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Chapter 397 Surprise the little devil!
With cannons and machine guns, and shells in place.

The artillery units looked at the brand-new cannons with pleasant surprises.

The reimbursement will not be counted until after the capture of Taiyuan. However, Li Yunlong led his troops to shoot down 110 planes this time.

Therefore, the mountain artillery and howitzers airdropped from the battlefield were earned from long-term business, while the machine guns were temporarily on credit.

Because this time the mountain cannon was also hoisted by helicopter.

Therefore, the time of the artillerymen is greatly saved. After all, dozens of mountain cannons need a lot of time to assemble in the dark.

After about two hours.

Outside the north of Taiyuan City, about 1 km away from the city wall.

Wang Chengzhu led a howitzer battalion and a mountain artillery company, quietly building artillery positions in the dark.

10 75mm mountain guns and 12 105 howitzers lined up.

Behind the gun positions, there are neatly piled shell boxes like a hill.

Because it was at night, and because the devils and puppet soldiers all knew the news that the artillery position of the Eighth Route was destroyed, and the engineer soldiers of the devils and puppet army blocked and repaired the gap in the city wall that was blasted by the Eighth Route cannon, so the ghosts and puppet soldiers on the city wall The army did not fire flares into the distance to observe the situation.

There is a searchlight every few hundred meters on the city wall, and it shoots everywhere under the city wall to prevent the Eighth Route Army from attacking at night.

However, it is also the existence of these searchlights that provide eye-catching shooting elements for each gun position.

Under the leadership of Zheng Yu, the soldiers of the second battalion crawled forward with weapons, and Xiang touched a position 500 meters away from the city wall to hide.

Tens of meters ahead, it is likely to be discovered by the searchlights on the city wall.

"Battalion Commander, all artillery positions are ready!"

"Commander Wang, the howitzer battalion is ready!"

Adjust the last mountain cannon and the howitzer to shoot Zhu Yuan's 1st Company Commander of the Mountain Cannon Battalion and the 1st Battalion Commander of the Howitzer Battalion, and report to Wang Chengzhu.

"Ten minutes left."

Wang Chengzhu looked at his watch under the hazy moonlight, without any fluctuation in his tone: "Fire on time in 5 minutes."

Wang Chengzhu, who has gone from being a gunner to being the commander of the artillery battalion at the beginning, and living a life of strengthening the commander of the artillery regiment, has completed a transformation like a reborn.

Become an experienced commander both in leading troops and in combat.

According to the combat plan formulated by the headquarters, the general attack began at 1:2 in the night, and the artillery of the new regiment, as well as the 3st, [-]nd and [-]rd attack groups fired at the city wall at the same time.

At this point, the devils and puppet defenders on the city wall were very exhausted, while the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army began to rest and recharge their batteries after dark.

Moreover, in the eyes of the devils and the puppet army, the Eighth Route Army had no cannons, and if they came to attack the city again, they would die.

Looking at the mountain cannons and howitzers lined up in the dark night, Wang Chengzhu couldn't help feeling in his heart: air-dropped supplies on the battlefield is really a damn good thing, replenish as much as you lose in time, and have enough air-dropped supplies on the battlefield, it's fun to fight.

"Whether we can break down the city wall and open the passage for the infantry depends on our shelling, so our shelling is very important."

"Let's not be in a hurry, one by one, concentrate the artillery fire to open a gap, and then move the artillery position to blast the next gap."

Wang Chengzhu said to his company commander and the 1st Battalion Commander of the Howitzer Regiment.

During the day, artillery was fired at the city wall from the artillery position five or six kilometers away from the city wall.

Because it is a curved shot, even if the special forces of the Sharp Sword Squadron use high-power walkie-talkies to guide the artillery fire, the efficiency is relatively low.

It took more than 2000 shells to break open six gaps in the city wall.

Compared with the 3-kilometer-long city wall, these six gaps are not enough to see at all, and the devils and puppet troops quickly blocked the gaps.

But pushing the cannon closer and aiming straight at it can make almost every cannon hit the city wall, not only with high accuracy, but also with high precision.

Wang Chengzhu couldn't help sighing again, it would be much better if there were heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 150 to hit Taiyuan.

Although the 75 mountain artillery and the 105 howitzer are enough to fight Taiyuan, their power is still far from the heavy artillery with a caliber of 150 or more.

However, heavy artillery with a caliber above 150 is too heavy to be pulled without a car.

Time is passing with a constant and relentless flow.

"2 minutes ready!"

"Sixty seconds to prepare!"

"Thirty seconds to prepare!"

"ten!"

"Nine!"

"... "

"three!"

"two!"

"fire!"

"Send a surprise to the little devil!"

In the last two sentences, Wang Chengzhu's rough and long howl was heard far away in the night.

The gunners in charge of pulling the strings at each gun position pulled back the matchlocks they held in their hands without hesitation.

Tom tom tom tom tom...

Groups of cannon flames burst out from the muzzle, and the recoil of the cannon ejection caused a cloud of dust to rise from each cannon position.

22 shells shot towards the city wall, and then hit the city wall and exploded, raising a huge fireball and smoke.

Ding Wei's 1st Attack Group, Cheng Shifa's 3rd Attack Group, and Kong Jie's 3rd Attack Group had the same artillery units as the Xinyi Regiment.

The cannons were placed in positions 1 km away from the city wall in the south, west and east directions.

At the same time, the same number of Eighth Route Army mountain artillery and howitzers as in the daytime fired directly at the four walls of Taiyuan.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Explosions like thunder and landslides spread from Taiyuan City to all directions.

The smoke is on again!

……

Rewind time to 1 minutes ago.

Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Command.

Communications Officer Toshimatsu Kasai said to Yoshio Shinozuka with concern: "Your Excellency, you haven't slept all day and night. Would you like to take a rest first?"

With the chief of staff around, Yoshio Shinozuka could still rotate the soldiers on duty.

However, after Kusuyama Hideyoshi left, Shinozuka Yoshio was on duty almost 24 hours a day during the war.

Because of many emergencies, the commander or chief of staff needs to make a final decision.

Coupled with the fact that the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked Taiyuan, Shinozuka Yoshio had to command the defense of Taiyuan in addition to commanding the Central Plains battle.

"No need."

Shinozuka Yoshio waved his hand and asked, "Is there any movement on the eighth road outside the city?"

"There is no movement." Toshimatsu Kasai said, "The Eighth Route has lost the ability to attack the city, and the next step is to besiege rather than attack."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded in agreement.

Without the artillery, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army would die if they attacked again.

This is no longer the era of cold weapons. The machine gun fire on the top of the city is blocked, let alone 3 people on the Eighth Route, even if 30 come, they will not be able to attack the city.

And Balu has always liked to kill more enemies at the smallest cost.

At this time, the Eighth Route's attack again is obviously not in line with the Eighth Route's style. The Eighth Route should be surrounded by Taiyuan for a while before they have to retreat.

Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong, just because you want to cut off Lieutenant General Ben's head?
Stupid dream!

Shinozuka Yoshio has reported to Commander Tada Hayao that the Eighth Route has lost the ability to attack the city.

However, the reinforcements who were supposed to come were still on their way.

While Shinozuka Yoshio was thinking, there was a violent explosion sound from the north of the city, and a moment later, continuous and rapid explosions were also heard from the east, south and west of the city.

After listening carefully for a moment, the expressions of Shinozuka Yoshio and Kasai Toshimatsu suddenly changed.

At first, the two thought it was the sound of mortars and [-]-type infantry guns, but after listening carefully, such a loud cannon sound was definitely not caused by the shells fired by [-]-type infantry guns and mortars.

Lieutenant Commander Kasai Toshimatsu yelled in disbelief: "75 mountain artillery groups, 105 howitzer groups!"

"Boom..."

Huge explosions exploded continuously from all around.

How can this be?

Yoshio Shinozuka lost his composure just now.

Haven’t the artillery positions of the Eight Routes been destroyed? Haven’t the mountain artillery and howitzers been blown up by aerial bombs? How could there be so many mountain artillery and howitzers?
Didn't Li Yunlong take out all the mountain cannons and howitzers at the beginning?
What went wrong?
A communications lieutenant hurried in and bowed his head and said, "Report to the general, Lieutenant Assistant Kasai, the city wall defenders report that the city wall was bombarded by the artillery of the Eighth Route. The artillery of the Eighth Route is very close and is aiming directly at the city wall."

"Bagaya Road!"

Shinozuka Yoshio said angrily: "Kasai-san, immediately order the artillery unit to destroy the eight-way artillery position!"

"Hi!" Toshimatsu Kasai suddenly lowered his head and stood at attention, then turned around to shake the phone.

At this time, another communication lieutenant hurried in and reported loudly: "Report to the general, the eight-way artillery fire is destroying the city wall, and the squadron leaders stationed on the city wall are asking for tactical guidance!"

"Baga! Road!" Shinozuka Yoshio held a saber in his hand, "Order all the troops stationed on the city wall to defend the city wall at all costs. If the city wall is lost, the squadron leader will cut open his stomach to thank the emperor."

"Hi!" The two devil communication lieutenants suddenly lowered their heads and stood at attention, then hurriedly turned and left.

After the two ghost lieutenants left, Shinozuka Yoshio's expression became extremely ferocious.

It was only then that Yoshio Shinozuka realized that he had underestimated his opponent and Li Yunlong.

This guy is definitely the most cunning and ruthless opponent he has ever met. This guy's cards are endless!
In the past, he fought against Li Yunlong indirectly, and this feeling was not strong. It was not until now that the two faced each other head-on, that he really felt how terrible Li Yunlong was.

Li Yunlong actually hid half of the mountain guns and howitzers, and used half of the mountain guns and howitzers to lure the Japanese aviation fleet to attack.

In this way, not only can a large number of Japanese aircraft be shot down, but also the aircraft group will not attack the infantry of the Eight Route Army.

When the night is dead of night, pull out the other half of the mountain cannon and howitzer, and aim straight at the city wall.

If Yoshio Shinozuka was a bystander, he would even want to applaud Li Yunlong.

Although there are 24 mountain artillery and field artillery in the Japanese city, the number is still too small compared to the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

And it was at night, although the Eighth Route Army's artillery position was not far from the city wall, after a series of operations such as finding the Eighth Route Army's artillery position and determining the shooting of Zhu Yuan according to the impact point, the Eighth Route Army's artillery position had already run away.

If the artillery of the Eighth Route blasted the city walls into more than a dozen or twenty gaps, and the artillery of the Eighth Route launched a violent attack again, the consequences would be disastrous.

The facts were just as Yoshio Shinozuka expected.

Less than 10 minutes after receiving the order, the devil's artillery position in the south of the city was ready.

However, the devil's artillery elements need to be calculated based on the distance and azimuth provided by the observers on the city wall.

When the observers gave the distance and direction of the Eighth Route Army artillery position, and then adjusted the shooting elements according to the impact point, the firepower covered the past.

The artillery of the Eighth Route Army has already blasted two gaps to move away, and the shells of the little ghost covered the loneliness.

The artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army in the north, east, and west of the city had no artillery countermeasures from the devils, and the artillerymen used their cannons to aim and shoot directly at the city wall.

(End of this chapter)