Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lu Xinghua immediately ordered the 122mm self-propelled howitzers to dispatch to attack the Japanese firepower points. The artillery battalion immediately started to act after receiving the order, and the artillery battalion commander Sun Kai began to select the firing position.

Sun Kai first found Li Yonglong, the commander of the first tank battalion, and asked, "How far is the range of the Japanese tanks? Do you know?"

Li Yonglong said: "The armored base has studied the wreckage of Japanese tanks. The range of the main guns of Japanese tanks is about 100 meters to 800 meters when the target height is two meters."

Sun Kai said: "Well, we will choose the launch position at a distance of 2000 meters. This distance is very casual for our artillery, but they can't hit us no matter what."

After Sun Kai finished speaking, he laughed, and Li Yonglong also laughed. Sun Kai said: "As soon as our artillery is fired, the Japanese army will find a way to attack us. You must protect us!"

Li Yonglong said with a smile: "Your self-propelled artillery unit is the lifeblood of your superiors. You stay behind every time you fight, but our tank unit is raised by stepmothers. Every time you fight, you rush to the front. I must be ignored by my stepmother." Everyone laughed and turned around, and on December [-]th, the self-propelled artillery battalion arrived at the predetermined position, but problems arose one after another as soon as they entered the firing position.

It turned out that there was a pine forest in front of the firing position, which was so dense that it completely blocked the sight of the artillerymen. Therefore, the artillerymen wanted to attack the Japanese army's firepower points and could only use indirect fire, so they had to send scouts to guide the artillerymen to shoot.

However, the scouts had to reach the Japanese position to guide the artillery, because when the artillery directed the shooting, they had to inform the artillery of the distance and direction of the target. This distance must be very accurate. The accuracy of the scout is closely related to the distance from the scout to the scouted target. The closer the scout is to the scouted target, the higher the accuracy.

In order to prevent Lin Yuan's troops from approaching secretly, the Japanese army set up observation posts on the high ground, and cleared away the trees and bushes within one kilometer in front of the position, so that people would be found as long as they appeared from the edge of the pine forest.

Sun Kai then said to the reconnaissance company commander Zhang Shifeng: "The Japanese army does not have night vision equipment, so you can go at night."

The reconnaissance company commander said: "We can go at night and carry night vision reconnaissance equipment, but the accuracy of night vision reconnaissance equipment is not as high as that used during the day, so the accuracy of shooting may not be guaranteed."

Sun Kai said: "Then you all lie in ambush overnight, and then correct and shoot for us in the daytime."

The reconnaissance company commander said: "If we correct the shooting during the day, we will be discovered by the Japanese army. You also know that if we are going to correct the shooting, we must not use vehicles. We can only go there on foot. There are open spaces outside the Japanese positions. With decent cover terrain, if the Japanese army becomes alert and sends troops to attack us, we will be in danger."

Sun Kai said: "Don't worry, the area outside the Japanese trenches is huge, and they will definitely not find you."

The reconnaissance company commander led the scouts out suspiciously, and went out from the pine forest on the night of December [-]th, arriving at the outskirts of the Japanese positions.

At dawn on December 31, Zhang Shifeng, the commander of the reconnaissance company, sent the location coordinates of the Japanese firepower point to the artillery battalion with radio communication equipment. Sun Kai immediately ordered: "Car No. [-], a test shot."

The No. [-] self-propelled howitzer immediately fired a shell. The shell flew through the jungle and exploded on the west side of the Japanese highland. Masaichi Kumamoto immediately said: "Don't panic, this is just Lin Yuan's troops interfering with us."

The Japanese army stood still. The scouts of Lin Yuan’s troops detected the explosion and immediately informed the artillery unit of the explosion. The artillery unit then adjusted the shooting direction and conducted a second test. However, the shells did not fall directly on the Japanese tanks. After all, the area of ​​the Japanese tanks was not large compared to Gaopo.

The reconnaissance team found that the artillery shell hit the enemy's position and immediately said to the artillery unit: "The shell hit the target." Sun Kai received this order and immediately ordered the artillery group: "Target Japanese army position, rapid fire, one minute, fire!" Order forty The 1mm howitzer opened fire immediately, attacking the Japanese army at the fastest rate of eight rounds per minute, and the shells rained down on the Japanese army.

Forty cannons, together are 320 shells, and each shell is full of more than ten kilograms of explosives. That is to say: in one minute, Lin Yuan's troops threw nearly four tons of explosives at the Japanese army. On the position, the Japanese position was suddenly covered with a thick layer of black smoke.

After 1 minute, the shelling stopped. This was to provide the reconnaissance troops with an opportunity to evaluate the results of the battle. The reconnaissance company commander led his soldiers to look at the Japanese positions with binoculars, but the thick smoke blocked the sight, and the reconnaissance troops could only wait.

While the scouts were waiting, Kumamoto was roaring anxiously in the headquarters: "Did the Chinese shelling cause any damage to us?"

Staff officer Yoshizawa Tadayong said: "Reporting captain, according to reports from various positions, the shelling of the Chinese people did not cause serious damage to the artillery in our bunker. The Chinese people fired a lot of shells, but only two tanks were blown up. Others All of them were intact in their bunkers."

As soon as Kumamoto heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "It seems that the engineers did a good job. How did they repair their bunkers?"

Yoshizawa Tadayong smiled and said: "Captain, this engineering army is a strong force of the empire. They built the permanent fortifications on the south bank of the Tumen River. General Nogi placed high hopes on those fortifications, and hoped that they could become the iron chain to strangle Lin Yuan's troops! It is enough to see how strong this engineer is."

"Our bunker this time is surrounded by special concrete, which is said to be a secret formula developed by the engineering troops themselves. Its hardness and rigidity are several times that of concrete in Britain, the United States and other countries. The top of the bunker is made of steel plates, and reinforced The supporting structure is enough to withstand several attacks from the Chinese artillery, as long as the shells do not repeatedly fall on the steel plate, the steel plate will not be damaged.”

Kumamoto nodded slightly, and said, "Okay! Very good! With these things, you won't be afraid of Lin Yuan's attack."

At this time Yoshizawa Tadayong suddenly said: "Captain, didn't you notice that there are many things wrong with this shelling?"

Kumamoto asked, "What's wrong? What are you talking about?"

Yoshizawa Tadayong said: "I suspect that there are Chinese scouts outside, and they are correcting the shooting for the Chinese artillery unit!"