Chapter 325 The reborn Krupp! "Can't we get in?" From the 59th Division's rear headquarters, Zhang Deneng frowned as he looked at the battle report from the front sent by his subordinates. This isn't the first time this has happened. In the past two years, the Fourth War Zone has encountered several enemies when attacking Yangcheng. Every time, after advancing a certain distance, he could no longer hit. The Japanese army relied on fortifications and fighter planes to prevent them from going any further. This time is the closest they have ever been to Yangcheng. The effectiveness of Japanese fighter planes was reduced by half. Equipped with beautiful weapons and equipment, their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. Now they are only five kilometers away from Yangcheng.

It's such a distance that it's impossible to hit. The three independent infantry brigades stationed in Yangcheng were all dispatched to defend their positions. There are only a few units directly under the 23rd Army Headquarters in the city. Not only that, even the puppet troops were sent out to help defend the positions. In addition, there are reinforcements arriving for support. A little calculation shows that there are tens of thousands of Japanese troops around Yangcheng. They don't look like much at ordinary times, but once they gather together, they are still very scary. At least Zhang Deneng is no longer as calm as before and is somewhat nervous. "Yes, Master, why don't you withdraw first?" Someone suggested. "Shut up, I don't want to hear such words again. This time I issued a military order to the commander of the war zone. If we can't take Yangcheng, I will personally send my head there." Zhang Deneng glared and then continued. "Before that, I will definitely kill you." Hearing this, everyone in the headquarters looked at each other in shock. Those who had previously proposed retreat did not dare to mention retreat again. "Master, it would be great if there were heavy artillery at this time." the chief of staff said. "Our 105mm howitzer is easy to use, but its range is still insufficient. If it is too close, it will easily lead to counterattacks by Japanese fighter planes and artillery. We lack air defense means." "Our fighter planes cannot stay in the sky for **** all the time. They also need to return home to refuel and replenish ammunition." Hearing this, Zhang Deneng could only sigh. These problems are not easy to solve. "I know what you're talking about. Heavy artillery. It's not easy for us to change to beautiful equipment now. Heavy artillery, I really can't think of it." This sentence is true. He really couldn't imagine heavy artillery.

It is not easy to have a 105mm howitzer. At this moment, the communications staff hurried in and said excitedly. "Master's seat, teacher's seat, heavy artillery, heavy artillery." "What heavy artillery? I know, if I had a heavy artillery, why would I be so angry?" Zhang Deneng said angrily. "No, it's the heavy artillery of the Sichuan Army. Not long ago, the Communications Department received a telegram from the war zone, saying that the Sichuan Army supported a heavy artillery regiment and an armored regiment to help us take Yangcheng." "Just now, the Sichuan Army sent people, and they are outside now." The communications staff officer finished speaking in one breath, and Zhang Deneng didn't even have time to scold him and ran directly outside. When he saw the people outside, he was even more excited. "Are you from the Sichuan Army?" "Yes, sir, Shi Xiaomao of the Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Allied Nanyang Task Force." Krupp stood at attention and gave a standard military salute. This is the official designation of his artillery regiment. "Great, great, thank you for your support. If it weren't for you, I would have been ready to withdraw. The Japanese army is too difficult to bite." Zhang Deneng was choked and speechless for a while. He thought that with the beautiful weapons and equipment, he could win the battle. Who would have known that the Japanese army was not a freeloader. It defended very tenaciously. Relying on the fortifications built in advance, it resisted step by step, causing heavy casualties to his 59th Division. "Sir, we are here to help you knock out the teeth of the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers without teeth are worse than dogs." Krupp said with confidence. If someone else told him this, he would definitely sneer at it, but the other party was the Sichuan Army, a Sichuan Army that had no defeat, and he believed it unconditionally. "Sir, can you tell me the location of the Japanese artillery, and I can borrow your phone by the way." "No problem." Zhang Deneng immediately invited Krupp in, and then the artillery staff told Krupp all the coordinates drawn previously. Of course, as a professional, Krupp did not immediately use the phone to call for heavy artillery to counterattack. Instead, he kept asking about the location of the shelling, and then kept gesturing on the map. During this time, he had discussions with the artillerymen of the Japanese Fourth Division. Know some of the habits of Japanese artillerymen when setting up artillery positions. Now it is time to verify whether what I have studied during this time is useful. "Um, can I ask, how many heavy artillery pieces did you bring?" Finally, Zhang Deneng couldn't help but ask. Mainly because when he looked at it, Xiao Mao had been making gestures on the map, but he didn't use the phone to use heavy artillery, so naturally he was a little worried. "Not many, only fifty 155mm howitzers, and dozens of American-made 75mm light howitzers. The terrain here is too complex. Only this kind of flexible howitzer suitable for mountain combat can meet the needs of the artillery." Krupp Bo said casually. To be honest, he looked down upon the American-made 75mm light howitzer. Its performance was relatively mediocre. Apart from being flexible and suitable for mountain combat, it had no advantages at all. But before setting off, Cun Yunsheng specifically asked him to bring all these artillery pieces, saying that they would be used when the time comes. Sure enough, after entering Guangdong Province, he discovered that such a complex terrain required this American-made 75mm light howitzer.

At this time, the entire command center frequently gasped. OMG! Fifty heavy guns? Is this the pride of the Sichuan Army? Isn't this too luxurious? to be honest! For a moment, Zhang Deneng had the urge to rob the other party. real! Fifty heavy cannons! How many heavy artillery regiments can this equip? At this time, Krupp had almost finished calculating the coordinates of the Japanese artillery positions, and looked at the command post as if they had seen a ghost, thinking that they were too few. "Is it too little? The main reason is that the roads here are too bad. If the roads were better, a hundred 155mm heavy artillery would definitely be no problem." Krupp explained. Because during the siege of Lashio, two hundred artillery pieces were used, and the overwhelming artillery fire blasted the Japanese army to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers. There is not a single decent building in the entire Lashio. Most of the Japanese troops in the city were killed by shells. Therefore, in Krupp's eyes, a strong city like Yangcheng definitely needs more heavy artillery. But the roads were not good, so we had to transport fifty heavy cannons first. "It's quite a lot." It took a long time for Zhang Deneng to hold back these words. The main reason is that he doesn't want the other party to see that he is a coward. Just fifty heavy cannons. not much! Um! Not much really! Krupp didn't think much about it. The main reason was that his experience during this period had broadened his horizons. No! In other words, Krupp's vision has always been high. After all, he studied in Germany, but he knew that the great powers had tens of thousands of artillery pieces, so what were dozens of heavy artillery pieces? "Regiment seat, the artillery regiment's phone call is connected." The major officer who came with Krupp picked up the connected phone and said immediately.

"Give it to me, I'm Krupp." Krupp took the phone and ordered immediately. "Order, ten rounds of rapid fire, target Japanese position, coordinates..." "Repeat it again..." "Yes..." After confirming that everything was correct, Krupp hung up the phone and then said to Zhang Deneng with a simple smile. "Sir, let your troops prepare. When the artillery fire ends, move forward immediately. Armored troops will then accompany you in the attack." Hearing that there was an armored regiment, Zhang Deneng, who was already stunned, could only respond mechanically. "Okay, okay, okay, I'll have all the troops prepare immediately." … "boom!" "boom!" "boom!" The Japanese artillery positions, which were still wreaking havoc, heard sharp whistling sounds coming from the sky and subconsciously raised their heads. As a result, dozens of heavy artillery shells were seen hitting directly near their position. A violent explosion sounded. "Evacuate quickly, evacuate quickly! This is heavy artillery, evacuate quickly!" The first shell fell very close to the artillery position, and the loud noise made his ears ring. He could clearly see the frightened faces of the soldiers around him, and the sounds they shouted were already being carried into the sky along with the rising dust. Some Japanese artillerymen who had no time to hide were directly taken away by heavy artillery shells. "Baga, why are there heavy artillery?" According to his judgment, this is a US-made 155mm howitzer. This is already the range of heavy artillery. When did the Chinese army on the opposite side actually have such large-caliber heavy artillery? And there are so many? Heavy artillery was reported before, but he didn't care at all. The 105mm howitzers and 120mm howitzers have to extend forward if they want to reach their artillery positions. But once extended, their 105mm field guns can destroy the opponent. He believed that their artillery strength could definitely destroy the half-baked artillery of the Chinese Army. But now he was dumbfounded. These were at least dozens of heavy cannons. This kind of firepower configuration has already caught up with the Japanese heavy artillery division.

"Boom!" There was another loud noise, and a 105mm field gun was blown into four or five pieces and flew into the air. The Japanese soldiers who were unable to dodge were directly killed by the falling parts. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Several consecutive sounds made the Japanese artillery officer's heart sink. "This is at least more than ten heavy cannons?" "Do they really have so many heavy artillery?" "boom!" There was another loud noise, and a 105mm field gun disappeared. As the opponent continues to adjust its coordinates, basically every artillery shell landing will take away a 105mm field gun. "Baga, why does the other side know the coordinates of our artillery deployment so well?" The Japanese artillery officer could only watch the field artillery being blown up one by one. … Major General Akira Kato of the 8th Independent Infantry Brigade on the front line can be said to have experienced **** to heaven, and heaven to hell. It turned out that he was almost desperate, but what was the result? The fire from the field artillery position brought him back. He also thought about waiting for the artillery fire to end and catching the Chinese Army by surprise. As a result, before the counterattack started, he saw loud noises coming from the rear of the Chinese Army. Immediately afterwards, dozens of artillery shells were seen streaking across the sky towards the field artillery position in the rear. Then a violent explosion was heard. boom! boom! boom! The field artillery positions that were still showing off their firepower suddenly came to a standstill. The field artillery position that I had high hopes for was gone. "It's over." "Baga, why do the Chinese troops on the opposite side have so many heavy artillery?" "This is definitely not the firepower configuration that the Fourth Army should have." Major General Akira Kato fell into madness. Now he just wants to know who is on the other side? Why do you have so many heavy artillery? And not using it in the first place? Unfortunately, no one answered them.

"Heavy artillery is still fun. The kid's artillery is finished." Tang Lian, leader of the 176th Regiment on the front line, couldn't help but sigh as he watched his own artillery begin to show off its power. "It's still nice to have heavy artillery. Do you dare to be proud of the little devil?" "It's really fun. I didn't expect the division to have so many heavy artillery. It's really unexpected." "This shouldn't be the artillery of the division headquarters, right?" Someone put forward their own opinion. After all, how could they still not know what artillery the division headquarters had? As long as there is a 155mm heavy artillery, it will not be suppressed by the Japanese army. We even lost some ground. "Is it support from the war zone?" After hearing this, Tang Lian was a little confused. If it's theater support, it's still possible. After all, as a theater commander, he must have some special equipment, right? "It's possible. After all, so many heavy artillery can only be produced in war zones." … On the other side, Lieutenant General Nakasa Moritaka, who was originally confident, was really annoyed since he received the request for help from the Independent Eighth Brigade. He asked his field artillery brigade to open fire. I originally thought it was safe and could repel the Chinese army. After all, no matter how powerful the Chinese army is, they will retreat in the face of imperial artillery fire. The result? Reality gave him a big blow! Dozens of 155mm heavy cannons slapped his face to the ground. "Baga, why are there heavy artillery? What on earth does the intelligence department do?" "Asshole, my field artillery team." Seeing that there was no sound from the field artillery brigade's position, Lieutenant General Nakasa Moritaka knew it was over. Although my heart hurts, I can only endure it now. The officer in charge of intelligence docking lowered his head and did not dare to respond. He was also puzzled. There were obviously no 155mm howitzers in the fourth theater, so why were there dozens of heavy artillery guns here? You know, they have a lot of intelligence personnel in China, so they know exactly which army is organized. Originally, only the Northeastern Army had heavy artillery and even a production line. Later these things fell into their hands.

After that, the German armorers had some 150mm heavy artillery, which made them suffer a lot on the Songhu battlefield. But later the artillery shells were all used up and discarded on the Songhu battlefield. For example, some miscellaneous troops normally only have 60mm mortars, but it is not easy to have 105mm howitzers. This is the reason why the Japanese army is so arrogant. As long as every miscellaneous army has heavy artillery, do you think it dares to be arrogant? Therefore, now facing the heavy artillery of the Fourth Army, the Japanese army panicked. They don't know how to fight? In other words, how should they fight? "Your Excellency, Commander, I suspect that these artillery pieces are from the Sichuan Army." The officer in charge of intelligence said bravely. "Impossible..." Lieutenant General Nakata Moritaka was about to refute when he remembered a possibility. That was in Lashio, the Sichuan Army used hundreds of heavy artillery. If it is the Sichuan Army, it is very possible. Sorry, it took me a few minutes to check! ​ ​ (End of chapter)