mtlumby2d Chapter 572: Bloody Battle at Nianzhuang (10)
Chapter 572: Bloody Battle at Nianzhuang (10)
24 Wildbee self-propelled guns raised their 150mm caliber gun muzzles.
As the troops captured the two villages of Houlaozhuang and Sunqiao!
Today, the Wild Bee Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion advanced another 5 kilometers. Since its range has reached 13 kilometers, it can now cover the enemy positions in the Nianzhuang Town area!
Zhou Xiaodong and Wang Bo were flying their reconnaissance plane, hovering over Nianzhuang.
After the previous wave of bombing, the enemy troops on the ground seemed to be ready to move, gathering in groups, probably planning some big move!
Observer Wang Bo in the back seat gripped the edge of the cabin door tightly, staring at the assembled enemy troops through the bulletproof glass. From the air, they looked like a pile of ants, with more than 2000 people!
On the ground, bullets from anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns kept flying, but because the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 5000 meters, these ground firepower did not pose much of a threat due to their insufficient range!
"Wang Bo, just throw it anywhere, there are enemies everywhere anyway!" Zhou Xiaodong said nonchalantly!
"Lao Zhou, descend a little! I'm afraid the deviation is too big!"
"No, their anti-aircraft firepower can reach an altitude of 4000 meters!" Zhou Xiaodong decisively refused. He could clearly see the trajectory of the tracer bullets of the enemy's anti-aircraft guns!
"All right!"
Wang Bo stopped talking and carefully observed the movements on the ground.
He suddenly shouted loudly: "Throw!", and the two smoke canisters immediately fell off the racks.
The delayed fuse was activated the moment it touched the ground. When tricresyl phosphate came into contact with the air, a dazzling purple smoke column erupted. The rolling chemical smoke entangled the crowd of Chiang's army like a giant snake.
At this moment, 10 kilometers away, at the "Wild Bee" self-propelled artillery position, the artillery observation officer was monitoring the radio signal sent from the reconnaissance aircraft through the SCR-610 radio receiver: "Purple smoke... bearing east +390, three rounds of rapid fire!"
Thirty seconds later, the whistling sound of the first round of 150mm grenades tearing through the air came from far away, and red flames continued to bloom in the purple smoke.
Wang Bo shouted excitedly into the microphone,
"Correct direction, east 130, three rounds of rapid fire!"
One after another, large-caliber artillery shells with whistling screams rose into the air from distant artillery positions like angry beasts, dragging long tails of flames and swooping towards the core area of Nianzhuang with the force of thunder.
These shells landed precisely in the middle of the Kuomintang soldiers, and a deafening roar instantly erupted. Each explosion was like the earth shaking in anger, and the huge impact force mercilessly tore and shattered everything around. Shrapnel flew in all directions like raindrops, mercilessly penetrating the bodies of the Kuomintang soldiers, and blood splashed in the smoke, dyeing the land full of war red.
Some soldiers were blown away by the powerful blast of the shells before they could react, and fell heavily to the ground, their life or death unknown; some soldiers, although lucky enough not to be hit directly by shrapnel, were also shocked by the impact of the explosion and bled from all seven orifices, and collapsed to the ground groaning in pain. The originally neat group of Kuomintang soldiers suddenly became chaotic under the attack of rounds of shells, and they fled in all directions.
Thick smoke and flames rose into the sky, covering the entire core area of Nianzhuang in a terrifying sea of fire. The figures of the struggling Kuomintang soldiers were looming in the smoke and flames, and their terrified shouts and desperate screams were intertwined with the sound of artillery shells exploding!
Sunqiao Village,
Jia Yunfeng, a soldier from the 9th Company of the 74th Regiment of the 8th Column of the Huaye Army, ate two cans of luncheon meat for the first time this morning. As the air raid and heavy shelling continued,
The company's cook actually started distributing canned food again, two boxes per person, and asked everyone to eat them all, saying that this was the company commander's order!
In addition to two cans of food, each person was given two packs of beef jerky, two packs of compressed biscuits, and four candies as dry food for the whole day!
Jia Yunfeng was a little puzzled. He had just finished breakfast an hour ago and now he had to eat another meal. However, having meat to eat was always a happy thing. Besides, after eating the canned meat, he seemed to have endless energy!
He knew that the troops were well-supplied thanks to two airdrops every night and land transportation, but it was not necessary for them to eat more than a pound of canned meat so early in the morning!
Not only was he puzzled, several platoon leaders in the company also ran to the company commander Lu Chao to ask what was going on.
Lu Chao was silent for a while, then he said,
"Something is wrong today. I suspect that today might be the final general attack. Let's make sure everyone has enough food and is ready to fight for a whole day!"
Lu Chao is a person who has a very keen sense of the battlefield. Such fierce artillery fire has lasted for more than an hour and has not stopped yet. If the attack is going to continue, the intensity will definitely not be low!
Just as I was daydreaming, I saw that the members of the 1st Battle Group had quickly rushed towards the tank, started the car and set off!
He was still a little confused. What was going on?
Don’t even invite us to join you!
Sure enough, not long after,
The battalion messenger came on horseback and said breathlessly,
"Quick, quick! The enemy is running westward, chase them!"
"Where to?"
"Follow the tanks of the East Field Army! Quickly! Quickly!"
After receiving the report from the reconnaissance plane, Ding Shan immediately ordered the entire army to attack and reported it to the Huaye Front Command.
Yang Daokun led the 2nd Armored Regiment and was in the lead because he was closest to the west.
The tracks of the No. 3 assault gun spun wildly on the ground, rolling up large pieces of dirt and sand. The turret turned slightly in the direction of advance, and the muzzle was always pointed forward, as if ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time.
In less than twenty minutes, they arrived at Fanzhuang without encountering any resistance on the way!
A group of panicked enemy soldiers were desperately fleeing towards the west on the road south of Fanzhuang!
Seeing the armored troops coming from the side, the enemy soldiers scattered like birds and beasts, and some even ran into the fields.
The roar of the engine was getting closer and closer, like the footsteps of the god of death. Suddenly, the main gun of an assault gun made a loud noise, and a shell whizzed towards the area where the enemy deserters were densely packed. With a deafening explosion, flames shot up into the sky, and several enemy soldiers were instantly thrown into the air by the powerful impact, their limbs shattered, and their broken limbs and arms scattered all over the ground.
Then, the machine guns on several armored vehicles began to roar, and bullets rained down on the enemy deserters. Amid the dense gunfire, enemy soldiers were shot and fell, and blood spread on the land behind them. Some deserters tried to find shelter, and they rushed to the ditches and ruins of houses on the roadside in panic!
More Kuomintang soldiers simply threw down their guns, raised their hands, and knelt in rows on the road. Their faces were pale, and they looked panicked and uneasy!
The soldiers of the Second Armored Regiment did not get off the vehicles at all. They gestured and shouted loudly.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Surrender to the troops behind!"
The surrendering prisoners immediately made way out!
Under the fierce pursuit of the armored forces, the enemy's ranks became increasingly chaotic, with heavy casualties. Their escape route became a road of no return filled with blood and death!