The Japanese's Heavy Artillery Brigade was definitely a strategic force in the Japanese army.
Not to mention the 300-millimeter-caliber mortars.
Just the various large-caliber howitzers that the Heavy Artillery Brigade was equipped with were quite shocking.
Other than the mortars, there were 40 heavy cannons of 150mm caliber, 20 heavy cannons of 240 caliber, and 10 heavy howitzers of 305 caliber.
The power of these heavy cannons was not to be trifled with. When they exploded, it was truly terrifying.
For example, the Type 90 240 heavy cannon had a weight of 185 kilograms. When loading, it required a special loading rail car to load it into the cannon.
It had a shooting range of 16 kilometers, and when it landed on the ground, its explosion radius was more than 80 meters. If such a shell hit a field fortification, at least a platoon of soldiers would be wiped out from the formation. The people in the fortification would be killed by the huge shock wave.
As for the larger 305mm howitzer, the weight of the shell alone reached 300 kilograms, not to mention the power. Basically, if a shell hit the fortifications, an entire company would disappear from the face of the earth.
Under normal circumstances, these extremely heavy heavy cannons would basically have to rely on trains to transport them.
Moreover, every time an artillery position was built, the position could not be too far away from the railway.
When the heavy artillery was unloaded from the train, it was necessary to lay a rail beside the train. Then, the crane on the train would be used to assemble the artillery beside the train and push it to the constructed position through the rail before it could be used for artillery bombardment.
This process would take at least a few hours for the Japanese artillery, who had undergone a long period of training, to set up an artillery position.
If they encountered a complex terrain, it would often take a few days.
The entire Japanese Heavy Artillery Squadron consisted of thousands of people who were basically working for these heavy artillery.
Just laying the tracks, tidying up the ground, and building the camp alone had more than three thousand people.
Adding on the air defense unit, the security unit, and the Heavy Artillery Squadron, there were tens of thousands of people in total.
The range of the Heavy Artillery Squadron's position was not to cluster the cannons together. It depended on the needs of the battlefield. When necessary, the artillery position of a Heavy Artillery Squadron could even be ten kilometers wide.
It was precisely because these heavy artillery were difficult to serve that Gu Shoufu knew that he could not continue waiting for the Heavy Artillery Brigade to cross the river.
Otherwise, the yellow tea would really turn cold.
When he saw Tsukijing Bridge, the first thing that came to his mind was the heavy artillery regiment that had been destroyed last night.
Obviously, Liu Yu must have done it deliberately. Although Song Jiang wasn't a big city, the city walls were very strong.
Without the Heavy Artillery Regiment, the 6th division no longer had any effective cannons.
Therefore, the fire support of the Heavy Artillery Brigade was also needed to attack Song Jiang.
Now that Liu Yu had destroyed the Moonwell Bridge, it was obvious that he wanted to control the Heavy Artillery Brigade's position on the south bank of the river.
"You must be careful, Hirota. I think Liu Yu will definitely attack your artillery position. Remember the lesson from last night. You must protect the artillery shells.”
Although Hiroshi was a very proud person, he was not a fool.
Last night, he did not want to experience the explosion of the Field Artillery Regiment again.
After all, once the cannonballs used by the Heavy Artillery Team exploded, it would be devastating.
"General, don't worry. I won't give the attackers any chance.”Hiroshi said seriously.
As a professional artillery, he naturally knew how to prevent the shells on the battlefield from exploding.
After all, this was a necessary skill for artillery.
Shoufu Tani trusted Hiroshi Hirota's ability. After giving his orders, he immediately ordered the troops to cross the river from the side where the current was the lowest.
As for the Heavy Artillery Brigade, they did not really need the protection of the Sixth Division. After all, the Heavy Artillery Brigade had their own powerful forces to protect them.
However, just as the Japanese were crossing the river, a round landmine suddenly popped out of the water.
These mines quickly jumped out of the water and exploded under everyone's shocked gazes.
With a flash of fire, a large number of steel balls jumped into the mine and pierced through the bodies of the Japanese beside them like a fairy scattering flowers.
In an instant, the muddy river surface that had been stepped on by the Japanese was instantly dyed red by a large amount of their blood.
Seeing this scene, Niu Daoman's face was filled with hatred as he ordered loudly,""Continue crossing the river!"
Although hundreds of people were killed in the explosion, the Japanese still crossed this small river as usual.
Seeing that the anti-infantry mine that he had left behind was effective, all the Japanese's gazes were attracted.
Liu Yu, who was on the tree crown, quietly came down from the tree crown and hid under the tree. He had already dug a single trench under the tree.
This was a very deep single soldier trench, and it was dug directly under the tree roots. Only under the tree roots was there a gap between the tree and the ground, allowing one to observe the situation outside.
At the same time, this observation port also ensured that there was some light inside and that there was air circulating inside.
After entering the trench, Liu Yu picked up a wooden board that he had prepared earlier and covered the entrance to the trench.
There was a thick layer of soil and vegetation on the surface of the wooden board. After covering it, it was the best camouflage. Moreover, even if there were Japanese standing on the wooden board, they would be able to support themselves steadily.
The forest that Liu Yu was in was right next to the Yuejing Bridge. If the Japanese wanted to build an artillery position here, then this forest was the most suitable place.
As for whether the Japanese would cut down the trees, Liu Yu was not worried. Even if the trees were cut down, his concealment would not affect it.
After all, the Japanese didn't have the time to dig for tree roots. The open space on both sides of the road was enough for the Japanese to set up artillery positions.
Moreover, the heavy artillery that was loaded on trucks could only be used to build a position near the road.
The Japanese Heavy Artillery Squadron had no choice.
While the 6th division was crossing the river, the Japanese's Heavy Artillery Squadron also started to move.
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