surprised. The reason why he dared to keep his troops about two kilometers away from Ping'an County was because he knew that even if Ping'an County was captured by the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army would have no way to deal with them.

Even if there were a few mortars and a few shells, it would not cause much casualties to his troops.

But now the shells fell on the 13th Regiment like raindrops.

"Retreat 500 meters and immediately order the artillery squadron to organize a counterattack. Destroy the Chinese artillery positions!"

"Hayi!"

After ten rapid shots, more than two hundred Japanese soldiers were killed in the area covered by the artillery fire, and many others were injured and were lying on the ground wailing.

The Japanese reacted quickly, dispersed quickly, and then retreated to the rear. Only after the artillery fire ended did soldiers rush into the bombarded area and carry out some injured Japanese soldiers.

After retreating about five or six hundred meters and leaving the mortar's range, Okabe Michino finally stopped.

"What's the damage?"

"Report, the First Infantry Battalion lost ninety-seven men, and one hundred and sixty-six were injured!"

"Report, the Second Infantry Battalion lost 82 men and suffered 103 wounded!"

Including the more than 60 people killed in the cavalry squadron that attacked Ping'an County just now, about an entire squadron of troops had been lost just after the battle began, which made Okabe Michino look unhappy.

"Report, the artillery is ready and can fire back at any time!"

"Fight back immediately!"

"Hayi!"

At a temporary artillery position in front of the Japanese troops, about 2.5 kilometers away from Ping'an County, six Type 92 infantry guns were lined up in a row. The Japanese artillerymen had locked all the parameters and were waiting for the final order.

The 13th Regiment was more convenient to move because of the presence of the tank battalion, so the number of artillery pieces equipped in the artillery squadron was higher than that of an ordinary infantry regiment. An artillery squadron had eight Type 92 infantry guns, but two of them were captured by Li Yunlong in Ping'an County.

"put!"

Following the order from the captain of the artillery squadron, the Japanese soldiers pulled the bolt one by one.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"..."

The target of the six cannons was not the Ping'an County city wall, but the mortar position just now.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

More than a dozen shells fell at the location where Zhuzi had fired just now. Although there was no one there, more than a dozen large holes were blown out on the ground by the Japanese artillery.

After two rounds of shelling, the Japanese artillery did not continue shelling, but chose to adjust the muzzle and aim at the city wall of Ping'an County.

At the same time, the Japanese infantry troops dispersed again and moved closer to the wall of Ping'an County. In order to prevent artillery fire, the Japanese were very dispersed this time. Each of the 200 Japanese soldiers in a squadron was separated by several meters in front, behind, left and right, and they continued to approach Ping'an County.

At this time, Okabe Michino also frowned, because he found that there were no outer positions outside Ping'an County. The entire county was flat and the attacking troops had no cover and were all exposed to the guns of the defenders.

Under normal circumstances, Okabe Michino would order his troops to start digging trenches immediately, and use the trenches to get closer to Ping'an County and finally launch an attack. However, Okabe Michino was very confident, because even without trenches, he felt that he could easily capture Ping'an County, because he had the firepower advantage, and the mountain artillery could easily destroy the walls of Ping'an County, allowing his troops to advance straight in.

As long as the infantry gets within 300 meters of the Ping'an County wall, he can order the artillery to open fire and eliminate the defenders on the Ping'an County wall.

Li Yunlong, who was gradually approaching Ping'an County outside the city, stared at the Japanese artillery position in the distance. As long as he could destroy the Japanese artillery, he would have won half the battle. He turned around, picked up the phone beside him, took a deep breath and said, "Destroy the Japanese artillery position for me!"

"Yes! Commander!"

The reason why Li Yunlong first exposed that the independent column had a large number of mortars was to lure the Japanese artillery to open fire and prepare to kill the artillery of the Japanese 13th Regiment. Now his goal has been achieved.

In a courtyard in Ping'an County, Yu Dayong, the heavy artillery platoon leader in charge of operating two 105mm heavy artillery pieces, hung up the phone and immediately shouted, "Lock on the elements!"

"Number one shot completed!"

"Number two guns finished!"

"A high-explosive bomb!"

"Cannon number one has been loaded!"

"Cannon No. 2 has been loaded!"

The two gunners raised their flags high, and the heavy artillery platoon leader, Yu Dayong, roared, "Fire!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two dull sounds like thunder rang out in the courtyard.

After the heavy artillery fired, the huge recoil directly raised a cloud of mud and scattered it on the gunners.

"what sound?"

Okabe Michino vaguely heard a dull thunder in the distance, but at this time the sky was filled with sunset glow and was cloudless.

At this moment, an old artilleryman in the Japanese artillery squadron suddenly stood up and exclaimed: "Heavy artillery!"

This old artilleryman had once fought against the Russians and had luckily escaped. The dull sound of heavy artillery was an indelible nightmare for him.

"Nani?"

"How can it be!"

"Are you kidding me? Who in China has heavy artillery?"

Chapter 134 Heavy Artillery Roar

"Chirp!"

"Chirp!"

Two sounds that were obviously different from the sounds of mortars and Type 92 infantry guns breaking through the air rang out above the Japanese artillery positions.

The old Japanese artilleryman who spoke first ran to the side desperately, trying to find a shelter to hide in, but he despairingly found that there was no shelter around him for him to hide in, and there was only flat ground in front of him.

Glancing towards Ping'an County, the old Japanese artilleryman suddenly raised his hands and shouted, "Long live His Majesty Tianhuang!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Two huge explosions instantly drowned out the shouts of the old Japanese artilleryman, and the original Japanese artillery positions turned into two huge artillery pits.

Several Type 92 infantry guns that were bombarding Ping'an County in a show of force just now have been blown to pieces and are nowhere to be found.

Two Type 92 infantry guns that were relatively far away from the landing point of the heavy artillery were also affected by the shock wave and had fallen to the ground.