Chapter 113 Cluster bombs!
Chapter 113 Cluster bombs!
After completing the seventh wave of rocket artillery attacks, Li Yunlong notified each company and platoon breakout team to break out as soon as possible according to the predetermined plan.
Seven consecutive waves of artillery fire have attracted the attention of the Japanese, giving them an illusion that this direction will be the main direction for the independent regiment to break out.
The Japs quickly made adjustments, and the surrounding troops began to gather in this direction.
The commander of the 4th Brigade, Kasahara Koizumi, was both surprised and a little worried at this time. He was surprised that this time he finally had the opportunity to confront the Independent Regiment. It was not comfortable to carry the punishment all the time.
At the same time, he was also a little worried. With the firepower level of the independent regiment, if he wanted to forcibly break through the defense zone he was responsible for, he would lose a lot of soldiers.
Compared with the loss of troops and generals, Kasahara Koizumi was more worried that if the battle went against him again, he would be dismissed and forced to commit suicide.
Since there is no way out, we have no choice but to fight to the end.
Kasahara Koizumi felt extremely aggrieved for having such an idea. He was the commander of a main brigade. Although he was not as good as the most elite Type A division, he had been able to come and go freely on the battlefield in China before. He did not expect to feel such great pressure when encountering a regiment-level unit of the Eighth Route Army of China. It was simply unforgivable.
As the various teams dispersed to break out, the assault team composed of Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Yu Ye was also ready to set off.
Before setting off, Yu Ye issued a final order to the rocket artillery teams that had completed 10 waves of bombing, asking them to remove all gun barrels and run away quickly.
As for the rocket launcher’s gun mount?
That doesn't matter anymore.
Anyway, it's not made of cannon steel, so it's not difficult for the industry to easily rub it out later.
The three groups broke out in three different directions. One group was led by Captain Yang of the artillery company directly under the brigade headquarters, and broke out together with Yu Ye's team.
Less than 3 minutes after the rocket launcher team left the position, the original artillery position was covered by the Japanese artillery fire.
The Japanese used the Type 92 infantry gun, and the density of its fire far exceeded the requirements of the Japanese artillery manual.
All the evacuated rocket launcher team members were still in shock, but fortunately they had received targeted training on rapid firepower attack and disassembly of rocket launchers as required by Yu Ye.
If it had been two minutes later, he and his companions would have been captured by the Japanese.
Without any pause, Li Yunlong led the soldiers of the first company of the first battalion and rushed towards the direction of the fourth brigade.
Kasahara Koizumi was always keeping an eye on the movements of the Japanese encirclement behind the front line. When he heard the familiar Type 56 submachine gun firing, his heart skipped a beat.
This sound has almost become his lingering nightmare.
Kasahara Koizumi directly ordered his deputy: "Order the soldiers on the front line, do not retreat a single step, even if you have to die, you must die on the battlefield.
If anyone dares to take a step back, I will order the rear guard to shoot him on the spot, and I will definitely send his female relatives to entertain the troops! "
hiss!
When Kasahara Koizumi's messenger heard this, he was shocked. He really didn't expect that Kasahara Koizumi had become so crazy.
He believed that once this order was given, all soldiers would not dare to even think of retreating.
Sure enough, Li Yunlong on the front line felt tremendous pressure.
Under the fire suppression of the 56th assault rifles, these Japanese soldiers had no chance to raise their heads and were all suppressed.
Many Japanese soldiers fell down like wheat being cut. Under the extremely sharp line of fire, countless Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded.
However, even so, the Japanese did not retreat a single step.
According to the previous experience of fighting with the 4th Brigade, when the battle becomes so brutal, the Japanese will to fight will inevitably collapse.
But today is completely different.
"What's wrong with the Japanese today? They are so tenacious that they are almost evil. Are they still the Japanese we know?" Li Yunlong was lying in the trench, wondering in his heart.
"Yes, the Japanese's performance today was simply outrageous." Zhao Gang also felt very puzzled.
According to their previous deductions, under such intensive firepower, the Japanese defense would be easily penetrated.
After all, the intensity of firepower had not reached the current level when we attacked the 4th Brigade camp.
But that’s not the case at all.
"Old Yu, what do you think?" Li Yunlong turned his head and asked Yu Yedao.
Yu Ye rolled his eyes and said, "What the hell can I do? Since we can't penetrate the enemy's defense line, it must be because our firepower is not strong enough.
If that's the case, why don't we just increase our firepower density?"
"What the hell? Increase the firepower density?" Li Yunlong asked in confusion.
In his opinion, this firepower density was the highest he had ever seen in his life. How the hell could he increase it?
Yu Ye saw what Li Yunlong wanted to say at a glance: "What is the density of this firepower? Forget what I told you before, the artillery fire is so intense that it burns your feet on the ground.
I certainly can’t do that now, but if we can raise the current firepower density to a higher level, I can still do it.”
Huh? You're exaggerating?
Yu Ye no longer paid attention to Li Yunlong, and shouted directly to Captain Yang behind him: "Captain Yang, have three soldiers carry the launch tube and the special rocket launcher."
Company Commander Yang brought three gunners and went straight to Yu Ye.
Yu Ye reached out and took three special rocket launcher shells from the hands of the three gunners. Only then did Li Yunlong see how outrageous this special rocket launcher was.
The shape is roughly like a wooden-handled grenade, but the head of the "grenade" is several times larger.
Under Li Yunlong's puzzled gaze, Yu Ye took out a wrench from behind his butt and started tinkering with the tail end of the shell.
While tinkering with it, Yu Ye began to measure the distance visually, calculating the distance between the Japanese and himself.
In just three minutes, Yu Ye had adjusted all three shells, allowing the three soldiers to quickly complete the loading.
"Aim at the sky above the dense array of Japanese troops 1500 meters away, adjust the launch angle, and launch in 30 seconds." Yu Ye said in an unquestionable tone.
"Yes!"
Captain Yang and three gunners answered at the same time.
"Three rocket launchers once again flew towards the Japanese position 1500 meters away with all their shrill screams."
Yu Ye stared intently at the three shells that drew strange arcs and rolled towards the Japanese, while praying in his heart that his modification would work.
Strictly speaking, it is theoretically feasible to use rockets to deliver this type of bomb, but it is definitely not as crude a method as it is now.
Logically, the best way to use this weapon is to drop it from an aircraft.
There will be countless small bombs in the huge artillery shells dropped from the air, and these small bombs are equipped with countless steel balls. As the fuse explodes, these small bombs will scatter, and then these sub-bombs will explode, and the countless steel balls in them will mercilessly penetrate the bodies of the Japanese.
This type of bomb is called a cluster bomb, commonly known as a submunition, and is one of the weapons that is strictly prohibited from use in later generations.
But now there are no planes, so we can only make do with rockets.
As Yu Ye prayed, the three special rockets finally reached the sky above the Japanese.
Exploded in mid-air!
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