Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 570 Unless we can use large-caliber fortress artillery to bombard it, I really can’t guarant

Lin Zhenhua interrupted at this time and said, "Old Li, let's put aside the bombardment of the enemy's position for now. We have to quickly mobilize two battalions of troops to protect Duan Peng back to the base. Duan Peng's team is carrying nearly 5000 million yuan worth of property. It is too dangerous to stay on the battlefield. Let's make arrangements for them first!"

Zhao Gang immediately stepped forward to express his support, saying, "We have to prioritize things. The property is the most important thing now. The Japanese air force has all returned. We must seize this favorable opportunity to send the seized property to Fortress No. 1 and transport it back to the rear in batches at night."

"We have been busy for so long, we can't work in vain. The Japanese have been chasing us for this batch of money for so long, we will never give up easily. We have to put this batch of money in a safe place first, otherwise I, Zhao Gang, will not be able to sleep well!"

Li Yunlong actually somewhat ignored this matter. He immediately mobilized an armored vehicle battalion and a mechanized infantry battalion, and asked them to protect Duan Peng and his party. He drove the vehicles back to Fortress No. 1.

After arranging the seized property, Li Yunlong turned his attention to the Japanese position in front of him. In order to destroy the Aoki Division as soon as possible, he directly transferred all the heavy mortars that could be mobilized in the base.

"College student, you are in charge of the shelling. You must blow the Japanese trenches to pieces within two hours!" Li Yunlong said with a serious face.

Lin Zhenhua took a look at the positions built by the Japanese, and he was not as optimistic as Li Yunlong had imagined. Although the heavy mortar was affectionately called a building-demolishing artifact by the soldiers, he was still unsure how much effect it could have in the face of the civil engineering works dug by the Japanese.

"Old Li, I can only say that I will do my best. This is not because I want to refuse, but this artillery battle is not as easy to fight as you think. It is impossible to rely on artillery bombardment to make the Japanese surrender with our current strength. Unless we can use large-caliber fortress artillery, we can only fight with our lives. There is no other way!"

"Old Zhao, the supply of artillery shells will be handed over to your transport battalion. You must ensure the supply of artillery shells for our artillery unit at all costs."

"Lao Ding, Lao Kong, the two of you should not be idle. As soon as the artillery destroys the enemy's trench fortifications, you must lead your men to rush up immediately. You must not give the enemy any chance to react. This time, we must attack at the explosion point of the artillery shells. Only in this way can we minimize our losses!"

"As for the command of the armored forces, I will also be responsible for it. I plan to use them as fixed firing points to suppress the enemy's firepower. Let's use this tactic against the enemy first and see how it works. If it doesn't work, we can use new tactics."

"The Japanese are now trying to fight a positional war with us. We don't have any tricks at all. All we can do is to fight the Japanese step by step and win the final victory with our strength!"

No one objected to Lin Zhenhua's proposal. When it came to fighting tough battles, no one had much experience. Before, the Japs had always been the attacking party, and it was hard for people to adapt to the sudden change of roles!

Half an hour later, three artillery battalions entered the designated artillery positions according to Lin Zhenhua's order. In addition, there was a six-barreled multi-barrel heavy rocket launcher on standby, with the mission of destroying the Japanese heavy artillery.

"45-degree elevation, two test shots, after correcting the trajectory, fire a base number of shells first, and the bombardment begins!"

Under Lin Zhenhua's command, three heavy mortar companies and three heavy 105mm howitzer companies, totaling 72 artillery pieces, began shelling the Japanese inner positions.

The rumbling sound of explosions rang out one after another on the Japanese positions, blowing up dust. This artillery attack was very different from the previous ones. After all, the previous artillery battles were small-scale and not many heavy artillery forces were deployed. This time, the artillery force at the bottom of the box was fully utilized, and the intensity and density of the artillery attack far exceeded the previous ones.

Junichi Aoki hid in the anti-artillery command post, looking at the position covered by artillery fire, his face was very ugly, although at the beginning, he arranged his soldiers to hide in the anti-artillery cave. But facing the enemy's heavy artillery bombardment, the anti-artillery cat ear cave dug before was very likely to be directly destroyed by an enemy shell. In fact, it was almost the same as he expected. As long as the heavy artillery shell hit near the devil's cat ear cave, the shock wave generated by the explosion would directly collapse the cat ear cave.

In the nearly two-hour artillery bombardment that followed, the total casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops exceeded 2000. This was completely beyond Jun'ichi Aoki's expectations and shocked him to the point of being stunned. He couldn't believe that the casualty data reported below was actually true.

"Ichiro Tada, are you sure the casualty figures you gave me are correct?" Junichi Aoki asked with his eyes wide open.

When Ichiro Tada saw the casualty figures again, he couldn't believe it, but it was true. He went to confirm it personally. Among the more than 800 injured soldiers, only one in ten survived. The fundamental reason was that the heavy artillery shells were too lethal, and the bombardment lasted long enough, so it was completely normal to have such heavy casualties.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, there is really no problem with these figures. I have personally confirmed that there is no underreporting or overreporting. The enemy's shelling lasted for nearly two hours, and at least thousands of heavy artillery shells were poured onto our positions. Such casualties are completely normal. If we hadn't dug a large number of cat-ear holes, the casualties of the troops would have increased by at least 2 to 3 times."

Before, Jun'ichi Aoki was not particularly clear about the strength that Li Yunlong and his men had. He did not take it too seriously from the beginning. In addition, the development of the Japanese intelligence department in the Zhaojiayu base was not smooth, and a lot of intelligence could not be detected at all, which led to Jun'ichi Aoki's huge misjudgment. He really did not expect that Li Yunlong would have so many heavy artillery in his hands. This also made him no longer as confident as before in guarding the Xiaosongling position.

"Order all troops to take up positions immediately and prepare to arrange for those damned puppet troops to launch an attack. At the same time, send out the wounded suicide squad again and use the pig-rush tactic to resist the enemy's armored attack!"

Jun'ichi Aoki now had no time to pay attention to the casualties caused by the previous shelling, because Li Yunlong issued an order for a general attack at this time. Lin Zhenhua immediately ordered the artillery unit to begin extending the fire to provide artillery cover for the attacking troops.

The fighter planes of both sides also rushed to the sky above the Xiaosongling position and started a fierce battle again. The fighter planes in the sky fell like dumplings, and Lin Zhenhua felt a little scalp numb when he saw them, especially some fighter planes fell directly into the position, causing considerable casualties to the soldiers of both sides, and even sporadic armored vehicles and tanks were destroyed, which shows how fierce the battle was.

"Fujiwara-kun, the situation of the Aoki Division is very bad. The enemy's armored forces and infantry launched an attack at the same time. They also used artillery to launch a large-scale bombardment on our positions. We must destroy the enemy's heavy artillery, otherwise the Aoki Division will only be able to hold out until tonight at most, and then there will be a large-scale rout. This must not happen, otherwise you and I will not be able to explain to the commander!" Sato Ichiro said with a grim face.

Fujiwara Ichiro really couldn't refute it. He had just observed the situation of the ground forces. It was a foolish move for the Aoki Division, which was responsible for the defense, to abandon the outer positions. This caused the entire division to lose its strategic depth and the situation was extremely precarious.

"General Sato, there is only one way to solve the dilemma of the Aoki Division, and that is to use bombing methods and indiscriminately drop bombs below. Although it will cause some casualties on our side, it is the best solution at the moment."

Sato Ichiro subconsciously opened his mouth to refute, but he had no way to solve the current dilemma, so he could only bite the bullet and agree: "Fujiwara-kun, let's act according to your proposal! In five minutes, we will simultaneously order the bomber units to start dropping bombs to resolve the crisis of the Aoki Division!"

The two men reached an agreement and quickly gave orders to their respective bomber units to drop bombs. Liu Haishan and Gao Yuntian knew nothing about this. The Japanese air force, which had been replenished with fighter planes, had already gained a slight advantage in the air battle. The situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable for the independent regiment's air force battalion.

Lin Zhenhua, who was directing the artillery unit to conduct an artillery battle below, suddenly smelled a hint of danger. He immediately looked up at the sky and found that the independent regiment's air force battalion was at a disadvantage. He snatched the phone from Wang Chengzhu's hand and called Sanwazi, and ordered anxiously: "Sanwazi, immediately let the air defense regiment prepare for air defense combat for me. In three minutes, I will let the air force battalion withdraw some fighters. In the next 20 minutes, the air defense of the entire unit will be handed over to you, Sanwazi. No matter how you fight, you must intercept the surprise attack of the Japanese fighter planes for me!"

"Lao Li, Lao Ding, Lao Kong, the three of you, speed up the attack. Only by rushing into the enemy's position can we completely resolve our current crisis."

"Lao Zhao, your transport team must do their best to ensure the supply of ammunition to the air defense regiment. This matter is very important and concerns our survival. There must not be any problems in this regard!"

Li Yunlong and his men did not quite understand Lin Zhenhua's order, but they carried it out immediately, and once again intensified the offensive against the Japanese inner positions, forcing Jun'ichi Aoki to personally supervise the battle in an attempt to reverse the situation on the battlefield!