The Bofors 75 Mountain Artillery Platoon, which was ordered to fire first, adjusted the perspective of the observers with the movement of the Japanese forward, and a few monkeys at the head were not enough for the Mountain Artillery Platoon to fire.
If the fire is fired now, it is called a grass startling snake, a small mountain artillery platoon, more than 40 people, at this moment is the most nervous person in the ambush force, the first shot is not easy to fight.
"Enemy searchers entered the ambush area, and there was a suspicion that there was a large force in the rear," the observer shouted.
After a short while, the Japanese forward search soldiers entered the ambush area, still vigilantly advancing, behind them, the road was dusty, footsteps, car engines were mixed together, obviously, the main owner of the ambush came, the artillerymen pressed the tension in their hearts, waiting for the main force of the Japanese army to enter the ambush area.
Next, the main force of the Takeda Brigade finally appeared in the artillery platoon commander's artillery mirror, the vanguard troops were all infantry, a large number of infantry, advancing in a neat formation, and the rear were trucks, mules and horses, personnel carriers, and a lengthy line, there was no end in sight, and the main force of the Japanese army finally showed its true face.
The Japanese advance searched and advanced, thanks to the ample preparation before the battle, the main force of the 65th Regiment and the Teaching Brigade was not discovered, and the Takeda Brigade continued to advance safely, and in the telescopes of the artillery observers and platoon stations, the figures of the Japanese infantry were getting closer and closer, from the faint small black dots to the expressions of every infantry that could be seen.
In this process, the main force of the infantry of the Takeda Brigade entered the ambush area and approached the intended firing area of the artillery little by little.
The ambush troops of the 65th Regiment showed surprisingly good performance, and there was no mistake in the ambush troops, and Zhang Wei, who was in the position of the teaching brigade, was amazed, and he was originally prepared for friendly troops to fire indiscriminately and fire in advance, after all, where is the quality of the soldiers.
Zhang Wei could never have imagined that the officers of the 65th Regiment first let the veterans master light and heavy machine guns, and the rifles in the hands of the recruits were all ordered to be insured.
Although this method is a bit simple and crude, it ensures safety in the end, and it does not take much time to change the safety to the firing state anyway, and the machine gun in the hands of the veteran can also support the firepower.
So the officers of the 65th Regiment simply used this trick.
At the current position, the ambush force was not exposed, and the forward search soldiers of the Takeda Brigade continued to advance after a simple search of the ambush area without finding any information.
The performance of the ambush troops was unexpectedly good.
"All have, ready" The artillery platoon commander said excitedly, because he was a little silent, because of the nervousness, behind him, the red flag in the hands of the two artillery squad leaders was held in the air, and the gunners holding the gun ropes were only waiting for the artillery platoon commander's "release" order.
The soldiers of the Takeda Brigade marching on the highway did not know that they had been targeted by nearly one and a half regiments of Chinese troops, and the marching order of the Takeda Brigade was that the first squadron was in front, and the rear were other squadrons, and automobiles, baggage vehicles, etc., in order to reinforce Kunlun Pass, the Takeda Brigade put the combat units at the front of the ranks, which was of great benefit to the reinforcements.
It's a pity that before they can hit Kunlun Pass, they will face an ambush, and the marching order of the combat soldiers in front, baggage and cars will all be backward, but it has buried a huge hidden danger in the ambush, and now, the soldiers of the Takeda Brigade do not know that a catastrophe is coming.
Watching the main force of the Japanese infantry enter the firing area, he was even more nervous, and in the end, the artillery platoon commander locked the target on the Japanese infantry who was walking in the front, that is, the first squadron of the Takeda Brigade, the first artillery could not hit the front, nor could it hit the back.
The best way to cause confusion was to shoot at the center of the line, so the platoon commander let the first squadron walk through the predetermined firing zone, and instead placed the center of the first squadron under the muzzle, and as far as the Takeda Brigade as a whole was concerned, although the ambushed troops were not firing, most of them had already entered the range of fire of the ambush troops.
The main force of its combat units has fallen into the ambush circle.
The "open" artillery platoon commander shouted, this roar, as if he had laid down a thousand pounds of heavy burden.
The "put" artillery squad leader raised and fell, the gunner pulled the gun rope, and two clouds of orange-yellow smoke erupted from the muzzles of the two Bofors 75 mountain guns, and the barrels of the guns recoiled back because of the firing of the cartridges, and two 75-mm grenades flew out along the barrels and fired into the ambush area.
Two loud bangs, two shells smashed on the road in an instant, the shells exploded, flesh and blood flying, the soldiers in the center of the first squadron of the Takeda Brigade who were marching were blown up by the sudden shells, and the Bofors as a mountain cannon was slightly heavier and larger, which also means that its shells are more powerful.
After the first round of shelling, nearly 20 Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot, and more than a dozen wounded soldiers were reimbursed, and the combat effectiveness of nearly a squad was reimbursed.
There was chaos in the marching ranks of the Takeda Brigade, on the road, miserable, the shattered corpses, scattered weapons, steel helmets, rifles, military uniforms and equipment scattered on the road, some of the wounded Japanese soldiers were blown off their legs, some were blown off their arms, fell on the road wailing, the road was full of red flesh and blood, shelling and tragic casualties made the Japanese panic.
Many Japanese soldiers ran around with guns, and some were frightened and did not move A first-class soldier of the first squadron of the Takeda Brigade sat paralyzed on the road, covered with blood and scraped flesh, and the first-class soldier himself was unscathed, but in front of him, his Cao Chang was lying on the road, only half of his body was left, his eyes were empty looking at the sky, and his mouth was stumbling to say something, and the first-class soldier looked at Cao Chang, who had made great achievements in battle, had superb combat quality, and performed well in various battles, and was extremely vulnerable and helpless at this time.
In front of the shell, he could only make the last sound with his mouth, and his lower body no longer knew where to fly However, this was only the first round of shooting, and it only took a few tens of seconds to go from being safe and sound to being so miserable.
"Put" The artillery platoon commander ordered that he could see the effect of the first round of artillery bombardment clearly in the artillery team mirror, and he was simply relieved, and quickly issued the second order, and then the gunners who operated the artillery continued to reload the artillery and fired rapidly at the Japanese troops on the road.
In the ranks of the first squadron of the Takeda Brigade, the squadron leader of the first squadron was also very embarrassed, several soldiers around him died from the shelling, and their bodies were also stained with flesh and blood, and they finally calmed down, and there was a strange sound in the sky.
Another round of shelling fell on the Takeda Brigade from the "lying down shelling," and the brethren of the 75-mm mountain artillery platoon continued to reload and shoot, and exploded the Takeda Brigade on the road.
This time, not only the first squadron of the Takeda brigade, but all the infantry that entered the firing range were bombarded, and the tragic situation of the first squadron, with the rapid shelling, was transmitted to the main force of the Takeda brigade, and the chaos and casualties began to spread As soon as the shelling began, the soldiers of the teaching brigade felt the air of the shells, the fierce and continuous shelling, and the tragic situation of the Japanese troops on the road, which made many soldiers of the teaching brigade stunned.
But most of the recruits have never seen such a tragic battle scene, in the positional warfare, they can't feel the huge lethality of the artillery weapon at all, the corpses that died from the shooting, and the almost physical destruction of the killing effect of the artillery fire, is not at all on an order of magnitude, only when they see the enemy killed at close range, they will sigh at the great power of the artillery, many soldiers at this moment, began to pray that they will not be killed by the artillery in the future, and they can't even keep a whole corpse.
The corpses were separated and fragmented, and the shelling not only killed and injured the Japanese troops, but also gave a certain deterrent to the soldiers of the teaching brigade, as for the friendly 65th Regiment in the other ambush positions, those raw melons and eggs that even the Japanese had seen were completely frightened.
Zhang Wei has seen a lot of corpses, there are all kinds of things, he is not as surprised as the soldiers, just looked at the shelling with an expressionless face, thinking that the power of this Bofors mountain cannon is really great, the cannon is a good cannon, just no, when can he command the mountain artillery to fire The mountain artillery has been firing continuously, two minutes after the shelling began, the ambush troops did not shoot, two minutes, the entire Takeda brigade was shelled, it was the most chaotic moment, Zhang Wei was no longer amazed by the power of the artillery, decisively ordered to fire "Call Me" "Fire" The order to start shooting spread throughout the positions of the teaching brigade amid the sound of mountain artillery shelling, and suddenly the teaching brigade burst out with extremely fierce firepower.
Three squadrons of rifle machine guns, grenadiers, grenades, without saying a word, fired at the chaotic Takeda brigade on the road.
The teaching brigade became the first infantry to fire in the ambush position.
At this time, the soldiers had no desire to marvel at the power of the artillery fire, and there was only one word in everyone's mind.
The nine heavy machine guns of the heavy fire squadron all opened fire in any order, and the nine ZB37s went crazy with a rain of projectiles.
The soldiers of the Takeda Brigade, who were in the midst of the chaos, fled and assembled in the midst of the artillery fire, and the officers were just about to respond to the shelling, when after the sudden artillery fire, the fierce fire and bullet rain from the perspective of the Japanese on the right side of the road swept away a large number of people.
In the smoke of the shell explosion, there were piles of blood mist out of thin air.
"Open, give me a quick shot" Dong Erli, the mortar platoon commander of the heavy fire squadron of the teaching brigade, ordered.
"Boom" Two 82 mortars opened fire on the Japanese troops on the road.
Bullets and artillery fire covered the infantry of the Takeda Brigade close to the side of the Teaching Brigade, and the scene was extremely tragic The bad luck was far more than that, at this time, the soldiers of the 65th Regiment, also under the supervision of the officers, lifted the insurance of the 79 rifle in their hands and turned into a firing state ：。
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