"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack!" The anxious vice-captain became more and more nervous, and his speech began to be unpleasant.

Outside the station, more than 300 Eighth Route Army troops entered their field of vision in a straggler line.

The offensive formation was scattered, and everyone was hunched forward, vigilantly staring ahead.

"All into positions and ready for battle!" The captain commanded with a calm face.

The troops are not ready, there is not a single perfect fortification, but the opponent has already made a move, and the ducks will be put on the shelves, there is no way.

After giving the order, he retreated to the underground headquarters behind.

As a commander, staying on the front line can boost the morale of the army, but it will bring more trouble.

Not only will it distract the position commanders, and they will not be able to command smoothly and worry, but they will also have to divide a lot of troops to protect their own safety.

The captain was well aware of the gains and losses inside, and resolutely returned to his own position.

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

As soon as the front foot drilled into the underground headquarters, the rear feet of the explosion sounded outside the headquarters.

Dense and violent, dozens of shells explode at the same time to produce such a big movement.

"Report to the chief, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army attacking us is very powerful, there are at least thirty mortars of different calibers, which belong to five artillery positions." The artillery staff reported head-on.

"Calculate the exact location of these artillery positions right away!" Unexpectedly, the opponent was equipped with so many mortars, which was completely beyond his understanding of the Eighth Route Army, and the captain was shocked, but he did not panic, and looked at the artillery staff officer and ordered calmly.

After the artillery staff officer left, the captain's face became more serious than ever.

Watching the deputy captain continue to order: "We also have three mortar squads, an infantry artillery squad, and a mountain artillery squadron. ”

"The squadron leader of the mountain artillery squadron commands all the artillery in a unified manner, divides the troops to counterattack the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army, and kills the opponent in the shortest possible time......"

"Yes, sir!" The vice-captain immediately took the order.

The nervous expression on his face slowly faded because of this order, and then he became more and more composed, and strode out of the headquarters.

The captain returned to the lookout and looked at the battlefield.

In the midst of the rumbling artillery fire, soldiers were constantly being blown away from the half-man-deep trenches by shells.

Mortar shells have limited destructive power against trenches, but they can blow up bunkers made of sandbags and ammunition boxes.

In the flying firelight, sandbags, ammunition boxes, and scattered flowers were blown up everywhere.

Without cover, many soldiers were completely exposed to artillery fire, and suffered heavy casualties.

The captain's face was full of heartache, but he kept clenching his fists and didn't speak.

He was waiting for the artillery to counterattack.

The Eighth Route Army had artillery, and it had it itself.

As long as the artillery units can take out the opponent, and relying on the favorable terrain here, they will definitely be able to hold it until dawn.

"Boom ......"

The long-lost sound of artillery finally sounded behind the headquarters, and a few seconds later, a large number of fires rose from the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army under the cover of night.

The shells that smashed into the blocking position were instantly reduced by half, and the explosion was not as dense as it was just now.

This result was exactly the same as the captain expected, if the bombing continued, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army would be wiped out in two minutes at most.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and as he prepared for this victory, the explosion that had just thinned out became dense again.

"What's going on? What are the artillery for, and why haven't the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army been suppressed. ”

A few seconds later, a series ......of explosions that made the captain desperate reached the command headquarters.

It came from an artillery position that had just been fired, and the explosion was more violent and dense than the explosion on the position.

When I turned my head, I saw the skyrocketing flames rising from the artillery position......

"Sir, there are more than thirty mortars attacking our Eighth Route Army!" The artillery staff only then reacted from the sudden surprise.

"Nani?" The captain exclaimed with a look of incredulity.

Staring at the artillery staff, he roared and asked, "Tell me, how many artillery pieces are there in the Eighth Route Army attacking us." ”

The artillery staff officer was frightened by the fierce reaction of the brigade commander, and he couldn't speak well, and replied nervously: "At least fifty guns...... No...... It's sixty, and in addition to mortars, there are quite a few mountain guns! ”

"Hiss......" The captain gasped: "So much? ”

"Sir......" Before he could continue, a second lieutenant burst in with a panicked face to report.

"Artillery positions were attacked, troops suffered heavy casualties, ...... are being transferred"

"How can it be so fast?" The captain shouted in shock.

The face also slowly became desperate, the troops did not have a perfect defensive position, if they could not suppress the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, let them keep shelling the defensive position, and the troops in their hands would not be enough to bomb even as much.

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

The shelling did not stop because of the desperation of the brigade commander, it intensified.

Clusters of firelight sprung up from the ground, many bunkers were blown up, and trenches were blown up to the point that there were gaps everywhere......

The commander of the Taiyuan Japanese Army Headquarters was awakened by a telegram from Huaiyuan asking for help more than half an hour ago, and then he lost his sleep.

Sweeping the garrison base area, the imperial army was defeated, and there was almost nothing to show for it.

At this time, recovering Huaiyuan has become the only way for the commander to comfort himself.

Therefore, he attached great importance to this battle, otherwise he would not have personally arranged for aviation to reinforce an infantry brigade as a corps commander.

"Sir, the troops who counterattacked Huaiyuan sent a farewell telegram!" The deputy chief of staff rushed in with a look of panic.

The commander's first reaction was not to believe it, and he immediately asked: "Didn't the telegram they just sent said that they had the confidence to hold on until dawn, why did something happen after just over half an hour?" ”

The deputy chief of staff hurriedly reported: "The attacking Eighth Route Army is very strong, and when the first telegram was sent, they underestimated the enemy. ”

"Underestimating the enemy?" The commander didn't understand it even more!

Staring at the deputy chief of staff, he continued to ask rhetorically: "Although we lost the sweep, the garrison regiment also suffered heavy casualties, and there are less than two thousand people left, which is about the same as the strength reported by the counteroffensive force, how can it underestimate the enemy, is it possible that the garrison regiment has the ability to scatter beans into soldiers, and can come out with a few thousand more people for no reason." ”

The deputy chief of staff shook his head and replied: "The Eighth Route Army does not have many troops, but there are more artillery. ”

"At least sixty artillery pieces of various kinds have been assembled to attack our troops to counterattack Huaiyuan."

"As soon as we fought, our troops were blown up, the artillery was completely annihilated, and the infantry had no perfect fortifications to defend, so they could only be pressed by the garrison regiment with artillery fire......"

"The farewell telegram said that when the troops sent the telegram, more than half of the troops had already suffered casualties, and after sending the telegram, they were ready to divide their troops to break through, and how many could be killed!"

The army commander suddenly thought of the Wushanwa ambush and the Pingshui Town raid that had ended.

In both battles, the garrison regiments all used artillery in large quantities, and only then did they defeat the Imperial Army with inferior forces.

I didn't want the garrison regiment to repeat the old trick again, and let the artillery play the leading role......

At this moment, the commander had a trace of fear in his mind.

On the one hand, the reason why the imperial army was able to match the enemy in the Chinese theater was its strong combat effectiveness, and another very important factor was the sharp artillery fire and air support.

If the artillery superiority was in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and they were not afraid of death in the same way as the Imperial Army, the army commander did not dare to imagine how strong they would be and what kind of changes would occur in the battle situation.

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