At this moment, the Japanese and puppet soldiers at the foot of the mountain were still lying on the ground.
He did not dare to get up easily.
Seeing that his commander was killed, the Japanese lieutenant, who was the vice-captain, immediately took over the command.
Especially when he saw the timid puppet soldiers at the side, the first lieutenant was very angry.
He pointed at a major and said,""Immediately bring people up the mountain and walk in front. Hurry up!”
The major and battalion commander of the puppet army did not dare to resist and could only give the order to continue climbing the mountain.
However, no one dared to raise their heads and walk. All of them bent their backs and scattered, not daring to gather together.
It was difficult for a rifle to hit a single target at a distance of four to five hundred meters.
However, a skilled archer could hit a group of targets from five to six hundred meters away.
The Japanese had a record of hitting a group of targets from 800 meters away.
There was no scope for this kind of aiming. It relied on mechanical aiming.
To put it bluntly, if you met two or three targets together and aimed at them, you might not hit the target you were aiming at, but the one beside you.
This was a group goal.
After all, at a distance of 600 to 700 meters, not only would the bullets drift, but it would also require a lot of ability to rely on mechanical aiming. It was already quite difficult to hit the target.
However, even though there were very few gunners like this, they were not too rare.
The elite shooters of the Japanese basically all had this ability.
Therefore, on the battlefield, it was almost impossible to see a dense battle formation. After all, there were no skilled archers, but there were still cannons.
A group of people together would attract too much hatred.
Although the puppet soldiers 'combat strength was not good, their survival skills were almost full.
He was already used to blocking bullets for the Japanese and clearing land mines.
They also knew how to survive. Of course, they still needed to rely on luck.
At this moment, more than a thousand meters away from Qianniu Mountain, the Japanese's Commander Guitian and Wang Kunbao had set up a command post here.
After last night's investigation and the local connections of the puppet army, it was confirmed in the morning that it was done by Qianniu Mountain.
In order to avenge the Japanese in Xiaowangzhuang, Guitian transferred a squadron from the stronghold and two teams stationed nearby to destroy Qianniu Mountain.
Wang Kunbao had also brought out his entire garrison. There were three battalions, totaling more than a thousand people.
Amongst the troops brought by Kameda, there was also an artillery unit.
However, the two of them did not expect that before they even entered Thousand Bull Mountain, the troops had already reached the foot of the mountain and the squadron leader had already been killed.
"A few days ago, there was a report from the Xiaowang Village's turret that they encountered a sniper. It seems that it was also done by this Qianniu Mountain.”
Even though Kameda was heartbroken by the death of a captain, it would be worth it if he could wipe out Thousand Oxen Mountain.
" Mr. Guitian, Mount Qianniu is covered in lush vegetation and the trees are tall. If we hide in the forest and continue firing, we will be in a very passive position. I suggest that we deploy artillery to fire at the lush vegetation on Mount Qianniu to force out the enemy sniper.”
Although Wang Kunbao was a puppet soldier, he was not really ignorant and incompetent. When he was young, he was sent by his father to the county town's martial arts lecture hall and attended school for a few days.
He also knew some of the ways of marching and fighting.
Wang Kunbao's suggestion was also in line with Guitian's idea. He immediately ordered the artillery team to clear the way for the attacking troops.
At the same time, he ordered the attacking troops to use grenade launchers and mortars to clear a safe passage.
The Japanese had an infantry brigade equipped with nearly 30 grenade launchers. The artillery team was usually equipped with two Type 92 infantry cannons.
Of course, the Japanese were also equipped with mortars.
However, during this period, the Type 94 mortars made by the Japanese weighed 160 kilograms. The earlier mortars were even heavier.
That was why the Japanese were less equipped with mortars.
Of course, it was not like there were none. The Japanese had a specialized mortar brigade, equipped with hundreds of Type 94 mortars. Their firepower was also very fierce.
However, after entering the flower plantation, they had obtained many 60mm mortars from the flower plantation, so some of them were used to strengthen the artillery.
A unit like the Field Battle Regiment had specialized artillery and was equipped with large-caliber mortars.
Small-caliber mortars were basically for the garrison troops.
In terms of firepower, with the grenade launcher, they could form a complete firepower advantage against the local armed forces of the Flower Planters.
Kameda's artillery unit was equipped with two Type 92 infantry cannons and several 60mm mortars.
However, to the Japanese, they had their own combat system. Mortars were more of an additional firepower supplement. In fact, even if they didn't have any, the Japanese wouldn't have any gaps in their firepower.
The Japanese used grenade launchers at close range and infantry cannons at medium range.
The Type 92 Infantry Cannon was very light and could fire from a wide angle. At the same time, it could provide direct fire.
From the very beginning, the Japanese had wanted to march north into the Bear Country, so they valued the ability to shoot directly at the Bear Country's motorised troops.
On the battlefield, if the Type 92 Infantry Cannon couldn't take down a target, they would often call for the support of the mountain cannons of the regiment or the howitzers and cannons of higher levels.
On the battlefield of the gardeners, most of the time, the firepower of the gardeners could not compete with this system, so the Japanese lacked the motivation to improve.
In the Japanese army, mortars with a caliber of less than 90mm were not considered artillery weapons at all. They were classified as infantry weapons. The Japanese called them curved infantry cannons.
Among the Japanese's equipment, there were Type 90 mortars with a caliber of 150mm and Type 94 mortars with a lighter caliber. However, the caliber of these mortars exceeded 90mm, which was considered light.
Although the Kameda unit was not equipped with the standard mortars in the eyes of the Japanese, they still had six 60mm mortars that they had captured to supplement the infantry's firepower.
After receiving the order, the artillery team quickly advanced towards Thousand Bull Mountain and stopped about 2,000 meters away from Thousand Bull Mountain.
This distance was just enough to lock onto the target on Thousand Bull Mountain.
Just as the Japanese artillery team was building their artillery positions, the artillery observers on the mountain discovered the location of the Japanese artillery.
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