diskusbooks Chapter 481: Iron Torrent
Chapter 481: Iron Torrent
Wang Meng looked at the little remaining stock and became very anxious. He had planned to redeem the points for shells and bullets again, but when he opened the handheld terminal, he found that the system could not redeem them.
It turns out that every weapon or ammunition will automatically become invalid once it is mass-produced or after a period of time after being unlocked.
The system uses this method to force Wang Meng to speed up the research and development of weapons!
Of course, Wang Meng did not admit it and had a big argument with the system.
However, the system automatically returned the page to the instructions at that time, and unexpectedly found a line of small words in the far right corner, which exactly explained this point.
"You're cheating! This is smaller than the gap in a newspaper, how can I see it?"
The system ignored it and went offline directly.
Therefore, Wang Meng's plan to turn a living person into a living person out of thin air failed. Now he can only conserve ammunition and return to the "pre-liberation" era.
When General Okamura Yasuji in Peiping received the news that Datong Airport had been bombed, he immediately swelled up like a huge balloon.
"Send a telegram to Shojiro Iida. The North China Front Army has destroyed the Datong Airport of the Independent Column. Their air force's activities will be greatly restricted. The sky above Datong will soon belong to us!
Moreover, all of Datong’s channels for external communication have been cut off, and they are now fighting alone.
Please ask the 30th Army of the Kwantung Army to launch an attack quickly! "
What Okamura Yasuji said was right. Once Datong Airport was destroyed, the planes of the Independent Column Aviation Division could only refuel and take off from Pingshun Airport.
Both the cruising radius and maneuvering time are much worse than those of the Japanese.
The balance in the sky began to gradually shift towards the Japanese!
After receiving the telegram, Shojiro Iida heard the artillery fire on the battlefields gradually stop, and he immediately made up his mind.
"Order all divisions to quickly launch a full-scale attack! The general reserve, the 148th Division, cuts in from Huairen and attacks the southern part of Datong!"
An hour later, the eastern and southern parts of the independent column were attacked fiercely by the Japanese.
Wang Huaibao, who was in Zhoushizhuang at the moment, was so angry that smoke came out of his throat when he saw the Japanese soldiers approaching a regiment and launching a sudden attack.
"How many shells does our artillery regiment have?"
"Commander, I just checked and found that we can only sustain artillery fire support for ten minutes! Do you want to attack?"
Wang Huaibao clenched his fists in hatred. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!
"Not yet! Where are the tank regiment and the armored infantry regiment?"
The Chief of Staff of the 1st Armored Division walked to the map and drew a circle three kilometers north of Zhou Shizhuang.
"This location!"
"Order them to charge immediately! They must move to annihilate the enemy and repel this wave of attacks by the Japanese!"
The 1st Armored Division's tank regiment and armored infantry regiment were bored waiting in the grove, but upon receiving the order, they immediately mobilized the tanks and armored divisions.
Ten minutes later, the two mechanized infantry regiments of the 1st Armored Division stationed at the Zhoushizhuang position could already clearly see the moustaches on the Japanese devils' faces.
"One hundred and fifty meters!"
"Mortar fire!"
So, the mechanized infantry regiment's light and heavy mortars began to fire shells at the Japanese.
In previous battles, the role of mortars was overshadowed by howitzers and even infantry guns.
Today, these big guys fought too fiercely in the early stages and now they are short of shells, so it is finally the turn of these mortars to play the leading role.
The mortar gunners were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they swung their arms around.
"Squeeze-squeeze-squeeze!"
The shells fired from the mortar positions on the front line fell on the heads of the Japanese like raindrops.
Although the power of this mortar is not as strong as that of infantry guns and howitzers, it has a fast firing rate and a large number of them! Moreover, it is easy to move, so it can be fired wherever there are many Japanese soldiers!
The shells exploded in the Japanese charging formation.
When the Japanese saw that there was nowhere to hide and there were explosions in all directions, they simply lay on the ground, but the shells fell on their heads mercilessly.
"Baka! Get up from the ground! Silly!"
The Japanese soldiers were kicked up by the officers' leather boots and had no choice but to charge forward with their heads down!
Wang Huaibao watched the shit-yellow line of troops gradually approaching, so he ordered the mortars to fire all their shells to reduce the casualties among the frontline soldiers!
With Wang Huaibao's order, the mortar squad no longer had any worries. They put all their efforts into firing all the shells around them!
After suffering a quarter of the casualties, my sister-in-law finally advanced 50 meters!
But they immediately learned the power of bursts of machine gun fire and semi-automatic rifle fire.
Although we have to conserve bullets and it's not as exciting as continuous firing, there's something quite special about firing bursts of bullets one by one and watching the Japanese soldiers fall down after being shot.
"Thirty meters! Drop bombs!"
Another round of grenades was thrown down! A large gap appeared in the enemy's line of troops.
At this moment, the Japanese artillery positions had been completed, and one shell after another hit the Zhou Shizhuang position of the 1st Armored Division.
The 1st Armored Division began to suffer casualties, and its infantry firepower was suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire.
"Damn it! The Kwantung Army's equipment is just great. Look at the firepower configuration. They have at least twice as many infantry guns as the Shanxi Japanese!"
"Indeed, and they have a lot of mortars and grenade launchers!"
Just as he finished speaking, a heavy machine gun of the 1st Armored Division was overturned by the Japanese mortar.
"Where are the tank and armored infantry regiments?"
"One minute!"
"Order all soldiers on the front line to enter the anti-artillery caves!"
"Yes!"
The Japanese were once again surprised to find that the Zhou Shizhuang position, which had just been firing fiercely, had become silent again.
Having learned from the previous experience, the Japanese infantry began to hesitate, while the artillery began to fire shells frantically.
Just as the Japanese were hesitating, they suddenly felt the ground shaking violently. Looking to the north, they saw a yellow smoke approaching from afar.
"Oh my...Oh my God, the armored forces of the Independent Column! Weren't they fighting a decisive battle with the Empire's tank division in Ulanqab?"
The Japanese soldiers were trembling with fear, using their bodies to resist the torrent of armored vehicles, but this was a nightmare they could not shake off.
Some cowardly Japanese soldiers seemed ready to escape!
Although their training in the Northeast was aimed at targeting the E Country Army, they had never actually fought against the armored forces.
Just as they were marveling at these huge beasts, high-explosive bombs exploded around them. The flying shrapnel and impact force killed the Japanese soldiers one by one!
What was even more cruel was that these tanks rolled over and crushed to death those Japanese soldiers who had escaped the disaster, embedding the hearts of their Bushido spirit into the tracks.