Revolution 1938

() A battle that was beyond everyone's expectations lasted for a whole night. As the logistics supply center of Suzhou, the 5000th Brigade of the Communist Party of China with 12 people has been stationed outside the city of Changzhou as the local defense. Puhai needs to be recaptured, and the second-line troops originally scattered in the Yangtze River Delta region have also shrunk. Except for two divisions stationed in the Suzhou area, the others are also concentrated in Zhenjiang, Liyang, and Huzhou for active defense and waiting to go to Puhai. The command of the sea attack.

Jiangsu, Nanjing, early in the morning, before the sky fully lit up, Hata Shunroku had already been invited to the headquarters by his servants.

Due to the fall of Urakai, the former commander of the Urakai Dispatch Army, His Majesty Prince Asaka Miya Hatohiko and other army officials were either killed or their lives and deaths were unknown. Therefore, the dissatisfaction with him from the Japanese Ministry of War and His Majesty the Emperor became more and more serious. Sneak attack, and the former commander Matsui Iwane has just been transferred back to China due to the pressure of world public opinion, so he has not been taken care of for the time being, but the tone and subtext of the telegram sent can already explain the problem. If Puhai cannot be recaptured by the end of the month, it is estimated that The commander of the Central China Dispatch Army has also reached the end, and it is very likely that he will have to be buried with the army officers who died in Puhai.

Therefore, in recent days, Hata Shunroku has been busy late every night with the large and small staff members of the staff department, not only to ensure the occupation of Xuzhou's captured areas, but also to mobilize troops to return to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to assemble before the attack, plus the preliminary After contacting the enemy on the opposite side of Puhai, the only information that can be known is the ferocious firepower. The reconnaissance troops sent basically never return. They only know what the opponent is called the South China Sea Fleet, but they don't know the deployment, designation, weapons and equipment at all. It was also the first time for Hata Shunroku to do the battle plan for the purpose, so he often went back to the mansion to take a nap after it was almost dawn.

But today, he was woken up shortly after he fell asleep, and the order officer would ignore his rest. There must be something wrong with the front line, and I hope it will not be too serious.Hata Toshiroku walked into the staff department while wearing a discipline buckle.

"What happened?"

"** The 12th Brigade reported that Changzhou City was raided last night and was captured by the enemy. The ** 12th Brigade, 15th Division and the 22nd Division that had just moved to Yangshi Town, Wuxi, around Changzhou City After discovering that there was an enemy situation in Changzhou, they threw themselves into the battle to capture Changzhou City, but they were violently blocked by the enemy. So far, the logistics support center in Changzhou City has completely lost contact. ** The 12th Brigade has suffered 60% casualties, and the 15th Brigade has suffered 30% casualties. The casualties of the 22th Division reached 30%, and the [-]nd Division was bombarded by the enemy’s heavy artillery, and the loss reached [-]% before the battle, and now all participating troops have sent reports to request tactical guidance.”

"Changzhou was captured? What kind of stupid conclusion is this? Changzhou is our hinterland. Suzhou and Wuxi have not yet fallen. How can Changzhou be lost?"

"According to the report of the 12th Brigade, the enemy troops came from the sky and were airdropped on a large scale in the Changzhou area last night."

"Baga! Our Imperial Japanese Army does not have a large-scale airborne force. How could the Chinese have such a large airborne army, and the airborne force can have heavy artillery fire? One airborne will kill our two divisions one by one** Mixed brigades require tactical guidance?"

"However, the ** 12th Brigade saw the opponent's airborne process with their own eyes. After the opponent landed, they could directly transfer to the battle, and it is said that there are direct airdropped tanks into the battle, so the ** 12th Brigade can't chew on the opponent's attack at all. Most of the time, they were repulsed before seeing the opponent's figure attacking."

"Baga, are the people in the 12th Brigade all idiots? They are in our encirclement, why don't they fire?"

"Our artillery team was destroyed by the opponent's heavy artillery fire after only a few minutes of shooting. Now the artillery brigades of the 2 divisions and 1 brigade on the front line basically have no artillery support."

Hearing this news, Hata Shunroku suddenly calmed down. The artillery team was destroyed by the opponent's artillery shortly after firing. The opponent was obviously able to quickly detect the artillery position on his side.This reminded him of the little thing that can detect the trajectory of artillery shells that he mentioned in a chat with his German friend, artillery expert Colonel Merkel, but to the Germans, that thing was just an idea on paper, Chinese people How could there be!It must be that the Chinese who are still alive in the war zone have infiltrated spies.

"Where is the 17th Division now?"

"Most of the 17th Division has left Wuxi to the north of Suzhou"

"Where is the 17th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment assigned to the [-]th Division now?"

"I just arrived at the distribution center in the east of Wuxi City yesterday, and I am resting"

"I ordered the [-]th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment to stop going to Suzhou and move to the north of Wuxi City to set up an artillery position to provide artillery support for the Changzhou front. In addition, more positions need to be prepared, and they will be transferred immediately after each shot." The sun rarely appears, and most of the time what can be seen is the drizzle-style misty rain Jiangnan, but today, the blood-red sunset sets off the small hills full of ditches and bomb craters. They are silently talking about the cruelty of the battle that happened here this day.

On a few hills far away from the battlefield, a group of soldiers in gray military uniforms were lying quietly among the bushes. Since there was a mountain ravine separated from the battlefield, neither side in the battle noticed it. They, or they knew it and ignored it.

At this time, a petite figure climbed up from behind the mountain, and quickly ran to one of the people holding the box cannon.

"Commander Su, I found out that the attacking party should be the 22nd Division of Japan. They moved over from Wuxi this morning and encountered resistance here. The blocking party does not know who it is, and Ri himself did not come up. They don't show their heads at all. But I found their artillery position behind the mountain, there are many artillery pieces, big and small, and the military flag is red, with [-] Chinese characters on it, it should be our friendly army."

"The red military flag, the word [-]? I haven't heard of it, but as long as you type the small Japanese, you are a friend of our New Fourth Army."

"Commander, when I just came back, I saw smoke and dust in the north. It is estimated that reinforcements from our friendly army have arrived. Seeing that the smoke and dust are not livestock and people, it should be similar to a big car in Japan, and there will be no fewer people!"

"Really, I wanted to see the opportunity to help them, but it seems that there is no need." Before the words fell, layers of blue mist scattered from the far mountain depression, which looked like water mist, but it was different from Ri himself. Su Zhiyu, who had been with him for several years, knew very well that it was the green smoke from the engine of the Japanese chariot.

"Not good, Little Riben also brought chariots here." I saw a dozen 94-type cavalry chariots leading a regiment of soldiers from the side to attack the hill from the side of the spacious mountain pass. Machine guns kept firing at the position on the hill.

"I'm going to suffer..." Su Zhiyu slammed the ground below his body fiercely. Before he could finish his sentence, countless small black spots shot out from the trenches and foxholes on the hill in front of the chariot, and swayed towards the people below the mountain. Chariot group. "Boom", "Boom", there was a sea of ​​flames at the foot of the mountain, and the machine guns of the chariot that were showing off their might just now disappeared instantly. The smoke and dust caused by the explosion covered the foot of the mountain, and no one could clearly see what happened on the battlefield.

This situation stunned the group of the third regiment of the second detachment of the New Fourth Army who were watching the battle from a distance.The combination of chariots and reinforcements, the tactical coordination that once made the squadron suffer so much, was destroyed by these things that looked like grenades.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, the blazing wreckage of the chariot was mixed with the sound of bang and bang bullets and the screams of the wounded infantrymen. The three parties with different mentalities on the battlefield had completely different feelings in their ears.

"Company commander, this is Little Japan's chariot? It's too tender, it can't even block 40mm grenades, and they are ashamed to show it off."

"Okay, stop bragging, let me count the casualties, and then see how the ammunition is consumed"

"It's all right, except for a few brothers who were bitten on their hands a few times, and one who was stunned by a shell, everything else is fine, at most the face was burned by the shell casing or something."

"Let everyone pay attention, the chariots of Little Japan have been destroyed by us. It is estimated that the next wave will be shelled again. Let everyone prepare for artillery defense. In addition, let the artillery group prepare to counterattack"

"Xiao Riben still has guns? Didn't they get taken by the 132 regiment behind us from the beginning?"

"It's better to be safe, and replenish the ammunition while the opponent suspends the attack."

"Okay, yes, company commander, the self-propelled rocket launcher company of the 133rd regiment has already established positions on the reverse slope of several small hills behind us, and can provide us with fire support at that time."

"Very well, let them pay attention to suppressing the firepower of the Japanese artillery that may appear."

"Ok"

Just when the two were easily arranging follow-up tactical goals.The atmosphere in the command post of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army on the opposite side was as depressing as death, and Tuqiao, who was holding the report, was smoking a cigarette sullenly.

Just now, the chariot of the 22nd Cavalry Brigade of the division was annihilated by the opponent without even seeing the figure of the opponent. This battle has been fought until now, and almost all the technical weapons of the division have been destroyed. But he didn't even know the number of the opponent, so how could he fight this battle.

"Is the radio working fine now?"

"Works fine!"

"Send a report to Nanjing, requesting tactical guidance and artillery support!"

"Hi"

……

"Report to the commander, the command requested us to provide the coordinates of the bombardment, and the 17th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment of the No.[-] Division will provide us with artillery support."

"Very well, get the 86th Infantry Regiment ready for another attack after the shelling is over"

"Hi!"

Not far away, Su Zhiyu, who was staring blankly at the foot of the mountain like a melting area, suddenly heard a different howling sound from the sky, "No, shelling, it's heavy artillery." Black mushroom clouds rose up one after another, and black smoke and dust mixed with raging fire wrapped the entire mountain in a sea of ​​flames.

"Damn it, I didn't expect the Japanese to use large-caliber heavy artillery. Now those well-equipped allies are going to die."

Looking at the hellish sea of ​​flames, Su Zhiyu's heart felt like a knife was piercing him.But he didn't know that there were almost no living people on the hill at this time. Everyone had already entered the anti-bunker hole on the reverse slope and waited. On the position where the artillery fire was raging, there were only a few high-definition cameras flashing red aiming lasers Silently monitoring everything on the ground amidst the raging smoke and dust.

"Report, 440:216 found the Japanese army's 150mm heavy artillery position"

"Share the data with the Air Force and the self-propelled howitzer company of the 132nd Regiment, and immediately carry out fire suppression."

"Yes"

Less than 5 minutes after the Japanese artillery bombardment, the 132mm howitzers of the 122nd regiment had already fired two base row rocket-extended range bombs. At this time, on the heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army, the wing staff was arguing with the commander whether to It is necessary to change positions as instructed by the Nanjing headquarters.

"Mr. Xiaolin, what artillery do you think the Chinese have that can reach our heavy artillery? Why do we need to move the battlefield?"

"But……"

"No, but, with this little time, it's better to fire a few more shots and blow up the Chinese people."

As soon as the words fell, a 122mm anti-personnel bomb burst on their heads, and hundreds of millions of small steel balls swept the entire heavy artillery position. In less than 5 minutes, the entire position There was no sound, only the bright red streams slowly gathered together and then slowly flowed into the small river beside the position, making the sound of dripping water.

"Good job, the 22th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment did a really good job." Seeing the flames rising from the other side's hill, the command post of the [-]nd Division was filled with joy.

"Order the 86th Infantry Regiment to attack immediately"

"Hi!"

Looking at the flaming hill, the soldiers of the entire infantry regiment formed skirmish lines and marched towards the foot of the hill.

"Commander, what to do, Ri himself attacked"

"Damn it!" Facing the strength of a whole regiment, although Su Zhiyu has a whole regiment of troops in his hands, if he goes into the battlefield, it will basically be the rhythm of a mantis arm blocking a car. A mature commander will not issue such an attack order .Therefore, they can only watch the development of the war quietly from a distance.

However, at this time, in the artillery hole on the reverse slope of the back mountain, Youlan's LED terminal displayed the video, and the battlefield surveillance cameras had already sent the densely packed line of Ri's skirmishers to everyone through the swirling smoke.

"Hehe, Little Riben will give me this set, so good, let's teach Little Riben a lesson, and let them see what is artilleryism."

"Notify the self-propelled rocket launcher company of the 133rd regiment to cover 300 bases 4 meters in front of our position."

"Yes"

Just when everyone on the other two sides of the battlefield thought that Ri himself was about to win the battle, countless smoke and dust rose from the valley not far behind the battle line.Accompanied by ear-piercing howling sounds, dense seas of flames completely covered the Japanese attacking troops, which had just recovered their morale like a rainbow, and the explosions moved towards the rear of the front line layer by layer like transplanting rice seedlings, uniform columns of fire and The mushroom cloud taught a good lesson for all observers outside the battlefield. This is how the cannon was fired.