After Han Yang eliminated the squadron of the Little Japanese, about an hour later, the artillery company commanders Ding Yongkuan and Gao Yuanzhi also sent people to inform Yang Yuanshan that the artillery on the five mountains had been set up and aimed at the turrets and bunkers of the Little Japanese. .
Yang Yuanshan immediately raised his wrist and looked at the Seiko watch with the cherry blossom and five-star logo - this was a good thing that he took off the wrist of the little Japanese Lieutenant General Shigeo Yoshizawa!
I saw that the time displayed on the watch was less than 11 o'clock.
Yang Yuanshan thought about it and immediately ordered Zhao Li to take the cooking team to cook quickly.
After all the soldiers in the battalion were full, he asked Han Yang to lead the first and second companies into the northern position, while He Yunfu led the third and fourth companies into the western position.
The four machine guns of the guard company and the anti-aircraft gun company were kept in their own hands as reserves.
When everything was deployed, Yang Yuanshan moved his headquarters to a mountain about 3 kilometers away from Shuiquan Coal Mine, and found two leafy crooked neck trees and a large stone to serve as his headquarters and command table.
As soon as the time reached 1:50 p.m., he gave the decisive order——
"Artillery, fire with all your strength, blast the damn thing!"
The agreed time was to launch the general attack at 2 o'clock, but Yang Yuanshan wanted to bombard for ten minutes first!
Anyway, having so many shells is so capricious.
…
On the top of Mao Mao Mountain, the observation post saw the red flag waved by Yang Yuanshan's temporary headquarters, and immediately shouted to Ding Yongkuan, the deputy commander of the first artillery company in charge:
"Company commander, battalion commander ordered us to fire!"
Ding Yongkuan's blood immediately boiled when he heard this, and he decisively ordered:
"All the artillery should be calibrated first. After verifying the accuracy of the shooting, they can then fire with all their strength to knock out all the turrets and bunkers of the little devil!"
"yes!"
Following the response of the artillerymen, the booming sound of artillery soon resounded through the originally quiet Shuiquan Coal Mine!
On the five commanding heights, there were more than twenty artillery pieces, firing shells frantically towards the eight gun towers and six bunkers that the Japs had built throughout the Shuiquan Coal Mine.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
…
As soon as the cannon sounded, Shuiquan Coal Mine became busy.
The little Japanese army and the mine police quickly went up to the wall to defend under the command of the officers.
In the little devil's headquarters, squadron leader Hayashida Shinji was in a panic.
The fact that Takai's squadron was almost completely wiped out already made him feel that something was wrong. Now, the roaring sound of the cannons further demonstrated the enemy's strength.
He instantly understood why the enemy wanted to seize the Mao Shan bunker - it was clear that they wanted to set up artillery on the mountain and bombard the coal mine!
Thinking of this, his scalp felt numb!
Since the enemy can set up artillery on the mountain, it means that the range of the opponent's artillery is definitely more than 4 kilometers!
Then the guns used by the opponent must be powerful mountain cannons, cannons, and howitzers!
At this time, he also vaguely heard that among the gunfire, there seemed to be the sound of the Type 41 75mm mountain cannon!
He hurriedly called the 225th Regiment Headquarters in Shuiquan City and reported to Chief of Staff Nakao Soichi:
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the coal mine has been bombarded by Tubal Road. The enemy has dozens of artillery pieces, including Type 41 75mm mountain cannon!"
Of course, Nakao Soichi, who was squatting in the headquarters of Shuiquan City, could vaguely hear the muffled thunder-like sound to the west.
Naturally, he felt something was wrong in his heart.
But he had always been lucky, hoping that it would just be a few droughts. However, now, Hayashida Shinji's call broke his fantasy and forced him to face reality.
He forced himself to calm down and asked:
"Lintian-kun, how many infantry troops are sent out on Tubal Road to charge?"
"Your Majesty, Chief of Staff, it's not clear yet."
Hayashida Shinji was embarrassed to say that he called him as soon as he heard the sound of cannons, without having time to understand the enemy's situation.
"idiot!
Mr. Lin Tian, your panic look is even more ridiculous than those Chinese cowards who abandoned their armor at the sight of the locust army!
Go and get a clear understanding of the enemy's situation immediately, and then report to me! "
Hayashida Shinji felt cold sweat break out on his forehead when he was scolded, and he nodded solemnly:
"Hi! Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I will go find out immediately!"
…
After putting down the phone, he rushed out of his squadron headquarters and went to a simple watchtower used to monitor coal miners to prevent them from causing trouble. He used his binoculars to look at the top of Hat Mountain in the distance.
I saw fire flashing from time to time on the top of the mountain, and then there was a loud explosion on the turret or bunker on my side. The shock wave shook dozens of meters in a radius, and shrapnel flew across, sweeping away everything!
From his eight gun towers and six bunkers, the screams of the Locust Army warriors could be heard from time to time.
In addition to the enemy's artillery position on the top of Mao Mao Mountain, he also saw artillery firing on the other four shorter and closer peaks in the surrounding area. Some were Type 92 infantry cannons, and some were Type 90. mm light mortar!
After some observation, he suddenly discovered that the attacking Tubal Road actually had more than 20 artillery pieces constantly pouring shells towards the coal mine he was guarding!
But what puzzled him was that the artillery fire on Tubal Road was so fierce now that his warriors could only huddle behind various bunkers and tremble, but their infantry did not take the opportunity to charge!
After a moment of reflection, he felt that this might be because Tubalu's artillery skills were poor and he was afraid of blowing up his own people, so he did this.
I couldn't help but feel relieved, and immediately ran down the watchtower and shouted to my people:
"Stick to your position and block Tubal Road!"
Then he ran to call Nakao Satoshi.
…
The Chief of Staff of the 225th Regiment, Soichi Nakao, frowned when he heard Hayashida Shinji reported that Tobal Road was now only using dozens of artillery pieces to bombard the turrets and bunkers of the coal mine.
This posture shows that he has a big plan!
But what he couldn't figure out was, was a mere Shuiquan coal mine worth causing such a big fuss on Tubal Road?
With dozens of artillery pieces, when did Tubal Road become so wealthy?
Suddenly, he thought of the Tuba Road group that attacked Heyuan County before. He heard that they also used dozens of cannons to blow down the city walls of Heyuan County...
He had a vague feeling that these two groups of Tubal people might be related in some way, and they might even be the same people!
When he thought of this, he instantly understood that perhaps the goal of Tubal Road was not the Shuiquan Coal Mine at all, but Shuiquan City!
Now the other side is making a menacing gesture of taking over the coal mine, just to confuse itself.
Thinking of this, he immediately sternly rejected Hayashida Shinji's request for reinforcements.
The other party was ordered to mobilize all defensive forces, mine police, and coal mining company staff to defend the coal mine with all their strength.
Hayashida Shinji felt his heart drop as cold as water when he heard that Nakao Satoshi refused to send any soldiers to him.
He quickly begged:
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, now we only have one squadron of troops and more than a hundred mine policemen. Once the enemy starts charging, we will definitely not be able to resist it!
Judging from the artillery configuration of the dozens of guns on Tubal Road, this must be an artillery regiment, so their supporting infantry is at least a main division!
I'm asking for tactical guidance! "
"idiot!
absurd!
There are only three divisions in total on Tubal Road!
It is impossible to send a division to attack your small coal mine! "
Satoshi Nakao refuted firmly.
In fact, he very much agreed with the other party's judgment.
But he believed that if Tubal Road mobilized so many troops and carried out such a big move, the target could not be just Shuiquan Coal Mine, but more likely to capture Shuiquan City.
Once the opponent takes Shuiquan City, the entire northwest of Shanxi will be shaken. At that time, the Locust Army's offensive in southern Shanxi will be affected.
After thinking about it like this, he felt that the enemy actually understood the opportunity when Shuiquan's troops were empty and made a ruthless move, which was very scary.
So he made up his mind that he would never send a single soldier out of the city and cause the water spring to be lost.
Seeing how heartless the other party was, Hayashida Shinji quickly retreated and did the next best thing, shouting:
“Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, can you send a battalion of the Locust Alliance Army to the humble position?
Although they are very useless, they can still have some effect if they shoot at Tubal Road on the wall. "
"Baga, Mr. Lin Tian, as the chief of staff of the 225th Regiment, I order you to lead your people to hold the position!
Until the whole army is shattered, defend the glory of our locust army, do you understand? "
"Hey! I understand!"
Hayashida Shinji's tears flowed in his heart, he didn't want to die!
…
In Shuiquan Coal Mine, in addition to the little Japs who were trembling with fear from the sound of cannons, there was another group of people who also heard the sound of cannons, but they were very excited.
These people are the coal miners who were captured by the little devils and forced to mine.
Some of them are common people nearby, and some are prisoners of the Jinsui Army, the Central Army, and our army who were captured on the battlefield.
In this coal mine, they were forced by the little devils to dig underground despite the danger of mining accidents. They worked for seventeen or eighteen hours a day, but they could only eat some pig food and sleep in drafty shacks. Many of them fell ill. , was thrown directly into the abandoned mine by the little devil to fend for himself.
It's terrible.
Some prisoners of our army were unwilling to endure it and tried to link up with the miners to seize the weapons of the Xiaojiazi mine police and fight them out. However, they failed in the face of the brutal suppression of the Xiaojiazi's multiple heavy machine guns.
After that, the little devil cleaned the thorns in the miners, leaving only those miners who looked more honest.
But actions can be suppressed, but the anger in the hearts of miners will not disappear!
When the attention of the little devil's supervisors and mine policemen was attracted by the shelling, they began to wink at each other, and some of them even started to whisper:
"Is the little devil being attacked?
Is there any chance that we can be rescued? "
"Listen to the sound of the cannon, it's so damn exciting!"
"This little son of a bitch is going to be in trouble!"
"I don't think so. Last time the guerrillas from the Eighth Route Army also came to attack the coal mines. They beat them ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong battle, didn't they fail in the end?
As a result, many of us were beaten and beheaded by the little devils!
Even though the cannons are so loud this time, I don’t think they can be beaten down. "
"Who did you say called this time?
With so many cannons, it must not be the Eighth Route Army, right? "
“If it’s not the Eighth Route Army, how can it be the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army?
Do they dare to take the initiative to fight the little devil?
The Eighth Route Army did not have artillery before, but I heard a few days ago that an independent regiment came from northwestern Shanxi. They had defeated Heyuan County before!
Maybe they are the ones calling this time. "
"It would be great if the Eighth Route Army really came to call us. I heard that the Eighth Route Army is very kind to us poor people!"
"Yeah yeah.
I have also heard that they will help us poor people chop wood and carry water! "
…
In the ravine south of the coal mine, a new group of soldiers ambushing here heard the sound of cannons and immediately wanted to rush out.
However, Ding Wei stopped them:
"Don't move, it's not the appointed time yet!"
Political commissar Zhong Zhicheng asked quickly:
"Old Ding, what's going on?"
"I don't know, but it's only 1:50 now. It's still 10 minutes away from the 2 o'clock that Yang Yuanshan agreed with me."
Ding Wei held a captured little Japanese pocket watch and explained with a frown.
"Old Ding, haven't you and Yang Yuanshan checked your watches before? Why did they start in advance?"
Zhong Zhicheng was puzzled.
"Of course it is.
This is definitely not because they made a mistake in time. I guess this guy was shelling ten minutes in advance to knock out the kid's turrets and bunkers.
If he needs us to start in advance, he will definitely send a correspondent to report the news.
Their correspondents all ride bicycles, and they are very fast! "
“Good guy, how many shells they have, what a waste!
Listen to this intensive shelling, how many shells must be fired in ten minutes!
This... this is too wasteful! "
Zhong Zhicheng's face was filled with sorrow and sorrow.
I wish I could ask Yang Yuanshan to stop the bombardment and give him all the shells, so that he can take them and hand them over to the headquarters, so that they can play a greater role.
"Hmph, last time that guy Kong Jie told me about how fierce the firepower was in the spy camp, I didn't quite believe it. Now listening to the sound of these cannons, I finally understand why that bitch was able to easily capture Shouxian County.
With such fierce artillery fire, we should be sure of winning the coal mine this time. "
Ding Wei's face was filled with sadness.
How he hoped that Yang Yuanshan's battalion belonged to his new regiment!
With this battalion in hand, he felt that he could compete with Li Yunlong to see who dared to attack Jinyang first.
…
Taolingou is about a few kilometers away from Shuiquan Coal Mine.
Zhang Dabiao also came here with more than 1,500 soldiers from the first battalion, carrying shovels and hoes.
They lurk in the woods, quietly waiting for the time to attack.
Deputy Battalion Commander Luo Dafei asked:
"Battal Commander, do we really want to help the secret service battalion fetch water springs? If the commander knows, he won't evacuate you, right?"
"Don't worry. I still don't know who the leader is?
When I get one thousand 38 big covers from Yang Yuanshan, I will take out 300 and give them to the group leader. The group leader will definitely not blame me.
Think about it, we work as part-time workers and get paid a thousand 38 yuan. For such a good thing, if it were the group leader, he would definitely run faster than us! "
Hearing what he said, Luo Dafei also felt that it made sense.
A thousand thirty-eight pieces of Gai, this reward is too generous!
Anyone who refuses such an errand is just being stupid!
At this time, he vaguely heard the sound of artillery coming from the direction of Shuiquan Coal Mine, and immediately said to Zhang Dabiao:
"Batalion Commander, listen, the sound of artillery!
The secret service camp is taking action! "
Zhang Dabiao frowned and raised his wrist to look at his watch, and couldn't help but wonder:
"It's not even 2 o'clock yet, why did the cannon fire so early?"
"Batalion Commander, what should we do?
Shall we start early? "
"No, our communication with the secret service camp is open now. He didn't send anyone to deliver the message. He just didn't change the battle plan. Let's wait for ten minutes.
Order the soldiers to be prepared. Once I give the order, everyone will rush out with great fanfare and make a gesture of storming the water spring. They must be so scared that the little devils dare not leave the city. Do you understand? "
"yes!"
…
The little devil didn't even have a single artillery piece in Shuiquan Coal Mine.
Therefore, this artillery bombardment by the Secret Service Battalion Artillery Company can be said to be artillery training.
In broad daylight, they were condescending and carried out unilateral bombardments on the Japs. They constantly adjusted the shooting elements according to the impact points reported by the observers, making the bombardment more and more accurate...
Soon, each of their cannons accurately found the optimal place to bombard Zhu Yuan, and then fired wildly, blowing up the eight turrets and six bunkers of the little Japanese to pieces, causing them to scream in agony.
Ten minutes passed quickly!
Arrived at 2pm!
(End of chapter)
