novelhk Chapter 197 Millimeter Mortar
Chapter 197 Millimeter Mortar
197. 82mm mortar
At the same time, the minesweepers sent out by the Japanese battleship Kirishima were attacked by Luo Hu and his men.
In the downstream waters a few kilometers away, the commanders of the two Japanese destroyers were facing the same dilemma.
The commanders of the two Japanese destroyers have received orders from the Japanese Colonel Miyazaki.
Let them find a way to open up the downstream waterway,
In this situation, the only solution they could think of was to send soldiers down in small boats to clear the mines.
Just clear all the mines in the river.
Their warships can naturally pass through.
As a result, the two Japanese destroyers made the same decision as the Kirishima battleship.
They also sent minesweepers into the river in small boats to clear the mines.
“Hey, it’s just as Commander Ye expected.
These little Japanese devils want to manually clear the mines we laid. That's wishful thinking.
Brothers, get ready for action."
At this time, Lu Dahai, who had retreated further downstream, was staring at the two Japanese destroyers.
After seeing the Japanese send small boats into their mine-laying area and begin to clear the mines manually.
Lu Dahai immediately brought his subordinates and rushed back on a speedboat.
Da da da!
Machine guns were mounted on the bows of the speedboats, which quickly moved across the river while crazily firing at the Japanese minesweeping boats.
Whoosh! boom!
From time to time, they would fire a rocket to directly overturn the Japanese minesweeper boat.
Not long after, the two minesweeping boats sent by the Japanese destroyer commander were overturned by Lu Dahai and his men.
"Brothers, retreat!"
After succeeding, Lu Dahai did not waste a second and quickly retreated with his fleet.
Retreat to the waters further downstream and keep an eye on the two Japanese destroyers.
Boom boom boom!
Not long after they withdrew, the Japanese launched retaliatory artillery fire.
But unfortunately, it is of no use other than blasting out streams of water.
"idiot!"
On the Japanese destroyer Qiufeng, the Japanese captain was so angry after seeing this scene.
"Shameless Chinese, coward.
If you have the guts, don't run away."
The Japanese captain was furious and roared loudly.
He wished he could have his warships catch up with Lu Dahai and his crew's small, broken boats and sink them all.
Unfortunately, the minefield downstream ahead acted like a barrier, blocking their destroyers.
The Japanese destroyers dared not cross the minefield.
They could only watch as Lu Dahai and his crew's speedboat quickly fled away.
Then, the captain of the Japanese destroyer reported the trouble they encountered to the Kirishima.
Then, the Japanese captain of the Kirishima, Colonel Miyazaki, was dumbfounded.
"Baga, what kind of tactic is this!"
Faced with Ye Qingshan's strange tactical style, the Japanese colonel was helpless.
They had never encountered such a rogue style of play before.
This was the first time I encountered this, and I couldn't think of a solution for a while.
On the contrary, First Officer Miyamoto next to him said: "The Chinese first set a trap with mines to lure our battleships into it.
Then, they sent a fleet of clipper boats to penetrate into the downstream waters behind us and continue laying mines.
Block our escape route.
The Chinese military commander who commanded this battle should be their army commander.
This is exactly how the Army fights.
Ambush, outflanking, siege..."
As the Japanese first mate spoke, the Japanese Colonel Miyazaki next to him listened and for once agreed with Miyamoto's statement, nodding his head repeatedly.
"Yoshi, Miyamoto, your analysis makes sense."
If Ye Qingshan were here at this time, he would definitely give a thumbs up to this Japanese first mate.
He was really right.
Although Ye Qingshan's battle was against the Japanese fleet coming from the Yangtze River.
However, he did use the army's tactics.
There is no way, because Ye Qingshan doesn’t have any warships. If he had warships, he could just send them to fight against the Japanese warships.
Ye Qingshan had no choice but to use the army's tactics to deal with the Japanese fleet.
However, judging from the current results, Ye Qingshan's tactics are still very effective.
At least, now the Japanese fleet is in a dilemma in the waters of Jinling.
Of course, Ye Qingshan couldn’t do anything about the three Japanese warships for the time being.
After all, the Japanese warships were in the middle of the river, and Ye Qingshan couldn't command his infantry to charge at the Japanese warships in the river.
The two sides fell into a stalemate.
However, this stalemate was soon broken.
"Sir, the 36mm mortars sent by the 82th Division have arrived."
At 2:30 in the afternoon, Wang Dachuan hurried over and reported the good news to Ye Qingshan.
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "You came just in time.
Now, we can finally defeat the Japanese battleships."
“How many doors were delivered?”
"There are seven in total."
"Why did you only send seven?"
Ye Qingshan frowned.
"Captain Song said that this is the only 82mm mortar they have that is still in good condition.
They were all delivered to us.
Originally, there were nine 82mm mortars, but they were bombarded by the Japanese naval guns.
Two more gates were destroyed, leaving only these seven.
There are still quite a few shells, more than a hundred."
Wang Dachuan explained.
"Okay, let's just use seven gates, use them first.
Let's beat up the Japanese battleships first."
Ye Qingshan himself was already getting impatient waiting.
At this time, it was a consensus among everyone that the National Army troops in Jinling City were short of artillery.
Although Ye Qingshan has a rocket launcher battalion, this powerful weapon, which is comparable to heavy artillery, cannot be used casually.
Fortunately, when the National Army and the Japanese were fighting in the streets in the city, they had the support of bazookas.
Only then did they make up for the firepower gap between them and the small group of Japanese troops.
Before Ye Qingshan's bazooka, the Kuomintang had only other mountain and field artillery.
The most powerful and convenient supporting firepower is their 82mm mortar.
The main regiments of the National Army were basically equipped with about four of these 82mm mortars.
This model is a copy of the French Blonde 1930 81mm mortar and has a range of two kilometers.
Unfortunately, the National Army later fought two brutal battles, the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing.
Most of the artillery in the hands of the National Army, including this 82mm mortar, had already been hit hard by the Japanese artillery and were completely lost.
On the contrary, Song Xilian's 36th Division, one of the German-equipped divisions, had been stationed in Xiaguan for rest and recuperation after the Battle of Shanghai.
They still had a batch of intact 82mm mortars in their hands. Ye Qingshan learned the news before going into battle.
They immediately contacted Division Commander Song Xilian and asked them to send all the 36mm mortars of the 82th Division to him at the riverside.
Now, it’s finally here!