237 Sun Lianzhong took the bait (please subscribe!)

Sun Lianzhong takes the bait

After just returning to the division command center, he thought that the artillery units of the Ninth Army surrounded the periphery were all illusions and would not pose a threat to him at all. Zhang Zizhong's solemn expression relaxed a lot. At the same time, in order to boost the morale of the troops, he directly promoted his artificial judgments.

However, among all the officers of the command center, the battalion commander of the division's mountain artillery battalion, the expression on his face not only showed any sign of relaxation, but instead became more and more solemn.

As an excellent artillery commander, keen battlefield observation is a must.

Through his careful observation, especially on several artillery positions of the Ninth Army outside the military camp, the faint blue light reflected by the sunlight... signs directly tell the excellent artillery commander with facts. The artillery behind the Ninth Army, without exception, cannot be really advanced in artillery.

Faced with this result, as an excellent subordinate, the first idea was to report his observations to the division commander and remind the division commander not to make wrong decisions on the battlefield. However, after seeing the lucky expressions revealed by the sentence "Fake Artillery Position" in the command center, including the division commander Zhang Zizhong, on the faces of all officers in the faces of the division's "Fake Artillery Position". For his own life, the artillery battalion commander directly chose to shut his mouth and remain silent.

Because he is worried about something...

A sentence from Zhang Zizhong, the division chief, finally regained the low morale of the senior officers of the division headquarters. Once he told the facts, the artillery battalion commander could not guarantee whether the division commander Zhang Zizhong would attack himself on the grounds of "disturbing the morale of the army". You should know that in the Northwest Army, which is known for its cruelty, it is normal for the commander to attack his subordinates because of his own preferences...

The commander of the mountain cannon battalion kept silent. When the command center was immersed in this relaxed atmosphere, a sharp whistling sound broke through the air, directly making the faces of the command center's officers suddenly turn pale.

Of course, the change of color is the change of color. It is true that it is reflected immediately and takes action, without any surprise. The battalion commander of the mountain cannon battalion who had already prepared for a long time. He rushed towards Zhang Zizhong regardless of everything, and the moment he threw him to the ground, he quickly made an alarm sound...

"Blasting, concealing, concealing quickly..."

"Boom boom boom..." A violent explosion sounded, and the huge tent where the command headquarters was located was cut into ruins by flying shrapnel. However, without the cover of the tent, Zhang Zizhong and others who successfully avoided the first round of artillery can also see more clearly the true strength shown by the artillery troops of the Ninth Army at this moment...

"Really... the artillery positions of the Ninth Army were all real. Where did they come from so many artillery? How could it be, how could it be..."

Hundreds of orange-red fireballs rose from the military camp, and hundreds of soldiers, like kites with broken strings, were directly lifted into the sky by the huge air waves generated by the explosion of the shells, or were torn to pieces...

Looking at the battlefield filled with blood and smoke around him, feeling the constant attacks around him, because of the hot air waves caused by the explosion of shells. The division commander Zhang Zizhong couldn't help but exclaim while his face changed drastically.

At the same time, the astonished gaze was directly placed next to him and saved his life. After quickly sorting out the chaotic thoughts in his mind, he asked decisively.

"Battlefield Commander Wang, you are the battalion commander of the Shanyao Battalion and must be very familiar with artillery of various caliber... Now, I want you to tell me clearly that judging from the strength of the artillery in front of you, how many artillery guns are attacked by the Ninth Army, how big the caliber of these artillery is, how can they have such great power..."

“Yes, teacher…”

After briefly listening and analyzing the continuous sound of artillery on the battlefield, some rough data emerged in the mind of the artillery battalion commander. Seeing Zhang Zizhong's expectant gaze, he quickly spoke without hesitation.

"The teacher's seat, I am sure that those involved in this shelling include not only a large number of 75mm caliber mountain cannons and field cannons, but also a certain number of 105mm large caliber howitzers... It is estimated that the number of mountain runs exceeds 250, and the 105mm caliber howitzers are about to be on and off the same regiment..."

"There are more than 300 artillery pieces, and there is a regiment of large-caliber howitzers. You are not wrong. Where did Li Guosheng get so many artillery pieces..." After the battalion commander of the artillery battalion finished speaking, he exclaimed and asked again, and sent it out from Zhang Zizhong.

"Yes, the division is certain. As for the source of these artillery, I don't know what is happening..." The battalion commander of the artillery battalion said with a firm look on his face.

After receiving the affirmation of his subordinates, Zhang Zizhong's face was shocked and suddenly realized his expression appeared. He muttered to himself in a voice that his subordinates could hardly hear: "No wonder... No wonder Han Fuqu's 100,000 troops would be defeated by the attack of the three main divisions of the Ninth Army within just half a month. If I had such a powerful artillery, I could sweep across several provinces in the Central Plains."

"Secretary, what did you say..." the artillery battalion commander asked with a puzzled look...

"Nothing..." Zhang, who woke up from the artillery battalion, quickly shook his head. Then, under the cover of the guards beside him, he raised his telescope and began to observe the latest situation in the military camp...

Mountain field cannons, even 105mm large caliber howitzer shells, are in sight without any use to conceal the troops' trenches. The huge power they produce is definitely not comparable to mortar shells.

When a shell went down, the officer within a radius of ten meters was either directly killed on the spot or torn to pieces by the shells. Or under the baptism of the shells, he was seriously injured and completely lost his combat effectiveness... Zhang Zizhong was stunned and the artillery cluster had almost ten rounds of shells, which had landed in the military camp one after another.

After ten rounds of shells, more than three thousand shells were baptized. A few minutes ago, the army camp was still in a solemn and orderly manner. At this moment, it had become a mess. Various craters with a depth of more than one meter or even two meters were scattered, scattered in the middle of the huge army camp.

Of course, around these craters, all of them were messy, with bloody soldiers corpses scattered. At the same time, a large number of soldiers who were broken and broken limbs and arms, internal organs... were also scattered everywhere under the propelling of the air waves...

Five minutes passed in a blink of an eye, the sound of cannons stopped and the smoke of gunpowder disappeared. The situation in the military camp was finally clearly visible in front of Zhang Zizhong...

"The God of War, the cannon is indeed the God of War in modern war... In just five minutes, only five minutes, I bombed an elite main division like this. If it was an hour, or even two hours, then my sixth division would not be completely bombed by shells... "Looking at the bloody scene in front of me, Zhang Zizhong said with a look of surprise.

After the words came to his voice, after seeing the brigade commanders of each brigade who were also stunned by his side, he roared loudly with a strong anger: "Bastard, why are you all standing there... Let's return to the team immediately and count the casualties of the troops. Ten minutes, ten minutes later, I will be clear about the latest casualties reports of each brigade...."

“Yes, teacher….”

The three brigade commanders hurriedly left, and the chief of staff followed closely behind and suggested to Zhang Zizhong with a pale face.

"If the division is hit by such a large-scale artillery fire, no accident will cause heavy losses. More importantly, the artillery fire strike just now is probably just a deterrent of artillery fire given to us by the Ninth Army. It won't take long to come, and a greater test will come to us... I suggest that we report our situation to the headquarters immediately and request that the subsequent troops send troops to support as soon as possible..."

"I mean that, but if we want the headquarters to believe in our experience and the superior artillery units of the Ninth Army, we must accompany the casualties of the troops... In ten minutes, after the casualties of the troops are counted, we will report them to the headquarters together with the casualties report of the troops... At the same time, we will order the peripheral troops to build positions on the spot and prepare to defend against the attack of the Ninth Army..." Zhang Zizhong ordered with a solemn expression.

Soon, the three brigade commanders who left hurriedly stood in front of Zhang Zizhong again with a shocked expression on their faces.

Needless to ask, Zhang Zizhong had already realized the final result from the facial expressions of the three people. However, as an excellent general, Zhang Zizhong was very clear about the fact: in order to protect the Sixth Division in the fierce attack of the Ninth Army, as the division commander, he must understand himself and his opponents all the time.

After a pair of sharp eyes, he quickly scanned the three brigade commanders and artillery battalion commanders in front of him. He asked directly with majestic face: "How is the casualties of the troops? Come one by one..."

"The report division seat, because the first regiment was stationed with the baggage troops and was affected by the explosion of the baggage ammunition, the entire regiment paid a huge price of more than half of the losses, with a total of more than 850 casualties... The second regiment was killed and 104 seriously injured... The third regiment was killed and 287 people were seriously injured... In addition to the brigade's direct troops, the entire brigade suffered a total of 1,328 people and 539 seriously injured..."

"The report division seat, the Fourth Regiment was directly killed 760 people and seriously injured 318 people because he was with the Shanyao Battalion's headquarters and received the impact of the Shanyao Battalion's shells. The Sixth Regiment..."

"The report peddler's seat was affected by the explosion of artillery shells. The mountain artillery battalion had a total of 18 mountain artillery pieces, without exception, all of which were destroyed, with more than 90% of the personnel losses and had completely lost their combat effectiveness..."

After Zhang Zizhong's gloomy eyes turned to the Chief of Staff. Although his facial expression was embarrassing after simple statistics, he still replied: "Second, because the enemy's artillery fire came too quickly and was very sudden, our army had no reaction time at all. In addition, the terrain of the barracks and the lack of trench cover, the losses of my Sixth Division were huge, which exceeded our expectations..."

"After the statistics just now, a total of 4,873 people were killed and 1,640 people were seriously injured. The entire army directly lost more than 6,000 people, reaching 30% of the total strength of the troops..."

"Five minutes, in just five minutes of artillery fire, more than 6,000 of our troops were eaten. And what the other party spent was only tens of thousands of shells... Could this be the power of the artillery cluster..." Zhang Zizhong, who was full of astonishment, couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Of course, while shocked, he did not forget his responsibilities, nor did he forget the 6th Division, but the remaining more than 10,000 people. He decisively ordered to his subordinates who were also shocked: "If you send the order, you still want to survive, dig trenches and anti-aircraft holes immediately. Otherwise, the artillery fire of the Ninth Army alone would blow us up..."

When Sun Lianzhong's command center in Hengshui County first saw Zhang Zizhong's telegram asking for help, Sun Lianzhong's first manifestation was that he couldn't believe it. However, with the specific casualties of Zhang Zizhong's troops of the Sixth Division, they began to be summarized in the hands of Sun Lianzhong. Sun Lianzhong, who has always been known for his calmness, finally couldn't sit still...

The losses of more than 6,000 people, for Sun Lianzhong, who had 60,000 troops, were only one finger among his ten fingers. However, what surprised and frightened Sun Lianzhong the most was that the losses of these 6,000 people were only caused by the five-minute saturated artillery shelling of the Ninth Army...

"The Ninth Army, is the Ninth Army really as Han Fuqu said, has a powerful secret artillery unit..." Looking at the telegram in his hand, Sun Lianzhong murmured to himself.

"Commander-in-chief, regardless of whether the Ninth Army has a secret artillery unit. Judging from the content of Commander Zhang's telegram, the Sixth Division stationed in Longhua is in danger. No matter what, we must not refuse to rescue. Therefore, please ask the Commander-in-chief to immediately issue a rescue order and rescue Commander Zhang's sixth Division from the encirclement of the Ninth Army." Gao Shuxun, commander of the 27th Division, frowned and suggested without thinking about it.

"It is certain to rescue Commander Zhang. Our three divisions are elite troops in the commander-in-chief's hands, and no main division can afford to lose. However, there must be a rescue method. If all the reports from Commander Zhang are true: our opponent, the Ninth Army, really has a strong secret artillery unit. Then, we must treat the specific rescue plan with caution. Otherwise, not only will the Sixth Division not be able to save the rescue troops, but the dispatched rescue troops will be trapped and fall back into the encirclement of the Ninth Army again." Sun Lianzhong was still unmoved and replied calmly.

First heard that his comrades in life and death were trapped and may be in danger of life at any time. Gao Shuxun, who had temporarily lost his inch, made a suggestion of immediate rescue. However, after Sun Lianzhong's reminder, Gao Shuxun woke up from his anxious and chaotic thoughts.

After a brief contemplation, he directly admitted his mistake and said, "The commander-in-chief said it well, it's me that I'm too reckless. If the Ninth Army really had such a large-scale artillery force, then the entire rescue operation would really have to be planned and carefully deployed..."

After saying that, the two of them fell into deep thoughts...

One minute, two minutes... The small command center was broken by the sound of Gao Shuxun following after five minutes of tranquility.

"Commander-in-chief, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible..."

"Tell me... Lao Gao, we are all brothers from the same trench. Just say whatever you have. Let's set off earlier and Lao Zhang's safety will be more guaranteed..." Sun Lianzhong's eyes lit up and he quickly spoke.

"According to the report of Commander Zhang, the number of artillery clusters of the Ninth Army outside the military camp is not only more than 300, but also has a large caliber howitzer regiment. I believe that no matter how Li Guosheng develops, except for the huge number of artillery outside the Sixth Division, there will be few in other places. In this case, we can completely ignore the threat of artillery fire from the Ninth Army for the time being..."

"After the reinforcements enter the battlefield, they do not rush to open a breakthrough and meet with Commander Zhang's Sixth Division. Instead, they use the brigade as the combat unit to raid the artillery position of the Ninth Army from behind. Once the raid is successfully completed, I can confidently say that the Ninth Army, which has lost its artillery advantage, is no match for our Northwest Army at all. At that time, the initiative of the entire battlefield will be firmly in our hands..." Gao Shuxun expressed his thoughts with a confident look on his face.

"First use the artillery of the Ninth Army... Let me think about it carefully."

"According to Lao Zhang's report, the total strength of the Ninth Army gathered on the periphery of the military camp has exceeded 40,000. Apart from the offensive and defensive forces, there are only more than 10,000 people who can defend around the artillery positions. Then, the more than 10,000 people will be averaged to defend in four directions, and each artillery cluster can be divided into a regiment of defenders..."

"Using an elite infantry brigade to attack artillery positions with only one regiment of defenders, with the combat effectiveness of our three divisions, it is absolutely easy to capture... This method is feasible and very feasible..."

"As long as we can take down one or two enemy artillery positions, I can say with certainty that the Ninth Army surrounding Lao Zhang will definitely be in chaos without fighting because of the loss of the artillery positions. By then, not only will Lao Zhang's crisis be solved. The battle arrangement is properly, but the Ninth Army can also bite the Ninth Army..." Sun Lianzhong agreed with surprise.

"Commander-in-chief, you agree..." Gao Shuxun asked with anticipation...

"Of course... saving people is like putting out a fire. The safety of Lao Gao, Lao Zhang and the entire Sixth Division will be left to you. Now I order you to lead all the officers and soldiers of the 27th Division to quickly assemble. An hour later, in a hurry, quickly rush to Longhua area to rescue Lao Zhang who is in trouble." Sun Lianzhong nodded in agreement and ordered decisively.
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