On June 23, the north side of the Jiujiang River branched off from the town

Zhang Lingfu, who was looking at the black smoke outside through the lookout sky, was holding a telescope and looking at the black smoke that was constantly rising outside, it was the Japanese bombers bombing their positions indiscriminately, and 50 kilograms or even 100 kilograms of aerial bombs were constantly falling from the sky.

The fiery red remnant sun reflected a little sunlight, which was completely shrouded in gunsmoke at this time, and the remnant sun slowly sank into the west in the sound of cannons. The sound of artillery was still shocking, and with the arrival of evening, the entire branch town was swaying in the rain of bullets, and Zhang Lingfu, like many people, was in an unusually heavy mood

Today was the second day of the Japanese attack, and his 153rd Brigade had only held out here for two days, and the troops had suffered a third of their casualties. According to the standards of Western countries, this casualty figure is enough to make ordinary troops lose their combat effectiveness, but the 153rd Brigade is still firmly holding here.

The Japanese bombardment was so intense that although most of the soldiers hid in the depths of the anti-artillery holes, they still could not hide the deafening sound of artillery and explosions. In the fortifications, everything on the position was shaken to the ground, and even the machine guns in the pillboxes were knocked aside.

The soldiers hiding in the civil fortifications heard the whistling sound of the bomb as it fell, and felt the explosion getting closer and closer, as if it were exploding on their own heads. The sound of more and more explosions made the fear in their hearts higher and higher, but they had no choice, if they were lucky, they could survive, if they were unlucky, if they were hit by aerial bombs, with the explosion of dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of aerial bombs, the seemingly strong fortifications would be lifted into the sky in an instant, and the position at this time was full of explosions, screams and shouts. They mingle together as if the end of the world is coming.

After more than twenty minutes, the roar in the sky finally faded away, and the surviving soldiers in the anti-artillery holes finally breathed a sigh of relief. But then there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky.

Shells flew high into the air from various artillery positions, and then swooped down on the positions of Fenlu Town, and the shells that landed first let out a loud roar, and then exploded, raising columns of smoke into the air and spitting out hellish fireworks.

Stones, barbed wire, and deer rocks were blown to pieces and flew wildly. The officers and men of the 153rd Brigade struggled in the thick of black smoke and flying shrapnel, many fortifications were shattered by bombs, and some officers and soldiers were torn to pieces by shrapnel and flying stones. The barrage of artillery completely destroyed the surface positions, and by this time the surface positions of the town of Split Road had been almost completely destroyed by artillery fire.

Ye Jincai, chief of staff of the 153rd Brigade, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "These Japanese are crazy, they actually used so many heavy artillery to bomb us. They really think of us! Brigade seat, let's ask the military seat to send reinforcements. ”

Zhang Lingfu didn't speak, but pondered something, and after a while said, "It seems that the Japanese are really in a hurry." The more they used so many bombers and heavy artillery to storm us. The more it shows that they want to fight quickly, and the branch town is the support point of the northern periphery of Jiujiang, as long as we are not breached here, then they have no way to launch a general attack on Jiujiang with peace of mind. As for the reinforcements, there is no need for reinforcements, the Japanese can still hold on even though the casualties are more than two-thirds, can't I, Zhang Lingfu? ”

Seeing that Zhang Lingfusi had made up his mind, Ye Jincai sighed in his heart and stopped mentioning this time, but he still said, "Brigade." Since you don't ask for more troops, it's always okay to ask for artillery support, right? ”

Zhang Lingfu thought for a while: "Now the Japanese are fighting in a hurry. Our artillery fire is also very tight, you should try to contact us and see if the artillery group is free to provide us with support. ”

Since the 74th Army wanted Su Jin to lease a batch of anti-aircraft guns and artillery, Su Jin also equipped them with ten base ammunition, the first day of the artillery group also reversed the previous problem of buckle rope, to the request for artillery support from various units is basically responsive, but after a day of Wang Yaowu checked, the artillery group actually knocked out three base ammunition in one day, which is already one-third of all shells. Seeing this situation, Wang Yaowu and the military commanders of the various ministries were almost startled, and then Wang Yaowu immediately gave an order to the ministries that unless necessary, the ministries must not call for artillery support at will.

Perhaps seeing that the Japanese army's attack on the town of Fenlu was too urgent, Ye Jincai's request was quickly approved, and in less than three minutes, a dull whistling sound came from the other side of the Yangtze River behind them. Hearing this slightly whimpering whistling sound, Zhang Lingfu, who was lighting a cigarette, widened his eyes in surprise: "The sun came out in the west today, and the military seat actually asked those big guys to support us?" ”

It can be said that among the artillery fires leased by Su Jin to the 74th Army, the eight M40 155 mm self-propelled howitzers are the most pleasing to the generals of the 74th Army, and this howitzer with a maximum range of 23.5 kilometers is undoubtedly a big killer on the battlefield. The 74th Army was able to support itself under the bombardment of three artillery wings of the Japanese army.

When eight shells weighing 43.1 kilograms reached the sky above the 2nd Wing of the Japanese Heavy Artillery, which was desperately firing at the front, the face of the commander of the wing, Kawasaki Sadaji, who was directing the troops to carry out the shelling, immediately changed, and at the same time, a soldier shouted, "Shelling...... Lie down! ”

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Huge pillars of smoke rose from fists to stones the size of millstones, like a giant tree suddenly rising into the sky, and then collapsing again, swinging regularly like a clock.

The first round of fire did not hit a high rate, and the eight shells fired from the other side of the Yangtze River did not hit the Japanese artillery positions, but fell around the artillery positions.

Although it didn't hit directly, it also jumped everyone, including Kawasaki Sadaji Osa.

"Yaga, it's the heavy artillery of the Chi Na people, they fought back!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Kawasaki Sadaji's face suddenly became ugly, just yesterday they had an artillery battle with the Huaxia artillery on the other side of the river, and the result of the artillery battle was that they lost six 14-year 105 mm cannons and eleven 94-type mountain guns, the main reason why they lost so much was that the range of the heavy guns on the other side was too long, and they attacked them from a distance of more than ten or twenty kilometers. However, the maximum firing range of the four-year 150-mm howitzer equipped by the Japanese army is only 8.8 kilometers, which is less than half of the opponent's. (To be continued.) )