The communication troops sent by the 46th Division quickly conveyed the battle situation and the request for artillery bombardment to the rear.
The commander of the 46th Division, Li Liangrong, had also been observing the battle situation and the request of the attacking troops.
Li Liangrong completely understood.
He had been observing the battle situation at the front.
Li Liangrong first sent troops to occupy the first position captured by Zhang Wei and others, consolidating the results of the battle.
He had no choice but to provide heavy artillery support for the attacking troops.
He had to The application was submitted step by step, but he had six Bofors 75 mountain cannons belonging to a mountain artillery battalion and was short of six.
The whole battalion should have twelve guns.
At this time, it was completely possible to save the situation.
"Order the division's mountain artillery battalion to extend firing to suppress the enemy's positions, contact the corps commander, and request heavy artillery fire support."
Li Liangrong's order quickly set the mountain artillery battalion into action.
During the preparations for the attack, the German 15-mm gunnery played the leading role.
Their mountain artillery divisions did not fire a few shots at all.
Now that there was a rare opportunity to fire, the artillerymen who had been idle for too long immediately loaded their ammunition and prepared to fire.
"Hurry up and dig" "Connect the individual soldier pits together."
On the forward position, anxious discussions were taking place.
The officers came down to supervise.
Less than ten minutes after the signal corps was sent out, the three battalions basically dug out the general shape of the fortifications and put them together.
Each individual soldier pit and the fortifications left by the Japanese army are connected in a line to form a complete defensive fortification.
The soldiers who completed the fortifications immediately entered the fortifications to avoid being exposed.
Those who did not complete the fortifications had to risk the risk of Japanese attack.
At this time, even the Japanese army's heavy machine guns and infantry cannons could cause serious damage to the Chinese army during the work.
The losses, the danger of pre-battle construction work can be seen clearly.
The Japanese army on the opposite side did not do this.
After the Chinese army captured two lines of defense, they could not bear it and had to reorganize the retreating troops.
Therefore, they only sent people to observe the movements of the Chinese army.
Zhang Wei was anxiously waiting for the artillery bombardment in the fortifications.
Behind him, troops of the 46th Division had appeared on the first line of the Japanese army.
This meant that the messenger had already brought the request to the 46th Division.
The only thing missing now was artillery cover.
The Japanese are not stupid.
Now that they are building fortifications, the Japanese do not harass and open fire.
If the Japanese free their hands after a while, they will attack the attacking troops who are working.
"Hurry up and build the fortifications.
Hurry up and help us."
In addition to waiting for artillery cover, they also had to speed up.
The soldiers began to speed up under Zhang Wei's order.
Some soldiers who had completed the fortifications no longer waited in the dug fortifications, but went to help the soldiers who were working to dig trenches.
After the mountain artillery battalion of Li Liangrong's 46th Division was ready to fire, it quickly opened fire.
The target was the Japanese position in front of Zhang Wei and the others.
The six mountain artillery erupted with orange flames, and the shells could basically hit Zhang Wei and the others accurately.
On the Japanese position above, the mountain artillerymen had mastered the accurate firing of Zhu Yuan in the previous shelling.
Zhang Wei and the others successively captured the highly trained Japanese position, and the artillery observers could move forward from a longer distance to observe the Japanese attack. position.
The Japanese army position was suddenly bombarded.
The range and ammunition power of the Bofors Mountain Cannon were far greater than the Japanese artillery.
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Although there were only six artillery pieces, the violent explosion blew up the Japanese army position into dust.
A single grenade from the Bofors Mountain Cannon Weighing only six and a half kilograms, the six mountain cannons took turns to fire at the Japanese troops, providing Zhang Wei and the others with more reliable cover.
Under the shelling, the Japanese troops in the front line were unable to use infantry weapons against the attacking troops who were constructing. shooting.
On the one hand, the Japanese defenders took cover and defended against the artillery.
On the other hand, they sent a report and asked for instructions to the 59th Regiment Wing Headquarters in the rear.
The smoke and dust generated by the mountain artillery bombardment was detected by the 59th Regiment Wing Captain Itanishi Ryoichi who was stationed at the rear wing headquarters.
It can also be seen clearly from the command post.
"Come here and ask the troops at the frontline how the situation is and what are the trends of the Chinese troops on the frontline."
Ryoichi Itanishi waited for a while and finally received the news delivered by the forward troops amid artillery fire.
"The enemy did not make any big move.
They used very fierce artillery shelling to establish their position.
Their infantry troops have already moved forward.
Our first position has been occupied by the enemy's infantry.
The Chinese troops occupying our second line of defense are facing us.
While constructing fortifications, our troops did not attack them at the front.”
The engineer, Ban Xiliang, thought that the purpose of the Chinese army in sending troops out and building fortifications was simply to gain a firm foothold.
They had already won two positions in continuous battles and needed to rest and recuperate.
The purpose of stopping must be to gain a foothold.
Consolidating the position, Ryoichi Itanishi sneered.
In the current situation, the Chinese army is in full swing everywhere.
It is unrealistic to use infantry to launch a large-scale attack at this time.
However, it is still possible to harass the Chinese army and delay them from gaining a foothold. of.
The artillery bombardment at the front was fierce.
Itanishi Ryoichi believed that if they wanted to counterattack, they would also need to use artillery.
The 59th Regiment had an infantry artillery squadron and a mountain artillery squadron, which had not been used before.
Eighteen artillery pieces were enough to harass the building. of the Chinese army.
"Order the forward position, and after the enemy's artillery fire has subsided slightly, fire to harass the enemy and delay their actions.
If necessary, you can decide on your own to launch a small-scale harassing infantry counterattack."
"Order the infantry artillery squadron and the wing artillery squadron to prepare to open fire on the Chinese army and harass the troops building fortifications on their front-line positions."
Itanishi Ryoichi did not contact the artillery units in the rear to provide support.
After all, it was intrusive.
It was really unnecessary to ask the division's artillery and heavy artillery to attack.
The infantry artillery squadron and wing artillery squadron affiliated to the 59th Regiment have a total of six Type 92 infantry guns and Type 41 mountain guns each.
They are deployed behind the wing.
After receiving the order for artillery bombardment, the gunners readjusted the positions of the artillery and prepared for low angles.
All kinds of ammunition were also carried out in a straight shot.
While the Japanese artillery was preparing to fire, the heavy artillery of a battalion of the 10th Artillery Regiment behind the 27th Army position slowly raised its barrel.
As a heavy artillery, each bombardment required the approval and coordination of Gui Yongqing, commander of the 27th Army, and the 46th Division sent an order. soldier's mouth The request passed through the hands of Li Liangrong and then to Gui Yongqing, commander of the 27th Army.
The first request was for infantry, and the second was for shelling the front and depth of the Japanese army.
Li Liangrong opened fire with mountain artillery, hitting the front line of the Japanese army in front of Zhang Wei and others. position.
The range of the Bofors Mountain Cannon is long, but it is only nine thousand meters.
With this range, it can only hit the Japanese front-line positions and its later positions.
Anyone who has tried it knows that the artillery attack must be deep, Zhang Wei Their request to send messengers also mentioned the need to bombard the Japanese army in depth.
Those capable of attacking in depth were the German heavy artillery in the hands of the 10th Artillery Regiment.
The attack troops of the 46th Division and the Preparation Battalion occupied two positions.
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Gui Yongqing didn't even think about the request for artillery attack and directly notified them by phone.
The battalion commander of the heavy artillery battalion of the 10th Artillery Regiment implemented fire suppression on the depth of the Japanese army, and the bombardment time could not be too short.
Now that the attack was in full swing, it was not the time to spare the artillery shells.
The artillery barrels of the heavy artillery battalion slowly rise.
These special heavy artillery, which can knock down more than 13,000 meters with ordinary grenades, must be used to attack depth.
Amidst the sound of the Bofors Mountain cannon in front, the heavy artillery battalion's position There was a loud noise: