Han Gang was sweating profusely and ran to the little devil's mountain cannon.
Eight 41-type mountain cannons were lined up there, smoky and fiery. Han Gang almost drooled when he saw it on the spot.
"Mountain cannon, this is a mountain cannon!" Han Gang touched the cold cannon truck with his hand and murmured to himself, feeling extremely hot in his heart.
As a pure artilleryman, Han Gang has an indescribable love for artillery. In the brigade artillery battalion, the best thing he came into contact with was the 90mm mortar.
I haven't even touched the 92nd Infantry Artillery.
But Han Gang was born as an orthodox artilleryman in the artillery department of the old army, where he worked as a mountain artilleryman. This time I heard that the Dagushan guerrilla brigade wanted artillery cadres, but there were many mortars that were not manned, which made Han Gang take the initiative to request to go to Dagushan.
From the main artillery battalion of the brigade to a guerrilla brigade, some colleagues did not understand Han Gang's choice.
But Han Gang was determined, because he had a gut feeling that in a unit with too many artillery pieces and no one to use them, he might have more opportunities. Moreover, at that time, Gao Jianwu's deeds had just spread in the brigade headquarters, and he had a little relationship with the chief of staff of the brigade headquarters. Han Gang received a little more news than his colleagues.
Han Gang was completely immersed in excitement now.
"Captain, there aren't many shells left," Hu Cheng, who came with Han Gang, interrupted Han Gang. He had just checked the shells Shen Quan and the others had packed up, and there were only a dozen or so shells left for the Type 41 Mountain Cannon. , the others were either destroyed with grenades by the retreating Japs, or were taken away by the baggage train.
According to the basic number of combat artillery shells of the little devils, each mountain cannon should have 30 rounds, which were packed in ten ammunition boxes and carried by five mules and horses.
In addition, the mountain artillery is broken down into nine parts and carried on camels. A mountain artillery unit requires more than a dozen mules and horses, and more than 30 little devils can serve it well.
There were more 90mm mortar shells left at the scene, almost 30 more. The main reason was that the ammunition boxes of the 90mm mortar were scattered. The little devil was beaten to pieces at that time, and the ammunition of the mountain cannon was destroyed first. .
Relatively speaking, the destructive power of the mountain cannon is still much stronger, especially the distance. This is a barrel cannon that can hit 5 or 6 kilometers away and has a scale range of 6 kilometers.
"Captain Han, this is the call for the captain." Before Han Gang had finished cleaning up the scene, Song Tiecheng came down the mountain with a bundle of telephone wires.
The Japs had been defeated, and it was enough to leave a few commandos on the mountain. Gao Jianwu wanted to command the newly captured artillery, so he only had to lay another telephone line, and Song Tiecheng happened to lay it with the telephone line.
"Old Han, immediately rectify the available artillery, azimuth angle xx, secret position xxx, extension deviation +-100 meters!"
"Understood, azimuth angle xx, density position xxx, extension deviation +-100 meters," Han Gang repeated loudly.
Make sure that the information you receive is correct.
Soon, the two mountain cannons that looked completely destroyed were adjusted according to the elements provided by Gao Jianwu under the operation of the soldiers. The 94 90mm mortars next to them that looked intact were also erected one by one. Zhu Yuan began to adjust his aim at the little Japanese retreating along the road in the valley.
The coordinates provided by Gao Jianwu were estimated with high precision and then corrected based on the terrain characteristics of the site. The accuracy has reached a range of 100 meters.
At this moment, the group of Japs escaping was more than 100 meters long. When Han Gang adjusted the bombardment parameters and started bombarding, the first shell fired by the mountain cannon fell in the middle of the large group of Japs.
With this result, Han Gang now knew how to adjust the bombardment parameters without Gao Jianwu's command. Based on the parameters provided by Gao Jianwu, as long as he made fine adjustments, the mountain artillery and mortars began to fire one after another at Watanabe Yuuji's defeated troops. Make meritorious deeds.
Gao Jianwu observed for a while and saw that Han Gang had mastered the trick, so he stopped caring about Han Gang for the time being. The extended deviation range he left was enough for Han Gang to hit the little devils in his sight.
At this time, Gao Jianwu freed up his hands and began to target the large Japanese army that was attacking Zhao Jiayu!
We need to reset the coordinates of the two artillery units in Dagushan and aim at the enemy's large forces farther away for bombardment!
The little devils who gathered densely at the south entrance of Zhao Jiayu were on the opposite slope outside Zhao Jiayu, which could not be visually observed from inside Zhao Jiayu.
Therefore, Zhao Jiayu's mortars were unable to directly hit the Japanese army without the ability to deploy external artillery observers.
But the position of this reverse slope is just visible from Gao Jianwu's angle.
It's just that the distance is far away, and it would be impossible for anyone else to measure the distance visually using the sight-thumb measurement method.
For ordinary artillery observers, it is completely impossible to indicate the target at this distance.
But Gao Jianwu is different. As long as Gao Jianwu vaguely sees the opponent's approximate location at Zhaojiayu South Gate from the telescope, he will know their precise coordinates on the three-dimensional high-precision map in his mind.
This move is a bonus that cannot be replicated by others. Therefore, when the battle was in its current state, Watanabe Yuuji never expected that he would lose to one person in the entire battle.
And this most threatening existence has been on the hill opposite him!
If time could be repeated, and Watanabe Yuuji knew this, then the priority target of the Japs' artillery bombing was to wash away Gao Jianwu's hilltop with artillery shells.
Completely eliminate Gao Jianwu.
Instead of hastily sending out a small team to search.
After combining the observation results with the map calculations, Gao Jianwu commanded Liu Shiqiang's artillery to complete a new round of target calibration.
Soon, the whistling sound of artillery shells and mortar shells of various calibers began to appear in an almost endless stream in the middle of the large team of little Japanese.
This time there was no need for precise artillery fire, but a surface attack, so Gao Jianwu did not need to calibrate the fire at all, and directly instructed the artillery to launch a third battery!
The little devils were washed away by this wave of bullets, causing their formation to become chaotic. With the sound of the whistling shells, the little devils began to hide in all directions.
But the valley on Zhao Jiayu's side was not spacious to begin with, and for a while the little devil couldn't find a good place to hide from the shells.
A series of artillery shells landed, blowing the little Japs into pieces on the spot that happened to be near the impact point. In an instant, the scene was filled with a lake of flesh and blood. The scattered fragments even blew up the little Japs within hundreds of square meters nearby, leaving them missing arms and legs!
For a moment, the little devil was blown up and screamed all over the place!
The little devils who were unilaterally subjected to shelling for the first time were all still confused.
It has always been one's own artillery that bullies the opponent. Before charging, there will be an artillery bombardment, and the enemy's position will be bombarded to pieces with artillery fire before launching the attack.
But where are our artillery now?
These little devils are also veterans who have fought many battles. They never thought that their side would lose to their opponents in artillery.
Ishii Mori and Fujino were not idlers. Seeing the direction of the artillery attack, they decisively moved most of the troops to the west hillside.
Although the hillside was covered with thorns and bushes, and the little devils who hurriedly moved received numerous wounds, it was still better than staying on the road and waiting to die.
As soon as they dodged, Gao Jianwu lost his sight and could only stare at Yuuji Watanabe and beat up the little Japanese who was still running away.
When these little devils disappeared from sight, almost half of them were left with broken limbs and broken bodies on the road!
"Old Liu, the artillerymen were pulled out from their original positions, followed behind the infantry, and deployed at Sanchiao!" Seeing that there was no target, Gao Jianwu had to order the artillerymen to move their positions.
He also needs to change his observation location.
Although the range of the artillery shells was still sufficient, after moving the observation location, the telephone line in Gao Jianwu's hand was no longer long enough.
Sanchiao, more than 2 miles away from the south entrance of Zhaojiayu, is an inconspicuous hilltop, but this hilltop is relatively gentle. It is located on the east side of the road into Zhaojiayu Valley, which can just cover the little Japanese hiding on the west slope.
Forming a horn-like situation with Han Gang's new artillery position.
"Understood, let's set up defenses at Sanchi'ao!" Liu Shiqiang received the call and immediately began to pack his things. Soon he drove dozens of mules and horses, carrying 24 mortars and ammunition and began to move positions.
The communications troops were quickly cleaning up the phone lines and starting to lay new communication lines for Gao Jianwu.
Gao Jianwu's second observation location will be on the peak of Eagle Ridge opposite Sanchi Au, about 1 kilometer away from the south entrance of Zhaojiayu.
It is only 500 meters away from Sanchi'ao and almost 3 miles away from Han Gang's new position.
There, the enemy to the south of Gao Jian's military commander Xiaoguizi can be seen at a glance!
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