Chapter 334 Charge

In order to get rid of the current strategic deadlock, the 10th Division, which had been blocked for ten days on the front line between Suqian and Qingjiangpu, changed its previous tactics. At the suggestion of Su Kangyun, the division's chief of staff, Ren Cunggao, the commander of the 10th Division, transferred the main force of the 19th Brigade, which was originally used for the front line of Qingjiangpu and Taoyuan County, only in the above two places. One battalion was left to monitor and guard against the movements of the Anhui forces in the above two places, and then the main force of the 19th Brigade, including four infantry battalions and an artillery battalion, quickly moved to Suqian.

By October 24, the 10th Division had gathered most of the infantry and all artillery troops outside Suqian City, with a total strength of more than 12,000 people.

After concentrating his forces, Ren Cung-gao did not wait long. Soon, he launched the latest round of attack on Suqian led by the 20th Brigade. In this attack, Ren Cung-gao not only concentrated all the artillery of the artillery regiment of the 10th Division, but also risked 120mm mortars in front of the troops. Place it less than two kilometers away from the front line.

There is nothing he can do. This 120mm mortar is very powerful, but its range is very tragic, only more than 3,000 meters, and this is still the maximum range. If it really needs to be fired more than 3,000 meters away, God knows that the shell will fly there.

If it is only used for ordinary artillery cover before attack, anyway, it is a covering shelling, and this poor accuracy will be tolerated. However, now Ren Cungao is facing great pressure. Xu Bangjie, his immediate superior, commander of the Second Army, and former deputy commander of the enemy in Xuzhou, has called and reprimanded him many times, and even said bluntly that if the 10th Division is not If the law has made progress, then Xu Bangjie will personally come to Suqian to command the 10th Division. As for his Ren Cungao, he will stay cool.

In this strict-level and strict command system of the Feng army, there has never been a situation where superior officers personally command the subordinate troops. If it really happens that Xu Bangjie ignores the unwritten tradition of the Feng army and personally command the 10th Division, it shows that the situation is unbearable for Ren Cungao. At that time, even if Ren Cungao's military career will not end completely, it is estimated that he can only be a cold bench for a lifetime in the future.

Under such huge pressure, Ren Cungao was also forced to give up the previous steady tactics and began to take the risk of pulling the main force of the 19th Brigade to Suqian, trying to take Suqian in one fell swoop, and then went west with the first mixed brigade in the north to completely cut off the southern channel of Xuzhou.

There is such a big risk of withdrawing the 19th Brigade. Although it is very dangerous for the mortar group to move forward the 120mm mortar under the division, this risk is nothing for Ren Cungao.

When a battalion's 120mm mortar ventured forward, the shortening of the shelling distance made this deadly heavy mortar, which had always had poor accuracy, have a relatively good hit accuracy for the first time. Those huge 120mm shells containing bitterness and sour began to continue to fall into the opposite Anhui Army Liangjiang Army. In the position of the Fifth Division, the huge explosive power is far from comparable to those 80mm mortars or 75mm barrel artillery. Often a 120mm mortar shell explodes enough to cover a radius of 15 meters.

Simply speaking of the explosive power on the flat ground, that is, the explosion coverage radius, the 120 mm mortar equipped in the Feng army is the most powerful artillery, and the explosive power of the 100 mm cannon purchased by the Feng army from Germany is far less than the cannon.

"The 120mm mortars of this battalion are powerful enough to compare with the two seven-five artillery battalions, and even more than them!" Su Kangyun, the chief of staff holding a telescope in the rear, sighed.

Although it is not the first time to see the 120mm mortar launch, now it is a close-range dense volley. He still saw it for the first time. In less than three minutes, the front of the opposite Anhui army was almost shrouded in a piece of yellow smoke, which was the smoke left after the bitter acid explosion.

Ren Cung-gao also nodded and said, "The power of the gun is powerful, but the range is too short and the accuracy is too poor. If it can reach a range of more than six kilometers and the accuracy is slightly better, then it can effectively offset the defects of our military's lack of physical management!"

The range of mountaineers equipped in the Feng army is also generally short, only about six kilometers, and some old mountain cannons have a range of only 4,000 to 5,000 meters. However, no matter how short the range is, they are at least stronger than mortars, and the accuracy is not at the same level.

The Feng army even used field guns to lower the barrel thousands of meters away and destroy the Anhui fortifications with direct fire, but if you let the 120mm mortars fire thousands of meters, the ghost would know that the shells would fly there.

However, it is also a mortar. The 80mm and 60mm mortars are much more accurate than the large 120mm mortars, especially the 60mm mortar. Although the mortar is average in power and close range, it is especially close to the well-trained mortar hand, especially close to the enemy 500 In the case of within meters, even if it can't be 100%, the hit rate of more than 80% can still be maintained.

You should know that as soon as the battle entered the customs, the Feng army destroyed many heavy machine guns of the enemy, and these results* were the results of 60mm mortars.

Basically, there is no strong fortifications in the enemy's machine gun position, but only the top surrounding machine gun position. As long as a well-trained 60mm mortar group is within 500 meters, the destruction of this machine gun position can be declared.

Speaking of, the role of this mortar in the Feng army is very similar to the 50mm projectile in the Japanese army in history. They are mainly fighting against machine guns, but the requirements of the Feng army's 60mm mortars are much lower for gunners. Basically, new recruits trained for two or three months can operate skillfully, and those trainings The hit rate of veterans who have practiced for more than a year is already considerable.

There is no doubt that the 60mm mortar has irreplaceable importance in the battle sequence of the Feng army, and is even an indispensable weapon in the battle of the Feng army. To some extent, it is more important than light machine guns or even heavy machine guns.

When Su Kangyun and Ren Cung-gao talked about the 120mm mortars, other artillery of the Feng army were also firing at the same time. When the artillery was suppressed for nearly 20 minutes, the fire of the field guns behind began to extend to fire to prevent the reinforcements in front of the subsequent troops of the Anhui army.

However, those mortars and 75 mm mountain cannons still suppressed the positions of the Anhui army.

The shelling in front has not stopped, but in the Feng infantry trenches in front of them, officers have begun to take action. They have senior officers who have been in the army for many years. These people often look calm and arrange their non-commissioned officers to make the final preparations before the charge.

There are also rookie officers who have just graduated from the military academy. Although they want to calm down, they can still let others see the tension in their hearts, which makes many veteran non-commissioned officers who have been in the army for many years despise these rookie officers.

These senior non-commissioned officers who have been in the army for many years are not afraid of machine guns or artillery, but afraid of a rookie officer who has just graduated from the military academy. Because during the battle, these rookie officers are either fanatical militants or pee their pants like ordinary recruits. Only a few rookie officers will keep calm and deploy Various tactics.

Fortunately, the Feng army has been an adult for many years, especially the main force such as the Ninth Division has a large number of senior non-commissioned officers who have joined the army for more than four or five years. Although these non-commissioned officers are generally serve as squad leaders or even deputy platoon commanders, which has always been the real backbone of the army.

So when those rookie officers are scared and panicked, senior non-commissioned officers often take on the responsibility of grassroots officers and start to prepare the soldiers before charging.

However, after receiving the order to launch a charge, whether they were senior officers or rookie officers, they all pulled out their command knives at their waists and blew the bronze whistles in their mouths. The sharp bronze whistle sounded on this 2,000-meter-long front, and the next moment, countless Feng soldiers in blue-gray military uniforms The soldiers began to climb out of the trenches and then rushed towards the Anhui positions more than 400 meters away.

At that moment, it seemed that the gunfire stopped and the machine gun stopped. Only the shouts all over the mountains could be heard. There was panic and excitement in those shouts. They shouted with all their strength, as if this would increase their courage and continue to charge forward after their comrades-in-arms fell.

The silent explosion set off a large area of dust around, and the dust did not fall in mid-air for a long time, so that the whole sky was dyed blue and gray.

From afar, this small battlefield is like a static oil painting, a suffocating oil painting!

In this picture, there are several smokes formed after the explosion, and there are scenes of shells exploding as soon as they landed. Some soldiers were hit by shells and their whole bodies were lifted up. Some soldiers were hit by machine gun bullets on the opposite side during the charge, and powerful machine gun bullets directly took his whole body. The body was torn to pieces and flew in the air with flesh and blood.

Some soldiers have fallen to the ground, some of whom have looked painful and opened their mouths as if they were moaning and shouting.

Some soldiers also fell to the ground, but they either lay face down or lie face to the sky, and some curled up sideways; some of them have closed their eyes and still look up at the sky with their eyes open. Their bodies are either half left, or their whole chest has been pierced, or they lack a leg or hand.

The only thing they have in common is that they are dead!