Commander Li said to Zhou Wu: "Xiao Zhou, let these Kuomintang air force pilots who have just defected to fly planes with big bombs to bomb the positions of their former troops, I don't think it's appropriate, it's not that they are afraid that they will take the opportunity to flee halfway, just flee, in case there are a few people with bad intentions and throw bombs in the residential areas of the city, what should we do for the safety of the millions of people in Jinan, in this regard, there must be no room for any possible mistakes." ” Listening to the commander's serious words, Zhou Wu hurriedly nodded and said: "The commander is right, I didn't think about this point, hey, if we had our own pilots, how good it would be, using these planes to provide fire support in the air, how many casualties of the stormtroopers would be reduced."
Zhou Wu felt sorry for the fact that these planes with bombs on the airfield could not take off to bomb enemy positions.
"Xiao Zhou, don't be discouraged, we will have these in the future, we must not only have the air force, but also the tank armored force, the navy must also have it, as long as we drive Lao Jiang out, these things will be there soon, although these planes are useless now, but I firmly believe that in the future, there will definitely be our own comrades who will be able to fly them into the blue sky."
Commander Li saw Zhou Wu's gloomy expression and hurriedly encouraged him and said.
The time for the general attack is coming soon, and the news has come from all the teams on the front line that the troops have all entered the attack position, for this general attack on Jinan, Zhou Wu got almost all the strength of the artillery units of the East China Field Army, a total of ten artillery regiments, plus some columns and artillery teams in the army, more than 400 howitzers of various calibers, field guns and those improvised explosive bag projectiles made of diesel barrels, as well as the muzzles of black holes raised on their respective artillery positions, on the positions, The artillery commander's command whistle sounded one after another, and the artillery brothers had already loaded the first shells into the barrels, and as soon as the time for the general attack came, they immediately pulled out and began the artillery bombardment before the siege Zhang Ercheng is also one of these artillery teams, he took his artillery regiment to be responsible for the east of Jinan City, the opposite side of the Kuomintang army stationed and held is the integrated 11th Division of the commander of the Yu Division, nearly 20,000 horses are all arranged in the east of the city less than 15 kilometers long, less than 5 or 6 kilometers wide defensive front, the enemy in addition to the original construction of reinforced concrete fortifications, but also between these fortifications to dig a lot of light and dark trenches, built a large number of dark forts, each trench is connected to each other, the dark fort is half buried in the ground, Zhang Ercheng and the other artillery regiment artillery brothers have the same task, that is, in the artillery preparation before the general offensive begins, do their best to destroy the enemy's fortifications on the peripheral positions, open up an offensive channel for the PLA brothers who are about to attack behind, and cover the team to conquer Jinan City In order to increase the grasp of the siege, Zhou Wu brought over the four American tanks captured in the battle of Mengshangu, and let Lao Cheng, who had been a tank company commander before, take a few brothers to temporarily assault and train for a few days, and at this moment he was also in the attack position in the east of the city, ready to attack, the fuel was stuck by Zhou Wu from the truck of the entire East China Field Army, and the shells were also pieced together in the entire field army, a total of twenty tank shells were obtained, an average of five shells per tank, Zhou Wu saw that there were too few shells, Let Lao Cheng and his brothers modify the tank slightly, add a 127 mm Maxine heavy machine gun on it, and when those shells are exhausted, we will use those heavy machine guns to strafe the enemy's position.
The wisdom of the masses is unlimited, and at this moment someone immediately came up with a trick to bring bundles of long-handled grenades to the tank brothers in the four tanks, and when there were no shells available, they drove directly to the enemy's fortifications and threw them at the fortifications Lao Cheng was already the deputy commander of Ge Sanmin's division and the commander of the third regiment at this time, this time he was selected by Zhou Wu to command an armored team with only four tanks to attack Jinan City, he was very excited, he didn't think that he would have the opportunity to drive the tank to the enemy formation, and most of his old subordinate tank soldiers were now battalion and regiment-level cadres, and they were also urgently transferred by Zhou Wu to drive the tank to participate in the siege battle, Commander Li and Commander Chen looked at the four American tanks with red flags planted on them, happily said to Zhou Wu: "Haha, Zhou Wu, I can't imagine that your kid still has something to press the box, if these tanks rush up, how much impact will it have on the soldiers attacking on the front line, and those Kuomintang soldiers who are nesting in the trenches, I think their will to fight will immediately collapse a lot." ” Zhou Wu said to the two commanders: "In the last battle, we only captured a few tanks, if there are a few more, I think the attack effect will be good, the time is too late, if you give me a few more days, train a group of infantry who can fight with the tanks, then our casualties during the siege can be greatly reduced." ” "Zhou Wu, the time of the general attack is impossible to change, our attack on Jinan is also the first time the big girl got married, no experience, can only grope, I think as long as the capture of Jinan City, then our East China Field Army's level of attack will be greatly improved, Zhou Wu, this time you are not alone in the attack, this time you fight well, then Jinan will become a model for the liberation of big cities in the future, don't be discouraged if you don't fight well, sum up the experience of failure, and strive for the final victory" The two commanders said to Zhou Wu seriously.
While speaking, the staff officer next to him ran over and reminded Zhou Wu: "Army commander, there is still one minute left in the general attack time." ” Zhou Wu hurriedly raised his watch to take a look, sure enough, in another fifty seconds, the general offensive to conquer the big city of Jinan is about to begin, this is the first time that the PLA has attacked a large city with complete fortifications, whether it is fought well or not is directly related to the future liberation battlefield, Zhou Wu felt that there was a lot of pressure on his shoulders, and he could not tolerate the slightest negligence.
When the time came, Zhou Wu handed the telephone to Commander Li, who picked up the microphone and ordered all the PLA commanders on standby outside Jinan: "Start the general attack" As soon as Commander Li's words fell, the cannons of Zhang Ercheng and the other artillery regiments suddenly let out a thunderous bombardment, and all kinds of ballistic shells rushed viciously towards the outer positions of Jinan City with the roar of death, and suddenly in the reinforced concrete fortifications of the Kuomintang army, fire and smoke rose into the sky, and the flying shrapnel mixed with gravel and mud flew everywhere, and the powerful shock wave swept towards the Kuomintang soldiers on the fortifications like a tsunami.
The buildings and facilities on many positions were turned to ashes in an instant, and the thunderous rumbling explosions came one after another, wave after wave, rolling in, so that the soldiers of the Kuomintang ace reorganized 11th Division in the fortifications had nowhere to hide, the telephone lines were blown up, the antennas of the radio stations were thrown dozens of meters away, and the eardrums of the soldiers who did not have time to open their mouths to cover their ears at the beginning of the shelling were immediately shaken out of blood, and several signal soldiers of the 11th Division were shouting to the commander of the Yu Division in the city in the cover department: " Large-scale shelling has begun, the general offensive has begun, the outlying positions are in an emergency, reinforcements are requested" Almost at the beginning of the shelling, Lao Cheng's four American tanks have been started, billowing black smoke from the back buttocks, with Lao Cheng's order in the first chariot, the first armored unit of the East China Field Army quickly rushed towards the enemy position on the opposite side, the chariot track "Carrara" pressed against the hard ground, the black hole of the tank gun muzzle pointed at the enemy fortifications in front, and a large number of infantry followed the tank closely, Jinan City was completely shrouded in the smoke and fire of the artillery bombardment at this time, The earth is constantly shaking violently, and the bodies of the Kuomintang officers and soldiers who were hit by the shells are constantly thrown high into the air, today is the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which was originally a good day for family reunion, but for those Kuomintang troops trapped in the city of Jinan, today is the hell of the last days, the artillery fire is too fierce, the explosion makes their ears bleed, communications are interrupted, the trenches collapse, and there are many dead and wounded, even the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division, the ace of the Kuomintang army, are also in turmoil at this moment, The forward positions were in chaos.
Commander Wang and Division Commander Yu in the city received the news that Zhou Wu had launched a general attack, and immediately ordered the two national army divisions stationed in the city as reserves to immediately drive to the east of the city to block Zhou Wu's attack on the east of the city.
Fight until the last soldier, now I order, all the officers of the 11th Division go to the front, the company commander is dead, the battalion commander is dead, the battalion commander is dead, the regiment commander is dead, and your brigade commander is dead.
Lao Yu seemed to be really anxious, as soon as he gave this order, how dare the brigade commanders under him gasp, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Yes, division, people are in the position, people are dead in the position."
Just when Lao Yu cheered up his men, Lao Cheng's four American tanks had rushed to the edge of the enemy's first trench with the barrage of shelling, although Lao Cheng had not touched a tank since ten years ago, but all along, he did not dare to let go of this tank warfare knowledge, and later in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, he met some American officers who came to China to support the Anti-Japanese War, Lao Cheng took the opportunity to ask them some knowledge of tank warfare, and according to the actual situation, Lao Cheng found out a set of methods to deal with the enemy's strong trenches, This time it will come in handy. t1706231537: