Xie Tian ran up to the top of the mountain panting with the mortar in his arms. Tiedan ran faster than a monkey and was already one step ahead of him.
Xie Tian stopped and scolded: "You little bastard is running pretty fast, let's check the number of people."
"After checking, they all came back. Not a single one is missing. My gun can't reach the Japanese. Why don't you run away? You're just waiting to be beaten."
Xie Tian dropped the mortar on the ground and waved at Zhang Xingsheng and the others: "Brothers, the Japs are chasing us. There are only a few Japs here. You can always fight this condescending battle. I've got you all ready and take aim." Just treat these devils as targets and come here to practice marksmanship with you."
After fighting and running in a sweat, no one was hurt, and they took advantage of the Japanese. The soldiers' fear of the Japanese had long been wiped away. When they heard Xie Tianxia's order, they immediately found a place where they could take cover. Start fighting back.
Taking advantage of the geographical advantage, they outnumbered the chasing group of Japanese soldiers one to one. This time, even the two soldiers who were pulling him apart dared to shoot.
Xie Tian waved his hand and called Zhang Xingsheng over: "You saw clearly when I fired a cannon just now. Now it's your turn. You can see the Japanese second lieutenant hiding behind the stone. Shoot there. If you can kill that Japanese second lieutenant with three cannons, Get rid of it, and I'll reward you with a bottle of sweet potato roast and a pig's ear when you get back."
Zhang Xingsheng hummed, imitating Xie Tian, stretched out his arm and raised his thumb to measure the distance using the eye-tap method, while he muttered about calculating the distance and designing the angle.
Anyway, at this distance, the Japanese would basically not pose a threat to the soldiers, so Xie Tian just regarded it as training and did not rush Zhang Xingsheng.
Qin Fen finally took a breath, half rolled and half crawled to Xie Tian, and flattered Xie Tian with a thumbs up: "The leader is brilliant."
Xie Tian slapped Qin Fen angrily: "Stop flattering me and go check on the machine gun squad. Why haven't the machine guns fired in such a long time?"
The infantry combat machine gun is an absolute suppressive firepower. Now it is time for the machine gun to exert its power by attacking the Japanese climbing up the hillside from a high position.
Qin Fen hurriedly bent down and ran towards the machine gun squad, shouting as he ran: "What's going on with the machine gun? Press down the Japanese."
Zhang Xingsheng adjusted the shooting angle and stretched out his hand. Xie Tian wordlessly pushed away the stupid assistant shooter and picked up a shell and handed it to Zhang Xingsheng. He did not forget to say one more thing: "Just three rounds. If you miss the three rounds, don't blame me for substituting someone." .”
Zhang Xingsheng didn't even look at Xie Tian. He took the cannonball and put it into the barrel without saying a word, and let go.
Xie Tian hurriedly covered his ears with his hands, but this time he did not turn around to avoid the muzzle flames when the mortar was fired. He wanted to verify with his own eyes the effect of Zhang Xingsheng's first shot.
"Bang~chirp~"
The shells rushed out of the barrel and rushed towards the target with a piercing scream.
Xie Tian's eyes lit up when he saw the parabolic angle of the cannonball.
There was an explosion sound, and the shell landed on the side of the rock where the Japanese lieutenant was hiding. The powerful impact of the explosion directly lifted the Japanese lieutenant out from behind the rock, and landed on another rock with a clatter, covered in blood and flesh. He twitched a few times and stopped moving.
After losing their supreme commander, the Japanese squad that was charging up the hillside immediately went into turmoil.
One hit? !
Xie Tian opened his mouth for a long time before closing it. He turned to Zhang Xingsheng and raised his thumb, praising: "This shot is not bad. Although it missed a little, the effect is better."
Zhang Xingsheng grinned at Xie Tian and said, "I missed the target on purpose. I thought that hitting the rock according to the commander's instructions would not kill the Japanese. If I hit it to the side, I would be able to blow out the Japanese hiding behind the rock."
Let me go. Did you miss the target on purpose?
Xie Tian looked at Zhang Xingsheng in surprise. Zhang Xingsheng looked honest and arrogant, and he didn't look like he was bragging.
Xie Tian's eyes lit up, and he pointed at the Japanese transport trucks at the bottom of the hillside: "If you can blow up the last truck with two rounds, I will reward you with another pig's hoof."
The distance from here to the Japanese truck down the hillside was at least more than 800 meters. Even Xie Tian was not sure that he could hit the target by just aiming two rounds with the eye jump method.
Zhang Xingsheng gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give it a try."
At a distance of more than 800 meters, the 70mm mortar Zhang Xingsheng is currently operating can hit it. Otherwise, even Li Yunlong would be jealous of this treasure.
Li Yunlong's entire independent regiment only has a dozen 40mm grenade launchers seized from the Japanese, and their range is only 260 meters. They can exert their power in close combat. If they encounter a style of play like Xie Tian's, they will rely on their weapon advantage to fight beyond the range. He can only be beaten passively.
Xie Tian looked at Zhang Xingsheng who kept changing his left and right eyes to calculate the distance without blinking. He really didn't believe that Zhang Xingsheng could hit the truck.
That shot just now might have been a trick.
As long as Zhang Xingsheng can hit the cannonball within ten meters of the truck, he will be rewarded.
Zhang Xingsheng carefully adjusted the shooting angle, recalculated it and made sure it was correct before reaching out to pick up the shell.
Xie Tian diligently handed the cannonball to Zhang Xingsheng. Zhang Xingsheng took the cannonball and directly sent the cannonball into the barrel without hesitation, letting go of his hand.
"Bang~chirp~"
The shell flew towards the target with a long whistling sound, and landed on the side of the last truck with a bang. Although it did not hit the target directly, the shock wave of the explosion lifted the truck and rolled it sideways on the road with a bang. , several wounded Japanese soldiers who were hiding behind the car to heal their wounds were crushed into a pile of rotten flesh without even letting out a scream.
Xie Tian was dumbfounded. Zhang Xingsheng grinned sheepishly and lowered his head to adjust the mortar's firing angle: "It's a little off. I'll definitely hit it with another shot."
Xie Tian suddenly burst into laughter and slapped Zhang Xingsheng on the shoulder: "You are such a fucking genius. Live a good life for me. You are not allowed to come within 500 meters of the Japanese. You are better than me as a mortar." Gold is precious.”
The Japanese second lieutenant squad leader died on the hillside, and bullets fell like hail on the hilltop. The remaining Japanese troops left a dozen corpses and began to retreat.
Qin Fen directed the soldiers to shoot at the retreating Japanese troops as if they were shooting targets. He really regarded this battle as a training exercise.
In fact, Qin Fen himself is a new soldier, but this battle was too easy, and there was no pressure in the whole process.
Xie Tian patted Zhang Xingsheng on the shoulder and stood up and ordered: "You can do whatever you want. Wherever you see there are a lot of Japs, hit them. But you have to save some of these shells for me. I don't have an arsenal and can't make them." Here come the shells.”
Zhang Xingsheng said yes and felt worried when he saw Xie Tian walking away.
Free to play wherever there are more Japanese soldiers, and the artillery shells have to be used sparingly, so how to attack?
Xie Tian raised his shell gun and shouted at the soldiers who were still shooting: "Comrades, charge with me."
A broken army is the best to attack. If you don't rush at this time, it will be later.
The unorganized defeated soldiers had no intention of fighting and only wanted to escape for their lives, so a small group of Japanese soldiers dared to chase the defeated soldiers of a regiment of the Jinsui Army because there were not many people to fight back.
The first truck on the road had a wheel removed and could not move. The second truck was blown to pieces and is still burning. In the fire, ammunition exploded from time to time. There were explosions and the whistling of bullets, as well as fireworks. The last truck rolled over, blocking the retreat, and the only intact third truck was stuck in the middle.
When the Japanese who survived at the foot of the mountain saw that the pursuing Japanese had been beaten back, they hurriedly set up machine guns and grenade launchers to cover their retreat. The crossfire of four machine guns formed a powerful fire net, which immediately suppressed Xie Tian's team. There were also some in the team. The soldier was injured.
Xie Tian hid behind the rock and shouted at Zhang Xingsheng: "Zhang Xingsheng, take away the Japanese machine gun for me."
"Bang~chirp~"
The shell accurately landed between the two machine gun shooters, and the two machine guns instantly became mute.
In small-scale battles, a sharpshooter or marksman can control the initiative on the battlefield. Especially this kind of marksman who is out of range is a nightmare on the battlefield and cannot compete at all.
Xie Tian gave a thumbs up to Zhang Xingsheng, who was catching up with the mortar: "There are two more machine guns, aim them at me."
An injured Japanese team leader at the foot of the mountain saw that the situation was not good and immediately issued a retreat order: "The enemy has a sharp artilleryman, retreat quickly and retreat to Half-step Cliff to wait for reinforcements."
According to the Japanese organization, this team leader is now the supreme commander of the Japanese team and can command on the spot.
The Japs squad and above are all equipped with radio stations. They called for support at the beginning of the attack and are still in contact with the Japs in Pingyuan County and Zhangzhuang stronghold.
In addition to the quality of weapons, equipment and soldiers, the most important thing in modern warfare is the smooth flow of information. Since the July 7th Incident, the Chinese army has been defeated by the Japanese. The main reason is that the overall strength of the Japanese is too far apart. In addition to the large number of people, the Chinese army has been defeated by the Japanese. It has almost nothing but advantages.
The Japanese have planes in the sky, gunboats on the water, tanks on the ground, and howitzers. Each squad of the A-type troops is equipped with a radio station, which can flexibly mobilize various arms to support each other. This battle is indeed difficult to fight.
Only the combat establishments of the regiment and above are equipped with radio stations. The Eighth Route Army's combat establishments at the company and brigade levels do not have radio stations. They can only rely on wired telephones to communicate with each other, and there is no guarantee that the lines will be open at all times. Many times, correspondents are required to ride on horseback or even Contact is made on foot, which is not efficient at all. Sometimes an order cannot be executed at all when it is delivered.
How can we fight a war if information is poor?
Taking the Eighth Route Army as an example, they basically fight independently at the regiment and battalion level. Unless a large-scale battle is deployed, full communication and coordination will be carried out before the war. Moreover, during the war, they will also face the situation of poor command before the battle.
At this time, the Japs began to cover the wounded soldiers and retreat toward Banbu Cliff. Xie Tian led his men to chase for a while and immediately ordered the troops to withdraw and clean up the battlefield. He knew that the Japs' reinforcements would arrive soon. If he was unlucky, even the Japs' planes might be behind them. Come to support, the aircraft is basically force majeure for Xie Tian at present, so he can only hide.
"Everyone, hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Don't let go of anything that can be eaten or used. The Japanese reinforcements will be here soon." Xie Tian gave the order loudly and walked quickly to the Japanese truck to inspect the loot.
