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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2553 The Sound of Cannon in Western Liaoning (Part 2)

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    Also on the south bank of the Daling River, in addition to the artillery units and armored units that are ready to go, there are also pontoon vehicles of the engineering unit, standing silently in the dark night. The engineers and soldiers are in full formation, waiting for the order to attack.  , the vehicle is a new type of boat bridge developed by the Dingbian Special Economic Zone Military Industry Bureau and the Equipment Research Institute. It has been equipped with various field troops as early as a year ago. The Daling River several hundred meters wide is a natural barrier. The boat bridge troops  , this new type of pontoon bridge vehicle can be used to lay a pontoon bridge across the Daling River that can be provided by tanks in just ten minutes.

    Since Feng Jiwu took command of the troops and took over Liu Tiehan's stationed in Jinzhou, the Daling River fell into his eyes. The Zhouqiao troops of the engineering brigade affiliated to the Corps trained on several rivers in Shanhaiguan in North China.  Over the years, I have become very proficient in setting up boat bridges.

    On the south bank of the Daling River, various units were ready. At the aviation airports in Jinzhou, Peiping, Tianjin, Tangshan, Shanhaiguan and other places, night-flying bombers and fighter jets lined up silently on the airport runway, and the pilots sat silently in the cabin.  , eyes looking in the direction of the control tower.

    On the Jinzhou front line, at the temporary headquarters of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, when the minute and second hands of the clock overlapped at eleven o'clock at night, the chief of staff, Colonel Zhang Hansheng, suddenly lowered his arm and said to Feng Jiwu: "Commander,  It¡¯s time to attack!¡±

    Feng Jiwu opened his eyes suddenly, stood up, and a cold light shot out, "Start!" He said two simple words, with a metallic clang.

    The night is vast and the evening breeze is blowing.  On the north bank of the Daling River, the Kwantung Army's defensive position.  The Kwantung Army soldiers who had been on high alert for two or three days were already a little tired, and waves of sleepiness hit their hearts uncontrollably. However, under the strict supervision of officers at all levels, these Kwantung Army soldiers closed their eyes for a while.  Don't even dare to enjoy it.

    Suddenly, the south bank of the Daling River.  In the dark night sky, three red meteors slowly rose up into the night sky. Then, red flares of the same color, like festive fireworks, rose in many places on the south bank of the Daling River.  The night sky is reflected so brilliantly that it is a pleasure to look at.

    But the pleasing red flare was as terrifying as a reminder to the Kwantung Army officers and soldiers on the front line. They were all veterans who had fought with the Soviets on the battlefield in the Far East.  Do you know what the sudden appearance of the flare means?

    There were bursts of hurried shouts and commotion in all the fortifications, "The Chinese troops are about to launch an attack, report to the commander immediately!" Then.  It was the sound of shaking the phone.

    The officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army stared nervously at the other side of the Daling River in horror.  In the night on the south bank, layers of meteors suddenly flew up, with long and gorgeous tails, and they rushed over quickly. In an instant, they were above the head. There was no usual loud noise, only high-speed flying objects, streaking across the sky.  With a scream that broke the air, the meteors fell, landing on the Kwantung Army position on the north bank of the Daling River.

    At this time, the loud noise of "Boom!" echoed continuously in the night. Accompanied by the loud noise, there were masses of rising firelight. In the firelight, there were fragments of reinforced concrete.  Scattered in all directions, the artillery group commanded by Zheng Yong, including the "Thunder" rocket launcher group, started the artillery attack first.

    On the Linghai front line, which is the main direction of attack, Zheng Yong concentrated four "Thunder" rocket launcher regiments. Each regiment was equipped with 32 rocket launchers and 98 rocket launchers. The four regiments equaled nearly 400 rocket launchers. One salvo fired.  That's almost thirteen thousand rounds of 210mm rockets, which are twice as powerful as the 155mm caliber howitzer shells.

    The most terrible thing is that the "Thunder" rocket launcher is a covering and indiscriminate bombardment. The density of the dropped bombs leaves no dead ends or gaps. The powerful rockets destroy the reinforced concrete fortifications built by the Kwantung Army.  , shrouded in a sea of ??steel and flames, the exposed bodies of the Kwantung Army soldiers in the fortifications were torn into countless pieces by rockets as dense as hailstones, and turned into ashes by the high temperature of thousands of degrees.

    Rows of rockets, dragging long tail flames, screamed and flew in. The air was filled with the sound of "hiss!" tearing cloth, Lieutenant General Watanabe, commander of the 18th Division  , when the first round of rocket shells fell, they knew what happened, "The independent division troops launched an attack. What was supposed to come has finally come!"

    The phones in the division headquarters were ringing like crazy, and the staff members were busy answering the phones. The content of all the calls was the same thing, "The forward position was violently shelled by the artillery of the Independent Division. The enemy's artillery fire  It was so violent that it had never been seen before, and it was a new type of artillery that had never been seen before. The forward position fortifications were seriously damaged!"

    Division commander Watanabe¡¯s face was ashen and he didn¡¯t want his subordinates to report it. Even in the division headquarters, he could see the artillery fire that reddened the night sky. Indeed, he had never seen it before."Artillery," he grabbed the phone and "ordered the division's field artillery regiment to immediately launch a suppressive artillery bombardment against the independent division's artillery, and must destroy the enemy's new artillery!"

    After the artillery bombardment of the Independent Division, the infantry began to cross the river next. The battle now can only be artillery versus artillery. Commander Watanabe is still confident in the four field artillery regiments in his hands.  Even if the artillery of the independent division cannot be destroyed, it can still be suppressed. After that, the pressure on the frontline troops will be reduced a lot by counterattacking the infantry of the independent division that crossed the Daling River.

    "What a war! The water of the Daling River will probably be dyed red with blood!" Commander Watanabe Division said to himself. Of course, what he was talking about was the blood of the soldiers of the Independent Division, which dyed the water of the Daling River red.

    On the south bank of the Daling River, at the Artillery Headquarters of the Independent Division, Zheng Yong was concentrating on observing the shelling of the rocket artillery unit. Now it seems that everything is going according to plan. There is no need to correct the impact point of the rocket shelling. When that guy fights, he will hit him every time.  Blockbuster, what he focused on was that it was impossible for the Japs¡¯ artillery not to fight back!

    Sure enough, some bright spots appeared from the north bank of the Daling River. They were completely different from the trajectories of rocket launcher shells. The bright spots flew over the Daling River and landed on the land on the south bank. There was a dull loud noise. Zheng Yong was delighted, "You bastard."  , finally showed up! Don¡¯t expect to live if you show up!¡±

    Zheng Yong put down his binoculars and took a few steps to the phone. "Heavy artillery group? This is Zheng Yong. Listen, the Japs' artillery has appeared. Based on the previous intelligence and the current artillery trajectory of the Japs' artillery, within ten minutes,  Inside, the heavy artillery group immediately destroyed the Jaap's artillery position. If I see the Jaap's artillery fire a second round of artillery shells, you brigade commanders, just wait to come to the headquarters to explain to me! "

    Accompanied by bursts of fire and loud thunder-like noises, the heavy artillery group of the Independent Division's artillery began to fire back at the rear of the south bank of the Daling River. The artillery shells flew towards the Japanese artillery position at a height exceeding that of rocket shells.

    "Ding bell!" In the headquarters of the 18th Division, a red telephone rang suddenly. A Japanese major staff officer answered the phone, "Hani? Impossible. The artillery position was hit by heavy artillery fire from the Independent Division.  Covered shelling, heavy losses, I will report to the division commander immediately!" His face turned pale at that time.

    The major staff officer put down the phone and ran to the commander of the Watanabe division in a few steps. Just as he was about to speak, the commander of the Watanabe division who was on the phone glared at him viciously and said, "Your Excellency, commander, the front position of our division has been attacked.  The fierce bombardment by the independent division's artillery was the artillery preparation before the large-scale attack. Haney? The positions of other divisions were also bombarded. Haney! The staff understood and stood firm and fought to the last man!  "

    Putting down the phone, Division Commander Watanabe looked at the major staff officer with a heavy face and asked, "What's going on?"

    The major staff officer swallowed his saliva and said nervously: "Your Excellency, the division commander, we just received a call from the artillery unit. Their position was bombarded by independent heavy artillery. The intensity of the enemy's artillery fire was several times greater than that of our artillery. The position  Most of them were destroyed, and the artillery was severely damaged, making it impossible to form an effective artillery counterattack!"

    "Honey? Baga! What nonsense!" Commander Watanabe was stunned at first, then became furious, grabbed the major staff officer by the collar, and yelled: "Impossible, you lied about the military situation! The artillery of the Imperial Army  , just started the first round of test firing, how could it be met with such a violent counterattack? Absolutely not possible!" Lieutenant General Watanabe's roar echoed in the headquarters, and all the Japanese officers stared blankly in anger.  Your Excellency the Roaring Division Commander.

    Seeing the expression and eyes of the major staff officer who was almost paralyzed with fear, the commander of the Watanabe division suddenly loosened his collar. The poor little staff officer was covered in sweat and could hardly stand. In fact, the commander of the Watanabe division  , I already believed what the staff officer said, otherwise, there would not have been such a violent explosion from the rear. "Could it be that the artillery of the Independent Division controls the location of our artillery position?" he judged with a pale face.

    The rocket artillery fire attack by the independent division's artillery group stopped abruptly after twenty minutes. The heart-stopping "hissing" sound suddenly disappeared in the sky. Instead, there was a terrifying silence, oppressive and suffocating.  .

    Fires, continuous fires, were burning on the Kwantung Army positions on the north bank of the Daling River. The "Thunder" rocket launchers were bombarded with huge destructive power. Within the scope of the planned breakthrough channel, the Kwantung Army's reinforced concrete fortifications were  The surface was in a mess. The Kwantung Army soldiers who entered the surface position and prepared to counterattack the independent division infantry across the river suffered more than 80% casualties.

    The artillery position of the 18th Division of the Ninth Army of the Kwantung Army, located on the north bank of the Daling River, was even more miserable. They only had time to fire off one round of test fire, but they were covered by fierce artillery fire from the independent division's artillery. For more than 20 minutes,  Inside, nearly 100,000 artillery shells were fired, razing the Kwantung Army's artillery positions to the ground.The ground was full of artillery with bent barrels, cannon wheels scattered in the distance, and the fragmented corpses of Kwantung Army artillerymen.

    (To be continued)
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