At about 9 o'clock in the morning, more than 20 Japanese planes flew over the 74th Division's position and bombed the 74th Division indiscriminately, causing huge casualties to the defenders.
As soon as the Japanese plane left, the field artillery brigade of the Ikeda detachment began to launch fierce shelling again, and the position was in danger!
Outside the Ikeda detachment, Ma Dahu's team finally found the specific location of the Japanese field artillery brigade and reported the coordinates of the artillery position to Chu Xiong.
Chu Xiong immediately led the main force of the Tigers and moved a few hundred meters closer to the direction of the Japanese field artillery brigade. He had already entered the strike range of Wei Shenpao. Chu Xiong finally found the opportunity to take action!
This time Chuxiong carried 6 single-barreled 107 rocket launchers, one for each squad, but he brought more shells, 6 for each squad, and exactly 36 rockets for the 6 squads.
"Zhou Dabao! Combine six single-barreled Wei Shen cannons into a six-barreled rocket launcher;
Target, the Japanese field artillery brigade, give you 2 volleys, you son of a bitch! "
Chu Xiong gave the order to attack, and the rest was left to the artillery god Zhou Dapao to fire two rounds of volleys first.
After receiving the order, Zhou Dapao quickly directed his deputy gunner Liu Erpao to assemble the Wei Shenpao;
In less than five minutes, a standard 6-barreled 107 rocket launcher was assembled. The black muzzles pointed at the Japanese artillery position.
Next came the technical work, which was Zhou Dapao's specialty. Liu Erpao assisted, and the two of them cooperated tacitly. The debugging and aiming were completed in just two minutes.
"Report to captain, preparations are complete, please give instructions!"
"put!"
Chu Xiong decisively issued the order.
At the field artillery brigade position of the Japanese Ikeda detachment, 16 75mm field guns were lined up in two rows and were firing wildly at the 74th Division position. The gunners were shirtless and loading shells into the cannons;
There is a squadron of infantrymen responsible for guarding the surrounding area. This is the heavy firepower assembly area of the Ikeda detachment, and there is no room for failure.
The Sixth Division is a Category A division, and each brigade also has two Type 92 infantry artillery pieces. The artillery is much stronger in quality and quantity than that of Category B and C divisions.
Although there were only three brigades this time, the Sixth Division still equipped them with a field artillery brigade. This firepower configuration was stronger than the heavy firepower of the entire 33rd Army. It is no wonder that the 74th Division could not withstand the attack for even a day. .
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Major An Zai, the captain of the artillery brigade, tirelessly gave the order to fire the artillery. The detachment leader said that there was no need to worry about the ammunition. As long as the 74th line of defense was destroyed, the first victory would be his. How could this not make his blood boil...
"Chirp!"
The sound of rockets breaking through the air, this is a correction bomb
Major An Zai’s face turned pale!
"idiot--"
Before he could finish his curse, a shell exploded dozens of meters to the left of the Japanese artillery position. The huge shock wave knocked down many Japanese!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Major Anzai shouted loudly. With his rich experience, he knew that this was definitely just the beginning. One bullet was just a correction bomb, and soon—
It's true that whatever you're worried about comes, before Major An arrives and can command the troops to defend against artillery, a series of sounds of breaking through the air are heard!
"Cannon group!"
An Zai's legs were even trembling...
"Boom boom boom..."
After Zhou Dapao fine-tuned the impact point of the correction bombs, the remaining five rockets in the first round accurately hit the Japanese artillery position. The huge explosion smoke enveloped most of the artillery position and overturned at least three artillery pieces. .
An Zai's heart was bleeding. This was the first round of bombardment. Even he himself didn't dare to expect only one round of coverage!
As the captain of the artillery battalion, Major An Zai was no longer in the mood to lie down. Without the cannon, he would have no meaning in living!
Chu Xiong put down the telescope and said excitedly to Zhou Dapao:
"Good fight! Keep blasting the motherfucker!"
Zhou Dapao quickly directed the artillery crew members to load the artillery shells. Two minutes later, another round of six rockets roared towards the Japanese artillery position.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom...boom boom boom!"
The artillery shells piled all over the ground by the Japanese exploded!
The entire artillery position and the artillery above were blown up into the sky. A large number of Japanese limbs and broken arms were flying in the sky, including Major An. Finally, he no longer had to worry about how to report to the detachment leader afterwards...
The huge movements of the Japanese could not escape the eyes of Chu Xiong and others. Zhou Dapao asked Chu Xiong excitedly:
"Captain, do you still want to fight?"
Chu Xiong really wanted to fly over with one kick. This was a naked display of his artillery skills!
He said angrily:
"Play ball! Change the target!"
"Adjust your position and fire at the enemy infantry in front!
Fire three rounds of rockets and tear open the enemy's encirclement. Whether they will take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement depends on the reaction of the commander of the 74th Division! "
The help only goes so far, it’s up to them whether they can be rescued!
At the 74th Division position, the General Headquarters Special Agent Battalion has come up to provide support. This is General Zhang’s last security force. Even General Zhang himself took out his pistol;
Once the 74th Division's position is breached, they will have no choice but to fight with the Japanese!
The 74th Division was enduring the Japanese bombardment. Suddenly there was a violent explosion behind the Japanese, and within two minutes there was another series of explosions. The sound could be felt thousands of meters away.
"Commander, what's going on? It seems to be the direction of Japanese artillery!"
The special agent battalion commander said excitedly to Major General Ma Guanyi, acting commander of the 74th Division.
Commander Ma is also a veteran in the army and has practiced martial arts for a long time. Naturally, the huge noise caused by the Japanese artillery positions cannot be hidden from his eyes;
Although he didn't know what happened, the Japanese artillery fire had stopped, and some chaos began to appear in the Japanese infantry camp. He was undecided and decided to report to the headquarters.
When General Zhang heard this, he ran directly to the 74th Division headquarters regardless of his personal safety.
As soon as he arrived, the Japanese infantry position in front was also shelled. General Zhang immediately picked up his telescope to observe;
"Boom boom boom..."
Another round!
The Japanese infantry are in chaos!
General Zhang happened to take a look in the telescope, at least the heavy artillery of an artillery battalion!
"Commander Ma, at least one heavy artillery battalion! The Japs are in complete chaos. It can't be the Japs singing the double act on their own, it's definitely reinforcements!"
"Order the troops to fix their bayonets! Don't wait for the bombardment to end, charge!"
Admiral Zhang was worthy of being a man who had seen strong winds and waves, and he decisively issued an order to counterattack across the board.
The remaining 3,000 men of the 74th Division and the special agent battalion jumped out of the trenches one after another and launched a desperate counterattack against the Japanese in front.
"Boom boom boom..."
The third round of artillery fire completely defeated the Japanese on the front. The counterattack force of the 74th Division took advantage of the Japanese chaos and broke through the Japanese encirclement in one fell swoop!
"The main seat, the hole is torn open, let the security company cover the headquarters to evacuate!"
Commander Ma suggested to General Zhang excitedly.
Admiral Zhang nodded and burst out of the torn hole together with the headquarters.
"Captain, they rushed out, what should we do?"
