Chapter 65: Artillery Battle

  "Master, master, something's wrong, something big has happened..." Early in the morning, a loud voice echoed through the Feng family compound, and of course, it woke up Feng Baotian, who was sleeping with his seventh concubine.

  "What's all the commotion about so early in the morning?!" Upon hearing the shouting, Feng Baotian reluctantly let go of his hands and got out of bed. Under the service of Qiuniang, he started getting dressed while scolding Tuan Ding who was standing guard at the door.

  "Master, something's happened, something big has happened, our compound has been surrounded..." Team leader Tuan reported hastily as he saw Feng Ba Tian push open the door and walk out.

  "What, we're surrounded? Don't be ridiculous. Within a hundred miles, who dares to oppose me, Feng Ba Tian? Doesn't he know that my son is a brigade commander in the Shanxi Army? Besides, the courtyard's defenses are so strong, what's there to panic about?"

  "Old master, this is true, there are several hundred people outside, all wearing the same clothes, seemingly the Red Army uniforms that were distributed a while ago. And, and they're also carrying heavy machine guns, lined up in a row at the entrance of the courtyard..." Team leader Tuan Ding said with a still panicked face.

  "What, you're saying the Red Army? Quick, what are you still dazed about, wake up all the squad members. Also, call Wang Zheng, the artillery platoon leader, quickly." Upon hearing the words "Red Army", Feng Baotian's face suddenly turned pale. He loudly gave orders and rushed to the front yard.

  "Old master, look, there are hundreds of Red Army soldiers outside, see those machine guns, there are over a dozen." Arriving at a watchtower, under the guidance of a squad leader, Feng Bada saw the special task force that had been guarding the gate. Seeing the Red Army ambushing about 100 meters away, constantly digging trenches, Feng Bada couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise, and his calmness was gone.

  "Old master, I heard that the Red Army has surrounded our courtyard..." Just as Feng Baotian was thinking about what to do, a artillery company commander sent by his own son, fully armed, climbed up to the cannon tower and asked him, who had already turned pale.

  "Ah, Captain Wang has arrived. Captain Wang, you are a regular army officer, can you help me take a look at the scale of the Red Army outside? What should we do?" Seeing Captain Wang, Feng Baotian was like grasping a lifesaving straw, asking with a hopeful face.

  "My goodness, so many people, so many machine guns... Mr. Feng, if I'm not mistaken, according to the Red Army's firepower configuration, there are at least a battalion of troops outside... But don't worry, Mr. Feng, we have plenty of ammunition and three mortars in our hands. As long as they launch an attack, I'll make sure they won't return. My cannons haven't killed anyone for a long time, and this time we've brought enough shells to let those Communist troops taste our strength." After looking at the special task force's position, Wang Squad Leader initially showed surprise, but quickly became excited and replied with confidence. In his eyes, it was already impressive that the Red Army had heavy machine guns; there might even be cannons.

  "Ah, with Captain Wang's words, I can rest assured. I'll say one thing here, as long as we repel the Red Army's attack, each of you brothers in the artillery company will be rewarded 100 yuan. Additionally, every soldier in the regiment will receive a reward of 20 yuan." Upon hearing Captain Wang's response, Feng Baotian's hanging heart finally put down, and he said excitedly.

  "I'll represent all the brothers, thank you for Mr. Feng's kindness. Mr. Feng, I'll leave this to you, and immediately lead the brothers to prepare the artillery, to give those Red Army outside the courtyard a warning shot, to dampen their morale." Wang heard the generous reward, his mouth twitched with excitement, and he replied loudly.

  "Alright, alright, then I'll have to trouble you, Wang Pai Zhang." Feng Ba Tian replied with satisfaction. He personally escorted Wang Pai Zhang and walked down from the gun tower.

  "Captain, we have the artillery company's cover and this earth tank as our attacking treasure, why dig trenches? It's a waste of energy. Let the artillery company cover us, I'll take some men and use the earth tank to blast open their gate, and directly attack." Guo Chengzhu asked doubtfully, looking at the soldiers of the first company who were digging trenches.

  "Haha, Old Guo, don't forget that this courtyard not only has three mortars, but more importantly, there are also 500 well-trained soldiers. What I want is to have them all wrapped up like dumplings. You say, if we push them too hard and they try to break out, can our special forces hold them back without the cover of trenches? Besides, I still want to let our artillery company take out the enemy's mortar positions first." Zhang Hua explained with a smile.

  "Hmm, I see. You want to force the enemy in the courtyard to fire first, then expose their position and take out that mortar which is the most threatening to us." Guo Chengzhu replied thoughtfully.

  Just as the two were discussing the specific plan of attack, a company of artillery soldiers from the Shanxi Army in the courtyard was hastily assembling three mortars under the command of their platoon leader. Soon, the three mortars raised their barrels and made preparations to fire.

  "Each cannon prepare, first conduct a test shot, target, the Red Army position outside the courtyard." Looking at the high-spirited muzzle, Wang squad leader excitedly commanded.

  "Boom boom boom", the dull sound of mortar shells being fired echoed in the courtyard. Immediately, three shells appeared above the soldiers' heads.

  "Not good, enemy artillery fire, quick cover... Boom boom boom!" As soon as the sound of the shells whizzing through the air was heard, Zhang Hua immediately reacted and loudly commanded the soldiers who were digging trenches. Just as Zhang Hua's voice fell, three loud explosions sounded on the position. Fortunately, it was the enemy's test fire, and the three shells did not hit the trenches, only shrapnel flew everywhere, causing two soldiers to be lightly injured.

  "Hurry, take cover immediately... Wang Dog Egg, order the artillery to fire at once, we must destroy the enemy's mortar position in the shortest time possible." Seeing the impact points of the three shells, Zhang Hua couldn't help but feel a sense of relief, and he loudly ordered the soldiers in the trenches. At the same time, he also gave orders to Wang Dog Egg, who was behind him.

  As the enemy mortar opened fire, Zhao Jie, the platoon leader of the mortar platoon who had already set up his mortars, began to calculate the position of the enemy artillery base during the time the enemy fired its first round of shells. Finally, just as the enemy was conducting its fourth round of shelling, he finally determined the location of the enemy artillery base through the white smoke rising from within the courtyard walls and his own calculations.

  As one by one the mortars were set up under Zhao Jie's command, their muzzles all aimed at the position of the enemy artillery emplacements. A faint smile appeared on the corner of Squad Leader Zhao Jie's mouth.

  "Comrades, each cannon fires three rounds in rapid succession, fire!" Zhao Jie commanded loudly to the six artillerymen in front of him. In an instant, the six mortar shells flew out of the barrels with a dull roar and flew over to the enemy's artillery position 200 meters away.

  A dense explosion sounded on the enemy's artillery position, and the smoke from the exploding shells instantly enveloped a mortar. At the same time, the flying shrapnel also killed every Shanxi soldier they encountered without any obstruction. In the first round of shooting, more than 30 soldiers on the Shanxi army artillery position fell, almost half of their strength.

  "It's impossible, how could the Communist Army have such big cannons. Quick, let's transfer immediately, quick, prepare to retreat..." Wang Zhenglong, who had dodged the first round of artillery fire, couldn't help but feel a wave of shock when he saw the devastated artillery position that had been bombed. However, the pungent smell of blood quickly snapped him out of his daze. Looking at the dozens of bloody wounded soldiers in front of him, Wang Zhenglong loudly commanded the soldiers who were equally shocked.

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