EBE Chapter 129: Bombardment of the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold
Chapter 129: Bombardment of the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold
The next day.
When the soldiers of the independent regiment heard that they were going out to attack the Japanese's Huting stronghold, they began to get ready.
The soldiers were all holding their breath. The disastrous defeat in the last encounter in Yangcun left the soldiers of the independent regiment with a grudge.
Li Yunlong knew that if the soldiers could not release this breath, it would have a great impact on morale.
We must vent our anger on the Japanese.
The commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, and the commander of the second battalion, Shen Quan, carried out pre-war mobilization for the troops they led.
The two were very confident about this attack on the Huting stronghold.
The Japanese simply relied on their strong fortifications to make it impossible for the Eighth Route Army, which lacked artillery, to do anything to them.
Now that the independent regiment has cannons, it will be extremely easy to attack the Japanese strongholds.
He simply aimed the cannon at the Japanese artillery tower and fired at it.
See if the Japanese come out. If they don’t, we’ll just blow down your artillery tower.
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Independent regiment artillery company barracks.
Zhuzi was leading people to maintain the cannon.
Li Yunlong came to the artillery company and saw Zhuzi maintaining the cannon.
"Zhuzi, come here."
Wang Chengzhu put the pig bristle brush aside and came to Li Yunlong.
"Captain, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Zhu Zi, I will lead the independent regiment to attack the Huting stronghold tonight. You must bring your cannon with me. We are counting on your cannon to attack the enemy stronghold."
Zhuzi responded: "Captain, I have only found about 10 people from the artillery company, and they don't know how to use artillery at all. For tonight's operation, I will only bring two artillery pieces."
Li Yunlong nodded.
"No problem, two is enough, as long as we have cannons."
"By the way, you must bring me more shells, at least 30 shells."
Zhuzi hurriedly said: "Captain, our artillery company only has 100 shells in total..."
"You are such a spendthrift. Is it necessary to use so much money to attack a small Japanese stronghold?" Zhuzi muttered.
Li Yunlong assured: "Zhu Zi, don't worry, there are plenty of shells. I will get them for you after you finish firing."
When Zhuzi heard this, he was surprised that the team leader actually had this trick.
On second thought, he felt it was normal. Since they had even got the cannons, getting some shells would not be a big deal.
In that case, I'll just hit you as hard as I can.
"No problem, Captain. Just wait and see how I perform tonight."
"Hahaha, then I'll wait and see."
After saying that, Li Yunlong left the artillery company.
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Night falls.
More than 1300 members of the independent regiment, led by Li Yunlong, quickly advanced towards Huting.
The two infantry guns are particularly conspicuous in the team. They are the treasures of the independent regiment.
The Dahuting stronghold is counting on these two cannons tonight.
After more than two hours of forced march.
The members of the independent regiment arrived at a small hill 600 meters away from the Huting stronghold.
Li Yunlong brought Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan and others to the top of the mountain.
Li Yunlong picked up the telescope and started observing.
The Japanese's Huting stronghold was brightly lit, and one could vaguely see Japanese soldiers moving around inside.
A huge searchlight on the turret inside the stronghold was constantly illuminating the surroundings.
There were about 10 Japanese soldiers patrolling outside the stronghold.
Below the turret, he also found four machine gun positions, which were heavily guarded.
It is indeed an important stronghold of the Japanese. Just based on the firepower equipment, even if the Eighth Route Army sent a full-strength main force regiment, it might not be able to quickly capture the Huting stronghold.
After Li Yunlong put down the telescope, he turned and looked at the pillar behind him.
"Zhuzi, come here."
Wang Chengzhu trotted over to Li Yunlong.
"Zhu Zi, do you see it? The Japs' Hu Ting stronghold is ahead. From this position, can you defeat the Japs' Hu Ting stronghold?"
Zhuzi looked at it carefully and calculated the distance.
"No problem, Commander. My infantry artillery can hit the Japanese stronghold."
"Zhu Zi, I'll leave it to you to take down the Japanese artillery tower. After you take down the Japanese artillery tower, we will launch the attack."
"No problem, Captain. Leave it to me."
After saying that, Zhuzi turned around and went down the mountain to set up the cannon.
Li Yunlong said to Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan beside him: "Two battalion commanders, you lead the soldiers and sneak to the vicinity of the Japanese's Huting stronghold from the side road. After the shelling is over, launch an attack on the Japanese stronghold."
"Yes, Captain."
After receiving the order, Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan quickly went down the mountain and started to set off with the soldiers of the independent regiment.
Under the cover of night, more than 1300 people from the independent regiment quickly moved to a position 300 meters outside the Japanese Huting stronghold.
If they went any further they might be spotted by the Japanese's searchlights. The soldiers lay on the ground, holding their rifles tightly in their hands, not daring to show their heads for fear of being spotted by the Japanese.
Everyone was waiting to fire. Once the Japanese artillery tower was destroyed, it would be time to launch the attack.
Li Yunlong observed through the telescope that Zhang Dabiao and his soldiers had arrived at the combat position.
He put down the telescope and trotted to the cannon, where he saw Zhu Zi fiddling with it.
"Zhu Zi, how's the cannon going?"
Zhuzi stood up and said, "Captain, it has been debugged."
"Hurry up, fire at the Japanese artillery tower."
Zhuzi quickly took out a shell from the shell box next to him and loaded it into the barrel.
After loading the ammunition, Zhuzi picked up the rope and pulled it back hard.
The firing pin of the infantry gun hit the primer of the shell hard.
In an instant, a burst of fire was emitted from the two infantry guns, and a deafening sound of artillery fire was heard at the same time.
Two shells flew towards the Japanese artillery tower.
The Japanese soldiers on the top of the artillery tower heard a whistling sound coming from the sky and immediately realized that the enemy was firing at them.
"Go down quickly, the enemy is attacking."
The Japanese soldier quickly ran to the turret, knowing that the turret could not withstand the bombardment of the artillery.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, two shells accurately hit the Japanese artillery tower, causing a violent explosion and directly blasting a huge hole in the front of the artillery tower.
After being bombarded, the Japanese soldiers in the Huting stronghold picked up their weapons, rushed out of the barracks and ran to their respective combat positions.
Li Yunlong saw a big hole blown out of the Japanese artillery tower.
"Good job, Zhuzi, you did a great job, I'll treat you to some sweet potato stew and a roast chicken when we get back.
Keep bombing and blow down the Japanese artillery tower."
After firing the first round of shells, the column quickly unloaded the shells and began loading the second round.
As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, Zhuzi pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"boom"
"boom"
A deafening roar of artillery fire rang out, and the two cannons fired again. Two shells flew quickly towards the Japanese artillery tower.
The shell flew directly into the Japanese artillery tower, causing a violent explosion.
The Japanese artillery tower could no longer hold on and collapsed, killing two Japanese soldiers who had no time to escape.