I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 388: The Navy Almost Drowned in the Ditch

Now, they can only lie behind the wall of the stronghold, waiting for the attack launched by the Chinese army.

I saw the Japanese soldiers hiding in their turtle shells, preparing to hold their ground and wait for the captain to come back for support.

The artillery brothers carrying the Type 92 rifles finally got a chance to show their skills.

"fire!"

"boom"

The shells from two assembled infantry artillery pieces directly hit the gate of the stronghold across the trench in front of the stronghold.

The gate was blown open, but what was revealed was not the scene inside the stronghold, but sacks of sandbags.

The Japanese used sandbags to block the door, which was to tell people outside that they had no intention of coming out.

Then the Marine Division's artillery heard the whistling sound of shells flying towards them.

"Avoid the cannon!"

In a flash, the navy's artillerymen rushed to the ditch nearby.

The Japanese artillery is indeed an elite force, with accurate ballistics.

They only used two shells to turn the two Type 92 infantry guns of the National Army into pieces.

The trapped artillery battalion commander was pulled out of the ditch by the soldiers.

"What happened? Are there any casualties?"

"Reporting to the battalion commander, Big Wang and Signal Liu were injured in the arm, and Fatty You was knocked unconscious and fell into the ditch and almost drowned."

Battalion Commander: "Keep this a secret, all of you keep your mouths shut.

If people knew that our navy was almost drowned in a small ditch, they would all laugh their heads off! "

"Captain, you said Fatty You is so fat, why did he come to our artillery battalion?"

"Don't underestimate him. Don't forget how strict our training is.

The fact that he can follow us to Jiangnan to fight against the Japanese means that he must have passed the physical training assessment."

They were chatting when Captain Yang heard that the infantry gun had been blown up by the Japanese, so he hurried over to take a look.

"Captain Sun, what are you doing? How come the Type 92 infantry guns are all broken into pieces?"

"Captain, the Japanese gunners were very accurate. Not only did they blow up our guns, but they also injured several of our brothers."

At this time, a dozen people from the artillery battalion came up from behind carrying things.

"Captain Yanguang, Captain Sun, we have a way to destroy this stronghold. Look what we found."

The soldier asked everyone to open the boxes they had carried.

Captain Yang: "Have you found the Japanese incendiary bombs?"

The soldier said: "Captain, commander, since the Japanese are determined to defend the stronghold.

Then why not let them go? Let’s set fire to the little devils.”

Captain Yang: "Is your idea feasible?"

“Captain, if they have fewer people, I’m afraid this trick won’t work.

But now there are so many of them, all crowded together.

As long as we light this fire, the Japanese will have nowhere to escape."

Captain Sun: "Commander, please arrange it now and have all the mortars in the regiment start firing now.

We will take advantage of the chaos to fire incendiary bombs, so that the enemy's infantry guns won't be able to find our gun positions."

Five minutes later, Commander Yang issued an order for all the regiment's artillery to fire freely.

In a short while, dense artillery shells flew into the Japanese stronghold.

The artillery battalion brought by Captain Yang was designed to hide from the enemy.

Apart from two infantry guns, they also brought a large number of mortars.

In addition to the thirty mortars of their artillery battalion, their four infantry battalions also have their own artillery platoons.

Together with the company's own mortars, they fired seventy or eighty shells at once.

Suddenly, a sea of ​​fire was blown up inside the Japanese stronghold.

The Japanese Type 92 infantry artillery had no way to fight back based on the National Army's ballistic trajectory.

Not to mention calculating the trajectory, they themselves are already in danger.

Or it was because this Japanese stronghold was too small.

At most, there would be one infantry squadron, one artillery squadron, and one machine gun squadron stationed there.

Now that a large group of troops have squeezed in, the artillery is unable to move its position at all.

If this happened during a normal field battle, the Japanese artillery positions would be very far back.

The Nationalist Army couldn't even find them, let alone attack them.

In the current terrain, the Marine Division's mortars can fully cover the stronghold with firepower.

Fatty You from the artillery battalion has woken up. He is the most vengeful one.

It was a great humiliation for an excellent naval gunner to be almost drowned in a ditch.

His family all inherited a physique that is prone to obesity. If it weren’t for his physical fitness and his accurate shooting.

He had long since followed in his father's footsteps and returned to the Gannan Naval Headquarters to become the head chef.

Now is a rare opportunity, we must take advantage of the fact that the Japanese infantry artillery cannot change its position.

He personally operated five mortars and fired three rounds at high speed at the gun positions of the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns.

The position of the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun was instantly engulfed by the flames of the explosion.

Fatty You was very confident at this moment and didn't care about the infantry artillery at all.

He immediately turned the gun around and started firing at the two Japanese artillery towers in the stronghold.

These two extremely sturdy artillery towers were immediately set on fire.

The Japanese had no way to put out the fire. After a burst of screams, they rushed out of the artillery tower.

They deserved their bad luck as the shells on the Type 92 infantry gun position suddenly exploded.

As luck would have it, a few shells even flew into the armory in the stronghold.

All of a sudden, the Japanese stronghold became even more lively.

Outside, the Marine Division's artillery was suppressing the situation, while inside, the center of their own arsenal was blooming.

After the last muffled sound in the stronghold, there was no more big movement.

The only sounds left in the entire stronghold were sporadic explosions of ammunition.

This arsenal contains most of the bullets and artillery shells for the three battalions.

A small mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and a huge deep pit appeared on the ground.

According to the Japanese army's post-war analysis, the cause of the disaster was the explosion of the arsenal and the artillery bombardment by the Marine Division.

At least more than half of the Japanese soldiers were shaken to death.

Another part died in the Kuomintang’s artillery bombardment or were burned to death by incendiary bombs.

The Japanese Special High Section conducted a special investigation and found clues from the shrapnel of the incendiary bomb.

The incendiary bombs were from the Japanese army’s own stockpile, and the craters were caused by the explosion of their own arsenal.

All in all, nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers in this stronghold died at the hands of their own people.

As soon as the huge explosion in the stronghold subsided, Captain Yang immediately gave the order.

All the troops bypassed this stronghold and headed straight for the Japanese's wooden bridge defense line.

The Japanese reinforcements were also very cunning.

They had already seen that the sturdy stronghold behind them had been razed to the ground by the huge explosion.

It has come to this, why send reinforcements? Let’s retreat quickly!

It hasn't been long, and we have seven infantry squadrons, two artillery squadrons and two machine gun squadrons.

More than 2,000 elite Japanese troops were wiped out just like that.

The most important thing now is not to get any reinforcements, but to quickly send a telegram to the division headquarters and request tactical guidance.

It would be best to let the nearby Japanese troops reinforce them quickly.

Otherwise, not only would they not be able to stop the Loyal National Salvation Army, they themselves would be annihilated by the National Army.