The northern slope of Phoenix Mountain.

Zang Hao bit half of the sugar-added two-fold noodle nest head in his mouth, and quickly shook the steering wheel and the high and low wheels with both hands to adjust the muzzle.

A few seconds later, a cannonball burst out of the barrel of the cannon, flying towards the fading red light.

Li Quan realized that it was not good the moment he saw the signal flare rising into the air, and immediately yelled at the artillery in the distance:

"Quick! Hurry up and transfer! ”

Lin Guozhong on the other end of the phone was waiting for the dog baby to tell the location of the artillery on the side of the independent battalion, and the sudden change shocked him.

The phone was broken, and Lin Guozhong's heart sank.

Li Quan's experience in commanding battles was still very old, and he immediately ordered the cavalry to disperse after shouting that sentence.

But it's still a step too late.

The 75mm mountain cannon can indeed be towed away with two horses, but only if it is ready to stop.

But before the artillerymen could harness their horses, there was a sound of breaking through the air overhead.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The two shells landed on the artillery position almost in no particular order, and the three 75-millimeter mountain guns and the nearby artillery were instantly swept away by the air wave generated by the explosion, and became corpses in mid-air.

And that's not all.

In addition to the three 75-mm mountain guns, there were more than 150 shells in the artillery position.

The consequence of the precise hit of these two shells was that the forest was instantly swept away by the scorching waves.

Many of the horsemen who were galloping on their horses did not understand what was going on, and even the men and horses were swept away, and their internal organs were shattered.

By the time it landed, it had already become a corpse with an intact surface and multiple fragments of internal bones.

Among them, the most unlucky is Li Quan.

As soon as he gave the order, he grabbed the saddle and flew on the horse; Before the puppet cavalry could get on their horses, his horses had already rushed out.

Those two shells smashed into the artillery position and exploded, although they detonated those shells, but not all.

There were also shells that were swept away by the air waves that did not explode, but they were just as lethal.

For example, the cannonball that hit Li Quan.

The primer was intact, and the bullet casings were still there, but it just hit Li Quan on horseback in the rapid movement after being lifted off.

Li Quan suddenly found that his speed suddenly increased, and then he found that his body had left the horse's back.

When he subconsciously looked down, he found a yellow and clear cannonball warhead drilled out of his chest.

In the next second, the complete cannonball hit a large tree with a diameter of more than seventy centimeters, and also pinned Li Quan to it.

At that time, 75-mm shells were generally triggered fuses, which meant that they did not explode until after the warhead hit.

Li Quan's bones were obviously not considered hard objects in front of the cannonball, so the cannonball was not detonated when it penetrated his body.

But hitting a tree is different.

0.5 seconds later, a violent explosion sounded, the big tree was blown off, and Li Quan was directly torn apart, blood, limbs, internal organs, and other body parts scattered in all directions.

Li Quan, who thought that he would be able to save his life, did not understand how he was hit by a cannonball until he died.

One of the two shells came from Zang Hao's 100-millimeter howitzer, and the other was fired by Duan Jinghe, who had been staring intently at the sky in the distance.

Halfway up the mountainside, Liu Cheng, who had been holding a telescope, finally let out a long breath.

It was evening, and it was getting dark; Although the telescope did not allow him to see the woods five kilometers away, he could see the fire.

Not to mention one or two shells, even if a dozen shells explode at the same time, there will not be such a bright fire.

Unless, it is a lot of shells that explode in a row.

This means that at least one of the enemy's artillery positions was successfully blown up.

Soon, Liu Chengcheng confirmed his suspicion from the enemy's obviously weaker artillery attack.

In the temporary command post of Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng, the mood of the three of them was very heavy.

Five minutes ago, news came back from the rear that an artillery position and a company of the cavalry battalion had been completely destroyed, and the battalion commander Li Quan only found a head with half a shoulder attached.

If Li Quan hadn't tattooed his name on that shoulder, he would not have been able to identify him with that face that was so scorched that he couldn't see his facial features clearly.

Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng's heaviness was entirely due to the feeling that the tide of battle was beginning to develop in their favor; And Liu Lang was worried about his own regiment following behind.

Liu Lang is not a waste, but he is definitely not a command talent, but he is very self-aware.

Even Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng, who had gone through strong winds and waves, suffered such a big loss before the battle began, which shows that this battle is far from being as easy as Liu Lang imagined before he came.

In this case, he was even more worried that Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng would waver, or even directly rebel.

When Zhang Haipeng was still a brigade commander in the Northeast Army, he was ordered to enter the customs, and Liu Lang also went with him at that time.

He has come into contact with those people in the Red Party and knows that they are well versed in attacking the heart, and they consider the gains and losses from the perspective of the country and the people, so their views are very convincing.

Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng have never wanted to sell their lives to the Japanese, if it weren't for Zhang Haipeng's coaxing and deception, I'm afraid these two people would have run away a long time ago.

If this battle is locked in a stalemate or lost, and the other side sends people to negotiate in the name of peace talks, then these two divisions will be in danger.

After thinking twice, Liu Lang took the initiative to say to Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng:

"The two division commanders don't have to worry, the younger brother also brought a regiment this time, although it is not as elite and strong as the two divisions, but it is still okay to rush up and test the water for the two division commanders; In this way, the younger brother will go back now to pull the team up and take the lead in attacking, I don't know what the two division commanders think? ”

Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng glanced at each other when they heard this, but neither of them spoke.

In a battle of this magnitude, the folding of a company is nothing at all; Indeed, with the loss of three 75-mm mountain guns at once, they fell into a disadvantage in heavy firepower;

However, this does not mean that Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng are about to lose, they have two reorganized divisions, and the other party is only four or five thousand people.

Liu Lang was about to go out after speaking, but was stopped by Lin Guozhong:

"Commander Liu, your task is only to assist in the battle, and until our two divisions are not in trouble, we don't need your people to participate in the battle for the time being."

Lin Guozhong's tone was calm, but there was no doubt.

Liu Lang smiled awkwardly:

"It's okay, it's okay, when you need my help, the two division commanders just command."

Zhou Zuopeng was not a little moved by Liu Lang's performance just now, but was even more bored.

In front of him and Lin Guozhong, Liu Lang's little caution had nowhere to hide.

Zhou Zuopeng ignored Liu Lang, stood up and said loudly to the herald not far away:

"Immediately notify the heads of the regiment to assemble here!"