books44 Chapter 450 Carpet Bombing
Chapter 450 Carpet Bombing
Time passes quickly.
In a blink of an eye, it was one o'clock in the morning.
In order to prevent a sneak attack by the National Army, Captain Kota Taya has made preparations.
However, they were hiding in the woods and could not make a fire. The mosquitoes and insects in the jungle kept biting them, and everyone had many bites on their bodies, hands, and faces.
Mosquito had finally come across so many fresh midnight snacks, so how could he give up?
I'm afraid you can suck the blood of the Japanese through their clothes and pants.
Some Japanese soldiers lay on the ground, scratching themselves and cursing under their breath.
Although Kota Taya's name was Kota, and although he hid in a valley at the back of the jungle, he was not spared.
He was bitten many times by mosquitoes on his face and even on his buttocks.
"Bagayalu, why haven't you come yet?"
He turned on the flashlight and checked the time. It was already past one o'clock. He was so anxious that he gritted his teeth.
"General, will the enemy stop coming?"
"If they don't come over, why don't we send someone to scout ahead? If we can find their position, we can directly call in artillery bombardment instead of infantry!"
The staff officer scratched his itch and made suggestions.
"Baga, they haven't come yet, so they probably won't come. Notify the two reconnaissance teams and take two artillery observers to quickly make a detour to the left and right. Let the reconnaissance team rush forward. In case they encounter their people, we can still save the artillery observation team!"
"Hi Yi!"
The Japanese immediately sent out two reconnaissance teams to the front, and the artillery observation team behind them lagged behind more than 200 meters. Even if the reconnaissance team in the front had an accident, the artillery observation team behind could quickly move and take a detour to scout forward again.
the other side.
Yuan Shuai was already leading his men through the jungle quickly.
On the way, Fu Yidao approached his brother Fu Hongfei and whispered while running.
"Brother, why do you want to sneak attack the enemy's tank unit? Why not just sneak attack the enemy's artillery camp? I heard that the enemy has 105mm howitzers. If we can get a few of them, we will be rich!"
"Besides, our people don't know how to drive a tank. Even if we steal a tank, we can't drive it. Besides, the road has been bombed. Even if someone knows how to drive a tank, they can't drive it through!"
Fu Hongfei rolled his eyes at him in annoyance.
"You think I, your brother, don't want those 105mm cannons? I want to take all the 75mm and 105mm cannons from the Japanese. But you have to think carefully. They have a detachment of more than 75 people. With so many people, won't they arrange people to protect their 105mm and mm cannons? We only have more than people. How can we fight them?"
"Besides, General Yuan has always won battles. He must have his reasons. We just need to follow his orders! Talk less and keep your strength!"
Fu Yidao originally wanted to say something, but his brother's last sentence forced him to suppress the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
On the other side, the Japanese scouts successfully reached a hillside.
Seeing many fires burning in the open ground in the distance, the Japanese reconnaissance squad leader curled his lips into a sly smile.
"Yoshi, we found them! Notify the artillery observer in the back to come over and inform the artillery in the rear of the coordinates!"
The Japanese originally thought that the National Army would ambush them along the way, but they didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
When the artillery observer came over, he saw some corpses lying on the battlefield through the telescope and thought they were Kuomintang troops.
Because these corpses belonged to the Japanese, but they were dressed in the clothes of the National Army.
Although the firelight could illuminate these places, it was still night and the Japanese could not see clearly enough even with their binoculars.
Besides, there was a Kuomintang battle flag flying in one of the tents.
After seeing this, the Japanese artillery observer became extremely excited. He quickly calculated the coordinates and notified the team behind.
When Captain Tian Gu in the rear heard the news, he immediately ordered all his 75mm and 105mm guns to open fire and carry out a covering bombing on the target.
Continuous artillery shells whizzed past and exploded in the Kuomintang camp.
The entire camp was covered in artillery fire.
Fortunately, all the national troops had left by then.
The brothers of the New Sixth Army had stopped about two kilometers ahead. In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese, except for the arranged sentries, everyone else was resting and no one made a fire.
They were awakened by a loud explosion.
Looking at the flames that had exploded above the camp, everyone murmured in secret with relief.
"Damn, luckily it was transferred!"
"Otherwise, with so many shells bombarding us, we won't be able to escape!"
"Damn it, there are so many shells, how many shells are coming?"
"12 75mm field guns and 12 105mm howitzers! The damn Japs actually brought so many artillery pieces to attack us!"
At this time, Tan Guohao had already woken up. He ran to a hillside, stood next to a big tree, looked at the night sky in front of him, and gritted his teeth with a serious expression.
"Brigade Commander, why don't you attack the enemy's artillery positions?"
"It would be great if we could seize the Japanese's 75mm field guns and 105mm howitzers!"
Several of his men seemed quite regretful about Yuan Shuai's plan.
"Nonsense! Since the Japanese can fire, it means their artillery must be well prepared! Moreover, they have a detachment of more than 10,000 people. Even if we launch a surprise attack, we may not be able to seize their artillery positions! Even if we do, this is a mountainous terrain, not a plain. Once besieged by the Japanese, the raiding team will surely die!"
"Notify everyone to prepare for battle, the war is about to begin!"...
At the same time, Yuan Shuai also heard the sound of bombing.
"12 75mm field guns, 12 105mm guns, these damned Japanese are really giving me face!"
"Let you squander your shells first!"
"Brother, speed up, quick, quick!"
At this time, the Japs' attention was all focused on the direction of the artillery bombardment.
Even the Japanese soldiers in the Japanese tank unit were awakened by the sound of artillery shells. They stretched their necks to look at the night sky in the distance that was red from the explosion.
"Yoshi, the captain finally opened fire!"
"That's great. With so many artillery shells carpet-bombing, we must have discovered the Kuomintang camp!"
"Even if the national army hasn't been completely wiped out by the bombs, it's probably almost the same!"
"It's a pity that we can't get through, otherwise we could use tanks to advance quickly!"
The Japanese tank soldiers and the surrounding infantrymen who were fighting together kept muttering to themselves.
But soon, they no longer paid attention to these things.
After all, the gap in strength is too big, and with such artillery bombardment, it can basically be said that it has been won.
They could only go back to their tents to sleep, leaving a few sentries standing guard around.
Yuan Shuai and others had quickly arrived at the hillside not far from the Japanese tank camp.