Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 298 Mole

The artillery battalion of the infantry regiment also began to use the so-called infantry artillery to suppress the fortifications in the moat that could barely reach the engineering troops.

In short, the purpose of the independent column artillery was not to destroy the enemy's manpower, but to ensure that the tank troops and infantry could break into the city of Linfen.

The ultimate goal is to capture the city wall and use it as a stronghold to attack the Japanese and puppet troops inside and outside the city wall.

Ishida Keio's eyes turned red as he watched the tank troops gradually breaking through the defense line. He looked at the Chinese planes that had long disappeared from the sky and became bolder!

"Baga, order the Empire's artillery to attack!"

"Hayi!"

In the central area of ​​Linfen City, the camouflage nets of reinforced concrete fortifications were torn off, revealing a series of dark holes.

24门四一式75毫米山炮、12门75毫米野炮和24门三八式70毫米步兵炮，分别在临汾城的中间地带准备完毕，按照预先装订的诸元，开始对各个城墙的缺口进行炮击！

For a moment, the tank unit's formation was disrupted by the Japanese artillery shells. Coupled with the human bombs jumping down from the ruins and city walls, the tank unit suffered casualties and its offensive was hindered.

Taking advantage of the lack of artillery cover from the tank troops, the Japanese fired at the infantry covering the tanks from the firing holes on the city wall.

The Japanese infantry generally have strong shooting capabilities.

According to the Infantry Drill Manual promulgated by the Japanese in 1942:

After recruits join the army, the number of bullets used for live-fire training each month must not be less than 150 for rifles and 300 for machine guns. The number of bullets used for infantry training each year is 1800.

Under such strict requirements and training conditions, the Japanese soldiers' shooting level was generally high, and usually about one-third of each squadron were accurate shooters.

The requirements for these precision shooters are even more abnormal. For example, at night, they have to extinguish incense sticks 100 meters away.

Therefore, for a time, the infantry attacking the city suffered considerable casualties.

Ding Wei saw that the attack on the east side was blocked. As the commander-in-chief on the scene, he immediately took the walkie-talkie.

"Comrades in the city, don't lie low. Find the Japanese artillery positions and guide our howitzers to launch artillery strikes! Quickly!"

The three reconnaissance battalions in the city began to disperse, organized into companies with walkie-talkies, and began searching the entire city for the Japanese artillery positions.

However, these dozen puppet troops, who were in excellent spirits and well-equipped, moved freely in the bustling city of Linfen without being noticed.

After more than ten minutes of searching, the scouts found three artillery positions in the middle of Linfen City, including mountain artillery, field artillery, and infantry artillery positions, which were frantically firing at the gaps in the city walls.

The scout lying on the roof was so angry when he saw the Japanese artillerymen loading the guns like mad with their bare chests!

"Artillery Command, this is Mole! Position A03, one round of calibration fire!"

A high-explosive bomb weighing dozens of kilograms whizzed over and hit the right side of the mountain artillery position, splashing up a large amount of sand and rocks.

"Correct two positions to the left, three rapid shots!"

Under the guidance of the scouts, the howitzer battalions of the three infantry divisions began to pour ammunition towards the Japanese artillery positions.

Five minutes later, the smoke cleared and the scout looked through the telescope and found that the Japanese artillery had failed to fire, and was preparing to report the results of the battle.

But in a moment, the Japanese artillery fire started again.

"What the fuck is going on?"

"Captain, the Japanese fortifications are too strong. Apart from those that were directly destroyed by the 105mm howitzer, the other artillery positions have not suffered much damage!"

The tanks and infantry at the gap in the city wall had just breathed a sigh of relief and were preparing to reorganize their formation and advance into the city wall, but they did not expect another artillery shell to fly over.

Wang Huaibao, sitting in the command tank, yelled into the walkie-talkie at the top of his voice.

"Captain Ding, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, and another of my tanks has broken down! Destroy the enemy's artillery position immediately!"

"Damn it, give me ten minutes!"

Ding Wei roared and ordered the three reconnaissance battalions in the city to eliminate the enemy's artillery.

"Damn it, if I wasn't afraid of blowing up the mole, I would have let Lu Tianlong take a walk!"

After some discussion, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion decided to ask the artillery regiment outside the city to stop shelling and instead planned to engage in close combat.

"Captain, can we do this?"

"Why not? We are wearing dog skins!"

The captain of the Armored Reconnaissance Battalion of the 1st Infantry Division immediately ordered the soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion to kill two puppet soldiers who were delivering food to the Japanese, and also stole three large baskets of steamed buns.

"Let's go and give the little devils steamed buns!"

A large group of "puppet soldiers" ran towards the Japanese field artillery position in a panic and embarrassed manner, but they were stopped by two sergeants holding flags.

"Baga, this is the artillery position, you are not allowed to enter!"

"Taijun, I saw you guys were bombarded, so I came to see if you need any help, and by the way, I'll bring you some steamed buns!"

The tall man nodded and bowed, raised the white steamed bun, and then presented it to the Japanese soldier in a flattering manner.

"Yoshi, you good citizen! Send him inside!"

The sergeant put the three rifles on his back and stuffed the steamed buns into his mouth. The two Japanese soldiers were starving after being woken up by the explosion so early in the morning.

Seeing dozens of puppet soldiers rushing in at once, the two little devils were holding steamed buns in their mouths, a little surprised. Why does it take dozens of people to deliver a steamed bun? And there are still a steady stream of puppet soldiers rushing in!

The sergeant noticed that the expressions of these puppet soldiers seemed strange, and he didn't recognize the guns they were carrying, so he reacted immediately.

"Baga, no one else is allowed to enter!"

After saying that, the sergeant pulled the bolt to load the gun, and the 92 heavy machine gun behind him also moved at the sound, ready to pull the trigger at the group of puppet troops.

But who knew that the flattering tall man seemed to have become a different person, changed his face, and stuffed the remaining steamed bun in his hand into his mouth.

The tall man took out his pistol and, bang~bang, bang, he killed the two sergeants in front of him.

The 92 heavy machine gun reacted and turned its muzzle, but was immediately shot through the head by the scout behind him.

"Control the machine gun position and don't let the Japs get in before we get them!"

The tall man left a company at the sentry post to snipe at the Japanese reinforcements, and took the rest of the reconnaissance battalion soldiers to quickly rush towards the roaring Japanese field artillery.

There were a total of twelve 75mm field guns, and only four were lost in the recent bombardment, with eight still firing.

When the Japanese artillery lieutenant colonel saw the "puppet soldiers" running towards them, he immediately waved enthusiastically.

"You guys, help carry the shells!"

The tall man nodded, indicating his agreement.

Then he commanded his soldiers to disperse to various corners of the field artillery positions.

"You, friend of the empire!"