in2ebook Chapter 468 Li Yunlong was kidnapped
Chapter 468 Li Yunlong was kidnapped
The Japanese Third Tank Division began to move towards Ryofu Uetsuki's position, which was also a small hill, but only about five or six meters high.
However, compared to the simple position of Fumio Saeki, although Yoshio Kamitsuki's position did not have much construction, at least the artillery positions were tightly surrounded!
Li Yunlong watched the Japanese tanks gradually break away, so he ordered all tanks to stop advancing and fire intensively at the rears of the Japanese tanks.
The Tiger tank's turret top and gun shield are equipped with a floating-axis SF14Z 10x magnification binocular sight and an 11x EM34 rangefinder.
The Tiger tank is capable of aiming and firing at a range of 4000 meters.
Under the test conditions of 1000 meters, a 2.5% hit rate can be achieved on a 2m x 100m target.
When shooting at a moving target at a speed of 1370 kilometers per hour at a distance of 24 meters, using slow gun adjustment and manual rotation, the hit rate is 60%, and the normal firing rate is about 5 to 8 rounds per minute.
Therefore, more than 50 Tiger tanks once again destroyed more than 40 of the fleeing Japanese army's thin-skinned cans.
Shangyue Liangfu clenched his fists, wishing he could rush down with a bayonet and fight a decisive battle with the tanks of the independent column.
In less than an hour, he lost nearly a hundred tanks, but only destroyed seven and damaged five.
"Baga! Artillery, fire all your shells!"
The Japanese artillery seemed to be crazy, loading and firing "click, click, click"!
There were constant splashes of grass and yellow soil around Li Yunlong.
"Retreat! Everyone retreat!"
Ding Wei and Zhang Dabiao immediately ordered the tank cluster to retreat and hide behind the original position of Saeki Fumio, two kilometers away.
Although we couldn't see where the shells hit, the Japanese kept firing as if the shells were free!
Li Yunlong was hit so hard that he couldn't lift his head and could only hunch over and lean on the grass.
"Damn it! If my artillery were here, you little mountain guns and field guns would still be able to run wild!"
"Old Li, let's not talk about our past bravery! What should we do now? I suggest that we charge forward and fight those little devils. Even if we die, it will be a relief. Why are we just holding back now?"
"I suggest you don't suggest it! Our fuel can only sustain us for ten kilometers at most! It's dangerous to retreat now, so let's wait and see what happens! When Huairen's large force catches up and our tanks are full, we can show our skills!"
Just as they were brushing off the loose dust on their heads, Zhang Dabiao bent over with a smile on his face and trotted over to Li Yunlong and Ding Wei.
"Commander, who's here?"
Li Yunlong, who was lying on the ground, looked back. Although the person was dressed as a member of the independent column, he couldn't tell who he was.
"This is?"
Before the officer could speak, Zhang Dabiao patted him on the shoulder.
"It doesn't matter who he is. What matters is that he is the leader of the artillery observation unit of Wang Huaibao's self-propelled howitzer regiment!"
"Hahaha, Wang Huaibao is here?"
"Report to the commander, Division Commander Wang is at a position eight kilometers away, and is deploying self-propelled howitzers! Let me step on the accelerator and provide them with the coordinates!"
Li Yunlong now calmed down, swept away his previous depression, and pointed at the position of Shangyue Liangfu who was fighting happily in front.
"Hit him hard!"
"Yes!"
The artillery scout quickly climbed to the top of the ridge and quickly reported the coordinates to the rear via walkie-talkie.
"Azimuth F01, one shot calibration!"
In less than a minute, a shell landed fifty meters in front of Shangyue Liangfu's position. The huge impact shocked the Japanese soldiers and made them stagger.
"Correct one position to the north! Three rapid shots!"
Forty 150mm howitzers roared, and shells fell on Shangyue Liangfu's position one after another.
Li Yunlong looked at the flying corpses of the Japanese soldiers and the overturned trucks, and he was so happy that his nose was bubbling.
More than a hundred artillery shells swept Shangyue Liangfu's position on the ridge line. Li Yunlong didn't need to guess that at least more than a thousand Japanese soldiers were killed.
Ryofu Kamitsuki got up from the ground and looked at the tank cluster behind the position, feeling a little scared.
This is his treasure!
"Order the tank regiment to retreat ten kilometers!"
Yoshio Uetsuki also boarded his own tank and decided to command remotely, leaving behind Fumio Saeki's 26th Division and the rest of the mechanized infantry regiment.
After observing the effects of the bombardment, the artillery scouts discovered that some Japanese soldiers were still wandering back and forth on the ridge line.
"Damn it, are you trying to put me in an eye-opener?"
He picked up the walkie-talkie angrily and continued to report the coordinates of the self-propelled howitzer position:
"Remain at the original coordinates, fire three rounds rapidly! Then extend the firing by half a base number!"
Less than a minute later, the shells gradually fell on Shangyue Liangfu's position, and then they advanced forward like an old ox plowing the field.
Looking at the sea of fire behind him, Shangyue Liangfu ordered the drivers to step on the accelerator to fill the fuel tank. Even so, more than a dozen tanks were overturned.
"Where are our army's planes? Even though the tanks and artillery of the independent column are powerful, their shells can't reach the sky!"
"General, we are expected to arrive at the battlefield in twenty minutes!"
When Shangyue Liangfu heard that the plane would arrive at the battlefield soon, he became vicious and excited again as if he had a last burst of energy.
"Hmph, order all troops to retreat north, and once our planes arrive, immediately counterattack!"
However, only less than two thousand Japanese soldiers escaped from Shangyue Liangfu's position.
Fortunately, Shangyue Liangfu did not put all his troops on that position, otherwise the losses would be even greater.
But Fumio Saeki was not so lucky. If his guards and adjutants had not thrown themselves at him, he would have probably been killed in the explosion.
But the other soldiers were not so lucky, especially those who were wrapped in explosives, who turned directly into balls of blood mist.
Fumio Saeki's adjutant found an overturned motorcycle, which was still able to start a fire, so he took his superior and fled madly to the north.
Li Yunlong looked at the scorched earth position and estimated that the Japanese infantry and artillery had been completely wiped out, so he began to think of something.
Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
"Start the tanks and charge!"
The artillery reconnaissance officer hugged Li Yunlong's arm.
This sudden change scared Zhang Dabiao and Ding Wei. They immediately took out the pistols from their waists, loaded them, and pointed them at his head.
"What are you doing! Let me go, or don't blame me for being rude!"
The artillery reconnaissance officer looked at the two pistols pointed at his head and his face turned pale with fear.
"Two commanders, I'm here with a death order, please don't make things difficult for me!"
"What are you doing here? Let me go!"