bookcurios Chapter 115 Show them some color
Chapter 115 Show them some color
As the advance force, the 59th Regiment was less than one kilometer away from the main force in the rear.
Even if the 59th Regiment was ambushed, reinforcements would arrive within ten minutes.
But at the same time, they also saw everything that the 59th Regiment encountered.
For example, Lieutenant General Kawanami Mitsuki, commander of the 14th Division, witnessed all of this with his own eyes.
Two rounds of rocket rain covered the area, causing a shocking explosion scene.
The entire 59th Regiment was precisely covered, as if it was calculated, and basically few people could stand.
Some died in the explosion, while others were seriously injured, but the majority of them died.
Lieutenant General Kawanami was extremely shocked and murmured, "Rocket artillery, is this the power of a rocket artillery?"
"Order the troops to retreat immediately. Their rocket artillery doesn't have a very long range. Withdraw to 20 kilometers and wait for orders."
"Let the troops march separately, do not gather together, and convey my order immediately."
Although I was still shocked by the power of the rocket launcher.
However, Lieutenant General Kawanami suppressed the shock in his heart and gave the order rationally.
If they continue to move forward under such dense rocket coverage.
Even if they reached Shilihe Village, how many people would be left? At least half of their troops would be wiped out.
So it would be a very foolish decision to order the advance now.
Only by eliminating their rocket launchers first can we have the possibility of capturing Shilihe Village and cutting off the independent regiment’s retreat.
"Battalion Commander, the Japs' front team has become the rear team. They're trying to escape."
Fang Tianrui stared at the images transmitted from the command vehicle with flickering eyes.
"Run? We haven't even fired the third round yet. Let's send them off and fire a round towards the center of the most crowded group. We can't let them escape so easily."
"Aren't the Japs fearless? Aren't they very brave? This time I'm going to break their courage."
At this moment, Fang Tianrui was full of confidence and spoke very proudly.
At this moment, he suddenly felt that the heavy artillery battalion's Type 66 heavy cannon howitzer was not so attractive.
These large tracked self-propelled rocket launchers are really powerful, much more powerful than the Type 66 howitzer.
He has decided that after this war, he will become the battalion commander of this self-propelled rocket artillery unit.
As for the 1st Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion? Whoever wants to take charge can do it. Anyway, he doesn't want to go back.
The current independent regiment is no longer the same as before. Although there is still a shortage of artillery talent, it is not as rare as before.
The independent regiment attaches great importance to artillery training.
In addition to cultural learning, the most important training method is live-fire shooting.
Each artillery team must fire more than 50 rounds of live ammunition before going to the battlefield.
Again, if this had happened before, I wouldn’t even dare to think about it.
Not to mention 50 heavy artillery shells, their independent regiment couldn't even produce 50 mortar shells.
Now that we live a comfortable life, we don’t feel any pain at all when the artillery shells are fired.
After receiving the order from the command vehicle, the rocket launcher of the third group of self-propelled rocket launchers turned slightly.
The artillery calibration drone acts as eyes, and the data obtained from the drone's reconnaissance is directly input into the computer.
As the data is input, the computer will automatically adjust the parameters, and they just need to launch.
For these artillerymen, there is no need for them to understand computer principles or the like.
All they need to do is to get the data, input it, and then hand it over to the computer.
Of course, this requires a very high level of cultural knowledge.
This is also the reason why Li Jingrong had not equipped the independent regiment with more high-tech weapons before.
The closer the weapons and equipment are to the year 2000, in addition to the concerns about leaks, the higher the cultural requirements are and the more difficult it is to train them.
All things are difficult at the beginning, but now that we have started, we just need to follow the steps.
"emission!!!"
At the command, rockets from the rocket launchers of the ten Type 85 self-propelled rocket launchers roared out, emitting orange-red flames.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…”
In less than 10 seconds, ten self-propelled rocket launchers completed the launch.
The flames and steam produced by the solid rocket motor instantly filled the entire launch site.
If they hadn't all been wearing goggles, they probably wouldn't have been able to open their eyes.
At this moment, the Japanese army was still changing its marching formation.
After all, the Japanese did not have a very high level of radio penetration, so it still took some time to convey orders.
But the rockets won't give them that time.
Even though they had dispersed their troops, they still could not escape the coverage of this wave of rocket fire.
The rockets launched in this round were not steel ball fragmentation rockets, but incendiary fragmentation rockets.
Amid the desperate screams of the Japanese army, 300 rockets fell mercilessly.
Then you will see the enchanting and scorching flames rising and spreading, sweeping in all directions.
Under the coverage of the burning flames, the thick layer of ice on the Shili River was directly melted.
Large areas of land were burned by flames.
As for the Japanese troops who were covered, there is no need to mention them.
Compared with steel ball fragmentation bombs, the killing power of incendiary bombs is not inferior at all, and may even surpass it.
Weapons created by modern technology are specifically designed to kill the enemy efficiently.
With such a large coverage area, at least 2000 Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded.
This wave of volleys caused them heavy losses.
The most crucial thing is the blow to their morale.
Although the 14th Division is a permanent division, it is one of the most elite Class A divisions.
But thousands of them were killed without even seeing the enemy. Even if they had an iron will, they could not withstand the burning of the scorching flames.
"Retreat, everyone retreat, speed up."
After seeing this scene, Lieutenant General Kawanami was no longer as calm and rational as before.
Fear had taken over his heart, and his courage was shattered by the waves of rocket fire.
In the distance, Fang Tianrui laughed out loud as he watched tens of thousands of Japanese troops retreat in panic.
"I never thought the Japs would see such a day. It seems they are not made of iron. They were all turned into weaklings by our rocket launchers."
Then he picked up the radio and tuned it to the battalion-wide channel.
"All vehicles immediately move to their launch positions and hide."
"The drones continue to monitor the Japs' movements. If they make any unusual movements, report immediately."
Although the Japanese Army Air Force planes did not dare to provoke the Independent Regiment.
But there is no guarantee that they will get impatient and bomb regardless of casualties.
If they broke through the air defense network, they would become real targets.
So it is necessary to shift positions.
On the other side, on Hill 474, the battle also broke out.
"Crunch, crunch..."
The tank tracks rolled over the snow, leaving deep ruts in it.
Japanese tanks with plaster flags printed on them were driving on the plains.
These tanks belong to the 5th Tank Brigade of the 3rd Tank Division of the Japanese Army.
The 6th Tank Brigade and the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment followed behind.
After discovering Hill 474, Naosaburo Okabe decisively ordered the rd Tank Division to launch an attack.
As the most elite tank unit, the 3rd Tank Division is of course in the lead.
Hundreds of tanks drove directly towards Hill 474, as if they were going to crush the independent regiment.
At this moment, they could already see Hill 474 directly from the snow plain, which was less than 10 kilometers away.
"Old Li, the Japanese tanks are coming up. They're really impressive."
In the command center on the high ground, the iron triangle of northwestern Shanxi gathered together.
Ding Wei looked at the Japanese tank troops in the distance with a high-powered telescope and couldn't help but sigh.
Li Yunlong came to the observation port and took Ding Wei's telescope to look.
When he saw those small tanks, he couldn't help but sneer, "So what if they're full of momentum? In my eyes, they're just a bunch of moving iron turtles."
"But they are indeed quite arrogant. They directly hit me in the face. I should teach them a lesson."
"Communicator, connect me to the artillery battalion."
In less than ten seconds, the communicator handed the radio headset to Li Yunlong.
"Report to the commander, this is the artillery camp."
Li Yunlong said with full vigor, "Show those little Japanese bastards a lesson and put down their arrogance."
Then he said, "Convey my order to the first rocket artillery battalion and coordinate the artillery attack with the artillery battalion."
Although the 1st Rocket Artillery Battalion will be divided into its own companies after the war, its current organization still remains.
After receiving the order, the two artillery battalions immediately took action.
The first shots fired were from the 6rd Heavy Artillery Company's 66 Type heavy howitzers.
“Boom…Boom…Boom…Boom…Boom…”
In an instant, the sound of artillery on the battlefield roared, resounding through the sky like drum hammers.
Although heavy artillery is somewhat overshadowed by rocket launchers, it is still one of the main supporting firepower in land warfare.
Six heavy artillery shells whizzed towards the Japanese tank troops traveling on the snowy field.
With traces visible to the naked eye, the shells hit directly into the moving column of Japanese tanks.
Six balls of fire rose up, among which a Type 95 light tank was unlucky.
A 152mm caliber high-explosive grenade exploded about 5 meters away from it, directly blowing the small tank weighing only more than 7 tons away.
And luckily enough, it was blocked in front of a Type 97 medium tank.
I failed to brake in time and crashed into it, causing a minor car accident.
However, the remaining shells did not produce any other results.
When marching in the wild, it basically depends on luck if a shell wants to accurately hit a fast-moving tank.
So Li Yunlong ordered the rocket artillery battalion to coordinate the attack, that is, to smash them to death with dense artillery shells.
107mm caliber rockets may have difficulty dealing with medium or even heavy tanks weighing more than to tons.
But when dealing with small tanks weighing several tons or even tens of tons, as long as you bomb them closer, they can basically be destroyed.
"Hahaha, although the independent regiment's heavy artillery is very powerful, it is simply a dream to use it against our tank cluster."
After seeing this scene, Takahashi Shunta couldn't help but laugh with great satisfaction.
Rumor has it that the independent regiment's heavy artillery unit is very powerful.
But now it seems nothing special.
But soon he stopped laughing.
The sky in the distance suddenly turned red, and then a rain of fire was seen crashing towards the cluster of tanks.
"Fire rain and meteors..."
After seeing this scene, this word emerged in Takahashi Shunta's mind.
"Boom boom boom..."
The dense rain of fire hit the moving cluster of tanks, causing a series of dense explosions.