Huang Yu had fought many victorious battles through long-distance artillery attacks, but Major General Ikeda had never experienced this personally.
After listening to the artillery lieutenant's report, he still didn't pay attention to the rapid artillery attack in front of him. He took it for granted that his artillerymen responded too slowly and did not try their best.
He opened his mouth and cursed: "Bageya Road, you are just a bunch of stupid pigs. You are no match for the artillery of the Eighth Route Army. I am so disappointed."
"I saw the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army artillery during the day today. Although there are many mortars equipped, their accuracy is extremely poor, and the gunners' level is less than half of yours."
"You can't even win against such a group of opponents. What do I want you to do?"
The artillery lieutenant's face was livid after being scolded. In order to restore the artillery squadron's impression in the heart of the brigade commander, he had to bite the bullet and said: "General, calm down, things are not what you imagined."
"The Eighth Route Army artillery is very cunning. They operate independently in platoon units. Each artillery position only fires four to five rounds of artillery shells before moving. By the time we locked their position and prepared for counterattack, they had already moved a hundred meters away."
"The terrain around the station is complicated, and people can be hidden everywhere. We don't even know where our opponents are moving, let alone chase them and blow up."
"The accuracy of their artillery fire is indeed very poor, but our station is very large, and there are soldiers moving everywhere. As long as they can fire the shells into the accurate station, and their luck is not particularly bad, they will definitely achieve results."
"They are also equipped with a large number of mortars. We assembled three mortars to attack a certain artillery position, and they immediately assembled nine mortars to kill us."
"No matter how we move, we are still inside the station and cannot move too far. The Eighth Route Army dispatched nine mortars to fire at the same time, which can cover a large area instantly. Even if we move our positions in time, it will be difficult to break out of their artillery fire coverage."
"If the general provides us with double the number of mortars, we can use the same method to fight tooth for tooth, suppress them and slowly wear down their strength until they are completely wiped out."
Major General Ikeda understood, but the anger on his face did not subside. He stared at the artillery lieutenant and continued to curse: "If I had so many mortars, would I still be talking nonsense to you? I would have given them to you long ago."
"There are only two squadrons of mortars in the whole station. If you destroy one, you will lose one. No matter how much you pay, you must defeat the Eighth Route Army artillery within ten minutes."
"Otherwise they can hit us hard with just bombs."
Without any advantage, it is very difficult for the artillery squadron to complete this task, and there is almost no possibility of success.
The artillery lieutenant really wanted to refuse, but when he looked up he saw the brigade commander's red eyes.
If looks could kill, he would have died several times now. He was so frightened that he quickly retracted his words, turned around and ran towards the artillery position not far away.
"General, we must prepare for the worst..."
Ishii Shaozuo saw the change in the expression of the artillery lieutenant before leaving and guessed that it would be difficult for the artillery squadron to complete its mission. In order to reduce the losses of the mopping up troops, he had to stand up and remind the brigade commander to consider the retreat.
"If the artillery squadron is not our opponent, we can't defend the slope all the time and be bombed."
"The Eighth Route Artillery attacked the Third Battalion's station and captured a large number of artillery shells. The encirclement and suppression of the middle route mopping up troops must also have captured a lot of artillery shells."
"If they let all these artillery shells hit our station, the mopping up troops will be severely damaged, losing the ability to continue attacking Mao'er Mountain, and even self-protection will be problematic."
Major General Ikeda suppressed the anger rising in his heart and raised his head to scan the surroundings.
Explosions sounded one after another in the station, fire continued to rise from the ground within the field of vision, and from time to time, several soldiers could be seen being blown away.
Several areas of the camp that had been covered by artillery fire were full of craters, and there were many corpses of soldiers lying around. It was estimated that there were at least a hundred, mostly from the imperial army.
This is what I can see with my own eyes. There must have been a lot of corpses dumped where I didn't see it.
Ishii Shaozuo seemed to have sensed the thoughts of the brigade commander and immediately answered: "General, the casualties of the mopping up troops in the shelling have exceeded 300. If the Eighth Route Army continues to bombard, it will take at least ten minutes to injure people."
The death data will be doubled. "
"You must make a decision immediately, otherwise the mopping up troops will lose their ability to protect themselves due to heavy casualties."
"We are the only mobile unit in the Peiping garrison. We must not have any accidents. Please consider this carefully, brigade commander."
"Five minutes..." Major General Ikeda was persuaded and ordered with a stern face.
"Give the artillery squadron another five minutes to counterattack. If the Eighth Route Army artillery cannot be defeated, the troops will immediately evacuate Poling. The entire army will retreat five kilometers and leave the Eighth Route Army artillery coverage first."
Ishii Shaozuo sighed at the same time, fearing that the brigade commander would return, he quickly accepted the order: "The general is wise, and I will arrange my humble post now."
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In order to fulfill the fatal order given by Major General Ikeda to the artillery squadron, more than a hundred Japanese gunners also worked hard.
Applying the same method, gather two mortar squadrons together and attack a certain artillery position of the Eighth Route Army at the same time, so as to increase the coverage of artillery fire, reduce the chance of successful transfer of the Eighth Route Army gunners, and strive to kill more opponents.
Only in this way, the other Eighth Route Army artillery units that were not attacked were relaxed and had enough time to take aim and fire specifically at places where there were many people stationed there.
"Captain, the Japanese seem to be trying to escape..." Zhang Xuan analyzed while observing the Japanese and puppet army garrison.
Huang Yu laughed at the same time: "Although we were hit by a lot of mortars by the Japanese, their losses were even greater."
"This brigade commander is very smart and did not let the troops disperse. Otherwise, our troops lurking around the station could easily kill many people and fight another victory in Pingyang Town."
"They don't dare to divide their troops..." Zhang Xuan's lips curled up confidently.
"In the eyes of the Japanese, we have two regiments of troops, and dividing our troops now is tantamount to throwing ourselves into a trap. Only by concentrating our troops and leaving the slopes as a group can they have a chance to survive."
"I didn't expect that the little devil would have such a day. He would be fooled around by us, and there would be times when he was helpless on the battlefield. He wouldn't dare to do this, and he wouldn't dare to do that. I haven't been so happy in front of the devil for a long time."
Having said this, Zhang Xuan quickly flashed a sneer on his face, stared at the Japanese and puppet army station that had begun to retreat, and continued: "However, even if they don't divide their troops, we can still bite a piece of fat from them."
"Captain, I'm going to inform the artillery company now to prepare for combat. Infantry artillery and mountain artillery are much more powerful than mortars. If one cannon can kill a Japanese enemy, we can also kill half a squadron."
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"General, this is the mountain artillery... right at the gate of the station. The Eighth Route Army wants to use the mountain artillery to further deplete our troops."
Major General Ikeda seemed to have found a punching bag and immediately ordered: "Mountain artillery is not a mortar, and it cannot be moved immediately."
"Have the artillery squadron immediately lock the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery positions and counterattack quickly."
"If you can't take out the Eighth Route Army's mortar positions, you can just take out their mountain artillery positions."
Ishii Shaozuo also thought this was a good opportunity to save the situation, and immediately passed on the order.
"Boom boom..."
Two more explosions reached Major General Ikeda's ears. The impact point was fifty or sixty meters farther than before. However, both shells hit the mountain roadside, causing fire to fly and another soldier was killed and injured.
Major General Ikeda did not notice anything wrong and felt that the two shells were still fired by two mountain cannons.
As long as they stay where they are, their artillery will be able to turn defeat into victory and destroy them.
"General, something is wrong..." the artillery staff officer suddenly frowned, with a worried look on his face.
"What just exploded were two infantry artillery shells, not mountain artillery shells. The Eighth Route Army also set up infantry artillery shells around us...boom..."
Two more explosions sounded on the mountain road. The artillery staff frowned deeper than before and continued to remind: "These two shells were also fired by infantry cannons, but these two cannons are not the same as the infantry cannons just now. The Eighth Route Army is at least in There are two mountain guns and four infantry guns set up around us, which belong to three artillery positions."
After finishing speaking, the second round of mountain artillery shells still hadn't flown over. The artillery staff's face became more worried, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper: "General, the troops must leave the battlefield immediately. We can't stay here any longer, and don't fight back. .”
"The two mountain artillery channels have not fired the second round of artillery shells now. It should be that the Eighth Route Army is moving the artillery positions."
"No matter how powerful our gunners are, they cannot lock the opponent's artillery positions with one round of shelling."
"The Eighth Route Army arranged several artillery positions around us and fired in turn to confuse us. The artillery moved their positions after firing a round of artillery shells. Unless infantry is sent to attack, the chance of us using artillery to destroy them is almost zero."
