Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Finally, the 50 105mm Howitzers and 10 15mm Howitzers were all fired.
Dozens of artillery shells flew across a distance of eight kilometers and directly smashed into Jinzhou City.
A cannonball landed on the city wall of Jin Zhou.
Thump!
An earth-shattering sound rang out.
The ground above the city wall was blasted into a huge pit. Shrapnel, soil, cement, and smoke flew in all directions, covering an area of eight to nine meters!
The ground above the city wall was blasted open, creating a huge pit that was more than one meter deep and more than two meters wide!
Not only that, but at the point of impact, the five or six Japanese closest to them were directly torn apart by the explosion and turned into minced meat. Moreover, the shrapnel killed more than a dozen Japanese and injured more than 20!
This was because the Japanese soldiers on the city wall were scattered far away. If they were concentrated, there would be more than this number of people!
One by one, the shells landed on the city wall of Jin City. It was like the end of the world inside the city wall!
The violent explosion made people feel fear and their scalps go numb!
Kotaro Matsumoto had been escorted down the city wall by a group of subordinates. He looked at the violent explosions nearby, especially the huge crater and the lethality caused. He cried out involuntarily,"No, I can't! This was a 150mm caliber howitzer, a heavy cannon!”
He knew very well how terrifying the lethality of a 150mm caliber heavy cannon was!
The 150mm grenade was very lethal to personnel. The soldiers within a 20-meter radius of the center of the explosion were directly blown into pieces. Countless shrapnel flew in all directions within a 50-meter radius. There was no chance of survival. A radius of 150 meters was not considered safe, and it was entirely possible to be hit by shrapnel. People within a 200-meter radius were considered safe, but if there was no protection when the grenade exploded, it might cause temporary blindness beyond 200 meters.
In this era, any 150mm caliber howitzer was definitely a heavy weapon of the army! It was a strategic weapon!
"How is this possible? How can the enemy have a 150mm howitzer?”Kotaro Matsumoto couldn't understand. As the regiment commander, he knew that there were only 24 150mm howitzers in China, and they were purchased from Germany.
Currently, they were only controlled by Baldy's direct troops. How could they appear here?
Moreover, he had observed that the enemy had at least eight howitzers in this wave of bombardment!
Eight to nine 150mm heavy cannons, plus dozens of howitzers that looked like 105mm caliber howitzers. Even a Class A division didn't have this kind of cannon configuration, not even an entire division!
"Commander, should we let our artillery counterattack?”Staff officer Yoshizawa-kun hurriedly asked.
"Counterattack? How can we counterattack? We only have six 70mm caliber 92 infantry cannons and two 105 caliber howitzers left. What could he use to fight? If we open fire, our artillery will be destroyed by the enemy!”Kotaro Matsumoto almost cried.
Originally, their regiment only had 12 Type 92 70mm infantry cannons, but he had given six to Yiteng's two battalions to attack Chenjiatun, and they had all been wiped out.
Therefore, he only had six left!
As for the other two 105-caliber howitzers, his regiment was not qualified to have them.
He was stationed in Jin Prefecture, and the Regiment Commander had asked for it for him.
However, two heavy cannons were nothing compared to dozens of cannons. He didn't have the ability to retaliate!
Once they were exposed, they would be surrounded and beaten up!
"Then, then we can only be passively beaten!”Yoshizawa-kun's face was filled with grief and indignation.
"We can only passively defend. Hopefully, we can last for two days! Hurry up and send an emergency message to the division headquarters. We have encountered a powerful enemy. It would be best if reinforcements could arrive in a day!”
"Ha Yi!"
……
This explosive news was reported to the higher ups, and it was directly sent to the General Command of the Guan Dong Army.
At this moment, General Tomoda Kenyoshi, the commander-in-chief of the Guan Dong Army, was also slightly shocked when he heard the news!
"Nani? This Chinese brigade actually has a 150mm caliber howitzer? And there were quite a few of them! And dozens of 105mm howitzers?”General Chida Kenyoshi's expression turned ugly when he heard this number.
An enemy with such a cannon configuration was definitely not simple!
"Perhaps Jinzhou City will face a bloody battle this time. No, Jinzhou City could not be lost. Even if it was broken through, they had to take it back! Send the order for the 8th division to reinforce at full speed. Also, let the independent mixed 79th Brigade stationed at Shanhaiguan head to Jinzhou City as soon as possible!”General Chida Kenyoshi said in a deep voice. He didn't know if he could protect Jin City, but he had to destroy this enemy!
Shanhaiguan was 150 kilometers away from Jinzhou, while Shenyang City was more than 200 kilometers away. The two cities directly sandwiched Jinzhou in the middle, one from the south and one from the north.
With these two reinforcements, he believed that this enemy would definitely not be able to escape even if they had wings!
……
At this moment, in Jin City.
The bombardment had lasted for 20 minutes!
More than 300 Japanese had died under Li Hu's artillery shells!
This was mainly because the Japanese were hiding in the city and there were many obstacles. If they were outside, there would definitely be more casualties!
After all, the bombardment of dozens of heavy cannons was not a joke.
However, the loss of more than 300 players made things worse for Matsumoto Kotaro!
Originally, he only had over a thousand people left.
" Stop the bombardment! Move forward!" Li Hu ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
More than 4,000 people began to rush toward Jin City in an orderly manner.
Two kilometers!
One kilometer!
When they were one kilometer away, the Japanese's mortars began to bombard Li Hu.
However, Li Hu's mortars naturally returned the favor!
If infantry cannons and heavy artillery were used for long-range bombing, then mortars were used for short-range bombing. After all, the range was about 2,300 meters.
"So many people!" Kotaro Matsumoto once again went up the city wall. When he saw the densely packed enemies outside the city, his expression was very bad.
"1st Battalion, go up. The rest of the troops, cover them!”
When Li Hu's vanguard was 500 meters away from the city wall, most of them stopped.
Only a battalion of soldiers followed the ten Tigerking tanks and slowly advanced towards the city gate!
"I'll hit him! Kill their tanks!" Kotaro Matsumoto roared.
He saw a group of enemy soldiers hiding behind a tank. It was very difficult to hit them.
Most importantly, at this distance, the Japanese could fire their machine guns.
But soon, the Japanese realized that once they revealed themselves, they would be targeted by the enemy's bullets!
Moreover, they discovered to their horror that the enemy's marksmanship was too accurate! He could actually hit them! What kind of rifle could cover a distance of 500 meters?
The Japanese were all terrified!
(There will be a blackout in the neighborhood for the whole day tomorrow. There will only be electricity at 6 p. m. Tomorrow will probably be a little later. I'll also ask for some flowers ~)
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