flstandardbreds Chapter 109 Camouflage Engineering
Chapter 109 Camouflage Engineering
When we returned to the base, it was already evening, and the latest information on the Japanese's movements had already appeared on the table at the Taihang Mountain Base Command.
"Oh my goodness, it seems that the Japanese are determined to capture us. The whole of southern Shanxi seems to be in chaos."
"Yes, if the Japanese break through from the Changzhi direction, the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments will be under great pressure!"
"Send a telegram to Lao Ding and Lao Kong. If they need artillery support, our 105mm howitzers can quickly maneuver over there and fire a few shots to help out!"
"Yes!"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he sent a telegram to Ding Wei and Kong Jie.
The two guys were very excited in the command center. After seeing Li Yunlong directly defeat an artillery regiment and an infantry regiment in the morning, they felt itchy in their hearts.
There are only four infantry battalions coming from Linfen. Can't their two main regiments stop four infantry battalions?
Ding Wei called back: Lao Li, you should just take care of your own business and stop worrying about other people.
Kong Jie called back: Lao Li, don’t worry, we won’t let a single Japanese soldier go.
When Li Yunlong saw the replies from his two old partners, he laughed out loud, “Hahahaha.”
"As expected of the Iron Triangle, now we have a better idea!"
Three days later, the four independent infantry battalions of the 69th Division, which came from Linfen, under the leadership of Keisuke Miura, had engaged in a battle with the New st and nd Regiments in Dianshang Town.
About ten planes from the Fifth Squadron of the First Flying Regiment of the Japanese also flew over the Shipo Township position, preparing to destroy the heavy artillery positions of the Independent Column.
But the Japanese planes circled in the sky but still hadn't found the heavy artillery position. Just when they were about to drop a few bombs and return, they discovered more than a dozen howitzers in a hidden position next to Taihang Mountain.
"Yoshi, saturation attack!"
Ten fighter planes dived down one after another, swooping down towards the howitzer position and dropping shells.
Just when the Japanese pilot's mouth was grinning to the back of his head, the camouflage net on the side was suddenly lifted, and twenty-four 37mm anti-aircraft guns fired shells at the diving plane at a rate of 30 rounds per minute.
"idiot!"
With a scream, three Japanese planes were shot down.
Seeing that something was wrong, the other seven planes immediately pulled up and ran north.
But it was too late, the anti-aircraft guns in the air defense positions on the top and sides of the Taihang Mountain base also lifted the camouflage nets.
A total of 60 37mm anti-aircraft guns fired 1800 shells into the sky every minute, shooting down two more Japanese planes.
Junji Koizumi, the captain of the Japanese Fifth Flying Squadron, dodged the anti-aircraft guns of the independent column. He saw from afar that the howitzer position below had been blown up into the sky, so he led the remaining five planes to fly north.
"Notify General No Yuichiro, the commander of the 37th Division, that the heavy artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army have been destroyed!"
Nagano Yuichiro took the telegram and read it word by word.
"Confirm with the Taiyuan Air Force Command again whether the enemy's artillery positions have been destroyed!"
The commander of the Taiyuan Air Force Command was extremely impatient, but still confirmed it again.
"Baga, General Nagano Yuichiro is really scared by the Eighth Route Army. Does that mean the enemy can't attack now that they have heavy artillery?"
Nagano Yuichiro received confirmed intelligence again, but to be on the safe side, he still sent a large battalion of infantry to advance southward!
They arrived at Panmachi Village again and entered the range of the howitzers again.
The artillery scout gave the signal.
"A battalion of Japs has entered the firing range!"
"Howitzer Battalion, ready!"
At Wang Chengzhu's order, the artillery pushed aside the "iron howitzer" that was blown to pieces by the Japanese planes and pulled out the real howitzer.
It turned out that it was Wang Meng's idea to disguise a howitzer position as bait for the Japanese.
Only twelve howitzers were brought out this time, all loaded with high-explosive shells.
"Borrowing A01, target enemy infantry cluster, one round of calibration fire."
The captain of the team was frightened when he heard the sound of artillery shells whizzing past and the explosion point more than 200 meters away.
Didn't they say that the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army was destroyed? Could it be that these shells weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown by the Eighth Route Army by hand?
"Correct one position to the right and extend the fire toward the north!"
Twelve howitzers destroyed half of the battalion within five minutes, and the remaining Japanese soldiers fled back to Pingshun County.
Nagano Yuichiro was furious when he saw the infantrymen who were beaten to a pulp, and he directly sued the Taiyuan Air Force's First Flying Regiment.
"Baga, if they hadn't lied about the results of the battle, half of our battalion of imperial warriors wouldn't have died in vain!"
The First Flying Regiment knew it was in the wrong and immediately dispatched the remaining thirty light and heavy attack aircraft to cover the infantry's advance.
Thirty planes circled over the Taihang Mountain base, but they did not dare to lower their altitude easily.
The independent column's howitzers were also hidden in the caves and they dared not pull them out.
However, the Japanese in Pingshun County advanced southward step by step.
"Damn it, now we can only watch the Japanese coming towards us!"
Wang Meng thought for a long time and decided to use a method of mixing up the genuine with the fake. He took out howitzers from three artillery positions in turn. Only one of the howitzers was real, and the rest were tin goods.
If the Japs dive-bombed, firstly, they might not be able to hit the real target, and secondly, they would have to consider whether they could escape from the fire of 60 anti-aircraft guns.
According to the deployment, twelve "howitzers" were pulled out from the three positions, and then quickly loaded and prepared for firing.
Sure enough, as soon as the howitzer was pulled out, the Japanese planes roared over.
Of the thirty planes, except for the ten that remained circling in the air, the rest were divided into three waves to attack three artillery positions respectively.
Wang Chengzhu naturally knew which artillery position's howitzer was the real one, and sixty anti-aircraft guns fired at the Japanese plane that was dropping bombs from the real howitzer.
The "howitzers" at the other two positions were still blasted into the sky.
Of the six unlucky planes that attacked the real howitzer position, three were shot down.
However, the other Japanese planes came to their senses and turned around to attack.
During this period, Wang Chengzhu had already fired a hundred shells. Finally, under Wang Meng's death order, he pulled the howitzer position back to the anti-artillery cave.
Hundreds of the Japanese infantry were killed by more than a hundred artillery shells, and then they entered Shiyaoao and began to build positions under the cover of aircraft.
Although the Japanese soldiers were not very good in character, they had extremely high combat skills and their civil engineering skills were impeccable.
Soon a proper position was built, along with a series of anti-artillery holes.
Li Yunlong and Wang Meng watched anxiously as the Japanese were building large-scale projects. However, the Japanese planes were still circling in the air and the artillery of the independent column did not dare to show up.
Fortunately, the Japanese planes had been circling and guarding for four or five hours, and their fuel was about to run out, so they dropped the bombs they were carrying far away onto the Shipo Township position, then shook their tails and flew away.