The sky gradually darkened, but the shelling from a distance continued, as if the hand was stimulated by the Japanese armored car machine gun strafing the soldiers of the national army just now, Su Jin has not given the order to stop shooting, and after half an hour of shelling, the heavy artillery battalion continued to shell the Japanese troops at the airport, and even the two 105 howitzer battalions that had just arrived joined the chorus, and the three artillery battalions had a total of eighty-one artillery guns of more than 100 mm caliber to carry out continuous bombardment of the Japanese troops at the airport.

The bombardment had been going on for a long time, and all the guns in the artillery battalion had changed loaders several times, and all the guns were littered with discarded shell shells. This shelling, which lasted for more than an hour, let alone the Japanese troops sticking out of the center of the explosion, even Chen Anbao, who was the party concerned, was dumbfounded. Looking at the direction of the hellish airport in the distance, his mood changed from excitement to calm and numbness, and then to distress, looking at the yellow, orange and orange bullet shells everywhere, he only felt that his heart was dripping blood, how much does so many shells cost, he had persuaded Su Jin several times, but Su Jin always said in a light tone: "Don't worry, we don't have any other shells." ”

The sky had already darkened, and in the darkness of the night, flames were overflowing with shrapnel, and on the originally empty plains, thousands of gunners were busy operating the destructive weapons made by the crystallization of human technology, and now these murderous weapons made of steel were constantly pouring out shells that could tear apart people's souls and bodies. The high TNT explosives wrapped in red steel were accurately shot into the darkness by the marksmen, with a huge roar, and each throw was poured into the strength of the archers, and the surrounding earth was infected by this power, and the earth rose again and again. Where the shells fell, all the objects that stood in its way were thrown again and again with great force. The weak prey howled and wailed in despair under this devastating force, but the shooters showed no mercy to them, and whatever they targeted would eventually be torn to pieces.

Listen to the whistling of shells gliding in the sky, which has been resounding for more than an hour. Takahashi had a look of despair in his eyes. Just over an hour ago, he was still standing in this fortification, which he thought was very strong, watching those Huaxia soldiers in blue uniforms launch a futile attack on his position, while he gave the order to shoot in a relaxed and contemptuous tone, and even ordered the troops to launch a small attack, watching those Huaxia troops with pitiful firepower collapse under the powerful fire of the imperial army, he even laughed with joy, but when the opponent's artillery was powerful, everything changed, By this time, all the fortifications within a radius of several kilometers had been bombarded to smithereens.

Half an hour earlier, he had called for air support from his superiors, but the division commander replied that it was already dark and the army aviation could not take off. Let him hold out until dawn and wait for reinforcements, but now Takahashi Yuto no longer thinks that he can hold out until dawn, and they will not stop shelling if they don't blow up the airfield into powder without this posture.

Just when Takahashi Yuto was getting more and more desperate, the shelling that had filled the sky and earth suddenly stopped, the whole night sky was quiet again, and the grim reaper's smile, which was still raging and roaring a moment ago, came to an abrupt end, and the surviving soldiers of the airport garrison brigade who were hiding in all corners all breathed a long sigh of relief, this damn artillery finally stopped, and even the most experienced veterans could swear that this was the hardest hour they had ever experienced in their lives. It's just that it's different from them who are relieved. Their commander, Yuto Takahashi, began to sink in his heart, for he was sure that the Huaxia people on the other side had spent so many precious cannonballs just for fun, and they would never let themselves read this night in peace.

In fact, it was exactly as Takahashi expected. Less than ten minutes after the shelling stopped, a whistle-like whistling sound was heard in the sky, followed by flares lit up in the sky.

At the forefront of the position, a burst of gunfire was immediately heard, as if a fierce battle was going on ahead. But the experienced Takahashi's face became more and more pale, and he could hear very clearly that most of the gunfire was the kind of old sleeve and the soft sound of the Min 24 heavy machine gun that was unique to the Chinese army. On the other hand, there are very few Type 38 rifles unique to the Japanese army, and there are almost no machine gun sounds.

In fact, as Takahashi expected, as soon as the shelling stopped, Chen Anbao, who had been impatient for a long time, sent a regiment to rush forward. With the help of the light of the flares, the poorly equipped soldiers found that the rain of bullets that should have been fired like a tidal wave was gone, and the occasional sparse counterattack looked as weak as a dying patient. Naturally, this level of firepower could not stop the soldiers.

It stands to reason that it is a good thing that the resistance of the Japanese army has weakened, but what makes these soldiers of the national army a little crying and laughing is that their artillery was blown up too hard in the bombing just now, almost turning over the Japanese position.

Xie Houfa is a sergeant of the 389th Regiment of the 165th Division of the 29th Army, and he is almost 30 years old this year, and he has been in the army for almost 10 years. The companions who served as soldiers with him over the years have generally become company commanders or even battalion commanders as long as they have not died, but Xie Houfa is still only a squad leader because he has no culture and is too heavy by the ruffian. But Xie Houfa didn't care, in his opinion, he had to pick up a heavy burden with as much strength as he could, and he didn't know a lot of words, even if he was reluctant to become an officer, he would have to be taken down sooner or later, and besides, how could he be a company commander and battalion commander as a squad leader.

Unlike ordinary people who spend as much as they want, Xie Houfa is a very good person, he doesn't prostitute or gamble, he doesn't drink and play cards, his only hobby is that he likes to smoke a few puffs of dry tobacco when he has nothing to do, and he saves the reward money issued by the commander every time he fights. Not only that, but he also has a hobby, that is, after going to the battlefield, he also likes to search for the corpses of enemy soldiers, as long as it is valuable, it is generally impossible to escape his pair of thief eyes, it is because of so many years that he has already saved a considerable amount of wealth, tonight he is taking seven or eight of his brothers to walk on the ground full of floating soil.

From the launch of the attack to the present, Xie Houfa and his brothers have broken through to the second line of the Japanese army, but the resistance of the Japanese army is still very little, and even the occasional sparse gunfire is quickly extinguished by the surrounding national soldiers.

A short soldier asked Xie Houfa a little depressed: "Team leader, what the hell is going on, why haven't we even seen a ghost shadow after we have been walking for so long, could it be that we have all run away?" ”

"What are you talking about, six monkeys, when you heard that the devils would abandon their positions and run away, I guess they would have killed our cannons a long time ago. I heard from a few fellow villagers in the back that the artillery pulled by those independent brigades just now was very powerful, and the shell was as big as a head, and a single shot could blow up a house. ”

"What a head, I've heard those shells are the size of a millstone. It's not like you didn't see it just now, but the situation is like the sky falling apart, it's too scary. ”

Several soldiers were spitting and bragging while searching, only Xie Houfa, who was the squad leader, was still engrossed in looking around as he walked, and the rifle in his hand kept moving the muzzle with his gaze.

Suddenly, a figure flashed in the dark night, and at the same time, the official rifle in Xie Houfa's hand also rang out, and with a dull gunshot, a dull sound came from the front, as if a heavy thing had fallen to the ground.

The gunshots rang out, and the people who were talking fell down almost without thinking, and the rifles in their hands were pointed forward almost at the same time.

Xie Houfa shouted in a low voice: "The past two people ...... Let's see if that little devil is dead! ”

Soon, the short soldier shouted, "Squad leader, you hit too accurately, and you have opened this boy's head!" ”

"Take a look...... There's something valuable on this little devil, don't miss it. Someone shouted again, it seems that these people have been taken by Xie Houfa, and they are thinking about making money all day long.

More than ten minutes later, when Xie Houfa and his party stepped on the second line of defense of the Japanese army, they were stunned by the scene in front of them, the position had already been blown up, the mortal enemy was scattered gun parts and stumps and broken arms, and a few metal shrapnel could be found by touching the soil on the position, and the resistance on the entire position was very weak, and the soldiers of the 29th Army almost came all the way, until they advanced to the third line of defense of the Japanese army, they were met with a little stubborn resistance, However, these resistances could not stop the morale of the officers and men of the 29th Army, and by 2:30 a.m., the entire Xinlong Airport was completely in the hands of the 29th Army, and Takahashi Yuto, the captain of the airport garrison, also committed suicide.

At 3:20 a.m. on 29 March, a telegram reached the headquarters of the 11th Army in Wuhan with a telegram jointly signed by Lieutenant General Hiroki Inagaki and Lieutenant General Kotaro Horiuchi of the 101st and 107th Divisions about the loss of the Xinlong Airport.

The news of the fall of Nanchang Xinlong Airport reached the ears of Okamura Ninji. Okamura, who was still sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, finally couldn't sit still, and if all the peripheries of Nanchang were broken through, then the 101st and 107th divisions would be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops of the national army. (To be continued.) )