my bright sword career

Chapter 609
As time passed, Gao Hongming on the other end of the phone remained silent. The officers in the headquarters of the 115th Division held their breath and at the same time pricked up their ears.

After a long time, Gao Hongming's voice came out from the microphone in Mr. Lin's hand.

"Mr. Lin, our artillery group has to provide artillery support for the entire army of more than [-] troops, and now there are requests for artillery support almost every moment.

If I hand over the command of the artillery group to you, it will undoubtedly be irresponsible to other troops, and it is also extremely unfair, so we cannot agree to your request. "

Hearing this, the faces of the two brigade commanders, more than a dozen regimental commanders and officers at all levels in the command headquarters were all gloomy. Although reason told them that the request of their division commander was basically impossible to be approved, when they heard Gao Hongming's refusal At that time, I still felt unwilling.

On the contrary, Mr. Lin, who was the person involved, remained unchanged, and the hand holding the microphone was still firmly pressing the microphone against his ear.

As if feeling the desire of Commander Lin and the officers of the 115th Division, Gao Hongming's voice continued:

"But in view of the arduous task of attacking the East Gate by the 115th Division, I will draw a 155-caliber artillery battalion and a 105-caliber artillery battalion from the artillery group to your division.

In addition, a Stuka dive bomber squadron and a P47 fighter squadron were dispatched from the flight corps to your airspace to provide you with air support.

But keep in mind that they are only expected to be in the air for two hours, hope you make good use of this time.

Finally, on behalf of the United States, I would like to wish you all the best in completing your mission!

goodbye! "

Mr. Lin didn't put down the phone until there was a buzzing sound from the microphone.

His face was still calm, no one knew what Mr. Lin was thinking at the moment, he turned his head and looked around everyone:
"As you all heard, the Joint Command gave our division two heavy artillery battalions and two flying squadrons to support, especially the latter only had two hours of airborne time.

Chen Guang, do you have the confidence to win the East Gate? "

Brigadier Chen stood up, and solemnly saluted Commander Lin: "Please rest assured, Commander, the 343rd Brigade will launch an attack in an hour, and we promise to complete the mission!"

"Okay, then Political Commissar Luo and I will wait here for your good news!"

Brigadier Chen didn't talk nonsense, turned around and walked out, and soon there was a neighing sound of war horses outside, accompanied by the sound of horseshoes getting farther and farther away.

After the meeting was over, Political Commissar Luo walked up to Mr. Lin and handed him a big tea mug and asked with a smile, "Old Lin, did you do it on purpose just now?"

"What's on purpose?" Master Lin took the tea mug and said calmly.

"I'm still pretending!"

Commissar Luo scolded with a smile: "We have been partners for so many years, and I still don't know you?
You clearly know that it is impossible for the United Finger to allocate all the artillery to our division, so you made a big request to the United Finger, which means that our high-ranking officer is soft-hearted, and even if you don’t agree to your request, you will make it accordingly compensate.

Look, isn't the compensation coming now?Two flying squadrons, if they are used properly, they can play a big role! "

"What more!"

Teacher Lin smiled lightly, walked slowly to the entrance of the cave, looked at the blue sky and said leisurely: "I have calculated that each Stuka dive bomber can carry 250 kilograms of bombs.

48 dive bombers are 12 tons of bombs, and the squadron of P47 Thunder fighters is also very capable of ground attack. Each plane can carry ten rockets or one ton of bombs.

Think about it, with the assistance of so many planes, plus the round-the-clock support of two heavy artillery battalions, if Chen Guang can't take down the East Gate, then he, the brigade commander, should stop doing it, and get out as soon as possible to let others People come on top. "

"Hahaha……"

Political Commissar Luo laughed and pointed at Mr. Lin: "You, you, everyone says that you, old Lin, are serious and introverted and unreasonable. In fact, you are the most cunning person!"

Mr. Lin's serious face rarely showed a smile, "No way, there are more wolves and less meat. We only have so many artillery and planes. If I don't make a fuss, how can the joint index be so generous to put two artillery battalions and two Leave the squadron to us.

After all, our ancestors also said that there is milk for crying children! "

"You are really cunning, but I'm curious, how do you know the flight and bomb loading data of those planes?"

"What you said, as the leader of the first division, how can you not understand the performance of your own weapons. I specifically asked the staff officer of the Liantai militia to inquire about this."

Adhering to the principle of having the right to be invalidated without expiration, the 343 Brigade immediately ordered the two artillery battalions to bombard the Japanese positions at the East Gate after obtaining the command of the two artillery battalions.

命令下达后，两个炮营共54门M101式105毫米榴弹炮和M1A1型155毫米榴弹炮对东门展开了不停歇的炮击，在一个小时的时间里就朝日军阵地倾泻了近100多吨的弹药。

From this point of view, artillery is much stronger than aircraft in terms of continuous firepower.

Outside the east gate of Taiyuan, there is a hill called Xiaoguling, which is only over 100 meters high and covers an area of ​​less than [-] square meters. Although the place is not big, it is a commanding height with a radius of several square kilometers.

The Japanese army originally built a bunker group made of reinforced concrete here, and stationed a brigade of troops.

Originally, according to the estimation of the Japanese army, this bunker group could resist the Chinese army for at least half a month, inflicting no less than 5000 casualties on the other side.

But the fact is that before the bunker group had time to play a role, it was smashed into pieces by the 203mm heavy siege artillery of the Liantai militia.

But Xiaoguling is so important. Although the bunker group was blown up by heavy artillery, the remaining Japanese troops still used the remaining fortifications to resist desperately.

Feint attack is a very difficult thing, so 45 minutes after the battle, Xiaoguling is still in the hands of the Japanese army.

Brigadier Chen, who was watching the battle from behind, was furious. Just as Li Dali, the commander of the 686 regiment who was about to attack, called, a staff officer came to report, and an officer from the Liantai militia came to him.

Soon, a captain in an iron-gray German uniform came to him.

"Reporting sir, Ren Dasheng, the commander of the second company of the Liantai militia's fire battalion, has been ordered to provide support, please give me instructions!"

"You are?" Brigadier Chen looked at the second lieutenant suspiciously, "Company Commander Ren, what's going on?"

"It's like this, sir. Our chief heard that your department's attack on Xiaoguling was blocked, so he specially asked us to come over and ask, do you want our help?"

"help?"

Brigadier Chen's face is a bit ugly. It stands to reason that if you really want to help, you should at least send a regiment or an armored force, right?

Sending a company over now, who are you looking down on?I have more than 1 people under my command, is there a shortage of hundreds of people like you?
(End of this chapter)