"Quick...... Hurry up and push the cannon over! ”

On a dirt slope, An Ruohai, the commander of the mortar company of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade, shouted at a group of soldiers pushing several artillery mounts behind him, and these soldiers were pushing an M30 107mm mortar at a rapid pace towards a hillside.

The M30 107 mm mortar is the earliest large-caliber artillery gun equipped with the 202nd Division, as early as when the 202nd Division was still a militia group, this mortar was equipped with troops, although with the 105 howitzer and the M40 type 155 self-propelled artillery gradually equipped with troops, the importance of this mortar has gradually declined, but it is still an indispensable heavy support firepower for the troops to attack and defend.

Due to the weight of the M30 mortar as high as 305 kg (including steel rotator, M24A1 seat), the technical staff of the unit creatively made a gun carriage for it and equipped this heavy mortar with two wheels, which also greatly increased its mobility in rough terrain, so that under normal circumstances, only four gunners can push it around.

"Company commander, the ammunition truck behind hasn't caught up yet!" A second lieutenant shouted loudly.

An Ruohai didn't say: "Regardless of them, push the cannon up first, and then ask someone to carry the cannonball later!" ”

"Yes!"

After more than ten minutes, the twelve M30 mortars were finally pushed up the anti-slope of a dirt slope, and the gunner first dug a 60-centimeter-deep pit with a sapper shovel, placed the seat plates, and then installed the gun carriage and barrel, installed the optical sight, and adjusted it. The preparations are done.

An Ruohai took back the binoculars and shouted to the people behind him: "All cannons report the situation!" ”

"Report...... Good shot! ”

"Report...... The second artillery is good! ”

"Four guns are good!"

"Artillery ready...... Grenade No. 1...... Target area three, three minutes of rapid fire...... Put! ”

"Boom ......"

With a bang. With the muffled sound of the artillery cannon, the grenade weighing 12.26 kg flew out of the muzzle and flew into the distance under the impetus of strong kinetic energy......

"Boom ......"

The continuous shelling of the second supplementary regiment, which was less than 30 kilometers from Yangxin County, lifted up crushed earth blocks several meters high, which was deafening. When countless clods of earth and rubble fell from the sky, they quickly filled in the trenches, which were not deep, and buried the people in the trenches under the clumps.

"Phew...... The second sister of my **** little devil grandmother's aunt! ”

Wu Yonglin crawled out of the soil and opened his mouth full of dirt and scolded loudly, he was buried in the soil for the third time today.

The task of Wu Yonglin's Supplementary Second Regiment was to fortify Niujia Village, a key road 30 kilometers away from Yangxin County, and cover the left flank of the large army. Originally, this seemed to the officers and men of the 2nd Regiment to be a very simple task, because according to intelligence, there were no large Japanese troops moving within 50 kilometers of them, but this morning, a group of Japanese troops suddenly appeared in front of them and launched a fierce attack on them. After playing for a long time. Only then did they understand that this Japanese army was subordinate to the 36th Brigade under the 6th Division of the Japanese Army led by Major General Ushijima Mitsuru.

The shelling began in the early hours of the morning. The 36th Brigade bullied the 2nd Supplementary Regiment for not having heavy artillery to suppress their artillery, and arrogantly sent the field artillery of the field artillery company to an area less than 2 kilometers away from the first-line position, and directly shelled the position of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment. to cover the charge of the troops. According to the Japanese soldiers, it was to put bayonets on the cannons.

In the face of the onslaught of the Japanese army, the second supplementary regiment was taken by surprise. In addition to the company platoon leaders who served as the backbone, most of the soldiers of the Second Regiment were composed of new recruits, and their task was to replenish the main forces such as the 347th and 348th Brigades, and their combat effectiveness was naturally not very strong. Fortunately, the regiment commander Ding Dahai personally led the regiment's guard company to the front-line position to suppress the position, and shot a company commander who was about to abandon the position and escape, which stabilized the crumbling position.

The arrival of the 36th Brigade not only caught the 2nd Supplementary Regiment by surprise. At the same time, Su Jin, who was commanding the troops to fight against the 27th Division in Yangxin County, was surprised and secretly relieved. Originally, in Su Jin's eyes, there were several divisions of the Ninth War Zone facing the Sixth Division that was resting in Xianning. It was difficult to draw troops to support the 27th Division, but he never thought that Okamura Ninji would be so bold and secretly transferred half of his troops to launch a surprise attack on himself, if he hadn't placed a regiment on the flank as a cover according to the custom, the 202nd Division, which was caught off guard, was afraid that it would really be in danger of being defeated.

Su Jin, who came back to his senses, was furious and ordered the troops to step up the attack on the 27th Division, as of noon on the 21st, the 27th Division was already a little unbearable, and Ushijima Mitsuru also received a strict order from Okamura Ninji, telling him to be sure to defeat the enemy in front of him and join the 27th Division, and both sides were red-eyed.

"Dog leftovers! Dog leftovers! ”

Wu Yonglin shouted while digging out the dirt he was digging, but no matter how he shouted, he felt that his voice was like a mosquito barking, and naturally he didn't hear any answer. He looked around, but there was no sign of anyone except dirt and dirt. Suddenly, the dirt around him moved, and a steel helmet covered in tattered gray cloth appeared.

"Dog leftovers!"

Liang Yuqin shouted, his hands quickly digging the soil, and soon a baby face full of muddy black soil appeared in front of him.

Report. Yes...... The 202nd Division... Bah...... Replenish the superior soldiers of the third battalion of the second regiment, cough cough dog leftovers, damn ...... It's alive."

"Good, it's good to be alive, it's good to be alive!"

With a roar in his ears, Wu Yonglin vaguely heard his words and muttered in his mouth.

"Hehehe......"

Looking at the appearance of the dog, Wu Yonglin laughed, the battle lasted for most of the day, and the comrades-in-arms around him sacrificed one after another, and one more could survive, for Wu Yonglin, it was like the New Year, and it was better to live than anything else.

"Battalion commander...... Are you okay? ”

Seeing that Wu Yonglin was always shaking his head, Gou Yu asked while digging the floating soil around him, wanting to pull his legs out of the floating soil.

"You rookie egg, you were still breastfeeding when Lao Tzu was a soldier, you are all right, what can I do."

Wu Yonglin said as he reached out and pulled the dog with a handful, but there was a sudden pain in his shoulder, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Battalion commander, you ...... Are you okay? Seeing this, the dog couldn't help but ask loudly with concern.

"It's okay...... I was smashed by something. Wu Yonglin rubbed his shoulder with his hand, which had been hit by a stone.

"Battalion commander, what should we do now?" The dog wiped his nose with the back of his hand and suddenly sneezed, although it was June, it had just rained heavily last night, and some soldiers caught a cold after the weather became cooler.

Wu Yonglin thought for a while and said: "Now that the little devil has just finished firing the artillery, it is estimated that he will attack soon, you immediately take your squad to the position of the fourth company to support them, they are located in the salient position is very important, and they can't be lost!" ”

Wu Yonglin said that one day he poked his head out of the trench and looked out, only to see a group of earthy yellow figures about a few hundred meters away lining up in a loose offensive formation pressing towards them unhurriedly. Since there was a fishing session last night, these people looked very unsightly in the muddy dust.

Gou Yu said loudly: "Yes...... Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Because it was a real battlefield, he didn't salute Wu Yonglin, so he quickly took eight or nine soldiers and bent down along the shallow traffic trench and ran to the right.

Looking at the back of the dog, Wu Yonglin was a little sad, although the battle had only been fought for most of the day, but under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, his infantry battalion, which originally had more than 400 people, was now only more than 300 people, and the remaining soldiers were either seriously injured in the field hospital behind or had died.

"Alas...... If they could have been given another six months, even three months, to train, the casualties would not have been so great. Wu Yonglin looked at the soldiers who had disappeared into the traffic trench with some distress. He already had seven or eight years of military experience, and he knew very well that in today's battle, sixty or seventy percent of the soldiers killed and wounded were killed because of lack of experience, and if this position was defended by experienced troops, the casualties would certainly be much smaller.

"Damn, where is our artillery fire, it's all dead, even if you use those 105 grenades to give some support!" Looking at the Japanese army slowly approaching him, Wu Yonglin muttered to himself in Nan Nan's mouth.

Just as he finished speaking, a volley of shells landed on the formation of the Japanese attack, accompanied by a loud sound, and puffs of smoke rose from the wet ground. Thanks to the heavy rain last night, the air energy is not bad now, Wu Yonglin saw the shells behind him falling one by one, kicking up the black mud in the sky, some of the attacking Japanese troops were caught off guard and were blown up, and the shrapnel flying everywhere harvested the lives around them, and the surrounding Japanese troops quickly lay down to avoid the shells when they saw this.

"Good...... Well played! Wu Yonglin applauded loudly while watching, he knew that those artillery fire were fired by the heavy mortar company of the regiment, and looking at this density, they must have used rapid fire, otherwise there was not such a high density, but the rapid fire could not last after all, and it should stop in a few minutes at most.

Wu Yonglin was right, the shelling did not last long, and after three minutes, the sound of the artillery fell silent.

Listening to the continuous sound of artillery behind him, Wu Yonglin sighed in his heart, if the artillery regiment was there, it would allow the Japanese artillery to spread wild.

"Titicaca...... ...... Titicaca"

With a sound like tearing oilcloth, several MG34 machine guns on the position began to fire, and a dense rain of bullets began to sweep towards the Japanese troops...... (To be continued.) )