The Japanese command, Takahashi Daisa, anxiously paced back and forth in the tent, glancing at his watch from time to time.

"Sir, the garrisons in the south and west of the city have called back." The chief of staff hurriedly walked in, his face very solemn.

"The Eighth Route Army that attacked them was equipped with cavalry, and a rash breakthrough would definitely be attacked by cavalry, and the casualties of the troops would be greater."

"So it's better to break through than to defend on the spot."

"But the Eighth Route Army, which attacked them, was well equipped, with mortars, mountain artillery, and large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, and they could hold out for two hours at most."

Takahashi Osa wrinkled his brows and retorted, "No, two hours is too short." ”

"It will take four hours for the reinforcements to arrive at the earliest, tell them that I will send reinforcements over now, hold the position for four hours, and then drag the Eighth Route Army attacking them for me."

After speaking, Takahashi Daisa began to give orders: "The garrison in the east of the city will set off now to reinforce the south of the city." ”

"The chariot squadron, as well as the reinforced squadron that has just been assembled, will set off immediately to reinforce the garrison west of the city."

"The remaining troops in the north of the city have strengthened their vigilance to prevent a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army."

"Also, tell them that from now on, they can call in heavy artillery support at any time."

The former enemy headquarters of the Xiaolizhuang garrison regiment, the good news was sent to Li Hao one after another.

"Regiment commander, the little devil in the east of the city has moved, and he is marching in a hurry to reinforce the south of the city." A communications soldier rushed in and reported.

"Three companies of the cavalry battalion, three companies of the mobile battalion, and three companies of the air defense battalion are making every effort to intercept them."

As soon as the words fell, the correspondent of the reconnaissance company Chen Wei rushed in.

"Regiment commander, the company commander asked me to report that the Japanese tank squadron and the newly assembled reinforced squadron have begun to move to reinforce the west of the city, and the troops are deploying according to the original plan, dragging them to death on the reinforcement road."

"Great!"

Li Hao shouted happily, with a smile on his face.

"Order the heavy artillery battalion, and start the operation in five minutes."

"Cavalry battalions, guard battalions, all ready for battle."

"I'm going to wipe out the Takahashi United tonight." ”

In the heavy artillery position of the Japanese army, the twelve large-caliber guns all held their heads high, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed straight to the sky, and the front and rear were lined up in three rows, which looked particularly mighty.

Next to each gun were a dozen gunners, some of whom were responsible for loading, others for cleaning the chambers, and others for transporting shells.

The best gunners crouched in the position closest to the guns, and adjusted the angle of fire of the guns at any time according to the firing officers announced by the commander.

"A squadron is ready, at a distance of three thousand eight hundred and fifty meters, due south, twenty shells per gun, ready to shoot!" The Command Communications Officer shouted at the top of his voice.

The front row of four guns immediately moved.

Under the control of the gunner, the muzzle of the gun was slowly lowered.

The ammo hand is also quick to react, in teams of two. Holding a cannonball with a fused ready, ready to be pushed into the chamber at any moment.

"Gun No. 1 is ready!" A gunner stood up and shouted.

"One shell of the No. 1 gun is test-fired, and the cannon is ......," the squadron leader next to him decisively ordered.

The gun commander quickly waved the command flag representing the opening of the cannon.

The "boom ......" cannon sounded, and the thick and pungent white smoke quickly poured out of the muzzle and quickly spread around.

In the blink of an eye, the gun position was enveloped in white smoke.

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

It took several seconds for the sound of shells exploding.

The squadron leader stared at the command headquarters, wanting to know if there was any problem with the test firing just now.

"The distance is increased by a hundred meters, and the direction remains the same." A staff officer of the brigade command shouted.

The squadron leader shouted: "The firing distance of all artillery guns has been increased by one hundred meters, the direction remains the same, twenty shells per gun are fired at extreme speed, and the cannon is ......."

"Boom ......"

The explosion sounded, but it was not the shelling of the four guns under his command, but the explosion of shells, which exploded at the position he chose more than a hundred meters away.

"It's shelling, it's heavy artillery, we're being targeted." The squadron leader looked shocked and shouted.

The captain was clearly aware of the danger as well, and ordered decisively.

"A squadron continues to reinforce the infantry to fight."

"The second and third squadrons immediately counterattacked, found the position of the enemy's heavy artillery position, and killed them."

The captain clearly underestimated the strength of the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison regiment.

Judging purely from the combat quality of the artillery, the gunners of the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison regiment are indeed inferior to the little devils.

But there is one thing that cannot be ignored, and that is that the heavy artillery battalion has been here for almost two days.

In addition to creating artillery positions, they did one thing.

All the places around Laiyuan where heavy artillery positions could be established were found by them in advance, marked on the map, and repeatedly calculated the specific shooting costs of the heavy artillery battalion hitting these places.

After receiving Li Hao's order to open artillery, the twelve guns of the heavy artillery battalion locked onto the Japanese heavy artillery position in only half a minute.

In order to prevent accidents and waste shells, there was a test firing just now.

If Li Hao was here, he would definitely bypass the test firing directly, and the twelve guns would shoot together, covering the Japanese heavy artillery positions with the most intense artillery fire, and not giving them the opportunity to counterattack and divert the artillery.

Of course, test firing was no problem.

Heavy artillery is not a mortar, and if you want to transfer them safely, even if the devil is well-trained, it will take at least five minutes. Enough heavy artillery battalion to test fire first, and then cover with artillery fire to completely kill this heavy artillery brigade.

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

The four heavy guns of the first squadron soon let out a roar, and the four shells flew towards the south of the city with a screeching sound.

The Devil Gunner's reaction speed was fast, and the smoke around them had no effect on them.

As soon as the shells were discharged, they rushed to the artillery.

The gunner opened the bolt and exited the still steaming shell casing.

Another gunner cleaned the chamber with a tool, and when he was done, two ammunition men rushed over with a new shell......

"Fire the gun......" the gun commander shouted waving his flag.

"Boom ......"

The sound of artillery and explosions sounded in the artillery positions together, and one of the shells fell right near them.

A dozen gunners were just about to rush to the side of the artillery to fire the third shell when a wave of hot air swept towards them.

Then it was easily thrown into the sky like a papier-mâché toy, and finally smashed to the ground, dead or wounded.

The captain of the heavy artillery brigade not far away witnessed this scene with his own eyes.

The whole person was blindsided on the spot.

By the time of the reaction, the heavy artillery positions were already in shambles.

Two heavy guns were blown up, and more than 30 percent of the gunners fell to the ground, killed or wounded.

"Eight Geya Road, didn't you say that the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison regiment had no shells? So where did all these shells come from? The captain's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in disbelief.

"Sir, do you want to continue to fight back or divert?" The adjutant reminded in a whisper.

"Of course you want to fight back?" The captain shouted without hesitation.

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