People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 104 Bombarding the Fujita Brigade
Japanese troops were good at flanking and weaving, and this was also a common tactic they used to break through defensive positions.

Usually when the Japanese army is unable to break through the position, they will deploy elite troops to strengthen heavy weapons and attack from the flanks.

The defensive troops are already under great pressure in frontal combat, so they are often unable to cope with the attacks of their flanking troops, resulting in the loss of their positions.

Chen Ziyun is very familiar with the Japanese army's combat tactics, and he also knows that morning and evening are the peak periods of Japanese attack.

So he has asked the Second Artillery Company to disassemble and stand by, and the six Bofors mountain guns have been disassembled.

Each Bofors mountain gun is disassembled according to eight parts: front frame, middle frame, rear frame, remote frame, barrel, tail latch, slide plate, and guard plate.

The transportation squads of each platoon and the ammunition platoon of the Second Artillery Company have already prepared the dismantled parts for transportation.

The artillery observation post set up by Zhou Wenbo's observation team paid close attention to the dynamics of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Once they found that the Japanese and puppet troops were gathering on both sides, the Second Artillery Company would quickly move to a suitable position and launch long-range bombardment.

The Bofors Mountain Cannon uses the strongest No. 300 charge, and its range can reach [-] meters, which is completely capable of hitting the starting position of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Chen Ziyun planned to take the lead in bombarding the Japanese and puppet troops when they assembled their flanking troops to prepare to attack, thereby disrupting their attack plan.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the Japanese and puppet troops launched operations.

More than 2000 troops from the 14th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, and more than 15 troops from the 1000th and [-]th Battalions of the Japanese Independent Infantry were assembled on the front.

Thirty 90mm mortars in the mortar brigade, and 36 heavy machine guns in the machine gun brigade were deployed in a scattered manner, preparing to cover the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops.

At the same time, the Fujita Brigade, drawn from the 36th Division, began to gradually gather towards the west side of the battlefield, and they were preparing to launch a roundabout attack from the flank.

The Fujita brigade currently has more than 1000 people. They have received four infantry artillery and three mortars to strengthen their operations.

Because it belongs to the field brigade, the machine gun squadron under them has a full twelve heavy machine guns.

With such a large number of heavy weapons, once they attack from the flanks, they will definitely put greater pressure on the defensive troops.

"The Jinsui Army's defense focuses on the front, and the brigade commander also dispatched the main force to attack from the front."

"Their flank defense must be very empty. After we advance to the battlefield, we must make a quick decision."

"After breaking through the flank positions of the Jinsui Army, they quickly penetrated deep into them, thereby disrupting their defense system."

"In this battle, we must cooperate with the frontal troops and directly capture their defensive positions!"

"Even if these Jinsui Army troops have improved their combat effectiveness, they will still not be our opponents!"

"The imperial troops are onboard, His Majesty Tianhuang is onboard!"

After Major Fujita completed the assembly of his troops, he looked towards the little devils and shouted loudly.

When the little devils heard these words, they became crazy one by one.

They raised their hands and kept shouting: "The imperial troops are on board, His Majesty Tian Huang is on board!"

It's just that the Fujita Brigade didn't know that their whereabouts had been locked by the observation team.

After viewing the Japanese army through the artillery mirror, Zhou Wenbo immediately began to calculate.

Not long after, groups of data began to be transmitted directly to Chen Ziyun's artillery battalion headquarters through the phone.

After Chen Ziyun got the data, he immediately took Li Yang, the company commander, to work on the map.

Soon, the Second Artillery Company started to move. They transported the artillery and moved directly towards the designated area.

A group of mules, horses, and mules transported the disassembled mountain cannons and moved quickly.

After arriving at the preset position, a Bofors mountain gun was assembled immediately.

Li Yang, the company commander, and the platoon leaders of each platoon passed the shots to Zhu Yuan. After the mountain artillery was assembled, the gunners began to adjust the angle of the artillery.

After some busy work, the black muzzles of the six Bofors cannons aimed at the distant sky!
It was at this time that the Fujita brigade was already preparing to set off.

But at the same time as these little devils were about to set off, under the order of Chen Ziyun, the Second Artillery Company launched a fierce shelling directly!
The reference guns were tested, and then each gun was fired for verification.

Immediately afterwards, six Bofors mountain guns began to shoot directly at the assembly point of the Fujita brigade.

A round of grenades, as if they didn't want money, were fired one after another.

"Boom boom boom..."

As the grenade fell on the assembly point, deafening explosions followed one after another.

Pieces of dust and gunpowder smoke rose, and it didn't take long for the place to be completely covered by gunpowder smoke.

Bullet craters appeared on the ground, and some simple trenches built were destroyed in an instant.

The little devil's painful wails appeared one after another, and broken arms and limbs could be seen everywhere.

The pungent smell of gunpowder smoke and the disgusting smell of blood spread along the air.

Major Fujita immediately hid himself, but at this moment, his face was covered with dust and gunpowder smoke, and he looked very embarrassed.

A few minutes later, the Second Artillery Company stopped shelling, and hundreds of rounds of grenades almost covered the shelling of the Fujita Brigade.

Here in the entire assembly place, several mountain cannons and mortars were blown up and twisted.

Several heavy machine guns were twisted together and completely destroyed.

The wounded little devil lay on the ground and howled, his face full of pain.

The little devil who was not injured looked around with dull eyes as if he had woken up from a nightmare.

The medical soldiers directly under the squadron got busy, and they began to rescue the wounded.

The captains of the squadron also woke up like a dream, and panickedly commanded the troops to hide, and immediately counted the casualties and losses.

Not long after, a staff officer from the brigade quickly came over to report.

"Two infantry guns, two mortars, five heavy machine guns were destroyed."

"The other four infantry squadrons also have a certain number of light machine guns, and the grenades are damaged, and the statistics are still being counted."

"Our brigade has paid more than 800 casualties, and currently has less than [-] combat troops!"

The lieutenant staff officer came to Major Fujita and said with a serious expression on his face.

The Fujita Brigade is currently gathering at the starting position and is also preparing to attack directly.

They did not expect to be bombarded at all, so neither the soldiers nor the weapons and equipment were protected.

Chen Ziyun commanded the Second Artillery Company to fire long-range bombardments, firing more than 100 grenades in one go.

Such intensive shelling caused them to pay heavy losses.

This led to a sharp drop in the overall combat effectiveness of the Fujita Brigade!
"Baga! Road!" Major Fujita gritted his teeth and said.

He raised his binoculars and looked towards the 358 regiment with an angry face.

After taking a deep breath, Major Fujita immediately contacted Major General Shotaro Katayama, head of the brigade.

"The artillery unit of the Jinsui Army is simply too hateful!"

"Our well-organized flank combat troops have suffered heavy casualties before they attack!"

"The next battle is to capture their artillery units alive, and I must personally smash them to pieces!"

Katayama Shotaro said fiercely after knowing the casualties of the Fujita Brigade.

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