The breeze blew gently across the grassland, perhaps because it was just after early morning. The leaves of the grass were covered with crystal water droplets, and even the breeze carried a hint of coolness.
The breeze can not only blow the girl's heart, but also blow the down on Abe's rough face.
Moto Abe is an officer. One look at his shoulder insignia shows that he has the rank of colonel. He is not only the captain of the artillery regiment of the Japanese Kwantung Army, but also the artillery commander in this artillery battle.
The second hand on the watch was beating slowly, one by one, slowly moving the minute hand. Moto Abe raised his hand and looked at the time on the watch. In fifteen minutes, the bombardment would begin. !
Looking at the twenty-four 75mm caliber field guns and forty-eight 105mm caliber howitzers of his own regiment behind him, if he added the thirty-six 75mm caliber field guns of the 23rd Division, it would be perfect. Okay? This is a total of one hundred and eight artillery pieces. How arrogant and domineering is this?
"Yoshi, damn old Soviet fool, it's time for you to taste the artillery shells of our imperial army. You were so arrogant before, let's see how you die in this overwhelming artillery fire!" Abe murmured to himself , and after a while, he looked up to the sky and laughed, as if he had already won this battle!
Yes, if Abe has such a powerful group of artillery in the battle against China, he can indeed sweep thousands of armies and be invincible. Unfortunately, his opponent is not the Chinese army they are used to bullying, but regardless of firepower or The Soviet army is very powerful!
Everything is doomed, this kind of triumph is destined not to last long.
Finally, the hands on the watch finally reached the time point to prepare for the bombardment.
I saw Colonel Abe Motoio, the commander of the artillery group of the Japanese Kwantung Army, pulling out the command knife from his waist and raising it to the sky. Then, he shouted loudly: "Rapid artillery fire for two hours, prepare!!!"
About half a minute later, Abe swung his command sword forward and shouted: "Fire!!!"
This scene is so similar to the situation in the film and television drama "Bright Sword", except that the protagonist of this scene becomes a damn Japanese kid!
The next second, hundreds of artillery fire were fired, and one hundred and eight shells landed neatly on the "Soviet artillery position"!
Yes, this so-called "Soviet artillery position" was exactly the Soviet artillery position that was surveyed and mapped by artillery officers on a hot-air balloon raised by the Japanese army. In order not to alert the enemy, the Japanese army did not continue to observe the Soviet artillery position.
Three days, no more, no less, just enough. As soon as their artillery fire comes on, the Soviet artillery will definitely not be able to escape!
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
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The area hit by the Japanese army can be described as a scene of rumbling artillery and flying soil.
Zhukov used a telescope on the high ground in the distance to watch the explosions in the target area. A smile appeared on his lips: when the gunfire sounded, it was time for Chekonov to look for the Japanese artillery positions, and The longer the bombardment, the more accurately the enemy's position can be locked.
"Blow it up! Anyway, there is only some wood there, just have fun blasting it. Of course, this is your last carnival!" Zhukov muttered to himself, with strong confidence on his face.
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Just as Zhukov arranged, while the Japanese army was immersed in the carnival of indiscriminate bombing, Major General Chekonov was already studying the location of the Japanese artillery.
Different from the only 108 artillery pieces on the Japanese side, the Soviet army's artillery group has reached more than 300 artillery pieces, and the smallest caliber is the 105 mm howitzer. Their artillery is basically 150 mm. Mainly mm-caliber howitzers!
A howitzer of this caliber is not only more powerful than a 105 mm caliber howitzer, it also has a much longer range! What's more, General Zhukov also divided the Japanese army's positions into a number of bombing areas, and also numbered these bombing areas!
This is where General Chekonov's confidence lies - he wants to blast these little devils' positions to pieces, including people and objects!
"Report to the general, based on the direction of the artillery shells, I guess it is the 39th bombing zone." A tall Soviet lieutenant colonel analyzed, he is the battalion commander of one of the artillery battalions here.
"Reporting to General, I have different opinions from Lieutenant Colonel Greif. I speculate that it is the 52nd bombing zone." Another Soviet lieutenant colonel analyzed it.
"Reporting to the general, I have different opinions from Lieutenant Colonel Greif and Lieutenant Colonel Hakosky. Based on my previous combat experience, it should be the 40th bombing zone." Another Soviet lieutenant colonel analyzed.
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That's right, in order to improve the accuracy of shooting, Major General Chekonov gathered the artillery battalion commanders under his command to analyze the enemy's situation. They must complete the enemy's situation analysis before the Japanese army stopped shelling.
In this regard, Major General Chekonov also seemed a little unhurried. He asked his subordinates to express their own opinions. The final targets were basically locked in the 39th bombing area, the 40th bombing area, and the 52nd bombing area. These three bombing areas.
If Japan, which has always been tight on money, would probably have a huge quarrel over the differences in these three bombing zones.
But who is Lao Maozi? He was a man who was quite willing to spend money on armaments and was quite wealthy. So, General Chekonov waved his hand: "Cover all three bombing areas with firepower. Each artillery must be fired at a hundred Fire cannonballs!”
Does this scene seem familiar? Yes, it is very similar to a line in a later movie: Mr. Zhao paid the bill for everyone tonight, and there were screams~~~
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The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for two full hours. In order to prevent the bombardment target from moving, Abe also covered the range of his bombardment from the front, back, left and right.
Of course, it is precisely for this reason that the Soviet camp has great differences around this bombing target. However, the Soviets are rich and can directly cover them with all their firepower. Anyway, there are little devils in the front, left, and right, and they will die after bombing. It was just a casual thing, not unfair at all.
The Japanese artillery was very busy, and the Soviet artillery was also very busy, but the battlefield in the sky did not stop fighting.
It turned out that after the Japanese army launched an artillery bombardment, the Soviet aircraft also took off urgently and rushed to the front line. They happened to collide with the Japanese aircraft that came to support the front line operations.
As a result, the planes of both sides started a fierce battle around the air superiority above the battlefield of the Halaha River. One after another, the planes emitted black smoke in the air and then crashed.
Among these crashed planes, there were Soviet planes and Japanese planes. The crash of each plane meant the outcome of a crash and fatalities.
Very tragic.
By the time the Japanese artillery stopped shelling, the air battle was probably over. After dropping forty or fifty aircraft, both sides left the battlefield in a tacit agreement, leaving the right to speak back to the ground.
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Major General Chekonov had waited too long for the moment when the Japanese artillery stopped shelling. He couldn't wait any longer. He wanted his artillery group to show its sharp fangs, and then he would kill these Japanese artillerymen. They waited for a moment, Have been waiting for two full hours!
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PS: The third update is here. It’s getting late. Good night everyone!
