NCCnovel Chapter 107 Start
Chapter 107 Start
After Li Yunlong wound up Shen Quan, he finally returned to the first floor of the Taihang Mountain base.
I originally wanted to visit Zhang Dabiao’s position in Shipo Township, but then I thought that it was right under my nose every day and there was nothing to see, so I just went to see Sun Desheng’s tank battalion.
Sun Desheng is doing the final battle maintenance, preparing to fire a powerful shot in the first battle.
The artillery regiment, which is also a new type of soldier, has already experienced battles of all sizes and is tired of eating instant noodles.
On the other hand, their tank battalion did not participate in any serious battle, and the instant noodles the soldiers ate were specially approved by the commander, who was already full of anger.
"Sun Desheng, how are your preparations going?"
Sun Desheng stood at attention, pursed his lips and saluted.
"Commander, Chief of Staff, the tank battalion is ready to join the battle at any time. We have practiced with the cavalry company and the reconnaissance battalion dozens of times, and we are now proficient in it. Just wait and see!"
A loud drum does not need a heavy hammer. Sun Desheng is competitive by nature, so is there any need for a battle mobilization?
"Okay, according to the intelligence, the enemy still doesn't have an organized tank unit. You must coordinate well with the cavalry company and the reconnaissance battalion. Don't let the Japanese take advantage of the opportunity!"
Li Yunlong and his beloved friends couldn't help but give Sun Desheng a reminder.
"Sun Desheng, these guys are our Li's favorites. Don't be so foolish as to leave the infantry support. Those little devils are bastards. If they fight to the death and really carry explosives to fight our tanks head-on, we won't bother with them!"
"Yes! Instructor Lin Shubing and the special forces instructors have taught us to guard against the Japanese suicide attacks. We know what to do!"
After Li Yunlong and Wang Meng gave Sun Desheng a reminder, they returned to the headquarters. They were too lazy to go to Wang Chengzhu because Li Yunlong still owed him a few pounds of sweet potato cake.
When Li Yunlong arrived at the headquarters, he sent a telegram to Kong Jie and Ding Wei in Dianshang Town on the left wing.
"Ding Wei of the New 1st Regiment and Kong Jie of the New 2nd Regiment, please cooperate with our troops to prevent enemy attacks from the Changzhi direction. Report any situation to us at any time and prepare to receive supplies."
Ding Wei and Kong Jie were furious when they saw Li Yunlong's telegram. It turned out that Li Yunlong really regarded himself as the big brother?
For the sake of supplies, they decided to endure it.
With the war approaching, Li Yunlong dared not hide anything, because those fighting on the front line were all passionate men of our China.
Li Yunlong was generous and each regiment was given 300,000 Mauser rifle bullets, 50,000 German guns, and 5,000 mortar shells of various calibers.
As the war was imminent, outside Pingshun County, Nagano Yuichiro looked towards Shipo Township with a sinister look.
"Warriors of the Empire, set off!"
According to the deployment, the 225th Regiment will be the main attacker, the 37th Mountain Artillery Regiment will provide artillery support, and the 227th Regiment, which is short of a battalion, will serve as the reserve.
The commander of the 225th Regiment, Kazuo Kihara, led three infantry battalions and an anti-tank squadron, totaling more than 3800 people, and marched southward.
Kazuo Kihara, who had originally looked down on the Independent Column, began to take it seriously after hearing that Shio Murata had died in battle.
Keep the various battalions at a distance and advance southwards in a covert march to prevent the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.
In order to protect themselves from artillery fire, they had to march in secret, which was unimaginable before. However, according to various sources, the independent column did have a large number of artillery pieces.
The three artillery battalions of the 37th Artillery Regiment, with a mighty force of more than 2300 people, also set out on the road, following the 225th Regiment and advancing southward.
Each artillery battalion has 688 people, each equipped with 12 75mm mountain cannons.
In addition, the artillery regiment also has a reconnaissance battalion of 730 people, including a regiment headquarters of 130 people, a cavalry squadron of 130 people (4 platoons of 30 people), two motorized squadrons of 160 people, and a truck transport squadron of 1 people.
As soon as the large group of Japanese soldiers left the city, they were spotted by scouts in the distance, who quickly passed the information to the Taihang Mountain base.
Li Yunlong patted his head. He originally thought that the Japanese infantry and artillery would act separately, so he could attack the infantry first and then the artillery without delaying either.
Now, they actually acted together, and the team was too long, the infantry were not clustered together, and the effect was not achieved.
If we attack the infantry first, the motorized artillery will definitely run away in their vehicles.
Therefore, Li Yunlong decided to focus on attacking the enemy's artillery. If he was lucky and the infantry also entered the range of the 150mm infantry gun, he would use the 105mm howitzer to attack the artillery and the 150mm infantry gun to attack the infantry.
At 9200 meters away from the howitzer's maximum range, on the outskirts of Longxi Town, an artillery scout showed his head.
"Report to the headquarters, the enemy's infantry vanguard has entered the 9200-meter range!"
"Understood. Continue scouting and report back once all artillery units are within firing range!"
After about an hour, all the artillery had entered the range of the 105mm howitzers, and the vanguard of the infantry had arrived at Panmachi Village, four kilometers away from Shipo Township.
Li Yunlong was overjoyed. According to the effective range of 150 meters of the 4800mm infantry gun, the Japanese vanguard could be defeated.
At the same time, the 105mm howitzer can completely destroy the Japanese artillery regiment.
"Get me Wang Chengzhu!"
Wang Chengzhu was gesturing on the map. According to his calculations, two howitzer battalions, three rounds of salvos from 60 105mm howitzers were enough to destroy the Japanese artillery regiment.
"Captain, the commander is calling!"
Wang Chengzhu trotted to the phone and picked up the receiver.
"Zhu Zi, do you have the confidence to defeat the Japanese artillery regiment?"
"Don't worry, Commander. I'll make sure the mission is accomplished!"
"Get ready and wait for orders!"
Li Yunlong immediately contacted Zhang Dabiao. Due to the range, the 150mm guns of each regiment were concentrated at the frontline position in Shipo Township and commanded by one regiment.
Zhang Dabiao is now full of confidence. All 12 105 howitzers in the entire column are under his command. As long as he gives the order, all the Japanese will be turned into roasted pigs.
"Zhang Dabiao, wait for orders!"
Wang Meng also called Wang Chengzhu, exchanged glances with Li Yunlong, and gave orders at the same time.
"105mm howitzer battalion, fire!"
"150mm infantry artillery battalion, fire!"
The two teams of artillery scouts issued separate calibration orders.
With a whistling sound, the shell of the 105mm howitzer flew over Kazuo Kihara's head.
Kazuo Kihara breathed a sigh of relief, feeling fortunate that the bullet hit him, but at the same time he became confused.
"Baga, how come the Eighth Route Army has artillery with such a long range? Oh no! Artillery Regiment!"
Kazuo Kihara looked back and heard a loud rumbling sound behind him.
Before he had time to worry about the artillery regiment, a 150mm infantry gun shell hit Kazuo Kihara 150 meters away.