Chapter 97: Taking White Tiger Ridge
Duan Peng didn't expect that the Japanese would gather all their artillery on the main peak.
And because the main peak is located in the central area of Baihu Ridge, these artillery units do not even have infantry protection.
The only counterattack force was the pitiful Type 14 Nambu pistol in the hands of the artillery.
Under the powerful firepower of the assault platoon's submachine guns, those pistols were completely useless.
More than thirty Japanese gunners were directly wiped out by the assault platoon.
Afterwards, Wang Erniu used the Type 41 mountain cannon left behind by the Japanese to begin shelling the Japanese firepower points on Baihu Ridge.
At the same time, the soldiers of the assault platoon began to operate mortars to attack the Japanese who wanted to recapture the artillery positions.
"Wang Erniu, quickly blow up the old battalion headquarters. The Japanese's Baihuling headquarters must be there!"
With the help of the light from the flares, Duan Peng saw that an antenna was erected at the location of the original Pioneer Battalion headquarters, and quickly ordered Wang Erniu to open fire.
"no problem!"
Wang Erniu quickly adjusted the artillery. Although all his skill points were on mortars, it did not mean that he could not use mountain artillery.
Just not as good as Li Erhu.
However, the Japanese command post was only one kilometer away from the main peak of Baihuling.
Whether it is a high-altitude shot or a direct shot, in this case, even a novice who does not know how to use a scope can hit the target by aiming directly with the barrel.
The command center target is so big and obvious. If you can't hit it, then you don't need to be a soldier. Your eyesight is too poor.
Xu Laoliu looked at the Japanese soldiers rushing towards him and calmly set up the DShK anti-aircraft machine gun he brought with him.
In order to build this artillery position, the Japanese used a lot of cement to stabilize the ground and placed a large number of sandbags.
After Xu Laoliu pressed down the machine gun mount with sandbags, he mounted the machine gun and began to fire downwards.
The machine gunner of the assault platoon also operated the MG42 general-purpose machine gun and pulled the trigger at the Japanese soldiers below.
There is no shelter on the main peak. The only shelter is the artillery position on the top of the mountain. From top to bottom, it is completely flat.
From bottom to top, the Japanese couldn't even see the shadow of the assault platoon soldiers.
Moreover, all of the Japanese artillery now fell into the hands of the assault platoon, with only a few grenade launchers left. It is nothing but a pipe dream to want to use grenade launchers to blow up the machine gun positions of the assault platoon.
Seeing that they could not reach the main peak position at all, the Japanese had no choice but to give up.
But the soldiers of the vanguard camp above had no intention of letting them go.
After avoiding the machine gun's firing range, the soldiers of the assault platoon would use mortars or grenade launchers to attack the Japanese.
Anyway, now that the tunnel has been opened, soldiers from the vanguard camp continue to arrive at the main peak with ammunition and weapons.
Even the machine gunners no longer use burst fire, they just fire continuously.
Use up a belt of ammunition and then immediately have someone replace the barrel.
Each machine gun is equipped with five spare barrels, enough for the machine gunner to fire at will.
Especially after the soldiers from the vanguard battalion found the water-cooled Maxim heavy machine gun hidden in the tunnel, the firepower on the main peak position became even stronger.
The main peak position turned into a porcupine, pouring bullets in all directions.
The Japanese were beaten so hard that they could only hide in the bunker.
Although the Japanese repaired all the bunkers on Baihu Ridge, they also learned from Qin Yangming in order to save materials.
The backs of most bunkers are not made of wire concrete, and are sometimes even open.
Wang Erniu, who was behind these bunkers, controlled the mountain artillery, and would immediately fire a cannon wherever he saw a fire. The first and second companies, who were preparing to attack from behind through the tunnel, used lenses to watch the bullets and shells that kept coming out of the main peak, feeling very depressed.
The original plan was to have the assault platoon enter the main peak through the tunnel, then find the Japanese artillery positions, destroy the Japanese artillery, and create opportunities for them to attack.
But from the current situation, it is obvious that the Japanese artillery position happened to be on the main peak of Baihu Ridge, and was then captured by the assault platoon.
Now the assault platoon is relying on the Japanese artillery to launch continuous attacks, and they have become supporting roles.
Now it is not easy for them to leave the tunnel and attack the Japanese from behind.
Otherwise, if we were accidentally injured by the assault platoon, that would be a lot of fun.
"Damn it, Duan Peng, that bastard, was originally going to drink the soup, but now he not only eats the meat, but also seems to be ready to drink the soup. He really doesn't leave any for us."
The company commander used the camouflaged tunnel exit to look at the situation outside, his tone full of complaints towards Duan Peng.
"Company commander, the battalion commander ordered us to exit the tunnel and prepare to bypass the main peak and launch an attack from the main peak!"
"Hurry, hurry, everyone change tunnels, hurry up, or we won't even have the pots to wash."
……
Qin Yangming at the foot of the mountain did not expect that the assault platoon would be so lucky to capture the Japanese artillery position.
With enough artillery on the main peak, Qin Yangming directly changed his fighting style and launched an attack from the main peak to the outside.
"Tsk tsk tsk, there are so many places on Baihu Ridge where we can build artillery positions, but we chose the main peak. Should I say that I am lucky? Or are the Japanese unlucky?"
Qin Yangming looked at the flames spurting out from the main peak position and knew that there was no suspense in this battle anymore.
The Japanese machine gun positions were all facing the outside of Baihuling Mountain. If they wanted to turn around and attack the main peak of Baihuling, as soon as they opened fire, Wang Erniu on the main peak would immediately bomb them with artillery.
You want to withdraw the machine guns. Do you really think that the more than ten machine guns on the main peak position are just for show?
In particular, the supporting troops from behind also brought up 107 rockets.
The firepower on the main peak position was even stronger.
……
"This, this is my former camp headquarters?"
After Qin Yangming returned to Baihu Ridge, he naturally went back to his own camp.
When Qin Yangming saw that the outside of his camp was basically intact, he was quite happy.
But when he walked to the door, he smelled gunpowder and blood coming from the room, and kicked open the broken door.
The camp headquarters had become a mess, and there was a cloud of black smoke on the wall facing the main peak position.
The other walls were covered in blood.
It was obvious that a shell had hit the battalion headquarters through the battalion gate.
"Hiss, who fired this cannon? His technique is quite good. In the middle of the night, he was able to fire the cannonball into the room!"
Li Erhu looked at the scene in the room and pretended to be shocked.
Even his skills were not enough to accurately fire a shell into a room from a kilometer away at night.
This not only requires a high level of technical skills from the gunner, but also a high level of accuracy from the artillery.
At least the vanguard battalion does not have artillery with such accuracy.
Qin Yangming glanced at the battalion headquarters and shook his head: "Forget it, let's tear down the rooms and transform the walls into a bunker. This place is definitely uninhabitable."
(End of this chapter)
