Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

At this time, the artillery battalion of the newly formed 1st Division had begun to adjust various parameters.

"Report, Chief of Staff Zhu called, coordinates of the Japanese artillery position!"

The artillery battalion signalman handed the coordinates calculated by the artillery staff to the artillery battalion commander.

The artillery battalion commander took a quick look and confirmed that the coordinates were exactly the same as his own calculations. He then said, "Heavy artillery company, prepare. Guns one through three will be responsible for coordinate one, and guns four through six will be responsible for coordinate two. Use high-explosive shells, two rapid-fire rounds!"

"Cannon Number One, received, coordinates... One high-explosive round, loaded."

"Cannon No. 2 received the coordinates... One high-explosive round, loaded!"

"..."

Soon, all six heavy guns were fully loaded. These six were the main artillery pieces of the newly formed 105st Division, each with a caliber of mm, and a range far exceeding the enemy's mountain artillery. Since the beginning of the war, these heavy guns had not been used to support the offensive, waiting for the enemy's artillery positions to be exposed.

"put!"

As the six guns were ready, the gunners of the six heavy guns pulled the ropes hard, and the six heavy guns fired almost at the same time. The 105mm heavy artillery shells hit the Japanese artillery positions.

At this time, above the Japanese artillery position in Baicheng City.

"Captain, don't we need to change the artillery position?"

After firing a few shots, the artillery regiment's staff officer whispered to the regiment commander. Normally, an artillery regiment would prepare at least three artillery positions.

Preparing multiple artillery positions is to avoid enemy detection. Before a battle, any unit will try not to expose its artillery positions. Multiple artillery positions can effectively avoid enemy detection.

Secondly, in order to respond to the actions of the troops, whether offensive or defensive, the battle line will change. Multiple backup positions should be deployed in advance, which can advance or retreat as the battle line of the troops changes, to ensure continuous fire support for the troops.

However, the most crucial point is to avoid enemy fire. Generally speaking, experienced artillerymen or those who have studied artillery can judge the specific type of artillery based on the sound of the artillery and the power of the shells after the explosion, and then calculate the impact position based on the impact point.

Once an artillery position is exposed, it becomes the enemy's first target. Therefore, there is a saying on the battlefield: If the artillery does not move its position after firing, then the war has been won. Although this saying is not entirely accurate, it is true in most cases.

"No need. The Chinese army doesn't have any heavy artillery. We are using mountain artillery this time, not Type 92 infantry guns. The Chinese army doesn't have artillery with a longer range than the Empire's mountain artillery!"

The commander of the 114th Division's artillery regiment said this with great confidence.

"But which army has an air force? What if their bombers..."

As soon as these words came out, the commander's face turned grim. He looked at the sky and said, "Baga, follow my orders and continue bombarding the Zhina unit!"

"Hai!"

Seeing that the regiment commander was stubborn, the Japanese staff officer could only lower his head and continue to order the troops to replace the shells and continue the shelling.

However, at this moment, a huge explosion sounded in the Japanese artillery position.

"boom!"

After the first shell fell, the second and third shells all accurately fell into the Japanese artillery position.

"Bombardment!"

"We're exposed!"

"..."

The three artillery shells killed many Japanese soldiers, but the Japanese were lucky. The shells did not detonate the surrounding shells and did not cause a chain reaction, allowing many Japanese soldiers to escape.

"Sir, Captain, are you moving?"

"Baga, counterattack, counterattack immediately, calculate the enemy artillery position for me, counterattack!"

At this time, the Japanese artillery regiment commander raised his head from the ground with a dusty face and shouted angrily.

"Hai, Your Excellency, the enemy's artillery is a large-caliber heavy gun, which exceeds the range of our mountain artillery..."

Hearing this, the Japanese artillery commander's face was filled with disbelief: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, our opponents are just a group of..."

Before the Japanese artillery regiment commander could finish his words, another shell fell and landed next to him.

"boom!"

Explosions rang out again, and the second round of artillery fire arrived. This time, the Japanese used up their previous good luck and a shell landed right in the ammunition pile behind the artillery position.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

A series of chain explosions sounded, and the Japanese artillery positions were instantly engulfed in flames.

"The original coordinates remain unchanged. Conduct the effective fire. Two rounds, fire!"

However, the artillery battalion of the newly formed 1st Division did not intend to let go of the Japanese artillery positions. After two rounds of shooting, they were still somewhat worried and continued to prepare for artillery attacks.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom……"

Just as the artillery destroyed the Japanese artillery positions, the armored forces finally rushed up from the rear and joined the offensive sequence.

Note 1: Armored troops arrive slower than infantry due to loading and mountain road problems

Chapter 569 Armored Forces Arrive at the Battlefield

"Captain, we can't attack, we can't blow down the city wall!"

"Give me the explosives, I'll do it!"

"Captain, let me take charge, and you command the battle!"

"..."

The newly formed First Division had already advanced to within 300 meters of Baicheng. The only thing standing in their way was the city walls. Although the walls were low, the Japanese had deployed a large number of troops to defend them, and numerous firing points were firing continuously.

"boom!"

A huge explosion was heard, and a heavy artillery shell hit the wall of Baicheng, killing all the Japanese defending an area.

"rush!"

A dozen soldiers seized this opportunity and quickly approached the city wall. But before they reached the White City wall, dense gunfire rang out again.

At this time, under the city wall of Baicheng, a group of Japanese soldiers were sticking to the wall, holding Type 38 rifles in their hands, waiting for orders.

"Imperial reinforcements will arrive soon. Our mission is to defend White City!"

"The Chinese troops outside the city have fierce firepower. We must not let them enter the city!"

"Amaterasu will protect you!"

"His Majesty the Heavenly Locust will protect you!"

"Those who fight bravely will be rewarded by the Empire; those who retreat in fear will become a disgrace to the Empire!"

"Climb the city!"

The Japanese officer saw the signal from the tower and quickly commanded a squad of dozens of people to climb the wall of Baicheng. After these Japanese soldiers rushed up, some were killed by stray bullets before they could find their fighting position.

At this time, the walls were littered with the bodies of Japanese soldiers. Some of the Japanese used the battlements to shoot, while others threw the bodies of the dead Japanese soldiers directly from the tower to avoid blocking the way for the subsequent reinforcements.

More Japanese soldiers were deployed to the gaps opened by heavy artillery.

Behind dozens of light and heavy machine gun positions, Japanese soldiers lay down, waiting for orders. When a machine gunner was killed, the Japanese would immediately drag the body away, and then another Japanese soldier would quickly replace it, using this method to ensure that the firepower would not be interrupted.

Due to the number of special operations brigade soldiers, no special operations brigade soldiers were arranged to lurk in Baicheng before attacking Baicheng, so they had to attack by force.

At this time, the Japanese defended Baicheng to the death, using the city walls and filling the line regardless of casualties to temporarily suppress the attack of the newly formed 1st Division.

"Commander, how about we use the 107mm rocket launcher to cover it? One round of fire and we can take it down!"

At this time, the chief of staff was also a little anxious. The front-line troops suffered a lot of casualties. If they continued to fight like this, perhaps even the newly formed 1st Division would not be able to take Baicheng even if they were completely wiped out.

At this moment, a voice came from the walkie-talkie: "This is the 1st Armored Division. We have arrived near Baicheng. New 1st Division, please reply!"

"Newly formed First Division received."

"Would you like to assist in the attack on White City?"

"Yes, our troops have reached the outskirts of Baicheng and need support!"

"Roger that!"

The 1st Armored Division and the New 1st Division set out at about the same time, but the tanks had to be loaded and unloaded, which wasted considerable time. Also, while the Japanese had built railways and roads between Wangye Temple and Baicheng, which made traveling easy for infantry, the roads were extremely narrow for tanks.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the attack could be launched on time, the newly formed 1st Division arrived at the battlefield ahead of time. However, after passing the most difficult section of the road and entering the area of ​​Baicheng, the road became wider, and the tanks of the 1st Armored Division also increased their speed and began to rush towards Baicheng.

"Notify the frontline troops to retreat one kilometer and prepare for coordinated infantry and tank operations!"

Huang Zhiyong glanced at Baicheng, put down his binoculars, and said, "We made a lot of mistakes during this siege. We misjudged the enemy's resolve to resist and the difficulty of the battle. We need to summarize the lessons learned this time and send them to the command center. We must not make the same mistakes the next time we attack the city!"

"Well, after the fight, let's summarize ourselves!"

As they spoke, the 7st Armored Division had already arrived at the battlefield. Its main battle tanks were mostly the Russian BT22 fast-moving tanks, whose armor was about the same thickness as the Japanese Type Kai tanks, with the main armor only about mm thick, and the side armor even thinner. However, despite their thin armor, these tanks were fast, reaching a maximum speed of to kilometers per hour.

In addition to the BT7 fast tank, the 34st Armored Division is also equipped with a T tank regiment, which is the core combat force of the entire st Armored Division.

When the Japanese soldiers on the city wall saw the attacking troops retreat, some excited Japanese soldiers jumped out from behind their cover excitedly.

"Victory to the Empire!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"boom!"

The first Japanese soldier who jumped up was shot in the head, and his body fell directly from the city wall to the ground.

In a hidden place about 300 meters away from the Japanese city wall, a soldier slowly pulled the bolt of his gun, a shell was ejected, and the bullet was reloaded.

The rifle in the soldier's hand is a Mosin-Nagant rifle, which is rare in the entire newly formed 1st Division. It seems a bit out of place in the newly formed 1st Division, which is equipped with a large number of Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.

The biggest difference between this soldier's rifle and others is that this soldier's rifle is equipped with a scope. These scopes are all 3.5x scopes produced by Heiyunshan, mainly imitating the scopes of the Russian Mosin-Nagant M91/30PU sniper rifle.

In addition to the sight, the telescopes used by Li Yunlong's entire army are also produced by Heiyunshan.

Telescopes, which can be bought at roadside stalls in later generations, are currently only produced in China by the Black Cloud Mountain Arsenal, and the Twenty-second Arsenal in Chuncheng can produce six-fold and eight-fold telescopes.

The latter was able to produce it before, but only started independent production last year because they believed it was better to buy than to make. Production was only allowed last year after aid supplies were cut off. However, due to raw material issues and a lack of optical talent, production is currently low.