Bright Sword: Heiyunzhai was closed at the beginning

Chapter 266
The battle started in an unplanned way, but Gao Jianwu wasn't worried at all.

According to the attack sequence specified in advance, the main artillery regiment began to bombard the enemy's positions continuously.The defensive firepower points built in advance by the little devils are defenseless under the attack of large-caliber howitzers.

The sneak attack turned into a strong attack, and the final result was not much different.While the artillery was washing the ground, Ding Wei's first attack group also began to cross.

With the assault company to seize the bridgehead and use the temporary pontoon bridge built by rubber boats, the first attack group was quickly sent over, followed by the third attack group that served as the main backup behind Ding Wei.

Chu Yunfei looked at the lively fight on the other side with some embarrassment, but he was a little bit helpless, except that the artillery battalion was providing them with artillery support, Chu Yunfei could only watch.

A good main attack mission flew away like this.

And after Ding Wei picked up the cheap third attack group, Xu Shida seemed to have picked up a treasure, grinning brilliantly. They came up to fight the main attack, making the battle seem to be back on the track of plan again, and someone was the main attack , some people went to outflank it, but in fact it was quite different from the original one.

Ding Wei's first attack group still went to outflank the rear, Chu Yunfei's second attack group watched from the other side, and the backup Xu Shida's third attack group took over the combat mission of Chu Yunfei's second attack group.

And Zhang Dabiao, who was Chu Yunfei's substitute, was even more depressed. He followed Chu Yunfei and watched Xu Shida go up to the top.He had no choice but to push the artillery battalion up as planned, provide long-range artillery support for the third attack group on the opposite bank, and respond to their request for artillery fire.

This result puzzled Colonel Smith, who was watching from the sidelines. Gao's tactics seemed to have failed, but the result did not seem to fail.

Such an operation was unheard of by Colonel Smith.

Of course Gao Jianwu would not explain to him what it means to stop and convince others with strength!
And now he is very busy, moving the command post forward to the edge of the Chindun River, so that he can directly observe the main position of the 15th Division of the Little Devils, which has been ravaged by artillery fire, and see if he can check for omissions and amend the attack target for the main artillery.

A flare hit the little devil's position on the other side as bright as day, and Gao Jianwu quickly re-marked the firepower according to the little devil's position in a hasty counterattack, forming new attack coordinates one by one in his mind.

Then the new bombardment order was transmitted to the main artillery position. As the artillery quickly revised the new bombardment target, Smith, who was closely following Gao Jianwu, quickly discovered from the telescope that heavy howitzers began to smash into the little devil's coastal defense position. One by one, the firepower points are above, and what is surprising is that those 155mm howitzers are aimed at those large bunkers built with reinforced concrete!

In a short period of time, the target can be identified and calibrated, and it can also command reasonable artillery fire to strike at a fixed point. This on-the-spot command ability completely surpassed Colonel Smith's imagination.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand the confusing question just now.

Gao's tactic failed, but Gao's ability was unbeatable. Frankly speaking, even if Gao Jianwu commanded the troops to cross from here, he could still crush the little devil.

It's just that smuggling from upstream, if successful, will save trouble. Even if it fails, the enemy you face will be crushed as easily as it is now. If the conspiracy fails, you can forcibly reverse the situation with strong force. ?
Colonel Smith is a typical supporter of firepower. To be honest, there are not many generals who pay attention to tactics in wars in the beautiful country. They prefer to use their strength to directly crush them!
So if you encounter an opponent you can't crush, you will be a bit of a Muggle.

But Gao Jianwu is different.

No matter what kind of opponent it is, if you can save some energy, you will naturally save it.

There is no need to waste.

"Gao Pinjun, can our reserve team be dispatched now?" Lieutenant General Yamauchi walked up and down the headquarters anxiously, listening to the bad news coming from the front.

Gao Jianwu's brutal beating had already caused Lieutenant General Yamauchi to lose his inner balance.

He knew that there was a gap between his strength and Gao Jianwu's expeditionary army group, but he never thought that the gap was so big. It took almost half an hour for the battle to start, and his division directly under the artillery regiment was almost finished, and the forward position was lost by almost three months. One in one!

The most important of these was the enemy's deadly heavy artillery attack, and Lieutenant General Yamauchi could not use his position to counterattack at all.

The one in his hands that can pose a serious threat to Gao Jianwu's artillery now is a brigade of six 22mm howitzers in an artillery wing from the 6nd Division!
九一式105毫米榴弹炮射程高达10.8公里，仅仅比高建武手里的M2A1式105毫米榴弹炮少300多米射程，现在山内正文中将正命令数名炮兵观察员全力观测对岸敌人主力炮兵营的阵地所在。

They basically locked the general area, so Lieutenant General Yamauchi wanted to hear the opinion of the chief of staff.

"Maybe it's not the time yet," Chief of Staff Gao Pin shook his head. "In artillery duels, whoever is stronger will take advantage. Our artillery's ability to measure range at night is far inferior to that in daytime. Once we fire, it will expose our only hole card."

"In my opinion, it is better to aim at the enemy's forwards, and when they are approaching our position, suddenly use the artillery wing to strike a covering strike, and wipe out their forward assault troops in one fell swoop."

Chief of Staff Gao Pin was not optimistic about the artillery confrontation with his own side, because he had already discovered that the opponent's heavy artillery hit the position with frightening accuracy!

This shows that the opponent has a ridiculously strong artillery command, and has done the reconnaissance and tactical strike calculations in advance, so that they can keep firing according to the target, blasting the 15th division's position to pieces!
If the artillery regiment confronts such artillery, Chief of Staff Gao Pin believes that the winning side may not be his own!
The frontline team attacking the enemy's charge is different. They are more familiar with the terrain here, and it is easy to attack the designated area. Moreover, after a few rounds of attacks are quickly activated, it is difficult for the enemy to lock the target. Keep it relatively complete and join the defense!

Now that the 15th division of an artillery regiment has been lost, it cannot bear such a serious loss, which means that the combat effectiveness has been reduced by more than one-third at once!

"Then we may not be able to defend our position." Lieutenant General Yamauchi sighed. "If we don't destroy the enemy's artillery, we will always be in a passive state of being beaten. What should we do in this situation?"

"San Neijun, in fact, our best choice now is to retreat!" Chief of Staff Gao Pin said with a wry smile.

"In fact, even if we put in the last artillery wing and garrison brigade, it will only increase the opponent's losses a little, but it will hardly change the fate of our position."

"Frankly speaking, the enemy already has an absolute advantage, and their artillery fire is far from what we can shake. If we stick to the position, all our people will die on the position."

Gao Pin, chief of staff, had already been psychologically shadowed by Gao Jianwu, and at this moment he actually persuaded Lieutenant General Yamauchi to retreat.

But speaking of it, his opinion is the most correct right now.

It's a pity that Shanuchi Zhengwen will not accept the result of such a disastrous retreat, especially without a clear order from his superiors, he can only stick to his position.

Chief of Staff Gaopin also knew this, even if he died, it would be best to die on the battlefield.

In fact, there are many people who understand the principle of saving land and losing people, and people and land losing both. But too few can do it.

"Be careful of the little devil's counterattack." After completing a new round of target instructions, Gao Jianwu felt a little strange. The artillery regiment that the little devil reinforced in his intelligence system did not seem to have appeared before. He had shelled the little devil's artillery position before. , It’s not a one-hit job, the middle process is still a bit delicate, just like queuing up to shoot, you shoot and I shoot each other!
It's just that the artillery of the expeditionary army group hit the little devil's position every time, and the little devil's artillery who fought back blindly with experience often landed only a few hundred meters away from the expeditionary army group's artillery position!
This is also because the little devil's artillery has rich experience, so he can use the angle, direction and direction of the artillery shells to infer the approximate position of the enemy's artillery. Otherwise, in the dark night, it would be good to be able to find the direction.

Gao Jianwu felt a little uneasy. This kind of opponent hidden in the dark is the most difficult to guard against. He thought for a while, picked up the walkie-talkie and opened the public channel: "Attention all ministries, the enemy's artillery fire we encountered is a bit wrong. Howitzers have not yet appeared on the battlefield, which is a bit unusual.

The first attack group and the third attack group sent reconnaissance teams to search the enemy's position within 5 kilometers to find out the artillery hidden by the little devil. Forward position, to prevent being attacked by the little devil artillery.

The main artillery position began to be transferred to the second candidate position in sequence.

The second attack group began to build a pontoon bridge, ready to cross the river after annihilating the hidden artillery of the little devils! "

Following Gao Jianwu's order, the various ministries immediately launched operations. Dozens of reconnaissance teams began to carry out walkie-talkie searches on the opposite bank. According to each person's reconnaissance area, a drag-net search area was formed, and each scout quickly disappeared into the night. middle.

And Chu Yunfei, who had been impatient for a long time, heard the order to erect the pontoon bridge, and rushed to the front of the river to direct the fire cover. Even though the enemy has no spare power to attack, Chu Yunfei has already put the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion under attack. The artillery company mobilized and deployed artillery positions by the river. Once the enemy attacked the firepower point of the pontoon bridge, there would be artillery to fight back immediately!

The engineers began to drag the rubber boats to rush towards the Chindun River. Although the river is broad, the terrain is gentle and the water flow is not urgent. The first stage progressed very smoothly. The two pontoon bridges were soon connected to Jiangxinzhou. Divided into two halves, the side near Chu Yunfei's second attack group accounted for one-third. When it reached Jiangxinzhou, there were still 800 meters left on the other side. After the piles were laid, a rubber boat carried a long rope and started Row to the other side!
(End of this chapter)