Chapter 254: The Retreat of the Devil's Fifth Division(1/6)
Ohno Yuyu's battalion finally survived the bombing of large-caliber howitzers!
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a group of tanks rushing over from a distance.
The tank guns started bombing again!
The Japanese in Ohno Yongyou's brigade couldn't help but cry: What did they encounter?
Can't you escape being shot today?
Squadron leader Satoshi Igawa ordered loudly: "Mortar! Infantry artillery! Fire!"
During the 150mm caliber grenade bombing just now, they couldn't find the target and couldn't fight back.
We can only do it next to each other.
It's different now. The tanks on the opposite side and the infantry following the tanks can all be seen.
All the bombings I endured just now will be repaid twice as much now.
"Hai!" Captain Fukada Yuta agreed.
Commanding the infantry cannon to start aiming, the speed of the infantry cannon was finally one step slower than that of the mortar.
By this time, the mortars next to it had opened fire.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sound of artillery continued, and then two infantry guns also fired.
The Japanese soldiers in Ono Yuyu's battalion became excited when they saw artillery firing on their own defense line.
Taro Yonekura shouted loudly: "Blow them! Blow them to death!"
Just now, it and Sato Taizo survived hiding in the crater.
There are only a dozen or so Japs left in their squad now.
There were more than fifty Japanese soldiers in an infantry squad, but now only ten were left, and more than forty were killed in the bombing.
What a heavy casualty, what a painful result!
If the captain hadn't deployed a supervising team behind the defense line, there would have been no Japanese alive on this line of defense.
All the enemy's anger was focused on the tanks and infantry charging on the opposite side.
This gun of Yuta Fukada's detachment obviously disappointed the Japanese in the entire brigade: the first shot did not hit the tank.
Although it did not hit the tank, the Japanese artillery bombardment successfully attracted the tank's attention.
At least a dozen tanks stopped and their guns began to rotate.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Tank guns started firing.
More than a dozen tanks fired at the same time, and smoke suddenly filled the air.
It makes the tank a little hazy, but if more than a dozen shells are fired at it, there will always be a hit.
This made it impossible for the artillerymen who had just escaped the heavy artillery bombardment to escape this time.
Captain Yuta Fukada looked at the mortars flying around him and ordered with a trembling voice and trembling hands: "Shoot!"
By this time it already knew: It was doomed!
Dead!
Even if its gun can hit one tank, the other tanks will also hit itself.
Its hunch was right, the shell hit a tank.
Captain Fukada Yuta, who had no time to be happy, quickly ordered: "Continue!"
Then it was hit by a shell, and Yuta Fukada, who was blown up in the air, looked into the distance.
The tank that had just been hit by a shell was slowly but surely advancing forward!
"Didn't he take a shot?" Yuta Fukada closed his eyes unwillingly with doubts.
"Ba Ge! Are the tanks of the national army afraid of artillery shells?" Captain Ohno Yongyou, who saw the tank being shot with his own eyes, couldn't believe what he saw.
"Eight squares! The shell must have too little charge! The power is greatly reduced!
Damn Americans!" Captain Ohno Yongyou soon found out the reason.
It has always been worried about the ammunition sold by the Americans.
It is a staunch hater of the United States and believes that there must be a war between the empire and the United States.
The artillery shells sold by the Americans to the Empire must have been manipulated.
I took a look today: It’s actually like this!
If it is not tested on a tank, no conclusion can be drawn.
Normally, these artillery shells are used to bomb infantry. There is no intuitive judgment on whether they are effective or not.
Captain Ohno Yuta immediately reported his new findings to the division commander Itagaki Seishiro, which had a great impact on him.
Itagaki Seishiro's division commander heard that the Type 92 infantry cannon's direct fire could not destroy the national army's tanks, and agreed with Ohno Yuta's division commander's explanation.
There is something wrong with the artillery shells sold by the Americans!
But now, they also have to use the problematic shells!
But the artillery shells were useless against the National Army tanks.
what to do?
Staff officer Momo Yamaguchi rubbed his slightly swollen face and suggested in a low voice: "Your Excellency, division commander! We have a batch of red artillery shells that have not been used yet."
Ordinary artillery shells have gray warheads, while the red warhead shells are what the devils call chemical bombs, which are essentially poison gas bombs.
"Yoshi! Your reminder is right! Send these shells up for use immediately."
"Hai!"
A batch of poison gas bombs began to be sent to the front line.
It takes time to send ammunition to the front line, and the attack of the 98th Division also takes time.
However, their offense obviously requires much less time.
Just after the Japanese infantry artillery position was blown up, the struggle of Ohno Yongyu's infantry brigade came to an end.
Tanks charge, infantry follows!
The infantry follows the tanks!
Captain Ohno Yongyou brandished his command knife and died under machine gun fire, which was regarded as being loyal to the Japanese.
The entire Ohno Yongyu brigade was wiped out!
The attack speed of the national army was so fast that the Tomosaka Taisho Tank Squadron had no time to reach the second line of defense to block the attack, and the Ohno Brigade was already finished.
They can only be deployed on the third line of defense. At this time, the commander of Seishiro Itagaki's division was a little anxious and a little panicked.
He kept urging: "Is the tank squadron here?"
"Coming!"
"Send them up immediately!"
"Hai!"
No staff officer reminded me that the Chinese army had dozens of tanks attacking.
There are only twelve tanks in the tank squadron. Is it appropriate to fight with few tanks against many tanks?
No Japanese dared to object to the division commander's order.
Anyway, the tank squadron is speeding up and they are going to attack.
The six combat artillery pieces of Tomosaka Taisho's squadron were finally deployed on the third line of defense.
Six combat defense guns are located 300 meters behind the infantry defense line.
They were lined up in a row, the artillery shells had been loaded, and they were just waiting for the national army tanks to appear.
At this time, Squadron Leader Tomosaka Taixiang hoped that they would appear as soon as possible.
It had such an idea and was quickly satisfied.
The first tank appeared in the distance, followed by the second, third, and dozens of tanks.
Even his eyes can't see it.
However, the cannon commanded by Miyazawa Taizo's squadron was aimed at the first tank that appeared.
"Boom!"
A cannon shot!
The 150mm caliber artillery shell flew directly out and quickly hit the tank on the opposite side.
To be continued...