My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 403
10 minutes... In just the effort of two cigarettes, the artillery regiment fired a full five tons of shells in this limited time.

Smoked bullet casings piled up like a mountain, and the soldiers sweated profusely with shirtless arms. No one complained, they just felt extremely happy in their hearts.

"It's time... Send an order! Raise the elevation angle of each gun position by three degrees, and fire intermittently!" Li Liansheng closed his pocket watch and immediately told the soldiers, ready to extend the firepower, and the official attack is about to begin.

For the Japanese, this short 10 minutes is as hard to suffer as 100 years. Their artillery is completely suppressed by the opponent and they dare not take a fart. They can only bite their heads and be bombarded.

After finally surviving until the enemy’s artillery fire gradually thinned out, the Japanese soldiers rushed out of the tunnels of the bunker one after another. The devastated positions and countless stumps and arms came into their eyes. The ground is full of dilapidated corpses, and some wounded soldiers who are still alive are screaming miserably.

In order not to affect the battle, the little devil threw the corpses out of the trenches in a hurry, and the injured soldiers could only carry them into the tunnel hastily and perform simple bandages. There were not enough manpower, and the rest was left to fate.

"Quickly arm, drag out the heavy machine guns and infantry guns, move faster!"

A Japanese lieutenant officer drew out his samurai sword and shouted with a blushing face. The severe situation made him very anxious.Everyone knows... now is the most critical time.

The enemy was carpet-bombed and artillery salvos. They had never encountered such firepower and suffered heavy losses. In the past hour, the death toll of his brigade reached almost 500 people.

"Captain! The chariot of the Huaxia people!"

Hearing the soldiers shouting, the lieutenant officer hurriedly leaned on the sandbags and looked out, only to see the loud noise ahead, and dozens of tanks and armored vehicles were rushing towards the position surrounded by billowing smoke.

"Quick-fire guns! Set up the 37 rapid-fire guns!" The lieutenant officer was so nervous that his voice changed, and he hurriedly called the soldiers to set up defenses.

The only effective weapon for the Japanese army to deal with armored vehicles on the battlefield is the 37-type 92 anti-aircraft guns, and it is difficult to cause much damage to them like other [-] infantry guns and mortars, otherwise they can only carry explosives to the tanks. The track went down.

At this time, four Sherman tanks took the lead like a sharp arrow, followed by a large number of half-track armored vehicles and assault soldiers on the left and right.

Although unable to advance at full speed due to the terrain, the assault armored convoy still advanced in an orderly manner with the cooperation of infantry.

The little devil hastily moved out the heavy weapons, and the positions devastated by the artillery fire surged again in an instant. Countless heads were lying on the trenches, trying to deal a heavy blow when the enemy approached.

call out……

"Take cover! Anti-cannon!"

The tense atmosphere slowly spread in the trenches, and the little devils held their breaths and concentrated on rushing. Before they could adapt to the atmosphere, "hail" began to fall from the sky again.

boom!boom!boom!
The best weapons to cover infantry and tank assaults are mortars and various self-aiming guns. When the first wave of artillery battalions hit the artillery battalions, the firepower units of each battalion company began to move forward. At this moment, strike firepower has already been deployed at a favorable position. network.

Countless shells fell in unison, and sand and stones flew around the position again. The little devils were so beaten by the sudden shelling that they couldn't lift their heads, but at this moment they could only choose to resist, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable when the enemy broke through the line of defense.

Yuan Li, who was wearing a tank leather cap, was half of his body on the top of the tank turret. He was using a telescope to observe the situation ahead, and visually checked that they had entered the attack range of the Japanese army at this moment.

He immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted decisively: "Attention all crews, close the hatch and cover with machine gunner fire!"

With a bang, the turret hatch was slammed shut, Yuan Li sat in the commander's observation position, and at the same time did not forget to touch Chen Tang below with his hand.

"Tangdouzi, keep a constant speed with the armored convoy, pay attention to dodge the guns, my anti-aircraft guns must have aimed at us, kid."

"Understood the battalion commander."

A large number of deep pits and barbed wire fences were arranged in front of the Japanese army. These were originally excellent defenses to stop infantry, but they were turned into a pile of rubbish under the ruthless crushing of tanks and chariots.

"Five!"

boom!
Several 37-type [-] rapid-fire guns took the lead in attacking, and the tracer bullets flew towards the tank convoy with dazzling flames.

The trajectory of the rapid-fire gun was straight, and the shell accurately hit the four Sherman tanks headed by Yuan Li.

With a loud bang, the crew inside the tank felt a huge force coming from the outside, and the entire vehicle body was shaking. If it weren't for the protection of the leather cap on the head, everyone's nose and face would be bruised.

However, the 37-caliber shells obviously could not pose a threat to Sherman. The shells grazed the armor and only left a slightly sunken charred pit on it.

The Japanese artillery fire also began to show its power, constantly causing trouble on the way forward for the armored convoy. The smoke and explosions forced the speed of the convoy to drop sharply. .

"His grandma, the little devil is quite accurate!" Yuan Li shook his aching head, grabbed the walkie-talkie and ordered:
"The tank formation slows down, and the armored vehicle group fights back. Call me one by one!"

Although the Sdkfz 251 armored vehicle has enhanced protection and firepower, compared with a real steel monster, its armor less than 20mm thick is still difficult to withstand the fire of anti-aircraft guns. loss.

Twenty half-track armored vehicles equipped with 75mm anti-tank direct-pointing guns slowly stopped, and the gunners quickly adjusted their angles to aim at various firepower points exposed on the Japanese positions.

Peng!Peng!Peng…

... sho... sho...

The dull shooting sounded one after another, and twenty armored vehicles fired one after another. The distance between the two sides was only 500 meters, and there was basically no error in direct shooting at such a distance.

Due to the limited space, there are only three gunners in the half-track armored vehicle artillery unit to operate, but all of them are skilled technical veterans.

Firing, reloading the breech block, resetting... As soon as the hot shell casing was ejected, a new shell was quickly inserted into the barrel. The three people on the car moved skillfully, and the cramped space did not affect their full firepower.

As this wave of barrage covered, the little devil's position exploded again.Each half-track armored vehicle carries 20 fixed-mounted explosive bombs, and the power of the PAK40 anti-tank gun with 46 times the diameter is very terrifying.

As long as the anti-aircraft guns of the Japanese army, which were half trapped in the fortifications, were hit once, they would basically fly into the sky with people and guns
To deal with the fortresses distributed around the position, the gunners put on armor-piercing bullets and hit them one by one. Under the absolute firepower, the seemingly solid fortification group completely turned into a grave dug by the devil...

(End of this chapter)