Kong Jie's order to each artillery group was to prepare for bombardment, not to bombard immediately.
because.
Once the enemy's attacking troops are fired immediately, the positions of each artillery group will be exposed, and the pilots on the Japanese aircraft will be able to see it immediately.
Although a lot of anti-aircraft firepower was deployed around each artillery group position.
But Kong Jie also didn't want to see the Japanese aerial bombs fall on the Eighth Route Army's positions.
It is a trivial matter for the cannon to be blown up. Even if the 203mm heavy howitzer is blown up, as long as the battle can be won, Boss Chen can reimburse it.
but…
What really makes Kong Jie feel distressed is the artillery. These artillerymen are all treasures, much more valuable than cannons.
Fortunately, the airdrop of supplies he called for arrived in time, just in time to hit the Japs' air support.
"Haha, there's something good to watch now."
A hidden location 500 meters away from the Datong City Wall.
Ding Wei held up the binoculars and looked in the direction of the large transport aircraft, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Ding Wei also felt the same as Kong Jie in his heart. It is better to come early than to come by chance.
This transport plane came at the right time!
Boss Chen's transport plane was escorted by Saber fighter jets. If the little devil's propeller fighter dared to touch porcelain, it was no different than seeking death.
actually.
What Kong Jie and Ding Wei didn't know was that these transport planes and fighter jets were all created by Boss Chen at random.
In a normal battle, Li Yunlong can eliminate the Japanese air threat without using air support.
For large-scale battles, air support is still needed. 30 B29 long-range bombers and 10 Sabre fighter jets can bring big surprises to the Japanese army.
but.
The two major generals of the 1st Division were killed last time, and the time for the two air supports has not yet expired, so air support cannot be called for this battle.
Otherwise, Li Yunlong directly applied for air support from Kong Jie.
Use an aerial bomb to clear the area where the main force of the Mongolian army is stationed, then cover it with artillery fire, and press forward with cavalry, infantry and tanks, and the battle can be resolved directly.
But Kontjeka encountered a bug. The plane called to transport airdrop supplies crashed into the Japanese plane.
"Are all the troops ready?"
Ding Wei looked at a combat officer beside him.
"Report to the leader, everything is ready."
The combat staff nodded:
"All kinds of light and heavy machine guns have been deployed on the city wall."
"Outside the city, a large number of large-caliber heavy machine guns and 20mm machine guns are also deployed."
"The 105mm howitzer battalion is also ready. As long as the Japanese heavy artillery regiment dares to show its face, our 105mm howitzer will greet the Japanese heavy artillery."
Kong Jie left a 105mm howitzer battalion for Ding Wei.
The Japs of the 1st Division are in the city, as well as the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment.
If the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment fires at the city wall, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to defend the city wall.
However, the Eighth Route Army's howitzer battalion suppressed the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment, so the Eighth Route Army relied on its superior firepower and condescending terrain.
The Japs from the 1st Division died as many as they came.
"very good."
Ding Wei's expression remained normal, he raised his telescope and looked high into the sky.
More than 100 large transport planes are about to arrive in the sky where the Eighth Route Army is located.
at the same time.
Boss Chen's pilot has discovered the Japanese plane hovering at high altitude. More than 30 Saber fighter jets emerged from everywhere and flew towards the Japanese plane.
…
High in the air.
Colonel Kobayashi Takachi, the captain of the 2nd Flying Team, looked at the more than 30 enemy planes attacking from a distance, and his expression became uncertain.
The pilots under his command are all veteran pilots of the 1st Flying Division, with rich combat experience and high spiritual understanding of Bushido.
All pilots are warriors prepared to be loyal to Tian Locust and can be loyal to Tian Locust at any time.
The order that Kochi Kobayashi received was to die with the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions and destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions and tanks at all costs.
but.
Before setting off from Peiping Airport, Colonel Mitsuo Watanabe, the commander of the 16th Flight Regiment, reminded him that if he encountered a fleet of airdrop supplies or air support called by the Eighth Route Army.
Don't hesitate, run as far as you can.
You must not fall in love with war.
Kobayashi Takashi glanced at the ground unwillingly.
The ground was covered with dense camouflage nets, at least thousands of camouflage nets.
The Eighth Route Army's artillery, shells and artillery, as well as anti-aircraft weapons, were absolutely hidden beneath those camouflage nets.
However, the Eighth Route Army's artillery did not fire. Even if the pilot wanted to launch a suicide attack, he could not find the target.
"Retreat immediately!"
Taking a deep breath and looking back with reluctance, Kochi Kobayashi took the microphone and issued an order on the wireless channel in a cold tone:
"Retreat immediately. Anyone who disobeys orders will be subject to military law!"
After finishing speaking, Kochi Kobayashi drove the fighter jet, took a turn, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and accelerated away in the fighter jet.
The surrounding Japanese pilots quickly followed.
However, Boss Chen's fighter jet still chased the Japanese plane in the direction it left.
In the Eighth Route Army headquarters, Kong Jie watched Boss Chen's fighter jets drive away the Japanese planes.
Then the order was issued to fire on the Japanese.
Not long after the order was issued, the artillery groups of the Eighth Route Army launched artillery bombardments at the attacking Japanese.
The shooting methods have already been calibrated, and the mountain cannons and howitzers all use precision shooting methods.
Four mountain artillery battalions, one 105mm howitzer battalion, and one Katyusha rocket launcher battalion, plus the 60mm and 82mm mortars equipped by each infantry battalion, all the artillery fired at the Japanese at the same time.
Densely packed artillery shells hit the Japanese like raindrops.
Boom boom boom...
Violent explosions rose up simultaneously in the middle of the formations of the three Japanese attack detachments on the left and right.
The Japanese skirmishers were spread out widely, but there were too many artillery pieces of the Eighth Route Army, and the shelling was too intensive.
Even the sky was filled with orange-red cannonballs that were as dense as a spider web and streaked across the sky.
Suddenly, in the three formations of the Japanese on the left and right, explosive fireballs rose densely, mud mist splashed, and shrapnel accompanied by a sweeping shock wave.
The Japanese attack detachment in the middle has just stepped onto the Eighth Route Army's position.
On the position, there were broken corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, and a tank was flipped 180 degrees upside down by explosives and turned into a pile of scrap metal.
This is the scene where the last wave of Japanese soldiers and more than 20 tanks were bombed. It was extremely bloody.
However, these Japanese soldiers looked normal, even expressionless, as if they were accustomed to such scenes.
The serial mines on the position had been detonated, and it was impossible to explode them a second time, so the Japanese tank soldiers and infantry boarded the Eighth Route Army's position unscrupulously.
Keep moving forward.
Just as the left and right attack detachments were being shelled, the soldiers of the Japanese attack detachment in the middle heard continuous rapid screams in their ears.
Even veterans with rich combat experience have never heard such a scream. It doesn't sound like a cannonball, but it is breathtaking.
Before the Japs could react, dense rockets fell towards the Japs' heads.
Katyusha rocket launchers launched a wave of sweeps at the 24 Japanese tanks and 2 Japanese brigades that had just entered the Eighth Route Army position.
This time, 24 Katyusha rocket launchers fired!
384 rockets equivalent to 152mm high-explosive artillery shells, within 10 seconds, covered the Japanese attacking in the middle with a wave of firepower.
Boom boom boom...
Accompanied by explosions like landslides and earth-shattering, circles of blazing and dazzling explosions burst out from the Eighth Route Army's position, amidst the continuous rapid and huge explosions.
One by one, the Japanese were thrown into the air and their limbs were shattered into pieces.
One after another Japanese tanks were hit by artillery shells and burst into flames.
…
at the same time.
The direction of Datong City.
Under the cover of Type 92 infantry artillery, mortars and grenade launchers, the Japanese soldiers of the 1st Division shouted long live and charged at the Eighth Route Army's city wall.
but.
What greeted the Japs of the 1st Division was a dense rain of bullets fired from M2 heavy machine guns and M1917 heavy aircraft.
After all, Mitsuo Nakazawa did not dare to pull out the heavy artillery and aim directly at the city wall.
The Type 92 infantry guns and mortars posed a limited threat to the Eighth Route Army, and were even counter-suppressed by the Eighth Route Army's mortars.
After leaving hundreds of corpses behind, the Japanese from the 1st Division did not dare to continue attacking.
…
"What a powerful heavy artillery firepower..."
In the headquarters of the Mongolian Army, commander Jutaro Amakasu looked up from the artillery mirror and saw deep horror in his eyes.
The direction of the artillery mirror is exactly in the direction of the attacking detachment in the middle.
The sight of nearly 400 rockets blasting away at the central attack detachment made Jutaro Amakasu's expression change drastically.
During the Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet army did not have such powerful heavy artillery firepower, right?
The Japanese planes were driven away, and Jutaro Amakasu had already noticed something was wrong. As soon as he gave the order for the left, center, and right attack groups to retreat immediately, the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells had already fallen on the heads of the Japanese troops.
but.
The Japanese plane turned around and ran away without attacking Boss Chen's plane, so Boss Chen's fighter jets only drove the Japanese plane out of the airspace.
Then he turned back and continued to escort the transport aircraft.
Jutaro Amakasu looked at the rear of the Eighth Route Army. There were densely packed airdrops from large transport planes, and airdrops falling covering the entire sky.
Seeing this scene, Amakasu Jutaro's eyes widened and he was so angry that his back teeth almost broke.
How infuriating!
Why can those idiots get such a large-scale airdrop of supplies?
And he still received airdropped supplies in front of the locust army, shrimps and pig hearts!
With such a large-scale airdrop of supplies, the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells could not be fired at all, and Jutaro Amakasu felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
The Eighth Route Army's logistical supplies are extremely abundant, and the preparations for weapons and ammunition are also extremely abundant. They are also incredibly abundant and unimaginably abundant.
If the aviation force cannot play its role, how can we fight?
Under the dense rain of artillery shells from the Eighth Route Army, the attacking troops could not organize an effective attack at all. The infantry of the Eighth Route Army was not even seen and was blown away.
Even when attacking the detachment in the middle, all the tanks were blown up and only a few people were left.
…
In the independent regiment headquarters.
Kong Jie looked at the defeated Japanese soldiers through the artillery mirror and said in a harsh tone:
"Kill him while he's sick!"
"Give me the order!"
"Each artillery group launched an artillery bombardment into the enemy's depth, and each cavalry battalion, tank battalion and infantry carried out a comprehensive counterattack according to the plan!" (End of this chapter)
