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3Chapter 16 Battle in Nanguan County
Tom Tom Tom! "
The Devil Artillery Brigade fired dozens of 105mm heavy artillery in salvo, and the shells continuously bombarded the forward positions outside the city.
"Boom boom boom!"
Shells fired everywhere, carpet bombing, and mud splashed all over the sky.
The original deep trenches and bunker defenses were all collapsed under the fierce artillery bombardment, and large areas of soil covered the trenches.
The devil's artillery positions did not dare to move forward, and the range of artillery fire only spread to the front positions outside the city, and did not cause much damage to the defenders in the rear lines of defense.
Kazuo Kimura, head of the devil brigade, saw through the binoculars that the forward position had become a sea of flames, and then his face showed a look of pride.
With such intensive artillery fire, I am afraid that few Chinese defenders will survive.
The artillery bombardment continued for more than ten minutes, and Kazuo Kimura issued an attack order to the headquarters of the 6th Wing.
"Order the 6th Infantry Regiment to immediately launch an attack on the positions outside Nanguan County!"
"Ha Yi, General!"
The devil's communications soldier hurried back to the command, picked up the phone and called the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Regiment.
The 5th Brigade of the Japanese Army is a mechanized brigade with a complete personnel system. It has the 6th Infantry Regiment and the 68th Infantry Regiment under its jurisdiction.
These two Type A regiments, together with the artillery and supply units, can have a total number of about 8000 people.
The 6th Wing of the Devil Infantry received an offensive order from the brigade headquarters, and the combat troops of the entire wing came out in full force.
The Devil's [-]st Infantry Brigade and Armored Squadron attacked from the front east gate, and the [-]nd and [-]rd Brigade moved from the direction of the south city to attack from the flanks.
Kazuo Kimura, head of the Devils Brigade, knew that the defense of the southern city gate was weak, and the frontal troops were only used as a feint attack, while the flanking troops were the real main attack.
The firepower of the second and third brigades is very strong. Not only that, the captain of the devils also assigned artillery brigades to the two attacking brigades.
The artillery brigade of the wing is incomparable with the artillery brigade of the brigade. The artillery brigade of the wing is mainly equipped with the Type 92 70mm infantry gun and the Type 94 75mm mountain gun.
In fact, compared with the Chinese army, the artillery equipment of the Japanese army wing can be said to be very powerful.
"Tom tom tom!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Cannons and explosions continued.
The Devils First Battalion and Armored Squadron took the lead in attacking the forward positions outside the city.
"Imperial soldiers, take down the front positions, ducks and chickens!!!"
I saw seven or eight Japanese Type 89 medium tanks rushing out of the gunpowder smoke, and the chariots charged towards the front position.
The Type 89 medium tank is one of the more outstanding tanks on the Japanese battlefield.
It is said to be a medium-sized tank, but in fact this kind of tank weighs only a dozen tons. Compared with advanced medium-sized tanks, the Type 89 medium-sized tank is simply rubbish, and it cannot compete with the medium-sized "Leopard" tank at all.
Of course, the little devil is bullying China's backward weapons and equipment. Such "garbage" tanks are enough to overwhelm the Chinese army.
89式坦克上装备了2挺91式65机枪，前面炮塔上的主炮是一门37坦克炮。
"Boom boom boom..."
The devil's tank group rushed all the way, and the roar was deafening.
The devil infantry held the infantry in their hands, bent over and followed the tank one by one, maintaining a tactical offensive formation.
"The infantry follow up, the infantry quickly follow up, give me the chicken!"
More than a thousand devil infantrymen bravely launched an attack. Under the cover of tanks, they rushed to the forward position like a tide.
Li Hong held up his binoculars and stood outside the command post to observe. His binoculars were filled with little devils, and the devils' tanks were rushing to the forward position.
After carefully observing the attacking enemy's firepower for a while, he immediately called the signal soldier over.
"Communications, order the artillery company to fire smoke bombs at the devil's heavy artillery unit, and then order the bazooka platoon to move forward 500 meters, and let me beat the devil's tanks!"
"Yes, group seat!"
The communications soldier immediately called to convey Li Hong's order.
After less than 10 minutes, the artillery unit of the security regiment began to prepare for artillery launch.
"Smoke bombs are ready!!!"
The ammunition man on the artillery position quickly loaded the smoke bombs into the barrel.
"Six salvos, get ready, fire!!!"
"Tom tom tom!"
A large cloud of smoke bombs flew out of the gun barrel, and the shells landed seven or eight kilometers away, not too far from the devil's heavy artillery position.
Soon, the smoke bombs released layers of thick smoke walls, which completely covered the front of the devil's heavy artillery.
The observation mirror of the Devil Artillery Captain was covered by a smoke screen, and he couldn't see the situation outside Nanguan County clearly.
"Baga Yalu, cunning Chinese artillery!"
The captain of the devil brigade said a few times angrily, and then he ordered the artillery to stop the shelling.
The situation outside Nanguan County could no longer be seen clearly. If the Devil artillerymen continued to shell, not only would the shells fail to hit accurately, but they might also cause accidental injury to the troops charging ahead.
Now the devil's heavy artillery unit has temporarily lost its suppressive effect. Either move the artillery position, or wait for the smoke to disperse.
However, a heavy artillery position is not a mortar position. It is very manpower and time-consuming to establish a position, and the artillery is heavy, so it is very inconvenient to move.
The little devil's tricks are over, and it's the turn of the security team to clean them up.
Under Li Hong's order, the soldiers of the bazooka platoon pushed the bazooka cart one after another, and moved the bazooka position forward by 500 meters.
"Tom tom tom!"
"Da da da!"
At this time, the little devil's tank had rushed to the forward position.
Tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns kept firing and suppressing, and shells and bullets flew across the positions of the security regiment and the Sichuan Army.