Unlike the temporary independent heavy artillery 6th Brigade, the 5th Brigade had long been prepared to attack Shanghai. They had a real heavy artillery brigade configuration, and to the pirates, they were a strategic force.
There were two heavy artillery regiments under the Fifth Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade, including 40 Taisho 7th Year 150mm heavy cannons, 20 Type 90 240mm heavy cannons, 10 Type 96 305mm heavy howitzers, and even three 320mm Type 98 mortars to support the attack on Shanghai.
"Report! Brigade Leader, the Chinese fighter jets have flown over our division three times today.”
"Hey!"
"Swish ~~~"
" Cannon!!"
"Boom!"
The sudden bombardment didn't make the regiment commander panic. Instead, he revealed a smug smile. In order to make up for Lu Hang's incompetence, they prepared two fake positions to confuse the pilot on the F86.
Just as the commander of the Takahashi Brigade had expected, the F86 sabers that had been scouting at high altitude could not identify the real artillery position. The dozens of shells that had been launched during the sneak attack all hit the fake position.
"Sir Brigade Leader, should we fight back?”
"Only the Chinese used the 75mm field artillery, it was just an appetizer. Order the remaining 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery to return fire, even trash can be useful.”
The commander of the Takahashi Brigade looked down on the friendly troops that had lost to the Sixth Army. How could the Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Great Japanese Pirate Locust Army lose on the battlefield? That must be the incompetence of the commander! Look at him now. He had fooled the enemy with just two fake artillery positions.
"Swish ~"
"What, what is that?"
Densely packed rockets covered the sky, and the tail flames brought by the flight illuminated the entire sky red. On the firing site, smoke and dust covered the entire artillery position, but it could not cover the deafening cheers. This was a song of praise for the Katyusha rocket launcher. It needed an entire Heavy Artillery Brigade to feed it!
At the enemy's camp, a dark cloud of despair shrouded everyone. The proud Heavy Artillery Brigade soldiers could only struggle to survive in the trenches. They were glad that they had survived the disaster because all the rocket launchers had been aimed at another fake camp.
"Great God Amaterasu, what is this?!”
The captain of the Takahashi Brigade, who always looked contemptuous, could no longer smile. His hand holding the telescope was trembling. Even in the cold of late November, his whole body was soaked in sweat. Every muscle tensed showed his fear and nervousness.
What kind of monster could cause such a tragic scene? At the moment of the explosion, blood-red flowers bloomed all over the fake position, leaving almost no gap. The smoke and dust that enveloped the area took five minutes to dissipate.
The entire fake artillery position was completely destroyed. The soldiers who were still walking there were not even left with their corpses. The green ground was turned into scorched earth, and the dense craters almost dug half a foot into the ground. This was the effect of just one bombing!
"Hurry up! Quickly counterattack!"
The commander of the Gaoqiao Brigade had rich experience in artillery warfare. He knew better than anyone else that at least 700 120mm heavy cannons had opened fire at the same time!
"What kind of monster have we provoked…"
This was a total of 700 heavy artillery, not 700 guns or 700 grenade launchers. It was a heavy artillery that could influence a battle with 40 to 50 of them. It was an astronomical number that would cause the entire Japan to feel pain!
The artillery positions that were still intact were extremely flustered. Even though they were enduring the heavy workload, the faces of the artillery were extremely pale. No one knew when the next attack would be. They only knew that they could die without a burial place at any time.
"Boom! Boom!"
The fighting quality of the Japanese pirates was still very high. Under extreme fear, they only took five minutes to return the first round of salvo. This was all due to their sufficient training, allowing them to complete the task like machines.
"Yuxi, the Chinese are nothing more than this.”
The 150mm howitzer had already fired out three rounds, but the enemy still did not retaliate. Takahashi thought that they were very lucky to have hit the ammunition depot. Even he could only see the difference between the Katyusha rocket launcher and couldn't guess its principle.
"Order the artillery units to not conserve their ammunition and fire in all directions.”
The pirates were very short of steel, and the situation only improved slightly after they occupied the three eastern provinces. However, the navy had always occupied more than half of the steel, so the army had to be careful.
"Hey!"
"Swish ~"
"It's here, it's here again, ah!”
The cannoneers who had been scared silly just now had yet to recover from their shock. Their nerves were still in a tense state. Hearing the familiar sound of hell again, many cannoneers with poor mental fortitude were completely bewitched.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Dozens of artillery soldiers who had fled in all directions were blown into ashes without any suspense. The airwaves and high temperatures brought by the explosions of the rockets tore the fragile human bodies apart and roasted them.
The smell of sulfur and blood was the fragrance of the dishes. The soil and iron filings were the best seasonings. The charred and blackened pieces of rotten meat were the tempting main ingredients. Together, they formed a dish that only belonged to hell.
"Ah, ah, ah…"
The commander of the Takahashi Brigade tried his best to open his mouth and say something, but the extreme fear made him unable to make a sound. He could only collapse to the ground again, like a pig tied to a stick, trembling helplessly.
He was lucky enough to survive under the protection of his subordinates, but he would rather die than see this hellish scene. The 5th Heavy Artillery Squadron had only suffered a single attack, and one-third of their heavy artillery had been destroyed. Even the soldiers who had not suffered any damage were so frightened that they lost all will to fight. They were the only ones who did not run away.
The destruction of the Exploration Group Headquarters increased their fear. The originally proud and experienced officers had become new recruits on the battlefield. They ran around like headless flies, commanding their own futile counterattacks.
They still had two-thirds of their heavy artillery, but the independent 6th Heavy Artillery Squadron had been completely destroyed.
P.S.
Still Struggling, Probably Have to Wait Until Tomorrow, Sorry!
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