"Commander, it's time!" A staff officer reminded by looking at his watch.

"Send a signal and start fighting back to close the net." Li Hao ordered decisively.

The "Horn ......" signal flare flew into the sky and exploded, and under the cover of night, a cloud of white light that burst out could be seen clearly for more than ten miles.

"Shoot ......"

In the heavy artillery position, battalion commander Yuan Qingfeng shouted at the top of his voice.

Twelve heavy cannons were placed in three rows in front of them, holding their black holes high, pointing straight at the sky.

Next to each gun stood several gunners, some of whom were responsible for adjusting the firing elements, some were responsible for loading shells, and some were responsible for cleaning the chambers......

The artillery commander stood next to him, holding a small red flag in his hand representing the firing of the cannon.

The moment Yuan Qingfeng gave the order, the small red flags held in the hands of the artillery commander were under the command of one after another, and the command to "fire the cannon ......" roared out of their mouths together.

"Boom ......"

In the dull sound of the explosion, the muzzle of the gun instantly erupted into a cloud of orange-red flames, and then turned into a pungent white smoke, which quickly spread to the surroundings, and finally enveloped the entire gun emplacement.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The cannonball was wrapped in flames, and as soon as it flew out of the muzzle, a piercing scream sounded in the air, and it was getting farther and farther away from everyone......

The gunners who were guarding the artillery did not have time to care whether the shells hit the target or not, and as soon as the cannon sounded, they began to get busy.

The gunner pushes the bolt, exits the shell casing, and quickly cleans the chamber of the gun from the residue that has not yet burned out.

When it was finished, a fused shell was carried by the two gunners, who carefully advanced the chamber, closed the bolt, and prepared to fire again......

The Japanese heavy artillery position, on which more than 300 gunners were nervously busy.

Twelve heavy guns have all advanced to the gun emplacement, and the final step of the operation is underway, fixing the guns.

Then you can adjust the shooting elements to shoot.

"Everyone speed up, in three minutes we must open fire, the chief of staff has already urged several times." The captain shouted as he shuttled through the artillery positions.

"The ammunition man immediately delivered the shells into place, loaded the fuses, and prepared to shoot ......"

Before the words fell, the scream of "woo woo woo ......" came.

Here are professional artillerymen, listen to the sound of artillery shells, distinguish the caliber of shells and the approximate target of the target, everyone has the most basic skills.

So most of the gunners showed expressions of fear, and their faces turned pale with a brush.

"It's heavy artillery, we're being targeted, and the shells are flying towards us." The vice-captain shouted.

"Continue to set up the artillery, and the observer will immediately find the enemy's artillery position and prepare to counterattack." The captain's face also turned pale, but he still insisted on setting up the artillery and did not order the transfer of troops.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that reality doesn't allow him to do it.

The guns were so heavy that they had to be dragged by cars, and they were all in the emplacement, and it would take at least five minutes to get out of here.

The enemy has already opened fire, and it is more difficult and takes longer to transfer the artillery under fire.

I don't know, these dozen or so heavy guns will be blown into scrap metal by shells falling from the sky before they can be transferred.

It's not the same with a counterattack, these cannons can be fired in a maximum of three minutes.

As long as everyone has endured these three minutes and artillery begins to counterattack, the heavy artillery brigade will have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Even if you still can't escape the end of being killed, the shells fired before the troops are killed can still cause a lot of damage to the enemy.

So instead of being killed in the transfer artillery, it is better to fight back desperately, and if you don't do it, you can still fight a way out.

The screams of "woo-woo-woo...... grew louder and louder, and twelve shells slammed into the ground with a whoosh.

The "boom ......" explosion sounded in the ears like thunder, shaking everyone's ears, and at least four shells hit the target and smashed into the artillery position.

The gunners crouching next to the guns were blown away like toys, flying in the sky along with dirt, ammunition boxes, and stones, and finally smashed to the ground, turning into a limp corpse.

A shell smashed right next to one of the gun emplacements, and the entire gun emplacement's dozen gunners were all blown away, and the heavy artillery was also overturned by the air wave and smashed heavily on the ground. One of the wheels, because it was too close to the explosion point, was blown away directly, and when it landed, it had turned into scrap metal.

The captain's face turned even paler than before, and he obviously underestimated the strength of his opponent.

"Woooooooooo......oo Rumble ......"

The second round of shells flew over and exploded on the ground with the same screech.

In the midst of the artillery fire, two more gun emplacements were shrouded in the smoke of gunpowder.

Unless Amaterasu blesses them, these two gun emplacements will definitely be gone.

"Sir, the enemy's heavy artillery has as many as ours, and it can fire nearly two hundred heavy artillery shells at us in three minutes, even if it is only a three-percent hit rate, our heavy artillery brigade is finished, and there is no chance to counterattack at all." The vice-captain reminded in his own trembling voice.

"Retreat ......" when it is decisive, the captain decisively ordered.

"Everyone gives up the artillery and retreats, as long as the people are alive, we can still apply to the higher authorities if the artillery is gone."

After saying that, the captain was the first to start retreating, very embarrassed.

The Japanese attacked the position, and the moment the shells smashed into the Japanese heavy artillery position, a group of eight shells also fell from the sky.

A shell did not deceive or coincidentally, and it landed exactly fifty meters away from the chief of staff.

Although he was outside the killing radius of the shell, the powerful air wave still overturned him and the guards around him, and with the impact of the shock wave, the chief of staff lay on the ground, and it took several seconds to react from the blindfold.

"Sir, the heavy artillery brigade was attacked by the heavy artillery of the garrison regiment and suffered heavy casualties, Kimura Nakasa led the troops to abandon their equipment and evacuate the heavy artillery positions, otherwise the heavy artillery brigade will be wiped out." The communications officer rushed over in embarrassment and reported.

"Abandon your equipment?" The captain was blindsided for a moment before he reacted.

"It's not that the heavy artillery brigade is out of artillery, and we don't have artillery support to suppress the heavy artillery of the garrison regiment."

"Woooooooooo......oo Rumble ......"

A second round of shells screeched in, interrupting what he hadn't finished speaking.

The deputy captain shouted with fear: "Sir, the garrison regiment has prepared eight heavy artillery pieces to attack our assembly area, and there are twenty of them in addition to the heavy artillery brigade attacking them. ”

"Their heavy artillery unit is not in Lingqiu at all, but is deployed here to deal with us."

Under the cover of the sound of heavy artillery ......, ordinary mortars are not so noticeable.

But it has a faster rate of fire and shells fall more often.

The chief of staff did not miss this battlefield killing god, and quickly got up from the ground and looked around.

Except for the staging areas that were hit by artillery fire, there were black holes everywhere around, and nothing could be seen.

But the sixth sense of the soldier made the chief of staff faintly feel that there must be a large number of Eighth Route Army hidden in it.

The sound of machine gun fire sounded in the night, and it became very small under the cover ......of artillery fire, but the chief of staff still noticed it and immediately shouted: "It's not good, there is the Eighth Route Army around." ”

"They have long seen our plan to use Lingqiu City to encircle and annihilate them, and then they will plan and set up an ambush here to attack us."

"The troops will retreat immediately and go back to Laiyuan City directly, we have been fooled, and if we don't leave, we will be surrounded."