Chapter 779 The Battle of Jinmen (End)
"Crack... everyone avoids it! Avoid it!!" Most of Lao Junwu participated in the battle between armored groups, and did not have such experience in facing heavy artillery bombardment.
For a moment, when they heard the roar of heavy artillery from behind the Japanese position, they became nervous and kept roaring at the communicator. Fortunately, although the tank troops had not experienced the attack of heavy artillery, they also learned to avoid artillery fire in actual combat.
Therefore, the entire tank group began to scatter the assault and rush towards the Japanese position!
"Chirp chirp... boom boom boom..." The Japanese artillery shells fell like raindrops, trembling the entire earthquake. Countless dust and the destroyed Japanese tanks were thrown into the air like garbage.
At this time, the entire North China Front Army had a total of 740 heavy artillery pieces! The main belliger countries in World War II usually used howitzers with a caliber and cannons with a caliber as heavy artillery.
Because the division artillery of the main belliger countries all have caliber howitzers and caliber cannons, they are actually using artillery above division artillery as heavy artillery.
In other words, Takasu Tanuchi now has 740 artillery artillery with a caliber or above. These artillery causes great damage to the armored forces of the National Defense Forces. If the armored forces had not had great mobility, they would not have been buried here.
It can only be said that Lao Junwu's command experience is too shallow and his desire to win is too strong. He did not promptly determine that the Japanese army would be forced to use heavy artillery to launch a comprehensive bombardment on himself.
"Boom boom boom..." In the roaring artillery fire, countless national defense forces tanks did not die in battle with Japanese tanks, but were knocked over into the artillery fire.
"I'll go, your grandma!" Lao Junwu's eyes turned red, and he roared at the communicator, "Follow me and rush up! Kill these sluts!!"
At this time, the National Defense Force also reported it. First of all, the National Defense Forces War Eagles in the air took the lead in reporting it. These War Eagles did not do less reconnaissance work, so they roughly judged the location of the Japanese artillery position in just a few seconds. At the same time, they reported the rough coordinates back through the tower.
The Air Force did not hesitate at all and directly passed the coordinates to Li Yannian. Only Li Yannian's Second Artillery Force moved the fastest and had the best maneuverability.
After receiving the coordinates, the Second Artillery Force conducted a pictorial measurement. After summarizing it, it determined the location of the Japanese heavy artillery group. Then the entire Second Artillery's Storm 75 40-barrel self-propelled rocket launcher roared!
"Swoosh swish swish swish swish...boom bang..." Teraunuchi didn't expect the National Defense Force to react so quickly. In a short while, he determined the location of his heavy artillery group. He even launched a retaliatory artillery fire counterattack.
It has to be said that although Li Yannian, a veteran on the battlefield, has been hidden by Tu Qianjun for a long time, he is still not old! Even the sediment that has been silent over the years gives him more accurate judgments and more decisive commands.
After the armored troops of the National Defense Forces were bombarded, the commander-in-chief of the Second Artillery immediately asked the entire Second Artillery to start calculating the position of the Japanese heavy artillery group, and at the same time ordered the troops to start reloading rockets.
When the coordinates of the Air Force reported were obtained, the commander-in-chief of the Second Artillery immediately shocked the Japanese army! But the one who started the battle earlier than the Second Artillery Force was the Air Force of the National Defense Force.
These war eagles were originally responsible for covering the armored forces. After the second-hand Japanese air force in the sky was wiped out, the war eagles rushed towards the Japanese heavy artillery position without hesitation.
"Bangbang..." The 20mm caliber machine cannon and the 14.5 machine gun are not a joke. After a flash, the Japanese army below will splatter blood and flesh. After the heavy cannons were hit, they exploded on the spot and broke into parts all over the ground.
The corps guarding the artillery positions were helpless at all, and that little machine gun was really not harmful to the Tiger Shark Type B. Fortunately, after just experiencing the air battle, the War Eagles had not much ammunition left. After a while of fire, they could only leave resentful.
"Boom boom boom boom..." As soon as the Zhan Ying left, the rockets of the Second Artillery Group came! Explosion roars came from several positions of the Japanese heavy artillery group, and countless heavy artillery were directly blown into broken parts in the sky under the bombardment of the rockets.
The commanders of the Japanese heavy artillery wing who were commanding the heavy artillery group could not understand how they were exposed. Even if they were calculated, it would take a long time to adjust the artillery position, coordinate the shooting and even loading.
This time is enough to withdraw their heavy artillery group. They are no longer able to reach their opponents. In fact, they have extremely strong maneuverability and strong firepower coverage.
They simply disdained to aim accurately. They just needed to determine the approximate position and launched artillery fire on the Japanese artillery positions. A total of more than 400 Storm 75 40-barrel self-propelled rocket launchers launched a counterattack against six 740 Japanese heavy artillery pieces.
This counterattack caused great casualties. Almost no Japanese heavy artillery was out of the range of artillery attacks. Even the corps of the garrison heavy artillery group suffered greatly.
After all, rockets are covered firepower, and they basically kill them in one go. Perhaps the main targets may not be able to be destroyed, but the surrounding targets are definitely not running.
"Boom boom boom boom..." Amid the explosion of rockets, the Japanese heavy artillery group turned into ashes. They no longer had the chance to launch a second round of artillery bombings, and the entire artillery position was filled with screams and constant explosions.
"Boom!!" A rocket hit the shell placed on the periphery of the position, causing a shocking and provocation. The entire Japanese artillery position was overturned.
At this time, Lao Junwu finally rushed into the Japanese position.
Under the rumbling roar, the Tiger B type unceremoniously crushed the Japanese army's defense. The tank-double-equipped heavy machine gun fired unceremoniously at the Japanese position with a crazy "tuk-tuk..."
"Bang...boom!" The 37mm anti-tank guns equipped on the Japanese position hit the Tiger B, which was worse than tickling it. They could not stop the Tiger B's advance at all, and the Japanese defensive positions were attacked one by one.
The Japanese army lost the artillery stop, and the infantry troops of the National Defense Force finally had the opportunity to charge. They rushed out of the previously occupied positions without hesitation and rushed towards the Japanese positions.
Three-dimensional combat! This is a typical three-dimensional combat in step, tank, and air. Although it seems that this is still very immature and does not even meet the requirements of real three-dimensional combat in later generations.
But in this era, this kind of combat method and concept is undoubtedly advanced. The Air Force serves as a cover, and the observation, early warning and designated clearance are implemented. At the same time, the artillery is supplemented with firepower support.
The ground is equipped with armored troops as the vanguard for breaking through positions, and then the infantry will cooperate with the tank troops to conduct a comprehensive cleaning of the entire enemy's positions.
Under this offensive, the entire Japanese position was completely disintegrated. When Lao Junwu broke through the second-line position of the Japanese army, the entire Japanese front collapsed.
The infantry group of the National Defense Forces entered the position with heavy troops, and the Japanese army retreated in despair amid the shouts.
The defeat was like a mountain of fall! Shouichi Tezuna closed his eyes in pain and couldn't bear to look at it anymore. Then, under the forced push of the adjutant, he was sent onto a military vehicle and retreated to the rear.
The remaining Japanese troops and armored groups retreated on their entire line and retreated towards Shandong. The National Defense Force tank troops followed and chased after them until the three subsequent defense lines of the Japanese army were defeated.
When the sun set, the battle slowly ended. The entire Japanese North China Front Army retreated to the front line of Cangzhou, reorganized defenses and excavated new fortifications. Anti-tank trenches were excavated.
The Second Army of the National Defense Forces and the First Division of the Armored Army directly under the Defense Forces broke into the Japanese position and confronted the Japanese army outside the Cangzhou position. After hearing the news, the Japanese army entrenched in Bazhou was forced to retreat to the vicinity of Baoding.
At this point, the Japanese army's Tianjin defense line had become fragmented and could not resist the attack of the National Defense Force again. Teraenuchi Hoshi telegraphed the Japanese military that night, asking for apologies and asking the military to send someone to take over his position.
In Tokyo, Japan, the military headquarters was filled with sorrow. The Chief of Staff Prince Ichinomiya pinched the telegram from Sōichi Desunouchi's face and became extremely ugly. He did not expect that the National Defense Force would break through the position of the North China Front Army so quickly.
What I didn't expect was that the North China Front Army would suffer such great losses. The chariot division with more than 200 chariots finally escaped only less than 80.
The Army Aviation and HNA troops suffered more than 100 fighter jets. The ground troops suffered even greater losses. After several days of fierce fighting, the North China Front Army suffered a considerable loss. This time, the National Defense Forces' crazy attack caused more than 50,000 casualties.
In addition to the more than 30,000 casualties, the North China Front Army, which had originally more than 240,000 people, suddenly reduced to less than 200,000. They also had to rely on these to resist more than one million national defense forces.
Xianyuangong sighed. For the first time, he was wondering whether the war he supported was correct.
"Your Highness, you can see what Mr. Seunuchi..." No one dared to speak at this time except Ishihara Kan. Xianyuangu glanced at Ishihara with his cold eyes.
This made Ishihara's whole body cool, and after a while, the eyes of the Xianyuangumi calmed down.
"This battle is not a crime. Your Majesty will explain it... Tell the temple to keep a useful body to fight for the empire. Instead of a simple apologizing, if he has the blood of the emperor, he will show it on the battlefield..."
After saying that, Xianyuangong stood up and walked out of the conference room. The conference room was silent, and the complex thoughts of the people finally came to only a long sigh.
Chapter completed!