Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 358: The Destruction of the Japanese Heavy Artillery Regiment

The polio order was drafted by the Cabinet, then passed down to the First Army, and finally to the 26th Division Headquarters.

The most timid person naturally fell into the trap of being the commander of the 26th Division, Jun Hougong. He had no choice but to ask for help.

The heavy artillery regiment, mountain artillery group, and support from the 110th Division have all arrived. At this time, Laiyuan only has two battalions of troops, and it is no longer realistic to send out support.

The only thing left was to find a way to deal with the 6th Division and the planes. The dozen or so planes left in Shijiazhuang by the 110th Division naturally became his target.

The 6th Division was directly expanded, and all the remaining troops of the regiment were dispatched, targeting Gaojia Town.

Hou Gongjun knew very well that this was the best opportunity to cut off the roots of the Laiyuan Independent Regiment.

So after discussing with Shiro Inaba, he took the risk of insufficient troops in Baoding and directly dispatched all the remaining troops of the regiment in order to destroy the independent regiment in one fell swoop.

In front, his 26th Division surrounded Huangtuling, and in the back, the 6th Division raided Gaojia Town. It can be said that Gu Changfeng's troops were surrounded by enemies on all sides at this time.

If the Japanese plan had been carried out, if Gu Changfeng had not formed a militia company and made no follow-up arrangements, perhaps the Japanese would have succeeded.

After all, it is a regiment of a regular division with a strength of 4000. The pressure on the th Battalion and the militia company that stayed behind is still quite great.

At this time, the battalions that remained in Huangtuling had to face nearly 40 Japanese bombers carrying a large number of poison gas bombs.

Fortunately, all the battalions had been prepared before Gu Changfeng went out, otherwise the number of poison gas bombs carried by the Japanese would have been a disaster for the soldiers of each battalion.

Dong dong dong......

As the Japanese dropped poison gas bombs, bursts of yellow smoke suddenly rose from Huangtuling.

The poison gas bombs dropped by nearly forty bombers were terrifying. Soon the entire Huangtuling was filled with yellow smoke, as dense as a desert sandstorm.

At the beginning, the battalion commanders were still able to give orders calmly, but later, as the concentration increased, they reached the point where they could not speak or open their eyes.

The soldiers wrapped wet cloth around their mouths and noses, with their eyes tightly closed, waiting for the Japanese attack to pass.

Boom boom boom!

As the Japanese bombers arrived over Huangtuling and dropped poison gas bombs, attacks from the Japanese mountain and field artillery groups also followed.

Located eight or nine miles away from the Japanese camp, the Japanese heavy artillery regiment received the order to bombard. At the command of Colonel Irie, the heavy artillery regiment also began their performance.

There is no doubt that the Independent Regiment had to withstand this wave of powerful offensive from the Japanese. Fortunately, the fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army were very strong, otherwise the Independent Regiment would have suffered heavy losses in just a short period of time.

The artillery battalion's response takes time, and they have to wait for notification from the special forces.

Boom boom boom!

Dozens of guns of the Japanese heavy artillery regiment fired one after another, with an astonishingly loud noise. Grenades were sent into the muzzles and then fired at the Huangtuling position.

This made the soldiers in each battalion even more uncomfortable. The noise from the huge explosion caused them to temporarily become deaf.

There was another wave of yellow smoke around them, and this wave caused many soldiers to fall to the ground due to poisonous gas.

On the special forces side, the members quickly recorded the positions of the Japanese artillery fire and then reported it to Chen Shi.

Two minutes later, a telegram was sent to the artillery battalion.

After receiving the telegram, the communications soldier of the artillery battalion immediately turned around and reported to Lu Daya: "Battalion Commander, we have arrived at the specific location." After that, he handed the paper in his hand to Lu Daya.

Lu Daya didn't answer and said directly: "Guoliang, you are responsible for the first ten positions. The brothers of the special forces risked their lives to get these positions. We must not let them down."

The Japanese had three guns in each small artillery position, and nearly forty guns were divided into a dozen or so, so the artillery battalion could completely cover the entire area in one wave.

The German heavy artillery belonging to the artillery battalion was very powerful. One grenade would cause heavy casualties to half of the Japanese squad, not to mention the distance of only three guns.

"Yes, Captain, I will ensure that the mission is completed."

Zhong Guoliang saluted, then turned and ran towards the artillery position.

After Zhong Guoliang left, Lu Daya ordered the signalman again: "Send the position to Qi Desheng, and give the next nine positions to them."

With the Katyusha rocket launchers and ten German heavy artillery pieces, the life of the Japanese artillery regiment seemed to be on countdown.

Colonel Irie didn't know that the special forces had already got under his nose, otherwise he would not have been so careless in launching the artillery attack.

Kobayashi Ichizo also didn't know that the group attack tactics he relied on would soon fall into crisis.

Without the heavy artillery regiment, relying solely on mountain artillery to deal with the independent regiment was not enough. The independent regiment had many ways to restrict them.

You have to know that up to now in the battle, the 107 rocket launcher has had very few opportunities to fire, and it all depends on the confidence of each battalion. Even the M60 has not been used many times.

Even so, more than 6000 devils and puppet troops were killed or wounded.

Boom boom boom......

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

After five minutes of preparation, the artillery battalion under Lu Daya soon took action.

The artillerymen attacked almost at the same time, and the rocket launchers, mixed with grenades fired by German heavy artillery, instantly covered the Japanese heavy artillery regiment in the mountains and forests.

Within a few kilometers, there were smoke everywhere, which made Colonel Irie, who was on the top of the mountain, stunned for a moment.

"What? Are the Chinese crazy?"

It was indeed unreasonable to use Katyusha's covering artillery fire just to destroy his three heavy artillery pieces. No one had ever seen such a waste of artillery shells.

Colonel Irie's deployment was already very scattered, but this wave of attacks by the artillery battalion directly resulted in heavy casualties for the Japanese heavy artillery regiment.

Especially the Katyusha's attack was inhumane, and it felt like there was no grass left within a two-kilometer radius.

Except for Colonel Irie who was standing on a high ground, and several Japanese officers and guard teams, almost all the other Japanese soldiers in the entire Japanese heavy artillery regiment were killed in the attack of this artillery battalion.

Colonel Irie didn't know that in order to destroy the heavy artillery regiment led by him, Gu Changfeng had never ordered the artillery battalion to take action, and the only time he did so was in the early morning as a test.

It can be said that the hidden artillery battalion was for this moment. As long as the heavy artillery regiment was defeated, Kobayashi Ichizo would have little capital to be arrogant.

Boom...Boom...Boom!

The artillery shell explosions caused by the bombardment continued. In order to completely wipe out the independent regiment, the Japanese brought a large number of artillery shells this time.

This caused the entire forest to be in commotion, even covering up the movement on the Huangtuling side.

Colonel Irie was stunned for a while, muttered a few words, and decisively drew out his ancestral command sword to end his sinful life.

He knew very well that as the supreme leader, he was to blame for the destruction of the heavy artillery regiment, especially since he would rather die on the battlefield than wait for the trial later.

Given the nature of the Japanese, it doesn't matter how they treat those who died in battle, no matter how big their mistakes were.

Seeing this, the other Japanese officers had no choice but to follow Colonel Irie's heroic act and decisively threw themselves into the arms of their Aunt Amaterasu.

The remaining Japanese soldiers were speechless. They lifted up the bodies of Colonel Irie and the others sadly, turned around and walked around towards the military camp.