Before the devil cavalry could figure out what was going on, they were killed by a rain of bullets from the first battalion of the Tiger Regiment.

In the end, there were only twenty or thirty little devils left who rushed to the end, turned around and ran away, and were able to escape smoothly.

The soldiers of the first battalion did not pursue, and they did not even bother to clean up the battlefield.

After these little devils fled like lost dogs, they returned to the trenches again, and under the command of the chief of staff, Wang Gui, readjusted the position of the defense.

The 4,000 little devils who were transferred back from the Western Front were mainly composed of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, the 5th Infantry Brigade, the 68th Wing, plus some tank brigades directly under the division, and some cavalry of the 5th Brigade.

"Eight Ga Ya Road!"

After receiving the report of the rout of the cavalry reconnaissance unit, the wing commander of the 68th Wing of the Devil Infantry, Kawasaki Sadatake Osa, was furious and immediately led nearly 4,000 Japanese troops to rush to Xiaohuangzhuang.

Ten minutes later, Kawasaki Sadatake arrived at Xiaohuangzhuang with nearly 4,000 Japanese officers and soldiers, and simply sent troops to reconnoiter the enemy situation.

Immediately pulled out the adjutant's knife on his waist and swung forward, ordering the infantry to attack Xiaohuangzhuang, and the tank troops also went out to cover.

A devil staff officer asked with some confusion: "Your Excellency, there are so many field guns in our department, why don't you first strike at the enemy's position with firepower, and then attack."

Wouldn't it be easier for us to capture the enemy's ranks? ”

Kawasaki Sadatake said with a gloomy face: "Our outpost has found out that General Akiyama's body is in this small yellow village, if you use artillery bombardment and injure General Akiyama's body, I'm afraid it's not good!"

In addition, His Excellency the division commander also gave me a military order to ensure the integrity of General Akiyama's body.

Therefore, I had to relentless and abandon the use of shelling. ”

Saying this, Kawasaki Sadatake's face became more and more gloomy, and he continued: "Of course, the deceased is gone, and I will not let the imperial army of the 68th Wing make too many senseless sacrifices.

The artillery units are ready, and as soon as our casualties exceed the bearable range, they will immediately open fire and attack the enemy positions with covering bombardment!

If necessary, we can also call His Excellency the division commander and request air fire support from the aviation unit! ”

"Your Excellency Dazuo is wise!"

"Your Excellency Dazuo is wise!"

“……”

The picture pulls to Xiaohuangzhuang.

Looking at the devils and tanks rushing towards the entrance of Xiaohuangzhuang Village in groups, Wang Gui took the walkie-talkie, turned on the call button and said in a deep voice: "Vigorously, it's up to your artillery!" Remember, napalm is not allowed for the time being! ”

In the walkie-talkie, Zhang Dali's confident reply was quickly returned: "Chief of Staff, just take a look!" This time, I promise that the little devil will not come back!

If you can't blow up all these little devils, then you can screw my head off as a night pot! ”

Putting down the walkie-talkie, Zhang Dali said to the herald beside him: "Lao Tzu has already made a military order in front of the chief of staff, and this time these little devils must be let come and go!"

Immediately convey my order, fire the cannon at Lao Tzu, and let these little devils taste the taste of cannonballs! ”

"Yes!"

The herald responded, and immediately waved forward with two small order flags.

Hundreds of artillerymen, who had been preparing for a long time, opened fire one after another.

The artillery battalion of the Tiger Regiment was originally armed with hundreds of mortars, infantry guns and howitzers of various calibers.

In the previous battle, dozens of artillery pieces under the command of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army were captured.

At this time, the artillery battalion had nearly 200 firepower, and the number and power of its artillery were already comparable to the scale of a devil division.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom! ——”

At this time, the artillery battalion was in full swing, and a round of artillery bombardment went down, with nearly 200 shells, splitting heads and covering faces, and smashing down one after another.

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! ——”

At the entrance of Xiaohuangzhuang Village, a series of violent explosions occurred when it landed, turning into a sea of fire.

The attacking devil infantry and tanks were all blown up, and after a loud bang, a large number of devil soldiers fell down with screams, and many people were blown up to the ground and died on the spot.

The little devil's thin-skinned tank, the bullets of small arms such as blocking rifles are okay.

In the face of such shells with a caliber of more than 75mm, and there was not only one shot, but an overwhelming almost carpet bombardment, the tanks and armored vehicles of the little devils suddenly became as fragile as paper.

In an instant, it was easily penetrated and destroyed by a violent explosion.

"Ahh

"Ahhhh ……”

In the firelight, there were constantly devil tank crews, covered in fire, who crawled out of the tank truck, let out a miserable scream, staggered and ran a few steps, and then fell to the ground, struggling in pain.

Kawasaki Sadatake Osa looked at his attacking troops, suddenly hit by such heavy artillery fire, he couldn't help but gasp, and hurriedly ordered a retreat with an angry face.

"Yaga! These cunning China. Army, it is surprising that it has an artillery group of this size!

Order the tank detachment and the 1st Brigade to withdraw immediately, and quickly drop!"

Although the old devil Kawasaki Sadatake gave the order in time, the first batch of more than 1,000 devil infantry to attack, as well as 12 tanks and armored vehicles.

In the end, it was almost completely wiped out by the artillery battalion, the first battalion and the baggage battalion of the Tiger Regiment, with dense and powerful firepower.

In the end, less than 200 devil infantry escaped, but the tanks and armored vehicles were all reduced to scrap metal, leaving the battlefield forever.

……

Easily repel the devil's first attack and inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

This greatly boosted the confidence of the thousands of officers and men of the artillery battalion, the first battalion, and the baggage battalion of the Huben Regiment.

At this time, Wang Gui came directly to the artillery position.

said to the commander of the artillery battalion, Zhang Dali: "Dali, next, the tentative attack of the little devil is over, and it is very likely that a general attack will be launched."

Moreover, the corpse of Akiyama Yoshiyo, an old devil, may not be able to restrain these little devils.

Annoyed and angry, these little devils will definitely carry out explosive fire bombardment of our position.

In order to alleviate the casualties of our troops, I decided to take the initiative in the next attack! ”

Zhang Dali's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked, "Chief of Staff, what do you want to do, just say it!" ”

Wang Gui nodded, although this Zhang Dali is sometimes not very good at braining, but in terms of executing military orders, he has no words.

This is also what Yang Chen admires most about him.

The battle situation was urgent, Wang Gui didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Isn't there still a big killing weapon in our hands that we haven't used?" ”

"Chief of Staff, you mean, napalm?"

"Not bad! The reason why I didn't let you use napalm just now is because the little devil hasn't launched a general attack yet.

And our scouts did not find out the specific location of the artillery positions of the little devils!

But now, our scouts have figured out the specific location of the devil's artillery position.

So, we can roll up our sleeves and get straight to work!

But there is one thing, you must let these little devils live, and you must not annihilate them all! ”

"Huh? Why? ”

Zhang Dali was stunned for a moment, feeling that his brain was a little insufficient.

"Think about it, if we annihilate all these little devils, the little devils in Zhoukou City will not send reinforcements.

At that time, the difficulty of attacking Zhoukou will undoubtedly be greatly increased.

And if we let these little devils live, then this devil will inevitably flee to Yang City, and we will follow and surround them.

At that time, I won't be afraid that the devils in Zhoukou will not send troops to reinforce them!" Wang Gui explained with a fierce glint in his eyes.

……