flstandardbreds Chapter 338: Fire a Gun for Fun
Chapter 338: Fire a Gun for Fun
338 Have a shot for fun
On the Purple Mountain side, the counterattack by the 36th Division and the 1st Militia Division also began.
"Come on!"
Soldiers from the 36th Regiment and Zhou Xinghai's First Militia Division rushed down from the main position in squads and platoons.
The 36th Division and the 1st Militia Division each chose two attack directions.
The 36th Division headed south, and the 1st Militia Division headed north.
They have only one goal.
That is the Japanese 9th Division, which is responsible for protecting the Japanese artillery positions at various locations.
Especially the Japanese heavy artillery.
As mentioned before, the Japanese artillery positions on the Zijinshi side are all very scattered.
In order to prevent being hit by the rocket launcher in Ye Qingshan's hand.
Therefore, at this time, there were many large and small artillery positions of the Japanese devils distributed on the north and south sides of Zijin Mountain.
The Japanese artillery position at the north gate of Purple Mountain was mainly due to the previous attack order issued by Tsukada.
The artillery regiments of the Japanese 13th Division, 9th Division and 18th Division were mobilized to form several artillery positions.
At this time, the three artillery regiments of the three Japanese divisions.
It is also the main source of fire support for several Japanese divisions on the north side of Purple Mountain.
Just like when the Japanese 13th Division broke through, they bombarded the position of Lu Dahai's first battalion.
It was the support from the artillery regiment of the Japanese 9th Division.
However, the Japanese artillery north of Zijin Mountain were mainly 75mm field guns and 100mm cannons.
The 120mm caliber howitzer is the absolute main output.
At this time, both Wang Yaowu's 51st Division were blocking the Japanese 9th Division.
Still near Yaohuamen, Zhou Pingkou's 208th Division had already started fighting with the Japanese th Division.
They were all suffering from the attacks of the Japanese artillery.
The south side of Zijin Mountain is where the Japanese heavy artillery is distributed.
The Japanese had more than twenty 150mm heavy artillery pieces scattered around the area.
In addition, there is an artillery regiment of the Japanese Sixth Division.
Going further south, you will reach Yuhuatai.
There is also a Japanese artillery position over there.
This is the main distribution location of all the Japanese artillery outside the city of Nanjing at this time.
This time, Song Xilian's 36th Division and Zhou Xinghai's 1st Militia Division launched a counterattack to attack the target.
These are the artillery positions in the hands of the Japanese.
As long as we can destroy one of the Japanese artillery positions, it will be a great help to both the people inside the city and the Nationalist troops who are still struggling to hold on.
The 208st Division and the th Division, which blocked the Japanese support forces in the north of the city, were both of great help.
The effect will be much greater than if they directly went to fight.
As Zhou Xinghai and his men rushed out of the tunnel, they saw a Japanese Type 97 fighter plane crashing from the sky not far away.
At this time, over Purple Mountain, Johnson's international pilots were flying Hurricane fighter jets.
Equipped with some of the National Army's Hawk III fighter jets.
We are engaged in a fierce air battle with the Japanese fighter planes.
"Haha, I just came out and saw the Japanese fighter plane being shot down.
That’s a good sign.”
Zhou Xinghai said excitedly.
"Kill!"
Da da da!
Boom boom boom!
At this time, the north and south sides of Zijin Mountain were filled with gunfire and explosions, as well as the shouts of the Kuomintang soldiers charging.
"Go, go, go!"
At the foot of the mountain on the south side, Ding Daqiu, holding a Thompson submachine gun, led his platoon and rushed down the mountain.
Just shoot when you see the Japanese.
Kill the Japanese artillery wherever they are.
This was the order their commander gave them before they went down the mountain to counterattack.
At the beginning, this man in the shelter in the city was the first to respond to Ye Qingshan's call to recruit young and strong people and join the militia.
At this time, after several battles.
He has also been promoted to platoon leader.
"Sir, there's a gun ahead.
Still a cannon! "
At this time, a young soldier rushed back and shouted excitedly to Ding Daqiu.
“Oh, it’s our turn to win the prize.
Brothers, follow me!"
"Come on!"
The soldiers were in high spirits and fought bravely.
After a brief and fierce exchange of fire, Ding Daqiu and more than 20 soldiers from his platoon directly occupied a heavy artillery position of the Japanese.
The main reason was that the Japanese heavy artillery positions halfway up the mountain were too scattered.
As a result, there were only a few Japanese soldiers defending each heavy artillery position.
Ding Daqiu and his men launched a surprise attack and quickly killed half of the Japanese squad defending the heavy artillery.
There were two heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese on the position.
"Platoon leader, what kind of gun is this? It's so big?"
A young soldier was looking at the two Japanese 150mm heavy howitzers located at the artillery position halfway up the mountain.
He also looked shocked and curious, and asked Ding Daqiu next to him.
The other soldiers around also came over curiously and touched the two heavy artillery.
There was curiosity in every look.
After all, most of the Kuomintang soldiers could not even handle 150mm heavy artillery.
Most of them have never even touched a mortar, and they have never had the chance to see a cannon with a caliber above 100.
At this time, I saw a heavy howitzer with such a thick and large barrel.
It would be strange if I wasn't curious.
"How do I know what kind of cannon this is!
It’s the cannon!”
Ding Daqiu was also a rough guy who had never been to school, so naturally he didn't recognize the devil's heavy howitzers.
Faced with the questions from his soldiers, he was also confused.
"Damn, this cannon is so big!"
Ding Daqiu touched the heavy artillery and couldn't let it go.
"Quick, get our artillery over here.
Quickly fire two shots and try it out!"
Ding Daqiu said excitedly.
After a while, several artillerymen followed from behind and came to the small Japanese heavy artillery position occupied by Ding Daqiu and his men.
"Okay, Old Ding!
You guys really managed to capture the Japanese heavy artillery first."
A Kuomintang artillery platoon leader brought his men over and looked at the two heavy artillery pieces of the devils.
He was also amazed and praised Ding Daqiu.
"Lao Mo, stop talking nonsense.
Fire a couple of shots quickly to open our eyes.
I have never seen what it looks like when such a large cannon fires.
Let the little devils have a taste of what it feels like to be bombed."
Ding Daqiu said impatiently.
"Okay, give me some time, I'll study it."
Then, the artillery platoon leader circled the Japanese heavy artillery several times and studied it with several artillerymen.
No shots were fired for half a day.
Ding Daqiu was getting impatient and said, "Lao Mo, can you do this?
Fire! "
"Why are you in such a hurry? This is a 150mm heavy artillery.
You thought it was the mortar we used.
They are different.
I have never fired such heavy artillery before, I need to study it carefully."
The artillery platoon leader was also cautious.
But Ding Daqiu couldn't wait.
He just wanted to see what these heavy artillery sounded like when firing.
Later, he wanted to continue leading his commando team to other places to fight the Japanese.
There's no time to waste here.
"Get off and drive!"
Ding Daqiu pushed aside the artillery platoon leader and came to the heavy artillery himself.
He yelled to the two artillerymen next to him, "Load the shells for me."
The two artillerymen then picked up a shell from the box next to them and put it in with great effort.
Ding Daqiu looked at the huge shell with his eyes shining, muttering, "Damn, this shell is really big.
Bomb those damned Japs to death."
"How do you fire?"
Ding Daqiu continued to ask.
"Old Ding, you can't do this.
It hasn't been calibrated yet, and you fired a shell and I don't know where it went."
The artillery platoon leader dissuaded him.
"Don't worry about it, just let me have a good time first.
You can study it slowly later."
"Hey!"
The artillery platoon leader couldn't persuade Ding Daqiu and had to meet his request.
"Pull here and fire!"
The artillery platoon leader instructed Ding Daqiu.
boom!
The next second, Ding Daqiu pulled the traction rope.
The heavy artillery next to it made a loud noise, and a 150mm howitzer shell was fired.
The huge roar made Ding Daqiu and the people around him have ears buzzing.
“Ding Daqiu, you bastard.
Who told you to pull it suddenly? It shocked me to death."
The artillery platoon leader was cursing loudly beside him.
Ding Daqiu didn't care. Although his ears were buzzing, he was already holding the telescope and looking towards the Guanghua Gate in the west.
The Japanese heavy artillery were originally firing towards the west.
It was to support the Japanese Sixth Division and attack the defense line of the National Army's 66th Army defending the east of the city.
But just now, the artillery platoon leader Lao Mo simply adjusted the firing rate.
Although heavy artillery is different from other artillery, it is not much different.
Give these National Army artillery some time and they will be able to figure it out.
At this time, the attack range of this heavy artillery had already become the vicinity of Guanghua Gate.
We just don't know exactly where the missile will hit, and the artillery platoon leader has not yet made a more precise correction.
He was pushed away by Ding Daqiu.
Looking at Ding Daqiu's impatient look.
The artillery platoon leader did not stop him from firing.
Anyway, as long as we don’t hit our own people, it’s fine.
“It exploded, it exploded!”
Ding Daqiu shouted happily at this time.
He clearly saw that his artillery fire had hit the camp of the Japanese Sixth Division at the foot of the mountain.
“It’s true.
You're such a lucky guy."
The artillery platoon leader also took a quick look and saw that the shell had indeed fallen into the camp of the Japanese Sixth Division at the foot of the mountain.
“Come again!
Just aim at the Japanese camp at the foot of the mountain and bomb it!
Use up all the shells.
Then, they blew up the two heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese.
Let’s go again!”
Ding Daqiu shouted loudly.
Then he asked the soldiers next to him to continue loading the shells while he continued firing.
The artillery platoon leader then adjusted another heavy artillery and fired as well.
At this time, in the camp of the Japanese Sixth Division at the foot of the Yamashita Army.
The heavy artillery shell that fell just now directly killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in the camp.
There were more than a dozen injured.
The bullet holes alone were two or three meters wide in diameter.
"what happened?"
The commander of the Japanese Sixth Division, Tani Hisao, was also frightened after hearing the explosion.
Then he was protected by guards and came out of the command center to check the situation.
When he saw the shell craters left by the heavy artillery bombardment in the camp, his face turned pale.
This thing was not very far away from his command center when it exploded.
If it was a little off, it would have hit the area near his headquarters.
Then his entire division headquarters would be destroyed by this shell.
At this time, the back of the old Japanese soldier Tani Hisao was soaked.
I had walked through the gates of hell without realizing it!