Demarcating the shelling area in advance, numbering each shelling area, and calculating the number of people to shoot at it has always been the combat style of the artillery unit of the garrison regiment.

While the 3rd Battalion was repairing the blocking positions, the artillery staff officers of the headquarters did not sit idle, and spent an hour dividing the places where the Japanese reinforcements might stay into 10 shelling areas, each of which corresponded to a fixed number and a fixed number of firing officers.

As long as the assault team determines which area the Japanese troops are staying in, the artillery will be able to know the specific personnel to shoot and prepare for the opening of the artillery in the shortest possible time.

Li Hao's face quickly returned to seriousness, and he looked at the orders of several heralds beside him: "The No. 1 mortar group shells the No. 1 target, the No. 2 mortar group shells the No. 3 target, the No. 3 mortar group shells the No. 5 target, and the mountain artillery group shells the No. 6 target." ”

"All artillery fired in one minute, and five minutes of rapid fire ......"

Aoki Nakasa looked at the shadow of the blocking position not far away, and his expression became more and more solemn.

The county is in danger, and I am blocked here, and if I delay for one more minute, the county will have one more risk of losing it.

He was very anxious, and from time to time his eyes glanced at the artillery positions behind him to see if they were ready.

"Report to the chief: the medium mortar squadron is ready to shoot!" A herald ran over and reported.

Aoki Nakasa asked with a calm face, "What about the other artillerymen?" How long will it take? ”

"The infantry is all deployed, ready to attack, just waiting for them."

The herald thought for a moment and replied: "The small-caliber mortar squadron will be about two minutes away." ”

"Mountain artillery squadrons and infantry artillery squads need to build artillery positions, which are a little slower, and it will take five minutes to open fire."

"It's too slow, let them speed it up!" Aoki ordered in a hurry.

The captain of the infantry brigade next to him reminded: "Sir, do you want to order the medium mortar squadron to fire first." ”

"They are armed with nine 120 mm caliber mortars, and the power of the shells is no less than that of the mountain artillery, and they will definitely be able to kill and injure a large number of the Eighth Route Army on the position."

Aoki Nakasa shook his head and replied, "No, we will wait for all the artillery to be ready and fire together." ”

"Everyone is a veteran, and you should know that the first round of shelling will cause the greatest damage to the enemy, and the more artillery guns are fired at the same time, the greater the losses of the Eighth Route Army."

The captain thought for a moment and agreed: "Sir, wise! ”

Two minutes later, a herald ran over and reported: "Sir, the mortar squadron directly under the brigade is ready for battle. ”

After another two minutes, Aoki finally received the good news that the mountain artillery squadron was ready for battle.

A pair of eyes quickly shot out two fine lights, staring at the battlefield, and ordered with murderous energy: "All the artillery will fire at the same time in one minute, and the artillery fire will be fierce in three minutes, and as soon as the shelling stops, the attacking troops will rush forward, and quickly and decisively capture the enemy's blocking position." ”

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

As soon as the order was spoken, the screech of shells across the sky rang in my ears, and two seconds later, an explosion came from behind me.

"Why did you fire before the time was up?" Aoki Nakasa was stunned for a moment, and scolded very dissatisfied.

An artillery staff officer next to him was the first to react and hurriedly reminded: "Sir, the explosion just now was not fired by us, but by the Eighth Route Army, and the shells were fired from behind the enemy's blocking position. ”

......Before he could finish his words, the screeching of shells across the sky rang out again.

The shocked face of the artillery staff quickly turned white, and he shouted: "A shell is flying towards us......

"Everyone disperses and hides to protect the ...... of the chief"

"Boom ......"

The shells flew too fast, and a violent explosion soon sounded in the ears, interrupting the unfinished words of the artillery staff.

At the moment when the flames flew, many soldiers were blown away together, and then thick black smoke was seen rising from the point of impact.

After Aoki Nakasa was knocked down by his subordinates, he couldn't hear anything other than explosions or explosions.

He didn't react until the first round of explosions was over, and looked around.

Everywhere there was rising black smoke, burning ammunition boxes, bloody corpses, and screams of the wounded.

Aoki's face quickly turned pale, and before he could speak, the artillery staff officer ran over, his face full of horror.

"Sir, at least ten mountain cannons fired at us just now, it's too dangerous here, you must get out of here immediately."

Aoki gasped in fright at the figure, and although he was shocked and panicked, he didn't lose his mind.

Hurry up and order: "What about our artillery?" Fight back now......"

"Get out of here, everyone retreat!"

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

Before the order could be finished, the screams rang out again.

Aoki had just put his head in his hands to prepare for the cannon when the explosion sounded in his ears.

A cannonball was so close to him that the powerful shock wave made his ears ring.

Before he could react from his vertigo, two guards, one on the left and one on the right, carried him and retreated.

After running less than ten meters, the voice of the artillery staff officer sounded again, very anxious.

"It was not possible to retreat to the rear, the artillery positions were also shelled, and now only to the flanks could be transferred."

As soon as he finished speaking, the scream of "woo woo woo ......" sounded again, and the artillery staff officer hurriedly shouted: "Hide! ”

Stop-and-go, dozens of people ran for five minutes before breaking out of the artillery coverage area.

At this time, the artillery attack of the Eighth Route Army had just stopped, and with the help of the firelight all over the battlefield, Aoki could take in the battlefield hundreds of meters in front of him.

The staging area where I had just stayed was full of craters, some more than a meter deep, some half a meter deep, and of various sizes.

Around the crater, there were corpses of imperial soldiers everywhere, and the wounded were wriggling.

Artillery positions a little further away were no exception.

The rows of artillery neatly placed on the ground were gone, either blown over or blown into scrap metal.

The gunners, who were half-crouched next to them, fell to the ground either dead or wounded, and few were standing.

Three or four hundred meters from the attacking position, two entire infantry squadrons had been blown up.

The artillery staff officer had been following him, and when he saw this scene, his face turned pale and pale.

Facing Nakasa Aoki, who had an iron face, he couldn't speak: "Sir...... Just ...... Just now, the Eighth Route Army used at least eighty artillery pieces to attack us! ”

"Artillery positions, offensive positions, assembly areas, all were bombed."

"They fired at least 2,000 shells of various calibers."

"Retreat, get out of here......" Aoki Nakasa ordered with the last shred of sanity.

Hearing two thousand shells, Aoki Nakasa didn't need to count to know that the troops suffered heavy casualties.

This is the plain, with an unobstructed view and no hiding spots.

The troops did not even have a trench to hide, and they were completely exposed to the surface.

More than 2,000 shells were smashed down in just five minutes, and the steel and iron bones would be blown to pieces, not to mention the flesh and blood soldiers.

The casualties of the troops were so large, and the Eighth Route Army was equipped with so many artillery pieces, and continued to reinforce the county seat, not only could not break through the blocking position in front of them, but they would also fall here, losing their wives and losing their troops.

Aoki Nakasa still had this reason, and decisively ordered the troops to retreat, hoping that there would still be a chance to withdraw to Zhangjiakou.

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