Tom tom! ”

The devil's artillery brigade, dozens of 105-mm heavy guns fired a salvo, and the shells continued to bombard the forward positions outside the city.

"Boom, boom!"

Shells were fired everywhere, carpet bombardment, and dirt was flying all over the sky.

The trench fortifications, as well as the bunker fortifications, were all blown down under heavy artillery fire, and large areas of earth covered the trenches.

The artillery positions of the devils did not dare to move forward, and the range of artillery fire only affected the forward positions outside the city, and it did not cause much damage to the defenders of the rear lines.

Kazuo Kimura, the commander of the Devil Brigade, saw in the telescope that the forward position had become a sea of fire, and then, his face showed a smug look.

The artillery fire is so dense that I am afraid that few of the Chinese defenders will survive.

After more than ten minutes of continuous artillery bombardment, Kazuo Kimura gave the command of the 6th Wing an order to attack.

"Order the 6th Infantry Wing to immediately launch an attack on the positions outside Nanguan County!"

"Hayi, General!"

The Devil Communications Corps hurriedly ran back to command, picked up the phone and called the command of the 6th Infantry Wing.

The 5th Brigade of the Japanese Army is a mechanized brigade with complete personnel and a complete personnel structure, with the 6th Infantry Wing and the 68th Infantry Wing.

The total number of these two Class A wings, together with artillery and baggage troops, can reach about 8,000 people.

The 6th Wing of the Devil Infantry received an order to attack from the brigade headquarters, and a whole wing of combat troops poured out.

The 1st Infantry Brigade and the Armored Squadron of the Devils attacked from the front east gate, and the 2nd and 3rd Brigades moved from the direction of the south city to carry out the attack from the flank.

Kazuo Kimura, the commander of the Devil's Brigade, knew that the defense of the South Castle Gate was weak, and the frontal troops were only used as a feint, while the flank troops were the real main attack.

The firepower of the 2nd and 3rd brigades was very strong, and not only that, but the captain of the devil wing also assigned the two attacking brigades to the artillery brigade.

The artillery brigade of the wing and the artillery brigade of the brigade are incomparable, and the artillery brigade of the wing is mainly equipped with Type 92 70-mm infantry guns, as well as Type 94 75-mm mountain guns.

In fact, the artillery equipment of the Japanese wing can be said to be very powerful compared with the Chinese army.

"Tom tom!"

"Boom, boom!"

The sound of artillery and explosions was constantly heard.

The 1st Devil Brigade and the Armored Squadron took the lead in launching an attack on the forward positions outside the city.

"Imperial soldiers, take the front position, and give the duck and chicken to the !!"

I saw that seven or eight Devil Type 89 medium tanks rushed out of the smoke of gunpowder, and the combat vehicles charged to the front position.

The Type 89 medium tank is one of the more outstanding combat vehicles on the battlefield of the Japanese army.

It is said that it is a medium tank, but in fact, this tank weighs only a dozen tons, and compared with advanced medium tanks, the Type 89 medium tank is simply rubbish, and it is completely unable to compete with the medium "Leopard" tank.

Of course, the little devils are bullying China's backward weapons and equipment, and such a "junk" tank is enough to overwhelm the Chinese army.

The Type 89 tank was armed with two Type 91 6.5mm machine guns, and the main gun on the front turret was a 37mm tank gun.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The devil's tank group went on a rampage, and the roar was deafening.

The devil infantry held the infantry in their hands, bent down one by one and followed behind the tanks, maintaining a tactical offensive formation.

"The infantry follow, the infantry follow up, the duck and chicken give!"

More than 1,000 devil infantry bravely attacked, and under the cover of tanks, they rushed to the forward position like a tide.

Li Hong stood outside the headquarters with a telescope to observe, his telescope was densely packed with little devils, and the devils' tanks were rushing to the forward position.

After carefully observing the enemy's fire after a while, he called the signal corpsman.

"Signal soldier, order the artillery company to fire smoke bombs at the devil's heavy artillery unit, and then order the rocket artillery platoon to move forward 500 meters, and give Lao Tzu a fierce knockout of the tank that the devil rushed up!"

"Yes, Tuanza!"

The communications soldier immediately called and conveyed Li Hong's order.

Less than ten minutes later, the artillery units of the security regiment began to prepare for artillery firing.

"Smoke Bomb Preparation !!"

The ammunition men on the artillery positions quickly loaded the smoke bombs into the chambers.

"Six salvos, ready, fire!!"

"Tom tom!"

A large smoke screen shell flew out of the barrel, and the shell fell seven or eight kilometers away, not too far from the devil's heavy artillery position.

Soon, the smoke screen bomb released layers of thick smoke screen walls, and the smoke screen completely blocked the front of the devil's heavy artillery.

The observation mirror of the commander of the devil artillery brigade was covered by a smoke screen, and he couldn't see the situation outside Nanguan County at all.

"Bagaya Road, cunning Chinese artillery!"

The captain of the devil brigade said a few words in annoyance, and then he ordered the artillery to stop the shelling.

The situation outside Nanguan County can no longer be seen clearly, and if the devil artillery continues to shell, the shells will not only fail to hit accurately, but may also cause accidental injuries to the troops charging in front.

Now the devil's heavy artillery unit has temporarily lost its suppressive effect, and it is necessary to either transfer the artillery position, or wait for the smoke screen to disperse.

However, the heavy artillery position is not a mortar position, and it is very labor-intensive and time-consuming to establish a position, and the artillery is heavy, so it is very inconvenient to move.

The little devils' tricks are over, and it's the security team's turn to clean them up.

The soldiers of the rocket artillery platoon, under Li Hong's order, pushed the rocket artillery vehicles one after another and moved the rocket artillery position forward by 500 meters.

"Tom tom!"

"Da Da Da!"

At this time, the tanks of the little devils had already rushed to the forward positions.

Tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns fired incessantly, and shells and bullets flew sideways over the positions of the security regiment and the Sichuan army.

Although the firepower of the little devils is very fierce, there are strong bunkers and fortifications on the defensive line of the Chinese defenders, and the tank guns and machine guns of the little devils really can't help the defenders on the position.

Without the heavy artillery suppression of the devils, the soldiers of the security regiment and the Sichuan army moved under the trenches with weapons, and some soldiers entered the foxholes.

Originally, there were not many foxholes on the position, but they were shelled by devils, and the position was full of shell craters, and these "O" shaped shell craters were of different depths, which could be used as foxhole fortifications.

The soldiers hid under the foxholes, and the machine gun crews mounted machine guns, and fired fiercely at the Devil tanks and Devil infantry who rushed up towards the second line of defense.

"Da Da Da-"

"Tutu Tu Tu Tu—"

When the little devil entered the firing range, all the light and heavy machine guns on the position suddenly opened fire, and a dense rain of bullets fired head-on at the enemy on the opposite side.

Countless bullets flew out and "clanged" into the devil's chariot.

The Japanese Type 89 medium tank was much stronger than the armor defense of ordinary armored vehicles and light tanks, and the bullets of light machine guns did not cause much damage to the tank.

(End of chapter)