The artillery battalions of the three divisions gathered together and had a total of 15 75mm mountain cannons.
" Target the enemy's position, fire…"
Upon hearing the order, the three artillery battalions charged towards the defensive line of the 1st Independent Division.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh…"
" It's a cannonball. Get down quickly."
Seeing that the enemy had started firing, the independent division quickly lay down in the trenches.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Although the 62nd Division had old-fashioned mountain cannons, they were still cannons after all. If they were blown up, they would still die!
"Brothers, charge…"
Seeing the 1st Independent Division lying prone in the trenches, Zhang Da gave the order to charge!
Zhang Da's 1st Division only had 6500 men left. They originally had 8000 men, but they had lost 1500 men during the charge.
The 1500 casualties were all veterans, and his heart was aching.
Before the battle with the Independent Army, Chu Yang felt that the commander was making a mountain out of a molehill.
To deal with them, there was no need for three armies.
The 62nd Division alone could take care of two of the enemy's Regiments.
Although the 62nd Division had the least number of soldiers, it was still a small division.
Actually, the 62nd Division had about the same number of people as the 3rd and 4th Corps. Unfortunately, Chen Zhang's division was wiped out by Song Yibei. In addition, when they rebelled against Jiang, a portion of them were bribed. Thus, there were only three divisions left.
This was also the reason why Zhang Da volunteered to fight on the battlefield.
If this battle went well, perhaps Chen Jitang would be happy and replenish the 62nd Division.
Of course, this was Zhang Da's own opinion.
……
"Commander, the enemy has mobilized their artillery.”Wang Weize looked at Xue Yue earnestly.
Xue Yue and Zhang Lingfu were studying the combat sandbox. When they heard Wang Weize's words, they turned around and said,"Regiment Commander Wang, it's time for your artillery regiment to show up. Destroy the enemy's artillery positions and let the 62nd Division experience our artillery.”
"Yes, teacher." Wang Weize, commander of the artillery regiment of the 1st Independent Division.
Wang Weize was originally the battalion commander of the Light Artillery Battalion of the First Independent Division. He had just been promoted as a regiment commander.
Previously, the Independent Army lacked artillery, so each division was only equipped with a light artillery battalion.
Now that the Independent Army could produce their own cannons, there was no need to be so stingy.
Song Yibei assigned a light artillery regiment to each division.
The Light Cannon Regiment also had a 3 - 3 system.
Each regiment had three battalions, each battalion had three companies, each company had three platoons, each platoon had three squads, and each squad had a 75mm howitzer.
The entire regiment had a total of 81 75mm howitzers.
This equipment was unique in the Republic of China. Even Old Jiang's Central Army did not have such luxury.
As for cannons with a caliber of 105 and above, they were all classified as heavy artillery by Song Yibei.
Song Yibei planned to form three heavy artillery brigades. However, after forming the mechanized division, there weren't many heavy artillery left.
If it wasn't for the fact that they could produce artillery, Song Yibei wouldn't have planned on setting up a heavy artillery brigade.
Song Yibei also planned to use a three-three system for the heavy artillery brigade, which meant that a heavy artillery brigade would have 250 heavy artillery.
Three brigades with 750 heavy artillery.
Against the Japanese's heavy artillery regiment, they would definitely be killed in an instant.
……
"Zhang Chao, your 1st Battalion blew up the enemy's artillery position.”Wang Weize ordered when they arrived at the camp.
"Yes."
"Guild Leader, is it finally time for us to show off our skills?”Artillery Battalion Commander Zhang Chao| This was bad.
"The commander wants us to destroy the enemy's artillery position.”
"Don't worry, Guild Leader.”Zhang Chao said confidently.
The enemy only had 15 cannons in total, while their battalion had 27. In terms of range and power, they were superior to the enemy's old-fashioned cannons.
If he couldn't blow up the enemy's artillery position, he could go home and sell sweet potatoes.
"Wu Chengwen, Ding Qingsheng."
"Yes."
Previously, the two of them were still looking at Zhang Chao with envy. They did not expect it to be their turn so soon.
"Your 2nd and 3rd Battalions will bombard the enemy's charging troops.”
"Yes."
The two of them quickly went to prepare.
This time, the entire 62nd Division launched a collective charge.
First, the 1st division, then the 2nd and 3rd divisions.
Xue Yue was afraid that the first defense line would not be able to hold on, so she sent the artillery regiment.
Following the orders of the three battalion commanders, shells rained down on the artillery positions of the 62nd Division and the frontline.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
" It's a cannonball, get down quickly…"
By the time the 62nd Division saw the cannonballs flying towards them, it was already too late for them to lie down.
"Ah…My leg…"
"My hand…"
They were seriously injured, and some were directly killed by the explosion.
The artillery position of the 62nd Division was also in a mess. Their only 15 cannons were also blown up!
These cannons had been destroyed!
"Battalion Commander…what should we do? Our cannons have been destroyed!”
Zhang Chao didn't expect that this round of bombardment would directly kill two battalion commanders of the 62nd Division's artillery battalion.
Currently, the 62nd Division only had one artillery battalion commander left.
If he hadn't reacted quickly enough, he would probably have met God by now!
"How the f * ck would I know what to do?”Liu Tao was also very angry. Seeing the Artillery Battalion disappear just like that, he was both heartbroken and angry.
He did not expect the enemy's artillery fire to be so fierce.
And where did the Independent Army get these cannons? Weren't they just formed not long ago?
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