Chapter 491: An Unprecedented Victory (2)
At this moment, 30,000 or 40,000 troops of the National Army have entered their respective offensive lines and can launch a general attack on the 9th Brigade of the Devils at any time.
Soon after the units responsible for the offensive arrived at their operational positions, the various artillery regiments reported to the command at the front.
Li Zongyao, commander of the theater, decisively issued an order to all artillery units to shell the positions of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army.
"Bang Bang !!"
Several gunshots broke the silence around them.
Suddenly, several dazzling flares burst into the night.
The artillery regiments of the national army saw the dazzling signal flares and immediately launched an artillery bombardment of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese army.
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
Several artillery positions opened fire together, and the sound of intensive shelling spread more than ten kilometers away.
The artillerymen concentrated field guns and mountain guns of all calibers and fired in succession.
The rain of cannonballs swept across the sky with tail flames, stretching towards the side of the devil's position.
At this time, the little devil was drowsy, very tired and strong on the position.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
Countless shells fell on the devil's position, the explosion was full of flames, and the shells bloomed and exploded everywhere.
More than 100 devil soldiers who were huddled under foxholes and trenches did not react, and before they could even scream, the enemy was killed under artillery fire.
There were also some devil soldiers resting in the fortifications, and as soon as the shells bombarded, the bunker fortifications collapsed one after another, burying the devils in the fortifications.
"Bagaya Road, artillery fire is coming, hidden, pay attention to concealment!!"
The devil soldiers on the battlefield shouted in terror.
The devil troops were in a panic, and the position was full of devil soldiers fleeing, and some of the enemy did not even bother to move their artillery and machine guns, looking for safe fortifications everywhere to avoid artillery fire.
The artillery of the national army did not save the amount of ammunition at all, and the ammunition hand kept loading and firing.
Wave after wave of shells flew towards the devil's position, and the position shook violently, and the little devil had a hard time even standing firmly.
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
The sound of explosions came and went.
The ensuing shells, carpet bombardment, and the explosion illuminated the devil's position.
The heavy artillery fire lasted for more than ten minutes, and the enemy positions for several kilometers around were covered with dense shell craters of all sizes, and every inch of land was ploughed into scorched earth.
"Ahh......h
The terrible screams of the enemy were heard incessantly, and hundreds of devil soldiers were killed by shells.
Bloody corpses can be seen everywhere in the devil's position, some of the devil's body is blown into several parts, and some of the devil's soldiers are separated, and the enemy's death is really miserable.
Several artillery regiments of the national army opened fire together, and the suppressed devil troops could not organize an effective counterattack.
There is a big difference between the national army and the little devils in terms of air force, but in terms of the number of artillery equipment, the national army will not be much less than the devils.
Therefore, the artillery offensive of the national army is still quite strong.
The artillery of the national army poured several tons of shells around the enemy's position, and the devil's position was instantly swallowed up by a sea of fire.
The field fortifications on the devil's position, as well as various firepower positions, were basically destroyed by artillery shells, and the little devils had nowhere to hide, and there were little devils who died under artillery fire.
Because the artillery attack of the national army was too sudden, and the 9th Brigade was not supported by bombers, the enemy was completely suppressed, and there was no chance to struggle and resist.
The 9th Brigade of the Little Devil has experienced daytime fighting, and the casualties have been halved, the number of combatants has decreased, and the combat effectiveness has naturally weakened a lot.
After the repeated bombardment by the artillery of the national army, at least nearly 1,500 devil soldiers died in the bombardment, and countless enemies were killed or wounded.
The artillery fire of the national army was so dense that even the headquarters of the 9th Brigade of the Devils was bombarded by shells.
The shells killed seven or eight officers and soldiers of the Devils Command, and even the commander of the Devils Brigade blew up an arm.
The 9th Brigade of the Devils can now be said to be in a desperate situation, the Devil's position is surrounded by regiments for more than ten kilometers, and there is no aircraft support, the fate of the 9th Brigade is very likely to be the same as the 33rd Brigade, and the whole brigade will be wiped out.
The sound of artillery fire continued for a few more moments, and gradually, the sound of artillery was not as dense as before.
As soon as the artillery fire of the national army stopped, the officers and generals of the attacking units soon gave the order to attack.
The main attacking force of the Nationalist Army launched a siege on the 9th Brigade of the Devils from both flanks and from the front of the enemy's position.
"Brothers, occupy the position of the little devils, rush !!"
"Brothers, attack, kill the little devils, and avenge the dead brothers!!"
Suddenly, the shouting and killing sound on the position of the national army shook the sky, and the momentum seemed to be able to break through the sky.
Thousands of soldiers roared and jumped out of the trenches and bunkers.
The soldiers bravely rushed to the devil's position, and as they moved quickly, they opened fire on the devil's position.
"Da !!"
"Bang Bang !!"
After the artillery fire stopped, rifles, submachine guns, and all kinds of light and heavy machine guns mingled.
Countless bullet firing lines, as well as tracer bullets, surged towards the devil's position.
The little devil was hit by artillery fire just now, and he had not completely recovered his senses, the enemy was confused one by one, and the attacking troops of the national army charged up, and the little devil was still at a loss.
The devil soldiers, who were hiding under the trenches, had escaped the artillery fire and were looking around for their weapons.
Some little devils were blown up and lost their sense of direction, scurrying around, and there were too many corpses under the trenches, and the little devils were tripped by corpses in a row.
As a result, the dazed enemy was killed by a stray bullet from the incoming projectiles.
"Ahh......h
The unlucky devil soldiers fell on the ground in groups of three or five with bullets.
The national army troops rushed to the front position of the devils for a few hundred meters, and the enemy had almost no firepower to resist, and the devil soldiers were constantly killed by the national soldiers.
Many facilities on the devil's position were destroyed, communications were all cut off, and the enemy's various units could not communicate with each other to convey combat orders.
Without a unified operational order and command, the devil's troops were naturally in disarray, and the enemy was defeated and retreated by the national troops.
The commander of the Devil's Brigade was wounded and is currently passing out, and now it is the chief of staff of the 9th Brigade who gives orders in place of the commander of the Devil's Brigade.
The chief of staff of the devil knows that the general trend of the 9th Brigade is gone, and it is impossible to reverse the defeat, of course, the devil is not willing to be destroyed.
According to the current battlefield situation, the chief of staff of the devil made defensive arrangements and breakthrough arrangements in a timely manner, and then he sent heralds and communication troops to the forward positions to give orders.
It didn't take long for the Devil's front-line troops to begin to shrink their forces and consolidate their defensive positions in the rear according to the order of the Chief of Staff, and the Devil's soldiers stubbornly resisted the attacking troops of the National Army.