Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

Chapter 1015: This security team knows so much!

Only half an hour after Zhao Dagang and his men arrived at the battlefield, the Japanese attack began again. The Japanese took advantage of the fact that the 35th Army had no artillery, so before each battle they would use their artillery to bombard the position for a while.

Some time ago, when Li Shaoyi was supporting various troops, he only sent light machine guns and the like. After all, he didn't know the situation of each unit. For some troops, even if you sent cannons, there wouldn't be a single person in the entire regiment who could fire a cannon. Wouldn't that be a waste?

"Report to the commander, we have an artillery company here. It's not large, but it can also fight back."

Commander He was feeling depressed because his mouth was full of sand after being bombed by the Japanese. Then Zhao Dagang came running over and asked, "I heard that your security regiment actually has an artillery company?"

"How many guns are there?"

Commander He felt that only two or three small cannons would not play a big role on the battlefield. When the Japanese bombarded us just now, they must have had at least more than twenty infantry guns.

"Two 75mm infantry guns, six 81mm mortars, and six 60mm mortars."

When Commander He heard that there were only two infantry guns, he didn't take it seriously. But when he heard that there were twelve mortars, he immediately became excited. Sometimes, if the mortar is used well, it can be much more powerful than the infantry gun on the battlefield. After all, the infantry gun has few advantages except for its long range. The mortar has a fast rate of fire and can cause huge damage to the enemy's position in a short time.

"Then what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get to work. I'll get my men to help you."

Commander He said cheerfully, we have been fighting for two days, and the Japanese artillery fire has been suppressing us. As soon as they open fire, we have to hide. It is so frustrating.

Zhao Dagang nodded, and immediately ordered his brothers to start setting up the artillery. The Japanese also knew that the 35th Army had no artillery, so when their artillery fired, these guys also half-crouched and slowly advanced to the position.

The people of the 35th Army suffered this loss. The enemy's artillery fire hit us and we had no way to fight back, so these guys took advantage of us for a long distance.

"Three rapid-fire shots, then change locations immediately."

After hearing Zhao Dagang's command, Commander He admired this guy even more. He originally thought that the only reason they had artillery was because Commander Li supplied them well, but his men might not know how to use them.

Commander He saw clearly that these guys were indeed excellent artillerymen. They fired three shells in less than ten seconds, and after that, it took less than half a minute for each of them to get their own, and the mortar position was moved in this way.

According to their previous training, they could ignore these artillery pieces before leaving and fire six rapid shots. But if these artillery pieces explode now, we don’t know when they will be replenished, so we have to take these artillery pieces away.

The Japanese soldiers who were slowly advancing were very carefree. Knowing that there was no danger at this moment, some of them even straightened their backs. But just when they thought another round of killing was about to begin, more than 30 shells whizzed down from the sky.

Without any defense, these more than 30 shells had a heavy impact, causing more than 100 casualties to the Japanese.

Captain Nojiri who was commanding was also stunned by the scene before him. We have been fighting for a long time and the 35th Army has never had artillery. Where did they get these from?

Just when he was confused about the situation, the enemy fired another round of artillery shells. This time, the attacking Hirano Battalion had not even seen the enemy, and nearly 200 soldiers were killed. This was because they did not disperse when they advanced, and they always thought that the 35th Army had no artillery.

"Quickly find out the position of their artillery and clear it out for me."

Captain Nojiri said very angrily.

For him, today's attack is of great significance. The headquarters has issued an order, asking him to capture the Jinshanwei position before today. If he fails to capture it today, part of the reinforcements of the 72nd Army will arrive.

Although he had never fought against the 72nd Army, he had heard about the disastrous defeats of the 3rd and 11th Divisions. The 31st Division to which they belonged was a newly established combat division. Although it was also a first-class organization, its combat effectiveness was incomparable to that of the 3rd Division.

So after the previous attack was thwarted, they reorganized themselves a bit and immediately sent out new troops to attack the 35th Army's position. If there were new support troops, it would have been even more difficult.

"Reporting to the commander, the enemy artillery is too experienced and skilled, firing only three shells at a time. Time is extremely tight. Although our artillery has found the location where they are firing, it has not caused any substantial damage to the enemy."

After hearing the report from the artillery battalion commander, Regiment Commander Nojiri slapped him in the face.

"Don't say these useless words to me. Go and destroy their artillery positions immediately, or you will have to start as a private from today on."

Captain Nojiri knew his men lacked combat skills, but he hadn't expected them to be so foolish as to be unable to even take out the enemy artillery positions. "What's the point of having someone like you as a battalion commander?" "There are plenty of brutal battles to come. Is all you can say to me is that we can't take out the enemy artillery positions?" "Praising the enemy artillery for their excellence—is that what an artillery battalion commander should do?"

"Hayi..."

The captain of the artillery battalion shouted and went down to use all his skills. Finally, during the seventh round of artillery fire, he caught the enemy's tail and took down two artillery pieces under Zhao Dagang.

"Stop first, stop first. The other party has found a pattern. Let's stop for half an hour before fighting again."

When Commander He saw that Zhao Dagang's artillery had suffered losses, he quickly stopped them from firing.

"Captain He, isn't it normal to lose troops on the battlefield? Besides, my artillery has just gotten started, so I can easily hit him for two more rounds."

Although two mortars were damaged, in Zhao Dagang's opinion, we had already fired seven rounds of artillery shells, which was nearly 300 shells, and the loss caused to them was more than 800 to 900 people.

"No, no, no, it's better to listen to me and be safe."

Commander He shook his head and said, we must not allow the artillery to suffer losses. Our 35th Army has finally got an artillery unit, how can we walk on a tightrope?