It was just getting dark when Gao Jianwu and his men approached Yangqu Station.
"Iron Hammer, the commando team will follow me to attack the station warehouse later. Big Lei will be responsible for dealing with the enemies defending the station." Gao Jianwu led hundreds of people to lurk near the station. After observing the layout and defense of the station for a while, he found nothing unusual. , and gave the order directly.
These were Gao Jianwu's routine and basic operations. Everyone was familiar with the road and started to act separately. 2 kilometers away, a mortar company was ready, ready to wait for Gao Jianwu's order to carry out shelling at any time.
The battle started with Zhao Dalei's vanguard. Facing a small Japanese detachment checkpoint, after a burst of greetings from grenades and machine guns, the entire army was instantly torn apart and annihilated.
Zhao Dalei's First Battalion now has all its 60mm mortars that are out of ammunition and misfiring. After defeating the 41st Division, they directly added grenade launchers to the squad. A platoon usually has three; but the assault platoon was assigned a separate grenade launcher. The grenade fire squad has 3 grenade launchers and 3 machine guns, and the attack capability has suddenly reached a new level.
Of course, this condition only exists for the Dagushan guerrilla detachment, because the long-term use of 60mm mortars and grenade launchers has trained a large number of qualified grenade launchers, so that they can get started with the equipment.
It would not work if they were replaced by the main force of the 386 Brigade such as the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment, let alone the main force of the Jinsui District with a weaker foundation. They chose to directly add a fire squad with 5 machine guns, so that the main company's machine gun configuration reached an astonishing number of 14, and the overall strength was greatly improved.
Today is the first battle after the adaptation. Zhao Dalei saw from the back that he was indeed very powerful. A platoon used to take down a checkpoint with fixed fortifications like this for a long time, but now the leading assault platoon fire squad took it down with a burst of bombardment, and the next three The squads cross to form fire cover to support the fire squad assault, and then advance forward one by one.
Immediately following, the other three platoons followed the opening to expand the breakthrough area.
Gao Jianwu followed the main assault company and broke into the station.
Although the little Japanese defense had been cleared in front, Song Tiecheng did not dare to be careless at all. In front of Gao Jianwu, more than a dozen commando soldiers formed a dense human wall.
Because this time Song Tiecheng was specially approached by the brigade commander to educate him. Gao Jianwu likes to charge into battle, and no one can stop him. The brigade commander cannot assign Gao Jianwu to the logistics to feed pigs like he did with Li Yunlong. In terms of safety, naturally The commando team must take on the responsibility. There is no good way now. Song Tie has become a human wall!
Although Gao Jianwu felt it was not necessary, he was still very cautious on the battlefield. Now there was no chance of rushing out to fight the Japs with bayonets, and there was usually someone in front to clear the way.
But who dares to really rest assured on the battlefield? Who knows where a stray bullet may injure Gao Jianwu. In this era, body armor is still in its embryonic stage, and Gao Jianwu has no time to study it.
Everyone can only rely on their bodies to stop bullets!
The warehouse was not far away. Gao Jianwu and his party quickly rushed outside the warehouse. Before anyone could open the warehouse door, Gao Jianwu had already thrown 12 150mm howitzers into the warehouse and assigned them 2 bases for a total of 720 shells!
Then 12 105mm howitzers and 500 rounds of artillery shells were lost, as well as more than a thousand artillery shells of various calibers, turning this warehouse directly into a logistics base for a heavy artillery regiment!
This is Gao Jianwu's biggest trump card in attacking Jinyang!
When he decided to cheat, he would definitely find an opportunity to surprise the little devil. When the warehouse opened, Song Tiecheng and the others were not surprised at all when they saw the warehouse full of cannons and shells.
If you do this kind of thing enough, it will become natural.
Anyway, when the Gao detachment must attack a place, it must be when there is a big fish or a big fortune. Now, Song Tiecheng and the commandos have already opened up this pattern.
Therefore, we skillfully set up defenses all around to prevent the little devils from counterattacking here.
After achieving his goal, Gao Jianwu stopped being polite. He took out his binoculars and began to attack the mortar company to provide Zhao Dalei with close artillery support. He overwhelmingly wiped out two Japanese squadrons and an important station defended by a puppet army reinforcement battalion!
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When the brigade commander saw the warehouse full of cannons and shells, he was in a daze for a moment.
The twelve Type 96 150mm howitzers are particularly conspicuous. This big guy is only equipped by the Japs Heavy Artillery Regiment. It can be called an expert at knocking down the city. If it hits the target with one shot, basically half of the city wall will be gone. A city gate like the county seat can be blown down with one shot.
Even if the Jinyang city gate is solid and durable, facing the problem of 150mm heavy artillery, there will be more and less cannons. The city gates and walls built in Jinyang following the ancient civil structure technology will not be able to cope with such heavy artillery. Basically, they are like cannon fodder. Only modern fortresses built with reinforced concrete can truly withstand the attack of 150mm howitzers.
Obviously, this kind of fortress is basically only vaguely visible in the defense lines built by the Northeastern little devils in the country.
The brigade commander is a man who has seen the world, but when this huge cannon suddenly appeared in front of him, he couldn't accept such a big surprise in a short period of time, not to mention there were 12 105mm howitzers nearby to provide assistance.
With such a magical weapon, let alone Jinyang, the Pingjin Brigade Commander can blast it in!
"This is your backup plan, right?" the brigade commander said with a sigh after coming back to his senses, "Your intelligence system is so sensitive now, isn't it..."
The Grand Brigadier paused, suddenly remembering Gao Jianwu's trip to Pingjin, and swallowed the unsaid words.
Again, Gao Jianwu is not Li Yunlong.
That's it.
The attack on Jinyang suddenly became a basic operation with no technical content.
24 tractor trucks and thousands of pack horses that had been prepared long ago dragged the cannons and artillery shells, and the army rushed all the way to Jinyang.
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"Commander Zhang, our army will capture Jinyang today. I hope your army will not make fearless sacrifices by then. Frankly speaking, our army will gather hundreds of artillery pieces this time, including no less than a hundred heavy artillery pieces, and there will be many captured ones. With 105mm and 150mm howitzers, there is no chance for the Japs to defend Jinyang City." On the eve of the siege, a powerful lobbyist appeared in front of Zhang Cheng, commander of the first division of the puppet army, and said in a strong tone.
"Mr. Li, are you kidding me? Since when did your Eighth Route Army have so many artillery pieces?" Zhang Cheng sneered, looking at Li Chenglong who usually appeared next to him as a broker and said, "150mm howitzers, even in small days They are rare there, where did you seize them from?”
"Commander Zhang, the 26th Division and the 41st Division were completely destroyed by our army. Do you know how they were destroyed?" Li Chenglong said without being affected by Zhang Cheng at all.
"The answer is very simple. In both battles, we first captured the Japs' cannons, and then used them to destroy them!"
Li Chenglong's words were half true and half false, but for Zhang Cheng, who was still in a state of information blockade, he was stunned as if he heard a bolt from the blue.
"What, the 41st Division was also wiped out by you?" Zhang Chengcai asked in a trembling voice after a while.
The 41st Division moved out of Jinyang. Of course he knew about it as part of the city defense, but he never expected that it would be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army so quickly. That was a reorganized division, even if it was a second-line one. In Zhang Cheng's opinion, there would be no problem for such a division to defeat the three divisions he used to fight in the National Army.
After wiping out the 26th division, the Eighth Route Army still had the strength to annihilate one more division, so its strength was really bottomless.
"Yes, it was just 3 days ago, but in order to attack Jinyang, our army has not notified the whole country yet. Soon, this battle report will be spread throughout the country with the recovery of Jinyang." Li Chenglong said proudly.
"But how did your heavy artillery unit arrive in Jinyang without being discovered by the Japs? You must know that the 150mm howitzer must be transported by road." Zhang Cheng was still a little skeptical.
"Both the 105mm howitzer and the 150mm howitzer were captured by us at Yangqu Station. Artillery positions should be set up outside Jinyang City, and the first siege shot will be fired soon. Commander Zhang is an old soldier. I believe that for The sounds of the Type 91 105mm howitzer and the Type 96 150mm howitzer are very familiar. I will wait here. When Commander Zhang hears it later, please inform Commander Yang Ruiyang of the Second Division. Don’t let the tragedy of fighting with the same roommates Continuing on, after this battle, the two division commanders can go or stay as they please, but the troops must stay. Considering the long-term relationship between Commander Zhang and our army, if Commander Zhang can win the whole division in this battle, our army will also be enthusiastic Welcome!" Li Chenglong explained simply.
Li Chenglong looked so confident that Zhang Cheng was doubtful, but he really didn't dare to let him change his mind now. After all, what Li Chenglong said is too incredible.
Let's just wait and see if the Eighth Route Army really dares to attack Jinyang today and has so many heavy artillery.
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Gao Jianwu doesn't care whether these underground operations in the city are successful or not, in his eyes, the most important thing now is to blast away Jinyang as quickly as possible!
Pulling 105mm and 150mm heavy artillery, they stopped 8 kilometers away from Jinyang and began to build artillery positions. These are all long-range heavy artillery, and there is no need to hit the city gate. There are high-precision maps. Gao Jianwu only needs to be sure After knowing the relative position of the artillery positions, the corresponding coordinates were obtained by comparing and marking them on the map. These coordinates at the gate of the same city have been calculated on the map, and the elements of the artillery attack are available.
8 kilometers away is the heavy artillery position, 5 kilometers away is the 75mm mountain artillery position, and 2 kilometers closer to the city are the 92 infantry artillery and 81mm and 90mm mortar positions.
When it was early in the morning, the 12 150mm howitzers and 12 105mm howitzers that had been deployed and adjusted in place roared almost at the same time. The huge screaming shells covered the entire north entrance of Jinyang and the city tower. For a moment, it was huge. After the explosion, the smoke and dust rising into the sky covered the collapsed city gate. The wall near the defensive city gate and the bunker in front of the city wall were all destroyed almost instantly!
A huge hole of nearly 100 meters was exploded, and several bunkers in front of the city gate were also destroyed without any accident by the heavy hits of 105mm grenades.
Gao Jianwu, one kilometer away from the North City Tower, watched the successful round of artillery. He suppressed the joy in his heart and continued to direct the 75mm mountain cannon to launch extended bombardments against the defending Japs on the city wall. On the heavy artillery position, artillery shells began to advance. Loading work, ready to respond to Gao Jianwu's artillery needs at any time!
The four main assault battalions were all approaching 500 meters from the city tower at this moment, waiting for Gao Jianwu to give the signal to attack Jinyang!
