War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 550: Roar of the Giant Cannon
"Oerlikon!"

"beat!!!"

At nine o'clock in the morning, when the planes in the distance began to gradually descend, the roar of Yu Minghao came from the New Second Regiment on the front defense of the Xinkou position...

"Everyone, get into the anti-gun pit, Oerlikon, defend, quick!"

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!
On the front position of Xinkou, Oerlikon, under the control of the soldiers, looked up and fired continuously into the sky, and strings of bullet beams rushed into the sky.

"Blocking shot!"

Four Oerlikon machine guns spewed out flames along the plane's flight path behind the position, and four rows of bullets protected the soldiers above their heads, forcing the low-flying plane preparing to drop bombs to lower its right wing and quickly deviate from the front of the Xinkou position, flying towards the hilly mountains on the right side of Xinzhou...

Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!
Suddenly, gunshots were heard from the top of the mountain on the right!

Yes, for airplanes, flying on the right route from Xinkou is an excellent way to avoid being hit by bullets, but for the speed of airplanes in the air, it is only a blink of an eye to fly from Xinkou to the hilly mountains on the right side of Xinzhou. And in that mountain range, Wei Lihuang’s troops are hiding, and they are holding the anti-aircraft weapons issued by the government - the Suloton.

The Suluotong ST-5 20mm cannon had already aimed at the plane's evacuation trajectory, and suddenly fired at this moment. The Type dive bomber group was caught off guard. Under the coverage of dozens of anti-aircraft cannons, one plane was directly hit on the wing. Then, the plane kept spinning and falling in the air, and plunged into the valley - boom!!!

The multiple bombs carried by the Type 98 light bomber exploded the moment it fell into the valley. The bombs detonated under the impact of the planes as if they were thrown, and the entire plane was completely shattered. At that moment, a ball of fire shot up into the sky from the uninhabited valley, and several planes behind it rushed past and pulled up urgently.

"Where did they get the anti-aircraft machine guns!" In the cabin of another Type 98 light bomber, the pilot tilted his head, looked at the flames rising below, and cursed loudly in Japanese. After he finished cursing, he remembered that he was facing the ace troops of this country, who had the Oerlikon anti-aircraft machine guns since the Battle of Miyun.

Yu Minghao watched the plane fly over his head without dropping a single bomb, and immediately asked loudly behind him: "How much Oerlikon ammunition is left?"

Liu Gener behind him responded and shouted: "It can only last two rounds at most!"

Yu Minghao frowned as he watched the planes flying away from the battlefield. He only hoped that these planes would return immediately due to fuel consumption issues. Otherwise, if they really turned back and launched another round of attacks, Oerlikon would be silenced if he lost control of the situation.

"Somebody come!"

"Go to the brigade headquarters on the mountain and ask the brigade commander for Oerlikon ammunition. Ask him to exchange it with the Kuomintang troops. How can we fight this battle without Oerlikon ammunition?"

Just as he finished speaking, Yu Minghao saw a young soldier sticking his head out of the anti-artillery pit. He opened his mouth and cursed: "Go back!"

"Don't die!"

“I didn’t know there would be artillery bombardment after the plane bombing!”

Yu Minghao scolded the young soldier so much that he dared not say a word. He raised his hand timidly and said, "Captain, I am a communications soldier..."

Yu Minghao was so embarrassed that he waved his hand back angrily, and the little messenger ran along beside him towards the top of the mountain.

"Listen carefully, everyone. No one is allowed to come out until the shelling is over. Do you understand?"

boom!
boom!
boom!
The Japanese planes did not come back, but their artillery fire suddenly sounded at this moment!

When the artillery shell exploded on the battlefield, Yu Minghao didn't even have time to react and was blown down into the trench by the gust of wind - boom!

A shell exploded on the battlefield. When the shell exploded, everything around it suddenly shook with the explosion point as the center. Dust flew into the air. The middle of the two trenches was completely flattened, making the two inverted U-shaped trenches completely connected. At this moment, the circular air wave began to spread in all directions. "Fuck your mother..."

"I X your mother!"

"I'll fuck your mom!!!"

Xu Chaoyang was cursing while holding a telescope in the command center!
This is not the Type 240 infantry gun, this is a fucking mm caliber Type howitzer. As long as there are enough shells, this thing can directly flatten Xinkou!
The 240mm howitzer came out in 1912, which was the th year of the Meiji Restoration, so it is also called the Type howitzer. Countless people have died at the hands of this thing, so it got the name of the Devil's Cannon.

But when this thing first came out, it was used to attack cities. Now Ben Zhengduo used this thing to blow up the Xinkou position. It was obvious that Wang Fengzi was completely enraged yesterday. This was a fucking inhumane attack.

Xu Chaoyang immediately turned his head and searched the hilltop with a telescope for the Japanese artillery positions. However, after searching for a whole circle, he could only find the general direction, but could not see the smoke and dust rising in the valley at all.

Ben Zheng Duocai is too cunning. He must have hidden the artillery positions behind the mountains and used indirect fire to attack the Xinkou positions. He also found the right angle to use the mountains to block the 217th Brigade's line of sight. Who told you, the 217th Brigade, to be accustomed to sneak attacks on the enemy's artillery positions?
Perhaps this is the sadness of a famous general. Your fighting style will be studied over and over again by the enemy, and then targeted again and again.

boom!
The second artillery fire came, and then multiple shells exploded continuously on the Xinkou position defended by 217... In the anti-artillery pit, the soldiers covered their ears with their hands, and their ears were bleeding. The places where their palms pressed were sticky, and their ears felt as painful as if they were pricked by needles. They all curled up in pain and frowned constantly.

"Captain!"

The soldiers of the New Second Regiment leaned half of their bodies out of the anti-artillery pit and dragged the unconscious Yu Minghao into the cave. Even though their legs were still exposed, they continued to pat Yu Minghao's cheeks with both hands: "Captain!"

Yu Minghao woke up slowly, with the blood from the corner of his mouth still stained with fallen dust. He started coughing without even opening his eyes. It was all because of the shock!

"Cough! Cough!"

Yu Minghao just woke up and turned his head and spat out a mouthful of blood. He felt his chest was blocked, as if his internal organs were displaced and blocked in his chest. He was about to suffocate. He felt a little better after spitting out the blood.

"Prepare... to fight... the Japs. The Japs are coming... soon."

The gunfire stopped, but when the soldier heard Yu Minghao's voice and crawled out of the cave, he shouted, "The commander ordered everyone to come out and prepare for battle!"

No one tried to get out of the three or four anti-artillery pits around, and those who were able to get out were all staggering.

"Help me..."

When the soldiers heard Yu Minghao's voice, they hurriedly helped him out of the anti-artillery pit, held his arms forcibly, and helped him to the edge of the trench. Only then did Yu Minghao open his eyes.

He did not see the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, but he saw a number of infantrymen beginning to occupy the woods and high ground outside Xinkou. This showed that the Japanese army in front of him did not immediately coordinate infantry and artillery at the moment of artillery bombardment!
Yu Minghao turned around and said, "You shout for me, I... can't shout anymore..."

"Let all... soldiers... return to the artillery pits. The enemy's shelling... has not... ended yet!"

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

The soldier grimaced in front of Yu Minghao with heartache. Not only did he see Yu Minghao vomiting blood, but now Yu Minghao's eyes, ears, mouth and nose were bleeding. You had no idea what was wrong with him!
"The commander ordered everyone to return to the anti-artillery pit. The enemy's shelling has not ended yet!"

Yu Minghao knew that the purpose of the Japanese artillery bombardment was not only to destroy the enemy's firepower points and cause large-scale casualties, but also to coordinate infantry and artillery, otherwise the artillery bombardment would be useless.

So why didn't the Japanese rush to advance their troops to Xinkou when the howitzers were bombarding the positions just now? Wasn't it to paralyze their minds with irregular and intermittent artillery bombardment?
Let you think the bombardment is over, and wait for you to come out of the artillery pit before the next round of bombardment to cause large-scale casualties. This crappy trick has been used by 217 before, and it has killed many Japanese! You want to use our own tricks to fight us? You little Japanese are really crazy!
tom!
tom!
tom!
As soon as Yu Minghao finished speaking, the sound of the Type 92 infantry gun resounded throughout the entire valley. This was the real artillery bombardment!
(End of this chapter)