"Mountain Artillery...... The mountain artillery equipped by the Eighth Route Army also fired! The mountain artillery battalion commander continued to shout, pulling the division commander back to reality from his contemplation.

On the offensive position of the Eighth Route Army, the picture of mountain artillery firing is clearly visible.

The five mountain cannons were lined up, flames gushing out from the muzzles, pushing the shells out of the barrels and smashing into the turrets and bunkers a few hundred meters away.

In the flying firelight, the turret, which was nearly ten meters high, was blown out of a large hole.

The division commander raised his binoculars again and stared at the crumbling turret.

The Japanese puppet army inside realized the danger and rushed out.

But at this moment, a picture that made the division commander jaw-dropping again, appeared.

Around the crumbling turret, more than a dozen fireballs suddenly rose, several of which happened to rise at the gate of the turret.

Before the Japanese puppet army who had just rushed out of the turret had time to lie down, the flying flames blew them away, and the Japanese puppet army who was a little less lucky was directly torn to pieces in the explosion, which was unbearable.

"A lot of mortars ......" As soon as he saw this scene, the exclamation of the mountain artillery battalion commander rang out.

"Divisional seat, the Eighth Route Army attacking the stronghold is equipped with at least thirty mortars......"

"Their artillery method is very powerful, first using mountain artillery and heavy artillery to destroy the turrets and hidden bunkers, and force out the Japanese puppet troops hiding inside. Then the mortars compared the artillery fire on the stronghold, killing and wounding a large number of Japanese puppet soldiers who were not protected by turrets......"

"Boom ......"

In the blink of an eye, the sound of explosions was already resounding inside the stronghold, and the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army was completely enveloped in the smoke of gunpowder from the artillery fire.

Except for the constantly rising fireballs and black smoke, there was nothing to be seen inside.

Two minutes later, the artillery fire began to weaken, and the division commander who was watching the battle hurriedly raised his binoculars, wanting to see the stronghold after the shelling.

The Eighth Route Army didn't give him this chance, and the explosion had not stopped, and the loud trumpet of the charge had already sounded.

At least 20 heavy machine guns provided fire cover for the attacking troops, and hundreds of Eighth Route Corps formed a series of sharp knives in company and platoon units, and penetrated directly into the stronghold, and the assault speed was very fast.

A number of heavy machine gunners and gunners followed behind with equipment on their shoulders, ready to stop and provide fire cover for the attacking troops.

The Eighth Route Army, which had a company close to the Jin Sui Army, launched an attack, and everyone saw it clearly.

In addition to heavy machine guns and mortars, more than a dozen fighters were seen carrying mountain artillery parts to attack together.

Just when everyone was puzzled, the attacking troops happened to be blocked by a bunker that had not yet been destroyed.

Mortars and heavy machine guns were set up as soon as possible, and they were fired and fired at the bunker to reduce the pressure on the attacking troops.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the fighters of the mountain artillery platoon hurriedly assembled the artillery.

In less than three minutes, a mountain artillery appeared directly behind the attacking troops.

"Boom ......"

The mountain cannon let out a roar, and the shell passed over the soldiers' heads, hitting the bunker two hundred meters away.

The heavy machine gun called Zhenghuan instantly fell silent.

The attacking troops lying on the ground immediately got up from the ground, guns in hand, and continued to attack like hungry wolves......

The whole attack was too sharp and fast, and in less than half an hour before and after, the sound of guns and cannons in the stronghold weakened, and everyone was dazzled.

"Shizuo, the stronghold of Pingshan Village seems to have been taken by the Eighth Route Army!" The chief of staff of the division said with a look of disbelieving.

"I did take it down......," the division commander affirmed.

"The captives have been brought out, and the attacking troops are cleaning up the battlefield!"

"That's too fast!" The chief of staff was still immersed in the battle just now and continued to ask rhetorical questions.

"I didn't expect the Eighth Route Army to be so powerful, and it took down the stronghold in less than half an hour!" The division commander was also shocked, and his face was even more ugly than just now.

The chief of staff forced himself to calm down, and after looking at the battlefield again, he took a deep breath and analyzed: "Shizao, although it was the Eighth Route Army that attacked just now, not us, it is undeniable that they are really powerful. ”

"The whole attack is as if it has been rehearsed in advance, it is a quick battle, without giving the Japanese puppet army any chance, they will be solved cleanly, and they can be taken to the military school as a teaching plan!"

"If we were to fight, we wouldn't be as good as them."

"No wonder they were able to take Datong in two days, but we attacked for several days and not only did we not take it, but we were also attacked by the Japanese army and almost wiped out."

"That's the gap!"

If it were in normal times, after listening to these words, the division commander would definitely scold the chief of staff for eating inside and out, increasing the morale of others, and destroying his own prestige.

But today he didn't curse.

Because the facts of the Eighth Route Army have taught themselves a lesson.

I don't know in other aspects, they did play better than themselves in the attack just now.

Looking at the subordinates around him, many people showed solemn expressions, obviously frightened by the strong combat effectiveness shown by the Eighth Route Army just now.

"I see!" At this moment, the division commander's eyes lit up and suddenly shouted.

The doubts and bad premonitions that appeared in my mind ten minutes ago came back to my heart.

But this time he had already thought of the answer, and said with a sudden realization: "I know why the Eighth Route Army is attacking the Pingshan stronghold under our noses." ”

"They are demonstrating to us and showing their strong fighting power."

"Otherwise, why waste all your efforts to take down a stronghold that is not of much use before evacuating Datong."

"And to take this stronghold, only mountain artillery is enough, there is no need to use heavy artillery at all."

"The Eighth Route Army not only used it, but also used four doors at one time, and used a knife to kill chickens, what is this not a demonstration?"

"Look at your expressions, you look stupidly shocked."

"This is the purpose of the Eighth Route Army's demonstration to us, so that we are afraid of their great strength and dare not use their swords on the issue of Datong......"

The chief of staff also understood, and nodded in agreement: "Shizao is wise, I agree with your judgment!" ”

"I suggest that this matter be reported to the war zone immediately and asked for them to decide."

"We have not only seen the battle just now, but thousands of soldiers on the front line have seen it, and we must not be able to hide it."

"I estimate that the Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of artillery, and it only took less than half an hour to take the Pingshan stronghold, and the news of destroying the puppet army for six or seven hundred days has spread among the ranks."

"In the past, our propaganda to everyone has always been: the Eighth Route Army is poorly equipped, and the rifles are not up to one manpower, which causes the brothers to despise the Eighth Route Army very much."

"After knowing that we are going to take Datong from the Eighth Route Army, everyone is looking forward to it, and the morale is high."

"After the demonstration just now, everyone will definitely believe what they have seen with their own eyes, become suspicious of our propaganda, and then rush to fear the great strength displayed by the Eighth Route Army."

"Next, if we really want to expel the Eighth Route Army by force and recapture Datong, the morale of the troops will definitely be much worse than before, and there will be troops who will admit it when they see the Eighth Route Army."

The division commander nodded, the heavy expression on his face was slowly replaced by seriousness, and after sweeping the orders of his subordinates with different expressions.

"Listen to me, everyone will go back to the army immediately and control their soldiers."

"The demonstration of the Eighth Route Army just now must have had a huge impact on the morale of our troops, but the troops must not be chaotic."

"From now on, the regiment commander will keep an eye on the battalion commander, the battalion commander will look at the company commander, and the company commander will look at the platoon commander......"

"No matter which level goes wrong, the higher-level officer will be punished with a shoulder strap."

"I'm going to escalate this to the war zone right now and let them decide what we do next."

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