I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 284 Prepare for the Counterattack
Looking at the Devil fighter plane flying at low altitude, a cold light flashed in Liu Gen's eyes. He put the shell in his hand into the barrel, and in an instant, the modified shell flew out.

"Cannonball!" Liu Gen ordered in a low voice.

Yun Gui hurriedly prepared the cannonball and put it into Liu Gen's hands. Yun Gui moved quickly. After putting the cannonball into Liu Gen's hand, he picked up another cannonball. There is still plenty of time, and Liu Gen should take the opportunity Fire a few more rounds.With the cooperation of Yungui, shells were quickly fired one by one. In just ten seconds, six shells were fired!
The soldiers looked at all this and looked at Liu Gen with shock in their eyes. Liu Gen's speed was really too fast.Fire six shells within ten seconds, so as long as Liu Gen can keep going, he can fire 1 shells in one minute, which has almost reached the limit of the mortar's rate of fire.Even if Liu Gen increases his speed again, limited by the rate of fire of the mortar, there will not be much change.

Yun Gui was not too shocked, but rather blamed himself. He knew that Liu Gen could do better, but it was because of him that he was affected.

Among the soldiers present, none were able to fire six shells in ten seconds. Even four shells required their all-out efforts, let alone six shells.The soldiers looked at Liu Gen, they could see Liu Gen's expression was calm, and he couldn't see the slightest fatigue. That is to say, if there was enough time, Liu Gen could still maintain this speed!

In the air, there was a loud explosion sound. In order to ensure that it could hit the Devil fighter plane, the six shells fired by Liu Gen were almost all in one position, in order to be able to hit the Devil fighter plane and prevent it from escaping successfully.The loud explosion and the fragments of shells flying out quickly made the devil's pilot look terrified, and controlled the fighter plane to climb up quickly.

"What are you looking at me for? Still not retreating? Stay here and wait for the Devils to come?" Liu Gen picked up the hot mortar and quickly retreated towards the depths of the forest.

The surrounding soldiers reacted, and their faces changed. They knew what Liu Gen said was right, and they could also see that the Devil fighter plane was rushing towards the mountain forest after climbing rapidly.Black smoke came out of a Devil fighter plane. Even though the Devil pilot reacted quickly, the fighter plane was still attacked by shells, making it impossible for the fighter plane to continue fighting.

The remaining two Devil fighters crazily rushed towards the area where Liu Gen and the others were located, but in order to avoid being attacked, the two fighters kept flying at a certain altitude, and their machine guns kept firing at this area. As for whether they could hit Liu Gen and the others in the mountains, they don't care.The devil pilot just wanted to use this method to cover up the panic in his heart. If he knew that the Eighth Route Army had such a method, they would definitely not be careless.

"Cannonball!"

During the escape, Liu Gen looked back and saw the Devil fighter planes shooting with machine guns above the forest. His eyes lit up. The two Devil fighter planes were not flying at low altitude, and they should be about 500 meters away from the forest.It is undoubtedly impossible to hit such a high-altitude Devil fighter plane with a mortar.

Yun Gui, who was beside Liu Gen, came to his senses and quickly took out a cannonball and handed it to Liu Gen. He looked at the Devil fighter planes circling and strafing in the air, and understood Liu Gen's thoughts.Just looking at the flying altitude of the devil's fighter plane in the air, Yun Gui was a little suspicious. He didn't know whether Liu Gen could hit the devil's fighter plane.And the most important thing is, maybe the mortar can't hit such a height at all, right?

"boom"

The shell flew out, Liu Gen directly picked up the mortar and retreated again, not even checking whether the shell could hit the devil's fighter plane.

On the way of retreating, Yungui couldn't help but look back, wondering if the shells had a chance to hit the devils.But to Yungui's disappointment, the two devil's fighter planes did not have any problems, but shells exploded in the air again, which made the two devil's fighter planes choose to climb again and dare not continue to shoot with machine guns.

"Captain, that shot just now failed to hit the Devil's plane." Yun Gui said to Liu Gen.

Liu Gen didn't stop, with a calm expression, "That's for sure. At the altitude at which the Devil's fighters are flying, it's impossible to hit again. I just want to buy some time. Now the two Devil's fighters are not Has the shooting stopped?"

Immediately, Yun Gui understood that Liu Gen was for this purpose, no wonder Liu Gen didn't care whether he could hit the devil's fighter.Yun Gui looked at the other soldiers. He could see that a few soldiers were accidentally injured during the devil's strafing. It was just because the devil fired at a certain height. When the bullets hit the soldiers, the power of the bullets dropped a lot. The soldiers None of their injuries were serious.

Looking at Liu Gen, who was advancing quickly with the mortar on his back, Yungui seemed to understand why Liu Gen did this. If the devils continued to shoot, more soldiers would be injured, and even more soldiers would die here.

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At the frontline headquarters, the brigade commander looked at the Devil fighter planes circling in the sky, and knew that the Eighth Route Army below had weapons that could threaten them, so the Devil pilots did not dare to continue taking risks.The inability to fly at low altitude naturally means that the machine guns on the fighter plane cannot play a big role, but the devil pilots are not willing to evacuate like this.The devil's fighter planes were circling, and the devil's two infantry brigades were also attacking. Thousands of devils kept advancing under the cover of the fighter planes.

"Order the regiments to avoid the enemy's sharp edge, and wait until the devil fighter planes retreat before launching a counterattack! Without my order, no regiment can take the initiative to show its head." The brigade commander ordered.

Some soldiers quickly dialed the numbers of the regiments and told Li Yunlong and others the orders of the brigade commander. With the help of the communications soldiers, the 386th Brigade had already successfully established a telephone communication network in this area, which was sufficient to ensure the communication between the frontline headquarters and the regiments. unhindered.The location of the front-line headquarters is very hidden, and the soldiers even made a lot of camouflage around them, so that the Devil fighters could not find the location of the front-line headquarters.

Of course, even if the devils found the frontline headquarters, it would not have much effect. Under the order of the brigade commander, most of the personnel in the frontline headquarters were already in the car.Devil fighter planes come, and there will be no gains.

"Did Liu Gen fire those shots just now?" The brigade commander looked at the devil fighter planes circling in the sky and asked.

The brigade commander led the 386 brigade to fight against the devils many times, and faced many times when the devils dispatched fighter planes to assist in the attack.Facing the fighter planes of the Devils, the 386th Brigade suffered a lot.It is very difficult to shoot down the Devil's fighter plane with a machine gun. Devil pilots are not fools. When encountering the light machine guns gathered by the Eighth Route Army, they will naturally choose to climb quickly instead of letting the Eighth Route Army use the light machine guns to shoot.Coupled with the extremely fast speed of the Devil fighter, it is even more difficult to hit the Devil fighter with a light machine gun.

In the entire Eighth Route Army, there is no good way to deal with the Devil fighters, even if the Eighth Route Army has fought the Devil fighters a lot, there is no way.The Eighth Route Army was too poor to form its own air force. Coupled with the blockade of the Eighth Route Army by the Japanese army, it was impossible for the Eighth Route Army to obtain fighters.

"It should be Captain Liu who fought, and he is the only one in the brigade who has such abilities." Xiao Li said with certainty.

The brigade commander nodded, and couldn't help thinking. As the captain of the artillery team, Liu Gen has such a skill, so can other soldiers learn it?If the other fighters did the same as Liu Gen, then they would not be helpless when they encountered the devil's fighter, and could only be beaten passively.Being beaten passively is not the brigade commander's style.

"After the battle, let Genzi cultivate the abilities of the artillerymen in this area. Judging from the damage of the Devil fighter plane, it is still feasible for Genzi to do so." The brigade commander said in a deep voice.

Xiao Li was slightly taken aback, and wrote this down without being too surprised.Since Liu Gen has such abilities, it is normal to be reused by the brigade commander. Xiao Li is also very happy to see that the 386 brigade has a way to deal with the devil fighters.For the soldiers, anyone who saw the arrogant fighter plane of the devil in the air would be extremely annoyed, and would want to use various methods to shoot down the devil's fighter plane.

"Order all the regiments once again to launch a counterattack against the devils immediately after the devil's fighter plane retreats! Whether you can eat meat or not depends on this time! Let Li Yunlong and others show some real skills, what is a little wealth? Earn money after using it up That's good, don't hold back!" The brigade commander looked at the devil fighter planes circling in the sky, knowing that they would not stay for too long.

Picking up the binoculars and looking at the thousands of devils who are constantly attacking, the brigade commander's eyes flickered coldly. These little devils should be enough to replenish the 386 brigade. As long as some of them are killed, the goal will be achieved!As for annihilating these little devils, the brigade commander has no such idea. Now the 386 brigade and regiments have insufficient fighters. If they are about to fight these devils desperately, there will definitely be more casualties. How can we face the devils next? The sweep again?
It didn't take too long for Li Yunlong and others to know the relevant orders of the brigade commander. They gritted their teeth and took out their accumulated wealth. The brigade commander spoke up, so naturally they couldn't hide it anymore.The artillery companies formed by each regiment have made corresponding preparations. There were artillery teams for artillery support before, and the artillery companies of each regiment did not fire.Now he is about to fight back, and if he doesn't show some real skills, he might not even be able to drink soup.

Under the orders of Li Yunlong and others, the soldiers of each regiment were ready to fight back. The soldiers were full of fighting spirit and their bullets were replenished. It was up to them how many devils they could kill next.

In the woods, Liu Gen stopped. He looked at the Devil fighter plane circling in the sky, turned around decisively, and ran towards the front line.Seeing Liu Gen's actions, the soldiers did not hesitate, followed Liu Gen's footsteps and rushed towards the front line.Noticing that the soldiers followed up, Liu Gen was a little satisfied. In this regard, the soldiers did a good job.

Five minutes later, Liu Gen came to the edge of the woods and looked at the Devil fighter plane circling in the sky again. He could see that the Devil fighter plane stopped staying and chose to evacuate at full speed.The Devil pilots knew that it would be useless to stay, and they dared not continue to attack at low altitudes, so they could not pose an effective threat to the Eighth Route Army.

(End of this chapter)