kvmb Chapter 277: Taking Turns to Attack
Chapter 277: Taking Turns to Attack
The Type 94 75mm mountain gun is a light infantry support gun. It is not very big, with a barrel length of 536 meters and a weight of 7.85 kilograms. It is made of steel. In addition, the density of steel is , so the actual volume of the entire gun is far less than half a cubic meter.
12 mountain cannons, plus a basic number of shells for each cannon, take up less than 12 cubic meters of space, which can be fully accommodated in the storage space.
After loading the artillery and shells, Lu Cheng casually threw down seven or eight packs of explosives and immediately left with the special forces team.
The Japanese soldiers nearby reacted quickly. Just as the special forces team left, a small team of Japanese soldiers arrived first.
The entire artillery position had been bombed into a mess at this time, with the artillerymen and patrolling Japanese soldiers suffering heavy casualties, but the twelve mountain cannons and artillery shells in the field had all disappeared.
After checking the situation at the scene, the Japanese squad sent people to pursue them while reporting the situation to the follow-up troops.
This sneak attack was so strange that it didn't take long from the time the explosion sounded to the time they arrived. Even if there was a big explosion, those 500-kilogram artillery pieces were just lumps of iron and it was impossible for them to be blown to ashes in the explosion.
Moreover, there were no signs of the artillery being taken away, only the bodies of the patrol team.
Soon, more Japanese soldiers arrived here and immediately organized troops to pursue them.
But Lu Cheng's special forces had already retreated into the jungle. Even if the Japanese soldiers locked their direction through the traces along the way, they could not catch up with Lu Cheng and his special forces for a while. Instead, many of them were killed or injured by the booby traps left along the way. From time to time, a burst of cold guns would be fired from the forest, killing several Japanese soldiers rushing in front.
After chasing for more than an hour, the Japanese suffered sixty or seventy casualties, but still failed to catch up with the special forces.
In the jungle, the special forces had an absolute advantage. In addition, the Japanese lacked submachine guns, their bolt-action rifles had a slow rate of fire and required them to squat down to shoot, and the Type 99 light machine gun was too heavy and the machine gunners could not run fast, making it even more difficult to catch up with Lu Cheng and others.
The pursuit continued until dawn, when the Japanese completely lost track of the special forces.
That night, the Japanese not only lost 12 mountain cannons and artillery shells, but also suffered casualties of more than artillerymen and more than infantrymen. The loss was indeed heavy.
After dawn, the commander of the regiment, Okada, rushed to the artillery position with a face full of anger: "What is going on? How many enemies attacked our artillery position last night? Why are all the twelve mountain guns and shells gone? Did they grow wings and fly away?
You good-for-nothings, why haven't you caught up with the enemy yet? Why?"
Scolded by the regiment commander, the Japanese soldiers below lowered their heads and dared not make any sound.
Takeuchi Renzan checked the surroundings and found some Thompson submachine gun bullet shells. He had thought of something and walked to Okada Hiroji and whispered, "Okada-kun, if my guess is correct, this should be Lu Cheng from the other side. Lu Cheng is best at surprise attacks with small groups of troops and likes to use the US Thompson submachine gun."
"Oh? Is that Lu Cheng who caused the Takeuchi United to suffer a great loss?"
"Yes, it's him! My deputy commander Tachibana Kiyoshi also died at his hands!" When mentioning this name, Takeuchi Renshan gritted his teeth, but was a little afraid.
While the two were talking about Lu Cheng, Takeuchi Lianshan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He had a very bad feeling and quickly said, "Captain, this place may not be safe. Let's leave quickly."
Okada Hiroji frowned slightly: "Takeuchi-kun, are you scared by that Lu Cheng? How could you be like this..."
However, before Okada Hiroji could finish his words, the Japanese soldiers on the position heard a sharp whistle and hurriedly dodged.
"Boom! Boom!" Two violent explosions sounded not far from the artillery position. Okada Hiroji and Takeuchi Renzan were blown down by the blast, especially Okada Hiroji, who had one of his eyes cut by a piece of shrapnel and was bleeding profusely.
Takeuchi Renzan quickly helped Okada Hiroji away: "Retreat! Retreat!"
Just as the Japanese on the position withdrew, two more artillery shells fell outside the position, but they were a little further away.
After retreating to a safe distance, Takeuchi Renzan quickly asked someone to call a military doctor to treat Okada Hiroji.
After examining him, the military doctor shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that Captain Okada's left eye cannot be saved. The conditions on the battlefield are limited at the moment, so we must send the captain to a hospital in the rear as soon as possible. The eyeball is injured and surgery must be performed as soon as possible, otherwise it is easy to cause intracranial infection."
"Then send the wing commander to the rear hospital as soon as possible."
At this moment, Okada Hiroji woke up and spoke despite the severe pain: "Takeuchi-kun, everything here is in your hands. After my injury is healed, I will come back to avenge my previous humiliation!"
At this time, Lu Cheng, five kilometers away, had already put away two mountain cannons and rushed to meet up with the special forces.
To be honest, the Japanese 75 mountain gun has the advantage of being easy to disassemble and transport, and can adapt to various combat environments, but its accuracy is not very good. Although the maximum range is 8.3km, the stability will be very poor when the elevation angle exceeds a certain degree.
Lu Cheng didn't expect that these shots would kill Okada Hiroji and Takeuchi Renzan, but at least they left a deep impression on them.
At this time, Takeuchi Renzan was indeed thinking about a question that he couldn't figure out, how did Lu Cheng get those 12 mountain cannons away? Judging from the bombardment just now, they used their 75mm mountain cannons, and the shooting should have been carried out at a distance of about five kilometers.
But after several hours of pursuit, Lu Cheng should have been chased to a farther distance. This means that during the pursuit, Lu Cheng was still able to bypass their pursuit troops, return and bombard them a few times.
When Takeuchi Renzan sent people to the shelling site, although they found traces of the shelling, they did not find any mountain cannon or shell casings, and there were no signs of artillery transportation around.
The unknown always makes people fearful. At this moment, Takeuchi Renshan was extremely afraid of Lu Cheng. He was even worried that Lu Cheng's shells would fall at his feet again.
Having just escaped a disaster, Takeuchi Renzan was even somewhat relieved that his own 75mm mountain cannon was not very accurate.
At the same time, Lu Cheng was also lamenting that this artillery did have obvious shortcomings when used as a sniper weapon.
In order to ensure continuous firing of the 75 mountain cannon, it usually requires the cooperation of a dozen artillerymen. It is indeed time-consuming for Lu Cheng to load, adjust, and shoot alone.
Therefore, Lu Cheng could usually only fire one or two shots and then evacuate quickly, otherwise the Japanese artillery would fire back.
On the east bank of the Nujiang River, after hearing the artillery fire from the west bank, the three battalion commanders Meng Fanle, Xia Shouzhong, and Long Wenjian immediately ordered the soldiers stationed on the positions to hide in cat-ear caves to avoid the artillery fire, and the rest of the soldiers immediately moved away from the river.
Artillery. Not long after, the Japanese artillery began to bombard the east coast. All kinds of shells were fired at the east coast as if they were free, but the only thing missing was the shells for the 75 mountain artillery.
When Long Wenjian heard the noise, he couldn't help laughing: "It seems that the Japanese 75 mountain artillery has been destroyed by our regiment commander. Brothers, you are lucky. Our regiment commander likes to deal with the Japanese artillery the most. Maybe in the future, the Japanese artillery on the other side will be gone, and you won't have to be hit by artillery."
As he spoke, Long Wenjian raised his foot and kicked a somewhat flustered recruit back into the cat ear hole: "Stay still, you fool."
On the other side, Krupp at the artillery position was stroking a 75mm mountain gun loaded with shells with one hand and pulling the rope with the other, really wanting to fire a shot immediately.
The Japs' artillery fire lasted for a long time before it stopped. I don't know whether they were trying to vent their anger or fear.
After the Japanese artillery fire stopped, Lu Cheng led his men back to the east bank and immediately rushed to the artillery position. He took out a drawn map and handed it to Krupp: "See? You attack these places, and I will attack the others."
Krupp immediately became excited: "Good!"
Afterwards, Lu Cheng personally took the lead as the artillery commander, and together with Krupp and other artillerymen, he began to bombard the enemy positions on the west bank...