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Chapter 525: Fierce Battle at Honghua Ridge (5)

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    The gathering of the little devils shows that the dog-eared enemy has not been hurt yet and will continue to attack, so what follows will be an unprecedented bloody battle.

    In view of this, Long Linghui immediately ordered the troops to enter the trenches and prepare for battle, ready to meet the Japanese attack at any time.

    Soon the little devils completed the assembly. Long Linghui saw from the telescope that the little devils had half the strength of the brigade. The total number was probably no less than 500 people. There were also a small number of tanks, even more than Long Linghui's.  We also saw heavy weapons such as the Type 92 infantry cannon and grenade launchers behind the Japanese army.

    ¡°Obviously, the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side are ready to fight tooth and nail!

    But for Long Linghui and others, it was not a big deal. Every time they fought, they kept their heads in their belts and worked hard.

    At 11:30 in the morning, after completing the assembly, these little devils moved towards the second battalion's position under the cover of artillery, and the battle finally began.

    In view of this, Long Linghui immediately ordered: "Everyone is here, order the forward positions to guard against Japanese shelling, and distribute gas masks to everyone immediately."

    When he was in the Northeast, Long Linghui had seen the power of the Japanese gas bombs, so before going to the battlefield, he deliberately took all the gas masks from the regiment. In Long Linghui's opinion, he would take them over if they were not needed.  This is called being prepared.

    The forward commander of the Japanese army is Kimura Kogoro, with the rank of Major, and is currently the third captain of the 114th Brigade.

    To be honest, Kimura Kogoro is still very grateful to the Chinese army on the opposite side, because it was precisely because of their heroic resistance that his immediate superior, Captain Aoki, was shot dead on the battlefield, and he was successfully promoted from deputy to captain, completing  The most important step for promotion.

    It can be said that as long as he can survive today's battle, he really has a bright future!

    As for whether the battle can be fought successfully, Kimura Kogoro is not worried at all. He has been observing the Chinese army on the opposite side from the beginning of the war. Judging from the opponent's number and firepower density, the Chinese army on the opposite position should not be  There are so many, and it¡¯s only half a group if you¡¯re full.

    A regiment of the national army only has 1,500 to 2,000 men, which is far less than an infantry regiment of the Imperial Japanese Army. Therefore, the total strength of the Chinese defenders opposite is at most 1,000 to 2,000 men, and it is impossible to exceed it.  Two thousand people.

    More importantly, due to some special reasons, Kimura Kogoro had the opportunity to gain access to some real secrets. He knew that the army on the opposite side had just fought with the Namada detachment, and had completely annihilated the Namada detachment. In addition, the navy's  All three Marine armies were wiped out, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Imperial warriors in just one day.

    Of course, saying this is not to prove how brave these hateful people are, but to prove that this force has gone through a lot of wear and tear.

    Although the imperial army has suffered heavy casualties in the past few days, the Chinese army on the opposite side has also suffered heavy casualties. It can be expected that as long as they persist in the continuous attack, they will definitely be able to defeat the opposing army and then capture the entire Honghua Ridge.

    "Reporting to the captain, the fifth squadron, the eighth squadron, and the artillery team are ready for battle and are waiting for your orders at any time!"

    "Yoshi, order Captain Fuji to launch an attack immediately, and also order the Fifth Artillery Squadron to provide artillery support!" Kimura Kogoro issued the order to attack.

    "Hai!"

    "Boom boom boom"

    The Japanese army carried out artillery bombardment as usual. More than a dozen mountain guns on the rear artillery positions, together with several mortars and Type 92 infantry guns on the front, began to bombard the defenders' positions at Honghualing.

    With the dull sound of artillery shelling, dense artillery shells fell on the defenders' position!

    Suddenly, the Chinese defenders' position exploded with constant explosions. The soil, sand and gravel were blown everywhere, and the entire position turned into a sea of ??fire.

    Due to the fierce firepower of the Japanese army, even though the battle only lasted about a day, most of the fortifications prepared by the defenders had collapsed, and only a few were still usable.

    Under such circumstances, many soldiers could only crawl in the trenches, endure the Japanese artillery fire, and resist the Japanese artillery fire with their flesh and blood and steely will.

    However, this situation did not last long. After the Japanese artillery bombardment began, the artillery on the defender's position also began to fight back, and the two sides launched a fierce artillery battle.

    Artillery battles were rare during this period. The main reason was that the Chinese army lacked artillery. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the only time the Chinese and Japanese armies were able to engage in artillery battles was at the Battle of Xinkou in Shanxi.  However, Yan Xishan spent all his capital, 200 artillery pieces and 80,000 rounds of artillery shells, to fight with the Japanese.??The 23-day artillery battle began.

    Apart from this, there were few large-scale artillery battles on other battlefields. Basically, the Japanese troops were fighting, while the Chinese troops were being beaten.

    It is a recognized fact that the Chinese army lacked artillery during the Anti-Japanese War. Before the war, Chiang Kai-shek realized that the Chinese army had huge problems with artillery. First, the number of artillery was small. Second, the caliber and model were not uniform. Third, the quality of the soldiers was poor. Therefore,  Then began to rectify the artillery across the country.

    Statistics at that time showed that there were a total of 400 large-caliber guns in the central and local areas, and they were the so-called "Wanguo brand".  The Central Army, the Northeastern Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army are known as the "three major artillery forces".

    As a result, Marshal Zhang lost one of the three strongest troops in the Northeast, and the remaining Shanxi-Sui Army was the strongest, able to produce artillery ammunition, and the calibers were relatively uniform.

    After all, Yan Xishan has a diploma from the Japanese Military Academy and pays more attention to the use of artillery. However, the Jinsui Army mostly has small-caliber mountain artillery, and there are no heavy artillery with a caliber above 75mm.

    The conditions of the Central Army are slightly better and they can produce and outsource their own production. However, the large-caliber artillery was almost exhausted soon after the war started.  Later, all efforts were made to produce various types of mortars. As the main firepower of the Chinese army during the Anti-Japanese War, the production of large-caliber artillery was basically abandoned.

    Last year, in order to conquer Shanxi Province, the Japanese army dispatched one division and four brigades, first taking the southern Chahar area in northern Shanxi.

    Xinkou is the last line of defense in Shanxi. Yan Xishan rushed all 9 artillery regiments to the Xinkou front line. The Taiyuan Arsenal took out all 80,000 rounds of artillery shells in stock. Trains transported ammunition to the front line every day. The artillery bombardment caused 30,000 Japanese casualties.  The important reason for the large number of people was that this was the first large-scale artillery battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies since the Northern War of Resistance.

    During the 23 days of the Xinkou battle, the Shanxi-Sui Army artillery fired a total of more than 40,000 artillery shells, an average of more than 2,000 shells per day.  A considerable part of the 30,000 Japanese troops lost on the front line were attributable to the artillery of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

    In addition, there are very few troops on the Chinese battlefield that can engage in face-to-face artillery bombardment with the Japanese army!

    But Li Guoyao's unit is obviously an exception. So far, the two artillery regiments of the 61st Army have been reduced to one, but this artillery regiment has four artillery battalions, namely two mountain artillery battalions and two field artillery battalions.

    Like the Little Devils, the 61st Army did not include mortars in the artillery regiments, but placed them directly under the jurisdiction of each regiment for front-line fire support.

    With this level of artillery, it is not much worse than that of the Little Japanese, and is even much better than one of the Little Japanese's artillery regiments.

    This is also the reason why Li Guoyao dared to fight the Japanese army face to face. In Li Guoyao's words, if you have the strength to fight to the death, you are awesome. If you don't have the strength, you still want to challenge the opponent. That is courting death, and you are a fool!

    When the artillery battle started, the charging little devils were stunned!

    Although they had known that the Chinese army had a lot of artillery, they did not expect that the strength was so strong. You must know that in order to cooperate with their attack, the division and regiment headquarters had put the entire artillery regiment into battle.

    Unexpectedly, instead of gaining the upper hand, they were suppressed by the army. This made Kimura Kogoro and others feel a chill in their hearts, and a shadow was cast over their hearts before they even attacked.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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