In order to defeat the city defense of Huoqiu County in one fell swoop, the devil's ground-air joint bombing lasted for more than half an hour.

In a trance, Li Erwa didn't know how long it had been, in his feelings, it seemed like it was just a moment, and it seemed like a hundred years had passed.

Finally, Li Erwa found that the city wall under her was no longer shaking as violently as before.

"Is the combined air-ground bombing of the little devils finally over?"

Li Erwa got up blankly, and when he entered his eyes, the gunpowder smoke covered the sky and the sun, not only blocking his vision, but also choking him with the pungent smell!

It took a long time for the smoke of gunpowder to disperse over the city.

Li Erwa could finally barely see the scene within two or three hundred meters of her surroundings.

But I saw that the city wall, which was less than 50 meters away from his right, had been blown out of a gap more than 10 meters long.

The rammed earth and masonry walls had collapsed, creating a large gentle slope inside and outside the walls.

Looking back, Li Erwa could no longer see a complete building, and everywhere she looked, there were ruins and broken walls, looming in the thin smoke of gunpowder.

On the streets, the remains of various buildings can be seen almost everywhere.

However, although the combined ground-air bombardment of the devils seemed to be huge, the Tiger Regiment and the Independent Regiment dug anti-aircraft fortifications in advance among the civilian buildings in the city.

Apart from the fact that some of the soldiers were injured, there were no significant casualties.

As soon as the bombing was over, the fighters of the Tiger Regiment and the Independent Regiment rushed out of the air defense fortifications like groundhogs.

At this time, the smoke shrouded in the earth had become very faint, so Li Erwa's line of sight could also see farther and farther.

But I saw that about 2,000 meters outside the city, groups of devil infantry had already carried 38-type rifles with bayonets on them, and under the guidance of rows of tanks and combat vehicles, they crushed towards the south gate.

The devil's intention is obvious, that is, to concentrate his forces and attack the city in one go.

In addition to the south gate, in the wilderness outside the other three gates, there are also a large number of devils in groups, in order to win the first victory in breaking the city, they are rushing to flock here.

It is worth mentioning that although the tank brigade of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army was served by Yang Jing in the first-line gorge.

However, the tank brigades of the 6th Division and the 106th Division remained intact.

At this time, the two brigades were divided into two, which made a part of the tanks and combat vehicles outside the south gate advance in unison.

"Bang!"

After seeing the devil attack, Li Erwa didn't think much about it, and suddenly raised her gun and pulled the trigger, shooting a warning.

Immediately shouted: "The devil is here!" The little devil is coming! ”

Hearing this, the officers and men of the 1st Battalion who rushed out of the air defense fortifications increased their speed one after another, rushed up along the road to the city and the buffer zone of the bombed city wall.

And under the orders of their respective company commanders, they quickly set up machine gun positions and grenadier positions.

As far as the eye can see, in the wilderness outside the city, the little devils are guided by tanks and chariots, like a wave, densely packed with countless people.

This time it was trapped in a lonely city, and there was no way to retreat, which was completely different from occupying favorable terrain in the first-line gorge and confronting the little devils.

In the first-line gorge, due to the limited terrain, the little devils can invest a limited number of troops at one time, but now, there is no constraint in this regard at all.

Many of the soldiers were a little scared and nervous when they saw the devil's momentum.

Especially now, most of the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment are newly recruited recruits in Jinzhai County.

Fortunately, there were still many veterans in the Tiger Regiment, and these veterans became the backbone and grassroots officers of each battalion and company.

With the guidance and encouragement of the veterans, the recruits are a little nervous and scared, but they do not collapse.

The headquarters of the Tiger Regiment is also the joint headquarters of the defenders.

After Yang Jing got the report, he immediately turned his head and shouted to Ma Tong on the side: "Ma Tong, immediately tell the rake ear and let him prepare for artillery support!" ”

"Yes!"

Rake ears roared in response, and immediately picked up the phone and dialed it quickly.

Soon, the phone was connected, and Ma Tong immediately relayed Yang Jing's order.

After receiving the order, Rake Ear immediately ordered the 1st to 4th companies, each with more than 50 doors and no conscience, to go to the four gates.

As for the 5th Company, it stayed in the city and operated the 30 Mi-type 150mm caliber heavy guns brought over in case of emergency.

After receiving the support of the conscienceless cannon, Bi Yuntao, Fan Tietou, as well as Yu Zongping and Zhou Zichen, they were all overjoyed.

They all cooperated with the artillery battalion of the Tiger Ben Regiment and immediately quietly deployed these unconscionable cannons on the city wall.

Because the devil has the coordinated cover of tanks and armored vehicles, he appears unscrupulous and charges quickly.

Almost as soon as the defenders' defensive line was deployed, the devils came within their range.

"Fire! Beat! Brothers, give Lao Tzu a hard beating! ”

Under the orders of their former enemy commanders, the defenders of the four gates opened fire one after another.

In an instant, the sound of gunfire rang out over the entire Huoqiu County, and the dense rain of bullets intertwined with each other to form a huge web of death, covering the head of the oncoming little devil.

"Ahh

"Ahhh ~~~”

Caught off guard, the little devil suddenly screamed and fell down a large piece.

"Yaga! Fight back, fight back! ”

The devils who were charging ahead immediately turned their feet and approached the nearest tanks and armored vehicles.

And under the orders of the commanders of the former enemy, they immediately opened fire and returned fire.

The two sides quickly launched a fierce exchange of fire.

The devil's tanks also adjusted their firing angles one after another and opened fire decisively.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom! ——”

Tank shells of 37mm caliber, dragging the scorching tail flame, bombarded the city one after another.

Suddenly, a dazzling red light bloomed above the city, and many defender soldiers, even people with guns, were blown out.

At this moment, Huoqiu's four guns, a total of more than 200 unconscionable guns, plus some 60mm mortars and 50mm grenadiers, were fired almost simultaneously.

"Tom!"

"Tom tom! ——”

More than 200 special TNT explosive packs weighing 15 kilograms, as well as 60mm and 50mm caliber high-explosive stray bullets, flew towards the devil's attack crowd with a loud bang.

After hitting the ground, there was a violent explosion.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom! ——”

I saw that first a cloud of dazzling red light rose violently, soaring into the sky, and then a deafening explosion sounded.

The huge flames and smoke filled the crowd of devils.

Countless devil soldiers were directly engulfed by the scorching shockwave.

Within a radius of 50 meters from the landing point of all the explosive bags, the devil soldiers were all blown to pieces, and their stumps and broken arms flew in all directions.

Some devil tanks and armored vehicles also happened to be bombarded by unconscionable guns, and the violent explosion shock wave instantly blew the devil tanks and armored vehicles apart, and the tank crews inside, together with the surrounding devil infantry, failed to escape, and were killed one after another, with no bones left.

All kinds of tank parts and components were scattered and scattered with the huge shock wave of the explosion, causing secondary damage to the devil infantry farther away.

Immediately after that, the artillery of the Tiger Regiment fired the second, third, and even fourth and fifth rounds of shells.

Since the artillery position was set on the city wall more than two feet above the ground, it was condescending, and the firing range was much greater than that of the position on flat ground.

As a result, the range of the conscienceless cannon this time exceeded more than 350 meters, and some even reached a terrifying 400 meters.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! ——”

Violent explosions rang out one after another, as if they were about to tear the entire supreme firmament.

The blast wave of the explosion that swept away immediately caused huge casualties to the Japanese attacking troops.

After five rounds of shelling, the Japanese 101st, 6th, and 106th Divisions invested four infantry wings, plus two tank and combat vehicle brigades, totaling nearly 16,000 attacking troops, suffered more than one-third of the casualties.

As far as the eye can see, within 400 meters of the county city wall, this area is almost full of the corpses of little devils, and all kinds of stumps and broken arms.

On top of that, there's a huge crater of terror.

In particular, the devil's tank and combat vehicle, because of the charge at the front of the team, was blown up by nearly half.

If it weren't for the surviving devil tank soldiers who saw that the situation was wrong and turned around and fled backwards in time, it is estimated that they would have to be reimbursed in full!

Among them, many casualties of the devil's attacking troops were caused by the light and heavy weapons firepower of the defenders of the Tiger Regiment and the Independent Regiment.

However, the vast majority of casualties are actually caused by the unconscionable cannon.

The sound of the unconscionable cannon explosion was so loud and powerful that almost every time the cannon fell, it would explode a huge crater on the ground that was nearly one meter deep and more than 10 meters in diameter.

Within a radius of 50 meters from the shell landing, not to mention leaving a living mouth, not even a single intact corpse could be found.

Some of the little devils were even blown to the ground, which invisibly caused a huge psychological shock to the devil's attacking troops.

Almost all the surviving devils have a deep fear in their hearts!

In addition, the tank and combat vehicle turned around and fled, which became the last straw that overwhelmed these little devils.

So Huh, the devil infantry on the battlefield ignored the military orders, and they didn't care about the corpses of their comrades who were blown up to a bloody and miserable scene.

Then they turned around and ran away, and the offensive collapsed!

"Yaga! No retreat! ”

"Attack! Keep going on the offensive for me! ”

Some of the devil officers tried to stop the retreat of the soldiers, but their morale collapsed, and no matter how much they shouted, it was to no avail, and even shot and killed some of the subordinates who took the lead and fled, but to no avail.

As soon as they came, these little devils were all frightened.

Second, these little devils were all temporarily deaf by the huge sound generated by the explosion of the conscienceless cannon, and they couldn't hear their commander's scolding at all, and even thought they were giving orders to move in.

So much so that the other devil infantry ran faster!

In the end, these devil commanders had no choice but to give up the senseless reprimand and retreat with the remnants of the army.

……

In this attack, the 101st Division sent two infantry wings, so the casualties of the 101st Division were almost equal to the combined number of the 6th Division and the 106th Division.

Of course, the losses of the tank tank tank brigade do not count.

When the news came back to the command of the Japanese wing, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, Ito Masaki, couldn't help but be taken aback: "Nani? The attacking troops were bombarded by mysterious heavy artillery of the Chinese army? ”

The brigade commander of the 101st Infantry Brigade, Shozaburo Sato, paused with an extremely solemn face and said, "Yes, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" The heavy weapons used by the enemy, which were extremely powerful, inflicted huge losses on the attacking troops! ”

Ito Masaki frowned, puzzled: "What kind of heavy weapon?" According to information from the command, the heavy artillery positions of the Chinese army had ceased to exist under the bombardment of the imperial aviation.

Even if there are still heavy howitzers in the Chinese army, it is impossible that there are so many, right? ”

Shozaburo Sato said: "This, the lowly position is not very clear. ”

Ito Masaki frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Find me the wing captain who commanded the attack at the south gate, and I want to understand the situation in person!" ”

"Hay!" Sato Shozaburo was stunned again, and immediately turned his head to the herald next to him and shouted: "You drop, immediately go to the forward position of the South Gate, and call Gana Zhio Dasa to the headquarters!" ”

"Haya!"

The devil herald the soldier slammed his head, then turned around and ran quickly towards the door.

It didn't take long for Gana Zhixiong to rush over with a sincere fear.

As soon as he entered the door, he took the initiative to bow his head and admit his mistake: "Your Excellency, the division commander, you are incompetent and have disappointed you, please punish you!" ”

Ito Masaki waved his hand and said, "Gana-kun, you don't have to rush to blame yourself first!"

Tell me, what kind of heavy artillery are you being bombarded with? ”

When Gana Zhixiong heard this, the division commander Ito Masaki had no intention of punishing him, and hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, according to humble observation, it has been found that the heavy artillery used by the Chinese army is absolutely unconventional heavy howitzers.

Because the shells they are firing are not shells, to be precise, but more like bags of explosives.

Also, their firing position should be on the city walls, not outside the city.

Its firing range should not exceed 500 meters.

With such a close range, it is by no means a large-caliber heavy artillery, but a weapon that we have never encountered before! ”

As we all know, the larger the caliber, the greater the general firing range, taking the 150mm caliber heavy artillery as an example, its effective firing range even exceeds the terrifying 10,000 meters, that is, 10 kilometers!

Shozaburo Sato, who was next to him, seemed to think of something, and suddenly spoke: "Your Excellency, Division Commander!" This should be a secret weapon invented by Yang Jing himself.

Although the power of these weapons is amazing, they have a fatal weakness, that is, they have a very limited range, even inferior to ordinary grenadiers.

Moreover, it is not the first time that the Tiger Ben Regiment of the China Army has used this secret weapon, they have used it in the previous Battle of Fuyang.

Even in the Songhu battlefield, there was already a precedent for the use of the Tiger Ben Regiment of the China Army, but there were not many such weapons in the hands of the Tiger Ben Regiment at that time, so it has not attracted the attention of the imperial army! ”

Ito Masaki's face suddenly changed, and then his face became even more gloomy.

Shozaburo Sato suggested out loud: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, if you continue to launch a strong attack rashly without destroying the mysterious heavy artillery of the Tiger Ben Regiment of the Shina Army, the casualties of the Imperial Army will be too great!"

Therefore, the lowly believes that it is better to find a way to destroy them first, and then make plans!

Please think twice, Your Excellency, Division Commander! ”

Ito Masaki lowered his head and muttered for a while, gritted his teeth, his face was distorted, and he said a little unwillingly: "Send a telegram to Commander Okamura immediately, asking him to dispatch land-based aviation again to provide us with tactical guidance!"

Carry out aerial fire attacks on the Chenghuan positions of the Chinese army and the entire Huoqiu county!

Help us destroy the mysterious heavy artillery of the Shina Army! Eliminate this great threat for the attacking forces! ”

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